In 1983 Sequential Circuits focused on the Japanese market, dominated by Yamaha, Roland and Korg. To launch the product aimed at a Japanese buyer, local factories were given the original operating system of Six-Trak synthesizer and Curtis CEM3394 chip....
Moog Music was among of the brands which mastered the new synthesizer format intrinsic to the rock era. Keytar allowed the keyboardists to move around the stage as easily as guitar players did. To reduce the weight on the shoulders of the "keytarists",...
In 1985 at the music fair in Milan Prophet 2000 was introduced - the first sampler made by SCI. Compared to its predecessors (E-mu Emulator and Ensoniq Mirage), the synthesizer got the sample rate almost twice bigger (12 bits versus 8) and offered quite...
The Novation Peak is a polyphonic synthesizer that combines digital oscillators with analog filters and a powerful modulation engine. It features 8-voice polyphony, 3 oscillators per voice, and a 16-slot modulation matrix. It also has a built-in arpeggiator, step sequencer, and a variety of effects.