Models
46 models
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Sequential Prophet-5
Programmable polyphonic analog synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Sequential Prophet-5, released in 1978, was the first fully programmable polyphonic analog synthesizer, letting players store and recall patches. Its five voices, dual oscillators, and warm sound made it a landmark instrument used across pop, film, and electronic music.
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Oberheim OB-Xa
Polyphonic analog synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Oberheim OB-Xa, released in 1980, is a polyphonic analog synthesizer with two oscillators per voice and the ability to split and layer sounds. Powerful and aggressive, its sound is famous from records such as Van Halen's 'Jump' and many other 1980s productions.
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Synclavier
Early digital synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Synclavier, developed by New England Digital from the late 1970s, was a pioneering and extremely expensive digital synthesizer and sampling system. Combining FM and additive synthesis with later sampling and a computer-based interface, it was a centerpiece of high-end 1980s production.
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Alesis Andromeda A6
2000 multitimbral analog synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Alesis Andromeda A6, released in 2000, is a sixteen-voice analog synthesizer with two oscillators and dual filters per voice plus extensive digital control and effects. A rare large-scale analog polysynth of its era, it is prized for its deep, powerful sound.
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ARP Odyssey
Analog synthesizer from 1972
Synthesizer · United States
The ARP Odyssey, introduced in 1972, is a compact duophonic analog synthesizer that became ARP's most popular instrument and a key rival to the Minimoog. With two oscillators, a distinctive resonant filter, and a slider-based panel, its punchy leads and basses appear across rock and electronic music.
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Ensoniq TS 10
Music workstation
Synthesizer · United States
The Ensoniq TS-10, released in 1993, is a sample-based synthesizer workstation combining Ensoniq's synthesis and effects with a sequencer for performance and composition.
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Ensoniq SQ-80
Eight-voice digital/analog hybrid synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Ensoniq SQ-80, produced from 1988 to 1989, is an eight-voice 'cross-wave' digital/analog hybrid synthesizer and successor to the ESQ-1. It edits digital waveforms through analog-style four-pole low-pass filters, adds an expanded waveform set and polyphonic aftertouch on its 61-note keyboard, and includes an onboard sequencer.
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Ensoniq VFX
Twenty-one-voice wavetable synthesizer workstation
Synthesizer · United States
The Ensoniq VFX, released in 1989, is a 21-voice digital synthesizer workstation using PPG-style wavetable synthesis with 109 selectable waveforms per patch. It features a 61-note polyphonic-aftertouch keyboard, a high-quality onboard effects processor, and (in the VFX-SD) an integrated sequencer and disk storage.
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Ensoniq ESQ-1
61-key, velocity sensitive, eight-note polyphonic and multitimbral synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Ensoniq ESQ-1, released in 1986, is an eight-voice multitimbral hybrid synthesizer combining digital waveform oscillators with analog filters and a capable built-in sequencer, offering a lot of power at an affordable price.
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Oberheim Matrix-12
Twelve-voice analog synthesizer with matrix modulation
Synthesizer · United States
The Oberheim Matrix-12, introduced in 1985, is a twelve-voice analog synthesizer with extensive digital modulation routing. Each voice provides two oscillators, a noise source, a fifteen-mode multimode filter, five envelopes, five LFOs, ramp and tracking generators, and a deep modulation matrix, on a 61-note keyboard. It is widely regarded as one of the most powerful analog polysynths ever built.
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Moog Sub 37
Monophonic analog synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Moog Sub 37 is a paraphonic analog synthesizer introduced in 2014 in Moog's Phatty line. It offers two oscillators per voice, duo-paraphonic playing, an extensive modulation matrix, and patch memory, delivering classic Moog bass and lead sounds with modern control.
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Moog Sub Phatty
Synthesizer model
Synthesizer · United States
The Moog Sub Phatty, released in 2013, is a compact monophonic analog synthesizer in the Phatty family. Built for fat bass and aggressive leads, it features two oscillators with a sub-oscillator, a multidrive circuit, and a streamlined panel.
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Moog Little Phatty
Monophonic analog synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Moog Little Phatty, released in 2006, is a monophonic analog synthesizer in the Phatty line and one of the last products Bob Moog helped design. It pairs two oscillators and the Moog ladder filter with patch memory in an affordable, road-ready instrument.
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Sequential Prophet Rev2
Eight- or sixteen-voice analog polyphonic synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Sequential Prophet Rev2, introduced in 2017 as a successor to the Prophet '08, is an analog polyphonic synthesizer available in eight- or sixteen-voice configurations. Each voice uses two digitally controlled analog oscillators (DCOs) and a Curtis analog low-pass filter with switchable two- and four-pole operation, with two layers per program for stacked or split bi-timbral sounds. It is offered as a five-octave Fatar keyboard and a desktop module.
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Sequential Prophet-6
Six-voice analog polyphonic synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Sequential Prophet-6, introduced in 2015, is a six-voice analog polyphonic synthesizer designed by Dave Smith as a modern descendant of the original Prophet-5. Each voice has two discrete voltage-controlled oscillators plus a sub-oscillator, a four-pole resonant low-pass filter inspired by the Prophet-5 and a two-pole high-pass filter, with a dual analog/digital effects section, polyphonic step sequencer, and arpeggiator.
