Musicians in the 1980s had a love-hate relationship with Yamaha’s DX7 synthesizer. Its digital sound engine was unlike the analog synths that came before it, and created a unique timbre, but the thing ...

40 years after its release, an alternative ROM removes some of the DX9's artificial limitations When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Korg’s compact, DX7-inspired Volca FM first landed six years ago and it remains one of our favourite mini synths to this day. Now, like the Volca Sample before it, the FM is getting a ...

Although there might have been other music produced or recorded in the 1980s, we may never know of its existence due to the cacophony of all of the various keytars, drum machines, and other ...

SYNTH WEEK 2024: After the incredible leaps in synthesizer technology that were made in the late '70s, 1980 could be regarded as the year that was the calm before the beautiful storm. There weren’t ...

SPRINGFIELD — According to John Chowning’s bio on the Stanford University music department Web site, he’s been good for patents on “the simulation of moving sound sources and the synthesis of complex ...

A typical synth sells for less than $1000. Prince's, which is up for auction, could fetch as much as $25,000 Synth Used By Prince In 'Purple Rain' Album Up For Sale NOEL KING, HOST: Good morning. I'm ...