The ARP Avatar was a guitar synthesizer manufactured by ARP Instruments beginning in 1977. While innovative, being one of the first commercial guitar-controlled synthesizers, it was a commercial failu
Polyphony is a property of musical instruments that means that they can play multiple independent melody lines simultaneously. Instruments featuring polyphony are said to be polyphonic. Instruments th
Typical monophonic synthesizer: Moog Minimoog
Typical duophonic synthesizer: ARP Odyssey
The Korg Monologue is a monophonic synthesizer with two oscillators and programmable note priority.
Each key on an acoustic piano is connected to its own hammer-and-string sound-producing mechanism.