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Sequential Circuits Prophet-600
Synthesizer model
Synthesizer · United States
The Sequential Circuits Prophet-600, released in 1982, is a six-voice polyphonic analog synthesizer notable as one of the first instruments to ship with MIDI; the very first MIDI connection was famously demonstrated between a Prophet-600 and a Roland synthesizer.
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Sequential Prophet-10
Ten-voice analog polyphonic synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Sequential Prophet-10 is a ten-voice, bi-timbral analog polyphonic synthesizer reissued in 2020 alongside the Prophet-5 Rev4. It shares the Prophet-5 signal path with two CEM 3340 voltage-controlled oscillators per voice and a switchable four-pole resonant low-pass filter, doubling the voice count to allow layered or split bi-timbral performance. It ships in a five-octave keyboard version and a desktop module.
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Prophet '08
Polyphonic analog synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Prophet '08, released in 2007 by Dave Smith Instruments, is an eight-voice polyphonic analog synthesizer that updated the Prophet lineage with two oscillators per voice, extensive modulation, and patch memory, reviving the Prophet name for a new generation.
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Oberheim OB-X
Programmable analog polyphonic synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Oberheim OB-X, released in 1979, was Oberheim's first fully integrated programmable polyphonic synthesizer, available in four-, six-, or eight-voice configurations. It replaced the earlier stacked-SEM approach with internal discrete voice boards and patch memory, with two VCOs per voice and a discrete low-pass filter, and a 61-note keyboard.
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Oberheim OB-X8
Eight-voice analog polyphonic synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Oberheim OB-X8, introduced in 2022, is an eight-voice pure-analog polyphonic synthesizer that recreates and combines the three classic Oberheim voice architectures of the OB-X, OB-Xa, and OB-8 in a single instrument. Each voice has two discrete SEM-lineage VCOs, with both the original SEM discrete filter and Curtis CEM3320 two- and four-pole filters. It ships as a 61-key Fatar keyboard and as a desktop module.
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Oberheim OB-8
Eight-voice analog polyphonic synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Oberheim OB-8, launched in early 1983, is an eight-voice two-part multitimbral analog synthesizer and the last of the original OB-series polysynths. Each voice has two VCOs and switchable two- and four-pole filters, with a 61-note keyboard, arpeggiator, programmable LFO and envelope modulation, expanded 'Page 2' functions, and MIDI on later units.
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ARP Omni
Polyphonic analog synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The ARP Omni, released in 1975, is a polyphonic synthesizer that combined a popular string-ensemble section with a polyphonic synth and a bass voice. One of ARP's best-selling instruments, its lush strings were widely used in 1970s pop and rock.
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ARP Pro/DGX
Synthesizer model
Synthesizer · United States
The ARP Pro/DGX is a preset monophonic analog synthesizer, a later version of the Pro Soloist offering selectable instrument voices and performance controls for live lead playing.
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ARP Pro Soloist
Monophonic analogue synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The ARP Pro Soloist is a preset-oriented monophonic analog synthesizer from the mid-1970s, offering a bank of ready-made instrument voices plus aftertouch-based expression, designed for live soloing.
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Minimoog Voyager
2002 monophonic analog synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Minimoog Voyager, released in 2002, is Bob Moog's modern reinterpretation of the original Minimoog. It keeps the three-oscillator, ladder-filter architecture while adding patch memory, MIDI, an expressive touch surface, and extensive modulation.
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Sequential Take 5
Five-voice compact analog polyphonic synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Sequential Take 5, introduced in 2021, is a compact five-voice analog polyphonic synthesizer with two voltage-controlled oscillators and a sub-oscillator per voice and a four-pole resonant analog low-pass filter derived from the Prophet-5 Rev4. Built around a 44-key Fatar keybed, it includes variable-shape oscillators, dual digital effects with overdrive, a 64-step polyphonic sequencer, and an arpeggiator.
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Sequential Circuits Six-Trak
Polyphonic analoguue synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Sequential Circuits Six-Trak, released in 1984, is a six-voice multitimbral analog synthesizer—one of the first that could play a different sound on each voice—with a built-in sequencer and MIDI.
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Sequential Trigon-6
Six-voice analog polyphonic synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Sequential Trigon-6, introduced in 2022, is a six-voice analog polyphonic synthesizer built around three discrete voltage-controlled oscillators per voice offering simultaneously selectable triangle, sawtooth, reverse-sawtooth, and variable-width pulse waves. It uses a switchable two/four-pole discrete resonant ladder low-pass filter, and is available as a 49-key keyboard or a desktop module, with a 64-step polyphonic sequencer and arpeggiator.
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Sequential Pro 3
Hybrid mono/paraphonic synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Sequential Pro 3, introduced in 2020, is a hybrid monophonic and three-note paraphonic synthesizer combining two analog voltage-controlled oscillators with a DSP-based digital wavetable oscillator. It features three switchable filters - a four-pole Prophet-6 low-pass, a four-pole transistor ladder, and a two-pole OB-6 state-variable filter - plus a deep 16-track sequencer. A Pro 3 SE version adds a tilt-up panel and walnut trim.
