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The ondes Martenot (/ ˈ oʊ n d m ɑːr t ə ˈ n oʊ / OHND mar-tə-NOH; French: [ɔ̃d maʁtəno], "Martenot waves") or ondes musicales ("musical waves") is an early electronic musical instrument. It is played with a keyboard or by moving a ring along a wire, creating "wavering" sounds similar to a theremin. A player of the ondes Martenot is ...
It is the earliest known electric-powered musical instrument, antedated only by the Denis d'or, which is only known from written accounts. The world's first electronic instrument was created in 1753 by the Czech musician and clergyman Prokop Divish (1698 - 1765). His distinctive feature was to show experiments in physics lessons.
Lev Sergeyevich Termen [a] (27 August [O.S. 15 August] 1896 – 3 November 1993), better known as Leon Theremin was a Russian inventor, most famous for his invention of the theremin, one of the first electronic musical instruments and the first to be mass-produced. He also worked on early television research.
The First Theremin Concert for Extraterrestrials was the world's first musical METI broadcast dispatched from the Evpatoria deep-space communications complex in Crimea, [80] and was sent seven years before NASA's Across the Universe message. Seven different melodies were transmitted from audio-cassette recordings of the theremin being played by ...
In the late 19th century, Thaddeus Cahill introduced the Telharmonium, which is commonly considered the first electromechanical musical instrument. [2] In the early 20th century, Leon Theremin created the Theremin, an early electronic instrument played without physical contact, creating a new form of sound creation.
Developments in early recording technology paralleled that of electronic instruments. The first means of recording and reproducing audio was invented in the late 19th century with the mechanical phonograph. [24] Record players became a common household item, and by the 1920s composers were using them to play short recordings in performances. [25]
Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizer. An electronic musical instrument or electrophone is a musical instrument that produces sound using electronic circuitry.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.
1963 : Keio Electronics (later Korg) produces the DA-20, an earliest electronic drum machine in Japan; 1964 : Ikutaro Kakehashi debuts Ace Tone R-1 Rhythm Ace, their first electronic drum [12] [13] [14] 1965 : Nippon Columbia patents their early electronic drum machine [15] 1966 : Korg releases Donca-Matic DE-20, an early electronic drum ...