Musicians in the 1980s had a love-hate relationship with Yamaha’s DX7 synthesizer. Its digital sound engine was unlike the analog synths that came before it, and created a unique timbre, but the thing ...

We’re used to seeing firmware updates for synths released in the recent past, but how about one for an instrument that came to market 40 years ago? We’re talking about the DX9, a Yamaha synth that was ...

SYNTH WEEK 2024: After the incredible leaps in synthesizer technology that were made in the late '70s, 1980 could be regarded as the year that was the calm before the beautiful storm. There weren’t ...

Music Tech Showcase 2021: The DX7 has claimed its rightful and prominent place in synthesizer history for a range of reasons, good and bad. On the one hand it harnessed a novel type of all-digital ...

A typical synth sells for less than $1000. Prince's, which is up for auction, could fetch as much as $25,000 Synth Used By Prince In 'Purple Rain' Album Up For Sale NOEL KING, HOST: Good morning. I'm ...

Although there might have been other music produced or recorded in the 1980s, we may never know of its existence due to the cacophony of all of the various keytars, drum machines, and other ...

40 years after its release, an alternative ROM removes some of the DX9's artificial limitations When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.