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ABOUT THE AUTHORFigure 16-1: The doer of dirtydeeds himself: Sam Ecoff.Sam Ecoff is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin in Eau Clairewhere he studied music theory and composition. Sam saw his firstsynthesizer at age 8 (a Moog IIIp!) and was completely entranced.The spell hasn’t been broken yet. Today, he volunteers much of hisspare time at local elementary schools to expose children to the wondersof synthesizers.When Sam’s days are not being devoured by writing books, he iscomposing music for television using his synthesizers. Although hehas a great love of vintage instruments, his studio is stocked withmany of the latest synthesizers and samplers.Sam’s great passion in life is teaching young people about music,particularly about synthesizers and music technology. He teachesapplied piano and music technology lessons at a private conservatory in southeastern Wisconsin, andthis book was originally written for his private students. He hopes to one day teach music technologyclasses at a small university interested to build a music technology program from the ground up.When asked for a quote, he provided two: “96 simultaneous channels of synthesizers is really notenough,” and “No, I don’t think it is an unreasonable goal to attempt to collect one of every synthesizerever made. What do you think I am going to do in retirement? I am going to open a museum and let thekids in to play these things!” At age 25, with plans for six more books in the Fundamentals of MusicTechnology Series, he is a long way away from retirement.139