The Crumar Bit One, introduced in 1984, is a six-voice programmable touch-sensitive synthesizer that represents a compelling entry in the mid-1980s affordable polyphonic synthesizer market. As a hybrid digital/analog instrument, it combines digitally...
The Roland Alpha Juno series, introduced in 1985, includes two analog polyphonic synthesizers: Alpha Juno 1 and 2. Produced until 1987, they were priced at US$895/ UK£575 for the Alpha JunoJ-1 and US$1,295/ UK£799 for the Alpha Juno-2. They share the...
The successor of Matrix series, however, has a feature that strongly distinguishes Matrix-6 from its predecessors: the synthesizer's voices use digitally controlled oscillators (DCO). To build the voices Oberhiem used a specialized chip CEM3396 which...
The Studio Electronics MIDImoog represents an ambitious resurrection of the legendary Minimoog synthesizer, reimagining the classic instrument for the modern era. Released in 1989, this rackmount unit takes the authentic electronics from original...
The Korg MS2000B is a virtual analog synthesizer and vocoder released by Korg in 2003. It is a rack-mountable version of the Korg MS2000, and features two oscillators, two filters, two envelope generators, two LFOs, and a vocoder. It also has a built-in...