Musical applications of microprocessors
by Hal Chamberlin · first published 1980
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There is Hal Chamberlin's Musical Applications of Microprocessors which is a pretty approachable book and has some good background theory, there is also Chowning's FM Synthesis book.
on “Subtractive synths explained (2011)” ↗There is a great book, "Musical Applications of Microprocessors" [1] which has an excellent treatment of this. In my early experiments the floating point accuracy of 8bit micros was poor enough that even tempered scales were pretty hard to do. That said, the article…
on “Circle of fifths and roots of two” ↗It seems the title is just: "Musical Applications of Microprocessors" http://www.amazon.com/Musical-Applications-Microprocessors-H...
on “Numerically Controlled Oscillators” ↗The first Kurzweil was indeed additive, not sample-based - with hardware designed by Hal Chamberlin, who was famous for the Musical Applications of Microprocessors book. The other famous additive synth was the DKI Synergy. It was a preset-only version of the ludicrously expensive Crumar GDS ($27,500), although if hung a Keypro micro off it you could create your…
on “Rise of the Synthesizer” ↗