Brian Eno – keyboards, synthesizers, guitar, tapes and vocals
These synthesizers were played by rock veteran keyboardist Don Airey.
Scarpa and Moni Ritchie founded the multimedia rock group “The Drummed” (which also featured Rob Campanella of The Quarter After and The Brian Jonestown Massacre and Christian Hejnal of Scarling.) Scarpa played drums, and synthesizers as well as creating a visual projection show for the bands performances.
Bachbusters, Music of Johann Sebastian Bach as realized by Don Dorsey on digital and other authentic period synthesizers.
Beethoven or Bust, Music of Beethoven as realized by Don Dorsey on digital and other authentic period synthesizers.
When Kary Mullis received the Nobel Prize in 1993 and gave his Nobel Lecture concerning his invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method, he gratefully acknowledged Biosearch and Dr. Cook's role in providing him one of the first SAM I DNA synthesizers which was used in support of Kary Mullis' PCR research.
The LP Continental and single Die Bahnhof Cafe was made by a partially new Bitch Boys by Peter Eriksson (Pierre LaCroix), as the only original member, on bass, Michael Thimrén (Henri Michel) on guitar, Ulf Erlandsson on drums and Max Lorentz on lead vocals and synthesizers.
Bruno Kramm (born in Munich – October 13, 1967) is a German musician, known for programming, playing synthesizers and keyboards, co-fronting and performing backup vocals for the electro-industrial duo Das Ich, alongside Stefan Ackermann.
By the 1990s and 2000s digital signal processing and sampling technologies allowed for better imitation of the original Hammond sound, and a variety of electronic organs, emulator devices, and synthesizers provided an accurate reproduction of the Hammond tone, such as the Kurzweil K2600 and Clavia Nord Electro keyboard.
Matt Thiessen – lead vocals, guitars, piano, synthesizers, keyboards
In addition, the band used electronic drums, synthesizers and the practice of drum-layering for the first time, which is most evident on the track "Closed Captioned." Brendan Canty explained to Tape Op Magazine in 1999 "When "Closed Captioned" was recorded, the basic tracks to it are all a drum machine and then I overdubbed two different drum sets on top of it, which I love doing, it gives distance to a song."
Miquette Giraudy (listed as Bombaloni Yoni) – background vocals, keyboards, synthesizers
Arkenstone, founded in 1989 by Jim Fruchterman was known for producing page scanning software to permit blind people to read print books and documents through voice synthesizers and braille displays.
The earliest use of sine wave synthesizers and Parliament-Funkadelic-style bass grooves in Dr. Dre's work appeared on N.W.A's single "Alwayz into Somethin'" from their 1991 album Efil4zaggin.
For example, in the 1980s, MIDI digital synthesizers could not handle the tuning systems of traditional gamelan music, so the group had to teach themselves how to program in order to modify their equipment.
Bowen was working with Harold Budd, James Tenney, Daniel Lentz, Wolfgang Stoerchle and John Baldessari while studying at California Institute of the Arts in the 70's, where he plays guitar, keyboards, synthesizers and sings.
Andy Chase – guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, melodica, string arrangements, backing vocals and programming
Malcolm Cecil, Robert Margouleff (TONTO: The Original New Timbral Orchestra) – synthesizers
Barry Andrews – keyboards, synthesizers, vocals (lead on "Hubris")
From a young age made up the first loops and beats with the first samplers as Akai MPC60, Korg Electribe R and analog synthesizers such as Yamaha, Nord Keyboards, Juno-60.
The colorful film score features a mixture of synthesizers and "real" strings produced by Nobody, and a couple of power ballads performed by John O'Banion: Satomi Hakkenden, composed by Joey Carbone and written by Kathi Pinto, and Hakkenshi no Tēma (White Light) (八剣士のテーマ), composed by Joey Carbone and Richie Zito, written by David Palmer.
She has also been seen playing a number of synthesizers, including her Nord Electro, in Ambulette.
