"Where did all the knobs and sliders go?" It's no wonder that Yamaha's DX7 (and little brother DX9) caused such an upset when they were released in 1983. Gone were all the familiar controls, being ...
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Hardware digital synths are back! Four decades after they became popular, renewed interest has led to new machines from both bespoke and bigger developers When you purchase through links on our site, ...
From the '70s onward, synthesizers have been just as integral to pop music as electric guitars. Yamaha (along with a handful of other brands like Roland, Korg and Sequential) has served as an industry ...
[Kevin] over at Simple DIY ElectroMusic Projects has released a complete DIY modular design for simulating the classic 80s Yamaha TX816 DX/FM modular digital synthesizer. This beast of a synth was ...
There are three reasons why the Yamaha Montage, released at NAMM last month, could be a genuine game-changer as far as synths go. Keyboard "workstation" synths have always been a good option for live ...
We explain how frequency modulation synthesis works, and why you shouldn't be afraid of it When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. "Where ...