Subtractive Synthesis 1

Subtractive synthesis has been used on thousands of records, and, in spite of its continued evolution, its essence remains the same at the very core. The reason it has continued to inspire musicians is because it can take electronic sounds and give them life through filters and envelopes that breath motion into the lifeless in order to create new, organic, exciting sounds or mimic the natural organic progression of acoustic instruments. Sounds are nothing less than magical when programmed by the experienced user.

The Synthesizer Database

When conducting research for this book, we thought it would be interesting to examine as many of the commercially available synthesizers that was physically possible in order to ...

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