New Waver's music consists of electronic elements (from synthesizers, samplers and drum machines), along with samples from TV nature programmes, advertisements, interviews with suicidal patients and audio books by the likes of Richard Dawkins, selectively chosen to reinforce the bleak, fatalistic message, coupled with dark humour.
James Dewees - lead vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizers, bass
As of August 2013 RO-based synthesizers are produced by Doepfer (Germany).
Serge synthesizers have been used by composers such as Michael Stearns and Kevin Braheny (who owned a 15-panel system dubbed The Mighty Serge).
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Commercial builds of Serge synthesizers are also available from Sound Transform Systems in Hartland, Wisconsin, USA.
In 2006, Shelby began releasing solo electronic music under his own name that he created with a Game Boy (Game Boy music) using the Nanoloop software accompanied by various synthesizers and occasional guitars.
Richard Barbieri – analogue synthesizers, hammond organ, mellotron, piano on "Even Less", glockenspiel on "Pure Narcotic"
Michael Omartian: Keyboards, Synthesizers, Drums, Percussion; Quincy Jones III: Synthesizers; Greg Phillinganes: Keyboards; Nathan East: Bass; Ricky Lawson: Drums, Percussion; Todd Yvega: Synthesizer Programming; Angel Rogers, Rose Banks, David Pack, Lynn Davis, Maxi Anderson, Monalisa Young, Phillip Ingram, Rob Trow: Vocal Backing
Its title, lyrics and musical styling are a nod to country music, though the songs of Stephin Merritt remain rooted in classic pop and synthesizers.
All ten compositions performed on a custom Fender Stratocaster and utilizing such technical elements as Roland guitar synthesizers, Korg guitar processors, and Roland delays (to name a handful of production components) could be categorized as "difficult listening music" (to use a term created by performance artist and Belew-contemporary Laurie Anderson).
# "Hittin' on 6" (Tom Scott) - 6:16 Lyricon - Tom Scott, Keyboards, Synthesizers - Herbie Hancock, Electric bass - Stanley Clarke
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# "Hip Skip" (George Benson) - 8:03 Guitar - George Benson, Keyboards, Synthesizers - Hammer, Electric bass - Paul Jackson, Saxophone - Michael Brecker, Percussion - Ralph MacDonald
Ben Pringle – synthesizers, trombone, acoustic guitar, vocals
In step with their stylistic dichotomies, they are known for both championing analog gear such as Moog synthesizers and magnetic tape recorders, as well as forging unmistakably digital mixes using the nonlinear computer recording platform Pro Tools.
Michael Omartian - keyboards, synthesizers & instrumental arrangements
The "Secret Agent Man" performance begins, featuring Bob Mothersbaugh on guitar, Gerald Casale on bass, Jim Mothersbaugh on electric bongos, and Mark Mothersbaugh/Booji Boy on synthesizers.
In the 1980s, UZEB had what was then a very technologically advanced MIDI system for its synthesizers.
Vajas (meaning echo in North Sámi) is a Sámi-Norwegian band with Kristin Mellem on violin and vocals, Nils Johansen on guitars, computers and synthesizers and the famous Sami ethnic yoiker Ánde Somby on vocals and yoik (joik).
The B-52's' goal was to craft an album that would return to the New Wave sound and atmosphere of their debut album while updating their signature sound with drum machines and synthesizers, a slight contrast to their previous 1982 EP Mesopotamia, produced by David Byrne of Talking Heads who was intent on broadening the band's sound.
The sounds in the PPG Wave inspired other manufacturers of digital synthesizers, such as Sequential Circuits and Ensoniq.
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Wolfgang Palm (*1950) was a founder and owner of Palm Products GmbH (PPG), and the inventor and creator of various pioneering technical designs for analog and digital synthesizers.
In late 1990, after briefly seeking and auditioning traditional rock band members, Raziel Panic invited college mate Jason Arnone to record, program and perform with him, alongside MIDI-sequenced synthesizers and other electronic instruments.
The company also develops singing synthesizers using the Vocaloid engine developed by Yamaha Corporation.