| Music has its own unique appeal, which transcends | | | | initiatives to build ones own synthesizer. Many |
| boundaries and touches every single soul. The | | | | media reports at that time also flashed designs |
| most versatile amongst all instruments, which | | | | that were published in hobby electronics |
| have transformed the entire musical landscape | | | | magazines. There are also interesting anecdotes |
| globally,is the synthesizer. Synthesizers have the | | | | on how synthesizers were evolved in each |
| magic to bring life to any performance. | | | | household. |
| History of synthesizers is replete with interesting | | | | Some of the noteworthy synthesizer |
| twists and turns. The mid 80s proved to be a | | | | manufacturers who has contributed to the history |
| booming phase for this magical instrument. The | | | | were as follows |
| history of electronic music reached a new height | | | | Access Music |
| with the emergence of the synthesizer. | | | | Alesis |
| Some of the synthesizer models which absolutely | | | | ARP |
| proved to be the delight of musicians are as | | | | Arturia |
| follows | | | | Akai |
| CZ-2600S | | | | Buchla and Associates |
| CZ-3000 | | | | Casio |
| CZ-101 | | | | Clavia |
| CZ-230S | | | | Further research in the field of synthesizers |
| CZ-1000 | | | | however, led to the emergence of a |
| CZ-5000 | | | | much-matured device in 1975, which had |
| CT-6500 | | | | polyphonic features. This particular category of |
| Types of synthesizers | | | | synthesizer was capable of playing 2-8 notes at |
| Synthesizers are primarily of three different kinds, | | | | one time depending on the model. This kind of |
| which are as follows | | | | synthesizers had amazing storage capacity with |
| Analog | | | | 16 separate memory slots. |
| Digital | | | | The bass synthesizer was perhaps the most |
| Software | | | | popular version of synthesizers, which has carved |
| There are also synthesizers, which are a | | | | a niche for itself in the history books. This version |
| combination of the above-mentioned kinds known | | | | of synthesizer was capable of producing new |
| as hybrid synthesizers. | | | | sounds for this version. What contributed greatly |
| There are many synthesis methods, which have | | | | to the popularity of synthesizers were its unique |
| gradually evolved over the years. Some of them | | | | features. Synthesizers could easily be integrated |
| are as follows | | | | and synchronised with other musical instruments. |
| Frequency modulation synthesis | | | | The year 1978 saw the emergence of the first |
| Phase distortion synthesis | | | | fully equipped polyphonic synthesizers. This device |
| Physical synthesis | | | | was capable of producing 5 tones at one go. It |
| Sample-based synthesis | | | | also had increased memory capacity with 32 |
| Sub harmonic synthesis | | | | different memory slots. They later emerged as |
| Subtractive synthesis | | | | the most popular accompanier in the musical |
| Additive synthesis | | | | circuits. |
| Granular synthesis | | | | However, the history of synthesizers underwent |
| Wavetable synthesis | | | | a paradigm change with the advent of lead |
| Synthesizers first hit the market in 1971. It was | | | | keyboard. They were also known as analog |
| then that the first pre-wired synthesizer made its | | | | synthesizers. These kind of synthesizers gave |
| maiden appearance in the musical circuits. | | | | musicians greater freedom to editing. |
| However, it was then a much simpler device. It | | | | Traversing a long interesting road synthesizers |
| had monophonic features and had no memory | | | | have emerged as the most popular musical |
| unlike future synthesizers. | | | | instrument. It has become an integral part of the |
| The late 70s and early 80s, there was a spurt of | | | | entire musical journey globally. |