Vintage Synthesizers

Foreword vii Dominic Milano Introduction viii Prologue A Photo Gallery of Vintage Synths 1(22) SECTION 1 Hearts of the Modern Synth Industry 23(80) American Synthesizer Builders 25(12) Dominic Milano The Rise & Fall of Moog Music 37(11) Connor Freff Cochran Bob Moog The Rise & Fall of ARP Instruments 48(11) Craig R. Waters Jim Aikin The Euro-Synth Industry 59(23) Paul Wiffen Mark Vail It Came from the Music Industry 82(21) Ted Greenwald Jeff Burger SECTION 2 Modular Synthesizers 103(54) Buchla's First Modular System 105(5) EMS VCS3 & Synthi A/AKS 110(5) Keith Emerson's Moog 115(9) ARP 2600 124(11) Bob Moog Timothy Smith EML Synthesizers 135(7) E-mu Modular Synths 142(5) Bob Moog Serge Modular Systems 147(6) Perchance A Polyfusion 153(4) SECTION 3 Famous Analog Synths 157(42) Minimoog 159(8) Bob Moog Oberheim SEM Module 167(6) Bob Moog Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 173(5) Yamaha CS-80 178(6) Chroma 184(7) Valley of the Korgs 191(8) SECTION 4 Digital Synths & Samplers 199(28) PPG Wave 201(5) Digital Keyboards Synergy & Crumar GDS 206(8) Fairlight CMI 214(6) E-mu Emulator 220(7) SECTION 5 Miscellaneous 227(70) Mellotron 229(7) Paia Electronics 236(10) Rhodes Piano Bass & Vox Continental 246(4) Combo Organs of the '60s 250(13) Barry Carson Electric Pianos, Harpsichords, & Clavichords of the '50s & '60s 263(17) Barry Carson Roland CR-78, TR-808, & TR-909 280(9) Linn LM-1 Drum Computer 289(5) The Optigan Music Maker 294(3) SECTION 6 The Patchbay 297(23) In Search of... Vintage Synthesizers 299(21) What They're Worth 299(5) Buying a Vintage Synth 304(8) Vintage Synth Support, Service, Rental & Sales 312(5) You Gotta Hear This 317(2) A Few Good Books 319(1) Websites of Interest 319(1) Glossary 320(12) About the Authors 332(2) Index 334