List of synthesizers

The following is a list of notable synthesizers.

Year	Manufacturer	Synthesizer	Notes	Ref.
1963	Buchla	Buchla Model 100 Series		[1]
1965	Moog Music	Moog synthesizer	First commercial synthesizer	[2]
1970	Moog Music	Minimoog	First synthesizer sold in retail stores[3]	[4]
1970	Buchla	Buchla Series 200		[1]
1978	Sequential Circuits	Prophet-5	First fully programmable polyphonic synthesizer	[5]
2008	Dave Smith Instruments	Prophet '08		[6]
2017	Dave Smith Instruments	Prophet Rev 2		[7]
1983	Yamaha	DX7	First commercially successful digital synthesizer	[5]
1987	Yamaha	DX7II		[8]
1983	Yamaha	DX1		[5]
1987	Yamaha	TX81Z		[5]
1988	Yamaha	DX11		[5]
1985	Yamaha	DX21		[5]
1981	Roland	TB-303	Important to the development of acid house	[9]
1982	Roland	SH-101		[5]
1982	Roland	Juno-6 / Juno-60		[10]
1981	Roland	Jupiter-8		[11]
1983	Roland	Jupiter-6	First synthesizer with MIDI	[11]
1983	Roland	JX-3P		[11]
1984	Roland	Juno-106		[10]
1985	Roland	Alpha Juno		[12]
1987	Roland	D-50	First synthesizer with digital reverb	[13]
1991	Roland	JD-800		[14]
1981	Korg	Polysix		[10]
1980	Oberheim	OB-Xa		[15]
1988	Korg	M1	Bestselling synthesizer in history	[16]
1990	Korg	Wavestation		[14]
1979	Fairlight	Fairlight CMI		[5]
1971	ARP	ARP 2600		[14]
1972	ARP	ARP Odyssey	First duophonic synthesizer (capable of playing two notes at once)	[5]
1975	Moog Music	Polymoog		[17]
1969	EMS	VCS3		[5]
1976	Yamaha	CS-80		[5]
1978	Korg	MS-20		[5]
1981	PPG	Wave		[5]
1991	Korg	01/W		[18]
1997	Propellerhead Software	ReBirth	One of the first software synthesizers that could be played in real time via MIDI	[19]
1996	Roland	JP-8000	Supersaw technology helped popularise trance music.	[20]