byronjosephbeasley posted:
If you read about synthesiser technology, it dosent credit anything untill the late 1960′s however i know the had ” electric organs ” in the 30′s and 40′s. wats the difference?
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Tags: electric organ, electric organs, Synthesiser, Technology, WatsIf you read about synthesiser technology, it dosent credit anything untill the late 1960′s however i know the had ” electric organs ” in the 30′s and 40′s. wats the difference?
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stray cat says:
synthesisers can synthesis the sounds of other instruments. An organ is just an organ
September 4, 2008, 6:24 amMacrocompassion says:
I doubt if you are right about electric organs. They would certainly not derive their sound by electronic circuits as does a synthesiser, although the compressed air they need could be produced by an electric motor and compressor.
Synthesiser technology first started about 1960, I have a recording from then, where the blurb of the cover explains about this. It was called the Borg Synthesiser and in those days each tone had to be set separately by hand before playing the whole piece.
September 5, 2008, 7:09 pmDJK says:
You’re right that electric organs were around in the 30′s and 40′s. Mr Hammond built some of the very first successful models back then.
The main difference in the technology was that with an early electric organ, you had basic electrically generated sounds that could be manipulated (volume and combination) to make a sound similar to another instrument. You might have “presets” like “flute”, “trumpet”, or “oboe” and the sounds would resemble these instruments. Most didn’t sound realistic, but they were as close as the technology allowed.
Synthesizer technology went the next step in creating the sound. The synth would break down the electrical signal to its components and allow the user to adjust them to create the sounds. Therefore it “synthesized” the sound from a bare electrical signal. (Look up MOOG synthesizers) The sound could be made to resemble a real instrument or just be an electrical sound that was totally new. The possibilities of the combinations were pretty much limitless.
The synthesizer also added other user features by using the latest technology such as playing sequences of notes with one key (arpeggiatior), “sliding” or “swooping” the sound from one key to the next (portamento) and others. All this made the synthesizers much more versatile than the “standard” electric organ.
Both synthesizers and organs are still popular today because each has its use to different kinds of musicians.
September 7, 2008, 4:56 pm