Hornbostel–Sachs

Hornbostel–Sachs taxonomy

Musical instruments classified by how they produce sound — from the five abstract families down through ever more particular subclasses.

1Idiophones6 subcategories2Membranophones4 subcategories3Chordophones3 subcategories4Aerophones3 subcategories5Electrophones6 subcategories
51Electro-acoustic instruments and devices5 subcategories52Electromechanical instruments and devices5 subcategories53Analogue electronic instruments, modules and components3 subcategories54Digital instruments, modules and components7 subcategories55Hybrid analogue/digital configurations56Software
531Analogue synthesizers and other electronic instruments2 subcategories532Voltage control sources2 subcategories533Other analogue modules or configurations3 subcategories
533.1Analogue modules2 subcategories533.2Analogue configurations533.3Analogue modules communicating between devices
533.11Analogue audio signal generators533.12Analogue signal modifiers or processors

Analogue signal modifiers or processors (533.12)