History
- Which 19th-century mathematician predicted computer-generated music?
- What early electronic instrument did Oliver Messiaen use in his composition Trois petites liturgies de la Présence Divine?
- Who invented FM synthesis?
- What was the first name of the French mathematician and physicist who invented Fourier’s analysis?
- Oramics was a form of synthesis invented by which British composer?
Synthesis
- What is the name given to an acoustically pure tone?
- What music programming language was named after a particle accelerator?
- What synthesiser did The Beatles use on their 1969 album Abbey Road?
- What microtonal keyboard is played in a band scene in La La Land?
- What are the two operators called in FM synthesis?
Music
- What was the name of the Breakbeat that helped define jungle/drum and bass?
- IRCAM is based in which city?
- Hip hop came from which New York Neighbourhood?
- Which genre-defining electronic music record label originated in Sheffield?
- Sonor Festival happens in which city?
General
- Who wrote the book Microsound?
- Who wrote the composition Kontakte?
- How many movements is John Cage’s 4’33”?
- Who wrote the book On the Sensation of Tone?
- Which composer wrote the radiophonic work Stilleben?
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Answers
History
- Ida Lovelace
- Ondes Martenot
- John Chowning
- Joseph
- Daphne Oram
Synthesis
- Sine wave
- Supercollider
- The Moog
- Seaboard
- Carrier and Modulator
Music
- Amen Brother
- Paris
- The Bronx
- Warp Records
- Sonar
General
- Curtis Roads
- Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Three
- Hermann von Helmholtz
- Kaija Saariaho