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First synthesizer with digital reverb [13] 1991 Roland: JD-800 [14] 1981 Korg: Polysix [10] 1980 Oberheim: OB-Xa [15] 1988 Korg: M1: Bestselling synthesizer in ...
The first commercial FM synthesizer was the Yamaha GS1, released in 1980, [5] which was expensive to manufacture due to its integrated circuit chips. [4] At the same time, Yamaha was developing the means to manufacture very-large-scale integration chips. These allowed the DX7 to use only two chips, compared to the GS1's 50. [4]
It was released to compete with Roland's Juno-6 synth, and both keyboards shared similar features, such as a built-in chorus unit and an arpeggiator. However, the Polysix offered memory for patch storage, and its chorus unit was a fully-fledged analog delay unit capable of phaser and "ensemble" effects.
In the 1980s, digital synthesizers were widely used in pop music. [24] The Yamaha DX7, released in 1983, became a pop staple, used on songs by A-ha , Kenny Loggins , Kool & the Gang . [ 3 ] Its "E PIANO 1" preset became particularly famous, [ 3 ] especially for power ballads , [ 47 ] and was used by artists including Whitney Houston , Chicago ...
The OB-Xa was the synthesizer that provided the main part of Van Halen's 1984 single "Jump". [4] Many other artists used the OB-Xa during the 1980s and 1990s, including New Order, [4] The Carpenters, The Police, Queen, Rush, Rod Stewart, Prince, Miles Davis, Simple Minds and Gary Numan.
The Yamaha CS-80 is an analog synthesizer introduced by Yamaha Corporation in 1977. [2] It supports true 8-voice polyphony, with two independent synthesizer layers per voice each with its own set of front panel controls, in addition to a number of hardwired preset voice settings and four parameter settings stores based on banks of subminiature potentiometers (rather than the digital ...
The Korg Trident is a polyphonic multi-section synthesizer released by Korg in 1980, combining three distinct synthesizers within a single instrument: a polyphonic section with two VCOs, alongside dedicated String and Brass sections. [1] The polyphonic synthesizer section allows for eight-note polyphony with dual oscillators.
The Bell Labs Digital Synthesizer, ... Known as the Crumar General Development System, or GDS, it was released in 1980 for $30,000. It was sold to studios that needed ...