Editing Modular synthesizer (section)

== History ==
The first modular synthesizer was developed by German engineer [[Harald Bode]] in the late 1950s.<ref name="FactMag-201700921"/> The 1960s saw the introduction of the [[Moog synthesizer]] and the [[Buchla Electronic Musical Instruments|Buchla Modular Electronic Music System]], created around the same period.<ref name="Lee-2018">{{Cite web|title=This is the early history of the synthesizer|url=https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/electronic-music-early-history-of-the-synth|last=Lee|first=Sammy|date=3 July 2018|website=Red Bull Music|access-date=2 November 2019}}</ref> The Moog was composed of separate modules which created and shaped sounds, such as [[Envelope (music)|envelopes]], [[noise generator]]s, [[Voltage-controlled filter|filters]], and [[Music sequencer|sequencers]],<ref name="Vail">{{Cite book|last=Vail|first=Mark|title=The Synthesizer|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2014|isbn=978-0195394894}}</ref><ref name="Analog Days">{{cite book |author=Pinch, Trevor |author2=Trocco, Frank |date=2004 |title=Analog Days: The Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer |publisher=[[Harvard University Press]] |isbn=978-0-674-01617-0}}</ref> connected by [[patch cord]]s.<ref name="Kozinn-2005">{{Cite news|last=Kozinn|first=Allan|title=Robert Moog, Creator of Music Synthesizer, Dies at 71|language=en|work=New York Times|date=23 August 2005 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/23/arts/music/robert-moog-creator-of-music-synthesizer-dies-at-71.html|access-date=3 December 2018}}</ref>

The Japanese company [[Roland Corporation|Roland]] released the [[Roland System 100]] in 1975, followed by the [[Roland System 700|System 700]] in 1976 and the [[Roland System-100M|System 100m]] in 1979.<ref name="FactMag-201700921">{{Cite web|title=Eight of the most important modular synthesizers in music history|url=https://www.factmag.com/2017/09/21/most-important-modular-synths-in-history/|date=21 September 2017|website=FACT Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=31 May 2020}}</ref>

In the late 1970s, modular synthesizers started to be largely supplanted by highly-integrated keyboard synthesizers, [[sampler (musical instrument)|sampler]]s, [[sound module]]s, and other [[MIDI]]-connected gear. By the 1990s, modular synthesizers had fallen out of favor compared to cheaper, smaller digital and software synthesizers.<ref name="FactMag-201700921" /> However, there continued to be a community who chose the physically patched approach, the flexibility and the sound of traditional modular systems.

Since the late 1990s, {{when|date=December 2011}} there has been a resurgence in the popularity of analog synthesizers aided by physical standardization practices, an increase in available [[Retro style|retro gear]] and interest, decreased production costs and increased electronic reliability and stability, the rediscovered ability of modules to control things other than sound, and a generally heightened education through the development of virtual synthesis systems such as [[VCV Rack]], MAX/MSP, Pd and Reaktor etc.