3rd Edition

Analog Synthesizers: Understanding, Performing, Buying From the Legacy of Moog to Software Synthesis

By Mark Jenkins Copyright 2027
540 Pages 377 B/W Illustrations
by Focal Press

540 Pages 377 B/W Illustrations
by Focal Press

Now in its third edition, Analog Synthesizers  charts the technology, instruments, designers, and musicians associated with its three major historical phases: invention in the 1960's–1970's, re-birth in the 1980's–1990's, and software synthesis. This book explores the physics of sound and individual synthesizer elements, alongside extensive detailed instructions on sound programming.... Read more

Acknowledgements

About the author

Introduction: what’s so great about analog?

Chapter 1. What is analog?

Chapter 2. Aspects of analog sound

Chapter 3. The birth of analog, the manufacturers and the artists

Chapter 4. The growth of analog

Chapter 5. Using and programming analog

Chapter 6. The analog revival, 1980's-2000's

Chapter 7. Programming and using virtual analog hardware and software

Chapter 8. 2013-2018 updates: musicians, new instruments, movies/TV

Addendum 1. Museums and collections

Addendum 2. Artist profiles

Addendum 3. Accessibility

Addendum 4. New products: 2019-2025

Addendum 5. Studio and stage pictures

Addendum 6. Figures from the past and the future with AI

Appendix A.   Classic instruments: specifications and values

Appendix B.   Analog and virtual analog instruments: now or recently in production

Appendix C.  Purchasing guide for classic analog instruments

Appendix D.  Bibliography

Appendix E.   Discography

Appendix F.   Contacts and web resources

Appendix G.  Online content

Index

Biography

Mark Jenkins has been at the leading edge of the UK's electronic music scene since the 1980's, writing and reviewing for every major music tech publication. Lecturing and performing worldwide, he currently writes for Synth & Software magazine and curates the international collaborative CD series “Modular Sessions”. www.markjenkinsmusic.com