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The first of each type are listed here, and all are featured in my book, ‘ Synthesizer Evolution’.ġ600 - The ‘modern’ discovery of electricity by William Gilbert, who wrote ‘De Magnete’.ġ759 - Clavecin Électrique - the first instrument featured in ‘Synthesizer Evolution’ a kind of bell ringing instrument driven by a Leiden jar.ġ897 - The Telharmonium - early tonewheel instrument, weighing 200 tons.ġ906 - Audion valve - invented by Lee de Forest, used for early ‘heterodyne’ oscillators (beat-frequencies in the audio range of radio-frequency valves).ġ922 - Theremin - invented by Lev Teremin, using the heterodyne effect.ġ928 - Ondes Martenot - also using the heterodyne effect.ġ932 - Electric piano is invented by the Neo-Bechstein company, using electro-static pick-ups on the tines.ġ935 - Hammond Tonewheel Organ - invented by Laurens Hammond.ġ939 - Hammond Novachord - first commercial synthesizer, using valves for oscillators, tone and envelope control.ġ949 - Chamberlin - used tape recordings of instruments and rhythms.ġ951 - RCA Sound Synthesizer - room sized experimental sound lab - which also introduced the word ‘synthesizer’ in the modern sense.ġ954 - Hammond B3 - the all-time classic electric organ.ġ963 - Mellotron - building on the Chamberlin’s technology using tape-recordings of instruments.ġ963 - Moog Modular & Buchla Music Box - Moog and Buchla independently invent the modern transistor based synthesizer and laid the ground work for the first generations of analogue synthesizers.ġ969 - EMS VCS3 - the first portable semi-modular analogue synth - 3 oscillators and a pin-matrix.ġ969 - EML Electrocomp Model 100 - with 4 VCOs was one of the earliest duophonic synths.ġ970 - Moog Minimoog (Model D) - the breakthrough portable analogue classic - 3 oscillators and hard-wired architecture.ġ972 - Eminent 310 Unique - the first string synthesizer, using divide-down oscillators for full polyphony and individual vibrato for a richer sound.ġ974 - RMI Harmonic Synthesizer - early additive synthesizer.ġ977 - New England Digital Synclavier - Introduces digital additive synthesis, ahead of the introduction of its sampling capabilities in 1982.ġ977 - Yamaha CS-80 - the pre-eminent analogue polysynth - eight note polyphony and gorgeous tones.ġ978 - Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 - the first synth with a microprocessor, used for storing patches. Uk garage sfx.Here’s a brief summary of electronic instruments and the main synthesis types.