Explore your options
Find out which type of synthesis will get your creative juices flowing. Learn the theory and try the techniques with hands-on guides to subtractive, additive, FM, physical modelling, modular and wavetable synthesis
Sound design
Improve on existing patches or make your own sounds from scratch with our step-by-step tutorials covering the most legendary and popular sounds. All the tools you need are on the included disc
Top 10 synths
We round up the most favoured commercial and free synths
Virtual vs vintage
Vintage hardware synths battle it out with their software clones. Can you hear the difference?
Exclusive patches
On the disc - a collection of 800+ upfront new sounds
Computer Music Special vol.26: The Fast Guide to Synthesis is available from:
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