| Synthesizers are electronic instruments, which are | | | | In the late 1940s and early 50s different automated |
| capable of delivering a varied range of sounds. | | | | music controllers were invented. Raymond Scott, |
| Synthesizers are of different types. Synthesizers | | | | John Hanert, Hugh Le Caine and some others |
| have changed its look with time. Vintage synthesizers | | | | invented these kinds of controllers. |
| were far more different from the modern | | | | By 1960, modified synthesizers were invented. They |
| synthesizers. Synthesizers of old times were big and | | | | could be played at real time. But they were so big |
| they did not offer so many facilities like today. | | | | that they had to be confined inside the sound studio. |
| Elisa Gray invented the first synthesizer in 1876. It | | | | Vintage synthesizers were basically made of modular |
| was called the musical telegraph at that time. The | | | | devices. They were not as much updated as the |
| invention of this instrument happened accidentally. | | | | modern synthesizers. They did not have many |
| Elisa Grey was also the inventor of telephone. He | | | | features. They normally had the piano tone. Some |
| used a telephone technology to invent this | | | | other tones were also available, but there were not |
| instrument. | | | | much of them. |
| Once he suddenly discovered that sound can be | | | | Vintage synthesizers were very experimental. |
| controlled from a self-vibrating electromagnetic circuit. | | | | Actually they were devices, which were made |
| And from this he invented a single note oscillator. | | | | specially. The mechanics were very much dependent |
| After this some other synthesizers were also | | | | on the concept of modularity. Robert Moog invented |
| invented. The vintage synthesizers derived their | | | | a synthesizer, which was a big hit at that time. This |
| technology from the early musical instruments, | | | | synthesizer was very much useful for the pop |
| analogue computer and some laboratory test | | | | musicians. The best thing about this instrument was |
| instrument. | | | | that it was smaller than the previous ones and it |
| In 1937 Ivor Darreg created one microtonal electronic | | | | looked more like an instrument than a machine. |
| keyboard oboe. After this Evgeny Murzin created an | | | | Micky Dolenz of the band The Monkees was the first |
| ANS synthesizer. A big Mark 2 Music Synthesizer was | | | | one to buy this synthesizer. They used this |
| invented in 1958. It was kept at the Columbia | | | | instrument in their fourth album, which was called |
| Princeton Electronic Music center located in New York. | | | | Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones Ltd. This album |
| The paradox with this synthesizer was it could only | | | | was released in 1967. This was the first album that |
| be played after preparing the full programming of the | | | | featured a synthesizer. The instrument became an |
| machine. There was a vacuum tube system. It had | | | | instant hit after the release of this album. |
| to be manually used, while creating any kind of new | | | | As time moved on new experiment started taking |
| sound. | | | | place on synthesizers. And as a result, their new |
| In 1958 Daphne Oram too made a synthesizer. It | | | | models were made. These modern ones are far |
| was made at BBC radio phonic Workshop. She used | | | | more upgraded than the older ones. But we shall not |
| a technique called Oramics technique to make this | | | | forget that the vintage synthesizers were the first |
| instrument. BBC used this synthesizer for several | | | | that paved the way to these new ones. And for |
| years. | | | | that reason, we shall always remember them. |