top 10 synths

A top ten synthesizer list compiled by whoever operates this website....

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#10.  Oberheim OB-1 :  An Oberheim

monosynth with patch memory!

#9.  Yamaha DX-7 : State-of-the-art

FM synthesis that was THE keyboard

to have in the 1980’s.

#8.  Yamaha CS-80, the massive

prog rock beast that everyone wanted

but virtually no one actually had.

#7.  Fairlight CMI, the tremendously

expensive sample-playback instrument

that turned heads everywhere.

#6.  Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 :

Pace-setting analog polysynth.

#5.  ARP 2600 : The definitive semi-

modular analog synth heard on lots of

big records in the 70’s.  Not for us

mortals.

#4.  ARP Odyssey : Didn’t sound like a

Minimoog, didn’t cost as much as a

Minimoog, and was much more simple

to intuitively program.

#3.  Roland Jupiter 8 : The mother of

all 80’s analog polysynths that was as

incredible to look at as it was to play.

#2.  Moog Voyager : What’s not to love

about a Minimoog with full MIDI 

implementation, patch memory, and

backlit controls?

#1.  Access Virus TI : State-of-the-art

polyphonic VA synth that sounds

gorgeous, is 16-part multitimbral with

dedicated effects and arpeggiators 

for each part.  An amazingly versatile

synthesizer.