Allen StrangeElectronic Music: Systems, Techniques, and Controls - Third Edition (Hard Cover)

Allen Strange Electronic Music

Over 50 years since its original 1972 publication, Allen Strange's Electronic Music: Systems, Techniques, and Controls is now available once again. Strange's book has been reissued for a third edition, making the definitive resource for analog electronic music available to a new generation of composers, performers, and signal-wigglers of all types. Whether you've already come across the text in dusty university tape studios or are just starting your relationship with electronic music, Strange's work is an invaluable resource to keep close at hand, offering techniques, examples, and analysis to keep your creativity alit with musical possibilities.

This third edition features text faithful to the second edition of Strange's classic tome. It covers a vast range of relevant topics for analog electronic music, from core concepts like control voltage and acoustics, to in-depth modular synthesis techniques and score analysis. Along the way, readers are treated to Strange's helpful illustrations, which incorporate intuitive diagrams, musical notation, and signal flow charts to help you connect the technical work of electronics to the creative act of music making. The third edition has been updated with new high-resolution images of the original modules and devices discussed in the text, as well as a new introduction by Strange's collaborator and fellow electronic musician Stephen C. Ruppenthal.

With half a century of electronic music wiggling through the ages, Strange's text continues to inspire and instruct, opening new avenues for musical expression with electronics for countless musicians. This new edition is not only one of the most valuable texts ever produced for electronic music, but also a testament to its lasting importance in human culture. Get yours today, turn the page, and start getting Strange!

Electronic Music Features

• Third Edition reissue of the classic 1972 electronic music textbook
• Hardcover edition with new art by Allen Strange's daughter, Erin
• Faithful reissue of the second edition text featuring Strange's words and illustrations
• Covers a wide range of technical and creative topics in analog electronic music making
• New, high-resolution images of devices discussed throughout the text
• New introduction by Stephen C. Ruppenthal
• Testimonials from synth legends like Suzanne Ciani, Dave Smith, Serge Tcherepnin, Dieter Doepfer, and Tony Rolando