Electronic music instruments known as synthesizers have been around since the 1950s, but the past few decades have seen their capabilities expand exponentially and their forms shape-shift from room-filling grandeur to sophisticated applications that run on pocket-sized phones and MP3 players. This book reveals the history, basics, forms, and uses of this astonishing instrument.
Electronic music instruments known as synthesizers have been around since the 1950s, but the past few decades have seen their capabilities expand exponentially and their forms shape-shift from room-filling grandeur to sophisticated applications that run on pocket-sized phones and MP3 players. This book reveals the history, basics, forms, and uses of this astonishing instrument.
Building on his life-long interest in music, Mark Vail discovered synthesizers in 1973 and bought his first in 1976. After earning an MFA in electronic music in 1983, he served on the editorial staff at Keyboard magazine from 1988 to 2001. The author of Vintage Synthesizers and The Hammond Organ: Beauty in the B, Mark is internationally acknowledged as a foremost authority on synthesizers.
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Foreword by Michelle Moog-Koussa Preface About the Companion Website 1. Trendsetting All-Stars 2. Acoustics and Synthesis Basics Real-World Acoustics Types of Synthesis Audio Sources: Oscillators, Noise, and More VCAs, Envelopes, and LFOs Envelope Followers and Pitch-to-Voltage Converters Filters EQs and Filter Banks Analog Sequencers Arpeggiators Reverb Analog Delay Digital Delay Loopers Other Effects 3. Choosing Your Synthesizer(s) What's Your Budget? Musical Tastes and Goals Hardware vs. Software Portability and Power Programmability: Pros and Cons Expandability As Others Have Done Perspective Modular Synthesizers in the 21st Century An Overview Modular Synth Shopping More on Eurorack Modular More on FracRak Modular More on Serge Modular Connectivity Convincing Analog and MIDI Synths to Coexist MIDI-to-CV Conversion CV-to-MIDI Conversion Controllers Synths and Controllers with Keyboards Alternative Controllers Wind Controllers Touch Controllers Hand-Held Controllers Struck Controllers Controllers for Microtonal Tunings 4. Composition, Programming, and Performance Techniques Composition Scoring to Picture Composing for Living Art Following Through on a Thought Sage Advice from a Master Scoring with Intent, Even When Intimidated Patching, a.k.a. Programming Encouraging Synthesists' Creativity When and How to Experiment with Sounds The Good and Bad of Non-Programmability Programming for Progress Fun with Modular Synths Layering Synth Sounds Programming for Expression Performance Tools of the Trade Dependence on the Tried and True, but Moving Forward Modular Apparitions Defying the Dependence on Visuals 5. Recording the Synthesizer As It Was and How It's Become for the Switched-On Innovator Serial vs. Random-Access Media Strategies for Recording Film and TV Scores Harnessing the Power of Modular Synths with Ableton Live Automated Mixing Outboard Processing: Preparing Audio for Recording Recording Direct and Expanding for Surround-Sound Appendix: Selected Bibliography, Museums and Films, Manufacturers, Blogs, Dealers and Stores Index
Foreword by Michelle Moog-Koussa Preface About the Companion Website 1. Trendsetting All-Stars 2. Acoustics and Synthesis Basics Real-World Acoustics Types of Synthesis Audio Sources: Oscillators, Noise, and More VCAs, Envelopes, and LFOs Envelope Followers and Pitch-to-Voltage Converters Filters EQs and Filter Banks Analog Sequencers Arpeggiators Reverb Analog Delay Digital Delay Loopers Other Effects 3. Choosing Your Synthesizer(s) What's Your Budget? Musical Tastes and Goals Hardware vs. Software Portability and Power Programmability: Pros and Cons Expandability As Others Have Done Perspective Modular Synthesizers in the 21st Century An Overview Modular Synth Shopping More on Eurorack Modular More on FracRak Modular More on Serge Modular Connectivity Convincing Analog and MIDI Synths to Coexist MIDI-to-CV Conversion CV-to-MIDI Conversion Controllers Synths and Controllers with Keyboards Alternative Controllers Wind Controllers Touch Controllers Hand-Held Controllers Struck Controllers Controllers for Microtonal Tunings 4. Composition, Programming, and Performance Techniques Composition Scoring to Picture Composing for Living Art Following Through on a Thought Sage Advice from a Master Scoring with Intent, Even When Intimidated Patching, a.k.a. Programming Encouraging Synthesists' Creativity When and How to Experiment with Sounds The Good and Bad of Non-Programmability Programming for Progress Fun with Modular Synths Layering Synth Sounds Programming for Expression Performance Tools of the Trade Dependence on the Tried and True, but Moving Forward Modular Apparitions Defying the Dependence on Visuals 5. Recording the Synthesizer As It Was and How It's Become for the Switched-On Innovator Serial vs. Random-Access Media Strategies for Recording Film and TV Scores Harnessing the Power of Modular Synths with Ableton Live Automated Mixing Outboard Processing: Preparing Audio for Recording Recording Direct and Expanding for Surround-Sound Appendix: Selected Bibliography, Museums and Films, Manufacturers, Blogs, Dealers and Stores Index
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