User Guide comment

I am an extreme novice. But....
The user guide is extremely difficult to understand. Is there a better document to study?

Thanks for the tip

Almost all guides/manuals are worthless to the newbie - by the time you figure out the terminology to ask the question and find the answer, you already have answered the questions (is the above too convoluted?).

tutorials are the best way, but I don't think Rap or DimPro have them. You have to figure them out the old fasioned way - by fooling with them. I don't know where the general principles of synthesis can be found, but that would help, esp. with the terminology. Just like with majick, if you can name something you have control over it. But the rest is just practise, just like learning any instrument.

What about a basic experiment such as I used to do when learning analog synths - i.e. create a basic sawtooth wave, open filter wide, resonance to zero, EGs closed except for sustain at full.

Then listen as the filter cutoff is dialed down. Then do the same thing with resonance added. Then start experimenting with the EGs, filter and amp. Just those limited set of parameters can yield a huge amount of results.

The key is isolating each parameter and learning and hearing what it does. Someone needs to write a beginner's tutorial about that.

Only then is one ready to start mucking about with Step Gens, LFO modulations, cross pollinating, and all that other advanced stuff you guys are into.

Begin with the basics, though!