Analog Synthesizers: Understanding, Performing, Buying

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From the Legacy of Moog to Software Synthesis

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvMark Jenkins

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Now in its third edition, Analog Synthesizers charts the technology, instruments, designers, and musicians associated with its three major historical phases: invention in the 1960s–1970s, re-birth in the 1980s–1990s, and software synthesis. This book explores the physics of sound and individual synthesizer elements, alongside extensive detailed instructions on sound programming.Featuring new interviews with Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Rick Wakeman, and Jordan Rudess, as well as a review of a vast range of old and new instruments, the book includes advice on their selection and servicing. New material for this edition includes a look at instrument museums and studio instrument collections around the world, alternative forms of accessibility, and the latest developments in software sounds synthesis and the applications of Artificial Intelligence to music creation. The book is accompanied by a website offering video demos of key instruments and hundreds of audio demos to download as sound samples.Including a detailed biography and discography with suggestions for further reading and choice sounds, Analog Synthesizers is a useful resource for entry level musicians looking to purchase their first instrument, as well as seasoned professionals who want to appreciate and master the secrets of analog sound synthesis.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-09-22
Mått178 x 254 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor540
Upplaga3
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781041152743

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AcknowledgementsAbout the authorIntroduction: what’s so great about analog?Chapter 1. What is analog?Chapter 2. Aspects of analog soundChapter 3. The birth of analog, the manufacturers and the artistsChapter 4. The growth of analogChapter 5. Using and programming analogChapter 6. The analog revival, 1980's-2000'sChapter 7. Programming and using virtual analog hardware and softwareChapter 8. 2013-2018 updates: musicians, new instruments, movies/TVAddendum 1. Museums and collectionsAddendum 2. Artist profilesAddendum 3. AccessibilityAddendum 4. New products: 2019-2025Addendum 5. Studio and stage picturesAddendum 6. Figures from the Past, and the Future with AIAppendix A. Classic instruments: specifications and valuesAppendix B. Analog and virtual analog instruments: now or recently in productionAppendix C. Purchasing guide for classic analog instrumentsAppendix D. BibliographyAppendix E. DiscographyAppendix F. Contacts and web resourcesAppendix G. Online content: www.routledge.com/9781041152736Index