{"product_id":"modular-synthesis-patching-machines-and-people-paperback","title":"Modular Synthesis: Patching Machines and People - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEzra J. Teboul\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAndreas Kitzmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eEinar Engström\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eModular Synthesis: Patching Machines and\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e brings together scholars, artists, composers, and musical instrument designers in an exploration of modular synthesis, an unusually multifaceted musical instrument that opens up many avenues for exploration and insight, particularly with respect to technological use, practice, and resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough historical, technical, social, aesthetic, and other perspectives, this volume offers a collective reflection on the powerful connections between technology, creativity, culture, and personal agency. Ultimately, this collection is about creativity in a technoscientific world and speaks to issues fundamental to our everyday lives and experiences, by providing insights into the complex relationships between content creators, the technologies they use, and the individuals and communities who design and engage with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith chapters covering VCV Rack, modular synthesis, instrument design, and the histories of synthesizer technology, as well as interviews with Dave Rossum, Corry Banks, Meng Qi, and Dani Dobkin, among others, \u003ci\u003eModular Synthesis\u003c\/i\u003e is recommended reading for advanced undergraduates, researchers, and practitioners of electronic music and music technology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http: \/\/www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEzra J. Teboul\u003c\/b\u003e is a researcher and artist, and currently a student librarian at Concordia University. They obtained a PhD in Electronic Arts from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2020. In 2022, they were a scholar-in-residence at the Columbia University Computer Music Center. Their work focuses on the material histories of electricity, work, and music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndreas Kitzmann\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of Humanities at York University in Toronto, Canada. His research interests include modular synthesis, technology and culture, digital media and community, and memory studies. His self-authored books include \u003cem\u003eThe Hypertext Handbook: The Straight Story\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSaved from Oblivion: Documenting the Daily from Diaries to Web Cams\u003c\/i\u003e. He has co-edited two books, and his work has also been included in various edited collections and journals such as \u003ci\u003eA History of English Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), \u003ci\u003eFrom Text to Txting: New Media in the Classroom\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), the \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Research into New Media Technologies\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), \u003ci\u003eFirst Monday\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), and \u003ci\u003eOrganized Sound\u003c\/i\u003e (2023).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEinar Engström\u003c\/b\u003e is a software engineer, modular synthesist, and computer musician. Creatively, he has been known to code in Lua, SuperCollider, Tidal Cycles, and the Teletype esolang, whilst professionally he primarily inhabits the BEAM ecosystem. Both practices are natural extensions to Einar's previous PhD research into the history and philosophy of computing music programming, which focused on the Acoustical and Behavioral Research Center at Bell Laboratories--the first behemoth of innovation in both telecommunications and computing. He also holds an MA in Visual Culture from Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan), is a former editor-in-chief of the bilingual international contemporary art magazine \u003cem\u003eLEAP\u003c\/em\u003e (Beijing, China) and technician and researcher at RE\/Lab (Toronto Metropolitan University), and has hands in various electronic music record labels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 474\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 24, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47213357957369,"sku":"9781032113463","price":111.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/IeFVDha5b59781032113463.webp?v=1768104649","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/modular-synthesis-patching-machines-and-people-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}