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Electrophones are the fifth category of musical instrument under the Hornbostel-Sachs system. In musicology, electronic musical instruments are known as electrophones. Specialized conferences, notably the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, have organized to report cutting-edge work, as well as to provide a showcase for artists who perform or create music with new electronic music instruments, controllers, and synthesizers.

Development of new electronic musical instruments, controllers, and synthesizers continues to be a highly active and interdisciplinary field of research. In popular music styles such as electronic dance music, almost all of the instrument sounds used in recordings are electronic instruments (e.g., bass synth, synthesizer, drum machine). In the 21st century, electronic musical instruments are now widely used in most styles of music. Simple electronic musical instruments are sometimes called sound effects the border between sound effects and actual musical instruments is often unclear. However, it is increasingly common to separate user interface and sound-generating functions into a music controller ( input device) and a music synthesizer, respectively, with the two devices communicating through a musical performance description language such as MIDI or Open Sound Control.Īll electronic musical instruments can be viewed as a subset of audio signal processing applications. An electronic keyboard sends a signal to a synth module, computer or other electronic or digital sound generator, which then creates a sound. A common user interface is the musical keyboard, which functions similarly to the keyboard on an acoustic piano, except that with an electronic keyboard, the keyboard itself does not make any sound.

Such an instrument sounds by outputting an electrical, electronic or digital audio signal that ultimately is plugged into a power amplifier which drives a loudspeaker, creating the sound heard by the performer and listener.Īn electronic instrument might include a user interface for controlling its sound, often by adjusting the pitch, frequency, or duration of each note. Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizerĪn electronic musical instrument or electrophone is a musical instrument that produces sound using electronic circuitry.

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