A Brief History of Synthesizers

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    Citations:
    Elisha Gray - bit.ly/3kb0yAs
    Telharmonium - www.popularmechanics.com/tech...
    www.britannica.com/art/electr...
    RCA Synthesizer - 120years.net/the-rca-synthesis...
    Harald Bode - 120years.net/tag/harald-bode/
    Microprocessor - computerhistory.org/blog/who-...
    Sound Synthesis and Sampling by Martin Russ- books.google.com/books/about/...
    Kurzweil K250 - www.vintagesynth.com/kurzweil/...
    AKAI MPC60 - www.musicradar.com/news/tech/...
    www.vintagesynth.com/akai/mpc6...
    retrosynthads.blogspot.com/
    Musical Excerpts from:
    Switched on Bach - Wendy Carlos
    Composition for Synthesizer - Milton Babbit

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  • @mcmike89
    @mcmike89 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Synthesizers have been entertaining the music industry for over 70 years now, wow! It's been more than half a century.

  • @ruben3305
    @ruben3305 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This instrument is the reason why I love 60-80s funk music. R.I.P. Roger Troutman

  • @tomperry5947
    @tomperry5947 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Such a wicked bit of kit- gave us the era of techno music, modern hip hop, EDM, Kanye , Daft Punk and many more

  • @richysgallery
    @richysgallery 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Wendy Carlos was also a huge contributor to the creation of the first moog synth and a pioneer of the way we use synths today, as well as being one of the first openly trans artists (an extremely successful artist at that)

    • @t4me4
      @t4me4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I wish they didn't use a picture of her pre transition in this video. At least they didn't dead name her...

    • @IntrusiveThot
      @IntrusiveThot ปีที่แล้ว +3

      She’s such a huge inspiration to me, I’m glad she’s getting recognition for her contributions. They definitely should’ve used a post transition photo tho

  • @jennw6809
    @jennw6809 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Wow. I studied electronic music in the 80s through 1990 and this was sure a trip down memory lane! I first learned on an ARP 2600, we also had a Synthi and a Buchla. I remember when the DX7 came out and all of a sudden, MIDI was a thing. My boyfriend bought an ESQ-1. I went on to do graduate study under the designer of the Synclavier. And now I'm a massage therapist LOL :-)

    • @sangwoonunyanmadanoncekiso3771
      @sangwoonunyanmadanoncekiso3771 ปีที่แล้ว

      i have a homework of music technologies can you please give me a hint

    • @wernervannuffel2608
      @wernervannuffel2608 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sounddesign with synthesizers is all about massaging (an) oscillator(s), isn't it?

    • @jennw6809
      @jennw6809 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@wernervannuffel2608 Good one :). I have a massage teacher who's also a musician who says, both musicians and bodyworks are doing skillful modulation of nervous systems!

  • @myidentityisamystery5142
    @myidentityisamystery5142 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Such a well produced video.
    Thank you very much for making it.

  • @rooshiemusic
    @rooshiemusic ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was mesmerized while watching the video, thank you! It's excellent!

  • @MrTidx90
    @MrTidx90 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    4:34 Boi was Groovin

  • @entropybentwhistle
    @entropybentwhistle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice subtle touch there of placing a sine wave version of Anchors Away in the background of the Teleharmonium vs. the navy radio coms segment.

  • @asiullopes
    @asiullopes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    what a wonderful video! thank you so much

  • @_Zoltan_
    @_Zoltan_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very great video!

  • @quinn9598
    @quinn9598 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is brilliant, thanks for the work that went into this.

    • @Nobody-df4is
      @Nobody-df4is 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ow, shltsels he over it so quickly. Haha. This is pretty good. I wonder what started it all. Was it the Moog? Idk...

  • @jaydekaytv
    @jaydekaytv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great job.

  • @issiewizzie
    @issiewizzie 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    40 years ago ... people 40 years ago ...thats a long time . I grew up in that era

  • @karakisla8
    @karakisla8 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice video. Thanks

  • @cdslls02
    @cdslls02 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Seven tons!!

