| Electronic music circuits are musical instruments | | | | field. |
| that use electronics for producing its sounds. Such | | | | The first musical instrument was Denis d'or, |
| electronic music circuit sounds are created by | | | | dating back to 1753 which is followed shortly by |
| outputting an electrical audio signal that drives a | | | | Clavecin electrique by the Frenchman Jean-Baptise |
| loudspeaker at the end. | | | | de Laborde in 1761. Denis d'or consisted of a |
| An electronic music circuit may include a user | | | | keyboard of over 700 strings and can be |
| interface for controlling its sound. This is done by | | | | electrified temporarily in order to enhance its sonic |
| adjusting the pitch, frequency or duration of each | | | | qualities. Clavecin electrique was a keyboard |
| note. All electronic music circuits are viewed as a | | | | instrument whose plectra were activated by |
| subset of audio signal processing applications. | | | | electric circuitry.Both Denis d'or and Clavecin |
| Simple musical circuits are called sound effects | | | | electrique musical instruments didn't use electricity |
| sometimes. | | | | as a sound-source. Nowadays, there are literally |
| French composer Edgard Varese created a | | | | tens of thousands of electronic musicians who are |
| variety of compositions using electronic music | | | | hooked up to electronic music circuits |
| circuits like electronic horns, whistles and tape. | | | | The increasing power and decreasing cost of |
| Electronic music circuits are widely and | | | | sound-generating electronics nowadays have |
| universally used in most styles of music | | | | facilitated the separation of electronic music |
| nowadays and the development of new | | | | circuits into two categories like music controllers |
| instruments, controllers and synthesizers continues | | | | and music synthesizers. |
| to be a highly active and interdisciplinary research | | | | |