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Musical Instrument Factory of Riga ( lv, Rīgas mūzikas instrumentu fabrika — ''RMIF'') was the largest Soviet electronic music instrument manufacturer. It was based in
Latvia - RIGA - Musical Instruments Factory - VF -D49307
(picture), delcampe.net
RMIF Miki
(picture) Musical instrument manufacturing companies of Latvia Synthesizer manufacturing companies of Latvia Electronics companies of the Soviet Union Musical instrument manufacturing companies of the Soviet Union Manufacturing companies based in Riga Music in Riga {{Latvia-stub
Musical Instrument Factory of Riga ( lv, Rīgas mūzikas instrumentu fabrika — ''RMIF'') was the largest Soviet electronic music instrument manufacturer. It was based in Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...
(former USSR, now Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
). RMIF synthesizer
A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...
s became very popular among rock and pop bands in Eastern Bloc
The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc and the Soviet Bloc, was the group of socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America under the influence of the Soviet Union that existed du ...
. The plant also produced drum kits. After the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, RMIF went bankrupt.
Until 1999, about 20,000 "Rīga" pianos were produced at the Riga Musical Instrument Factory. Most of them had been realized before. In the markets of the USSR and vice versa, Latvia imported pianos from other republics of the USSR ("Belorusj", "Krasnij Oktyabrj", "Ukraina", "Moskva", "Akord", "Lira", etc.). One part of the musical instruments was eliminated in the course of operation.
Products
Acoustic pianos
Acoustic drums and percussion
Electronic organ
* RMIF Perle - Electronic organ with eleven tone stops and three effects * RMIF MikiPolyphonic synthesizers
* Opus - ensemble synthesizer consists of four sections: Piano, String, Organ, and Bass * RMIF TI-3 - polyphonic programmable synthesizer with built-in sequencer and arpeggiator * RMIF TI-5 - polyphonic programmable synthesizer, similar to Amfiton M-028Electronic drums
* RMIF Elsita (ca. 1989) - analog drum modules * RMIF ES-2-5 (1991, experimental) - analog electronic percussion with auto-rhythmSee also
*ANS synthesizer
The ANS synthesizer is a photoelectronic musical instrument created by Russian engineer Evgeny Murzin from 1937 to 1957. The technological basis of his invention was the method of graphical sound recording used in cinematography (developed in Ru ...
* Polivoks
* Theremin
* Variophone
The Variophone was developed by Evgeny Sholpo in 1930 at Lenfilm Studio Productions, in Leningrad, the Soviet Union, during his experiments with graphical sound techniques, also known as ''ornamental'', ''drawn'', ''paper'', ''artificial'' or ' ...
References
External resources
Latvia - RIGA - Musical Instruments Factory - VF -D49307
(picture), delcampe.net
RMIF Miki
(picture) Musical instrument manufacturing companies of Latvia Synthesizer manufacturing companies of Latvia Electronics companies of the Soviet Union Musical instrument manufacturing companies of the Soviet Union Manufacturing companies based in Riga Music in Riga {{Latvia-stub