Great !<br><br>Thank you all, I think I have enough references and web links to get me started. <br>By the way Ken, I tried taking my time, creating several versions, but then when I listen to it again each new version is worse than the one before ;-)<br>
<br>I think Fons makes a point when he is that there is no need to spend too much time on each knob. Here's the quote :<br>"If something sounds OK after you have been tweaking it for<br>
a long time, the chances are that I will disappoint you when<br>
you hear it again next week. The reason is that your hearing<br>
will adapt even to the worst ideas if you give them enough<br>
time. This improves with training and lots of very conscious<br>
listening. But an essential part of being able to set e.g. an<br>
equaliser or an effect is to do it relatively quickly and<br>
without too much 'exploration'."<br><br>A good balance between your two views (not too long and not too quick) should be just right ! ;-)<br><br>Thanks again<br><br>jy<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/6/2 Leigh Dyer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lsd@linuxgamers.net">lsd@linuxgamers.net</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 10:00 +0200, Jean-Yves Poilleux wrote:<br>
</div><div class="im">> So I'm willing to learn some mixing techniques (and some synth<br>
> techniques as well). I'd like to have a better understanding of sound<br>
> mixing and synth. A little studying will do me good.<br>
<br>
</div><div class="im">There's a book called "How to Make a Noise" that I found good when<br>
learning the basics of synthesis; an older version of it is up online to<br>
download:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://noisesculpture.com/how-to-make-a-noise-free-download" target="_blank">http://noisesculpture.com/how-to-make-a-noise-free-download</a><br>
<br>
I haven't read any other books on the subject, but there are other<br>
websites I found helpful. The main one is the "Synth Secrets" series of<br>
articles on the Sound on Sound website:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/allsynthsecrets.htm" target="_blank">http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/allsynthsecrets.htm</a><br>
<br>
The author goes in to a _lot_ of detail, which can be intimidating at<br>
times, but it's fascinating to read. I also have some video tutorials<br>
covering basic synthesis under Linux if that helps:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://blag.linuxgamers.net/category/music/tutorials/" target="_blank">http://blag.linuxgamers.net/category/music/tutorials/</a><br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
Leigh<br>
<br>
><br>
</div><div class="im">> Thanks for your help !<br>
><br>
> jy<br>
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