A fascinating read that I rarely see mentioned in these kind of threads is Rick Snoman&#x27;s Dance Music Manual - for anyone interested in synths and their role in electronic music, it provides tons of information on the when&#x2F;where&#x2F;why&#x2F;how various synth techniques became popular in different styles of dance music and gives good introductory information on how to take the raw synth components you can create in software or hardware (waveforms, filters, envelopes, etc) and turn them into the kinds of sounds common in various dance music genres.<p>The book is written with a slant towards the aspiring dance music producer, but, it should be plenty interesting for anyone who wants to have a bit more musical interest in synthesis beyond the purely mathematical angle.