The Roland x0x Series: A History of Early Roland Synthesizers and Drum Machines from SH-101 to TR-909
暫譯: Roland x0x 系列：從 SH-101 到 TR-909 的早期 Roland 合成器與鼓機歷史
Newman, James
- 出版商: Focal Press
- 出版日期: 2026-02-26
- 售價: $2,310
- 貴賓價: 9.8 折 $2,264
- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 232
- 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
- ISBN: 1032449195
- ISBN-13: 9781032449197
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商品描述
The Roland x0x Series: A History of Early Roland Synthesizers and Drum Machines from SH-101 to TR-909 offers an authoritative but accessible investigation of how the design of these most influential musical instruments is shaped by technological factors, institutional contexts, market forces and imagined users and uses. Drawing on the perspectives of designers and engineers along with musicians and producers from around the world, the book explores how these iconic instruments both enable and constrain the creative work made with them.
Providing detailed analysis of these seminal instruments, this book combines archival research that draws on contemporary reviews, instruction and service documentation, advertising and marketing materials, and technical analysis of the underlying analogue and digital circuits, with discussion of creative composition and performance practice, hardware and software modifications and modern remakes, emulations and clones. The Roland x0x Series is dedicated to demystifying these mainstays of popular music, and revealing the 'hidden histories' of the creation, lives and afterlives of these most important, recognisable, yet often misunderstood, synthesizers and drum machines.
This is an essential reference for music producers and music technology enthusiasts, as well as those studying music technology, instrument design and human interaction in the context of electronic music.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
《Roland x0x 系列：從 SH-101 到 TR-909 的早期 Roland 合成器和鼓機歷史》提供了一個權威但易於理解的調查，探討這些最具影響力的音樂工具的設計如何受到技術因素、機構背景、市場力量以及想像中的使用者和用途的影響。該書從設計師和工程師的角度出發，結合來自世界各地的音樂家和製作人的觀點，探討這些標誌性樂器如何既促進又限制了與之創作的藝術工作。
本書對這些開創性樂器進行了詳細分析，結合了基於當代評論、使用說明和服務文檔、廣告和市場材料的檔案研究，以及對底層類比和數位電路的技術分析，並討論了創意作曲和表演實踐、硬體和軟體的修改以及現代重製、模擬和克隆。《Roland x0x 系列》致力於揭開這些流行音樂支柱的神秘面紗，並揭示這些最重要、最具辨識度但常常被誤解的合成器和鼓機的「隱藏歷史」。
這是音樂製作人和音樂技術愛好者的重要參考資料，同時也適合那些研究音樂技術、樂器設計以及在電子音樂背景下的人機互動的讀者。
作者簡介
James Newman is Research Professor and Senior Teaching Fellow at Bath Spa University, UK. He is also an External Affiliate of the School of Public and Applied Humanities at the University of Arizona and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Over the past 20 years, he has written widely on histories of technology, media preservation, digital games, sound and music and has worked with museums across the world on exhibition and interpretation. He is an avid collector and player of synthesizers, drum machines and music technology.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
詹姆斯·紐曼是英國巴斯斯帕大學的研究教授和高級教學研究員。他同時也是亞利桑那大學公共與應用人文學院的外部成員，以及英國皇家歷史學會的會員。在過去的20年中，他廣泛撰寫有關技術歷史、媒體保存、數位遊戲、聲音和音樂的文章，並與世界各地的博物館合作進行展覽和詮釋。他是一位熱衷於合成器、鼓機和音樂技術的收藏家和玩家。
