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hydraulis instrument that uses water to create sound vco is used by the triggers vcf is the holes at the top of the pipes and the lenght changes the amplitude elisha gray accidently created the musical telegraph sends sounds of music over telephone line tellharmonium laget music instrument on planet whied 200 tons was originally biuilt in holyoke mass optophonic piano using glass filters to create light on the wall clara rockmore was one of the best therimin players and played bach on her theimin prooving electric music would work thre ondes martenot was the first electric instrument used in an orcheastra.E Hammond b3 was the first consumer grade elctronic organ or. the rca mark 2 was one of the last largescale instruments created one of the first modual synths and used vco vcf vca and lfo and vco encelope and would patch them me mini moog was a monofonic syth wich means could only play one sound at a time polymoog was the first stage used snth and could be used to play chords yamaha dx7 changed verything in the music buisness. based on fm synthesis but it was digitalwas multitiberl

Buchla Synth

media type="custom" key="7195679" The bulcha synth was designed in the early 60's by Don Bulcha Ramon sender and morton subtonick these were the ultimate designers and first composers to use this far ahead of its time device. This synth was controlled by several types of modules ( oscillators sample hold etc) This all control pitch timbre and amplitude though in 1970 this was upgrade to fit the 200 series shown above. Also with this revolutionary piece of equipment cam a key plate multi touch pad which could almost compare to something like an ipad today. Along with the keypad came a color coded patch system used to patch different sounds together. This synth was also complete with a very "ancient" digital computer built in. One example of how this synth influenced music technology to day is the touch plate keyboard used to control the pitch this ultimately revolutionized into pads and other types of touchpad based synths like the hand-sonic and even multi touch track pads and even revolutionary electronic devices today. Also the patching ability of this has even been brought to the digital world today for instance with audio mulch you use patching to create sounds and even your track by first using patching to put all of your sounds together.

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__Early Electronic Music Instruments Research Project__:

Question 1.) How does it work?

Answer 1.) The OCS's frequency is turned on by one knob, and then filtered by 18DB per octave through a VCF. The wavelengths can be altered by envelope generators called "the trapezoid" on this particular instrument to alter the ADS and R of the tone played. It uses a vco an vcf and a vca which produce a unique sound. This instrument is quite basic and mainly specialized in a form of wavetable synthesis which allowed the user to modify specific sections of a wavelength to produce a specific sound.


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Question 2.) Who invented it?

Answer 2.) A man named Dr. Peter Zinovieff was the founder of EMS (which stands for Electronic Music Studios), and he created this instrument with the help of his crew.


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Question 3.) What was their inspiration

Answer 3.) He simply desired to market the innovative ideas which arose from his private studio. He always had an interest in the musical application of computers, which ultimately compelled him to begin his first project.

In 1959, Wurlitzer invented the first commercial electronic drum machine. It allowed a choice of 12 electronically generated predefined rythem patterns with variable tempos. Its sound source was a series of vacuum tubes. The drum sounds were sequenced by a set of rotating discs with metal contacts on the edge spaced in a certain pattern to generate parts of a particular rhythm. A rotary knob on the top of the device was used to select these sounds. Modern synths with drum kits are based strongly on this technology. Some modern synths use vacuum tubes to create sound as well.
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The synclavier is an instrument first released in 1978 and originally made by New England Digital. The instrument was created by Jon Appleton while he was working as a professor at Dartmouth University. It is a combination of a FM synthesiser and a sampler which gives you the ability to compose an entire song solely on the instrument. The Synclavier was widely used in music studios to produce music. It stored the music that it recorded on magnetic disks. The synclavier was a pioneer for later synthesis' that could create, play, and record pieces all in one unit. This enabled people to buy one unit that would enable them to create and sell their music.

=**The Melodium** =

Invented: When: 1938 Where: Berlin Who: Harold Bode (also the inventor of The Warbo Formant Orgel)

Facts: A monphonic touch sensitive keyboard instrument. It also included a pedal for vibrato and tuning/transposition knob. It is believed to have been used in one of the 'Star Wars' movies. The Instrument was mostly extensively for film music and light music in the early 1940's. It was one of the first touch sensitive instruments of its time making a huge impact and contribution on other electronic instruments today. Also contributing to instruments today, Bode was a pioneer in the making and building of monophonic and polyphonic electronic organs and sound molders.

//Ray Kurzweil-//founded Kurzweil Music Systems in 1982. Before than he created machines for use for the blind to help reading and was able to contribute much of this to his musical instruments in 1982. In 1983, the first instrument, the K250 was released and saw much success and was the first of many instruments to be released by them. In 1990, they were sold to Young Chang(piano company) who was absorbed by //Hyundai// in 2006. Ironically, Ray Kurzweil was then hired by Hyundai as Chief Strategy Officer for their keyboards. During this time, they have released the K250 synths, K150 synths, K1xxx, and K2xxx synths, as well as the PCx series and SP series. They also developed a series of MIDIboards or MIDI controllers which have been a revolutionary invention. What is unique about his pianos however, is not only that they could recreate other instruments' sounds but that even the piano sound was a recreation because the instrument is just a computer, a computer that can store the sounds of different instruments and play them through the piano. They use algorithms and computer programs to develop the sounds and these days can create completely realistic sounds, key weights, etc. as well as being able to alter the sound and create new ones.

__Notes__ singing arc-sound through electricity melodium- vocoder-converts your voice or some sound through an envelope and decoder into an electric sound EMS synth-(electronic music studios) a suitcase like box that allows you to manually alter waveforms and add oscillators and LFO's to make the sound you desire. Side Man-first commercial drum machine-has 12 preset drum beats to play sounds and can alter tempo and tone. Sinclavier-invented in 1978.1st synth that can create,record, and play music at the same time.'

the mellotron used tape reels ad was fired on a keyboard was really first example of sample synth

Moog movie notes: 1. How was Moog’s original music and instruments received by the masses? It wasn't natural or right so people didn't like it. 2. Before 1968 how much electronic music was being heard? Before Switched on bach not much 3. The album that changed the view of electronic music was entitled Switched on bach 4. Moog's original Synth modules were built in what year? 1964 5. **Vladamir Ussachevsky** defined specific controls that shape the sound. The control was called the _ He designed the envelope. 6. How does Moog view the relationship between the circuit board and the human mind? What occurs in your brain cnnects to what is occuring in the switch board. 7. What technique does the musician use to accurately change pitch on the Theremin? Moves her hand closer and farther away 8. What instrument was Moog initially obsessed with; served as the thread for most of his instrument creations? A theremin 9. What is moog’s thought on the most important aspect of music? It becomes something producers do by themselves 10. Why did he feel that his instruments were built for live performance? It is the most basic music studio is an emulation

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it is movement from hardware to software new equipment can go anyware all that is now needed is a laptop large machines t digital software electronic is a growinfg market and is very unknown but coming alive most alive music out there is cutting edge and becoming very popular but not always liked is more obtanable and easy to make

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