YEAR 12 MUSIC TECH

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they either imitate other instruments or

generate new timbres
most common synthesisers are keyboards

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first invented in 1897 by Thaddeus Cahill. This was

the Teleharmonium

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these did not become common or popular until the

invention of the Hammond Organ in 1934

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Robert Moog produced a synth in 1965 that was

adopted widely by many bands and composers
bringing synths into the mainstream
The first pop album that used the Moog was by
The Monkees in 1967. This started a revolution of
music

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VCO

VCF

EG

LFO

VCA

HOW DOES THIS WORK IN

LOGIC?

TECHNICAL TERM REVIEW

Subtractive synthesis
VCO

VCF

Cutoff

Resonance
VCA

LFO

EG