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