Making its first huge impact in the 1960s through the inventions of
Bob Moog, the analog synthesizer sound, riding a wave of later
developments in digital and software synthesis, has now become more
popular than ever. Analog Synthesizers charts the technology,
instruments, designers, and musicians associated with its three
major historical phases: invention in the 1960s-1970s and the music
of Walter Carlos, Pink Floyd, Gary Numan, Genesis, Kraftwerk, The
Human League, Tangerine Dream, and Jean-Michel Jarre; re-birth in
the 1980s-1990s through techno and dance music and jazz fusion; and
software synthesis. Now updated, this new edition also includes
sections on the explosion from 2000 to the present day in
affordable, mass market Eurorack format and other analog
instruments, which has helped make the analog synthesizer sound
hugely popular once again, particularly in the fields of TV and
movie music. Major artists interviewed in depth include: Hans
Zimmer (Golden Globe and Academy Award nominee and winner,
"Gladiator" and "The Lion King") Mike Oldfield (Grammy Award
winner, "Tubular Bells") Isao Tomita (Grammy Award nominee,
"Snowflakes Are Dancing") Rick Wakeman (Grammy Award nominee, Yes)
Tony Banks (Grammy, Ivor Novello and Brit Awards, Genesis) Nick
Rhodes (Grammy Award Winner, Duran Duran) and from the worlds of TV
and movie music: Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein (Primetime Emmy
Award, "Stranger Things") Paul Haslinger (BMI Film and TV Music
Awards, "Underworld") Suzanne Ciani (Grammy Award Nominee,
"Neverland") Adam Lastiwka ("Travelers") The book opens with a
grounding in the physics of sound, instrument layout, sound
creation, purchasing, and instrument repair, which will help entry
level musicians as well as seasoned professionals appreciate and
master the secrets of analog sound synthesis. Analog Synthesizers
has a companion website featuring hundreds of examples of analog
sound created using dozens of classic and modern instruments.
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