Lots of information out there, but you have to have an idea of what to look for. Sit down with this 63 part series and you'll have a very good understanding of

Lots of information out there, but you have to have an idea of what to look for. Sit down with this 63 part series and you'll have a very good understanding of the mathematics and physics behind sound: http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may99/articles/synthsec.htm http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may99/articles/synthsec.htm. You'd probably come to a lot of those realizations just working with computer audio software. Tons of papers out there on the maths behind, say, phase-vocoder techniques (same maths behind autotune): http://www.ee.columbia.edu/~dpwe/papers/LaroD99-pvoc.pdf http://www.ee.columbia.edu/~dpwe/papers/LaroD99-pvoc.pdf The average music student is more interested in the music than what's behind it. Not at all a knock on them, just how it is.