The following is a list of notable synthesizers. + Year Manufacturer Synthesizer Notes Ref.1963BuchlaBuchla Model 100 Series1965Moog MusicMoog synthesizerFirst commercial synthesizer1970Moog MusicMinimoogFirst synthesizer sold in retail stores1970BuchlaBuchla Series 2001978Sequential CircuitsProphet-5First fully programmable polyphonic synthesizer2008Dave Smith InstrumentsProphet '082017Dave Smith InstrumentsProphet Rev 21983YamahaDX7First commercially successful digital synthesizer1987YamahaDX7II1983YamahaDX11987YamahaTX81Z1988YamahaDX111985YamahaDX211981RolandTB-303Important to the development of acid house1982RolandSH-1011982RolandJuno-6 / Juno-601981RolandJupiter-81983RolandJupiter-6First synthesizer with MIDI1983RolandJX-3P1984RolandJuno-1061985RolandAlpha Juno1987RolandD-50First synthesizer with digital reverb1991RolandJD-8001981KorgPolysix1980OberheimOB-Xa1988KorgM1Bestselling synthesizer in history1990KorgWavestation1979FairlightFairlight CMI1971ARPARP 26001972ARPARP OdysseyFirst duophonic synthesizer (capable of playing two notes at once)1975Moog MusicPolymoog1969EMSVCS31976YamahaCS-801978KorgMS-201981PPGWave1991Korg01/W1997Propellerhead SoftwareReBirthOne of the first software synthesizers that could be played in real time via MIDI1996RolandJP-8000Supersaw technology helped popularise trance music.1980New England Digital CorporationSynclavier1984E-mu SystemsEmulator II1984EnsoniqMirage1984Kurzweil Music SystemsKurzweil K2501999ElektronSidStation2012ElektronAnalog Four2018ElektronDigitone
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