The synthesizer : a comprehensive guide to understanding, programming, playing, and recording the ultimate electronic music instrument / / Mark Vail |
Autore | Vail Mark |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (908 p.) |
Disciplina | 786.7/419 |
Soggetto topico |
Synthesizer (Musical instrument) - Instruction and study
Electronic music - Instruction and study |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-933486-2
0-19-539481-X 0-19-933485-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword by Michelle Moog-Koussa; Preface; About the Companion Website; 1 Trendsetting All-Stars; Control; No Touch Required; For The Birds; Waggling Keyboard; Timbral Flowage; Tape-to-Electronics Transition; Voltage and Digital (Fingertip) Control; Synth Italia; Armand Pascetta's Pratt-Reed Polyphony; Heavyweight Polyphony and Control; Multitimbral Polyphony; Physical Modeling; Finger-Controlled Speech; Sound; Quantized Note Selection; Polyphonic Progenitor; Polyphony from an Expander; Switched-On Additive Synthesis
Groundbreaking German Digital SynthesizersRealizing John Chowning's Linear FM Synthesis; Phase Distortion; Linear Arithmetic; Vector Synthesis; MultiSynthesis and -Processing Environment; Open Architecture; Virtual Analog; Neural Modeling; Performance; Keyboard-Controlled Tape Player; Optical Sonics, Part; Optical Sonics, Part; Digital-Sampling Trailblazer from Down Under; More Affordable Digital Sampling; The Volksampler; Multitimbral Sample Playback, Sampling Optional; Direct-from-Disk Sample Playback; First Programmable Polysynth; Classic Beat Boxes First Programmable Sample-Playback Drum MachineSmall-Scale Improvisation Instrument; Interface; Patchboard-Matrix British Synths; Educational Instruments that Went Well Beyond; Unique Improvisation Machine; Multitasking Pre-MIDI Wonder Workstation; Original Resynthesizer; Hybrid Modular; Early Electronic Music Applications from Max Mathews; Barry Vercoe's Long-Lived Synthesis and Processing Software; Personal Computer with a Built-In Synth Chip; Graphically Programmable Computer Music Language; "Obsolete" and Ever-Evolving Sonic Software; Premier Softsynths for Discriminating Enthusiasts DIY Softsynth Apps and Their Potent OffspringReliable Softsynth Platform for the Road; Composition; The First Synthesizer; Room-Filling Automated Composition Machine; Photo-Optic Instrument from Russia; Instantaneous Composing/Performance Machine; Hybrid Music Workstation that Arrived Too Late; Gigabuck Digital Audio System; Economical Multitimbral Sequencing Synth; Musical Playstation for the Masses; Instrument that Launched Hip-Hop; Multipurpose Environment for Composition and Performance; Beyond; 2 Acoustics and Synthesis Basics130; Real-World Acoustics; Types of Synthesis Audio Sources: Oscillators, Noise, and MoreVCAs, Envelopes, and LFOs; Envelope Followers and Pitch-to-Voltage Converters; Filters; EQs and Filter Banks; Analog Sequencers; Arpeggiators; Reverb; Analog Delay; Digital Delay; Loopers; Other Effects; 3 Choosing Your Synthesizer(s); Options; What's Your Budget?; Musical Tastes and Goals; Hardware vs. Software; Portability and Power; Programmability: Pros and Cons; Expandability; As Others Have Done; Perspective; Modular Synthesizers in the Twenty-first Century; An Overview; Modular Synth Shopping; More on Eurorack Modular; More on FracRak Modular More on Serge Modular |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453244503321 |
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New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
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The synthesizer : a comprehensive guide to understanding, programming, playing, and recording the ultimate electronic music instrument / / Mark Vail |
Autore | Vail Mark |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (908 p.) |
Disciplina | 786.7/419 |
Soggetto topico |
Synthesizer (Musical instrument) - Instruction and study
Electronic music - Instruction and study |
ISBN |
0-19-933486-2
0-19-539481-X 0-19-933485-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword by Michelle Moog-Koussa; Preface; About the Companion Website; 1 Trendsetting All-Stars; Control; No Touch Required; For The Birds; Waggling Keyboard; Timbral Flowage; Tape-to-Electronics Transition; Voltage and Digital (Fingertip) Control; Synth Italia; Armand Pascetta's Pratt-Reed Polyphony; Heavyweight Polyphony and Control; Multitimbral Polyphony; Physical Modeling; Finger-Controlled Speech; Sound; Quantized Note Selection; Polyphonic Progenitor; Polyphony from an Expander; Switched-On Additive Synthesis
