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The DX7 put digital synthesis in every studio

Yamaha's 1983 keyboard used frequency modulation instead of analogue circuits It offered bright, glassy tones that analogue instruments could not produce, and it sold in huge numbers. Presets from the machine appear on countless mid-1980s records. Digital pianos and plugins still copy its sounds. It sits in Mondo's music collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Yamaha's 1983 keyboard used frequency modulation instead of analogue circuits. The figure is taken from Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a music fact?: Yes. It sits on the Music shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.