Rubber percussion instruments are suitable for playing electric sounds. Synthesizers are usually equipped with keyboards arranged in traditional piano keyboards, and samplers are usually equipped with rubber striking pads. Both synthesizer and sampler can design timbre, and both have software and hardware versions. The main sound sources of electronic music are synthesizers and samplers. Synthesizers can generate their own sounds, and samplers can play pre-recorded and edited sounds.

Electronic music is music made by using electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology; Musicians who compose or play this kind of music are called electronic musicians. Generally speaking, electromechanical technology can be used to distinguish the sound from electronic technology.

The devices that use electronic machinery to produce sound include telex reed organ, China door organ and electric guitar; Pure electronic sound manufacturing equipment includes vibrators, voice synthesizers and computers.

Electronic music was once almost completely associated with western art music, especially European art music. However, since the late 1960s, Moore's Law has created affordable music technology, which means that making music by electronic means has become more and more popular and developed in different countries and regions.