Or read the books by Brian Shepherd (Refining Sound) or Rick Snoman (Dance music manual). For somebody serious, there's books by Miller Puckette and Charles Dodge
Or read the books by Brian Shepherd (Refining Sound) or Rick Snoman (Dance music manual). For somebody serious, there's books by Miller Puckette and Charles Dodge
There are plenty of good online tutorials too.
This is quite a dated series now, and I always found it slightly self-indulgent even when it was fresh. Some of the theory is still useful, but digital synthesis has moved on. You can do a lot more with digital code-based systems, or even modern VSTs, than you can with vintage synths from the 1970s.
Pretty much everyone uses samples when they need the sound of a real instrument or a classic drum machine, and this series doesn't spend nearly enough time on the art of abstract electronic sound design or (say) using the FFT features in Max/PD/some VSTs.