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Realistic Concertmate MG-1
Synthesizer model
Synthesizer · United States
The Realistic Concertmate MG-1 is an analog synthesizer built by Moog Music and sold through Radio Shack in the early 1980s under its Realistic brand. A consumer-oriented instrument, it offered genuine Moog circuitry—including the Moog filter—at a low price.
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Polymoog
Synthesizer model
Synthesizer · United States
The Polymoog, produced from 1975, was Moog's early fully polyphonic synthesizer, using divide-down organ-style circuitry so that every key could sound at once. It offered preset voices and resonant filters, and its distinctive 'Vox Humana' patch became iconic.
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Multimoog
Monophonic analog synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Multimoog is a monophonic analog synthesizer Moog introduced in 1978 as a more capable sibling to the Micromoog. It offers two oscillators, a pressure-sensitive keyboard for added expression, and the signature Moog filter.
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Oberheim Two Voice
Two-voice analog synthesizer (TVS-1)
Synthesizer · United States
The Oberheim Two Voice (TVS-1), produced from 1975 to 1979, was Oberheim's first keyboard synthesizer: two SEM voice modules coupled to a 37-note keyboard and a simple two-channel analog sequencer. It offered two independently programmable voices, each with the SEM's twin VCOs and multimode filter, and is regarded as one of the first compact polyphonic performance synthesizers.
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Oberheim TEO-5 Synthesizer
Synthesizer model
Synthesizer · United States
The Oberheim TEO-5 is a five-voice polyphonic analog synthesizer released in 2024, developed under Tom Oberheim with Sequential. It delivers a modern, compact Oberheim voice with two oscillators per voice, a flexible filter, and a built-in sequencer.
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Moog Source
Digitally controlled analog monophonic synthesizer with patch memory
Synthesizer · United States
The Moog Source, released in 1981, is a monophonic analog synthesizer notable for its flat membrane control panel and for being the first Moog synth with patch memory. It offers two oscillators, the Moog filter, and a built-in sequencer.
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Moog One
Synthesizer model
Synthesizer · United States
The Moog One, released in 2018, is Moog's flagship polyphonic analog synthesizer, available in eight- and sixteen-voice versions. Each voice offers three oscillators, dual filters, extensive modulation, and onboard effects, making it the most ambitious polysynth Moog has produced.
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Moog Rogue
Monophonic analog synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Moog Rogue is an inexpensive monophonic analog synthesizer released in 1981, with two oscillators and the Moog filter in a small, simple package aimed at beginners and bass duties.
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Moog Sonic Six
Duophonic analog synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Moog Sonic Six is a portable duophonic analog synthesizer produced in the 1970s, housed in a briefcase-style case with a built-in speaker. Its two oscillators allow two notes at once and a wide range of modulation for leads and effects.
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Micromoog
Monophonic analog synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Micromoog is a compact, affordable monophonic analog synthesizer Moog produced from 1975, featuring a single oscillator, the classic Moog ladder filter, and a ribbon controller for expressive pitch effects.
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Moog Prodigy
Synthesizer model
Synthesizer · United States
The Moog Prodigy is a compact two-oscillator monophonic analog synthesizer produced from 1979. Designed as an affordable, easy-to-use instrument, its punchy bass and lead sounds and Moog filter made it a popular entry point to the Moog sound.
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Moog Satellite
Monophonic analog synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Moog Satellite is a preset-oriented monophonic analog synthesizer from the 1970s, designed as an affordable combo-style instrument with a selection of ready-made voices plus some hands-on control.
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Memorymoog
1982 polyphonic analog synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Memorymoog, released in 1982, was Moog's most ambitious polyphonic synthesizer, offering six voices each with three oscillators for a huge, lush sound. Powerful but initially troubled by tuning instability, it is now prized as one of the richest-sounding vintage analog polysynths.
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ARP Chroma
Polyphonic multitimbral analog synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The ARP Chroma (Rhodes Chroma), released in 1982, was ARP's ambitious microprocessor-controlled polyphonic synthesizer, completed and marketed by Rhodes after ARP's collapse. With sixteen voices and computer control, it was an advanced and forward-looking instrument.
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ARP Quadra
Analog synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The ARP Quadra, released in 1978, is a four-section performance synthesizer combining bass, polyphonic strings, a polyphonic synth, and a lead synthesizer in one keyboard, designed to give a single player multiple layered voices.
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Alesis Quadrasynth
Synthesizer model
Synthesizer · United States
The Alesis QuadraSynth is a sample-based digital synthesizer from the early 1990s, offering 64-voice polyphony, a large sound set, and effects in an affordable workstation-style keyboard.
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Alesis Ion
Digital analog modeling synthesizer
Synthesizer · United States
The Alesis Ion, released in 2003, is a virtual analog synthesizer known for its accurate analog modeling and hands-on knob-based interface, offering multiple filter models and a warm, characterful sound at an accessible price.