Hal Leonard has published a new edition of Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming.
And we’ve got three copies to give away!
Author Jim Aikin has been writing about electronic music gear for 30+ years, in Keyboard, Electronic Musician and other magazines. His new book takes a deep look at the fundamentals of synthesis and synthesizer programming.
Here’s what he has to say about the new edition of Power Tools for Synthesizer Programming:
“This is not just an update but a wall-to-wall revised edition. A great deal has changed in the past ten years. Additive synthesis, granular synthesis, and physical modeling have gone mainstream, thanks to the power of today’s computers.
The iPad is now emerging as a viable music platform. Alternative controller hardware is available in many shapes.
And old-fashioned modular analog synthesis has made a surprising comeback.”
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Kickass
Within a month or so, there will be a supplement to the book — a downloadable PDF available from Hal Leonard’s web page for the book. To access the web page, I think you need to buy a copy of the book, but unless they do something tricky, the PDF, once your friend grabs a copy, will be freely distributable. I’m adding some sound design tips (which a British music magazine noted were in somewhat short supply in the printed edition) and covering more recent developments, such as 3D waveforms.
–JA
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Jim, will there be an iBooks version of this edition as well?
Awesome! This reference will help me accentuate the intermediate knowledge that I have.
Oh my!!!!
That would be a great birthday present for my 51st which is tomorrow!!!
If only I could find the place to register…
Could someone provide me with a link to the ML registration form please?
TIA guys!
Added you to the list, Mr Kay. Good luck!
So if I’m already subscribed, I’m not eligble 🙁
So sad.
Kartik, if you’re already subscribed to the Synthtopia newsletter mailing list, your name is “in the hat” from which we’ll choose a winner. No worries!
I strongly recommend Jim’s book and a lot of other Hal Leonard material. He makes you think at a new level, starting as a synth bro and winding up as the professor. Even aspects of it that go over your head at first will still percolate in the background. I’ve had several great AHA! moments from reading his Keyboard columns. This is one of the 5 or 6 actual dead-tree books you need to have a near-comprehensive spread of applicable synth info. Its great fun to follow the new developments, but having a solid footing in the basics and a few not-so-basics is part of why you can tackle them at all. Its also a superior bathroom-library book. Get it.
Is the newsletter subscription link hidden or something? I’ve been looking for about 10 minutes and I don’t seem to be able to locate it….
“Sign up for the Synthtopia Newsletter, using the form on the right side of the site. If you’re viewing the site with a mobile phone, you’ll need to scroll to the bottom of the page and switch to the ‘Desktop’ view of the site, in order to see the form.”
Let me know where you are getting stuck and I’ll be glad to help.
It’s more expensive but it’s comprehensive and gets down to serious business:
http://rolandkuit.com/SoundLab1.html
The one Amazon review doesn’t give it too much praise. Can any one else claim differently?
http://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/1480397946/ref=acr_search_see_all?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1