On the synthesis side, I recommend Curtis Roads' _The Computer Music Tutorial_. It covers various other topics related to digital audio and computer music as well. For free, there's also Miller S. Puckett's _The Theory and Technique of Electronic Music_. It's focused on PureData, but the general concepts apply to any synthesis environment. micromoog On 6/1/10, fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 10:00:17AM +0200, Jean-Yves Poilleux wrote: > >> I've been try to compose for several months/years now and i'm never >> pleased >> with the mix and with the synth sounds. My use of effects and filters are >> more or less random. I'm self-educated here but not very well ;-). >> More, each time I listen to my tracks on a new system, it sounds >> different. >> >> So I'm willing to learn some mixing techniques (and some synth techniques >> as >> well). I'd like to have a better understanding of sound mixing and synth. >> A >> little studying will do me good. >> >> Do you know any good book references about these subjects, french or >> english >> ? Of course if they tackle the subject of free audio software as well I >> would just be great. > > Bob Katz has already been mentioned. > > Porbably the most efficient way to learn this sort of thing > is to work under the supervision of someone who knows what > he's doing, either formally or unformally. > > Apart from that, again 'know what you are doing' - that is > don't just turn knobs blindly, but try to understand why > things work or don't work, and learn the relation between > 'the knobs' and 'the sound'. > > If something sounds OK after you have been tweaking it for > a long time, the chances are that I will disappoint you when > you hear it again next week. The reason is that your hearing > will adapt even to the worst ideas if you give them enough > time. This improves with training and lots of very conscious > listening. But an essential part of being able to set e.g. an > equaliser or an effect is to do it relatively quickly and > without too much 'exploration'. > > Ciao, > > -- > FA > > O tu, che porte, correndo si ? > E guerra e morte ! > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
