Hello,

I'm currently reading this book and had to chime in.

Earlier in the year I attempted to navigate the online service to get
at least a .pdf, but was unable to find an ebook. McGraw-Hill may well
have added the option since then, which is good.

What is great, however, is the actual physical object. The '83 edition
is a phenomenal book, and the text and images are of a very
comfortable size and quality. The many diagrammes, reproductions of
performance scores (Rosenboom, Behrman, Ashley, Lucier, Chadabe, etc.)
and excerpts from patch books (2600,System 100, Axxe, etc.) are
essential to the whole of the book, as well as amazing and useful on
their own.

Mr. Kent's points about the depth and detail of the text are on point.
You could say the learning curve is exponential on this one.

If it can be afforded, I would say, after being about halfway through
the book, that the text is essential enough to pony up for the genuine
article. Information is information, but for me personally, a .pdf
would have just made me want to buy the real thing anyway.

Also, consider this: how much does a new college textbook cost these
days $100 Usually more

-Wesley

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , "nicholas_kent" <zaum@...> wrote:
>
> Here is the pdf for sale link.
>
> http://ebooks.primisonline.com/cgi/showebook.cgi
> isbn=0390684635&bookType=unselected&fulleBook=true
>
> you may have to paste the link into one line
>
> I've never tried the PDF myself. I think some people complained
about quality though the
> original has small text and low grade pictures to begin with AFAIK.
>
> It is a superb book because it goes quite deep - so even advanced
synthesists tend to find it
> enlightening. It does get a bit advanced a bit quickly so I keep
suspecting it might be a bit
> tough for someone not too far along.
>
> Sadly Allen Strange died earlier this year.
>