Editing Synclavier (section)

== Notable users ==
{{trivia|date=November 2017}}
[[File:Pat Metheny Venice.jpg|thumb|[[Pat Metheny]] playing [[guitar synthesizer]]; in the 1980s, he played Synclavier with this guitar controller (Roland G-303), in addition to an early Synclavier guitar controller.<ref name="joness">
{{citation
 | author	= Nicholas Webb
 | title	= Interview with Roland GR User Pat Metheny
 | url  	= http://www.joness.com/gr300/metheny.htm
 | work 	= Roland GR-300 Modification and More
 | publisher	= Wayne Scott Joness (Composer) 
}}</ref><ref name="G-303">
{{citation
 | title	= Roland G-303 Guitar Synthesizer Controller
 | url  	= http://www.joness.com/gr300/G-303.htm
 | work 	= Roland GR-300 Modification and More
 | publisher	= Wayne Scott Joness (Composer) 
}}</ref>]]

{{Quote|Neil Rolnick, Joel Chadabe, and Jon Appleton himself are among those who have performed with it frequently.<ref>Schwartz, Elliott and Godfrey, Daniel (1993). ''Music Since 1945'', p.358. Schirmer. {{ISBN|0-02-873040-2}}.</ref>}}

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* [[Laurie Anderson]] is credited with using the Synclavier on her albums ''[[Mister Heartbreak]]'' (1984), ''[[United States Live]]'' (1984) and the 1986 soundtrack album ''[[Home of the Brave (soundtrack)|Home of the Brave]]''.
* [[Wally Badarou]]: used the Synclavier II on [[Level 42]] and solo studio albums, as well as on the 1985 ''[[Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985 film)|Kiss of the Spider Woman]]'' movie additional soundtrack.<ref>{{cite magazine| magazine= [[Keyboard Magazine]]| title= Unknown | first= | last= | date= May 1986| page= 69}}</ref>
* [[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]] of [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] used a Synclavier II (ORK version) on the albums ''[[Genesis (Genesis album)|Genesis]]'' (1983) and ''[[Invisible Touch]]'' (1986) and their respective tours, along with solo albums and soundtracks of that period, notably on "[[Mama (Genesis song)|Mama]]" and "[[Home by the Sea]]".<ref>
{{Cite web
 | title	= Keyboard
 | url  	= http://tonybanks.lakeofsilence.de/keyb.htm
 | work 	= Tony Banks unofficial website
 | publisher	= lakeofsilence.de
}}</ref>
* [[Christopher Boyes]], supervising sound editor/sound designer for the 2009 film ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'', used the Synclavier for blending or layering different sound effects and matching pitches.<ref>
{{cite magazine
 | author	= Blair Jackson
 | title	= Avator&nbsp;– Jame Cameron and Audio Team Create a New World of Futuristic Sounds
 | date	= Jan 1, 2010
 | magazine	= Mix
 | publisher	= Penton Media
 | url	= http://mixonline.com/post/features/avatar-0110/
 | url-status	= dead
 | archive-url	= https://web.archive.org/web/20100713021441/http://mixonline.com/post/features/avatar-0110/
 | archive-date	= 2010-07-13
 }}</ref>
* [[Joel Chadabe]]: composer/founder of [[Electronic Music Foundation]]. In September 1977 he bought the first Synclavier without musical keyboard (ORK) and wrote custom software to control the Synclavier via various devices.<ref name="chadabe2001" />
* [[Suzanne Ciani]] used a Synclavier to design sounds for the Bally ''[[Xenon (pinball)|Xenon]]'' pinball game released in 1980.<ref>
{{cite web
 | title	= Omni-Suzanne Ciani
 | website=[[YouTube]] | url  	= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC8O5HPvfsg
}}</ref>
* [[The Church (band)|The Church]] used it on "[[Under the Milky Way]]" (1988). The way it is arranged gives a sound similar to [[bagpipes]].<ref name="Lurie">{{cite book | first = Robert Dean | last = Lurie | title = No Certainty Attached: Steve Kilbey and The Church | location = [[Portland OR]] | publisher = Verse Chorus Press | year = 2009 | page = 182 | isbn = 978-1-89124-122-2}}</ref>
* [[Chick Corea]] used the Synclavier on various [[Elektric Band]] albums from 1986 to 1991 as well as various Elektric Band tours.<ref>
{{cite book
 | last1	= Darter    | first1 = Tom
 | last2	= Doerschuk | first2 = Bob
 | editor	= Ernie Rideout
 | chapter	= The state of the artist
 | chapter-url  	= https://books.google.com/books?id=liknOblq79YC&pg=PA17
 | title	= Keyboard Presents the Best of the '80s: The Artists, Instruments, and Techniques of an Era
 | pages	= 15&ndash;19
 | publisher	= Hal Leonard Corporation
 | year 	= 2008
 | isbn 	= 978-0-87930-930-5
}}</ref>
