A great in-depth introduction to analog and digital synthesizers, drum machines, vocoders, and the like, with an entire chapter devoted to vintage equipment. 

Overall, the book is in very good condition. Softcover, 376 pages. Copyright 1982. This item ships WORLDWIDE.

Contents include:

1. Sound and Acoustics
2. Sound Sources for Electronic Music
3. Creating New Waveshapes
4. Filters
5. Amplifiers
6. Modulation
7. Special Purpose Devices (compressors/sustainters, reverb, envelope followers, etc.)
8. Controllers
9. Designing a Studio
10. Recording
11. Patching
12. Electronic Composition
13. Musique Concrete
14. Sonic Environments
15. Live Performance
16. Synthesizers
17. Computers and Digital Synthesis
- Integrated Circuits for Electronic Music (Curtis, SSM, Mostek, etc.)
- Sample Patches