ARP2600 - Fundamentals of Music Technology - Cyborgstudio.com

THANK YOUThis book is and has been a collaborative effort, as many such large undertakings are. I would be trulyremiss if I missed this opportunity to thank the following people for their assistance in completing thistext. It is, I feel, important to note that many of them performed their services entirely gratis because oftheir love of the subject.I would like to thank Dr. Michael Cunningham who introduced me to the ARP 2600 Synthesizer duringmy undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. He also deserves credit for coiningthe term “redundant patch.”I also owe a great debt of thanks to my loving fiance, Kara for all of the hours she spent proofreadingand inputting corrections on a subject which she cares about only for my sake. She was also incrediblyhelpful during the recording sessions for this book, ‘wo’-manning the digital audio workstation toleave me free to concentrate on the creative aspect of creating patches.I must also thank my internet friend Roger Lesinski whom I have never met, but has provided wonderfulinsights and new thoughts into the technical side of this book, and for his great proofreading skill.This book would still be sitting gathering dust on a shelf as a twenty-one page outline if it were not forthe many students whom I used as guinea pigs while I was developing this book. I owe them a greatdebt of thanks for their continued patience and also their assistance in proofreading. (It is sometimesembarrassing to admit that 10-year old students found many errors that I and the rest of my proofreadingteam missed!)I would be remiss if I forgot to mention Ihor “E” Tanin of “E” Lectronix Rock ‘n Roll Hospital in NewBerlin Wisconsin. Not only did he restore my ARP 2600 at a fantastically low price, he also put up withmy phone calls three to four times per week for several months. I also owe a great debt to TimothySmith of The Audio Clinic/Weyer-Smith Labs in Billings, Montana. He did a wonderful job of repairingmy broken 3620 keyboard, and his knowledge of the 2600 was truly amazing and invaluable.Finally, I would like to thank my uncle, David Reed who ever so kindly supplied me with the paper Ineeded to print the very first copy of this book when I was too poor to purchase paper myself, and to myparents who have always supported my efforts, and who put up with years of bleeps and bloops comingfrom their basement while I learned how NOT to program synthesizers. To all of these people I amgrateful!xiii