The concept of a music sequencer combined with a synthesizer originated in the late 1970s with the combination of microprocessors, mini-computers, digital synthesis, disk … See more

Although many music workstations have a keyboard, this is not always the case. In the 1990s, Yamaha and Roland released a series of portable … See more

While advances in digital technology have greatly reduced the price of a professional-grade music workstation, the 'time cost' of learning to operate a complex instrument like this cannot be … See more

Examples of early music workstations included the New England Digital Synclavier and the Fairlight CMI.
Key technologies for … See more

By 1982, the Fairlight CMI Series II represented another advance as it now offered more RAM-based sample memory than any other system with an improved sample rate, and in … See more

Yamaha, Roland and Korg now have sampling as a default option with the Yamaha Motif line (introduced 2001), the Roland Fantom series … See more

• White, Paul. "Multitimbrality Explained - Exploration". Sound on Sound (February 1994). Put simply, multitimbral means the ability to play several … See more