Retrospective of the world-changing Yamaha DX7 synthesizer

Kevin Boone writes about the Yamaha DX7, which changed everything when it turned up in the mid-1980s: 'the 'Electric Piano 1' preset alone appeared in over 60% of album releases of 1986.' It was serious professional performance equipment, a 'huge, uncompromising lump of ironwork' designed to be thrown into the back of a van. — Read the rest
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