sound synthesis is a subdomain of digital signal processing focused on generating audio signals algorithmically.

this document series explores a minimal, compositional, and functional framework and model for additive musical sound synthesis.

• basics
• instruments
• structure and timing
• melody and composition
• control and variation
• advanced ideas and concepts

• general
• resynthesis
• fm-synthesis

• general
• frequency filtering
• phase generation
• convolution

• random notes
• sph-sp sound synthesis library

• online book: the scientist and engineer's guide to digital signal processing
• book: The Computer Music Tutorial by Curtis Roads (1256 pages)
• online book: spectral audio signal processing by julius o. smith iii
• sound texture perception via statistics of the auditory periphery: evidence from sound synthesis. synthesis of sound textures
• puredata graphical dsp programming. easy to create graphical interfaces with controls, for example when linking multiple midi devices