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MUSICAL INSTRUMENT -- ELECTRONIC sa BELL -- ELECTRONIC sa THEREMIN sa TONE GENERATOR x SYNTHESIZER (MUSIC) xx MUSIC -- ELECTRONIC xx MUSICAL INSTRUMENT xx TONE GENERATOR Report on assembling the Aries System 300 Electronic Music Synthesizer kit. ThumbDrum. A controller that converts finger drumming into real drum sounds. Can be equipped with either (1) a MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) for connection to a computer or (2) a tone board to produce the sounds of a bass, tom-tom, snare, conga, wood-block, clave and synth drum. Est. cost: $99-$165 (kit). Part 1. Operating theory. ThumbDrum. Part 2. Construction. Animal sounds piano. Build a 10-key music synthesizer that plays both normal piano-like sounds and barnyard-animal sounds. Est. cost: $29 (kit). Sixteen-note melodies can be played with this circuit which uses three readily available RTL digital integrated circuits. Vibra Vox electronic musical instrument has 5 touch keys and a frequency shift lever. Simple-syn, the music machine. An electronic music synthesizer is a simple project, uses an intregrated circuit and does more than many professional devices of a generation ago. This unit spans more than 3 octaves, can imitate fog horns, whistles, sirens, etc. The theory and history of electronic music synthesizers are covered. Rhythm & blues box. Electronic rhythm synthesizer can give each click in a sequence a different emphasis to produce musical rhythms. Unit is not limited to standard or preset rhythms. Unit may also be connected to a percussion generator or can serve as a programmable controller for music synthesizers. OctaVizer expands the frequency output of an electronic musical instrument threefold. In addition to the single frequency output by the instrument, this accessory makes available square waves at 50% and 25% of that frequency. All three signals can be mixed in any proportion using controls provided. Est. cost: $15. Big Boost, a self-contained mike/guitar/keyboard preamplifier you can plug directly into the amplifier, the mike, or the electronic musical instrument. Superbass amplifier is used between a guitar, organ, or other electronic musical instrument, and the amplifier. It strips the highs from the instrument's output and amplifies the low frequencies. Powered by a 9-volt battery. Backpack amplifier designed to operate on batteries will directly drive any small (6" to 8") speaker from the output of virtually any electronic musical instrument. Build the "Musical Madness" machine. An electronic circuit produces a variety of musical patterns using only four controls. With light-emitting diodes (LED's) arranged on a musical staff, the circuit shows the notes as they are being played. Circuit for an audio preamplifier especially for use with electronic musical instruments. Star light synth. Build an infrared and visible-light activated music synthesizer. A 556 timer chip is used to generate various tones. Each note is activated by an infrared emitting wand or by a photocell. Battery powered. Wand-O-Dyne. An electronic musical instrument. A "magic wand" controls the pitch, a lever sets audio-output level, and a switch controls tremelo/vibrato. Teaches the builder about voltage-controlled oscillators. Floor monitor speaker enclosure is useful for anyone who plays an electronic musical instrument. Estimated cost: $7. A simple voltage-controlled music synthesizer is built around the Texas Instrument SN76477 complex sound generator. Make better music with a Joy Drone. Circuit uses a joystick to control the pitch and volume of this drone. Circuit will add body and texture to electronic music. Musical instrument phase shifter. Selectively and controllably shifts the phase of signals fed to it from an electric guitar, electric bass, synthesizer and electronic drums to produce special sound effects. Musical-instrument fuzz box. A special-effects accessory for use with electric guitar, music synthesizer or other musical instrument. The MIDI music revolution. An introduction to Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI), musical instruments that use it, and how musicians are exploiting this new frontier. Touch-A-Tone electronic musical instrument looks like a banjo, is played with 8 pushbuttons and has four-octave range. Wire music. Amplified sound from a long, taut steel wire is a new musical experience. Psych-tone melody synthesizer. Some 1,728 different 63-note sequences can be selected and combined to produce 108,864 different melodic lines. Est. cost: $48. Build a timbre gate. An amplitude envelope generator for great new sounds. The art and technology of electronic music. Electronic music synthesizers. A discussion of the various electronic elements common to all electronic musical instruments. Introduction to electronic music. How to get started and where to learn about it. Circuits for two simple pitch generators included. Components for electronic music systems. A discussion of tone generators, keyboards, and voicing techniques. Circuit for an electronic bell is shown. A simple "waa-waa" circuit for use with two electronically amplified musical instruments. Pitch generators for electronic music. Part 1. Separate voicing and VCO with sample-hold generates notes electronically. Tremolo device for an electric guitar or other electronic musical instrument. Pitch generators for electronic music. Part 2. Digital dividers and phase-locked loops. What's new in electronic music synthesizers. How to select keyboards and controllers for electronic music synthesizers. Selecting an electronic music synthesizer. Keying and VCA circuits for electronic music. Part 1. The keyer. Keying and VCA circuits for electronic music. Part 2. More keyers, including the digital variety. Timbre and voicing circuits for electronic music. Techniques for converting basic frequency references to elaborate musical notes. Imitating musical instruments with synthesized sound. How the sounds of traditional instruments can be produced electronically Envelope generators and sequencers for electronic music. A discussion of the basic circuitry. Musical modules to build your own synthesizer. Circuits shown include: Top-octave generator & translator (Est. cost: $17); Triple divider module (Est. cost: $11); Dual Hex VCA module (Est. cost: $22). Assembly into a 72-note, 36-key system is shown. A keyboard is also needed but no construction details are given here. Build the V-4 voltage-controlled oscillator for electronic music. Features sine, triangle, square-wave and pulse outputs. How electronic music synthesizers work. Examines noise generators, instrument dynamics and voltage control. Build an Envelope Modification Unit that can be used to vary attack, sustain, and decay of any electronic instrument. Est. cost: $22. Build a super electronic music maker. Use one microprocessor and PROM memory chips to generate 25 or more musical tunes. Estimated cost: $25 and up. Unimod. A battery-powered sound-effects generator can create tremolo, panning, and ring-modulation sounds. Designed for use with microphones and electric and electronic musical instruments. Est. cost: $30. Electronic-trombone circuit uses a unique infrared light-to-frequency converter IC. Band-Jo. Simple electronic musical instrument is made from a wooden ruler, rubber band, paper clip, and a piezo disc. The output is fed through almost any amplifier. Portable battery-powered amplifier for guitar, accordian, harmonica and public address systems. Build this electronic music box (music generator). Uses pink-noise sources to select the pitch and duration of each note. Can select notes from three octaves of a pentatonic scale. Connected to an audio system, it continually produces a pleasant form of pink-noise music. Est. cost: $75. String synthesizer. Part 1. Build this keyboard electronic instrument which sounds like a piano, cello, and violin. Est. cost: $295. String synthesizer. Part 2. Circuit uses the Epson America 7910, 7920, and 7930 IC's to play 6 tunes, depending upon the setting of 4 switches. All about music synthesizer IC's. Includes the basics of synthesizer design. Custom-tailored audio. Tremolo add-on circuit for an amplifier, electronic musical instrument, or any other audio circuit. Mini music synthesizer. Turn your voice into a versatile musical "instrument" with this electronic device which samples and holds the frequency of a signal from a microphone or other source and outputs that signal as a single note. Est. cost: $20. All about the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) and how it has changed the way music is made. | |||||||||
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