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Yamaha DX

Family of Yamaha FM synthesizers

The DX family is Yamaha's line of digital synthesizers based on FM (frequency modulation) synthesis, launched with the hugely influential DX7 in 1983. It spans flagship and budget keyboards such as the DX1, DX5, DX9, DX21, DX27, DX100, and DX11, the rackmount TX tone generators, and the modern Reface DX.

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  • Technical line drawing of Synthesizers

    Synthesizers

    Hardware synthesizers, synth model families, and related electronic instruments.

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  • Yamaha

    Yamaha is a Japanese musical instrument manufacturer founded in 1887 and one of the largest in the world, producing pianos, guitars, wind and brass instruments, drums, and a wide range of electronic instruments.

Family models

  • Yamaha DX11

    Synthesizer · Japan

    The Yamaha DX11, released in 1988, is a four-operator FM synthesizer that expanded on the DX21/27/100 with more waveforms and multitimbral operation, offering versatile FM sounds in an affordable keyboard.

  • Black technical line drawing of a Yamaha DX7-style digital synthesizer

    Yamaha DX7

    Synthesizer · Japan

    Yamaha's landmark six-operator FM digital synthesizer, introduced in May 1983.

  • Yamaha DX27

    Synthesizer · Japan

    The Yamaha DX27 is a four-operator FM synthesizer from 1985, providing affordable FM synthesis with preset and programmable voices in a full-size keyboard.

  • Yamaha DX9

    Japan

    A Yamaha DX Series FM digital synthesizer included in the original DX Series lineup discussed in Yamaha's official synth history.

  • Yamaha TX7

    Japan

    A keyboard-less Yamaha tone-generator module that packaged a DX7 tone generator in a distinctive case.

  • Yamaha Reface DX

    Synthesizer · Japan

    The Yamaha Reface DX, released in 2015, is a compact synthesizer in Yamaha's Reface line that revisits FM synthesis with a four-operator engine, touch-slider control, and built-in effects in a highly portable mini-key instrument.

  • Yamaha DX5

    Japan

    A Yamaha DX Series FM digital synthesizer introduced in 1985 and discussed in Yamaha's official synth history.

  • Yamaha TX81Z

    Synthesizer · Japan

    A Yamaha FM tone-generator module containing the equivalent of eight four-operator FM synthesizers.

  • Yamaha DX1

    Synthesizer · Japan

    A Yamaha DX Series FM digital synthesizer introduced in 1983 and part of the original DX Series lineup discussed in Yamaha's official synth history.

  • Yamaha DX21

    Synthesizer · Japan

    The Yamaha DX21, released in 1985, is a four-operator FM synthesizer offering two-voice multitimbral operation and a built-in chorus, bringing programmable FM synthesis to a budget-friendly keyboard.

  • Yamaha TX816

    Japan

    A rack-mounted Yamaha TX Series FM tone-generator module capable of producing rich layered sounds.

  • Yamaha DX100

    Synthesizer · Japan

    The Yamaha DX100, released in 1985, is a compact, battery-capable four-operator FM synthesizer with mini keys. Affordable and portable, its punchy FM bass sounds became popular in electronic and dance music.

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