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| The world's largest music company,and celebrated its centenary some years back,one of the oldest too.From a firm base in the piano market,Yamaha,like its rivals,moved into electronics with a range of patchable monophonic synths including the CS5/10/40,and preset organ-top keyboards.The company's willingness to invest time and money in research and development resulted in the revolutionary CS80 polysynth in 1978.With eight-note polyphony,presets and programmable memories,a velocity-responsive |
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| keyboard,dual voice capability,a pitch ribbon controller,and lots of useful extras like a ring modulator,only the lack of MIDI and the enormous bulk of the CS80 prevents it from being in more common use today.With the GS1,Yamaha introduced a prototype version of FM in 1982.The launch of the DX7 in 1983 led to Yamaha's domination of the pro and amateur keyboard market,with a torrent of spin-offs including the TX7,DX1/816/5/21/27/100/81Z/11,modules like the FB01,and a huge range of preset FM home |
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| keyboards with built-in speakers and accompaniment features.Entering the sampling market rather late in the day,Yamaha's TX16W hasn't had the inpact of other manufacturers' products.However,the company is well represented in the drum machine,effects,sequencer and other markets.A recent concentration on multi-timbral modules means that Yamaha is currently without an obvious flagship synth(unless you count the DX7IIFD),but this could change. |
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