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Donna SummerThe continuous pulse makes the synthesizer the source of rhythm, bass and futurist character.
SINSTRUMENT · KNOWLEDGE GUIDE
Synthesizer
Oscillators, filters and envelopes can imitate familiar instruments or design entirely new sounds.
- Instrument family
- Electronic
- Origin
- Europe and the United States, twentieth century; modular systems matured in the 1960s
- Related genres
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ORIGIN
Where does it come from?
Synthesizers generate and shape sound through oscillators, filters, envelopes, samples or digital algorithms rather than only imitating acoustic instruments.
ROLE IN ARRANGEMENT
What does it do in an arrangement?
It can supply bass, chords, lead lines, effects and atmospheric layers.
Filter sweepsEnvelope shapingModulation
COMMON USES
Where will you hear it?
They provide bass, chords, leads, ambience and effects across electronic and modern pop production.
LISTENING EXAMPLES
Recordings and repertoire to recognize
COMMON GENRES
Common in these genres
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