Groundbreaking German Digital SynthesizersRealizing John Chowning's Linear FM Synthesis; Phase Distortion; Linear Arithmetic; Vector Synthesis; MultiSynthesis and -Processing Environment; Open Architecture; Virtual Analog; Neural Modeling; Performance; Keyboard-Controlled Tape Player; Optical Sonics, Part; Optical Sonics, Part; Digital-Sampling Trailblazer from Down Under; More Affordable Digital Sampling; The Volksampler; Multitimbral Sample Playback, Sampling Optional; Direct-from-Disk Sample Playback; First Programmable Polysynth; Classic Beat Boxes First Programmable Sample-Playback Drum MachineSmall-Scale Improvisation Instrument; Interface; Patchboard-Matrix British Synths; Educational Instruments that Went Well Beyond; Unique Improvisation Machine; Multitasking Pre-MIDI Wonder Workstation; Original Resynthesizer; Hybrid Modular; Early Electronic Music Applications from Max Mathews; Barry Vercoe's Long-Lived Synthesis and Processing Software; Personal Computer with a Built-In Synth Chip; Graphically Programmable Computer Music Language; "Obsolete" and Ever-Evolving Sonic Software; Premier Softsynths for Discriminating Enthusiasts DIY Softsynth Apps and Their Potent OffspringReliable Softsynth Platform for the Road; Composition; The First Synthesizer; Room-Filling Automated Composition Machine; Photo-Optic Instrument from Russia; Instantaneous Composing/Performance Machine; Hybrid Music Workstation that Arrived Too Late; Gigabuck Digital Audio System; Economical Multitimbral Sequencing Synth; Musical Playstation for the Masses; Instrument that Launched Hip-Hop; Multipurpose Environment for Composition and Performance; Beyond; 2 Acoustics and Synthesis Basics130; Real-World Acoustics; Types of Synthesis Audio Sources: Oscillators, Noise, and MoreVCAs, Envelopes, and LFOs; Envelope Followers and Pitch-to-Voltage Converters; Filters; EQs and Filter Banks; Analog Sequencers; Arpeggiators; Reverb; Analog Delay; Digital Delay; Loopers; Other Effects; 3 Choosing Your Synthesizer(s); Options; What's Your Budget?; Musical Tastes and Goals; Hardware vs. Software; Portability and Power; Programmability: Pros and Cons; Expandability; As Others Have Done; Perspective; Modular Synthesizers in the Twenty-first Century; An Overview; Modular Synth Shopping; More on Eurorack Modular; More on FracRak Modular More on Serge Modular |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790970703321 |
Vail Mark
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New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The synthesizer : a comprehensive guide to understanding, programming, playing, and recording the ultimate electronic music instrument / / Mark Vail |
Autore | Vail Mark |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (908 p.) |
Disciplina | 786.7/419 |
Soggetto topico |
Synthesizer (Musical instrument) - Instruction and study
Electronic music - Instruction and study |
ISBN |
0-19-933486-2
0-19-539481-X 0-19-933485-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword by Michelle Moog-Koussa; Preface; About the Companion Website; 1 Trendsetting All-Stars; Control; No Touch Required; For The Birds; Waggling Keyboard; Timbral Flowage; Tape-to-Electronics Transition; Voltage and Digital (Fingertip) Control; Synth Italia; Armand Pascetta's Pratt-Reed Polyphony; Heavyweight Polyphony and Control; Multitimbral Polyphony; Physical Modeling; Finger-Controlled Speech; Sound; Quantized Note Selection; Polyphonic Progenitor; Polyphony from an Expander; Switched-On Additive Synthesis
Groundbreaking German Digital SynthesizersRealizing John Chowning's Linear FM Synthesis; Phase Distortion; Linear Arithmetic; Vector Synthesis; MultiSynthesis and -Processing Environment; Open Architecture; Virtual Analog; Neural Modeling; Performance; Keyboard-Controlled Tape Player; Optical Sonics, Part; Optical Sonics, Part; Digital-Sampling Trailblazer from Down Under; More Affordable Digital Sampling; The Volksampler; Multitimbral Sample Playback, Sampling Optional; Direct-from-Disk Sample Playback; First Programmable Polysynth; Classic Beat Boxes First Programmable Sample-Playback Drum MachineSmall-Scale Improvisation Instrument; Interface; Patchboard-Matrix British Synths; Educational Instruments that Went Well Beyond; Unique Improvisation Machine; Multitasking Pre-MIDI Wonder Workstation; Original Resynthesizer; Hybrid Modular; Early Electronic Music Applications from Max Mathews; Barry Vercoe's Long-Lived Synthesis and Processing Software; Personal Computer with a Built-In Synth Chip; Graphically Programmable Computer Music Language; "Obsolete" and Ever-Evolving Sonic Software; Premier Softsynths for Discriminating Enthusiasts DIY Softsynth Apps and Their Potent OffspringReliable Softsynth Platform for the Road; Composition; The First Synthesizer; Room-Filling Automated Composition Machine; Photo-Optic Instrument from Russia; Instantaneous Composing/Performance Machine; Hybrid Music Workstation that Arrived Too Late; Gigabuck Digital Audio System; Economical Multitimbral Sequencing Synth; Musical Playstation for the Masses; Instrument that Launched Hip-Hop; Multipurpose Environment for Composition and Performance; Beyond; 2 Acoustics and Synthesis Basics130; Real-World Acoustics; Types of Synthesis Audio Sources: Oscillators, Noise, and MoreVCAs, Envelopes, and LFOs; Envelope Followers and Pitch-to-Voltage Converters; Filters; EQs and Filter Banks; Analog Sequencers; Arpeggiators; Reverb; Analog Delay; Digital Delay; Loopers; Other Effects; 3 Choosing Your Synthesizer(s); Options; What's Your Budget?; Musical Tastes and Goals; Hardware vs. Software; Portability and Power; Programmability: Pros and Cons; Expandability; As Others Have Done; Perspective; Modular Synthesizers in the Twenty-first Century; An Overview; Modular Synth Shopping; More on Eurorack Modular; More on FracRak Modular More on Serge Modular |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807794603321 |
Vail Mark
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New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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