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The modern sound of music has its roots firmly set in electronically oscillated instruments.  Surprisingly, the first synthesizer wasn't even a musical instrument at all, although it did make sound electronically. 

 

As it turns out, telegraph lines were the first electronic sound creation device.  The next step in this sonic journey was Marconi's wireless communication system, more commonly known as the radio.  Before the world knew it, the Hammond Novachord, the Mellotron, and the Wurlitzer Electric Piano were shaping the new sound of popular music. 

 

By the 1970s, new companies, such as Moog music, a small guitar and theremin manufacturer, were developing groundbreaking ways to make creative new tones and pitches.  Synths like the Minimoog Model D and the Arp 2600 revolutionized music as artists such as The Who, Pink Floyd, Rush, and Bob Marley and the Wailers incorporated these sonically unbelievable sounds into their rockin' tracks. 

 

The 1980s brought innovation and mainstream acceptance and expectation that the sounds of the synth would be everywhere.  Many artists from Devo to Human League to Prince to Dr. Dre experimented with new synths like the Yamaha DX-7 and the Sequential Prophet-5, creating hit tunes that still reverberate through our culture now. 

 

Today, computers have evolved the synthesizer's signature tonalities.  Current artists like Jack Antonoff, AWOLNATION, and Avicii have created their own signature sounds combining old synths with new and improved technology like Digital Audio Workstations and Pulse Code Modulation.  Synthesisers have influenced every single genre of music, from rap, alternative, rock, and acid house to bubblegum pop, EDM, and Post Punk.  Who would have thought that a simple telegraph line could lead to the opening solo on the iconic song "The Final Countdown?"

 

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