Browse Instruments by

Hornbostel-Sachs System

5 Electrophones

51 Electro-acoustic Instruments and Devices

511 Electro-acoustic Idiophones

512 Electro-acoustic Membranophones

513 Electro-acoustic Chordophones

514 Electro-acoustic Aerophones

515 Transducers


52 Electromechanical Instruments and Devices

521 Tone Wheel Instruments

522 Photoelectric Electromechanical Instruments

523 Record/playback Devices

524 Electromechanical Samplers

525 Electromechanical Sound Processing Devices


53 Analogue Electronic Instruments, Modules, and Components

531 Analogue Synthesizers and Other Electronic Instruments with Thermionic Valve or Solid State Circuitry Generating and/or Processing Electric Sound Signals

531.1 Analogue Synthesizers with Electronic Valve-Based Devices
531.2 Analogue Synthesizers with Solid State Circuitry-Based Devices

532 Voltage Control Sources

532.1 Control Voltage Sequence Generators
532.2 Controllers and Interfaces

54 Digital Instruments, Modules, and Components

541 Digital Synthesizers

541.1 Digital Synthesizers Using Frequency Modulation Synthesis
541.2 Digital Synthesizers Using Additive Synthesis
541.3 Digital Synthesizers Using Phase Distortion Techniques
541.4 Digital Synthesizers Using Physical Modelling Techniques

542 Digital Control Sources and Interfaces

543 Digital Signal Mixing, Modifying, Reproducing, and Processing Devices

544 Digital Samplers and Sampling Synthesizers

545 Digital Record/Playback Devices

546 Other Digital Modules, Components, or Configurations

547 Digital Modules Communicating Between Devices/Signal Convertors


55 Hybrid Analogue/Digital Configurations


56 Software