That is down to the influence of a single instrument: the Yamaha DX7 synthesiser. The DX7 can lay claim to being one of the most important advances in the history of modern popular music.

For better or worse, this synthesizer was king in the 1980s music scene. Sure, there had been synthesizers before, but none acheived the sudden popularity of Yamaha’s DX7. “Take on Me?&… ...

DTronics has created a new hardware controller for the Yamaha DX7 that promises easy use and no menu diving. With its tiny screen and layers of menu options, the DX7 was notoriously hard to program.

When Prince’s personal DX7 synth was sold off last week, it was expected to raise in the region of $25,000. However, it turns out that auction house RR Auction significantly underestimated just how ...