Equipment Research Task

Yamaha SPX990 Multi-effects unit: adds reverb, daly, echo, modulation and early reflections

Roland TR909 drum machine: a drum machine that varies from all drum sounds and include editing facilities like patter editing.

Emu Performance piano sound machine: an operating system that synthesises different piano sounds. They can be upgrade to 128 different sounds. 

Roland Juno 106: a commonly and widely used analogue polysynth with one digitally controlled oscillator (DCO) per voice.

Yamaha SY22 and SY85: a 16-part multitimbral MIDI synth with a 61-note keyboard with tons of sounds and sequencing features built-in.

Akai S3200 sampler:  A 6-bit stereo synth with tons of RAM (8 to 32 MB) and extensive editing capability, 32-voice polyphony, full digital onboard effects (delay, chorus, reverb, etc.).  

Music sequencer softwares, such as Pro Tools, Logic Audio or even Garage Band, are perhaps the most widely used form of music technology. They allow the user to record acoustic sounds or MIDI musical sequences, which may then be organised along a time line. Musical segments can be copied and duplicated ad infinitum, as well as edited and processed using a multitude of audio effects. 

Contemporary classical music sometimes uses computer-generated sounds, either pre-recorded or generated/manipulated live with classical acoustic instruments like the cello or violin. Classical and other notated types of music are frequently written on score writer software.

Music and sound technology refer to the use of sound engineering and may sometimes actually refer to different fields of work, the names of which are to some extent self-explanatory, but where sound synthesising  may refer to the use of sound technology for media-logical purpose.