Analog Synthesizers Understanding Performing Buying

Author : Mark Jenkins
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781136122774

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Analog Synthesizers by Mark Jenkins Pdf

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.

Author : Mark Jenkins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780429844379

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Analog Synthesizers: Understanding, Performing, Buying by Mark Jenkins Pdf

Making its first huge impact in the 1960s through the inventions of Bob Moog, the analog synthesizer sound, riding a wave of later developments in digital and software synthesis, has now become more popular than ever. Analog Synthesizers charts the technology, instruments, designers, and musicians associated with its three major historical phases: invention in the 1960s–1970s and the music of Walter Carlos, Pink Floyd, Gary Numan, Genesis, Kraftwerk, The Human League, Tangerine Dream, and Jean-Michel Jarre; re-birth in the 1980s–1990s through techno and dance music and jazz fusion; and software synthesis. Now updated, this new edition also includes sections on the explosion from 2000 to the present day in affordable, mass market Eurorack format and other analog instruments, which has helped make the analog synthesizer sound hugely popular once again, particularly in the fields of TV and movie music. Major artists interviewed in depth include: Hans Zimmer (Golden Globe and Academy Award nominee and winner, "Gladiator" and "The Lion King") Mike Oldfield (Grammy Award winner, "Tubular Bells") Isao Tomita (Grammy Award nominee, "Snowflakes Are Dancing") Rick Wakeman (Grammy Award nominee, Yes) Tony Banks (Grammy, Ivor Novello and Brit Awards, Genesis) Nick Rhodes (Grammy Award Winner, Duran Duran) and from the worlds of TV and movie music: Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein (Primetime Emmy Award, "Stranger Things") Paul Haslinger (BMI Film and TV Music Awards, "Underworld") Suzanne Ciani (Grammy Award Nominee, "Neverland") Adam Lastiwka ("Travelers") The book opens with a grounding in the physics of sound, instrument layout, sound creation, purchasing, and instrument repair, which will help entry level musicians as well as seasoned professionals appreciate and master the secrets of analog sound synthesis. Analog Synthesizers has a companion website featuring hundreds of examples of analog sound created using dozens of classic and modern instruments.

Author : Ray Wilson
Publisher : Maker Media, Inc.
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781449345198

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Make: Analog Synthesizers by Ray Wilson Pdf

Dive hands-on into the tools, techniques, and information for making your own analog synthesizer. If you’re a musician or a hobbyist with experience in building electronic projects from kits or schematics, this do-it-yourself guide will walk you through the parts and schematics you need, and how to tailor them for your needs. Author Ray Wilson shares his decades of experience in synth-DIY, including the popular Music From Outer Space (MFOS) website and analog synth community. At the end of the book, you’ll apply everything you’ve learned by building an analog synthesizer, using the MFOS Noise Toaster kit. You’ll also learn what it takes to create synth-DIY electronic music studio. Get started in the fun and engaging hobby of synth-DIY without delay. With this book, you’ll learn: The differences between analog and digital synthesizers Analog synthesizer building blocks, including VCOs, VCFs, VCAs, and LFOs How to tool up for synth-DIY, including electronic instruments and suggestions for home-made equipment Foundational circuits for amplification, biasing, and signal mixing How to work with the MFOS Noise Toaster kit Setting up a synth-DIY electronic music studio on a budget

Author : T. J PINCH,Frank Trocco,T. J Pinch
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780674042162

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Analog Days by T. J PINCH,Frank Trocco,T. J Pinch Pdf

Tracing the development of the Moog synthesizer from its initial conception to its ascension to stardom in 'Switched-on Bach', this text conveys the consequences of a technology that would provide the soundtrack for a chapter in cultural history.

Author : Mark Vail
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780199334858

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The Synthesizer by Mark Vail Pdf

Electronic music instruments weren't called synthesizers until the 1950s, but their lineage began in 1919 with Russian inventor Lev Sergeyevich Termen's development of the Etherphone, now known as the Theremin. From that point, synthesizers have undergone a remarkable evolution from prohibitively large mid-century models confined to university laboratories to the development of musical synthesis software that runs on tablet computers and portable media devices. Throughout its history, the synthesizer has always been at the forefront of technology for the arts. In The Synthesizer: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding, Programming, Playing, and Recording the Ultimate Electronic Music Instrument, veteran music technology journalist, educator, and performer Mark Vail tells the complete story of the synthesizer: the origins of the many forms the instrument takes; crucial advancements in sound generation, musical control, and composition made with instruments that may have become best sellers or gone entirely unnoticed; and the basics and intricacies of acoustics and synthesized sound. Vail also describes how to successfully select, program, and play a synthesizer; what alternative controllers exist for creating electronic music; and how to stay focused and productive when faced with a room full of instruments. This one-stop reference guide on all things synthesizer also offers tips on encouraging creativity, layering sounds, performance, composing and recording for film and television, and much more.

Author : Nick Wilson
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781527559110

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Interpreting the Synthesizer by Nick Wilson Pdf

This volume examines the synthesizer’s significance for music and culture, with a range of contributors providing historical, musicological, practical and theoretical perspectives. The synthesizer as an instrument has evolved rapidly over the last 50 years, conveying different meanings in musical culture at various times in its history. For example, post-punk and new wave acts used synths to signify their embrace of futurism and modernity. Earlier psychedelic bands used the instrument to sonically represent mind expansion while prog acts signposted their lineage to the classical avant-garde. Techno artists used synths to escape the strictures of acoustic music in parallel with rave culture’s desire for escapism from the mundanity of daily existence. It is now seemingly ubiquitous in modern pop music production.

