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Re:Yamaha’s DX7 synthesiser changed modern music by jdontillman on Friday January 01, 2021 @02:30AM (#25601537)
"Hammond Organs are distinct and popular, but nowhere near as ubiquitous as the DX7."

Dude...

There were about 200,000 DX7s manufactured.

There were about 2 million Hammond Organs manufactured.

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Re:Yamaha’s DX7 synthesiser changed modern music by ratww on Friday January 01, 2021 @03:06AM (#25601655)
And Hammond Organs never went out of style.

...okay, maybe in the 80s. But in the 90s/2000s they were back in full force.

One of the best concerts of my life was The Mars Volta in the early 2000s, and Ikey, the keyboard player (RIP) left me speechless with his Hammond soloing.

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Re:Yamaha’s DX7 synthesiser changed modern music by kristjankalm on Friday January 01, 2021 @10:11AM (#25603742)
Could I ask the source for these numbers? I've been trying to find some production numbers for popular synths (including submodels, e.g. all Minimoog or Prophet 5 versions combined etc), but haven't really found anything properly sourced/cited.
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