Mark Jenkins has written about electronic music for Melody Maker, International Musician, Keyboard Player (UK), Keyboard (USA), and many other publications. He has performed and recorded solo and with members of Tangerine Dream, Can, Gong, White Noise, and Van Der Graaf Generator in the UK, USA, Europe, Brazil, Russia, and China, at venues including the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the London Planetarium, the Carnegie Science Center Pittsburgh, the Vanderbilt Planetarium, and the Teatro Nacional in Brazil.

Acknowledgements

About the author

Introduction: what's so great about analog?

Chapter 1

What is analog?

Sound

Frequency

Amplitude

Wave shape

Harmonics and overtones

Noise

Phase

Synthesizer components

Circuit design

Sound design

Chapter 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 modules

Chapter 3

The birth of analog, the manufacturers and the artists

Moog

ARP

EMS

Oberheim

Sequential circuits

Yamaha

Korg

Roland

Chapter 4

The growth of analog

Italy

France

The Netherlands

Japan

United Kingdom

Germany

USA

Chapter 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 sounds

Chapter 6

The analog revival, 1980s-2000s

Chapter 7

Programming and using virtual analog hardware and software

Virtual analog programming

Virtual oscillators

Virtual filters

Virtual LFOs

Virtual envelopes

Virtual controllers

Alternative applications

Analog software

Chapter 8

2013-2019 updates: new instruments, Eurorack and movies/TV

Obituaries

New instruments, 2013 onwards

Modules 2013-2019: the Eurorack explosion

Analog goes to the movies

Appendix A Classic instruments: specifications and values

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

Appendix C Purchasing guide for analog instruments

Appendix D Bibliography

Appendix E Discography

Appendix F Contacts

Appendix G Website content: [...]

Index