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| | Synthesizer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Also among the first music performed on this synthesizer was the million-selling 1968 album Switched-On Bach by Wendy Carlos. | | | Micky Dolenz of The Monkees bought one of the first three Moog synthesizers and the first commercial release to feature a Moog synthesizer was The Monkees' fourth album, Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, and Jones, Ltd., in 1967, which also became the first album featuring a synthesizer to hit #1 on the charts. | | | One of the first real-time polyphonic digital music synthesizers was the Coupland Digital Music Synthesizer. |
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| | electronic music. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | In popular music, Les Paul was one of the pioneers of electronic music, inventing the first solid-body electric guitar in 1946 and recording music in the 1950s in an eight-track recording studio of his own design. | | | Popular groups such as the Beatles and the Beach Boys began experiments in multitrack recording, years after the innovations of Paul, that enabled several different recordings to be synchronized on the same tape. | | | During the 1960s synthesizers were made widely available by companies such as Moog and Buchla and found widespread usage in rock music. |
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| | Synthesizer module |
| | The synthesizer to which music content applies is indicated with the synth element. | | | A sound set is not the final 'sound' (or instrument), and neither is it a more basic 'sound' such as a core sound. | | | These "sounds" are complex waves or core sounds (declared with the core element) as they can be used in combinations to create new sounds. |
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| | Amazon.com: Chocolate Synthesizer: Music: The Boredoms |
| | Tomato Synthesizer, for its part, is a sonic beating of a track that provides a perfect representation of the album's no-holds-barred approach, combining harsh atmospherics with Mike Pattonesque vocal riffs and and skewed percussion before giving way to near-total anarchy for its conclusion. | | | Really,part of what Boredoms do has to be considered performance art,or audio art,sound collage,because it's stretching it to call this pure music in terms of song structure,even by punk/hardcore/thash/garage rock standards. | | | While it's by no means my favorite album, Chocolate Synthesizer has earned a special place in my collection by virtue of its sheer individuality. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000005JCD?v=glance
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| | Apple - Logic Pro - Additional Synthesizers |
| | Based on FM synthesis, the EFM1 lets you recreate the classic synthesizer sounds of the 1980s. | | | Despite of his inconspicious appearance, the ESM is able to sound like an old analog beast. | | | Whether you desire expressive lead sounds, booming bass, soft strings or crystal-clear bells, the richness of FM synthesis delivers dreamy lushness. |
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http://www.apple.com/logic/moresynths.html
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| | BBC - Comedy - Look Around You - Programme One - Music |
| | Synthesizers represent the future of music, as musicians like Synthesizer Patel and bands such as Gelg are proving. | | | We've created a special internet version of the popular Mini-Trelm 'Green-key' 800 so that everyone can experience the wonder of electronic music. | | | BBC - Comedy - Look Around You - Programme One - Music |
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| | What is a Synthesizer? |
| | But the true power of the synthesizer is its possibility to create completely new, yet unheard sounds - even if not all of these sounds are useful for musical purposes. | | | They were large as bookshelves, cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, and could only be found in the most advanced electronic music studios. | | | They can be made to imitate any other instrument - from reed instruments to drums. |
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http://hem.passagen.se/tkolb/art/synth/intro_e.htm
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| | the wiard synthesizer company |
| | A nice symmetry, listening to music made with Wiard Synthesizers while actually building Wiard Synthesizers. | | | Mushroom: Mad Dogs and San Franciscans Doug Pearson appears on the Wiard modular musical instrument. | | | They even put a picture of the instrument on the cover! |
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http://www.wiard.com
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| | USATODAY.com - Synthesizer innovator Robert A. Moog dies at 71 |
| | A childhood interest in the theremin, one of the first electronic musical instruments, would lead Moog to a create a career and business that tied the name Moog as tightly to synthesizers as the name Les Paul is to electric guitars. | | | RALEIGH, N.C (AP) — Robert A. Moog, whose self-named synthesizers turned electric currents into sound and opened the musical wave that became electronica, has died. | | | The instrument allowed musicians, first in a studio and later on stage, to generate a range of sounds that could mimic nature or seem otherworldly by flipping a switch, twisting a dial, or sliding a knob. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-08-22-moog-obit_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA
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| | Synthesizer |
