Timeline
The History of Synths
Instruments that changed music forever, mapped across time
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Moog
Moog Modular
1964
Minimoog Model D
1970
Polymoog
1975
Prodigy
1979
Memorymoog
1982
Source
1981
Minimoog Voyager
2002
Little Phatty
2006
Sub 37
2014
Model D Reissue
2016
Moog One
2018
Grandmother
2018
Matriarch
2019
Roland
SH-1000
1973
System-100
1975
Jupiter-4
1979
Jupiter-8
1981
Juno-6
1982
SH-101
1982
Juno-106
1984
D-50
1987
JP-8000
1996
V-Synth
2003
Fantom-X
2004
System-1
2014
JD-XA
2015
System-8
2016
Jupiter-X
2019
GAIA 2
2023
Yamaha
GX-1
1973
CS-80
1977
CS-50
1977
DX7
1983
DX1
1983
SY77
1989
VL1
1994
AN1x
1997
EX5
1998
Motif ES
2003
Motif XS
2007
Montage
2016
MODX
2018
Montage M
2023
ARP
ARP Odyssey
1972
ARP 2600
1971
ARP Omni
1975
ARP Quadra
1978
ARP Chroma
1982
Korg ARP Odyssey
2015
Sequential
Prophet-5
1978
Prophet-10
1980
Pro-One
1981
Prophet-600
1982
Prophet VS
1986
Prophet '08
2007
Prophet 12
2013
Prophet-6
2015
OB-6
2016
Prophet Rev2
2017
Prophet-5 Rev4
2020
Take 5
2021
Trigon-6
2022
Oberheim
Four-Voice
1975
OB-X
1979
OB-Xa
1981
OB-8
1983
Matrix-12
1985
OB-X8
2022
TEO-5
2023
Korg
MS-20
1978
PS-3300
1977
Polysix
1981
Poly-800
1983
M1
1988
Wavestation
1990
Trinity
1995
Prophecy
1995
microKORG
2002
OASYS
2005
KRONOS
2011
MS-20 Mini
2013
Minilogue
2016
Prologue
2018
Wavestate
2020
Opsix
2021
Nautilus
2021
EMS
VCS3 + DK1
1969
Synthi A
1971
Synthi AKS
1972
Fairlight
CMI I
1979
CMI II
1982
CMI III
1985
E-mu
Emulator I
1981
Emulator II
1984
Emulator III
1987
Ensoniq
Mirage
1984
ESQ-1
1986
VFX
1989
EPS-16+
1990
PPG
Wave 2
1981
Wave 2.2
1982
Wave 2.3
1984
Waldorf
Wave
1993
Q
1999
Quantum
2018
Quantum MK2
2023
Kurzweil
K250
1984
K2000
1991
K2500
1996
K2600
1999
Nord
Nord Lead
1995
Nord Lead 2
1997
Nord Lead 3
2001
Nord Lead 4
2013
Access
Virus KB
1998
Virus TI
2005
Virus TI2
2009
Casio
CZ-101
1984
CZ-5000
1985
CZ-1
1986
VZ-1
1988
Arturia
MiniBrute
2012
MatrixBrute
2016
MicroFreak
2019
PolyBrute
2020
MiniFreak
2022
PolyBrute 12
2024
ASM
Hydrasynth Keyboard
2019
Hydrasynth Deluxe
2021
Modal
Argon8
2019
Cobalt8
2020
Carbon8
2024
UDO
Super 6
2020
Super Gemini
2023
Elektron
Analog Keys
2013
Alesis
Andromeda A6
2000
Ion
2003
Behringer
DeepMind 12
2016
Poly D
2019
Odyssey
2019
UB-Xa
2024