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Raymond Scott, born on September 10, 1908, in Brooklyn, NY, was an American composer, bandleader, and inventor who became an unheralded pioneer of contemporary experimental music. He passed away on February 8, 1994, in North Hills, CA. Among Scott's notable achievements was the creation of the Electronium in 1949, one of the first synthesizers, which he described as an "instantaneous composing machine" that generated original music through random sequences of tones, rhythms, and timbres. Although Scott denied it was a prototype synthesizer due to its lack of a keyboard, its significance in the realm of artificial intelligence and electronic music composition is widely recognized. He also invented the "Karloff," an early sampler, the Clavinox, a keyboard Theremin designed with a young Robert Moog, and the Videola, which combined a keyboard with a TV screen for composing music for films. By the mid-1960s, Scott shifted his focus from recording and performing to writing and inventing. His last orchestral work was a 1969 musical celebrating the centennial of Kentucky Bourbon, after which he dedicated his remaining years to electronic composition. Among his later innovations was an early programmable polyphonic sequencer, which garnered the attention of Motown chief Berry Gordy Jr. In 1971, Scott was appointed to lead the label's electronic music research and development team. After retiring six years later, he continued to

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