Top 10 Synthesizers Of All Time

I'm a Japanese and so proud of Japanese maker's great contribution to modern pop and rock music world. Thank you very much, all lovers.

Scusate se parlo italiano, sono un tecnico de suono dal 83/04 ho vissuto tutto il periodo di tutte le tastiere presentate.... Incredibile servizio, e una lacrima insieme ai ricordi dei tempi passati Complimenti

Well I purchased my first synth the MiniMoog back in 1973. I was 13 years old. I sold it for the Oberheim OBXA when I went to music school at Ithaca. I was the first student to bring a synthesizer to the school. I also was the first to play it in the Stage Band, “Ithaca Jazz Rock Ensemble”. I love this run through of the 10 best of all time. I am now 62 and moved into VST instruments in my fifties. I have 7 albums out at this time and do “Film Music” as well. I love your style. I love even more your playing of each of your 10 best. The presentation is flawless and you definitely deserve credit for showing when, where and how these synths played into our life long fascination with these iconic Synthesizers! Great job!

Nothing beats the classics! I myself am a proud owner of a reissue MiniMoog, a vintage DX7, D50, and M1, and the new Oberheim OB-X8 and Jupiter X synths. I plan on adding the reissue Prophet 10 and ARP 2600m to my arsenal later this year.

Korg MS20 deserves a honorable mention, fantastic list !

This wasn't just any synth demo video, it was a journey through time and the tour leader knew all the destinations like the back of his hand! Great job, well done!

I think the Juno 60 deserve a place here. Good prepramsble sounds and I think one of the first affordable synths.

Probably the most enthusiastic, energetic musician you could find. Great video man! <3

I am the lucky owner of a CS 80, which I bought in 1991 for the Canadian equivalent of $325 USD. It’s in great shape and it’s not for sale! It was featured pretty extensively on the 2013 album Reflektor, by my fellow Montreal citizens Arcade Fire… I can confirm: it does sound like a dream, Claudio!

I would suggest making a video of modern “copies“ or “rebirths“ of old vintage synthesizers, like the Jupiter 80 by Roland, and then compare them to their original synths. 👍

0:33 Oberheim OB-8 (1983) 1:19 Roland D-50 (1987) - $850 4:36 Prophet-5 (1978) - $11,000 6:28 Korg M1 (1988) - $850 11:20 Yamaha CS-80 (1977) 12:54 Yamaha DX7 (1983) - $1,700 14:30 Roland Jupiter 8 (1981) - $24,000 16:36 Minimoog (1974) - $10,000

Not gonna lie, I watch a lot of synthesizer info videos. This may be the best I’ve ever seen. Your cs80-near-miss-chicken-dance-story-eye-contact had me rolling in the aisles, as it were. That’s the kind of humanity we’re all looking for. Well done; subscribed.

Depeche Mode we’re huge synth music pioneers and were heavy users of Emulator sampling synthesizers. Taking a sample of something like banging on metal pipes, combining it with other instruments and turning it into music was truly groundbreaking in the early 1980’s!

The Juno 106 and JD-800 are two synths I love.

Literally got chills with those beautiful chords on J-8 !

Awesome. Love all these synths and the wonderful sounds they produce.

A series of "The synths of [insert artist] " , what they chose and why and the sounds they created would be interesting. From Vangelis to Howard Jones , Jarre to Floyd , Kraftwerk to The Human League, plenty to go at there. -Mark

Synclavier II and Kurzweil K250. The K250 was the first digital keyboard that had a (very) convincing grand piano sound. The Synclavier was used by many studios and artists like Michael Jackson, Frank Zappa, etc.

Great list. One that I'm surprised not to see is the Ensoniq Mirage - the Mirage really brought sampling to the masses (despite its relatively poor sound quality), as it was a MUCH more affordable way to get into it than the other options available at the time. I worked at a music store in the 80's, and we sold a TON of Mirages.

Great overview!! You hit on so many classics!! I might add the Synclavier! Amazing sound, sequencer, fully weighted piano keyboard, looked amazing, and buttons for all common functions!! Amazing keyboard!!