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1 online resource (387 pages) |
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Cover; Half-Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Target audience; Organization and contents of this book; Conventions; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Electronic Music; 1.1. Musique concrète; 1.2. The beginnings of electronic music; 1.3. Electroacoustic music; 1.4. Acousmatic music; 1.5. And much, much more; 1.6. Maturity; 1.7. Different paths to music; 1.8. Today and tomorrow; 1.9. Electronic music and counter-culturalism; 1.10. Final remarks; 2. When Revolution HoldsUs in Its Grasp; 2.1. From analog to digital; 2.2. Popular music and electronic music |
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2.2.1. New wave2.2.2. House music; 2.2.3. Techno; 2.2.4. New beat; 2.2.5. Acid house; 2.2.6. Acid jazz; 2.2.7. Ambient; 2.2.8. Hip-hop and rap; 2.2.9. Trance; 2.2.10. Electro or contemporary electro; 2.3. Final remarks; 3. The MIDI Standard; 3.1. History; 3.2. How MIDI works; 3.2.1. The hardware level; 3.2.2. The software level; 3.3. Examples of MIDI transmission; 3.3.1. Note-on/note-off messages; 3.3.2. Program change message; 3.4. The MIDI implementation chart; 3.5. The General MIDI standard; 3.5.1. Specifications; 3.6. The General MIDI 2 standard; 3.7. The GS format; 3.8. The XG format |
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3.9. The structure of a MIDI file3.9.1. Header chunks; 3.9.2. Track chunks; 3.9.3. Example of a MIDI file; 3.10. MIDI devices; 3.10.1. MIDI boxes, mergers, and patchers; 3.10.2. Musical instruments; 3.10.3. Studio hardware; 3.10.4. MIDI to computer; 3.11. Conclusion; 4. Sequencers; 4.1. Mechanical and electrical machines; 4.1.1. Music boxes; 4.1.2. Mechanical pianos; 4.1.3. Barrel organs; 4.1.4. Fairground organs; 4.2. Analog sequencers; 4.3. Digital sequencers; 4.4. Software sequencers; 4.5. Final remarks; 5. Drum Machines; 5.1. On the subject of electromechanical rhythm |
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5.2. Drum machines with presets5.3. Programmable drum machines; 5.4. The MIDI age; 5.5. Drum machines with sampled sounds; 5.6. Rhythms, software, and computers; 5.7. Final remarks; 6. Samplers; 6.1. History of samplers; 6.1.1. Basic principles; 6.1.2. The arrival of the Mellotron; 6.1.3. Samplers; 6.1.4. Software samplers; 6.2. History of musical styles; 6.3. Architecture and principles; 6.4. Final remarks; 7. Groove Machines; 7.1. Structure; 7.2. Famous groove machines; 7.2.1. E-mu SP12 (1985); 7.2.2. AKAI MPC-60 (1988); 7.2.3. Roland MC-303 (1996); 7.2.4. AKAI MPC 2000XL (1999) |
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7.2.5. Roland MC-909 (2003)7.2.6. Elektron Octatrack DPS 1 (2011); 7.2.7. Korg Electribe 2 (2014) and Korg Electribe Sampler (2015); 7.2.8. Novation Circuit (2015); 7.2.9. Teenage Electronics Pocket Operator PO-32 (2017); 7.3. Software groove machines; 7.3.1. Image Line Groove Machine; 7.3.2. Propellerhead Reason; 7.3.3. Ableton Live; 7.4. Controllers and software; 7.4.1. Native Instruments Maschine (2009); 7.4.2. Roland MPC Studio Black (2017); 7.5. iGroove machines; 7.6. Final remarks; 8. Vocoders; 8.1. History; 8.2. Working principle of the vocoder; 8.3. Machines and equipment |
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8.3.1. EMS Vocoder 2000 |
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Print version record |
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Electronic musical instruments.
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electronic instruments.
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Electronic musical instruments.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781119618119 |
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1119618118 |
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