Clavivox

Scott had earlier built a theremin as a toy for his daughter Carrie, and began developing the Clavivox, or "keyboard theremin," in 1952.{{cite web|title=Raymond Scott: Artifacts from the Archives|url=https://www.raymondscott.net/docs/RS-Artifacts.pdf|website=RaymondScott.net|access-date=March 21, 2024}}{{cite web|last1=Crab|first1=Simon|title=The 'Clavivox' Raymond Scott, USA, 1952|url=http://120years.net/the-clavivoxraymond-scottusa1952-2/|website=120 Years of Electronic Music|accessdate=23 December 2017|date=2013-09-22}} In 1956, he purchased an R.A. Moog Model 305 theremin from a young Bob Moog and incorporated its sound generator as part of a prototype Clavivox.{{cite book|last=Glinsky |first=Albert |title=Switched On: Bob Moog and the Synthesizer Revolution |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York City, New York, US |date=2022 |isbn=9780197642078 |pages=32–33}} Scott's instrument allowed the use of portamento over a 3-octave range, which made it possible for the player to control the synthesizer via a keyboard, but with additional glide, giving it a "human" quality. Additionally, Scott's design added amplitude envelopes, vibrato and other effects.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.raymondscott.net/rhea-article-1981/|title=Electronic Perspectives - Raymond Scott's Clavivox & Electronium|first=Tom|last=Rhea|magazine=Keyboard |date=February 1981|access-date=November 16, 2023}} Scott applied for a patent in December 1956 and was granted {{US patent|2871745}} on Feb. 3, 1959.

"A lot of the sound-producing circuitry of the Clavivox resembled very closely the first analog synthesizer my company made in the mid-'60s," Moog explained years later. "Some of the sounds are not the same, but they're close."{{cite magazine |last1=Chusid |first1=Irwin |last2=Winner |first2=Jeff |url=https://www.raymondscott.net/em-article-2001/ |title=Circle Machines and Sequencers: The Untold History of Raymond Scott's Electronica |magazine=Electronic Magazine |date=December 2001 |access-date=November 16, 2023}}

Later Clavivox models used light shining through photographic film onto photocells as a source of control voltage to control pitch and timbre.

• ANS synthesizer
• Sound synthesis

{{Reflist}}

• [http://RaymondScott.net Official Raymond Scott website]
• [https://raymondscott.blogspot.com/2012/05/bob-moogs-memories-of-raymond-scott.html Bob Moog's memories of Raymond Scott]

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