01-Electronic Musical Instrument Design II Intro

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Electronic MusicalElectronic MusicalInstrument TechnologyInstrument Technology

Luke Hastilow


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History of EMID

Factors relevant to the design ofnew

Electronic Musical Instruments and Interfaces

TheAnalysis of changing technologies

and the consumer Electronics Marketplace

Technologies of past times and their

relevance to System Architectures

Needs of Musicians of the time, Social

Impactand Implications,Acceptance


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1917 The Theremin

The device wasnt practicaloraffordable

for the consumer.

Social Acceptance depicted the Theremin

as some sort ofMagic Box!

Electronics was essentially a new field.

Radio, Sound Reproduction, Innovations

Pre-Transistor age. Vacuum Tube

Technology dominated Electronics


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1967 The Stylophone

Later picked up by Professional Musicians

and made it into the world ofPop Music

Simple Single Oscillator design made it

affordable, simple, robust & portable

The Field Effect Transistorinvented in

1947at Bell Telephone Labs, USA

The Stylophone was able to reach the

consumer in the guise of a GadgetorToy


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1970s Modular Synthesis

Electronic Synthesis Instruments condemned

as unnatural& socially unacceptable

The complexityand thus costallowed such

technology to be accessible by only the rich

Simple Voltage ControlledElectronic

Circuits were developed and Patchedtogether to produce complex sounds.

Bob Moogpioneered with the Moog

Modular, the firstpracticalSynthesizer


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ARP Instruments ARP2600


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Late 1970s Developments

Less required Modules combined with

consumer demandfor Synthesizers

brought about more affordable designs

To meet the needs of Musicians Patch

cables replaced by fixed switcheddesigns

Patching Modules was inconvenient, time-

consuming & impracticalfor the Musician

A common setof Modules and their

connections found to be most useful


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1980s Analogue/Digital

Hybrid Technology

Digital Electronics technology now at the

forefront. New Synthesizers applied this

technology mainly in Synthesizercontrol.

The development and use ofMIDI arose

Micro-electronics and Manufacturing

technology facilitated more complex,advanced, compact, and affordable designs

Developments in Synthesis and needs of

Musicians as performers definedthemodern SynthesizerInterface


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Roland SH-1


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Roland TB303


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Arturia Jupiter 8V


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Yamaha DX-7


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Yamaha DX-7


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1990s Embedded Digital

Computer Technology

Later Instruments combined both

Samplingand Synthesis Technology

Computer Technologynow facilitated

EmbeddedComputer systems, Sampling,ADC, DAC, & Digital Audio Formats

Audio Samplingnow at the forefront, with

extremities in its social impact.

Wavetable Oscillators, Digital Signal

Processing, &Advanced Controlarrived


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AKAI S01


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AKAI S1000KB


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AKAI S1000


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WaldorfMicrowave


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WaldorfMicrowave (Rack Version)


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KORG Prophecy


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Access Virus


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The year 2000

The Versatility and scope for limitless

configuration of Synthesis components in

Software inspired new methods ofInteraction

and highly configurable control

Portability, Performance, Versatilityand

DJ Technologynow majorInfluences

The rise ofSoftware Synthesis led to the

traditional Instrumentbecoming merely a

ControllerforDSPbased Software

KORG El t ib


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KORG Electribe

N ti KS5


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Novation KS5

AKAI MPC1000


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AKAI MPC1000

Moog Little Phatty


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Moog Little Phatty

Novation Remote 25


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Novation Remote 25

Alesis X25


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Alesis X25


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Conclusions

All Electronic Musical Instrument

Technology is essentially Modular

Determining Future directions requires an

analysis of the Consumer Market

Available Technologies have a major

impact on System Architectures

Innovative Technology must fitinto the

Consumer Market Practical, Affordable,

Desired, Versatile, Configurable


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Linkage

http://www.vintagesynth.com

http://www.synthzone.com

http://www.obsolete.com/120_years

http://nime2008.casapaganini.org

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