Models
17 models
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Yamaha DX
Family of Yamaha FM synthesizers
Japan
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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Yamaha DX7
Six-operator FM digital synthesizer
Synthesizer · Japan
Yamaha's landmark six-operator FM digital synthesizer, introduced in May 1983.
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Yamaha TX81Z
Multi-part FM tone-generator module
Synthesizer · Japan
A Yamaha FM tone-generator module containing the equivalent of eight four-operator FM synthesizers.
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Yamaha DX1
DX Series FM digital synthesizer
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.
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Yamaha DX11
Synthesizer model
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.
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Yamaha Reface DX
Synthesizer model
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.
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Yamaha TG77
Audio equipment
Synthesizer · Japan
The Yamaha TG77 is the rackmount tone-module version of the SY77, offering Yamaha's combined FM and sample-based (AWM) synthesis for studio use with sequencers and controllers.
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Yamaha TX816
Rack-mounted FM tone-generator module
Japan
A rack-mounted Yamaha TX Series FM tone-generator module capable of producing rich layered sounds.
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Yamaha DX100
FM synthesizer
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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Yamaha SY77
Synthesizer model
Synthesizer · Japan
The Yamaha SY77, released in 1989, is a digital synthesizer that combined six-operator FM synthesis with sample-based (AWM) synthesis—Yamaha's 'RCM' system—plus filters and effects, offering richer, more playable sounds than the earlier DX line.
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Yamaha DX27
Synthesizer model
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.
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Yamaha TX7
DX7 tone-generator module
Japan
A keyboard-less Yamaha tone-generator module that packaged a DX7 tone generator in a distinctive case.
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Yamaha DX9
DX Series FM digital synthesizer
Japan
A Yamaha DX Series FM digital synthesizer included in the original DX Series lineup discussed in Yamaha's official synth history.
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Yamaha DX21
1985 digital FM synthesizer
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.
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Yamaha DX5
DX Series FM digital synthesizer
Japan
A Yamaha DX Series FM digital synthesizer introduced in 1985 and discussed in Yamaha's official synth history.
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Yamaha GS-1
Digital keyboard with FM tone generation
Synthesizer · Japan
A Yamaha digital keyboard released in 1981 with FM tone generation and touch-sensitive control.
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Yamaha V-50
FM synthesizer workstation
Japan
A Yamaha FM synthesizer workstation combining TX81Z-derived synthesis with a keyboard, MIDI sequencer, PCM rhythm machine, and digital effects.