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Dedicated to those who have gone to meet the great synthesist in the sky вЂ“ Dr Robert A. Mark Jenkins would like to express many thanks to: Alquimia, Matt Russell Catharine Steers and David Bowers at Focal Press my hosts at the Electro-Music festivals in the USA, Howard Moscowitz and Greg Waltzer all the interviewees, particularly Bob Moog, Jean-Michel Jarre, Mike Oldfield,Tony Banks, Nick Rhodes, Jeff Wayne and Irmin Schmidt all the contributors to the Music for the 3rd Millennium CDs, including Keith Emerson, Isao Tomita, Rick Wakeman, David Vorhaus/White Noise, Patrick Moraz, Larry Fast, Karl Bartos, Richard Pinhas, Steve Baltes and Harald Grosskopf, Martyn Ware and Vince Clarke, Johannes Schmoelling, Michael Rother and Dieter Moebius, Michael Stearns, Geoff Downes, Paul Haslinger, and Dave Greenslade.

SONIK SYNTH KVR GENERATOR

Because of rapid advances in the medical sciences, in particular, independent verification of diagnoses and drug dosages should be made British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress ISBN: 978-2-8 For information on all Focal Press publications visit our website at Typeset by Charon Tec Ltd (A Macmillan Company), Chennai, India Printed and bound in Great Britain 07ДЄcknowledgements About the author Introduction вЂ“ whatвЂ™s so great about analog?Д¬hapter 1 What is analog? Sound Frequency Loudness Wave shape Harmonics and overtones Noise Phase Synthesizer components Circuit design Sound designД¬hapter 2 Aspects of analog sound Voltage-controlled oscillator Voltage-controlled filter Envelope generator Voltage-controlled amplifier Low-frequency oscillator White noise source Sample-and-hold Wave shaper Ring modulator Subharmonic oscillator Resonator Frequency shifter Morphing filter Vocoder Sequencer Keyboard MIDI interface Assorted modulesДЎ6 17 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27 28 29 29 30 31 33 36 41 41Д¬hapter 3 The birth of analog, the manufacturers and the artists Moog ARP EMS OberheimД¬hapter 4 The growth of analog Italy France The Netherlands Japan United Kingdom Germany USAД¬hapter 5 Using and programming analog Classical and avant-garde programmers Jazz programmers Pop and TV music programmers Rock programmers Pure synthesizer programmers Techno-pop programmers Programming for orchestral imitation Programming rock, pop and electric sounds Programming abstract sounds Ten great analog soundsДЎ28 128 136 139 145 153 163 171 177 181 190Д¬hapter 7 Using and programming virtual analog hardware and software Virtual analog programming Virtual oscillators Virtual filters Virtual LFOs Virtual envelopes Virtual controllers Alternative applications Analog softwareДЄppendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F Appendix G IndexД¬lassic instruments вЂ“ specifications and values Modern analog and virtual analog hardware instruments Purchasing guide for analog instruments Bibliography Discography Contacts Audio CD tracks

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