Wikipedia:WikiProject Synthesizers

Welcome to the Synthesizers WikiProject, a collaboration area and group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of synthesizers and their use in popular music. These instruments have played an increasingly important role in shaping the musical output of artists over the last 50 years. They have also spawned completely new genres of music as musicians work with electronic instruments exclusively. Unlike general classes of instruments, such as guitars, each model of synthesizer is engineered with the ability to create unique sounds and each is therefore a unique instrument in its own right.

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 * Goals
 * Standardize the appearance and layout of synthesizer related articles
 * Improve and generally guide the development of synthesizer related articles.


 * Scope
 * Any article relating to hardware or software synthesizers, sound synthesis (such as sampling or frequency modulation), important technologies (such as MIDI), and the people who have been influential in the world of synthesis (such as Bob Moog or Dave Smith). Any electrophone is encouraged to be covered, be it a synthesizer, sequencer, drum machine, sampler or a theremin.

Participants
Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest.


 * 1)  (keyboardist, interested in hardware synthesizers)
 * 2)  (guitarist, very amateur keyboard player, interested in synthesizing, it's history, methods, possibilities, MIDI, programming, etc)
 * 3)  (keyboardist, primarily interested in sorting out the Korg synths, especially the Wavestation and M1 wikis)
 * 4)  (plays guitars and snyth, background in audio electronics as hobbyst since 1975, academic knowledge of general physics, freelance computing consultant, involved in various music-related activities)
 * 5)  (I'm here to bring the Synthesizer article up to Featured standard.)
 * 6)  (I play synths and other electronic instruments)
 * 7)  (I play synths and other instruments. Planning on making articles for more synthesizers and fixing up current synthesizer articles.)
 * 8)  (I make music with both hardware and software synths and am a sound engineer in my spare time.  I want to share and learn knowledge about Synthesizers)
 * 9)  (I'm an analog synth enthusiast / collector / recording artist, here to contribute where I can!}}
 * 10)  (I AM AN ELECTRONIC MUSIC FANATIC. I own a Stylophone.)

Candidates

 * Korg Wavestation

New articles
Please feel free to list your new Synthesizers-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Page.



Collaboration and review

 * Collaboration of the week


 * Peer review
 * Assessment
 * Assessment

Templates

 * Infobox synthesizer
 * Sound synthesis types

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Categories

 * Category:Analog synthesizers
 * Category:Digital synthesizers
 * Category:MIDI controllers
 * Category:MIDI instruments
 * Category:MIDI
 * Category:Modular synthesizers
 * Category:Monophonic synthesizers
 * Category:Music sequencers
 * Category:Polyphonic synthesizers
 * Category:Software synthesizers
 * Category:Sound synthesis types
 * Category:Synthesizer manufacturing companies
 * Category:Synthesizers by manufacturer
 * Category:Synthesizers
 * Category:Virtual analog synthesizers
 * Category:Drum machines
 * Category:Electronic musical instruments
 * Category:Grooveboxes
 * Category:Music workstations
 * Category:Samplers (musical instrument)
 * Category:Sound modules

Related projects

 * Musical Instruments