Agreed! This is such a good resource, but read it slowly because it is a TON of information to take in, it goes very in detail. Very much worth the read, though.

Understanding your synth and how to manipulate every single parameter to get the sound you want is essential, and extremely under-rated and overlooked.

Many people don't really take the time to learn the ins and outs of every knob, button, effect and so forth that their synth provides.

Example: Turning 'retrig' on for a single oscillator may change your sound

Agreed! This is such a good resource, but read it slowly because it is a TON of information to take in, it goes very in detail. Very much worth the read, though.

Yup, but also read it while keeping in mind that the first article was written in 1999. The explanations given are more oriented toward analog stuff, like when he talks about the voltage controlled oscillators/amplifiers and other things that have more to do with hardware and circuitry. I don't think that these directly translates to the digital world, but the concepts are still very useful and definitely applicable to the soft synths people use today. Don't expect to be learning how to make crazy growls though, this just kinda goes through how sound works, what probably every knob on your synth does, and then details recreating mostly real world instruments. Like starseekr said though, definitely worth a read or two.