Document Type
Honors Thesis
Major
Electrical Engineering
Advisor(s)
Don Hummels
Committee Members
Nuri Emanetoglu, Margaret Killinger, Beth Wiemann
Graduation Year
May 2023
Publication Date
Spring 2023
Abstract
For my electrical engineering capstone, I designed and built a handheld analog synthesizer. This analog synthesizer is a musical instrument which uses electrical analog components to generate sounds with properties based on the user’s input. My goal when creating this device was to maximize its utility while remaining within the scope of the capstone project. After the synthesizer was built, I wrote and recorded several pieces of music which each utilized the synthesizer prominently. The aim of this process was to be able to explore the relationship between an instrument’s design and the quality of the music produced utilizing it. The resulting music was messy, but it was able to demonstrate the potential that an analog synthesizer like the one I built can have for creating quality music.
Recommended Citation
Morrissey, Felix, "Exploring the Relationship Between Designing and Composing With an Analog Synthesizer" (2023). Honors College. 833.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/honors/833