Developing Virtual Synthesizers with VCV Rack

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.

• PrefaceAcknowledgements1 Modular Synthesis: Theory2 Elements of Signal Processing for Synthesis3 VCV Rack basics4 Developing with VCV Rack5 The graphical user interface: a quick introduction6 Let’s start programming: the easy ones7 Getting Serious: DSP "classroom" modules8 Crunching numbers: advanced DSP modules9 The graphical user interface: creating custom widgets10 Additional topics11 After reading this bookBibliographyIndex

"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