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Yamaha synth history chapter 2

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  • 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 DX9

    Japan

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

  • Yamaha V-50

    Japan

    A Yamaha FM synthesizer workstation combining TX81Z-derived synthesis with a keyboard, MIDI sequencer, PCM rhythm machine, and digital effects.

  • Yamaha DX

    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.

  • Yamaha TX7

    Japan

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

  • Yamaha GS-1

    Synthesizer · Japan

    A Yamaha digital keyboard released in 1981 with FM tone generation and touch-sensitive control.

  • 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 DX5

    Japan

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

  • Yamaha TX816

    Japan

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