electronic instruments [2]

Electronic instruments are designed to imitate, convert or produce sounds based on electric signals and digital data.

synthesizer

Instrument that imitates other instruments or creates new sounds using electric signals.

system buttons

Buttons used to select the instrument’s main operations as well as musical sounds in its memory.

function display

Liquid crystal display indicating various data.

keyboard

Series of keys pressed to play a melody using the timbres available on the instrument.

program selector

Button for selecting one of the instrument’s settings (voice edit buttons, sequencer control, etc.).

modulation wheel

Wheel used to adjust the quality, or timbre, of a sound, separate from its pitch or volume.

voice edit buttons

Buttons used to create or modify a sound.

sequencer control

Buttons that reproduce a melodic or rhythmic motif based on a prerecorded selection.

fast data entry control

Cursor used to rapidly set a parameter.

fine data entry control

Rotating device that fine-tunes a parameter.

volume control

disk drive

Device used to read or record data on a diskette.

pitch wheel

Wheel used to adjust the frequency of sound vibrations, or pitch.