Electronic Instruments: English Vocabulary List

an electronic musical instrument with a tangible tabletop interface for interactive music creation and performance

"Reactable has tabletop interface."

"The Reactable is an electronic musical instrument with a tabletop interface where blocks manipulate sound processing modules."

electronic musical instruments that use infrared sensors and LED lights to detect gestures and trigger sound, offering an interactive way to create music

"AudioCubes detect gestures."

"AudioCubes are wireless electronic musical instruments that use light to communicate with a computer and generate sound."

a musical instrument interface that uses a continuous touch-sensitive surface to produce electronic music sounds, allowing for a wide range of expressive gestures and techniques

"Continuum Fingerboard is touch-sensitive."

"The Continuum Fingerboard is a pressure sensitive electronic musical controller that can sense finger position continuously in two dimensions."

an electronic musical instrument played without physical contact, controlled by hand movements near two antennas that manipulate electromagnetic fields to produce sound

"Strange theremin instrument."

"The theremin is an electronic musical instrument played without physical contact."

a percussion instrument that generates sound electronically using sensors and triggers, typically played with drumsticks or fingers

"Electronic drum uses sensors."

"An electronic drum is a percussion instrument that generates sound electronically when struck rather than acoustically."

a musical instrument that produces sound electronically through synthesized or sampled audio, and is played using a keyboard interface

"Electronic keyboard has sounds."

"An electronic keyboard is a portable digital synthesizer that produces sound electronically through speakers."

an electronic musical instrument that stimulates percussion sounds, drum beats and patterns

"Drum machine makes beats."

"A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument that creates and sequences percussion sounds and patterns."

a small electronic keyboard producing a buzzing sound when a stylus touches its metal keys

"Stylophone uses stylus."

"The stylophone is a small electronic musical instrument that is played by touching a stylus to a metal keyboard."

a unique electronic musical instrument that combines elements of a autoharp, a synthesizer, and a rhythm machine, typically played by strumming or plucking its chord buttons

"Omnichord has chord buttons."

"The Omnichord is an electronic stringless autoharp that produces chord sounds by pressing buttons and strumming a touch sensitive plate."

an early electronic musical instrument that uses a keyboard and a ribbon controller to produce a wide range of unique and expressive sounds

"Ondes Martenot makes unique sounds."

"The ondes Martenot is an early electronic musical instrument known for its ethereal sliding tone."

a handheld electronic musical instrument that features a highly sensitive and versatile touch interface capable of producing a wide variety of sounds and effects

"Eigenharp Pico has touch keys."

"The Eigenharp Pico is a small electronic controller instrument with breath pressure sensitive keys and a strip controller."

a wearable biophysical sensor that converts body movements into digital audio and visual outputs, used as a musical instrument for artistic expression

"XTH sense is motion controller."

"The XTH sense is a motion sensing electronic musical controller that translates body movements into sound."

a sensory instrument that combines music, light, and touch to provide a meditative and immersive experience

"AlphaSphere has pressure-sensitive pads."

"The AlphaSphere is a unique electronic musical controller with forty eight pressure sensitive pads arranged in a sphere."

a vintage digital synthesizer and music production system

"Synclavier was early digital synth."

"The Synclavier was an early digital synthesizer and music workstation that was very powerful but extremely expensive."

an electronic musical instrument that produces the sounds of other instruments

"The synthesizer sounds unique."

"The synthesizer created complex electronic sounds used in modern music production studios"

a musical instrument that synthesizes human speech or other sounds by analyzing and processing the input signal

"Vocoder processes voice electronically."

"A vocoder is an electronic device that analyzes the spectral content of one sound and imposes it onto another carrier sound."

an electronic percussion instrument with two rows of metal bars that the player hits and a motor-driven vane that produces a vibrato effect, especially used in jazz

"Vibraphone has motor-driven discs."

"The vibraphone is a percussion instrument with tuned metal bars and motor driven discs that create vibrato."