Curated OER
Moog's Musical Revolution
Students explore history of technological advances in making, recording, and listening to music that have intrigued and inspired musicians and scientists for decades.
Other
New Music Box: American Innovations in Electronic Musical Instruments
This resource provides information about the advances in musical instruments, and those who have helped their evolution.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Mqed: Computer Music
The downloadable monograph investigates computer music. Topics included are the MIDI system, waves, synthesizers, coding, and computer music applications.
Stanford University
Stanford University: Electronic Instruments
This resource provides information about a number of different types of synthesizers used from 1890 to 1980.
Other
University of California: Digital Synthesizers
Provides an excellent tutorial on how a digital synthesizer works, including information on editing, wavetables, MIDI, and much more. Sparse on design, but heavy on content. From 1996.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Inventor of the Week: Robert Moog
Robert Moog fused his love music and electronics when he invented the synthesizer. This website includes background information on the creation of the synthesizer and provides several links.