1st Edition

Developing Virtual Synthesizers with VCV Rack

By Leonardo Gabrielli Copyright 2020
286 Pages 173 B/W Illustrations
by Focal Press

286 Pages 173 B/W Illustrations
by Focal Press

286 Pages 173 B/W Illustrations
by Focal Press

Developing Virtual Synthesizers with VCV Rack takes the reader step by step through the process of developing synthesizer modules, beginning with the elementary and leading up to more engaging examples. Using the intuitive VCV Rack and its open-source C++ API, this book will guide even the most inexperienced reader to master efficient DSP coding to create oscillators, filters, and complex... Read more

Preface

Acknowledgements

1 Modular Synthesis: Theory

2 Elements of Signal Processing for Synthesis

3 VCV Rack basics

4 Developing with VCV Rack

5 The graphical user interface: a quick introduction

6 Let’s start programming: the easy ones

7 Getting Serious: DSP "classroom" modules

8 Crunching numbers: advanced DSP modules

9 The graphical user interface: creating custom widgets

10 Additional topics

11 After reading this book

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Leonardo Gabrielli, PhD, is a research fellow at the Department of Information Engineering, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy, where he lectures on music production and conducts research on physical modeling and deep neural audio processing. He collaborates with the music industry as a DSP developer and he is scientific director of Acusmatiq MATME.

"Developing Virtual Synthesizers with VCV Rack is a great read; an informative read; an inspiring read; an empowering read; an essential read! This fantastic textbook and comprehensive set of applied audio coding tutorials by Gabrielli will become the basis of many college courses and foundational courses of study for every electronic musician interested in knowing how things work under the hood. With that knowledge and understanding they can code their own software synthesizers and DSP modules in VCV Virtual Eurorack format." Dr. Richard Boulanger, Professor of Electronic Production and Design, Berklee College of Music 

"If, like me, you enjoy creating your own music tools, this book will help you bring your ideas to life inside the wonderful world of VCV Rack. Whether you are a beginner or an expert in DSP, you will learn something interesting or new." Dr. Leonardo Laguna Ruiz, Vult DSP