Originally posted by analogcontrolfreak:
The pipe oragn in fact is a synthesizer, becuase it does synthesize sounds. Okay, it doesn't use electricity, but it does mimic other instruments.
The pipe organ is NOT a synthesizer. It is 100% acoustic in every way. The sounds are merely assotiated with other instruments because of teh similar wave forms created by combining different lengths of tubing ( pipes )
Whew. It's based on simple, acoustic, harmonic structure.
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