List of synthesizers
The following is a list of notable synthesizers.
| Name | Year | Manufacturer | Ref. | Notes |
| Moog synthesizer | 1965 | Moog Music | First commercial synthesizer | |
| Minimoog | 1970 | Moog Music | First synthesizer sold in retail stores | |
| Prophet-5 | 1978 | Sequential Circuits | First fully programmable polyphonic synthesizer | |
| DX7 | 1983 | Yamaha | First commercially successful digital synthesizer | |
| DX7II | 1987 | Yamaha | ||
| DX1 | 1983 | Yamaha | ||
| TX81Z | 1987 | Yamaha | ||
| DX11 | 1983 | Yamaha | ||
| DX21 | 1985 | Yamaha | ||
| TB-303 | 1981 | Roland | Important to the development of acid house | |
| SH-101 | 1982 | Roland | ||
| Juno-6/Juno-60 | 1982 | Roland | ||
| Jupiter-8 | 1981 | Roland | ||
| JX-3P | 1983 | Roland | ||
| Juno-106 | 1984 | Roland | ||
| D-50 | 1987 | Roland | First synthesizer with digital reverb | |
| JD-800 | 1991 | Roland | ||
| Polysix | 1981 | Korg | ||
| OB-Xa | 1980 | Oberheim | ||
| M1 | 1988 | Korg | Bestselling synthesizer in history | |
| Wavestation | 1990 | Korg | ||
| Fairlight CMI | 1979 | Fairlight | ||
| ARP 2600 | 1971 | ARP | ||
| ARP Odyssey | 1972 | ARP | ||
| Polymoog | 1975 | Moog Music | ||
| VCS3 | 1969 | EMS | ||
| CS-80 | 1976 | Yamaha | ||
| MS-20 | 1978 | Korg | ||
| Wave | 1981 | PPG | ||
| 01/W | 1991 | Korg |