But, where's the orchestra? The inner workings of the machines that have revolutionized the music industry

During the 1960s a new era began in the field of popular music. The culprit, an instrument that creates sound electronically, is known as the synthesizer. With synthesizers, recording artists cannot only produce new sounds in the studio, but can also reproduce them at a live performance. The advent of the synthesizer opened a whole new world of creativity for composers to explore. Entire string sections could be heard at concerts without extra musicians.