What family of instruments does the synthesizer belong to?

Answer 1

It depends on which synthesizers you are talking about, but the overarching answer would be electronic.

In general though, too many different answers exist to make it that simple. Moog makes several guitar-oriented synths to be used as effect pedals, as well as many keyboard-style synths. All are analog (even though synthesizers are generally electronic instruments, analog synths are still part of the 'electronic' family).

Many different synthesizer controllers exist for MIDI software sounds. Most are in the shape of a piano keyboard (leading to the simple term of 'keyboard', but this is wrong), but they also exist in the shape of violens, Guitars, flutes, and even Bagpipes.

The reason, however, that despite the existence of analog synths they still fall under the category of 'electronic' is because even analog synthesizers are technically electronic, the modern mind just confuses 'electronic' with 'digital', and analog synths use oscillators and other components to electronically alter the input waveform (or create one), and MIDI controllers send a digital signal to an electronic software program to create sound.

Answer 2

They are 'instrumental' in the production of digital or electronic music. There may be other terms used for this broad category of instrument that now includes very good quality digital pianos, drum sets, and many others that reproduce the sounds of acoustic instruments. Synthesizers can produce endless varieties of sounds and effects that are not and cannot be duplicated in the acoustic world.

Answer 3

A synth, also know as a synthesizer, is an electronic device that produces sound by either imitating other instruments or creating new sounds. They are controlled, or "played", by use of several different items, including but not limited to keyboards, instrument controllers, or computer programs.

Answer 4

not ,the synthesizer is not a very easy instrument to categorize, because it is capable of producing a potentially infinite variety of sounds.

Answer 5

electrophone

Answer 6

Electrophone