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Types
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Background
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Overview
- Software app Application software
- Plug-in Audio plug-in
- Digital audio
- MIDI controller
- Music sequencers Music sequencer
- Digital audio workstation
- Steinberg
- VST Virtual Studio Technology
- Synthesizer
- Sampler Sampler (musical instrument)
- Music software
Background
- Bell Labs
- Max Mathews
- MUSIC MUSIC-N
- Music
- Sound
- Barry Vercoe
- Audio programming language
- Csound
- MIT Media Lab
- Amiga
- Graphical score editor Scorewriter
- MIDI
- Envelope Envelope (music)
- LFO Low-frequency oscillation
- Digidesign
- Signal processing Audio signal processing
- Samples Sampling (music)
History
- Seer Systems
- Sequential Sequential (company)
- Dave Smith Dave Smith (engineer)
- PC Personal computer
- Creative Labs
- Soundcards Sound card
- Subtractive Subtractive synthesis
- Additive Additive synthesis
- Sample-based Sample-based synthesis
- Wavetable Wavetable synthesis
- FM Frequency modulation synthesis
- Physical modelling Physical modelling synthesis
- Filters Audio filter
- LFOs Low-frequency oscillator
- Propellerhead Software
- ReBirth RB-338
- Roland Roland Corporation
- TB-303
- TR-808
- TR-909
- Hard drive
- Native Instruments
- Modular synthesizer
- Reaktor
- Cubase VST 3.7 Cubase
- Granular synthesis
- Emagic
- HALion
- Kontakt Kontakt (software)
- Sample libraries Sample library
Types
- Analog modeling Analog modeling synthesizer
- FM synthesis
- Phase distortion synthesis
- GUI
- Moog Minimoog Minimoog
- Yamaha CS-80
- DX7 Yamaha DX7
- ARP 2600
- Odyssey ARP Odyssey
- Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 Prophet-5
- Oberheim OB-X
- Roland Jupiter Roland Jupiter 8
- Juno Roland Juno-60
- Korg M1
- Spectrasonics
- Native Instruments Massive NI Massive
- Xfer Xfer Records
- Arturia
- Logic Pro
- Apple Apple Inc.
- Keyboards Keyboard instrument
- Hammond B-3 organ Hammond organ
- Rhodes Rhodes piano
- Wurlitzer electronic pianos Wurlitzer electronic piano
- Mellotron
- Pianos Piano
- Steinway
- Yamaha Yamaha Corporation
- Bösendorfer
- Fazioli
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Nodes130
Edges129
Triples76
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015385
Components1
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Software synthesizer
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related to history · 25
Software synthesizer → Also, AWE, Creative Labs, Dave Smith, FM, Generator, GigaSampler, In, LFOs, Native Instruments, NemeSys, PC, PCM, Propellerhead Software, Reaktor, Reality, ReBirth RB-338, Roland, Seer Systems, Sequential
related to background · 20
Software synthesizer → Aegis, Alongside, Amiga, Amiga's, Amiga's Paula, Barry Vercoe, Bell Labs, Csound, Digidesign Turbosynth, In, It, LFO, Mathews, Max Mathews, MIDI, MIT Media Lab, MUSIC, PCM-based, Sonix, The
related to Types · 4
Software synthesizer → Alternately, FM, Software, Virtual
see also · 4
Software synthesizer → Digital, List, Music, Software
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Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| music sequencers typically in the context of digital audio workstation | instance of | or may be readily interfaced with other music software | 0.80 | text |
| granular synthesis | instance of | This led to developments in new forms of synthesis | 0.80 | text |
| tonewheel organs | instance of | to electromechanical instruments | 0.80 | text |
| electric pianos | instance of | to electromechanical instruments | 0.80 | text |
| the Moog Minimoog | instance of | Popular synthesizers | 0.80 | text |
| Yamaha CS-80 | instance of | Popular synthesizers | 0.80 | text |
| DX7 | instance of | Popular synthesizers | 0.80 | text |
| ARP 2600 | instance of | Popular synthesizers | 0.80 | text |
| Odyssey | instance of | Popular synthesizers | 0.80 | text |
| Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 | instance of | Popular synthesizers | 0.80 | text |
| Oberheim OB-X | instance of | Popular synthesizers | 0.80 | text |
| Roland Jupiter | instance of | Popular synthesizers | 0.80 | text |
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