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The Yamaha DX7 is a FM Digital Synthesizer manufactured by the Yamaha Corporation from 1983 to 1986. It was the first commercially successful digital synthesizer. Its distinctive sound can be heard on many recordings, especially pop music from the 1980s.
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The Fairlight CMI or computer musical instrument is a digital sampling synthesizer. This midi computer was designed in 1979 by the founders of Fairlight, Peter Vogel and Kim Ryrie. The Fair light CMI music computer is based on a dual-6800 microprocessor computer designed by Tony Furse in Sydney, Australia. It rose to prominence in the early 1980s and competed in the market with the Synclavier from New England Digital.