Yamaha surprised the market with dueling back-to-back synthesizer releases, the DX7 and DX1, only months apart, but the differences were massive.

Huge thanks to Yamaha's synthesizer team for helping me put this video together. They gave me a ton of resources and helped me with my researches. This video wouldn't have happened without them.

For better or worse, this synthesizer was king in the 1980s music scene. Sure, there had been synthesizers before, but none acheived the sudden popularity of Yamaha’s DX7. “Take on Me?&… ...

Yamaha surprised the market with dueling back-to-back synthesizer releases, the DX7 and DX1, only months apart, but the differences were massive.

His name might be synonymous with the likes of Oberheim’s OB synth range and the Linn LM-1 drum machine, but Prince used many other electronic instruments, too. It’s said that, prior to recording his ...

A website uses AI to generate usable patches for Yamaha's classic DX7 synthesizer.

From the '70s onward, synthesizers have been just as integral to pop music as electric guitars. Yamaha (along with a handful of other brands like Roland, Korg and Sequential) has served as an ...

Yamaha Montage7 For more than 40 years, Yamaha has developed industry-leading synthesizers, from the revolutionary DX7 in the 1980s to the renowned Motif series – one of the best-selling ...

Yamaha, in turn, took the research and unleashed the first big digital synthesizer, the DX7, in 1983. If video killed the radio star, then Chowning killed analog. He made digital instruments possible.

Good morning. I'm Noel King. A typical Yamaha DX7 synthesizer sells for less than $1,000. But this isn't any old DX7. It's the one Prince used on his 1984 album "Purple Rain." It's up for auction ...