Electronic sound production - synthesis

Analog Days: Synthesizers in the 1960s and 1970s

• Robert Moog, Donald Buchla, and others
  • analog
  • modular
  • voltage controlled

Moog - show by Wendy Carlos

Buchla 200e

Yamaha DX7

Basic synthesis model

Pitch and timbre source: the oscillator

Learning Synths - Oscillators

Basic Waveforms

Noise

Timbre modification: the filter

Learning Synths - Fitlers

Loudness modification: the amplifier

Applying articulation with an envelope

Learning Synths - Envelopes

Experiment with the Synth Playground