Keyboard Synthesizers
Classic monophonic and polyphonic keyboard synths, analog and digital.
How to read the icons: Stacked arcs show polyphony — more arcs means more voices.
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Browse 56 keyboard synthesizers
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Minimoog Model D
1970 · Monophonic Keyboard
Bassists and lead synth players wanting the definitive analog mono-synth tone.
$$$$Collector-GradeCompare - Roland8-voice poly
Jupiter-8
1981 · Polyphonic Keyboard
Studios wanting a lush, wide analog pad and brass sound for film-score-style production.
$$$$Collector-GradeCompare - Sequential Circuits5-voice poly
Prophet-5
1978 · Polyphonic Keyboard
Producers wanting the iconic analog polysynth pad/lead sound of late-70s/80s records.
$$$$Collector-GradeCompare - Yamaha16-voice poly
DX7
1983 · Polyphonic Keyboard
Producers wanting the definitive glassy 80s FM electric-piano and bass sounds.
$$Mid-RangeCompare - RolandMono
TB-303 Bass Line
1981 · Monophonic Keyboard
Acid house and techno producers wanting the original squelchy bass-line sequencer sound.
$$$$Collector-GradeCompare - Roland6-voice poly
Juno-106
1984 · Polyphonic Keyboard
Producers wanting an affordable, in-tune analog pad/string sound with built-in chorus.
$$$PremiumCompare - Oberheim8-voice poly
OB-Xa
1981 · Polyphonic Keyboard
Composers wanting the bold, brassy analog pad sound heard on classic 80s film scores.
$$$$Collector-GradeCompare - Korg6-voice poly
Polysix
1981 · Polyphonic Keyboard
Budget-conscious producers wanting analog polyphony plus a built-in step sequencer.
$$$PremiumCompare - RolandMono
SH-101
1982 · Monophonic Keyboard
Live performers wanting a portable, strap-on analog bass/lead synth with a built-in sequencer.
$$$PremiumCompare - Sequential Circuits6-voice poly
Prophet-600
1982 · Polyphonic Keyboard
Producers wanting an affordable, historically important analog polysynth with real MIDI.
$$$PremiumCompare - MoogMono
Source
1981 · Monophonic Keyboard
Moog enthusiasts wanting the classic ladder-filter tone in a more compact, memory-equipped synth.
$$$PremiumCompare - Korg4-voice poly
Mono/Poly
1981 · Polyphonic Keyboard
Producers wanting huge stacked-oscillator analog basslines with a built-in sequencer.
$$$PremiumCompare - ARP2-voice poly
Odyssey
1972 · Polyphonic Keyboard
Producers wanting the punchy, duophonic analog lead/bass sound heard across funk and electro records.
$$$PremiumCompare - Roland8-voice poly
D-50
1987 (popular through the 90s) · Polyphonic Keyboard
Producers chasing the distinctive late-80s/90s 'Linear Arithmetic' digital synth sound at a genuinely affordable price.
$$Mid-RangeCompare - Roland24-voice poly
JD-800
1991 · Polyphonic Keyboard
Producers wanting hands-on, slider-based control over a genuinely dense and distinctive 90s digital synth engine.
$$$PremiumCompare - Roland64-voice poly
JV-1080
1994 · Polyphonic Keyboard
Budget producers wanting a huge, expandable 90s digital sound library in module form for very little money.
$BudgetCompare - Korg32-voice poly
X5
1994 · Polyphonic Keyboard
Producers on a tight budget wanting a genuine full-keyboard 90s Korg workstation for next to nothing.
$BudgetCompare - Korg32-voice poly
01/W
1991 · Polyphonic Keyboard
Producers wanting an influential, full-featured 90s all-in-one workstation with a real sequencer built in.
$$Mid-RangeCompare - Ensoniq20-voice poly
TS-10
1992 · Polyphonic Keyboard
Producers wanting a genuinely capable, overlooked early-90s workstation at a below-market price purely due to brand obscurity.
$BudgetCompare - Yamaha16-voice poly
SY35
1992 · Polyphonic Keyboard
Budget producers wanting Yamaha's distinctive vector-synthesis sound and joystick control for very little money.
$BudgetCompare - Yamaha16-voice poly
TG33
1991 · Polyphonic Keyboard
Producers wanting the SY35's vector-synthesis engine as a compact, MIDI-controlled rack module.
$BudgetCompare - KorgMono
Prophecy
1995 · Monophonic Keyboard
Producers wanting genuine physical-modeling synthesis for expressive lead and bass lines, not chordal work.
$$Mid-RangeCompare - Korg12-voice poly
Z1
1997 · Polyphonic Keyboard
Sound designers wanting polyphonic physical-modeling synthesis, a genuinely rare combination in any era.
$$$PremiumCompare - Waldorf8-voice poly
Microwave
1995 · Polyphonic Keyboard
Sound designers wanting genuine PPG-lineage wavetable synthesis through real analog filters, in rack-module form.
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