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The synthesizer and keyboard producing industry has come a long way since the time of synthesizer pioneers like Robert Moog, Dave Smith and Tom Oberheim. While the first modular synthesizers were just as big as a small apartment, nowadays similar computer based reproductions are plug ins in a software music recording system such as Digidesign's Pro Tools or Steinberg's Cubase and Nuendo. The early synthesizers were priced highly and are still valued by music professionals and connoisseurs, with prices easily surpassing ten thousands of US dollars in twentieth century's seventies. With such amounts of money you could buy a house in the suburbs or drive a Ferrari. Nowadays, some of such software replicas are available as downloads on the internet, free of charge. When the music industry got wind of the new invention, back in the days, the skyrocketing popularity necessitated the demand to be met and many companies tried to jump the bandwagon and provide the needy crowd of musicians and wannabes with synthesizers. This building frenzy culminated with the release of the first workstation synthesizer Korg M-1, after which the whole industry started to fall apart. The market was oversaturated with hundreds of various sound producing keyboards and |
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