Resources
E-books:
New Music Strategies: The 20 Things You Must Know About Music Online
Free Software:
Audacity (Freeware Digital Recording Software EVERYONE Loves)
Real Traps Articles:
More Than You Ever Wanted To Know About Acoustics:
How To Set Up A Listening Room: Optimizing Placements
Creating A Reflection Free Zone
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About SPL Meters
Do I Really Need A Vocal Booth?
The Manhattan Home Theater: A Treatment Design for Very Small Rooms
Measuring Microphones: Ten Omni Microphones Compared
Sounding Off (Article for Sound on Sound)
Maximum Studio, Minimum Stress
Optimizing Acoustic Treatment Using the EFT Software
How Does That Sound Look: A Beginner’s Guide to Sound Analysis
Audibility of Narrow-Band EQ: Despelling a Common Audio Myth
Sound on Sound Articles:
Recording How-Tos:
Recording Vocals On A Computer
How To Record Singing Guitarists
Obtaining Maximum Level On Digital Recordings
Synth Secrets:
Part 2: The Physics Of Percussion
Part 3: Modifiers & Controllers
Part 4: Of Filters & Phase Relationships
Part 6: Of Responses And Resonance
Part 7: Envelopes, Gates & Triggers
Part 9: An Introduction To VCAs
Part 12: An Introduction To Frequency Modulation
Part 13: More On Frequency Modulation
Part 14: An Introduction To Additive Synthesis
Part 15: An Introduction To ESPS And Vocoders
Part 16: From Sample And Hold To Sample-rate Converters (1)
Part 17: From Sample And Hold To Sample-rate Converters (2)
Part 18: Priorities And Triggers
Part 21 From Polyphony To Digital Synths
Part 22: From Springs, Plates & Buckets to Physical Modelling
Part 24: Synthesizing Wind Instruments
Part 25: Synthesizing Brass Instruments
Part 26: Brass Synthesis On A Minimoog
Part 27: Roland SH101/ARP Axxe Brass Synthesis
Part 28: Synthesizing Plucked Strings
Part 29: The Theoretical Acoustic Guitar Patch
Part 30: A Final Attempt To Synthesize Guitars
Part 31: Synthesizing Percussion
Part 32: Practical Percussion Synthesis
Part 33: Synthesizing Drums: The Bass Drum
Part 34: Practical Bass Drum Synthesis
Part 35: Synthesizing Drums: The Snare Drum
Part 36: Practical Snare Drum Synthesis
Part 37: Analyzing Metallic Percussion
Part 38: Synthesizing Realistic Cymbals
Part 39: Practical Cymbal Synthesis
Part 40: Synthesizing Cowbells & Claves
Part 42: Synthesizing Acoustic Pianos On The Roland JX10 (1)
Part 43: Synthesizing Acoustic Pianos On The Roland JX10 (2)
Part 44: Synthesizing Acoustic Pianos On The Roland JX10 (3)
Part 45: Synthesizing Strings: String Machines
Part 46: Synthesizing Strings, PWM & String Sounds
Part 47: Synthesizing Bowed Strings: the Violin family
Part 48: Practical Bowed-string Synthesis
Part 49: Practical Bowed-string Synthesis (continued)
Part 50: Articulation & Bowed-string Synthesis
Part 51: Synthesizing Pan Pipes
Part 52: Synthesizing Simple Flutes
Part 53: Practical Flute Synthesis
Sound on Sound Glossary
Alan W. Pollack:
Notes On The Beatles:
Chronological [by release] Index of Songs
Songs Indexed By Recording Project
Kyle Gann:
Information On Tunings:
An Introduction to Historical Tunings [read this one-c]
His Reasons for Using Just Intonation
Misc. Writings by the Composer and Musicologist:
The Case Against Over-Notation
A Forest From The Seeds of Minimalism