Introduction to Electronic and Computer Music

Homework: Synthesis. Answer the following questions.

1. In the signal path, an oscillator is usually modified by two kinds of devices. Name them.

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

3. Name three controllers which are typically found in or on (actually part of) a synthesizer and are not for “primary interaction” like the ones in question 2 (example: LFO).

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

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

6. What does an ADSR typically do?

7. What one is thing an LFO commonly used for?