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Simon Millward
280 pp * 244 x 172 mm * ISBN 1870775 73 2 £19.95
* For PC or Apple Mac
* Build your own software synth
* Synthesize new sounds with VST Instruments
* Create a virtual electric guitar
* Tips on using VST Instruments
* Compatible with all host software applications
VST instruments offer an unprecedented opportunity for the exploration of sound and musical creativity. The world of hi-tech music and audio has never been so full of possibilities for experimentation and the creation of new sounds. Sound synthesis instruments which were once prohibitively expensive are now available to everyone in the form of cost-effective software.
Sound Synthesis with VST Instruments helps you realise your own musical creativity by exploring the theory of sound synthesis and linking this to practical examples in the virtual world of VST instruments. It explains how creating your own original synth patches can inspire a whole new musical composition, how building your own software synthesizer can be the beginning of a new adventure into the world of sound synthesis, and how manipulating and processing samples in revolutionary ways can be the birth of the next cutting-edge dance track.
With practical projects, step by step instructions on how to build your own software synthesizer and virtual electric guitar and tips on the use of VSTis, Sound Synthesis with VST instruments will be of particular interest to musicians, sound synthesists, sound designers, music producers and audio professionals.
Simon Millward is a music software specialist and sound designer. He has a Master of Science degree in Music Technology from the University of York, UK. Originally trained as a musician and subsequently as a sound engineer, his interest in software sequencers and virtual studio instruments has established him as one of the UK's foremost Cubase experts. Maintaining a keen interest in sound synthesis, sound recording and acoustics he has had articles published in Sound on Sound and The Mix and is the writer of the monthly Cubase Sequencer Corner article in Future Music. He is the author of the popular Fast Guide to Cubase VST and the forthcoming Fast Guide to Cubase SX.
Updated 25 October 2002