Models

17 models

  • 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.

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

    Yamaha DX7

    Six-operator FM digital synthesizer

    Synthesizer · Japan

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Yamaha TX7

    DX7 tone-generator module

    Japan

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.