  • @carstarsarstenstesenn
    @carstarsarstenstesenn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great video keep it up

  • @14HourTechnicolorDream
    @14HourTechnicolorDream 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    fascinating

  • @cesarvidelac
    @cesarvidelac 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I wish Pythagoras was alive again, would like very much to know his reaction.

  • @CoasterMan13Official
    @CoasterMan13Official ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you're gonna make a brief video about the history of the synthesizer, you should've talked about the Rocksichord. The Beach Boys used one in some of their songs (i.e. All I Wanna Do,) and it sounds fantastic.

  • @marzhy_cheey3635
    @marzhy_cheey3635 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Epic

  • @DeepCrossing1
    @DeepCrossing1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    so, is the difference between analogue and digital synthesis, that analogue uses transistor operated oscillators, while digital uses microprocessors to generate an emulation of the analogue oscilator sound?

  • @Airgirl881
    @Airgirl881 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love my acid techno

  • @adrianmardianto7681
    @adrianmardianto7681 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    But what about the Yamaha DX7? That thing is important!

    • @soundfly
      @soundfly  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You're absolutely right. It's in there at 4:40

    • @adrianmardianto7681
      @adrianmardianto7681 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@soundfly Man you are the only one.

  • @Retrogamingmaverick
    @Retrogamingmaverick 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You forgot to mention the nova chord!

  • @kishoresamuel7140
    @kishoresamuel7140 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Korg is game changer

  • @Biyoung
    @Biyoung 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where is the buchla ???

  • @Blake22022
    @Blake22022 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I bet the military thought it was alien music

  • @Statist0815
    @Statist0815 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oskar Sala ?

  • @user-bb3hm8ur8q
    @user-bb3hm8ur8q 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pay tribute to this post!

  • @TheMarsFiles
    @TheMarsFiles 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lets goooooo watching this on class rn

    • @Bozzmop
      @Bozzmop 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      hmmmmm, same

    • @Elit3Crimson
      @Elit3Crimson 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Bozzmop at homeschool

  • @astroproductions3705
    @astroproductions3705 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You never heard of Don Buchla?

    • @kevtrev77
      @kevtrev77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Buchla synths are overlooked because they lack a keyboard and so were never commercially successful. He designed for composers (mainly Mort Subotnic). But his designs were still the most visionary.

  • @Elit3Crimson
    @Elit3Crimson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Who is here in isolation

  • @yourdad9885
    @yourdad9885 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Moog wasn’t the first theremin inventor!

    • @soundfly
      @soundfly  3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      We agree. We never said he was.

  • @automaticgainsay
    @automaticgainsay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There is something inaccurate in nearly every assertion made in this video. Don't make me list them.

    • @aitor0015
      @aitor0015 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      true

    • @mathias841
      @mathias841 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Name one ?

    • @automaticgainsay
      @automaticgainsay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mathias841 If you can't find one yourself, why do you have enough doubt that even one exists? Okay, I'll start. The Telharmonium was invented in 1897, not 1901. It is not "considered to be the first additive synthesizer," it is the arguably the first synthesizer in general, and since no form of synthesis was effectively realized on the scale it was before it, naming the type of synthesis as if there were many to choose from demonstrates a non-historic perspective based in a modern context. And who is doing this "considering?" It doesn't make sense. It is not academic. Do you want more? How many more would satisfy you, o person who couldn't find one?

    • @mathias841
      @mathias841 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@automaticgainsay I don't have doubts, I just wanted to learn something ! Thanks for your knowledge, any advised ressource would be appreciated

    • @ncapone87
      @ncapone87 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@automaticgainsayso insufferable, make your own video then

  • @ricochetsixtyten
    @ricochetsixtyten 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video but its pronounced Moog not Moog.

  • @145FREE
    @145FREE 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Digitalized presets are boring.

  • @jamesconraadtucker
    @jamesconraadtucker 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    More could have even been briefly expressed on models and contributors. There's just too much lack of contributing information here. From the Roland JXP, Yamaha CS80, to Arp 2600, to Buchla Easel. How about the mix of both FM and additive synthesis with the NED Synckavier? Just a pic of Wendy Carlos? However, I did like the early info on early iterations of synthesis, like the RCA MkII at Columbia U.