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The Theremin
The Theremin was invented in 1928. It's named after its inventor Leon Theremin. It produces sound by waving your hand near the rod. -
Novachord
the novachord was the first synth it was produced to be an organ but is actuly the first synth.it was invented by laurens hammond. it was on the track well meet again by vera lynn. -
Pierre Schaeffer
Pierre Schaeffer was the first composer to use musique concrete; his first musique concrete work was in the early 1940s, his work also helped shape and define the style. Pierre Schaeffer's work with musique concrete was important as He was the first to develop the concept and include any and all sounds into music. -
First guitar effect (Trem Trol 800 Tremolo)
In 1946 the DeArmond company in Toledo, Ohio releases the first ever standalone guitar effects unit (Trem Trol 800 Tremolo). It's not a pedal but it is a box that you put on top of the amp and it gives you tremolo. The way it worked was passing the guitar signal through a water-based electrolytic fluid to augment the original tone. -
Les paulverizer loop pedal
this was the first loop pedal invented by les paul in 1953. it was very important to music technology as he was the first person to come up with the idea of this tech. -
The Moog
In 1964 Robert Moog Entered a modular synthesizer called the Moog for the first few years the Moon was only used by experimental musicians, but during the years more and more mainstream popular bands were using it like The Beatles. In 1967 then became the first commercial synthesizer. Robert Moog changed history when he invented the Moog without this invention music would sound very different. -
Felix vissers modified rhythm box
felix was a drummer for a dutch pop group. he modified his elevtronic rhythm box- drum machines so it could play simple pre-programmed rhythms. -
Electronic drums (Pollard Syndrum)
Pollard Industries released the first commercial electronic drum in 1976. It was called the Pollard Syndrum and it was invented by Mark Barton and Joe Pollard. The instrument consisted of a sound generator and drum pads. Despite its originality and authenticity, the product wasn't very successful as the creators thought it would be, so the business failed.
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Electronic drum kit (Simmons SDS-V)
In 1978 Simmons created the Simmons SDS-V, a fully electronic drum kit, complete with its signature hexagon pads and 5 modules (bass, snare and 3 toms). This was the first electronic kit of its kind to be commercially available. It's one of the highlights of the 80s when it comes to electronic drums, as a lot bands used these type of drum kits in their live performances and music videos. (Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran, Rush etc.) -
Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus
This is a paraphonic ten band vocoder and string machine manufactured by Roland firm 1979 to 1980. The vocoder shapes its envelope and filters by any sound source fed into it, This creates a very unique and famous robot-like sound. -
Minimoog
The Minimoog is an analogue synthesizer manufactured by Moog Music between 1970 and 1981. It was a smaller version and combined the most useful components of the original Moog synthesizer that Robert Moog created. It was first popular with progressive rock and jazz musicians and found wide use in disco, pop, rock and electronic music. Bands like Devo, Ultravox and artists like Michael Jackson and Herbie Hancock are a few of the many that had used the instrument in thei records and performances. -
Roland TR-808
The Roland TR-808 is a drum machine created in 1980 by Ikutaro Kakehashi. It used analogue synthesis to create its drum sounds. Its signature sounds are still widely used and sampled in today’s music. It was used on many hit records than any other drum machine. This instrument influenced the development of dance music especially electronic dance music and hip hop. Its successor, the TR-909 created in 1983 heavily influenced techno and house music. -
LM-1 Drum machine
In 1980 Roger Linn’s LM-1 Drum Computer was unleashed on the world. This was the first drum machine in history to use acoustic drum samples to create the onboard drum sounds. The LM-1 was succeeded by the LinnDrum which sampled these acoustic drum samples from a 28 to 35kHz sample rate. -
Roland TD-10 V-Drum kit
In 1997 Roland unveiled the TD-10 V-Drums kit. This kit changed a ton of the expectations for consumer electronic drums. it didn’t use a sampled acoustic drum or cymbal sound when triggered. The module relied on mathematical models to generate the sound using Roland-designed synthesizers. Also, the kit didn’t use traditional rubber pads, it used mesh pads produced in collaboration with Remo. This combo of both realistic sound and feel set up a bright future for the modern electronic drum.
