The Nonesuch Guide to Electronic Music

by Beaver & Krause

The Nonesuch Guide to Electronic Music cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1968
  • Label: Nonesuch
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:58
  • Community rating: 3.18/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Paul Beaver, Bernie Krause

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'The Nonesuch Guide to Electronic Music' acts as a vital educational tool that demystified synthesizers for the general public. Paul Beaver and Bernie Krause utilized the Moog synthesizer to catalog waveforms and modulations, cementing the instrument's role in modern production.

Genres

Descriptors: educational

Tracklist

  1. I. Peace Three
  2. 1. Slow-Motion Audible Example
  3. 2. Composition
  4. 3. Harmonic Synthesis
  5. 4. Non-Harmonic Synthesis
  6. 1. Slow-Motion (Negative- And Positive-Going)
  7. 2. Composition
  8. 1. Slow-Motion Audible Example (1/8-1/2)
  9. 2. Composition (Using 1/8, 1/7, 1/3, 1/2)
  10. 1. Slow-Motion Audible Example
  11. 2. Composition
  12. E. White Sound Composition
  13. A. Transient Generator, Amplitude, Frequency And Timbre Modulating In Slow-Motion
  14. B. Sequential Voltage Sources. Composition
  15. 1. 12-Tone
  16. 2. Quarter-Tone (One Real Octave = 2 Keyboard Octaves)
  17. 3. Ditone (Four Real Octaves Played In Keyboard Range Of One Octave)
  18. 4. Portamento
  19. B. Ribbon Control
  20. 1. Vibrato Ⓢ (Speed Increases As Pitch rises)
  21. 2. Sine-Higher Frequency
  22. 3. Sawtooth-Swept
  23. 4. Rectangular 1/2-Swept L2
  24. 5. Triangular-Swept
  25. 1. 3 Square Waves At Different Frequencies
  26. 2. 3 Triangular Waves At Different Frequencies
  27. 4 Different Waveforms 2L 2N 2V 2S At Different Frequencies
  28. E. White Sound
  29. 1. Up An Octave, Back To Pitch
  30. 2. Up A 3rd, Back To Pitch
  31. 3. Down An Octave, Back To Pitch
  32. 4. Down A 3rd, Back To Pitch
  33. A. Keyboard
  34. B. Ribbon Controller
  35. 1. Tremolo
  36. 2. Sine-Higher Frequencies (S Sweeping S)
  37. 3. Sawtooth (Negative- And Positive-Going Swept)
  38. 4. Rectangular-L2 Swept
  39. 5. Triangular-Swept
  40. 1. 4 Square
  41. 2. 3 Triangular
  42. 3. 4 Different Ⓢ, Ⓝ, 2L, Ⓥ
  43. E. White Sound
  44. 1. Slow
  45. 2. With Rising Pitch
  46. 3. ∧∧∧∧∧
  47. 1. Series Of Sub-Audible Constants
  48. 2. Tune In Parallel
  49. 3. Tuned In Opposite Direction
  50. B. Sawtooth
  51. C. Rectangular L2
  52. A. White Sound - With Fixed Filters Selected 3rd Octave
  53. 1. Broad
  54. 2. Sharp
  55. C. Low-Frequency Sawtooth-Tuning Through Harmonics
  56. D. Composition-Tuning Through 2nd, 3rd, 7th And 16th Harmonics
  57. E. Swept With Ribbon Controller
  58. 1. Sine-Timbre Vibrato Effect
  59. 2. Sine-Variable Rate And Depth
  60. 3. Sawtooth (Descending And Ascending)
  61. 4. Rectangular
  62. 1. -----------------
  63. 2. -----------------
  64. 3. ------------------
  65. 4. ------------------
  66. A. Single Repeat
  67. B. Multiple Repeat
  68. IX. Peace Three (Recap)

Credits

  • Beaver & Krause - primary artist
  • Gene Szafran - cover, artwork by
  • Bernie Krause - producer
  • Paul Beaver - producer
  • Jason Farrow - producer [production coordinator]
  • Teresa Sterne - producer [production coordinator]

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