It's hard to imagine today, but in 1986, analogue equipment was stale and passé, yet instruments based on digital synthesis were expensive or unfathomable. Yamaha's DX7 was nicely priced but difficult ...

The reign of analogue synthesis had reached its end as the '80s came to a close. Heck, even the FM synthesis that dealt analogue’s death blow was on notice, supplanted by ROMplers, their meagre ...