The Synthesizer: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding, Programming, Playing, and Recording the Ultimate Electronic Music Instrument
- Author: Vail, Mark
Book
$151.75Special import
Contents
- Foreword by Michelle Moog-Koussa
- Preface
- About the Companion Website
- 1. Trendsetting All-Stars
- 2. Acoustics & Synthesis Basics
- Real-World Acoustics
- Types of Synthesis
- Audio Sources: Oscillators, Noise, & More
- VCAs, Envelopes, & LFOs
- Envelope Followers & Pitch-to-Voltage Converters
- Filters
- EQs & Filter Banks
- Analog Sequencers
- Arpeggiators
- Reverb
- Analog Delay
- Digital Delay
- Loopers
- Other Effects
- 3. Choosing Your Synthesizer(s)
- What's Your Budget?
- Musical Tastes & Goals
- Hardware vs. Software
- Portability & Power
- Programmability: Pros & Cons
- Expandability
- As Others Have Done
- Perspective
- Modular Synthesizers in the 21st Century
- An Overview
- Modular Synth Shopping
- More on Eurorack Modular
- More on FracRak Modular
- More on Serge Modular
- Connectivity
- Convincing Analog & MIDI Synths to Coexist
- MIDI-to-CV Conversion
- CV-to-MIDI Conversion
- Controllers
- Synths & Controllers with Keyboards
- Alternative Controllers
- Wind Controllers
- Touch Controllers
- Hand-Held Controllers
- Struck Controllers
- Controllers for Microtonal Tunings
- 4. Composition, Programming, & Performance Techniques
- Composition
- Scoring to Picture
- Composing for Living Art
- Following Through on a Thought
- Sage Advice from a Master
- Scoring with Intent, Even When Intimidated
- Patching, a.k.a. Programming
- Encouraging Synthesists' Creativity
- When & How to Experiment with Sounds
- The Good & Bad of Non-Programmability
- Programming for Progress
- Fun with Modular Synths
- Layering Synth Sounds
- Programming for Expression
- Performance
- Tools of the Trade
- Dependence on the Tried & True, but Moving Forward
- Modular Apparitions
- Defying the Dependence on Visuals
- 5. Recording the Synthesizer
- As It Was & How It's Become for the Switched-On Innovator
- Serial vs. Random-Access Media
- Strategies for Recording Film & TV Scores
- Harnessing the Power of Modular Synths with Ableton Live
- Automated Mixing
- Outboard Processing: Preparing Audio for Recording
- Recording Direct & Expanding for Surround-Sound
- Appendix: Selected Bibliography, Museums & Films, Manufacturers, Blogs, Dealers & Stores
- Index