ELECTRONIC MUSIC INSTRUMENTS

Electronic musical instrument produces sound using electronics. Such an instrument sounds by outputting an electrical audio signal that ultimately drives a loudspeaker. 

It includes user interface by adjusting the pitch , frequency and duration of each note.
The increasing power and decreasing cost of sound generating electronics and the personal computer has given rise to music controllers and music synthesizers. The most common music controllers are the Keyboard and Octapads because of their versatility.

1. ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD

Of course, this one has to top the list. It comes not just with the sound of musical instruments, but that of miscellaneous sounds as well. It comes in various sizes and is currently the backbone of the music industry. To start describing it, would be an endless discussion. This is also compatible with PCs and comes with a USB slot.

2. ROLAND OCTAPADS

This is a power packed percussion database with 8 sections; tapping on any one gives a sound variant of that instrument. The square and the tapping force determine the sound. Octapads give the effect of any percussion instrument with just drumsticks.

3. THEREMIN 

This was one of the most popular electronic musical instruments in the 1980s. It was the first musical instrument which could be played without physical contact. It consists of two antennas which sense the relative position of the user’s hand and the electric signals are converted into frequency.

4. CONTINNUM FINGERBOARD

The Continuum Fingerboard is a music performance controller and synthesizer. It has a touch playing surface. Sensors under the playing surface respond to finger position and pressure in three dimensions and provide pitch resolution of one-tenth cent along the length of the scale (the X dimension), allowing essentially continuous pitch control for effects and notes that are not in the chromatic scale, and allowing for the application of vibrato or pitch bend to a note.