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Conceptual Evolution: Create Sound:
 * Vacuum Tubes create sound
 * When we alter voltage, sound changes - singing arc
 * Combine two sounds to create a new third low sound - audion piano
 * Use additional oscillators to allow for the playing of more than one note at a time (monophonic vs polyphonic)
 * Control the expressiveness of sound by how hard or soft you strike a key

Manipulate sound:
 * Create effects by altering the original sound
 * Isolate harmonics in a sound to create specific wave forms
 * Analyze a sound and then re-trigger it using synthesis
 * Mayer sound on top of one another

Use the Sounds:
 * Build devices to trigger sound automatically - paper rolls
 * Create Devices to loop sounds - Drum Machines
 * Replay sound samples that were prerecorded
 * Make instruments portable
 * Make the sounds unique

1. First Electronic Instrument: Teleharmonium

2. First Instrument to change pitch by altering Voltage: Singing Arc

3. One could change the timbre and colume of the sound by cranking a lever... much like changing voltage... Intonorumori

4. This instrument was one of the first to create sound using vacuum tubes. You did not have to touch it to play it: Theremin

5. By combining two high frequency sounds a third low sound was created: Audion Piano

6. Polyphonic... to play more than one note at a time. This instrument was one of the first to do so... radical Pianorad

7. Can electronic instruments be used in orchestras? How can we better control the pitch of the Theremin? Put a ring on your finger and attach it to a wire. Press on the specific dots and you will get the right pitch Ondes Martenot

8. Take me out to the ballgame! This organ was found in many homes as well. It introduced on of the first "effects" by using a rotating speaker. Hammond B3

9. The musician could be more expr4essive on this instrument because it was touch sensitive. Melodic sound was created by air being sucked across a reed. Melodium

10. each level of keys had its own function. The top was much like a synthesizer that could alter sound by changing the amount of overtones in a sound... the bottom section functioned like a wind blown harmica Multimonica

11. Analyze your voice and let the synthesizer recreate it. Change its pitch by selecting different keys Vocoder

12. Let the machine create the music! Turn it on and let it go... it reads large paper rolls which tell the machine when to start sound and when to stop. The Free Music Machine

13.When the Hammond B3 Organ became popular, there became a need for a device to lay down beats. This instrument was one of the first drum machines. The Side Man

14. This man was instrumental in innovating new types of modular synthesizers. He built upon the work of other to create versatile instruments that could also be portable. Shown below is one of his smaller units. Mini-Moog

15. Record a sound and then get an instrument to turn that recording on at just the correct time. This instrument was one of the first "samplers". It used prerecorded sound on magnetic tape for each key. Mellotron

16. Around the same time Moog was developing modular synthesizers, a device was created, by Paul Ketoff, that was portable and utilized voltage controlled oscillators to create sound. Synket

17. Is there another way to connect all the modules together other than using patch chords? this company figured it out of by creating a matrix to connect modules together. EMS Synthesizer

18. Electronic Music should have a sound of its own. Why replictate other instruments? This instrument used a touch sensitive keypad to change pitch as opposed to the traditional keyboard. Buchla Synthesizers

19. Record a sound, represent it through a series of 1's and 0's and then control the sounds with a keyboard. This was one of the first digitally sampled instruments that altered sound through FM synthesis... applying principles similar to the Audion piano. Synclavier

20. This instrument was one of the first truly digital instruments on the market. It was very affordable and revolutionized music in the early 1980's Yamah DX7

Present: Multiple digital samples Analogue tools to create and manipulate sound Combines sound to create new sounds Touch sensitive
 * Voltage change
 * Oscillators
 * ADSR
 * Filters
 * Effects