* [[Crimson Glory]] used acoustic drums blended with Synclavier-sampled drums on their 1988 album ''[[Transcendence (Crimson Glory album)|Transcendence]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Maximum Metal |url=http://www.maximummetal.com/columns/rusted/col-rusted.asp?page=31 |title=Crimson Glory - Transcendence |date=December 1, 2007}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=April 2019}}
* [[Paul Davis (singer)|Paul Davis]]: singer/songwriter,<ref>
{{cite web
 | year 	= 2007
 | title	= yahoo groups interview with Paul Davis
 | url          = http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/paul_davis/message/257/
}}{{dead link|date=December 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> producer at Monarch Sound in Atlanta.<ref>
{{cite magazine
 | last	= Droney
 | first	= Maureen
 | date	= September 1, 2001
 | title	= Dave Hard Drive Pensado
 | url	= http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_dave_hard_drive/
 | magazine	= Mix
 | publisher	= Penton Media
 | location	= Los Angeles
 | access-date	= September 8, 2010
 | url-status	= dead
 | archive-url	= https://web.archive.org/web/20110414131532/http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_dave_hard_drive/
 | archive-date	= April 14, 2011
 }}</ref>
* [[Depeche Mode]] had access to producer [[Daniel Miller (music producer)|Daniel Miller]]'s Synclavier, which was responsible for the character of the sound of the albums ''[[Construction Time Again]]'' (1983), ''[[Some Great Reward]]'' (1984) and ''[[Black Celebration]]'' (1986).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://roberthenke.com/interviews/depeche_mode.html|title=Remixing Depeche Mode|website=roberthenke.com}}</ref>
* [[Vince DiCola]]: used the Synclavier extensively in creating studio albums; also for soundtracks ''[[Rocky IV]]'' (1985) and ''[[The Transformers The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|The Transformers: The Movie]]'' (1986).<ref>{{cite magazine| magazine= Keyboard Magazine| title= Unknown | first= | last= | date= May 1985| page= 40}}</ref>
* [[Duran Duran]] used a Synclavier on the 1984 single "[[The Reflex]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=Interview With Nile Rodgers |url=http://arpjournal.com/interview-with-nile-rodgers/ |website=Journal on the Art of Record Production |access-date=24 June 2018 |archive-date=25 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625021556/http://arpjournal.com/interview-with-nile-rodgers/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Patrick Gleeson]]: film score composer. Used the Synclavier to score ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' (1979) and ''[[The Plague Dogs (film)|The Plague Dogs]]'' (1982).<ref>
{{cite web
 | year         = 2008
 | title        = Synth Pioneers: Patrick Gleeson
 | url          = http://www.endlessgroove.com/issue1/gleeson.htm
 | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20041215032044/http://www.endlessgroove.com/issue1/gleeson.htm
 | url-status   = usurped
 | archive-date = December 15, 2004
 | website      = endlessgroove.com
 | publisher    =
}}</ref>
* [[Lourett Russell Grant]] used a Synclavier on the 1979 disco hit "Hot to Trot".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lourettrussellgrant.com/|title=Lourett Russell Grant |website= Lourettrussellgrant.com}}</ref>
* [[Paul Hardcastle]]: composer and musician.<ref>
{{cite web
 | year 	= 2012
 | title	= List of synclavier users
 | url  	= http://www.500sound.com/users.html
 | website  = 500sound.com
 | publisher= 
 | first    = 
 | last     =
}}</ref>
* [[Robert Henke]]: composer, musician and software engineer. Often recording under the moniker [[Monolake]], Henke renovated a Synclavier II and used sampled FM from it on various releases.<ref>{{cite web
 | title	= Studio
 | url	= http://www.roberthenke.com/technology/studio.html
 | website	= roberthenke.com
 | publisher	= Robert Henke
 | access-date	= 2018-02-05
 | archive-date	= 2018-04-24
 | archive-url	= https://web.archive.org/web/20180424124000/http://www.roberthenke.com/technology/studio.html
 | url-status	= dead
 }}</ref>
* [[Michael Hoenig]]: film scoring work on the Synclavier, including the 1986 action-fantasy film, ''[[The Wraith]]''.<ref name="Amato1986">
{{cite magazine
 | last 	= Amato | first = Mia
 | date 	= July 12, 1986
 | title	= NED Synclavier Seminar Offers Sound Solutions
 | url  	= https://books.google.com/books?id=siQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT40
 | magazine	= Billboard
 | volume	= 98 | issue = 28 | page = 40
 | issn 	= 0006-2510
 | publisher	= Nielsen Business Media, Inc.
