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| OBERHEIM |
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| One of the original American electronic musical instrument company,Tom Oberheim's company produced early monosynths such as the OB-1,polyphonic analogue systems like the '4-Voice',pre-MIDI systems like the OB8 synth/DMX drum machine/DSX sequencer,and later immensely flexible MIDI synths like the Matrix 12.The company's latest product is the Matric 1000P,a 1000-patch preset module relying on the same analogue circuitry as the Matric 6. |
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| ORGAN |
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| Basically falling into two categories,home organs with build-in amplifiers and speakers,and portable stage organs.This latter class of instrument is an endangered species.When you can do a good imitation of a reed,electric or church organ with any decent polyphonic synth,why invest in an organ?The answer is sheer sound quality.Nothing can quite match the rich,dirty sound of an overdriven Hammond B3 through a Leslie speaker cabinet.Also,the organ's method of creating sounds using drawbars |
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| OSCILLATOR |
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| The basic sound producing circuitry in analogue synthesis.Most synths have one or two sound oscillators,producing a variety of different waveforms including sine,square,sawtooth,or "white noise".Low Frequency Oscillators are used to create modulation effects.Digital synths don't,strictly speaking,have oscillators at all-the DX series for instance has "operators"-but the term persists,as do other outdated phrases such as 'patch' and 'sequencer'. |
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