New Bob Moog book and the “Google Mini”
On the occasion of Robert Moog’s 78th birthday, we’d like to draw your attention to a new “synth” book which will be hitting the market in October: BOB MOOG – Synthesizer Pioneer (by Dieter Dixon,...
View ArticleBook recommendation: I believe in Music – Ikutaro Kakehashi
Published in 2002 to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Roland Corporation, this is the inspiring and heartfelt memoir of Ikutaro Kakehashi, a pioneering figure in electronic music instruments...
View ArticleGerman language Synthesizer-Magazin
Internet became the main source of information during the last 15 years. However, books and magazines are fortunately still of interest for many of us. Although the Synthesizer-Magazin is in German, we...
View ArticleElectronic Sound – new UK-based magazine
Electronic Sound is a new digital music publication covering the global electronic music scene. The magazine features the very best electronic artists, past and present. Issue 1 features legendary...
View ArticleBook Recommendation: The A-Z of Analogue Synthesisers
There’s not much to say. The Bible of knob-synth lovers. The Holy Grail, so to speak. “The A-Z of Analogue Synthesisers” is a comprehensive encyclopedia with so much information about all the great and...
View ArticleBook recommendation: Mark Vail – Vintage Synthesizers
One of the best synthesizer books ever. Mark Vails “Vintage Synthesizers” was first published in 1993, with a reprint following in 2000. This reprint (which can still be found on Amazon) is the subject...
View ArticleBook Recommendation: Keyboard Presents Synth Gods
Ernie Rideout, former editor in chief of Keyboard magazine, got to spend a lot of quality time with many of the greatest synth players, synth designers, and synthesizers of all time. He collected 20...
View ArticleMark Vail – THE SYNTHESIZER (2014)
In “The Synthesizer”, veteran music technology Journalist Mark Vail tells the complete story of the synthesizer: the origins of the many forms the instrument takes; crucial advancements in sound...
View ArticleBook Recommendation: KEYFAX Omnibus Edition
Admittedly, there aren’t many encyclopedias around that are dedicated to synthesizers. One of those few is Julian Colbeck’s KEYFAX. To be exact, we’re talking about a series of books that started in...
View ArticleBook Recommendation: The Prophet from Silicon Valley
The story of Sequential Circuits, the leading synthesizer manufacturer of the 1980s. One of the great American synthesizer companies, founded and led by San Francisco electronics and computer graduate,...
View ArticleBook Recommendation: PUSH TURN MOVE (by Kim Bjørn)
PUSH TURN MOVE – one of the best and most comprehensive synthesizer books ever. And one of the most unusual ones. Strictly speaking, PUSH TURN MOVE is not just about synthesizers, but about all kinds...
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