History of the Music Synthesizer ET39 Digital Audio Design for Games.

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History of the Music Synthesizer ET39 Digital Audio Design for Games

Modular Synthesizer Basics

Buchla Modular Synthesizer 1968

EMS Synthi AKS Portable “modular”

Moog Modular in performance

Roland portable analog synth 1981

Digital Synthesis

AdLib – 8bit synth on a card

NES – 8bit audio for the masses

FM (frequency modulation) Synthesis

Yamaha DX7

Sega Genesis audio by Yamaha

FM (frequency modulation) Synthesis

SoundBlaster audio card with FM synthesizer

Digital Waveform Recording or “Sampling”

Fairlight CMI Sampling System

Emu Emulator Sampling Synthesizer

Roland Wavetable Synthesizer

AWE32 Wavetable Synth on a card

Physical Modeling Synthesis

Nord Modeling Synthesizer

Modeling Software Synth Plug-in

Generic Synthesizer Plug-in

Modeled Analog Synthesizer

Synth Plug-ins in ProTools

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