Synth Secrets

Article series on subtractive synthesis from Sound on Sound

Table of Contents

• Synth Secrets, Part 1: What's In A Sound?
• Synth Secrets, Part 2: The Physics Of Percussion
• Synth Secrets, Part 3: Modifiers & Controllers
• Synth Secrets, Part 4: Of Filters & Phase Relationships
• Synth Secrets, Part 5: Further With Filters
• Synth Secrets, Part 6: Of Responses & Resonance
• Synth Secrets, Part 7: Envelopes, Gates & Triggers
• Synth Secrets, Part 8: More About Envelopes
• Synth Secrets, Part 9: An Introduction To VCAs
• Synth Secrets, Part 10: Modulation
• Synth Secrets, Part 11: Amplitude Modulation
• Synth Secrets, Part 12: An Introduction To Frequency Modulation
• Synth Secrets, Part 13: More On Frequency Modulation
• Synth Secrets, Part 14: An Introduction To Additive Synthesis
• Synth Secrets, Part 15: An Introduction To ESPS & Vocoders
• Synth Secrets, Part 16: From Sample & Hold To Sample-rate Converters (1)
• Synth Secrets, Part 17: From Sample & Hold To Sample-rate Converters (2)
• Synth Secrets, Part 18: Priorities & Triggers
• Synth Secrets, Part 19: Duophony
• Synth Secrets, Part 20: Introducing Polyphony
• Synth Secrets, Part 21: From Polyphony To Digital Synths
• Synth Secrets, Part 22: From Springs, Plates & Buckets To Physical Modelling
• Synth Secrets, Part 23: Formant Synthesis
• Synth Secrets, Part 24: Synthesizing Wind Instruments
• Synth Secrets, Part 25: Synthesizing Brass Instruments
• Synth Secrets, Part 26: Brass Synthesis On A Minimoog
• Synth Secrets, Part 27: Roland SH101/ARP Axxe Brass Synthesis
• Synth Secrets, Part 28: Synthesizing Plucked Strings
• Synth Secrets, Part 29: The Theoretical Acoustic Guitar Patch
• Synth Secrets, Part 30: A Final Attempt To Synthesize Guitars
• Synth Secrets, Part 31: Synthesizing Percussion
• Synth Secrets, Part 32: Practical Percussion Synthesis
• Synth Secrets, Part 33: Synthesizing Drums: The Bass Drum
• Synth Secrets, Part 34: Practical Bass Drum Synthesis
• Synth Secrets, Part 35: Synthesizing Drums: The Snare Drum
• Synth Secrets, Part 36: Practical Snare Drum Synthesis
• Synth Secrets, Part 37: Analysing Metallic Percussion
• Synth Secrets, Part 38: Synthesizing Realistic Cymbals
• Synth Secrets, Part 39: Practical Cymbal Synthesis
• Synth Secrets, Part 40: Synthesizing Bells
• Synth Secrets, Part 41: Synthesizing Cowbells & Claves
• Synth Secrets, Part 42: Synthesizing Pianos
• Synth Secrets, Part 43: Synthesizing Acoustic Pianos On The Roland JX10
• Synth Secrets, Part 44: Synthesizing Acoustic Pianos On The Roland JX10
• Synth Secrets, Part 45: Synthesizing Acoustic Pianos On The Roland JX10
• Synth Secrets, Part 46: Synthesizing Strings: String Machines
• Synth Secrets, Part 47: Synthesizing Strings • PWM & String Sounds
• Synth Secrets, Part 48: Synthesizing Bowed Strings: the Violin family
• Synth Secrets, Part 49: Synth Secrets: Practical Bowed-string Synthesis
• Synth Secrets, Part 50: Practical Bowed-string Synthesis (continued)
• Synth Secrets, Part 51: Articulation & Bowed-string Synthesis
• Synth Secrets, Part 52: Synthesizing Pan Pipes
• Synth Secrets, Part 53: Synthesizing Simple Flutes
• Synth Secrets, Part 54: Practical Flute Synthesis
• Synth Secrets, Part 55: Synthesizing Tonewheel Organs
• Synth Secrets, Part 56: Synthesizing Tonewheel Organs: Part2
• Synth Secrets, Part 57: Synthesizing Hammond Organ Effects: Part1
• Synth Secrets, Part 58: Synthesizing The Rest Of The Hammond Organ: Part 2
• Synth Secrets, Part 59: Synthesizing The Rest Of The Hammond Organ: Part 3
• Synth Secrets, Part 60: From Analogue To Digital Effects
• Synth Secrets, Part 61: Creative Synthesis With Delays
• Synth Secrets, Part 62: More Creative Synthesis with Delays
• Synth Secrets, Part 63: The Secret Of The Big Red Button