Electronic Music by Allen Strange

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"What you don't know does not exist. Without the efforts of MakeNoise and Jason Nolan most of us would not be aware of Allan's book and I would not be able to hold it in my hands and film it. I had no idea Allen Strange used to work and perform with Don Buchla in the Electronic Weasel Ensemble, where Pat Strange played the violin. Instead of alien sounds, they made 'eastcoast' music. We may need stop thinking in synthesis coasts. The book is a bit academic by nature, simply because the modular could only be found at the manufacturers, the university and a privileged group of musicians. So it's a bit like going back to college, and it may not be an easy book for people like me - who never went to college in the first place. This book is a bit out of my league, but I'll definitely revisit it for a few episodes, maybe learn a few new things and share it. It's a goldmine of electronic music knowledge, but it's only valuable if it can be applied. The book makes frequent mentions of classic Buchla 200 series modules. Thanks to TipTop and Buchla, we can enjoy them as if they were made yesterday.

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Moog MiniMoog Synthesizer Original User and Service Manuals

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The Beginners Book of Electronic Music

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The Casio CZ Book

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"Rare 1986 Guide book from Casio about the CZ, RZ and SZ units."

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1988 Original Box Set of Manuals for the New England Digital Synclavier

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This one was spotted and sent in via M Me.

"New England Digital Synclavier Sampling Editing Sounds 1988 Manuals Boxed Set of 4

Manuals look unused; case box is in excellent condition

From an estate with items from a studio associated with Stevie Wonder in Los Angeles

Includes these 3-ring binders:
Sampling and Sound Editing
Organizing and Storing Sounds
Sequence Editing
Memory Recorder
10" x 10" x 8" "

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Vintage Drum Machine Demos & Book - RHYTHM MACHINES The Rise and Fall of the Presets

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"RHYTHM MACHINES - The Rise And Fall Of the Presets - by Alex Graham

Rhythm machines – the precursor to what we in the modern age refer to as a drum machine. This book documents the emergence of the preset pattern electronic rhythm instruments that (for a time) were used as a viable alternative to the drummer. Contained within are the Rhythmates, Rhythm Aces, Rhythm Boxes, Rhythmers, Rhythm Kings, Rhythm Masters, Donca Matics, Mini Pops and many more. Nearly three hundred rhythm instruments are documented here, with over two hundred pictures and information provided on their country of origin, instrument sounds, patterns and features. The book is a ‘must have’ for collectors, vintage instrument enthusiasts and recording artists.

For information on purchasing this unique book, follow the links here:

https://www.amazon.com/Rhythm-Machine...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rhythm-Machi..."
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This is one massive playlist of 68 videos. You can use the player controls to skip around.
The Godwin DM32 gets my vote for best looking rhythm machine.

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Vintage Casio VL-Tone How To Play Music Book 2

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Korg NTS-2 Oscilliscope Book & Kit

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"The NuTekt NTS-2 is not just an oscilloscope, it can do much more including tuning and waveform generation. Here, one of our product specialists @talsounds builds & demo's the NuTekt NTS-2 combined with the volcafm. #nts2 #nts1 #build #tweak #patch #timelapse #synth #volca #korgsynth #synthjam #synthesizers #fyp #foryou"

The Arp Synthesizer Series 2600 Owner’s Manual 1971 and more...

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Manual, spec sheet / brochures, and "The Arp Family of Synthesizers" 7" record.

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Vintage 1986 Amsco Publications - Synthesizer Basics by Dean Friedman Synth Book w/ Flexi Disc

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Dean Friedman is the man behind the New York School of Synthesis as seen in previous posts here.

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Original 1982 First Edition OB-8 User Manual

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"This is an original, professionally printed edition, not a reproduction and includes the fold out page for Page 2 functions. An excellent piece for the OB-8 owner that may be missing one."

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eBook published by the The Seventh Wave Festival of Electronic Music

"In November of 2016 the inaugural ‘The Seventh Wave Festival of Electronic Music’ took place across four days and across three venues. A numbering system was used as a statement of intent - there is the intention that this will continue. It will grow, it will develop.. this is the start of something.

The stellar ‘live’ line-up included highly influential ambient industrialists :zoviet*france:, revered ‘Kraut-rock’ and electronica collective Gnod, Ex-Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür (responsible for inventing the group's electric drums used throughout the 1970’s), DJ Rusty Egan of Visage fame (put simply, without Rusty Egan there would be no Steve Strange) and Richard Barbieri (currently with Porcupine Tree but he cut his teeth as the highly respected synth player for new wave pioneers Japan in the 1980’s).

One of the highlights of the 'first' festival was an all-day conference with keynote speeches from Wolfgang Flür (Ex-Kraftwerk), Andy McCluskey (of multi-million selling synth pop exponents OMD) and DJ Rusty Egan (whose Blitz Club started the New Romantic movement).

Between 2016 and 2022, The Seventh Wave Festival of Electronic Music has worked with Thomas Dolby, Martyn Ware, Fiat Lux, Tim Bowness, Ulrich Schnauss, Thorsten Quaeschning, Banco de Gaia, Test Dept, The Black Dog, Ultramarine and many, many more.. the details of this unique musical experience which traverses the inner and outer reaches of electronic music have been documented in an eBook running to a total of 249 pages.

