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Otona no Kagaku (Science for Adults) Magazine Extra Volume: Synthesizer Chronicle

Modified A4/126 pages/On sale July 30, 2008
●Supplement: Analog Synthesizer SX-150

※NOTE: All magazine contents are in Japanese. English versions are not available.

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This Issue's Special Feature: A Chronicle of the Mania around Electronic Sounds

Table of Contents

Synthesizer Chronicle
PHOTO GALLERY

For more than three decades,
Yellow Magic Orchestra has shown us the future of electronic music
Haruomi Hosono, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Yukihiro Takahashi x Hideki Matsutake
Photo credits: Shogakukan

Insert:
YMO Recording Track Sheet "Solid State Surviver"
YMO Live Setting at Nippon Budokan in 1980

How the Moog Synthesizer was born:
Creating a Magical Instrument, Robert Moog

A Message from Isao Tomita

Down the road of history after the Moog:
Evolving Synthesis

In the Room ~ Artist Interviews ~
Tei Towa
Daisuke Asakura
atom heart
Polysics
Yasutaka Nakata
Rei Harakami
Hibiki Tokiwa
Kozue Ayuse
Tatsuo Sunaga

Talking about 8-bit sound:
Nobuo Uematsu and YMCK

Having fun with a new-generation interface
with Cornelius

Singing voices made of electrons:
The Possibilities of theVocaloid

Fumitaka Anzai and the Trivia Research Society's
Incredible History of the Synthesizer

Takkyu Ishino
played around with the supplement.

The supplement was modified.
Maywa Denki's Original Instrument:
Mechanical reconstruction by the designer of the SX-150 circuit;
Vintage gear with wood frame;
DIY expert's super-advanced modification

Moog Yamamoto's decorated synthesizer? Blind Model

Hideki Matsutake
recorded a CD using the SX-150.

Try it on your computer:
Software Synthesizers for Beginners

Hardware vs. Software Synthesizers:
Noted Machines for the Ages

On the Frontlines of Synthesizer Development:
The lead runner who pulls the scene forward- Roland
The pioneer who makes the future of electronic instruments- Korg
Always seeking out music's possibilities- Yamaha

A lineup of machines with rareness set at max:
Treasured Vintage Synthesizers

Join The Aprils on
a Synthesizer Date Down Map Synthe Lane

On the charms of handmade synthesizers:
Handmade Synthesizer Experts

Keeper Issue
Electronic Music Chronicle

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