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Author : Eduardo Reck Miranda,Marcelo M. Wanderley
Publisher : A-R Editions, Inc.
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780895795854
xxii + 286 pp.Includes a Foreword by Ross Kirk
Author : Aaron Sequeira
Publisher : Smart Audio IL Mexico SAS de CV
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 9786075957395
We will address the historical development of the most relevant electronic instruments and explain each one without detailing their operation since many no longer operate today. In this sense, it is necessary to mention that it is not that the electronic instruments not developed in this volume do not matter, but that the importance of those addressed is much greater. Therefore, we will focus on the analysis of how they were manufactured and, where appropriate, how they evolved to become modern electronic music instruments. Since the design of new musical instruments has been complex, the instruments mentioned throughout this volume will not be explained primarily in technical detail. Still, the most relevant points will be mentioned as an introduction. Something that we must consider all the time when reading this volume is that all the instruments discussed have a common factor: their design has always been intrinsically linked to the technologies available to their inventor, depending on the time in which he lived. While many of them may seem somewhat outdated or childish when compared to those that exist today, we must never forget that most of these instruments ignored practices, aesthetic ideals, and industry standards about the time and place in which they were conceived, such as the ease of manufacture (the telharmonium is an incredible example), the sonic predictability and the economy of scale to be able to mass-manufacture them. For practical reasons, I have divided this volume into three sections: those developed in the 18th century, those produced in the 19th century, and finally, those manufactured in the 20th century, many of which are still in operation today. In this way, we will realize how most of the electronic instruments that are currently used are not more than a century old after they were manufactured for the first time, which is quite surprising. On the other hand, although a highly considerable number of patents for electronic instruments have been registered (especially in the 20th century), I have limited myself to mentioning the most relevant of them to have a notion of how it is that we got to the current point in this ambit. With this in mind, we will inevitably ask ourselves: Why have only very few of the electronic instruments discussed in this volume survived to date? Part of the answer to this question lies in the fact that those instruments that made it have had the capacity to adjust to the rapid and aggressive change of modernity, and because they have been conceived with too much intuition in mind; that is, they work perfectly or rarely fail, they generate familiarity in the consumer at the first contact, and their way of producing them has proven to be profitable for the investors behind the project or the company that manufactures them.
Author : Norman H. Crowhurst
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Music
ISBN : WISC:89048449763
Author : Larry Kettelkamp
Publisher : William Morrow & Company
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0688027814
Explains the principles of electronic music, discusses the uses of such electronic instruments as oscillators, synthesizers, electronic organs, and sound processors, and gives advice on performing and recording electronic music.
Author : Alan Douglas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Electronic musical instruments
ISBN : UOM:39015007927968
Author : Kim Bjørn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic musical instruments
ISBN : 8799999501
Author : Norman Crowhurst
Publisher : Tab Books
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1971-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0830605460
Author : Till Bovermann,Alberto de Campo,Hauke Egermann,Sarah-Indriyati Hardjowirogo,Stefan Weinzierl
Publisher : Springer
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811029516
By exploring the many different types and forms of contemporary musical instruments, this book contributes to a better understanding of the conditions of instrumentality in the 21st century. Providing insights from science, humanities and the arts, authors from a wide range of disciplines discuss the following questions: · What are the conditions under which an object is recognized as a musical instrument? · What are the actions and procedures typically associated with musical instruments? · What kind of (mental and physical) knowledge do we access in order to recognize or use something as a musical instrument? · How is this knowledge being shaped by cultural conventions and temporal conditions? · How do algorithmic processes 'change the game' of musical performance, and as a result, how do they affect notions of instrumentality? · How do we address the question of instrumental identity within an instrument's design process? · What properties can be used to differentiate successful and unsuccessful instruments? Do these properties also contribute to the instrumentality of an object in general? What does success mean within an artistic, commercial, technological, or scientific context?
Author : Jean-Michel Reveillac
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781119618119
Since 1960, with the advent of musical electronics, composers and musicians have been using ever more sophisticated machines to create sonic material that presents innovation, color and new styles: electro-acoustic, electro, house, techno, etc. music. The music of Pierre Henry, Kraftwerk, Pink Floyd, Daft Punk and many others has introduced new sounds, improbable rhythms and a unique approach to composition and notation. Electronic machines have become essential: they have built and influenced the music of the most recent decades and set the trend for future productions. This book explores the theory and practice related to the different machines which constitute the universe of musical electronics, omitting synthesizers which are treated in other works. Sequencers, drum machines, samplers, groove machines and vocoders from 1960 to today are studied in their historical, physical and theoretical context. More detailed approaches to the Elektron Octatrack sequencer-sampler and the Korg Electribe 2 groove machine are also included.
Author : Tom Rhea
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0578707721
History and commentary on vintage electronic musical instruments through approximately 1981.
Author : Norman H. Crowhurst
Publisher : Indianapolis : H.W. Sams
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Electronic musical instruments
ISBN : STANFORD:36105042340211
Author : Thomas Patteson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780520288027
Listening to instruments -- "The joy of precision" : mechanical instruments and the aesthetics of automation -- "The alchemy of tone" : Jörg Mager and electric music -- "Sonic handwriting" : media instruments and musical inscription -- "A new, perfect musical instrument" : the trautonium and electric music in the 1930s -- The expanding instrumentarium
Author : Anonim
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1967-12-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781442637894
This exhaustive bibliography, reflecting current interest in electronic music, includes all available citations of books, articles, and monographs pertaining to "musique concrète," "Elektronische Musik," "tape music," and "computer music" from publications in fourteen languages. Organized alphabetically by author, or, in the case of unsigned works, by title, and including a classified subject index, this book will appeal primarily to persons or organizations who are founding or maintaining electronic music centres, composing or performing electronic music, or pursuing original research in experimental music and related disciplines.
Author : Tom Darter,Greg Armbruster
Publisher : William Morrow
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105042593744
Author : Neville H. Fletcher,Thomas D. Rossing
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 763 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387216034
While the history of musical instruments is nearly as old as civilisation itself, the science of acoustics is quite recent. By understanding the physical basis of how instruments are used to make music, one hopes ultimately to be able to give physical criteria to distinguish a fine instrument from a mediocre one. At that point science may be able to come to the aid of art in improving the design and performance of musical instruments. As yet, many of the subtleties in musical sounds of which instrument makers and musicians are aware remain beyond the reach of modern acoustic measurements. This book describes the results of such acoustical investigations - fascinating intellectual and practical exercises. Addressed to readers with a reasonable grasp of physics who are not put off by a little mathematics, this book discusses most of the traditional instruments currently in use in Western music. A guide for all who have an interest in music and how it is produced, as well as serving as a comprehensive reference for those undertaking research in the field.
