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2 unusual facts about modular synthesizer


Modular synthesizer

Many of the early modules appeared in the early to mid-1980s as construction articles in two British electronics magazines - Electronics Today International (ETI) and Electronics & Music Maker (E&MM).

Clavia Nord Modular and Clavia Nord Modular G2 by Clavia (these need an external computer to edit patches)


PAiA Electronics

For a time, the image of the audio synthesizer was that of an enormous modular system, which could take up entire walls of studios and were only available to the few musicians that could afford them (such as Keith Emerson and Wendy Carlos).

Serge synthesizer

The Serge synthesizer (aka Serge Modular or Serge Modular Music System) is an analogue modular synthesizer system originally developed by Serge Tcherepnin at CalArts in the 1970s.

Wolfgang Palm

His namesake corporation began operating as early as 1975, manufacturing modular synthesizers in small amounts for electronica act Tangerine Dream and other musicians.


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