| | Something radically new--an extraordinary rarity in musical culture--it was an instrument that used a genuinely new source of sound: electronics. | | | As they relate the history, Pinch and Trocco show how electronic sounds, once considered marginal or weird, entered our mainstream culture, producing a revolution in the way that music is produced and consumed. | | | In Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer (Harvard University Press; October 30, 2002; $29.95), Trevor Pinch and Frank Trocco tell the story of the invention of the Moog electronic synthesizer, the people who created it, and its impact upon music and popular culture. |
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http://www.jahsonic.com/Synthesizer.html
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| | Jetboy Junction - the synthesizer resource center |
| | First online are a few of the demos from the "Vintage Synthesizer Demostration CD" previously released by Jetboy. | | | Do Jetboy a favor and visit his friends at the Audio Playground Synthesizer Museum. | | | Audio - Featuring music made on vintage synths, samples of vintage synths and tape interface backups of various vintage synths. |
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http://www.mynameisluka.com/jetboyjunction
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| | electro harmonix: Micro Synthesizer |
| | Analog synth for guitar From the classic vintage sounds of the great early Moog(tm) synthesizer to wild custom creations, the Micro Synthesizer for Guitar lets the player create those fat analog synthesizer sounds heard on records by everyone from George Clinton to the Police to the Chemical Brothers. | | | Founded in Omaha, Nebraska in 1990, the band hit mainstream prominence with their self-titled album in 1995, which spawned such radio hits as "All Mixed Up" and "Down." They followed that success with the albums Transistor, Live! | | | The compact layout of ten slider controls lets the sonically adventurous guitarist dial in a virtually limitless array of analog synthesizer sounds. |
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http://www.ehx.com/ehx2?q=f&f=/Catalog/24_Synthesis/04_Micro_Synthesizer
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| | YouTube - Synthesizer Medley 1985 |
| | This video "Synthesizer Medley" was done by Thomas Dolby, Herbie Hancock, Howard Jones, and Stevie Wonder in Los Angeles(1985). | | | This video "Synthesizer Medley" was done by Thomas Dolby, Herbie Hancock, Howard Jones, and Stevie Wonder in Los One of the best grammy performances I've seen! | | | I don't see what's so fake about it, and who said cheesy was a bad thing. |
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| | Technorati Tag: synthesizer |
| | Synthesizer at MusiciansFriend Musician's friend - thousands of instruments, musical accessories, and more. | | | Synthesizers at Sam Ash Eighty years of super low prices. | | | Become a member to save searches in a Watchlist. |
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| | Software synthesizer: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic |
| | Digital audio describes sound recording and reproduction systems which work by using a digital representation of the audio waveform.... | | | Yamaha dx7 was a synthesizer manufactured by the yamaha corporation from 1983 to 1986, based on fm synthesis.... | | | Dssi (a recursive acronym for dssi soft synth instrument) is a virtual instrument (software synthesizer) plugin architecture for music sequencer applications... |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/s/so/software_synthesizer.htm
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| | Synthmuseum.com - Moog |
| | I had no concept of synthesizers or electronic music at all. | | | At that time there was no such thing as a synthesizer, or any instrument with knobs being sold in music stores. | | | The guys who'd jumped on doing their Moog records hadn't had hits, so they'd dumped their synthesizers. |
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| | Synthesizer Elements |
| | A simple oscillator can create one or two basic waveforms - most often a sawtooth-wave - which we have already looked at in the previous chapter - and a squarewave. | | | Synthesizer amplifier circuits only affect the waveform, and not the sound as it emerges from the Line Out jacks of the instrument. | | | o control the volume of a sound in the synthesizer, the signal is passed through an amplifier circuit. |
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| | EMF Institute: The Moog Synthesizer |
| | In 1969, Switched on Bach, arranged and performed by Wendy Carlos with a Moog synthesizer, was the first major electronic music 'hit'. | | | The first synthesizers developed by Robert Moog in 1964 were modular, containing components such as oscillators, filters, envelope generators, amplifiers, and mixers, and they were typically performed with a keyboard. | | | In 1967, Moog applied the term 'synthesizer' to his new instruments. |
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| | ARP Synthesizer Patents |
| | Sure, patents are the way to protect this sort of intellectual property in a business with some competition, but these patents speak volumes about the approaches the engineers were taking in creating some breakthrough musical instruments. | | | The basic goals were to have an Odyssey-class monophonic analog synthesizer played with a standard electric guitar, track the notes accurately and fast, and especially not lose the pitch as the note fades away. | | | This is the patent for the ARP Avatar, one of the earliest guitar synthesizers. |
