Sounds associated with an electronic musical instrument that generates electric signals converted to sound through amplifiers and loudspeakers or headphones. Synthesizers may imitate instruments such as piano, organ, flute, or vocals; or they may generate novel electronic timbres.
Sounds suggesting the use of an electronic musical instrument that uses recordings of sounds loaded or recorded into it by the user, then played back by means of the sampler program itself, a keyboard, sequencer, or another triggering device.
Sounds of an electro-mechanical, polyphonic tape replay keyboard in which each note is produced by a separate piece of pre-recorded tape, supplied in a corresponding set to simulate a particular instrument.