very interesting: a practical guide to synthesis by Roland

ellaguru · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2012 9:36 pm

guys this is an historical and old guide to synthesis by roland, a took a little look at and it seems very nice.
it's from an itlaian forum that i'm on it, click on the word "zippone" and you're done. it's a .zip file of 4 roland books.
cheers
http://www.homestudioitalia.com/forum/synth-moduli-sonori-e-simili/97082-tutorial-vintage-su-synth-sintesi-e-musica-elettronica-in-pdf/

if you have troubles in downloading, i have those pdfs, hit me in case of.
peace

sharpmotif · **Joined:** Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:14 pm **Posts:** 222

Thanks ellaguru.

Downloaded, gave it a quick glance and it seems to be a pretty comprehensive collection of info.

While not so complete, manuals for the SH-201 and some Yamaha synths (and the like) also provide a good reference for basic synthesis.

I think it was mentioned here somewhere, but there's a series of articles from Sound On Sound called "The Lost Art Of Sampling" that covers Sampler Synthesis. It has things that don't apply or at least are not directly available on SPs but can be achieved with resampling and a few tricks.

These are particularly interesting for SP-555 (505/606/808) owners, since the internal synth can be used as a base sound of sorts - although it's possible to use FX as waveform sources on all SPs AFAIK (Noise Gen and Radio Tuning on the SP-404, for example).

Also, the analogindustries blog has some other good stuff.

ellaguru · **Posted:** Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:45 pm

nice.
thaks for those infos.

thx · **Joined:** Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:00 pm **Posts:** 199

downloaded
thanks for the infos
the sound on sound article is very interesting too

tape smoke · **Joined:** Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:06 am **Posts:** 1878

good manuals the illustrations are sample nerd porno,

EndorShores · **Joined:** Mon Dec 13, 2010 11:54 pm **Posts:** 562

Thanks for these Ella. The pics are very helpful in understanding wtf they r talking about good for the visual learner.

thx · **Joined:** Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:00 pm **Posts:** 199

this is from the E-mu sp 1200 user manual (not about synths but about 'the art of sampling')
enjoy
http://writers-connection.noblogs.org/files/2010/08/the%20art%20of%20sampling.txt
hope it can help

sharpmotif · **Joined:** Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:14 pm **Posts:** 222

Forgot about this: http://www.ehx.com/effectology.

While it focuses on guitars, with a little bit of imagination and resampling most tricks apply to SPs (or other samplers).

thx · **Joined:** Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:00 pm **Posts:** 199

thanks

djmellow · **Posted:** Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:49 am

i'm sure many of you have already been to this site, but i thought i'd post it anyways as it is supremely helpful. http://www.vintagesynth.com/

very interesting: a practical guide to synthesis by Roland

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