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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807738503321

Autore

Pinch Trevor <1952-2021.>

Titolo

Analog days : the invention and impact of the Moog synthesizer / / Trevor Pinch and Frank Trocco

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : Harvard University Press, , 2002

ISBN

0-674-26646-3

0-674-04216-6

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 368 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Altri autori (Persone)

TroccoFrank

Disciplina

786.7419

Soggetti

Moog synthesizer

Synthesizer (Musical instrument)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Discography: p. [325]-329).

Nota di contenuto

Foreword by Robert Moog Preface Introduction: Sculpting Sound 1. Subterranean Homesick Blues 2. Buchla's Box 3. Shaping the Synthesizer 4. The Funky Factory in Trumansburg 5. Haight-Asbury's Psychedelic Sound 6. An Odd Couple in the Summer of Love 7. Switched-On Bach 8. In Love with a Machine 9. Music of My Mind 10. Live! 11. Hard-Wired-the Minimoog 12. Inventing the Market 13. Close Encounters with the ARP 14. From Daleks to the Dark Side of the Moon Conclusion: Performance Discography Sources Notes Glossary Index

Sommario/riassunto

Tracing the development of the Moog synthesizer from its initial conception to its ascension to stardom in 'Switched-on Bach', this text conveys the consequences of a technology that would provide the soundtrack for a chapter in cultural history.