Synthesis; Oscillators, decay, attack, resonance, envelope...??

[Winds]

Does anyone know of a tutorial that explains what exactly all the above do and how they work on a synth?

Thanks!

[curly]

cant belive it has taken 24 hours for you to get a response for this

A good book that I used was "how to make a noise", it is a few years old now, but dont let that put you off as the principales are still the same.

There is a free pdf for download on the authors page, the link for the free stuff is half way down.

How to Make a Noise: A Comprehensive Guide to Synthesizer Programming | Noise Sculpture dot com

[Winds]

Wicked, nice one curly. Just what I was after!

[MARK ANXIOUS]

yes i have that book and it's good. but the best tutorial i've ever seen for synthesis was a video one that went through the synth in logic.

macProVideo.com - Download & Stream Tutorial-Video for Logic 206: ES2 Exposed

even if you don't have logic, the principles you learn by just watching this can be applied to any synth.

[System 47]

i really enjoyed jus opening Subtractor & Maelstrom in Reason and jus playing with the mentioned parameters. any synth will do as long as they have the usual ADSR path.

tried reading theory on these aspects & it jus boiled my head lol

in sayin that, the differences between subtractive & fm & other synthesis types is well served with some theory. makin patches is now much more efficient for me.