Synthesis - Books and other resources about basic music synthesis

Books

• “Computer Music: Synthesis, Composition, and Performance 2nd Edition” by Charles Dodge (Author), Thomas A. Jerse (Author)
  • On course reserve at UCSB Library for CMPSC 190D: https://ares.library.ucsb.edu/
• “Analysis, Synthesis, and Perception of Musical Sounds”, Editor: James Beauchamp.
  • Full text link (may required UCSB VPN): https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-0-387-32576-7

Online Books

• http://musicandcomputersbook.com/
• http://www.csun.edu/~dwh50750/IntroToMusicTech/index.html
• https://msp.ucsd.edu/techniques/latest/book-html/

Websites

• https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/practical-percussion-synthesis-timpani

Videos

• Windytan’s Waves https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3nWZVaXJ5HHWQ908bFdH1Q
• ADSR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aitRs893ado

Other

• Range of attack transient: 0.001 from percussion, to at most 0.2 seconds (per Joann K.M.)

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