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Welsh's Synthesizer Cookbook
(Please see listing images for excerpts from the book).... also check out the video!!
This book and its patches are not limited to any one model or manufacturer, but are in fact intended for use with ALL dual-oscillator synths!
Universal Patches
(Based on harmonic and waveform analysis!)
Acoustic Patches
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Strings: Banjo, Cello, Double Bass, Dulcimer, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Harp, Hurdy Gurdy, Kora, Lute, Mandocello, Mandolin, Riti, Sitar, Standup Bass, Viola, Violin
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Woodwinds: Bagpipes, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Clarinet, Conch Shell, Contrabassoon, Didgeridoo, English Horn, Flute, Oboe, Piccolo
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Brass: French Horn, Harmonica, Penny Whistle, Saxophone, Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba
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Keyboards: Accordion, Celeste, Clavichord, Electric Piano, Harpsichord, Organ, Piano
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Voice: Angels, Choir, Female Vocal, Male Vocal, Whistling
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Tuned Percussion: Bell, Bongos, Conga, Glockenspiel, Marimba, Timpani, Xylophone
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Untuned Percussion: Bass Drum, Castanets, Clap, Claves, Cowbell, Analog Cowbell, Side Stick, Snare Drum, Tambourine, Wheels of Steel(record scratch)
Synth-Standard Patches
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Leads: Brass Section, Mellow 70s Lead, Mono Solo, New Age Lead, R&B Slide, Screaming Sync, Strings PWM, Trance 5th
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Bass: Acid Bass, Bass of the Time Lords, Detroit Bass, Deutsche Bass, Digital Bass, Funk Bass, Growling Bass, Rez Bass
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Pads: Android Dreams, Aurora, Celestial Wash, Dark City, Galactic Cathedral, Galactic Chapel, Portus, Post-Apocalyptic Sync Sweep, Terra Enceladus
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Sound Effects: Cat, Digital Alarm Clock, Journey to the Core, Kazoo, Laser, Motor, Nerd-O-Tron 2000 (50s computer sound), Ocean Waves(with optional fog horn!), Positronic Rhythm, Space Attack!, Toad, Wind
Calibration section describes how to use included audio samples to calibrate a synthesizer's components for higher accuracy
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Synthesis Through Harmonic Analysis and Reverse Engineering of Sound
Through the use of examples shows how to use the included software to analyze and synthesize acoustic instruments, patches from other synths, and even reverse engineer sounds from previously recorded songs and samples.
This process isn't simply looking at waveforms in a sound editor. This is sculpting the very DNA of sound; the harmonics.
Reduces time and guess-work and produces MUCH better results than programming by ear alone.
Want to know what settings an artist used to produce that deep bass sound? No problem. The author has even used this technique to synthesize his own voice! Yes, harmonic analysis can produce results this specific even on analog synthesizers.
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Synthesizer Basics
In-depth explanations of oscillators, filters, envelopes, and LFOs
Intended to be an improvement on the approach taken by other books and online sources. Goes deeper while remaining comprehensible even to beginners
Many figures and graphs to explain exactly what's going on
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Included CD
Kitchen Kits full percussion sample set
Fre(a)koscope harmonic analysis VST plugin by MDSP at Smartelectronix
Audacity sound editor
Calibration sound files for calibrating a synth's components (wav format)
The SCB Synth (Windows VSTi): Dual oscillator synthesizer with 12 dB and 24 dB filters, and stereo effects. Amplitude and filter responses based on the averages of ten commercial synthesizers. Originally developed to produce the patches in the book. (note: The patches in the book are intended for ALL dual-oscillator analog synths not just the SCB!)
Full album of author's electronica (mp3)
This book is not limited to any one model or manufacturer, but is in fact intended for use with ALL dual-oscillator synths!
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