Electronic Music Instruments

1
Electronic Music Instruments

• Lecture 6

2
History of Electronic Music

• Telharmonium
• Theremin
• Hammond Organ
• Musique Concrete

3
History of Electronic Music

• Recent Developments
• RCA Mark 2 Synthesizer
• Moog Synthesizer
• Patch cord, monophonic
• Analog vs Digital
• Polyphonic synthesizer
• MIDI
• Yamaha DX7
• Digital Sampling

4
Electronic Keyboards

• Background
• Portable keyboards
• Synthesizers
• Keyboards
• Workstations

5
Keyboard Features

• Key size, Keyboard length, Keyboard touch
• Full, mid, mini
• 37, 76, 88
• Keyboard sensitivity
• Velocity sensitive
• Aftertouch
• Left Hand Controllers
• Pitch bend
• Mod wheel
• Joystick

6
Keyboard Features

• Sliders or Faders
• Pedals
• Foot switch
• Variable pedals
• MIDI Implementation
• GM, GS, XG

7
Sound Production Features

• Polyphony
• Modes operation
• Single
• Split
• Layer
• Multi-timbral
• Glide or Portamento
• Effects and Signal Processing
• Built in effects
• Signal processing

8
General

• Drum Sounds
• Sequencing
• Audio outputs
• Midi Ports
• Host adapters
• Rom cards

9
The Workstation

• Program mode
• Combination mode
• Edit mode
• Drum Edit Mode
• Sequencer mode
• Sampler mode
• Editor/Librarians

10
Project

• Find at least 5 internet sites that deal with
  electronic music instruction
• Compare and contrast any state-of-the-art
  workstation by any 3 of the ff manufacturers
  Roland, Yamaha, Korg, Kurzweil, Technics,
  Oberheim or Emu
• Reading Joel Chadabes article on The
  electronic Century Part 1-4 ELectronic
  Musician
• Write a short explanation on sound production on
  an analog and digital synthesizer
• Explore the various features and possibilities on
  a standard workstation