A comprehensive and meticulously researched directory of every major synthesizer, drum machine and sampler made between 1963 and 1995, each illustrated by hand and accompanied by vital statistics and quirky facts. Tracing the instrument's journey from its invention in the early 1960s through the digital revolution of the 1980s to the point where analogue circuits could be modelled using software in the mid-1990s, this 128-page book celebrates the synth's impact on music and culture.
