It’s all because of that FM electric piano, reckons Pierre Piscitelli When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Released in 1983, Yamaha ...

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 ...

Yamaha’s modern, affordable alternative to the DX7 is the Reface DX, but we prefer Korg’s Volca FM variant. Despite its compact size, six-operator engine and three-note poly-phony, it’s easier to ...

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 ...

THE 1980s was, by any measure, an eclectic musical decade. It was a time for kohl-eyed kids to strike poses to electro-pop and for the mullet-haired to raise a clenched fist while listening to glam ...