Analog synthesizers : understanding, performing, buying from the legacy of Moog to software synthesis / Mark Jenkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jenkins, Mark, 1960- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Synthesizer (Musical instrument).

Physical Description:

xvi, 431 pages ; 26 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

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 andjazz 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 Dixonand 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 asseasoned professionals appreciate and master the secrets of analog sound synthesis. Analog Synthesizers has a companion website featuring hundreds of examples of analog sound creat

Contents:

Chapter 1 What is analog? p. 1

Sound p. 1

Frequency p. 2

Amplitude p. 3

Wave shape p. 4

Harmonics and overtones p. 6

Noise p. 7

Phase p. 8

Synthesizer components p. 9

Circuit design p. 14

Sound design p. 14

Chapter 2 Aspects of analog sound p. 16

Voltage-controlled oscillator p. 17

Voltage-controlled filter p. 22

Envelope generator p. 23

Voltage-controlled amplifier p. 25

Low-frequency oscillator p. 25

White noise source p. 27

Sample-and-hold p. 27

Wave shaper p. 29

Ring modulator p. 29

Subharmonic oscillator p. 31

Resonator p. 32

Frequency shifter p. 33

Morphing filter p. 33

Vocoder p. 34

Sequencer p. 37

Keyboard p. 40

MIDI interface p. 46

Assorted modules p. 47

Chapter 3 The birth of analog, the manufacturers and the artists p. 52

Moog p. 54

ARP p. 65

EMS p. 69

Oberheim p. 75

Sequential circuits p. 79

Yamaha p. 82

Korg p. 88

Roland p. 94

Chapter 4 The Growth of Analog p. 103

Italy p. 103

The Netherlands p. 109

Japan p. 110

United Kingdom p. 116

USA p. 126

Chapter 5 Using and Programming Analog p. 135

Classical and avant-garde programmers p. 135

Jazz programmers p. 143

Pop and TV music programmers p. 146

Rock programmers p. 152

Pure synthesizer programmers p. 160

Techno-pop programmers p. 170

Programming for orchestral imitation p. 178

Programming rock, pop and electric sounds p. 184

Programming abstract sounds p. 188

Ten great early analog sounds p. 197

Chapter 6 The Analog Revival, 1980s-2000s p. 201

Chapter 7 Programming and using virtual analog hardware and software p. 239

Virtual analog programming p. 240

Virtual oscillators p. 241

Virtual filters p. 244

Virtual LFOs p. 245

Virtual envelopes p. 246

Virtual controllers p. 246

Alternative applications p. 249

Analog emulation software p. 250

Chapter 8 2013-2019 updates: new instruments, Eurorack and movies TV p. 265

Obituaries p. 265

New instruments, 2013 onwards p. 268

Modules 2013-2019: the Eurorack explosion p. 301

Analog goes to the movies p. 320.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Jenkins, Mark, 1960- author. Analog synthesizers

ISBN:

9781138319387

1138319384

9781138319363

1138319368

OCLC:

1079400653