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SYNTHTYPEYEARUSED PRICE
Akai MPC 60Pads, swing, and the sampler that built hip-hop records. Sampler 1988 $1,200–$2,000 Elektron Digitakt
Eight-track sampler groovebox with Elektron sequencing. Sampler 2017 $600–$850 Korg MS-20
The patchable scream machine that taught a generation to hate and love filters. Mono semi-modular 1978 $800–$1,200 ARP Solina String Ensemble
The $600 orchestra that carried disco on its back. String machine 1974 $800–$1,400 Korg Polysix
Unison, ensemble, and a battery that will eat the board if you wait. Analog poly 1981 $700–$1,200 Moog Mother-32
A modern semi-modular that still sounds like a Moog. Semi-modular 2015 $500–$700 Moog Minimoog Model D
Three oscillators, a ladder filter, and the bass sound that defined analog. Mono 1970 $3,500–$5,000 Oberheim OB-Xa
Jump's brass, stacked and slightly unhinged. Analog poly 1980 $5,000–$8,000 PPG Wave 2.2
The wavetable original: glassy, brittle, and still expensive. Wavetable 1982 $6,000–$9,000 Roland CR-78
The preset box that put In the Air Tonight on a click. Drum machine 1978 $1,200–$2,000 Roland D-50
Linear Arithmetic pads that still show up on film cues. LA digital 1987 $400–$700 Roland Juno-60
Arpeggiator, punchier envelopes, DCB not MIDI. Analog poly 1982 $1,800–$2,600 Roland Jupiter-8
The flagship analog poly every 80s session chased. Analog poly 1981 $12,000–$18,000 Roland JX-3P
Same era as the 106, with PG-200 programmer energy. Analog poly 1983 $700–$1,100 Roland SH-101
Shoulder-strap bass and the sequencer that never quit. Mono 1982 $1,000–$1,600 Roland Juno-106
6-voice DCO poly, MIDI, the safe first analog Analog poly 1984 $900–$1,400 Roland System-100
Roland's first semi-modular, still patched in studios. Semi-modular 1975 $2,000–$4,000 Roland TB-303
A commercial flop that invented acid house. Bass mono 1981 $2,500–$4,000 Roland TR-808
The analog drum machine that became a genre. Drum machine 1980 $4,000–$7,000 Roland TR-909
Analog kick, sampled hats, and four-on-the-floor forever. Drum machine 1983 $5,000–$8,000 Roland VP-330
Vocoder plus ensemble: the choir in a suitcase. Vocoder / ensemble 1979 $2,500–$4,000 Sequential Prophet-5
The first programmable analog poly, and still the one studios keep in tune. Analog poly 1978 $4,000–$6,500 Teenage Engineering OP-1
A portable studio that looks like a toy and isn't. Groovebox 2011 $800–$1,200 Waldorf Microwave
PPG's German successor in a 2U rack. Wavetable 1989 $800–$1,400 Yamaha DX7
32 algorithms, zero knobs, and a sound nobody could copy for a decade. FM digital 1983 $400–$700