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):

Analog electronic systems.

Computer sound processing.

Synthesizer (Musical instrument).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Burlington, Mass. : Focal Press, an imprint of Elsevier, 2007.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In this book, the technical explanation of the nature of analog sound creation is followed by the story of its birth and its subsequent development by various designers, manufacturers and performers. The individual components of analog sound creation are then examined in detail, with step by step examples of sound creation techniques. Then the modern imitative analog instruments are examined, again with detailed instructions for programming and using them, and the book is completed with appendices listing the major instrument lines available, hints on values and

Contents:

Cover; Analog Synthesizers: Understanding, performing, buying: from the legacy of Moog to software synthesis; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the author; Introduction - what's so great about analog?; 1 What is analog?; SOUND; FREQUENCY; LOUDNESS; WAVE SHAPE; HARMONICS AND OVERTONES; NOISE; PHASE; SYNTHESIZER COMPONENTS; CIRCUIT DESIGN; SOUND DESIGN; 2 Aspects of analog sound; VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR; VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED FILTER; ENVELOPE GENERATOR; VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED AMPLIFIER; LOW- FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR; WHITE NOISE SOURCE; SAMPLE-AND-HOLD; WAVE SHAPER; RING MODULATOR

SUBHARMONIC OSCILLATORRESONATOR; FREQUENCY SHIFTER; MORPHING FILTER; VOCODER; SEQUENCER; KEYBOARD; MIDI INTERFACE; ASSORTED MODULES; 3 The birth of analog, the manufacturers and the artists; MOOG; ARP; EMS; OBERHEIM; SEQUENTIAL; YAMAHA; KORG; ROLAND; 4 The growth of analog; ITALY; FRANCE; THE NETHERLANDS; JAPAN; UNITED KINGDOM; GERMANY; USA; 5 Using and programming analog; CLASSICAL AND AVANT-GARDE PROGRAMMERS; JAZZ PROGRAMMERS; POP AND TV MUSIC PROGRAMMERS; ROCK PROGRAMMERS; PURE SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMERS; TECHNO-POP PROGRAMMERS; PROGRAMMING FOR ORCHESTRAL IMITATION

PROGRAMMING ROCK, POP AND ELECTRIC SOUNDSPROGRAMMING ABSTRACT SOUNDS; TEN GREAT ANALOG SOUNDS; 6 The analog revival; 7 Using and programming virtual analog hardware and software; VIRTUAL ANALOG PROGRAMMING; VIRTUAL OSCILLATORS; VIRTUAL FILTERS; VIRTUAL LFOs; VIRTUAL ENVELOPES; VIRTUAL CONTROLLERS; ALTERNATIVE APPLICATIONS; ANALOG SOFTWARE; Appendix A: Classic instruments - specifications and values; Appendix B: Modern analog and virtual analog hardware instruments; Appendix C: Purchasing guide for analog instruments; Appendix D: Bibliography; Appendix E: Discography; Appendix F: Contacts

Appendix G: Audio CD tracksIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-290) and index.

ISBN:

1-136-12277-X

1-136-12278-8

1-281-01896-1

9786611018962

0-08-054969-1

9780080549699

OCLC:

499051618