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