The book I mentioned...

[Sean Costello]

Andrew Schrock wrote:
> 
> One book that I'm rather surprised isn't mentioned more is Joel Chadabe's
> "Electronic Sound". It gives a very good perspective of both electronic
> music (from tape music to the 1990's) as well as a good overview of
> synthesizers. True, it doesn't have the flashy graphics of Mark Vails
> "Vintage Synthesizers", but it simply has a lot more useful information.
> It also has great interviews and accounts from people who were in the
> field. Perhaps it's not specifically for synth designers, but I think it's
> a book everybody should read.

Definitely a nice book.  Not all that great for the analog stuff,
unfortuately (although there is quite a bit on Moog, as Chadabe worked
closely with Moog in the late 1960's).  Plenty of good digital music
info (Max Mathews, IRCAM, CCRMA, all the good stuff).  No real in-depth
discussion of Serge Tcherepnin's work in the 1970's, even though Ivan
Tcherepnin is pictured.

Sean Costello