Vintage Synthesizers: Groundbreaking Instruments and Pioneering Designers of Electronic Music Synthesizers - Brossura

Vail, Mark

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0879306033 ISBN 13: 9780879306038

Casa editrice: Backbeat Books, 2000

Riassunto

(Book). This new edition is the ultimate exploration of the upstart instruments and their unique analog growls and screams that paved the way over the last four decades for today's fast-paced electronic music world. Explores the development of the modern synthesizer from 1962 on, with in-depth interviews with pioneering designers Bob Moog and Alan R. Pearlman of Moog Music and ARP Instruments fame. These and other designers reveal their initial ideas, reflect on their hits and misses, and discuss how star performers have used their creations. Histories of groundbreaking instruments examine modular, analog & digital synths and samplers, plus more unusual instruments like the Mellotron. Noted synthesist Keith Emerson and composer Wendy Carlos ("Switched-On Bach") offer musical insights and performance techniques. Includes fully updated pricing and production info, and more than 200 photos and a stunning color section.

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Product Description:

Updated for the second edition, this text provides a comprehensive exploration of the vintage synthesizer that has paved the way since the 1960s for today's fast-paced electronic music world.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Backbeat Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0879306033
• ISBN 13: 9780879306038
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 342