# Roland - The Synthesizer Pt. 3...

- Site: Analog Industries
- Author: Chris Randall
- Date: 2012-03-03
- URL: https://analogindustries.com/2012/03/roland-the-synthesizer-pt-3/

![Roland - The Synthesizer Pt. 3...](https://analogindustries.com/images/blog/RTS_practical1.png)

Here's what you've all been waiting for: the first half of the Big Mo. Practical Synthesis For Electronic Music Volume One is the third of the four books in The Synthesizer, and is probably the most informative of the collection. While I'll admit that I don't go out and find every synth book ever written, I have a reasonable knowledge of tomes of this sort, and I'm not personally aware of a better primer for modular synthesis.

It is necessarily System 100M-centric, but 99% of the info translates directly to Euro-Rack modulars (or, well, any other modern modular, for that matter.) Even though it was written in the 70s as a manual for a synth that is no longer produced, it is perfectly applicable today, and is an excellent tool if you're just getting in to modulars and don't know how the hell they work.

Anyhow, I'll get Volume Two up shortly, probably tomorrow time permitting. These two are quite a bit larger than the two I already put up; this one is over 100 pages and so is Volume Two. [Here's the file](https://web.archive.org/web/2012/http://www.analogindustries.com/samples/RTS_Practical1.zip). If you've already donated to this effort, thank you kindly. This is a time-consuming and expensive process. (And, it turns out, hard on my scanner, a fact I didn't foresee.) If you haven't donated, and you find these PDFs useful, here's a button for you to whack:

## Comments (6)

**synthetic** (2012-03-03):

Sweet! Just in time for me to get on a plane to New Mexico. Thank you.

**willum070** (2012-03-03):

Thanks Chris, this is great stuff!

**7point62** (2012-03-03):

Thanks Chris - I appreciate the time you've taken doing this.

**White Box Volume** (2012-03-04):

Thanks Chris - peeps like you that make the world go round.

**audioworld** (2012-03-04):

Thanks Chris - valuable reference and history lesson, I hope our collective donations make up for a new scanner at least.

**oootini** (2012-03-05):

thanks! looking forwarding to consuming this...