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George Mattson (born October, 1954) is an American inventor, and is an early pioneer in electronic music synthesizer technology. He is credited with the invention of the Syntar, the first fully self-contained “keytar”, in 1978, and is founder and owner of Mattson Mini Modular. Mattson lives in the Seattle area. ==Early Life== Mattson was born in 1954 in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1964, following the Great Alaskan Earthquake, Mattson’s father, a geologist, took a job in Anchorage, and relocated the family. It was around this time that Mattson became interested in music, and began learning to play flamenco and classical-style guitar. Mattson’s father got his sons involved with the local ham radio organization, and in May of 1967, Mattson received his ham radio license, making him the youngest amateur radio operator in the nation at the time. The ham radio courses gave him his early background in electronics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】first1=Paul )〕 In 1968, Mattson overheard his older brother and father discussing the electronic synthesizer, a device that “could create sounds similar to conventional instruments, imitate environmental sounds, and create sounds never heard before.” Mattson was excited by this idea, and vowed to get his hands on one.〔 In fall of 1973, Mattson moved to Moscow, Idaho to attend the Idaho School of Mines at the University of Idaho, studying mining and metallurgy. He scraped up enough money to buy his first synthesizer, an EML-200, and an EML-101 keyboard manufactured by Electronic Music Laboratories. They arrived in November. Mattson, extremely focused, began his audio experimentations. Consequently, he flunked his first semester of college.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=George Mattson and the Syntar )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Mattson (synthesizer inventor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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