Programmable Dual Channel Polyphonic Synthesiser

A new concept in performance control for keyboard players demonstrated by Dave Bristow.

30 memory programmable six note poly with sequencer

Single oscillator mini synth

FM isn't just for your radio. Yamaha take it to digital keyboards. Prof. Dave Crombie expounds (his case comes up next week).

Programmable Polyphonic FM Synthesizer

An overview of this flagship of the DX range of FM-based synthesisers

In depth.

The new FM synthesis

Mutually exclusive?

the ultimate in FM

A User Report on the Yamaha DX9

Almost entirely overshadowed by its immensely popular elder brother, the DX9 deserves a better deal. Or at least that's what Steve Howell claims in this special user report.

Yamaha's DX1, here at last

Yamaha DX5

Yamaha's follow-up machine to the DX7 is essentially a budget DX1, offering two '7s in one neat package. We take a look at the DX5.

Yamaha DX7 Digital Synthesizer

E&MM's resident FM expert, Jay Chapman, takes a critical flick through the pages of a new book intended to ease the programming on Yamaha's DX7 poly.

Synthcheck

"The ultimate all-rounder," says Curtis Schwartz

Accessorycheck

More preset voices for FM fans. Curtis Schwartz takes his ROMs home

low-priced FM, mega important

Yamaha's DX21 polysynth offers FM sound quality at a low, low price, plus a few features even the DX7 doesn't have. Simon Trask investigates.

Synthcheck

The latest in the ridiculously successful FM series gets its algorithms examined by Tony Mills

Yamaha DX21 synthesiser

The latest in the DX synth series

Yamaha DX5

Merely two DX7s in a box, or a valid addition to the Yamaha range of FM digital keyboards? Simon Trask takes the mid-price algorithm through its paces, and comes to mixed conclusions.

Synthcheck

Yamaha DX7, Casio CZ5000, Juno 106, Korg DW6000, 30 to 1 the field. Commentator, Tony Mills

Yamaha DX21

Synthesist Ian Boddy casts an eager eye over Yamaha's low-cost DX21 polysynth and discovers some little publicised aspects of its performance...