Introduction to Electronic and Computer Music

Homework: Controllers. Answer the following questions.

1a. Name three controllers which might be used for primary interaction with a synthesizer (example: keyboard).

1b. Name four controllers which are typically found in or on (actually part of) a synthesizer and are not for “primary interaction” like the ones in question 1a.

2. Name three things a controller can control. To work, a controller must affect (even if indirectly) something where?

3. What do these abbreviations stand for: LFO, ADSR, AM, FM.

4. What does an ADSR typically do?

5. What is an LFO commonly used for?