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Product Description: Richard Orton established the University of York's Electronic Music Studio (EMS) in 1968. The studio began as a 'classical' tape studio, but later adopted the technologies of the voltage-controlled synthesizer, and digital systems...read more

Six lesson plans introduce the history, sources, capabilities, and techniques of electronic music

Acquaints composers, musicians, and music lovers with the technical aspects of electronic music production

Product Description: This is a practical textbook. It takes the reader who wishes to compose electronic music step by step through the skills and technical knowledge required, starting with the mechanism of an ordinary tape recorder and ending with advice on assembling an electronic studio...read more

This is a practical textbook. It takes the reader who wishes to compose electronic music step by step through the skills and technical knowledge required, starting with the mechanism of an ordinary tape recorder and ending with advice on assembling an electronic studio. No special previous experience is called for, in either music or electronics. In the author's words, his aim is to help people make not electronic music, but electronic music. 'I believe that we are about to embark upon the golden age of electronic music and I warmly invite the reader to examine the potentials of the medium and to make music if he finds these potentials appealing.' David Keane (born 1943), Professor of Theory and Composition at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, and Director of the University Electroacoustic Music Studios which he founded in 1970, is himself an active and successful composer of electronic music.

Describes a wide variety of electronic music composing techniques and project suggestions that require a minimum of equipment

Product Description: Book by Giebel, Wieland

Product Description: New synths with unique features and layers of complexity are released frequently, with hundreds of different synths currently available in the marketplace. How do you know which ones to use and how do you get the most out of the ones you already own? The Musical Art of Synthesis presents synthesizer programming with a specific focus on synthesis as a musical tool...read more

Describes a wide variety of electronic music composing techniques and project suggestions that require a minimum of equipment

Product Description: Refining Sound is a practical roadmap to the complexities of creating sounds on modern synthesizers. Perhaps the most difficult aspect of learning to create sounds on a synthesizer is understanding what all the individual synthesizer components contribute to the complex finished sound...read more

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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. From that point, synthesizers have undergone a remarkable evolution from prohibitively large mid-century models confined to university laboratories to the development of musical synthesis software that runs on tablet computers and portable media devices.Throughout its history, the synthesizer has always been at the forefront of technology for the arts. 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 control, and composition made with instruments that may have become best sellers or gone entirely unnoticed; and the basics and intricacies of acoustics and synthesized sound. Vail also describes how to successfully select, program, and play a synthesizer; what alternative controllers exist for creating electronic music; and how to stay focused and productive when faced with a room full of instruments. This one-stop reference guide on all things synthesizer also offers tips on encouraging creativity, layering sounds, performance, composing and recording for film and television, and much more.

Product Description: Book by Steve Porcaro

Product Description: Here is the fundamental knowledge and information that a beginning or intermediate electronic musician must have to understand and play today's keyboard synthesizers. This basic primer, newly updated from the classic original edition, offers step-by-step explanations and practical advice on what a synthesizer is, the basic concepts and components, and the latest technical developments and applications...read more