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Tables of Contents for What's a Synthesizer?
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
v
Introduction
1
2
What's a Synthesizer?
3
8
Sound Waves
4
1
Pitch
5
2
Volume
7
2
Timbre
9
2
The Roots of Synthesis
11
8
Pitch
12
1
Volume
13
2
Timbre
15
1
Modulation
16
2
Putting It All Together
18
1
Making Sound Come to Life
19
8
Controllers
20
3
Other Elements
23
1
Voices
24
1
Microprocessor Control
25
2
How Does Digital Synthesis Work?
27
7
Algorithms
28
3
Physical Modeling
31
1
Sample Playback Synths
31
1
Software Synths
32
1
Computer-Based Hardware Synths
32
2
Why Is Digital Sampling So Popular?
34
5
Multi-Sampling
35
2
Looping
37
1
Resynthesis
37
2
What Do All Those Other Boxes Do?
39
5
Effects
39
2
Instruments
41
3
What Is MIDI?
44
10
What MIDI Is
45
1
What MIDI Does
45
4
General MIDI
49
1
More Than Notes
50
1
System Exclusive
50
1
MIDI Implementation Chart
51
1
The Computer Connection
52
2
Coda
54
1
Glossary
55
1
Index
56
2
About the Authors
58