That is down to the influence of a single instrument: the Yamaha DX7 synthesiser ... He hawked his new algorithm around some of the most famous makers of electronic musical instruments of the ...

It's the 40th anniversary of the Yamaha DX7, so the ideal time to look back at its impact ... There's a fabulous list of famous songs and their DX 7 preset use here – which we didn't use for this ...

Kevin Boone writes about the Yamaha DX7, which changed everything ... The standard algorithms were shown on the top of the DX7's cabinet, as you can see in the photo below.

Sure, there had been synthesizers before, but none acheived the sudden popularity of Yamaha’s DX7. “Take on Me?” “Highway to the Dangerzone”? That harmonica solo in “What’s Love ...

A typical Yamaha DX7 synthesizer sells for less than $1,000 ... and it even has Prince's handwritten notes taped on top, notes like bass riff and dope drum.