Where can I learn to recreate any sound I want?

[theblackbelted1]

Is there some kind of book or videos(would like videos to hear what effects sound like) that can teach you mostly all of the functions of most synthesizers? I want to recreate things like monster growls , soft rich plucks , even drums and know why x + y makes this sound instead of just how. I know adsr , basic wave forms , the basic filters , lfos , I know what fm does but don't know how to create specific sounds with fm synthesis. A friend recommended a software called syntorial but I have no way to purchase it(no way to create paypal).

 

[bandcoach]

Synth Secrets: Links to All Parts

Welsh's Synthesizer Cookbook: Analog Synthesizer Programming

then look for the wizzo books for reaktor and synthedit which will give you some insight into fx and synth creation in their respective environment

also look for sound magus and his website of massive and other tutorials which is a sticky in the tutorials sub-forum

 

[scrapheaper]

Watch lots of tutorials and practice.

You start to pick up techniques for certain aspects of a sound. e.g. pitch enveloping for percussiveness, what unison sounds like, what phase modulation sounds like etc

FM sounds are very difficult to replicate- they'll probably be one of the last things you learn how to replicate.