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Analogue Bubblebath, Part One Trivia Quiz

Are you really into electronic instruments?

A multiple-choice quiz by hexaChord. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
hexaChord

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
117,030

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
7 / 15

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258

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Question 1 of 15

1. Which company did NOT produce big modular synths in the 70's? Hint

Akai

E-mu

EMS

ARP

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Question 2 of 15

2. What company shocked the market with the "Andromeda A6" in 2000? Hint

Moog

Yamaha

Roland

Alesis

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Question 3 of 15

3. Which company does not come from Germany? Hint

MAM

JoMoX

Novation

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Question 4 of 15

4. Who released the first virtual-analogue synth? Hint

Clavia

Roland

Waldorf

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Question 5 of 15

5. Which of the following gear does NOT have analogue filters? Hint

Waldorf MicroWave

E-mu Emulator III

Waldorf Q+

Casio FZ-1

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Question 6 of 15

6. Which company released the first guitar-synthesizer? Hint

Korg

Yamaha

Casio

Roland

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Question 7 of 15

7. What's not a synth by Roland? Hint

Mars 4

Jupiter 6

Juno 106

Saturn 09

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Question 8 of 15

8. Which synth is not available with factory installed MIDI? Hint

Jupiter 8

Memorymoog

Jupiter 6

Prophet 600

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Question 9 of 15

9. What company is famous for their "A-100" modular synth? Hint

Roland

Clavia

Doepfer

Moog

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Question 10 of 15

10. Which Moog never existed? Hint

Minitmoog

Multimoog

Micromoog

Midimoog

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Question 11 of 15

11. Which company cancelled a polyphonic analogue synth called "Mephisto" short before release in 2002 but introduced the PerFourmer? Hint

Oberheim

Waldorf

MAM

Vermona

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Question 12 of 15

12. Korg did not produce which of the following models? Hint

PS-3000

PS-3200

PS-3100

PS-3300

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Question 13 of 15

13. The "Mutator" by Mutronic is an analogue _____? Hint

synth

drum machine

vocoder

filterbank

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Question 14 of 15

14. Which doesn't belong? Hint

Roland JX-3P

Roland JX-10

Roland JX-8P

Roland JX-1

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Question 15 of 15

15. Which synth can be converted to a vocoder by changing the EPROM? Hint

Quasimidi PolyMorph

FutureRetro 777

Red Sound DarkStar

Siel Opera 6

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which company did NOT produce big modular synths in the 70's?

Answer: Akai

Akai entered the market in 1984 and never produced a modular synth.

2. What company shocked the market with the "Andromeda A6" in 2000?

Answer: Alesis

The "A6" is a fully analogue synth with 32 oscillators and 16 voices, something very uncommon in our days.

3. Which company does not come from Germany?

Answer: Novation

Novation is a British company and infamous for their "Supernova" and the "DrumStation".

4. Who released the first virtual-analogue synth?

Answer: Clavia

Clavia`s "Nord Lead" came out in 1995 and was such a revolution, that almost all companies produced their own DSP-based analogue-style synth.

5. Which of the following gear does NOT have analogue filters?

Answer: Casio FZ-1

The "FZ-1" uses filters which sound very analogue, but they are digital 8-stage.

6. Which company released the first guitar-synthesizer?

Answer: Roland

The Roland "GR-500" came in 1977 and had been used by such superstars as David Gilmour, Queen or Genesis. Guitar-synthesizers never were very successful but they still are continued.

7. What's not a synth by Roland?

Answer: Mars 4

There only was a "Promars MRS-2", a monophonic analogue synth introduced in 1979. Its sound is similiar to the "Jupiter"-series.

8. Which synth is not available with factory installed MIDI?

Answer: Jupiter 8

The first Roland synth with MIDI was the "JX-3P" in 1983. The "Jupiter 8" was three years old then.

9. What company is famous for their "A-100" modular synth?

Answer: Doepfer

Doepfer is a small company from Germany which introduced their modular system in 1995. It is still in development and every year some new modules are released.

10. Which Moog never existed?

Answer: Midimoog

There never was a "Midimoog". The first Moog synth only available with MIDI was the "Minimoog Voyager" in 2002. If you choose the "Minitmoog": Yes, there was one in 1975! It`s similiar to the Moog "Satellite".

11. Which company cancelled a polyphonic analogue synth called "Mephisto" short before release in 2002 but introduced the PerFourmer?

Answer: Vermona

The "Mephisto"-prototypes seen in 2000 featured 18 oscillators and 37 motorized control knobs! Hopefully we will see that monster in the future!

12. Korg did not produce which of the following models?

Answer: PS-3000

The less known PS-series stretched from 1976 to 1978. They were semi-modular like the famous "MS-20" but polyphonic and far bigger. The "PS-3200" featured 96 oscillators and had a polyphony of 48 voices!

13. The "Mutator" by Mutronic is an analogue _____?

Answer: filterbank

The "Mutator" came in 1996 and is MIDI-controllable. It was used by Radiohead, Depeche Mode, Daft Punk, Fatboy Slim and Future Sound Of London - so it can`t be bad...

14. Which doesn't belong?

Answer: Roland JX-1

The "JX-1" from 1991 is not really a successor to the three DCO-powered synths from the 80's. It`s fully digital and was followed by the "JX-305".

15. Which synth can be converted to a vocoder by changing the EPROM?

Answer: Red Sound DarkStar

The "DarkStar" is different in many ways. It has a unique design and sound and a nice joystick for mixing oscillators, ring modulation, filter resonance and pink/white/blue noise generators.

Source: Author hexaChord

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