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Synthesizer

A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis, and frequency modulation synthesis. These sounds may be altered by components such as filters, which cut or boost…

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related to Further reading · 41
Synthesizer → Analog Synthesis, Architectures, Bremen, Caipirinha Productions, Crombie, David, Donemus, Electronic Music, Germany, Gorges, History, Illustrated Compendium, ISBN, Kuit, Laboratory, Modular Synthesis, Modulations, New Complete Synthesizer, OFF, Omnibus Press
related to Pop · 36
Synthesizer → A-ha, Are, Billy Ocean, Cars, Celine Dion, Chart, Chicago, Depeche Mode's, Don't You Want Me, Duran Duran, Enola Gay, Friends' Electric, Gang, Gary Numan's, Human League's, In, Its, Jupiter-8, Just Can't Get Enough, Kenny Loggins
related to Rock · 25
Synthesizer → According, Analog Days, Beatles, Camel, Caravan, Doors, Early, Electric Light Orchestra, Emerson, Gentle Giant, Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Emerson, Lake, Minimoog, Moog, Palmer, Queen, Renaissance, Rolling Stones
related to Electronic music · 24
Synthesizer → African-American, Analog Days, British, British Second Summer, David Bowie, Gary Numan, George Clinton, German, In, Isao Tomita, Japanese, Jean Michel Jarre, John Foxx, Kitaro, Kraftwerk, Love, Roland TB-303, Roland TR-808, Tangerine Dream, The
related to Film and television · 22
Synthesizer → American, Apocalypse Now, Apollo, ARP, Brad Fiedel, Clockwork Orange, Close Encounters, In, John Carpenter, Knight Rider, Manhunter, Moog, Mort Garson, Prophet, R2-D2, Star Wars, Stranger Things, Synthesizers, The Fog, The Terminator
related to 1980s: Digital technology · 21
Synthesizer → Akai S-series, An, Based, DX7, E-mu Emulator, Early, Fairlight, Fairlight CMI, FM, In, It, John Chowning, Kate Bush, MIDI, Peter Gabriel, Stanford University, The, The DX7, Though, Yamaha
related to 1970s: Portability, polyphony and patch memory · 20
Synthesizer → After, ARP, ARP's, Brian Eno, British, By, Designs, EMS, European, In, It, Ken Freeman, Minimoog, Moog, Odyssey, Pink Floyd, Practical Electronics, The, UK, US
related to Precursors · 20
Synthesizer → As, Canadian, Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, Hammond Organ Company, Harry Olson, Herbert Belar, Hugh Le Caine, In, It, Martenot, Milton Babbitt, New Jersey, Novachord, Princeton, Princeton University, RCA, RCA Mark II Sound, Telharmonium, The, Trautonium
related to Clones · 19
Synthesizer → Arturia, Behringer, Clones, Companies, Creating, Eurorack, Heart, In, Intellijel Atlantis, Mackie, MiniMOD, Minimoog, Native Instruments, Other, Pro-One, SH-101, TB-303, TR-808, US
related to 1960s: Moog and Buchla · 17
Synthesizer → American, Analog Days, Around, Buchla, Buchla Modular Electronic Music, Buchla's, Don Buchla, However, Instead, Moog, Moog's, RCA, Robert Moog, System, The, The Moog, This

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synthesizers used music electronic instruments synthesis analog sounds digital including moog filters first envelopes sound 1970s 1980s released minimoog control

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filtersinstance ofThese sounds may be altered by components0.80text
which cut or boost frequenciesinstance ofThese sounds may be altered by components0.80text
the RCA Mark IIinstance ofplaying togetherSynthesizer-like instruments emerged in the United States in the mid-20th century with instruments0.80text
which was controlled with punch cardsinstance ofplaying togetherSynthesizer-like instruments emerged in the United States in the mid-20th century with instruments0.80text
used hundreds of vacuum tubesinstance ofplaying togetherSynthesizer-like instruments emerged in the United States in the mid-20th century with instruments0.80text
voltage-controlled oscillatorsinstance ofis credited for pioneering concepts0.80text
envelopesinstance ofis credited for pioneering concepts0.80text
noise generatorsinstance ofis credited for pioneering concepts0.80text
filtersinstance ofis credited for pioneering concepts0.80text
and sequencersinstance ofis credited for pioneering concepts0.80text
electronicinstance ofinfluenced genres0.80text
hip hop musicinstance ofinfluenced genres0.80text

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