Modular synthesis : patching machines and people
2024
Book
"Modular Synthesis: Patching Machines and People brings together scholars, artists, composers, and musical instrument designers in an exploration of modular synthesis, an unusually multifaceted musical instrument that opens up many avenues for exploration and insight, particularly with respect to technological use, practice, and resistance. Through historical, technical, social, aesthetic, and other perspectives, this volume offers a collective reflection on the powerful connections between technology, creativity, culture, and personal agency. Ultimately, this collection is about creativity in a technoscientific world and speaks to issues fundamental to our everyday lives and experiences, by providing insights into the complex relationships between content creators, the technologies they use, and the individuals and communities who design and engage with them. With chapters covering VCV Rack, modular synthesis, instrument design, and the histories of synthesizer technology, as well as interviews with Dave Rossum, Corry Banks, Meng Qi, Dani Dobkin, among others, Modular Synthesis is recommended reading for advanced undergraduates, researchers, and practitioners of electronic music and music technology"-- Provided by publisher.
Main title:
Modular synthesis : patching machines and people / edited by Ezra J. Teboul, Andreas Kitzmann, and Einar Engström.
Author:
Imprint:
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.©2024
Collation:
xxvi, 474 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction / Andreas Kitzmann and Einar EngströmPreface. All Patched Up : A Material and Discursive History of Modularity and Control Voltages / Ezra J. TeboulThe Buchla Music Easel : From Cyberculture to Market Culture / Ted GordonModular Synthesizers as Conceptual Models / Jonathan De SouzaA Time-warped Assemblage as a Musical Instrument : Flexibility and Constauration of Modular Synthesis in Willem Twee Studio / Hannah BosmaInterview / Dani DobkinGordon Mumma's Sound-Modifier Console / Michael JohnsenArtist Statement : Switchboard Modulars - Vacant Levels and Intercept Tones / Lori NapoleonEurorack to VCV Rack : Modular Synthesis as Compositional Performance / Justin Randell and Hillegonda C. RietveldStrange Play : Parametric Design and Modular Learning / Kurt Thumlert, Jason Nolan, Melanie McBride and Heidi ChanGrid Culture / Arseni Troitski and Eliot BatesModular Ecologies / Bana HaffarOurorack : Altered States of Consciousness and Auto-Experimentation with Electronic Sound / William J. TurkelLogics and Rhetorics of Modularity in Electronic Sound / Asha TamirisaDraft/patch/weave : Interfacing the Modular Synthesizer with the Floor Loom / Jacob Weinberg and Anna BockrathComposing Autonomy in Thresholds and Fragile States / David Dunn and David KantVirtual Materiality : Simulated Mediation in the Eurorack Synthesizer Format / Ryan PageInterview : Designing Instruments as Designing Problems / Meng QiInterviews with Four Toronto-based Modular Designers / Heidi ChanInterview / Dave RossumInterview / Paulo SantosInterview / Corry BanksModular Synthesis in the Era of Control Societies / Sparkles StanfordRandomness, Chaos, and Communication / Naomi MitchellInterview / Andrew FitchFrom 'What If' to 'What Diff?' And Back Again / Michael Palumbo and Graham WakefieldInterview : The Mycelia of Does-Nothing Objects / Brian Crabtree.
ISBN:
9781032113463 (pbk)9781032113470 (hardback)9781032113463 (paperback)
Dewey class:
786.7419
LC class:
ML1092
Language:
English
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BRN:
813644
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Library at the Dock | -Art and Culture | ARTS 786.7419 MODU | Available |