Modular synthesis : patching machines and people / edited by Ezra J. Teboul, Andreas Kitzmann, and Einar Engström.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Teboul, Ezra J., editor.

Kitzmann, Andreas, editor.

Engström, Einar, editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Modular synthesizer (Musical instrument)--History.

Modular synthesizer (Musical instrument).

Modular synthesizer (Musical instrument)--Construction.

Modular synthesizer (Musical instrument)--Performance.

Modular synthesizer music--History and criticism.

Modular synthesizer music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume (unpaged)) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.

Contents:

Introduction / Andreas Kitzmann and Einar Engström

Preface. All Patched Up : A Material and Discursive History of Modularity and Control Voltages / Ezra J. Teboul

The Buchla Music Easel : From Cyberculture to Market Culture / Ted Gordon

Modular Synthesizers as Conceptual Models / Jonathan De Souza

A Time-warped Assemblage as a Musical Instrument : Flexibility and Constauration of Modular Synthesis in Willem Twee Studio / Hannah Bosma

Interview / Dani Dobkin

Gordon Mumma's Sound-Modifier Console / Michael Johnsen

Artist Statement : Switchboard Modulars

Vacant Levels and Intercept Tones / Lori Napoleon

Eurorack to VCV Rack : Modular Synthesis as Compositional Performance / Justin Randell and Hillegonda C. Rietveld

Strange Play : Parametric Design and Modular Learning / Kurt Thumlert, Jason Nolan, Melanie McBride and Heidi Chan

Grid Culture / Arseni Troitski and Eliot Bates

Modular Ecologies / Bana Haffar

Ourorack : Altered States of Consciousness and Auto-Experimentation with Electronic Sound / William J. Turkel

Patching Possibilities : resisting Normative Logics in Modular Interfaces / Asha Tamirisa

Draft/patch/weave : Interfacing the Modular Synthesizer with the Floor Loom / Jacob Weinberg and Anna Bockrath

Composing Autonomy in Thresholds and Fragile States / David Dunn and David Kant

Virtual Materiality : Simulated Mediation in the Eurorack Synthesizer Format / Ryan Page

Interview : Designing Instruments as Designing Problems / Meng Qi

Interviews with Four Toronto-based Modular Designers / Heidi Chan

Interview / Dave Rossum

Interview / Paulo Santos

Interview / Corry Banks

Modular Synthesis in the Era of Control Societies / Sparkles Stanford

Randomness, Chaos, and Communication / Naomi Mitchell

Interview / Andrew Fitch

From 'What If' to 'What Diff?' And Back Again / Michael Palumbo and Graham Wakefield

Interview : The Mycelia of Does-Nothing Objects / Brian Crabtree.

Notes:

"A Focal Press book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 26, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: Modular synthesis

ISBN:

9781003219484

1003219489

Publisher Number:

99996663504

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.