Re:Yamaha’s DX7 synthesiser changed modern music
by type0 on Friday January 01, 2021 @06:14AM
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> I dunno... I disagree with the assertion that the DX7 was the synth that made synth music mainstream.
For a polyphonic synth though it was a game-changer, it did make it affordable, but so did sh-101 and countless other synths but those weren't polyphonic. Roland Juno could be said, it wasn't revolutionary but more evolutionary in electronic music making. Here's a good article on DCO vs VCO https://blog.thea.codes/the-design-of-the-juno-dco/ and recent discussion here:
Re:Yamaha’s DX7 synthesiser changed modern music
by ratww on Friday January 01, 2021 @06:52AM
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I don't disagree about its technical merits as a synth, as an instrument, or what it did to music makers. I was merely disputing the claim that it made synth music mainstream.
For a polyphonic synth though it was a game-changer, it did make it affordable, but so did sh-101 and countless other synths but those weren't polyphonic. Roland Juno could be said, it wasn't revolutionary but more evolutionary in electronic music making. Here's a good article on DCO vs VCO https://blog.thea.codes/the-design-of-the-juno-dco/ and recent discussion here:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25598656