Sounds can be made by twanging a string, blowing down a pipe, banging something together, and scraping or shaking something. There are three families of musical instruments: string, wind and ...

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Some instruments, on the other hand, make no sound at all, instead sending MIDI or CV signals to influence and integrate with the character of something else. Whether mass-produced, one-of-a-kind or ...