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

2 Modular Synthesizer Basics

3 Buchla Modular Synthesizer 1968

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5 EMS Synthi AKS - 1970 Portable “modular”

6 Moog Modular in performance

7 Roland portable analog synth 1981

8 Digital Synthesis

9 AdLib – 8bit synth on a card

10 NES – 8bit audio for the masses

11 FM (frequency modulation) Synthesis

12 Yamaha DX7

13 Sega Genesis audio by Yamaha

14 FM (frequency modulation) Synthesis

15 SoundBlaster audio card with FM synthesizer

16 Digital Waveform Recording or “Sampling”

17 Fairlight CMI Sampling System

18 Emu Emulator Sampling Synthesizer

19 Roland Wavetable Synthesizer

20 AWE32 Wavetable Synth on a card

21 Physical Modeling Synthesis

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23 Nord Modeling Synthesizer

24 Modeling Software Synth Plug-in

25 Generic Synthesizer Plug-in

26 Modeled Analog Synthesizer

27 Synth Plug-ins in ProTools

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