Yamaha DX7S

[+] Excellent condition (MINT) [+] Recently maintained [+] Internal battery recently replaced [+] Used in a smoke-free environment, protected by dust cover when not in use

[+] Includes 2 cartridges -- RAM4 Data Cartridge + DX7S Data ROM [+] Includes modulation pedal [+] Includes sustain pedal [+] Includes X keyboard stand [+] Optional download link to a large library of presets

Selling this synthesizer because I will be moving soon and will not be able to take it with me. If you know you know, this synth is iconic and beautiful. -- The Yamaha DX7 is a synthesizer manufactured by the Yamaha Corporation from 1983 to 1989. It was the first successful digital synthesizer and is one of the best-selling synthesizers in history, selling more than 200,000 units.

In the early 1980s, the synthesizer market was dominated by analog synthesizers. FM synthesis, a means of generating sounds via frequency modulation, was developed by John Chowning at Stanford University, California. FM synthesis created brighter, "glassier" sounds, and could better imitate acoustic sounds such as brass.

Yamaha licensed the technology to create the DX7, combining it with very-large-scale integration chips to lower manufacturing costs. With its complex menus and lack of conventional controls, few learned to program the DX7 in depth. However, its preset sounds became staples of 1980s pop music, used by artists including A-ha, Kenny Loggins, Kool & the Gang, Whitney Houston, Chicago, Phil Collins, Luther Vandross, and Billy Ocean. Its electric piano sound was particularly widely used, especially in power ballads. Producer Brian Eno mastered the programming and it was instrumental to his work in ambient music. (Wikipedia)