I recommend "Analog Days" by Trevor Pinch and Frank
Trocco for all sorts of insights gathered from extensive interviews
with many of the people who designed, built, sold and used the big old
modulars. Although you won't find info about Bob, Peter and Dieter and
other "new wave" manufacturers, it's great for the earlier
history.
sean
Some questions for Peter--
I'm wondering what kind of backgrounds the proprietors of electronic
musical instrument businesses have. I see that you got your education
in music and worked for years in high-tech industries, right? How
does this compare to other well-known wizards such as Robert Moog, Don
Buchla, Dieter Doepfer, Bob Williams? Do you think an electrical
engineering degree would be helpful, invaluable, creatively hindering,
largely useless, or what for this line of work? Would you say that
designing modules is more about solving math problems or
experimentation?
Just curious,
Monroe