The Synthesizer: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding, Programming, Playing, and Recording the Ultimate Electronic Music Instrument
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (538 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00HWWPAY0 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 237 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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A decent book that totally fails at its stated mission. Jacob S Nunn I bought this book recently with the intention of further augmenting my synthesis techniques. What I got was a pleasant enough read, but keep in mind, the title of this book is "A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding, Programming, Playing, and Recording the Ultimate Electronic Music Instrument". What it *SHOULD* have been titled is "A Comprehensive Guide to Technical Details of Gear That You are Unlikely to Ever Own".It's, basically, a coffee table book of synth porn for enthusiasts. Dozens and dozens of synthesizers, modular synths and other gear are listed, photographed,. "Much history, little guidance" according to Chronic Caver. If knowing the complete history of music synthesizers, the definition and evolution of each component--VCOs, LFOs, envelope generators, etc., and the bios and influences of synth makers and researchers can help you to understand, program, play, and record synthesizers, then this book is perfect for you. Go forth and buy.However, if you're a mere mortal like me who does want to understand, program, and play a synth but is looking for guidance on how all those mysterious dials, buttons and sliders affect the sound in some way that involves less talk of frequencies and voltag. Great Book Tons of Research ADHD Boy Mark's book covers EVERY and I mean EVERY synth in the universe. Mark highlights all of the different synth techniques (subtractive, additive, FM, physical modeling, sampling, etc. etc.) as well and explains them nicely. Can you believe a synth can cost $500,000.00? Yikes - you'll just have to get the book to find out which one. I love the references to the really early synth pioneers in Russia, the UK and the states. The things they accomplished with early electron tube technology was amazing. Plenty for the virtual synth and DAW crowd too. Tons of photos and stories and
Mark Vail enthusiastically charts the development of the synthesizer from the Trautonium to the latest software instruments, and also gives us valuable insights and tips from leading electronic composers, including legendary synth pioneer Wendy Carlos." --Dave Stewart, Keyboardist"In the past few decades, the synthesizer has finally come of age. Mark Vail's The Synthesizer is a must-read for anyone who has interest in learning about these engineering marvels. Stash this volume where it's easy to get to; you'll be using it a lot." --Don Buchla, Composer and Instrument Designer, Berkeley, California"Mark Vail is the best explainer and historian of music synthesizers that I know. Mark Vail's extensive work documents this journey from its austere and rarified beginnings to its p
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.. Build
Electronic music instruments weren't called synthesizers until the 1950s, but their lineage began in 1919 with Russian inventor Lev Sergeyevich Termen's development of the Etherphone, now known as the Theremin. In The Synthesizer: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding, Programming, Playing, and Recording the Ultimate Electronic Music Instrument, veteran music technology journalist, educator, and performer Mark Vail tells the complete story of the synthesizer: the origins of the many forms the instrument takes; crucial advancements in sound generation, musical