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The Synthesizer: The Most Important Instrument of the 20th Century
In 1897, inventor Thaddeus Cahill made a seven ton instrument called the teleharmonium. It was so massive that his second version weighed over 200 tons. The first programmable synthesizer came about in the 1950s. RCA wanted to make a device that would generate pop hits on its own and help save money from hiring orchestras to score TV and film.
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