<div dir="ltr">AFAIK synthesizers began with voltage control. That is, 1957, Don and Bob both designing the first modulars. There are electronic musical instruments that precede the modular of course, but again, for clarity's sake, it's useful to have things well defined. I think a Synthesizer is an electronic musical instrument or sound design tool made of of different parts which affect each other, via voltage control or other means. <br>A Theremin doesn't qualify as it's an oscillator and a VCA controlled manually, but don't control affect each other. Similarly a Laboratory Function Generator or Oscillator as were used in early electronic music are not synths, as they have no provision for external control other than a hand turning a knob.<br><br>BTW, I can be wrong and am willing to admit it if a compelling counter argument is made. By no means do I propose to have the definitive answer to any of these questions but I find the discussion interesting and stimulating, possibly even meaningful :)<br><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 10:35 AM, Florian Anwander <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fanwander@mnet-online.de" target="_blank">fanwander@mnet-online.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">Am 29.05.2018 um 17:23 schrieb Scott Gravenhorst:<br>
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It is<br>
simply "Synthesizer Do It Yourself", a definition in 4 words that I personally find sufficient.<br>
The last 3 words are pretty easy to nail down, but the first is, well, any darn thing we want.<br>
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Something "DIY" is very different from "R&D" or even inventing. "DIY" means doing/building somthing yourself which you could buy too.<br>
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So Synth-DIY can't start befor the existence of synths produced and sold under industrial or at least economical conditions.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Florian<br>
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