Audio programming is an exciting intersection between software development, digital signal processing (DSP), and creativity. It's enjoyable and rewarding once you've learned the basics, but how do you get started?

In this book, we introduce you to this exciting world with a step-by-step guide to building a synthesizer plugin. We provide straight-forward explanations to the concepts and keep the math simple.

Why build a synthesizer? Building a synth plugin is a fantastic way to learn and walk through some of the fundamental concepts of audio programming, including:

• The building blocks of a synth (oscillator, filter, envelope, & LFO)
• The basics of digital audio and DSP
• Understanding and handling MIDI communication
• The fundamentals of real-time audio programming with C++