Music Tech || MT CA3 - Musical Elements, Style, and Technology
When did early types of hardware synthesizers become available?
During the 1960s
What did the Moog Synthesizer enable musicians to do?
To create sounds using waveforms and play melodies using a keyboard.
What were synthesizers often used for?
To enhance the texture by playing chords or add extra melodic lines during the recording process.
What did the advancement of recording technology mean?
More time could be spent in the studio creating ideas and more instruments could be added at different times.
Musicians could experiment with a wider range of effects to create new sounds and genres.
Analogue synthesis meant that electronic sounds could be used for the first time in recorded music.