August 2024
Beginner to intermediate
366 pages
11h 58m
English
Content preview from Make: Electronic Music from Scratch
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Foreword
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Part I: Electronic Music Fundamentals 1
Chapter 01: A People’s History of Electronic Music
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Chapter 02: Musical Electricity for Electrophobes
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EXPERIMENT:
THE WORLD’S SIMPLEST SPEAKER
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EXPERIMENT
: MICROPHONESPEAKER IDENTITY CRISES 35
EXPERIMENT:
PIEZOMANIA 39
EXPERIMENT:
SOUND THROUGH YOUR SKULL 42
Part II: Smaller Circuits
46
Chapter 03: The Hello World Oscillator
48
PROJECT:
MYFIRSTSQUAREWAVEOSCILLATOR™ 59
• Variation 1: The Pinch-O-Matic
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• Variation 2: Playing with Your Food
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• Variation 3: The Pencil-Pusher
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• Variation 4: A Photo Theremin
69
Chapter 04: Amps, Reverbs, and Talkboxes
72
PROJECT:
A BREADBOARD ...
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