Many of these type of sounds are featured in our collection. Synth Leads, Electric Pianos, Organs and Clavis still sounded great on the 4 OP's as they did on their big brother DX7. The "Lately Bass" - which was a preset on the portable DX100 soon became a classic patch that everyone wanted. You could still get a great FM synth bass on the 4 OP synths. While programming the DX21, I quickly found out that for many types of sounds the extra two OP's were not really needed. I bought a DX21 when it was released in 1985 just for that reason. while the DX7 was still selling for about $1500. A typical 4 OP synth would sell for under $500. Yamaha cut the 2 OP's to make FM more affordable. In case your note familiar with the term, "OP" stands for "Operator" - which is essentially the FM term for Oscillator. Yamaha released a whole series of 4 OP, FM synths throughout the 80's which were aimed at the musician who could not afford to purchase the 6 OP DX7.
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