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A digital synthesizer is a synthesizer that uses digital signal processing techniques to make musical sounds, in contrast to older analog synthesizers, which produce music using analog electronics, an
Jordan Rudess performing with a digital synth
EMS MUSYS-3 (1970) (based on Nunzio 2014)
Fairlight CMI series II (1982), exhibited at NAMM Show
The GS-1 (1980) was the first commercial digital synthesizer by Yamaha based on FM synthesis. For $16,000, the buyer also got a desktop computer for programming it.
Frequency modulation synthesis is a form of sound synthesis whereby the frequency of a waveform is changed by modulating its frequency with a modulating source known as an operator. The frequency of a
Digital synthesizer
…FM synthesizer. Early commercial digital synthesizers used simple hard-wired digital circuitry to implement techniques such as additive synthesis and FM synthesis. Other techniques, such as wavetable synthesis and physical modeling, only became possible with the advent of high-speed microprocessor and digital…
Digital frequency modulation synthesis was developed by John Chowning.
Yamaha DX7 FM digital synthesizer (1983)