Analog Synthesizers: Understanding, Performing, Buying

From the Legacy of Moog to Software Synthesis

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

AvMark Jenkins

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-06-25
Mått191 x 254 x undefined mm
Vikt990 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor432
Upplaga2
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781138319387

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Mark Jenkins has written about electronic music for Melody Maker, International Musician, Keyboard Player (UK), Keyboard (USA), and many other publications. He has performed and recorded solo and with members of Tangerine Dream, Can, Gong, White Noise, and Van Der Graaf Generator in the UK, USA, Europe, Brazil, Russia, and China, at venues including the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the London Planetarium, the Carnegie Science Center Pittsburgh, the Vanderbilt Planetarium, and the Teatro Nacional in Brazil.

AcknowledgementsAbout the authorIntroduction: what’s so great about analog?Chapter 1What is analog?SoundFrequencyAmplitudeWave shapeHarmonics and overtonesNoisePhaseSynthesizer componentsCircuit designSound designChapter 2Aspects of analog soundVoltage-controlled oscillatorVoltage-controlled filterEnvelope generatorVoltage-controlled amplifierLow-frequency oscillatorWhite noise sourceSample-and-holdWave shaperRing modulatorSubharmonic oscillatorResonatorFrequency shifterMorphing filterVocoderSequencerKeyboardMIDI interfaceAssorted modulesChapter 3The birth of analog, the manufacturers and the artistsMoogARPEMSOberheimSequential circuitsYamahaKorgRolandChapter 4The growth of analogItalyFranceThe NetherlandsJapanUnited KingdomGermanyUSAChapter 5Using and programming analogClassical and avant-garde programmersJazz programmersPop and TV music programmersRock programmersPure synthesizer programmersTechno-pop programmersProgramming for orchestral imitationProgramming rock, pop and electric soundsProgramming abstract soundsTen great analog soundsChapter 6The analog revival, 1980s–2000sChapter 7Programming and using virtual analog hardware and softwareVirtual analog programmingVirtual oscillatorsVirtual filtersVirtual LFOsVirtual envelopesVirtual controllersAlternative applicationsAnalog softwareChapter 82013-2019 updates: new instruments, Eurorack and movies/TVObituariesNew instruments, 2013 onwardsModules 2013–2019: the Eurorack explosionAnalog goes to the moviesAppendix A Classic instruments: specifications and valuesAppendix B Analog and virtual analog instruments: currently or recently in productionAppendix C Purchasing guide for analog instrumentsAppendix D BibliographyAppendix E DiscographyAppendix F ContactsAppendix G Website content: www.routledge.com/cw/jenkinsIndex