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"For anyone interested in synthesizers, Vintage Synthesizers is a fascinating read. Be careful: it may fuel a lust for yet more equipment that would be fun to own." -- Computer Music Journal
"Informally anecdotal, yet packed with great info and historic detail. I couldnt put it down." -- Wendy Carlos, composer and synthesist, Switched-On Bach
"Mark Vails book could be the most entertaining and useful synth book yet." -- Sound On Sound
"The most comprehensive guide on this technology ever written. Highly recommended." -- Mix
"Informally anecdotal, yet packed with great info and historic detail. I couldnt put it down." -- Wendy Carlos, composer and synthesist, Switched-On Bach
"Mark Vails book could be the most entertaining and useful synth book yet." -- Sound On Sound
"The most comprehensive guide on this technology ever written. Highly recommended." -- Mix
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This new edition is the ultimate exploration of the upstart instruments - and their unique analog growls and screams - that paved the way over the last four decades for today's fast-paced electronic music world. Explores the development of the modern synthesizer from 1962 on, with in-depth interviews with pioneering designers Bob Moog and Alan R. Pearlman of Moog Music and ARP Instruments fame. These and other designers reveal their initial ideas, reflect on their hits and misses, and discuss how star performers have used their creations. Histories of groundbreaking instruments examine modular, analog & digital synths and samplers, plus more unusual instruments like the Mellotron. Noted synthesist Keith Emerson and composer Wendy Carlos ("Switched-On Bach") offer musical insights and performance techniques. Includes fully updated pricing and production info, and more than 200 photos and a stunning color section.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A wonderful trip down memory lane,
By "cleverjoe" (CleverJoe.com Canadian musician's resource) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Vintage Synthesizers: Groundbreaking Instruments and Pioneering Designers of Electronic Music Synthesizers (Paperback)
This is one serious book. A comprehensive technology guide about all those vintage synthesizers we love. CleverJoe is a keyboardist and long time analog freak, and this is truly a good resource for all you genuine analog lovers out there (you know who you are, lurking in the shadows...). Lots of pics, chapters on Moog, ARP, Korg, Yamaha, Buchla, many more. Of course there will inevitably be some grumbling from a few people who don't see their fave synth covered, but the book is not meant to be a complete price or synthesizer reference guide. Instead it is a wonderful trip down memory lane, with extensive background information on the evolution of synthesizers, insights into the business side of the builders, and the history of some of the most amazing synthesizer built.
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This review is from: Vintage Synthesizers: Groundbreaking Instruments and Pioneering Designers of Electronic Music Synthesizers (Paperback)
This book is an outstanding resource for musicians who are more or less purists or who have that fever that leads you to seek out fine vintage instruments like Moogs. A great read and a really cool history of the instrument... plus it gives you the current value of all of the instruments!
3.0 out of 5 stars
A really good book. Almost.,
By Cookies (at home) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Vintage Synthesizers: Groundbreaking Instruments and Pioneering Designers of Electronic Music Synthesizers (Paperback)
This is a book with good timing. The interest in older synthesizers is at an all time high. Synthesizers that used to sell for $50 can go for a few hundred thanks to the revival in that analog synthesizer. So this book is a great resource for those with more than a passing glance in older synthesizers. The piece written by Bob Moog is the highlight of the book and well worth the price. The book as some great colour photos and a lot of B&W photos. Strangely the book is almost barren of any good information on synthesizers made in Japan. Korg, Yamaha and Roland are almost totally ignored with a few Spartan paragraphs. Considering this book has and entire chapter on Keith Emerson custom Moog (it had a fake TV in it ha ha) you would think it would have space for more information about Japanese made synthesizers. European synthesizers are given slightly more coverage but only one chapter. The rest of the book is basically information on US based synth makers. While US synth makers were important I am not sure they warranted the real estate they got in the book. I think some of that space could have been spent on the rest of the world. A rather large section on keyboards that were never made but it's not as interesting as it sounds. The book rounds off with a massive selection on non-synth keyboards is included. I think some people may find this interesting but I am a fan of synthesizers so I found it more than a little boring. This is a great book but it's not all it could be. If your a fan of music or just the gear, you should pick it up. Just skip the boring parts.
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