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| | Synthesizer Music Makers, Synthesizer Meetups, events, clubs and groups in your area |
| | 70 Synthesizer Music Makers, friends, and people who want to learn more. | | | Synthesizer Music Makers, Synthesizer Meetups, events, clubs and groups in your area | | | Meet, collaborate, event plan, and discuss music-making using hardware or software synthesizers and MIDI music technology. |
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| | McDSP Synthesizer One -Total Sound Synthesis |
| | Pressing Cancel in this dialog will not save any changes made to the cartridge file. | | | External audio can be processed and combined with synthesized sounds. | | | Synthesizer One has virtual cartridges allowing up to 64 patches to be saved in a single file. |
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| | Analog Heaven |
| | Musical sounds can be fun to make using all kinds of technologies, analog, digital and acoustic. | | | Analog synthesizers have been around for a long time, they seem to be back in vogue these days. | | | Tony Cappellini has made the tapes available in mp3 format. |
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| | Synthesizer |
| | Sells the QChord - a "digital songcard guitar" made by Suzuki; also accessories, books and song cartridges. | | | Information on the theory and practice of analogue synths. | | | London, UK-based company that services, repairs, restores, designs and sells analogue and digital keyboards, modules, effects units and other musical devices. |
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| | :::::: MOOG MUSIC :::::: |
| | If you want THE Moog sound, this is it. | | | Moog Music presents the award-winning minimoog Voyager Performer Edition, an all analog performance synthesizer incorporating virtually all of the functions of the original minimoog synthesizer, produced from 1971 to 1984, and a number of new features that makes this the minimoog for the 21st Century. | | | ** The Minimoog Voyager Performer Edition is a real analog synthesizer in the tradition of the original Model D minimoog. |
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| | RTGS Granular Synthesizer |
| | Trax Music 09/01/04 02 AM Albino Synthesizer v2.2.1 | | | 12:38 PM RTGS-X is a Real-Time Granular Synthesizer that can be used to generate brand new sounds or to manipulate and distort existing sounds. | | | It is very useful in generating dense sonic textures, which can evolve quickly or ove.. |
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| | BBC - Comedy - Look Around You - Music - Mini-Trelm |
| | BBC - Comedy - Look Around You - Music - Mini-Trelm | | | Initialise your computer's audio amplification devices to find out... | | | So before use, deactivate the alarm with what remains of the key on the left, and then turn it back on when you have finished. |
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| | electro harmonix: Bass Micro Synthesizer |
| | Sugarcult's debut album, Start Static, earned raves from the L.A. Times, the New York Post and The Hollywood Reporter, among others. | | | Analog synth for bass The Bass Micro Synthesizer has the same features as the famed Micro Synthesizer but with a filter sweep range tailored for bass guitar. | | | Bass player Justin Meldal-Johnsen has written, recorded and toured with such artists as Beck, Macy Gray, Garbage, Tori Amos, Rob Thomas and Black Eyed Peas. |
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| | Synthesis Technology - Home of the MOTM Modular Synthesizer |
| | A resource site for building, repairing, modifying, and learning about analog music synthesizers! | | | Here you will find a wide selection of synthesizer modules that you can build yourself or order assembled and tested. | | | Get your New July 2004 MOTM Catalog by clicking here! |
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| | Synthesizer (Java 2 Platform SE v1.4.2) |
| | An instrument is a specification for synthesizing a certain type of sound, whether that sound emulates a traditional instrument or is some kind of sound effect or other imaginary sound. | | | Obtains a list of instruments that come with the synthesizer. | | | To see whether the instruments from a certain soundbank can be played by a given synthesizer, invoke the |
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| | FM synthesizer - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about FM synthesizer |
| | In computing, method for generating synthetic sounds based on techniques used to transmit FM radio signals. | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. |
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| | Zrs.Synth 0.95 |
| | This has been developed as a project for the Music 207 (Music, Technology, and Computers) course at the University of Victoria. | | | Brings up a dialog box which allows you to select sampling rate of the sound to generate, and the number of seconds of sound to generate. | | | You need a working knowledge of digital filter theory (which I don't have, so don't bother asking :-)) to use this. |
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| | Synthesizer Generator - Tool for creating language-sensitive editing environments and interfaces |
| | Languages are defined in the Synthesizer Specification Language (SSL), which is based on the concept of an attribute grammar, a very general notation for expressing syntax-directed translations. | | | In the immediate mode of computation, each modification to data has instantaneous effect, as in an electronic spreadsheet. | | | The feature that makes the Synthesizer Generator unique is its use of an immediate-computation paradigm to perform analysis, translation, and error reporting while an object is being edited. |
