Instruments
- Created by: Noxas
- Created on: 20-04-19 14:19
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- INSTRUMENT
- THERAMIN
- 1920s, 1st electronic instrument
- left hand = volume
- right hand = pitch
- portamento and vibrato sounds
- used in Good Vibrations, Beach Boys
- HAMMOND B3 ORGAN
- 1954 onwards
- 1st portable, electronic organ
- Leslie Cabinet: rotatry speaker
- two horns would spin at speed controlled by player
- high attack and high sustain
- Rhodes Piano
- 1965 onwards
- electric piano
- dreamlike sounds, high attack
- Hohner Clavinet
- 1968
- massive attack, disjointed sound
- funk style
- SYNTHS
- Mini Moog
- 1969, 1st portable synth
- came with a keyboard attached
- monophonic - only lead or bass
- Prophet-5
- polysynth, 5 notes at once
- 1977
- used in Take on Me + Wonderful Christmas Time
- Jupiter-8
- 1981
- 8 note polyphony
- came with presets + sequencer
- used in Radio Gaga + I Want to Break Free
- Yamaha DX-7
- 1983
- 1st Digital synth, lots of preloaded sounds
- used in Final Countdown
- Korg M1
- 1988
- most advanced, comples presets
- used in The Show Must Go On
- Mini Moog
- THERAMIN
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