Vintage Synthesizers: Pionnering Designers. Groundbreaking Instruments. Collecting Tips. Mutants of Technology

Second Edition updated & expanded.

"Vintage" may seem a strange adjective for an instrument introduced less than 40 years ago. Yet in the fast-paced world of electronic music, synths from the '70s and '80s carry that label. Analog synths and keyboards found renewed popularity during the '90s because people grew bored with hard-to-program digital instruments. Even today, although state-of-the-arte modeled-analog synths come close, the magical qualities of the old analog beasts remain unique and unduplicated.

"Vintage Synthesizers" explores the histry of the electronic music synthetizer since 1962 and features:
-In-depth interviews with pioneering synth designers
-Histories of select groundbreaking instruments
-Tips on finding, buying, restoring and maintaining vintage synths
.Over 200 color and black-and-white photos

This second edition includes:
-Fully updated pricing and production information
-More resources for support, service, rental, and sales
-Coverage of Japanese models
-Discography of cool synth recordings

CONTENIDO:

Foreword (Dominic Milano)
Introduction

Prologue: A Photo Gallery of Vintage Synths

1. Hearts of the Modern Synth Industry
-American Synthetizer Builders (Dominic Milano)
-The Rise & Fall of Moog Music (Connor Freff Cochran & Bob Moog)
-The Rise & Fall of ARP Instruments (Craig R. Waters & Jim Aikin)
-The Euro-Synth Industry (Paul Wiffen & Mark Vail)
-It Came from the Music Industry (Ted Greenwald & Jeff Burger)

2. Modular Synthetizers
-Buchla's First Modular System
-EMS VCS3 & Synthi A/AKS
-Keith Emerson's Moog
-ARP 2600 (Bob Moog & Timothy Smith)
-EMS Synthetizers
-E-mu Modular Synths (Bob Moog)
-Serge Modular Systems
-Perchance A Polyfusion

3. Famous Analog Synths
-Minimoog (Bob Moog)
-Oberheim SEM Module (Bob Moog)
-Sequential Circuits Prophet-5
-Yamaha CS-80
-Chroma
-Valley of the Korgs

4. Digital Synths & Samplers
-PPG Wave
-Digital Keyboards Synergy & Crumar GDS
-Fairlight CMI
-E-mu Emulator

5. Miscellaneous
-Mellotron
-Paia Electronics
-Rhodes PIano Bass & Vox Continental
-Combo Organs of the '60s (Barry Carson)
-Electric Pianos, Harpsichords, & Clavichords of the '50s & '60s (Barry Carson)
-Roland CR-78, TR-800, & TR-909
-Linn LM-1 Drum Computer
-The Optigan Music Maker

6. The Patchbay
-In Search of... Vintage Synthetizers
. What They're Worth
. Buying a Vintage Synth
. Vintage Synth Support, Service, Rental & Sales
. You Gotta Hear This
. A Few Good Books
. Websites of Interest

Glossary
About the Authors
Index