This came up on another forum after I had suggested some wind instrument vst's. The poster was trying to learn how to do it without the help of actual samples or vst's.
Basically, with proper knowledge, you can recreate most sounds with a synthesizer. *note i said most, not all
have a coffee for this:
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/allsynthsecrets.htm
the articles are in chronological order with the most recent at the top. if you are starting out, look at the bottom ones first.
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