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Synth Evolution: From Analogue to Digital (And Back)

Book cover titled "Synthesizer Evolution: From Analogue to Digital (and Back)" by Oli Freke, featuring a line drawing of a synthesizer with multiple panels and a keyboard on a dark blue background.
Back cover of a book titled 'Synthesizer Evolution' with a description about the history of synthesizers, a barcode, price, and publisher's logo 'Velocity Press'.

Synthesizer Evolution: From Analogue to Digital (and Back) celebrates the impact of synths on music and culture by providing a comprehensive and meticulously researched directory of every major synthesizer, drum machine and sampler made between 1963 and 1995. Each featured instrument is illustrated by hand and shown alongside its vital statistics and some fascinatingly quirky facts.

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The zine collection

Each zine covers the best of the genre has to offer - synths, samplers, drum machines and modular.
All accompanied by the Synth Evolution signature style of hand-drawn illustrations.

Book cover titled "Synthesizer Evolution 1. Vintage Synths" by Oli Freke, featuring a line drawing of a vintage Roland bass line synthesizer.
Book cover titled "Synthesizer Evolution: 2. Drum Machines and Samplers" by Oli Freke, featuring a white line drawing of a drum machine on a dark blue background.
Book cover titled "Synthesizer Evolution 3. Modern Classics" by Oli Freke, featuring a line drawing of a synthesizer.
Book cover titled 'Synthesizer Evolution 4. Modular Gears' by Oli Freke, featuring a schematic diagram of a synthesizer circuit.
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