For a mere £7.99 you not only get the eBook but have the option to access a companion publication ('Sounds of The Seventh Wave' : Music, Video and Audio from the Festival) for 'free'

Full details of both publications can be found here:

https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-seventh-wave-festival-of-electronic-music/id6445570213?ls=1

Memetune Annual Promo 2

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"The Memetune Annual 2023 is a new hardback A4 book based on Benge's recent six-part TV series [you can find them here]

The book includes two CDs of music taken from the programmes - disc one features all the synthesiser demos from the TV shows, disc two contains the theme tunes, idents and background music

The Annual will be released on February 3rd 2023 and will be available from Benge's Bandcamp site: https://zackdagoba.bandcamp.com/merch

The music in this video: Vidlab CS80 by BENGE, from the album The Memetune Programme Album, digital version available to preorder here: https://zackdagoba.bandcamp.com/album..."

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Electronic Music & Synth Books

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"Electronic Music / Video Art / Modular Synth Etc. Books. Many Classic first Editions.

Subjects such as:

Field recoding
Modular Synths
Electronic music
DIY Electronics
Experimental Video
Experimental Film
Sound ART
Recording
Composers
Etc."

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Introducing The Memetune Annual 2023 - Book & Music by Benge

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Benge previously brought us 13 Systems, and 20 Systems, praised by Brian Eno back in 2008. You can find them and more on BandCamp.

"The Memetune Programme Annual 2023 takes the form of an A4 hardback book and double CD album, which compliments and celebrates the first six episodes of Benge’s debut television series, made at his Memetune Electronic Music Studio in 2022

To quote Benge from the introduction to the Annual: 'It was always such a thrill, during my teenage years, to discover a new annual compendium from one of my favourite bands, comics or in particular one belonging to a favourite TV series, such as Blake’s 7 or Space 1999

The photos and information contained in those pages always left me wanting to watch the next series ever more eagerly

And so it is an even greater thrill for me to be able to be presenting my very own annual compendium, derived from the content of my recent TV series

I do hope that this book will inspire similar feelings in you, and moreover, whet your appetite for the next series of The Memetune Programme'

The book is divided into the following sections:

SWITCHED ON - Featuring in-depth discussions about the history and development of the synthesiser over the years, including pictures, diagrams and feature guides of many classic and iconic instruments

SYNTHESISER CLUB - A very vintage look at a synthesiser classic or three

PATCHING TODAY - A deep dive into vintage modular systems and how to set up a patch on them, starting from scratch

VIDEO LAB - A look at old video equipment and how to create experimental visuals using it

The two CDs included inside the book feature all the music from the series, written and performed by Benge to complement the programmes. CD1 contains 33 synthesiser demos which map out the history of synthesisers through the years. CD2 has all the theme tunes, idents and incidental music Benge made for the series

The book will be released on February 3rd 2023 via Bandcamp. Follow the link to Benge’s merch page here: zackdagoba.bandcamp.com/merch

The digital version of the album can be pre-ordered here: zackdagoba.bandcamp.com/album/the-memetune-programme-album"

"The first half of this album (tracks 1 to 33) is made up of the demonstration tracks made by Benge for his TV series 'The Memetune Programme'. The tracks were performed live on each instrument and filmed for the television programmes

The second half (tracks 34 to 55) contains the theme tunes, idents and incidental music from the TV series

To watch the full episodes, please search on YouTube for "the memetune programme by benge" [or scroll down posts here on MATRIXSYNTH]

Please take a look at the Memetune Annual 2023 which is a limited edition A4 hardback book based on the TV series. The book includes two CDs inside, with the music from this release on them. It will be available to buy from the merch section here on the 3rd February 2023"

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The Arp Synthesizer Series 2600 Owner’s Manual 1971

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Vintage Roland Ressource Book from 1997

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Books Books Books!

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"The 2022 installment of the now annual "Bookshelf" series! So many great music books came out this year we couldn't even fit them all!"

0:30 Sounds Wild And Broken by David George Haskell
1:28 Structure and Synthesis: The Anatomy of Practice by Mark Fell
3:09 Of Technique by Maria Chavez
4:03 Dilla Time by Dan Charnas
5:27 The Sound of the Machine by Karl Bartos
6:26 Assembling a Black Counter-Culture by DeForrest Brown Jr.
7:35 Switched On by Albert Glinsky


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https://mitpress.mit.edu/978191302995...
https://mariachavez.bandcamp.com/merc...
https://dillati.me/
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Previous installments posted here.

Yamaha DX7II SET-UPS Step-by-Step Reference Guide

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"1988 Hal Leonard Publishing Corp."

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ARP 2500 SERIES OWNERS MANUAL & Literature

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Additional Tone Tweakers Listings, also on Reverb

"We believe this is a past owner’s combination of bits of 2500 literature, all in a spiral binder - the original manual plus a couple other ARP promotional sheets on the 2500. The colorful one looks like it’s a page taken out of a more complete arp product catalog that included the later version of the 2500."

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