From pop to prog, keyboard maestro Geoff Downes charts his journey from auditioning for Wizzard to global success with the ...

The velocity response of the DX7's hardware keyboard (i.e. mapping of the actual key velocity to the internal digital velocity value, which is nominally 127 steps) is to my knowledge not known, so how ...

Few artists can claim to have lived every phase of techno and trance from the inside out, but across nearly four decades as both DJ and producer, Robert Leiner (pictured above, in 1994) is a rare ...

Yamaha has long dominated the professional keyboard market, and their current flagship lineup showcases two very different approaches to music-making. The Montage M8X represents the pinnacle of ...

The Yamaha DX7 didn’t just join the sound of the '80s, it became it. Its metallic, glassy tones were everywhere, from chart-topping pop to moody ballads and genre-defining soundtracks. As one of the ...

The Montage M series represents Yamaha's flagship approach to professional keyboard workstations. Built for musicians who demand versatility, these instruments combine multiple synthesis engines with ...

Ahead of the trans musician’s gig in Dublin on Tuesday October 7th, a look at how a pioneer was rediscovered late in life. In the 80s, Beverly Glenn-Copeland was more well known as a children’s ...

Mariah Carey sat down with Allure to reflect on her most memorable music video outfits In the clip, the pop star looked back on filming for 1994's "All I Want for Christmas" and how she handled being ...

Almost every well-known manufacturer has MIDI keyboards for controlling a digital audio workstation (DAW) and software synthesizers in its range. To stand out from the crowd, M-VAVE recently launched ...

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As the 1970s turned into the 1980s, a significant change was taking hold in the music world in the form of the adoption of electronic instruments, namely synthesizers. Progressive rock bands like ...