Index
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Spin Spin Sugar , 272 , 281
Square wave ,11 , 104 , 118
SSL , 63
Standard compression , 37–9
Stanton , 472 , 474 , 477
Stardust , 84
‘ Starlight’, bass rhythm from , 242 , 243
Status bit , 486
Steady B , 470
Steinberg’s De-Noiser , 401
Steinberg’s Nuendo Sequencer , 180 , 182
Stereo jack , 58
Stereo width , 53 , 417 –18
Stingly, Byron , 85
Street Player , 84
Strings of Life , 283
Strip , 64
Strong –weak –medium–weak
syncopation , 301 , 317 , 333
Sub-bass , 103 , 366
Subtractive synthesizer , 8–9 , 10
Sugar Hill gang ,470
Sugar Is Sweeter , 272
Summer, Donna , 147 , 231 , 283
‘ Sunday music ’ , 272
Sweep EQs , see Semi-parametric EQs
Sweeping bass , 105 –6
Sweeps , 121
Swirling pads , 91
Switching , 141
Swoosh FX , 122
Sylvester , 85 , 147
Sympathetic vibrations , 5
Sync controls , 13
Syncopation ,220
, 221
Synth leads/strings/pads , 382 , 391
Synthesis, science of , 3
acoustic science , 3–8
complex waveforms, creating , 12–14
low-frequency oscillator , 24–5
methods:
frequency modulation , 27–8
granular synthesis , 28–9
samples and synthesis , 28
modifi ers , 23
practical applications , 25–7
subtractive synthesizer , 8–9
voltage-controlled amplifi er , 20 –3
voltage-controlled fi lters , 14–20
voltage-controlled oscillator ,9
noise wave , 12
pulse wave ,11
sawtooth wave , 11
sine wave ,10 –11
square wave , 11
triangle wave , 11 –12
Synthesized strings , 382
System Exclusive (SysEx) messages ,
189 –94
Sythesizers , 390 –1
T ⫹ S (Tip –Sleeve) jack ,71
TADSR (time –attack–delay –
sustain–release) envelope , 22
‘ Tag ’ , 296
Take Some Time Out For Love , 85
TAKI , 183 , 296
Tambourines , 99–100 , 332
Tangerine Dream , 283
Tascam , 475
Tascam digital interface (T-DIF) , 62
TB303 , 104
acid house bass , 104 –5
leads , 114
resonant bass , 105
Technics 1200 , 473
Technics 1210Mk2 , 473
Technics 1210Mk3 , 473
Technics 1210Mk5 , 473
Technics 5G , 473
Techno , 272 , 283 , 348 , 405
musical analysis , 284–92
recommended listening , 292–3
Techno – The New Dance Sound of
Detroit , 284
Techno City , 283
Techno ‘kick’ bass , 106 –7
‘ Telephone ’ vocals , 164–5
Tempo , 215
delay time chart ,501 –2
‘ Ternary ’ repetition , 223
Terry, Todd , 85 , 145 , 234 , 241 , 247
Test pressings (TPs) , 434 , 438
Theodore, Grand Wizard , 27
1 , 347
Theremins , 115
Thin pads , 92
Three-band compression , 413
Threshold , 34
on loudness maximizer , 418 –19
Throw , 66