List of classic synthesizers
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This is intended to be a list of classic instruments which marked a turning point in musical sound or style, potentially worth an article of their own. They are listed with the names of performers or styles associated with them. For more synthesizer models see Category:Synthesizers.
- Alesis Andromeda (Duran Duran, Nine Inch Nails)
- ARP 2600 (The Who, Depeche Mode, Stevie Wonder, Weather Report, Edgar Winter, Jean Michel Jarre)
- ARP Odyssey (Gary Numan, Ultravox and their former frontman John Foxx, Styx, Herbie Hancock)
- Buchla Music Box (Morton Subotnick, Suzanne Ciani)
- Casio CZ-101 (Erasure, They Might Be Giants, Moby, Ore)
- Casio VL-1 (Trio)
- Clavia Nord Lead (Polysics, Nine Inch Nails, God Lives Underwater, Zoot Woman, The Weathermen, Jean Michel Jarre)
- EMS VCS3 (Roxy Music, Hawkwind, Pink Floyd, BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Brian Eno, King Crimson)
- E-mu Emulator (The Residents, Queen, Depeche Mode, Deep Purple, Genesis)
- Fairlight CMI (Thomas Dolby, Jean Michel Jarre, Jan Hammer, Peter Gabriel, Herbie Hancock, Queen, Mike Oldfield, Pet Shop Boys, Art of Noise, Kate Bush)
- Hartmann Neuron (Hans Zimmer, Peter Gabriel, Guns N' Roses, David Sylvian)
- Korg DSS-1 (Uriah Heep, Ore, Steve Winwood, Joe Zawinul)
- Korg Karma (Peter Gabriel, Jordan Rudess, Rick Wakeman)
- Korg M1 (Bradley Joseph, Queen, Pet Shop Boys, The Cure)
- Korg Triton (Bradley Joseph, Derek Sherinian}
- Korg Wavestation (Depeche Mode, Gary Numan, Genesis, Jan Hammer)
- Kurzweil K250 (Stevie Wonder, Paul Schaffer)
- Kurzweil K2000 (Jean Michel Jarre, Richard Wright, Duran Duran)
- Lyricon (Michael Brecker, Tom Scott, Chuck Greenberg, Wayne Shorter)
- Moog modular synthesizer (Wendy Carlos, Tomita, Tonto's Expanding Head Band, Emerson, Lake and Palmer)
- Moog Taurus (Rush, Genesis, The Police, U2, The Rentals)
- Minimoog (Gary Numan, Pink Floyd, Rush, Yes, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Stereolab, Devo, George Duke, Rick Wakeman, Sun Ra)
- NED Synclavier (Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Laurie Anderson, Frank Zappa, Pat Metheny Group, Sean Callery)
- Oberheim OB-Xa (Gary Numan, Rush, Prince, Queen, Styx, Supertramp, Van Halen)
- PPG Wave (Rush, Depeche Mode, Gary Numan, Nine Inch Nails, The Fixx, Thomas Dolby)
- Roland D-50 (Jean Michel Jarre, Enya, Erasure, Gary Numan)
- Roland JD-800 (Bradley Joseph, Genesis, Depeche Mode, MC Hammer, Gary Numan,William Orbit)
- Roland JP-8000 (The Crystal Method, Depeche Mode, The Prodigy)
- Roland Jupiter-4 (John Foxx, Duran Duran, The Human League, Simple Minds)
- Roland Jupiter-8 (Queen, Rush, Duran Duran, OMD, Huey Lewis & the News)
- Roland TB-303 (Techno, Acid House)
- Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 (Berlin, Phil Collins, The Cars, Steve Winwood)
- WaveFrame AudioFrame (Peter Gabriel, Stevie Wonder)
- Yamaha DX7 (a-ha, Queen, Rush, Steve Reich, Depeche Mode, Zoot Woman, The Cure, Brian Eno, Howard Jones, Nitzer Ebb, Front 242)
- Yamaha SHS-10 (Showbread)
- Yamaha CS-80 (Vangelis)