Author : Simone Krüger (ed.),Ron Moy (ed.)
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Popular music
ISBN : 9780956895868

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Popscript: Graduate Research In Popular Music Studies by Simone Krüger (ed.),Ron Moy (ed.) Pdf

Author : Mark Jenkins
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781135088637

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iPad Music by Mark Jenkins Pdf

Just as computer software changed the face of performing and recording over the past decades, Apple's iPad® tablet has the power to change how you produce music today. Author Mark Jenkins summarizes the iPad tablet's massive potential for music creation, explaining in detail how all iPad models can connect to musically oriented accessories and reviewing the vast range of audio inputs, microphones, MIDI interfaces, music keyboards, drum controllers, and even DJ and karaoke equipment now available. Keyboard players, guitarists, drummers, vocalists, DJs, karaoke singers, and experimental musicians, whether experienced or just starting out, can all benefit from expanding the amazing built-in abilities of the iPad using carefully chosen musical add-ons and accessories. Mark Jenkins explains and reviews the musical potential of iPad-oriented music equipment from dozens of manufacturers, including Akai, Alesis, IK Multimedia, Korg, Line 6, M-Audio, Novation, Roland, TASCAM, and many others. The potential of Android tablets for music creation is also examined. Appendices list in detail the specifications for the iPad interface sockets and include links to Apple's schemes for software and hardware developers.

Author : Alexander Refsum Jensenius
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780262544634

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Sound Actions by Alexander Refsum Jensenius Pdf

A techno-cognitive look at how new technologies are shaping the future of musicking. “Musicking” encapsulates both the making of and perception of music, so it includes both active and passive forms of musical engagement. But at its core, it is a relationship between actions and sounds, between human bodies and musical instruments. Viewing musicking through this lens and drawing on music cognition and music technology, Sound Actions proposes a model for understanding differences between traditional acoustic “sound makers” and new electro-acoustic “music makers.” What is a musical instrument? How do new technologies change how we perform and perceive music? What happens when composers build instruments, performers write code, perceivers become producers, and instruments play themselves? The answers to these pivotal questions entail a meeting point between interactive music technology and embodied music cognition, what author Alexander Refsum Jensenius calls “embodied music technology.” Moving between objective description and subjective narrative of his own musical experiences, Jensenius explores why music makes people move, how the human body can be used in musical interaction, and how new technologies allow for active musical experiences. The development of new music technologies, he demonstrates, has fundamentally changed how music is performed and perceived.

Author : Nick Collins,Margaret Schedel,Scott Wilson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-09
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781107244542

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Electronic Music by Nick Collins,Margaret Schedel,Scott Wilson Pdf

This accessible Introduction explores both mainstream and experimental manifestations of electronic music. From early recording equipment to the most recent multimedia performances, the history of electronic music is full of interesting characters, fascinating and unusual music, and radical technology. Covering many different eras, genres and media, analyses of works appear alongside critical discussion of central ideas and themes, making this an essential guide for anyone approaching the subject for the first time. Chapters include key topics from synth pop to sound art, from electronic dance music to electrical instruments, and from the expression of pure sound to audiovisuals. Highly illustrated and with a wide selection of examples, the book provides many suggestions for further reading and listening to encourage students to begin their own experiments in this exciting field.

Author : Nicholas Collins,Margaret Schedel,Scott Wilson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-09
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781107010932

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Electronic Music by Nicholas Collins,Margaret Schedel,Scott Wilson Pdf

This accessible Introduction explores both mainstream and experimental electronic music and includes many suggestions for further reading and listening.

Author : Peter Elsea
Publisher : A-R Editions, Inc.
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780895797414

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The Art and Technique of Electroacoustic Music by Peter Elsea Pdf

Electroacoustic music is now in the mainstream of music, pervading all styles from the avant-garde to pop. Even classical works are routinely scored on a computer and a synthesized demo is a powerful tool for previewing a piece. The fundamental skills of electroacoustic composition are now as essential to a music student as ear training and counterpoint. The Art and Technique of Electroacoustic Music provides a detailed approach those fundamental skills. In this book Peter Elsea explores the topic from the fundamentals of acoustics through the basics of recording, composition with the tools of music concreté, and music production with MIDI instruments, softsynths and digital audio Workstations. Later sections of the book cover synthesis in depth and introduce high powered computer composition languages including Csound, ChucK, and Max/MSP. A final section presents the challenges and techniques of live performance. This book can be used as a text for undergraduate courses and also as a guide for self-learning.

Author : Reinhard Schmitz
Publisher : Omnibus Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1999-03-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 3934903010

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Analog Synthesis by Reinhard Schmitz Pdf

Author : Paul Harkins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781351209946

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Digital Sampling by Paul Harkins Pdf

Digital Sampling is the first book about the design and use of sampling technologies that have shaped the sounds of popular music since the 1980s. Written in two parts, Digital Sampling begins with an exploration of the Fairlight CMI and how artists like Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel used it to sample the sounds of everyday life. It also focuses on E-mu Systems and the use of its keyboards and drum machines in hip-hop. The second part follows users across a range of musical worlds, including US/UK garage, indie folk music, and electronic music made from the sounds of sewers, war zones, and crematoriums. Using material from interviews and concepts from the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS), Digital Sampling provides a new and alternative approach to the study of sampling and is crucial reading for undergraduates, postgraduates, and researchers from a wide range of disciplines, including music technology, media, communication, and cultural studies.

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
Page : 1651 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Focus On: 100 Most Popular English Songwriters by Wikipedia contributors Pdf