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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 56. Chapters: Digital synthesizer, Synclavier, Analog synthesizer, Fairlight CMI, Modular synthesizer, RCA Mark II Sound Synthesizer, CV/Gate, A&D, Polyphony, Numerically-controlled oscillator, Wind controller, Voyetra-8, Evolver, Graphical sound, Bell Labs Digital Synthesizer, Curtis CEM, Akai AX60, Oscillator sync, Ondioline, Novachord, Technos acxel, ANS synthesizer, Synthesizers.com, Variophone, List of classic synthesizers, Audio filter, OSC OSCar, Kawai K5000, Coupland Digital Music Synthesizer, Keyboard matrix, Eigenharp, Electrical resonance, Sound module, Vector graphic synth, Timbrality, Polivoks, Steiner-Parker Synthacon, Onset, Monowave, Analog modeling synthesizer, Thomas Elroy Oberheim, Walkstation, Audio Systems Electronics MCS70, Optophonic Piano, Quasimidi Polymorph, Siel Orchestra, Persephone, Prophet '08, Sequential Circuits Prophet 2000, Clavivox, PPG Wave, Thingamakit, Blofeld, Pitch wheel, Paraphony, Utopia Synth, Electro-Acoustic Research, Monosynth, RTSKED. Excerpt: A synthesizer (often abbreviated "synth") is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones. Synthesizers can usually produce a wide range of sounds, which may either imitate other instruments ("imitative synthesis") or generate new timbres. Synthesizers use a number of different technologies or programmed algorithms, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Among the most popular waveform synthesis techniques are subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis, wavetable synthesis, frequency modulation synthesis, phase distortion synthesis, physical modeling synthesis and sample-based synthesis. Other sound synthesis methods, like subharmonic synthesis or granular synthesis, are not found in music synth...
