analog synthesizer
Voltage-controlled sound machine
An analog synthesizer is an electronic musical instrument that generates sound using continuous electrical signals rather than digital processing.
Oscillators, filters, and amplifiers shape the signal path, controlled by knobs and patch cables that let musicians sculpt tones in real time.
The format dominated electronic music from the 1960s through the early 1980s: a vintage Moog analog synthesizer.
Musicians prize analog synthesizers for their warm, organic sound quality—slight imperfections and voltage fluctuations create textures difficult to replicate digitally.
- KraftwerkGerman electronic music pioneers
- electronic musicSynthesizer-based musical genre
- basslineLow-register musical foundation
- oscillatorCyclic signal generator
- filterPorous separation device
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- analog technologyfilm cameras, turntable, turntables, cassette tape, cassette tapes
- analog computingslide rule, abacus, integrator, adding machine, differentiator
analog synthesizeracoustic instrument
Music device needing no power
acoustic guitar · violin · orchestra · pipe organ · human voice
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