Analog Synthesizers: Understanding, Performing, Buying- from the legacy of Moog to software synthesis
by Mark Jenkins
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Author: Mark JenkinsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-08-16
ISBN: 0240520726
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Focal Press
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Book Review: Not quite what I was expecting
Summary: 3 Stars
If you are buying this book to learn how to play synthesizers, as I did, it really won't be what you expect. It is about 3/4 history lessons and 1/4 actual component comprehension, methods, and techniques. I can't say I walked away from the book gaining nothing at all, and the history lesson was interesting enough. But there's maybe 50 pages worth of content that I was actually looking for.
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Summary of Analog Synthesizers: Understanding, Performing, Buying- from the legacy of Moog to software synthesis
In this book, the technical explanation of the nature of analog sound creation is followed by the story of its birth and its subsequent development by various designers, manufacturers and performers.The individual components of analog sound creation are then examined in detail, with step by step examples of sound creation techniques. Then the modern imitative analog instruments are examined, again with detailed instructions for programming and using them, and the book is completed with appendices listing the major instrument lines available, hints on values and purchasing, other sources of information, and a discography of readily available recordings which give good examples of analog sound synthesis.
The CD which accompanies the book gives many examples of analog sound creation basics as well as more advanced techniques, and of the abilities of the individual instruments associated with classical and with imitative analog sound synthesis.
* A complete history of analog sound in one work
* Interviews with industry Legends and developers of of analog synthesizers
* Audio CD of demo sounds and tuitional pieces to illustrate the processes discussed in the book
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