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| | Joe's Modular Synthesizer |
| | A website describing the MIDI Processor and deluxe Oberheim 4-Voice Interface that I designed and built for Lyle Mays. | | | A few pages that I wrote for Ben Kettlewell's book "Electronic Music Pioneers" that describes what it was like to grow up as a synth hacker. | | | A detailed report that I wrote back in May of 1977 that describes the design of all the devices in the original 37-module synthesizer cabinet. |
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| | ARP2600 V Software Synthesizer |
| | Offering all the features of the original version, Arturia has added new functions such as MIDI control, polyphony, and -- hidden behind the speaker panels - tracking generators and additional effects. | | | Introduced in 1972 with its "Blue Meanie" version (not even 100 were built), the ARP 2600 has evolved over the years to become a synthesizer celebrated by respected musicians. | | | With the ARP2600 V, Arturia brings this powerful semi-modular synthesizer back to life. |
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http://aes.harmony-central.com/117AES/Content/Arturia/PR/ARP2600-V.html
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| | The Moog Synthesizer |
| | Unlike many other synthesizers, the signal outputs of each Moog module are of appropriate level to connect directly to other audio equipment. | | | Sample and hold was never a Moog thing, it was first found on Buchla synthesizers and then on just about every second generation system. | | | Moog synthesizers were custom assembled for each order. |
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| | The Creatovox Synthesizer Project |
| | In the early 1990s, I began a design notebook containing schemes for real-time granular synthesis, including both scheduling algorithms as well as protocols for musical interaction. | | | Joysticks are efficient controllers since they let the performer control three separate parameters (left-right, forward-backward, up-down) with one gesture. | | | The Creatovox synthesizer emitted its birth cries on 13 July 1999 in CREATE's Studio Theremin. |
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http://www.create.ucsb.edu/htmls/c_vox.html
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| | Build a Stereo Synthesizer |
| | As the effects of the stereo synthesizer can range from very subtle to the bizarre, care should be taken when approaching certain types of music. | | | Or, how about other inherently mono instruments like an electric guitar or a synthesizer? | | | Well, you could delay one side or use a Harmonizer or some other related gadgetry, but generally with this method the stronger the effect you create, the more you'll jeopardize mono compatibility. |
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| | The Jim Patchell DIY Analog Synthesizer Webpage |
| | Interest in analog synths is back up, and now that I have been introduced to the Internet, I have found out there are a lot of other people out there who share my interest. | | | I originally started building the circuits that John Simonton (Paia) published in radio electronics, and I started right in on trying to improve on them. | | | I stopped for a while, right around 1990, partly because of the nice digital synthesizers that were available then, and even nicer ones now I have to admit (I love my Nord Modular), and also, because no body seemed to care about analog any longer, let alone, building one yourself. |
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| | Emulator II |
| | These two item generated a nice amount of royalties for the company. | | | Peter Baumann, who had left Tangerine Dream in 1977 purchased some of the indivudial voice units. | | | In the late 1970's EMU started working on completely computer controllable analog synthesizer with 16 individual voices. |
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http://www.i2.i-2000.com/~jeffrey/EMU.htm
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| | A Nanotech Based Food Synthesizer |
| | Nutrition Most obviously, the material that the machine makes must provide for the basic nutrition of the user. | | | Further, it is really quite a simple machine that most likely could be built with quite simple nanotechnology. | | | Additionally, this same super headed water could be blown through all the supply pipes to clean the whole system. |
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| | Synthmuseum.com - Your Vintage Synthesizer Resource |
| | There have been past attempts by other people to re-create the most popular vintage synthesizers in history, but this time the original inventor of the Minimoog, Mr. | | | This synthesizer was designed by Sequential Circuits and built by Siel. | | | It was built during the time that Sequential Circuits was a small "starving" company and didn't have the funding to built it on their own. |
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| | SH-201 Synthesizer |
| | For musicians new to synthesizers, Roland announces the most friendly and fun analog-modeling instrument on the market: the SH-201. | | | For synth pros, the SH-201 will remind them of why they fell in love with synthesizers in the first place. | | | Simply, the SH-201 is a blast to play! |
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http://namm.harmony-central.com/WNAMM06/Content/Roland/PR/SH-201.html
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