Synthesizer and Studio
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THE INVENTORS OF SYNTH (ROGER LINN, DAVE SMITH 6 TOM OBERHEIM)

"Legendary synth designer and Grammy-winner Dave Smith was the founder of Sequential Circuits in the mid-'70s."

"A pioneer of the synth and MIDI world, Tom Oberheim co-designed the Synthesizer Expansion Module (SEM), a device that allowed musicians to simultaneously combine live playing and sequenced playback - a concept that pre-dated the MIDI revolution."

"Technical Grammy award-winner Roger Linn invented the LM-1 Drum Computer (the first sample-based drum machine) in 1979. He later designed the Akai MPC60, which combined a sampling drum machine with a real-time MIDI sequencer."

#Discussion #Talk #History #Icons #Information #Video #Fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWkDOeiDEYk
SYNTH BRITANNIA (BBC - DOCUMENTARY)

You can, also, watch this documentary, made by the BBC, online.
It is including, both parts.. which were aired, the first time, in 2009.

"Documentary following a generation of post-punk musicians who took the synthesiser from the experimental fringes to the centre of the pop stage.

In the late 1970s, small pockets of electronic artists including The Human League, Daniel Miller and Cabaret Voltaire were inspired by Kraftwerk and JG Ballard, and they dreamt of the sound of the future against the backdrop of bleak, high-rise Britain.

The crossover moment came in 1979 when Gary Numan's appearance on Top of the Pops with Tubeway Army's Are 'Friends' Electric? heralded the arrival of synthpop. Four lads from Basildon known as Depeche Mode would come to own the new sound, whilst post-punk bands like Ultravox, Soft Cell, OMD and Yazoo took the synth out of the pages of NME and onto the front page of Smash Hits.

By 1983, acts like Pet Shop Boys and New Order were showing that the future of electronic music would lie in dance music.
Contributors include Philip Oakey, Vince Clarke, Martin Gore, Bernard Sumner, Gary Numan and Neil Tennant."

#Documentary #BBC #SynthBritannia #History #Synthesizer #Popularity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK1P93r9xes