A History of Music Synthesizers and of Synthesis Techniques

This is a non-exhaustive (of course), but pretty extensive story about the main milestones which have paved the way of music synthesizers history. In particular showing the role of some women, without whom the history would have been quite different... Main synthesis techniques are also described in this video, but are more detailed in shorter videos in the same playlist    • History of Music Synthesizers, and Music S...   Please subscribe and/or thumbs up the video so that more people can see it. Thanks ! 00:00 Intro 02:09 Synthesizer pre-history 04:53 A little bit of Sound Theory 09:18 Some concrete examples of music synthesis 12:26 Theremin, the Pioneer 15:00 Ondes Martenot and Trautonium 16:48 Electro-mechanical instruments: Hammond, Telharmonium 19:28 Novachord, the precursor 21:18 Electro-magnetic instruments: Chamberlin, Mellotron 23:00 Bob Moog, A.R.Pearlman, Don Bukla et al.: the Modular Synthesis 26:12 Bob Moog and Wendy Carlos 29:59 Moog Modular 31:51 The Who and the ARP 2500 34:25 The Mini-Moog 39:51 Yamaha GX-1's polyphony 40:10 MIDI, Dave Smith and the Prophet 5 43:06 Digital synthesis: Fairlight, E-MU, etc. 43:41 PPG's wavetable synthesis 44:20 Synclavier, DX-7 and FM synthesis 50:18 The golden years: DX-7, D-50, M1, Jupiter 8, OP-X, etc. 51:50 Granular Synthesis 54:12 M1 Music workstation 55:45 Vector synthesis: the Wavestation 57:30 Physical modelling 59:07 Virtual Analog synthesis 01:00:00 1st PC synthesizer by Dave Smith (again) 01:01:25 Modern software synths: Arturia Pigments 01:03:36 Building a tune with all syntheses... 01:06:56 Outro 01:08:07 Credits The credits are displayed at the end of the video but you can also find these links below for your reference. Water pipe organ video @Ffilimon, J. Wilberg, E. Fritz    • Roman water organ performance   Orgue Notre-Dame Paris Olivier Latry, France Musique    • Le grand orgue de Notre-Dame de Paris : un...   Clara Rockmore (Theremin) C. Rockmore, Videodrome2 https://www.videodrome2.fr/sisters-wi... Katica Illényi (Theremin concert) Katica Illényi, Ennio Morricone, Győr Philharmonic Orchestra    • KATICA ILLÉNYI - Once Upon a Time in the W...   Ondes Martenot M. Martenot, 120years.net https://120years.net/the-ondes-marten... Trautonium - Hitchcock F. Trautwein, A. Hitchcock, 10 second film school    • Sound design of The Birds (1963)   Novachord Demo D. Fisher, Sweetwater    • Hammond Novachord - GearFest 2017 — Daniel...   Moog Modular + H. Zimmer H. Zimmer, Pinterest https://www.pinterest.fr/pin/11561591... Joe Zawinul - ARP 2600 J. Zawinul, ARP, Google https://artsandculture.google.com/ass... Wendy Carlos W. Carlos, A. Sewell https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Amanda-Se... W. Carlos W. Carlos, Bettmann https://www.radiofrance.fr/francemusi... Bob Moog Robert Moog https://www.moogmusic.com/news/dr-rob... Alan Robert Pearlman ARP https://www.midi.org/midi-articles/al... Don Buchla San Francisco Tape Music Center https://120years.net/buchla-synthesis... Bach score J.S. Bach https://www.musicologie.org/20/la_pra... Iannis Xenakis I. Xenakis, Le Monde, Arte, Malie Letrange https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/articl... Dave Smith D. Smith https://www.matrixsynth.com/2016/08/1... D. Smith, R. Moog, Ikutaro Kakehashi, Tom OberheimMidi.org https://midi.org/midi-articles/midi-h... SWAM Physical Modeling S. Lucato, Audio Modeling    • SWAM Solo Strings v.3 Explained   Seer Reality Software Seer Reality, D. Smith, M. Jaymus    • Demonstration of Seer Systems Reality   Re-created Songs A Whiter Shade Of Pale Procol Harum Arturia Hammond B3 Strawberry Fields Forever J. Lennon, P. Mc Cartney Arturia Mellotron Switched-on Bach J.S. Bach, W. Carlos Moog Modular Pictures At An Exhibition Mussorgski, K. Emerson, ELP Arturia Moog Modular Won't Get Fooled Again P. Townshend, The Who Arturia B3 + ARP Tales From Topographic Oceans Yes Arturia Mellotron + UAD Mini Moog Like a Virgin Madonna, Nile Rodgers, Tom Kelly Arturia Prophet 5 + Steinberg Halion Beat It Intro Synclavier, D. Jaeger, M. Jackson, Q. Jones Arturia Synclavier Take My Breath Away (Top Gun soundtrack) Berlin Arturia DX-7 Final Countdown Europe Arturia Jupiter 8 Jump Van Halen Arturia Oberheim OP-x Korg M1 Previews Korg Korg M1 VST Korg Wavestation Dr Mad Korg Wavestation SR James Bond Theme revisited M. Norman, Dr Mad Arturia Pigments ...and special thanx to Kallaghan for the beats in the credits...