Like the synthesizer, the sampler has had a huge influence on the course of electronic music. A sampler is an instrument that can record, store and replay brief sections of audio – ‘samples’. In many ways, the Mellotron might be regarded as the earliest example of a sampling instrument. However, the sampler really came into its own ...
The history of musical instruments has always been very closely linked to the history of music itself. New musical styles often come about because new instruments become available, or improvements to existing ones are made. Improvements to the design of the piano in the 1770s, for instance, led to its adoption by composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ...
Computer music can be defined as music that is generated by, or composed and produced by means of, a computer. The idea that computers might have a role to play in the production of music actually goes back a lot further than one might think. As early as 1843, Lady Ada Lovelace suggested in a published article that ...
, to convert the vibration of strings into MIDI information. In this way, string players can use their instruments to trigger the sounds found in all MIDI synthesizer and sampler sound sources. Introduction | Electric & Electronic Instruments Instruments | Theremin | Electric & Electronic ...
technology to make an amplifiable piano in which hammers strike metal reeds and the Wurlitzer electric piano was born. The popular EP200 model was first made in the early 1960s. Sampler and Drum Machine As with the latest synthesizers, a sampler uses digital technology to make sounds. The difference is that, instead of generating an original synthetic sound, ...
A musical ensemble is a group of two or more musicians who have come together to play music. In theory, an ensemble could contain any number of instruments in any combination, but in practice, certain combinations just don’t work very well, either for musical reasons or because of the sheer practicality of getting particular instruments and players ...
The full drum kit is not the only instrument in the percussion section to have benefited from advances in electronics and music technology. An array of different electronic percussion is available to the modern player. Early electronic drum kits and percussion controllers used closed, proprietary systems to link the playing surfaces to the sound sources. However, most modern instruments ...
keyboard. • Effects: most modern synthesizers allow the player to further modify the sound through the application of effects such as reverberation. Introduction | Electric & Electronic Instruments Instruments | Sampler | Electric & Electronic ...
Until the 1970s, most synthesizers were played by means of a traditional, piano-style keyboard. This tended to limit the player’s ability to expressively control the sound in real time and manufacturers sought to include additional means of control, such as modulation wheels and touch-sensitive ribbon controllers. Wind and brass players, however, realized that their experience of ...
JSM100, through a Mesa/Boogie Mark I reissue and an arsenal of modulation effects. One trademark of Scofield’s style is his use of portable looping effects, particularly the Boomerang Phrase Sampler, to create multi-layered guitar parts in a live setting. Personalities | Andrés Segovia | A Classical Legend | Guitar Heroes ...
of the 1980s was directly shaped by three developments, which significantly changed the musical marketplace. Firstly, the extraordinary technological leap that saw the humble synthesizer progress to the sampler, the sequencer, programmable drums and the practical, affordable means to replicate the sound of an entire orchestra at the touch of a button. Secondly, the advent ...
might of the record industry came down upon them and, effectively, shut them down. Sample royalties was still a grey area, and the fresh naivety of the sampler as instrument led to a rash of ‘obvious’ sampled hits. ‘Sesame’s Treet’ by Smart Es, ‘Trip To Trumpton’, ‘Charly’ and ‘Roobarb & Custard’ all used references from children’s television. ...
As the 1970s played out and disco took over, a new generation reacted against the commercial homogenization of black music by creating a completely new sound. This sound came from the streets and was accompanied by its own dress code, language, dance styles and attitude: hip hop was a way of life. Whereas disco was symbolized by ...
European culture lay in ruins after the end of World War II. There were many who, in company with the philosopher Theodor Adorno, felt that Nazi atrocities such as Auschwitz rendered art impossible, at least temporarily. Others, though, felt that humanity could only establish itself anew by rediscovering the potency of art, including opera. On ...
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