1. Buy the book, Sound Synthesis and Sampling.

and/or

2. Head over to http://tyala.freeyellow.com/index.htm and read up on synthesizers (especially subtractive synthesis, as this is most common).

and/or

3. Do a search on google for pages related to learning to program a synth. That's how I found the above page (actually, I haven't looked at it much, but skimming it briefly, it looked like it gave the same sort of information as the book I have.

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i am a semi beginner, ie: i pretty much know what im doing, but i have a lot to learn....
i have made about 5 songs so far.
personally i just use the presets, then fiddle round with them...so gradually, i learn what knob is where in each preset, i get a good idea of what does what.

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softsynths and hwsynths are basicly built the same way when talking about knobs and that stuff....there are 2 ways to program then

1. you turn all the knobs and play around....you don't have a clue to what your'e doing but sometimes you get pretty neat sounds etc

2. you know exactly how to get the sound you want


i think theese 2 are the same on every synth :....you can always do one of em

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Thanx for the link brash!
There lotsa stuff to read, i dont know if i gonna read it all

and here is a site, that is very helpful in my opinion:
http://www.spinwarp.com

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Last edited by Flotser on Jan-12-2003 at 10:38

If you're feeling creative and want to build your own sounds then you have to have a bit of understanding of how the synth works and the rest is practice. After you use a synth for a while you will begin to understand exactly what effect on the sound turning a knob will have. Just try it. Work through the presents and examine their settings too.

Personally, I find it can take some time to make good presets of your own, and at the end of it there is no guarantee it will fit with the track you're writing. So, I like to start with a preset that has the right type of sound for the track and then tweak it to make it fit the track nicely.