The Complete DX7 [Paperback]

Howard Massey (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 277 pages
• Publisher: Music Sales Corp (June 1, 1998)
• ISBN-10: 0711909962
• ISBN-13: 978-0711909960
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 9.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,616,683 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Howard Massey is a music journalist, musician, and recording engineer/producer who was formerly an editor at Musician and Performing Songwriter magazines.

He is also the author of fifteen books, including two collections of interviews with record producers entitled "Behind The Glass" and "Behind The Glass Volume II." In 2006 he co-authored legendary Beatles engineer Geoff Emerick's memoir "Here, There, and Everywhere." In 2009 he co-authored "When I'm 64," a book about retirement planning (for more information, visit www.whenim64.com). He is currently completing his first novel.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best introduction to FM synthesis, January 4, 2012

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This review is from: The Complete DX7 (Paperback)

The Yamaha DX7, and FM synthesis in general, are renowned for their daunting learning curve in getting past the presets and actually designing sounds from scratch. This book assumes no special knowledge, and walks the reader step by step through navigating the DX7 interface and programming sounds from the ground up. I've wanted to get my head around FM synthesis for years, and while it's still an area that takes lots of study and experimentation to master, this book is what really got FM to click for me.

It's truly a shame this book is out of print and so difficult to find, especially given the resurgence of FM by way of software synthesis over the past several years.