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Synth Timeline

The old interactive timeline can be found here (no longer updated).

1996

Spectral Audio ProTone

Technosaurus Selector

Waldorf MiniWorks 4-Pole

Will Systems MAB-303

Yamaha QY700 Sequencer

1997

Alesis NanoBass

Alesis NanoPiano

Alesis NanoSynth

Clavia Nord Lead 2 Rack

E-mu Planet Phatt

Kurzweil PC88MX

Novation Drum Station v2

Novation Super Bass Station

Propellerhead Software ReBirth RB-338

Seer Systems Reality

Sherman Electronics FilterBank

Studio Electronics ATC-1

Syntecno TeeBee

Technosaurus Microcon

Waldorf Microwave II

1998

BitHeadz Retro AS-1

BitHeadz Unity DS-1

Clavia Nord Modular

Doepfer Drehbank

E-mu Audity 2000

Ensoniq ASR-X Pro

Future Retro 777

JoMoX AirBase 99

KeyFax Phat-Boy

Moog Etherwave Theremin

Moog MF-101 Lowpass Filter

Moog MF-102 Ring Modulator

Novation SuperNova

Prosoniq Orange Vocoder

Quasimidi Sirius

Spectral Audio Syntrack

Technosaurus Cyclodon

VAZ Synths VAZ Modular

Waldorf Microwave XT

1999

Bomb Factory Studios Moogerfoogers

Clavia Nord Micro Modular

Creamware Pulsar

E-mu Proteus 2000

Electrix Pro Filter Factory

Electrix Pro Warp Factory

Elektron SidStation

Korg ElecTribe A (EA-1)

Korg ElecTribe R (ER-1)

Korg KAOSS Pad (KP1)

Moog MF-103 12-Stage Phaser

Native Instruments Reaktor

Quasimidi PolyMorph

Red Sound Systems DarkStar

Spectral Audio Neptune

Waldorf Microwave XTk

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