Description of main electronic music hardware and main historical trends for the genre in the XXth century.

2. Hello!I am F. Javier Fatou

3. Electronic Music

4. AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT
AESTHETIC
TECHNOLO
GICAL
SOCIAL

5. Pioneers

6. Hardware

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THE THEREMIN
CONSISTS OF TWO ANTENNAS
WHICH CONTROL THE RELATIVE
POSTION OF THE PERFORMER’S
HANDS.
-ONE CONTROLS FREQUENCY
-THE OTHER CONTROLS
AMPLITUDE

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THE THEREMIN

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THE THEREMIN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ajM4vYCZMZk

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TAPE RECORDER
-USED IN GERMANY IN 1935
-RELATIVELY CHEAP
-HIGH FIDELITY IN REPRODUCTION
-CAN BE SLOWED DOWN, SPEED
UP OR RUN BACKWARDS.
MADE POSSIBLE STYLES SUCH AS:
ELECTROACUSTIC MUSIC AND
Musique concrète.

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THE MELLOTRON

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ANALOGUE SYNTHESIZER
-MOST COMMON INSTRUMENT
-USE VOLTAGE CONTROLLED
AMPLIFIERS, OSCILLATORS AND
FILTERS.
-CAN BE either MONOPHONIC or
POLYPHONIC

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SAMPLER
-USE RECORDED SOUNDS OR
‘SAMPLES’
-FAIRLIGHT CMI (records at 24 KHZ.
rate)
-Popular with musicians like:
Peter Gabriel, Herbie Hancock, Art of
Noise, Pet Shop Boys and Kate Bush.

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FAIRLIGHT CMI

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DRUM MACHINNE
-THEY CAN PERFORM IN REAL
TIME OR USING A SEQUENCER
-First experiments also by Léon
Theremin
-Early ones used sound synthesis but
not sampling
-Associated to music styles such as:
Hip Hop, House, Garage…

17. Musical trends

18. Electromechanical:
Mechanical + electric elements
Electronic:
Does not have vibrating strings or
other sound producing mechanisms

19. Early experiments
End of 19th
century.
Followed by experiments of Italian
Futurists
Considered/ Not considered musical

20. Studio for Electronic Music
-Opened in Cologne, Germany
-Reflects some of the main developments in
electronic music during the 50s and 60s
-Early instruments used: Melochord and
Monochord, a prototype of a synthesizer

21. Stochastic music
-From Greek term stokhos (to aim, to guess)
-Pioneered by: Iannis Xenakis
-Use of mathematical processes like: statistical
mechanics or statistical distribution, normal distribution,
game theory…
-Use of computers to ‘generate’ musical scores
randomly

22. Krautrock
-Term coined by British DJ John Peel but actual
German bands preferred: ‘Deutsch rock’ or ‘Kosmische
Musik’
-Some artists drew ideas from experimental classical
music and electronic music composer: Karlheinz
Stockhausen
-Tangerine Dream
https://soundcloud.com/tangerinedreamofficial2015

23. Synth pop
-Consolidates commercially pop music predominantly
made by synthesizers
-Gave rise to image conscious bands featured in the
early version of MTV (New romantics...)
-Experience a commercial decline by the end of 80s
-Criticised sometimes for sounding ‘robotic’ and not
musical enough

24. Thanks!Any questions?

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TO EXPERIMENT ON
A BUDGET

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-Consider using an
Ipad
-Get garage band £5
-Some free
sequencers like Auxi
Or Medly
-Synths for £5
-Drum machines/
sequencers for
about £5
-Audiobus for £4
sometimes needed

27. Android also has a
good choice of
synths, sequencers,
drum machines
Although it has
attracted far less
developers for music
creation apps due to
operating system
showing less latency
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28. Links
-Carolyna Eyck performing Ennio Morricone on the
theremin https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ajM4vYCZMZk Tangerine dream official sound cloud
page:
https://soundcloud.com/tangerinedreamofficial2015
How to use Auxy on ipad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AAb4WGHyvg

29. Enjoy your musical bliss