Switched On Synthesizer

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"SWITCHED ON SYNTHESIZER: Popular Musical & Electronic Arrangements" book & record by Dr. Philip Springer.

Printed in 1977. Softcover. 127 Pages.

Contents Include:

+ how to use this book, the theory of voltage control, table of abbreviations, glossary

+ musical arrangements and patch diagrams:
- classical gas: patch "latin harpsichord"
- good vibrations: patch "bass-soon", "bouncing bass" and "homo voce"
- i won't last a day without you: patch "flugel brass", and "bass string"
- morning has broken: patch "morning horn", "tuba-ahh", "twittering birds"
- out in the country: patch "ethereal melodicum", "bass string", and "monophonic marimba"
- show me the way: patch "talkin' wah-wah", "twangy bass", "perking xylo", and "funky calliope"
- somebody to love: patch "dirty sitar", and "drybone bass"
- tubular bells: patch "clear bells", "celeste chimes", and "gregorian growl"
- the way i want to touch you: patch "sensual wah-wah", "sensual squawk", and "bass string"
- we've only just begun: patch "whistling wind", "liquid vibes", and "clicking bass"
- white rabbit: patch "filtered pipes" and "snared bass"

+ book includes beautiful red flexi vinyl record with sound examples of every patch! The record has never been played and is in great condition! Still attached to the book binding! The record is the same bright red color as the front and back of the book!

+ hopefully from the pictures you can see this book is like a tab book but made for people who play analog synthesizers! I've never seen anything like it! Hopefully you can see in the pictures how on each song, it's shows you where to set all the knobs for your synthesizer to get the different sounds. It is especially written for people with a minimoog or arp odyssey, with the diagrams layout exactly like the layout of those synths, but it says it's universal for people with any other synthesizer, because the settings listed are settings that most older analog synths have. It says to listen to the sound examples to get your synth sound to match."