}}</ref>
* [[Trevor Horn]]: used the Synclavier to produce records by [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]], [[Yes (band)|Yes]], and [[Grace Jones]]' 1985 album ''[[Slave to the Rhythm (album)|Slave to the Rhythm]]'', among others.<ref>
{{cite book
 | last 	= Warner | first = Timothy
 | year	= 2003
 | title	= Pop music: technology and creativity : Trevor Horn and the digital revolution
 | url  	= https://books.google.com/books?id=NWQ6xfA5hfQC&pg=PA130
 | series	= Ashgate popular and folk music
 | publisher	= Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
 | isbn		= 0-7546-3132-X
 | pages	= 130&ndash;131
}}</ref>
* [[Marlon Jackson]]: used by Marlon Jackson and co-producer Winston Johnson on the single [[Don't Go (Marlon Jackson song)|"Don't Go.]]"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Marlon Jackson -- Don't Go |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/174480-Marlon-Jackson-Dont-Go |access-date=March 1, 2024 |website=Discogs|date=1987 }}</ref>
* [[Michael Jackson]]: particularly on his 1982 album ''[[Thriller (Michael Jackson album)|Thriller]]'', programming by [[Steve Porcaro]], Brian Banks, and [[Anthony Marinelli]]. The gong sound at the beginning of "[[Beat It]]" comes courtesy of the Synclavier.<ref>
{{cite book
 | last 	= Milner | first = Greg
 | year 	= 2009
 | title	= Perfecting Sound Forever: An Aural History of Recorded Music
 | url  	= https://books.google.com/books?id=KuPkMAsPDQQC&pg=PA323
 | publisher	= Macmillan
 | isbn 	= 978-0-571-21165-4
 | page 	= 323
}}</ref> The Synclavier was extensively used on Jackson's 1987 album ''[[Bad (album)|Bad]]'' and on [[Bad (tour)|its accompanying tour]], programmed and played by Christopher Currell.<ref name=SPIN1991>
{{cite magazine
 | title      = The Third Dimension
 | magazine   = SPIN
 | issn       = 0886-3032
 | publisher  = SPIN Media LLC
 | date = July 1991
 | volume     = 7 | issue = 4
 | page       = [https://books.google.com/books?id=wbkGT02oWs4C&pg=PA26 26]
 | quote      = {{smaller|''Christopher Currell, the Los Angeles-based Synclavier performer and engineer on Michael Jackson's Bad album''}}
}}
</ref> The Synclavier was also used by Andrew Scheps to slice and edit Jackson's beatboxing on his 1995 album ''[[HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I|HIStory.]]''<ref name=GearslutzRob>
{{cite web
 | title     = Gearslutz - "Post here if you worked on Michael Jackson's DANGEROUS album"
 | url       = https://www.gearslutz.com/board/4340981-post204.html
}}</ref>
* [[Eddie Jobson]]: the 1985 album ''[[Theme of Secrets]]'' was completely made with a Synclavier.<ref name=Keyboard1986>
{{cite magazine
 | title     = ''unknown''
 | magazine  = [[Keyboard (magazine)|Keyboard]]
 | issn      = 0730-0158
 | publisher = GPI Publications
 | date = 1986
 | volume    = 12
 | page      = 24
 | quote     =  ''Eddie Jobson / Theme of Secrets / Jobson is one of those highly talented keyboard players ... this time it's strictly Jobson and a Synclavier-a boy and his synthesizer.''
}}{{Verification needed|date=July 2015}}
</ref><ref name=SchwannSpectrum1991>
{{cite magazine
 | title      = ''unknown''
 | magazine   = Schwann Spectrum
 | publisher  = ABC Consumer Magazines
 | date = 1991
 | volume     = 2 | issue = 3~4
 | page       = 338
 | quote      =  {{smaller|''Jobson, Eddie Jobson, Eddie -Theme Of Secrets (music for Synclavier) Pnvale Music''}}
}}{{Verification needed|date=July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kSEbtY6IkTgC&pg=PA33 |page=33 |title=Advertisement: Private Artists |author=[[Private Music]] |date=March 1988 |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |volume=3 |number=10 |issn=0886-3032}}</ref>
* [[Shane Keister]]: used in the 1987 American comedy film ''[[Ernest Goes to Camp]]''.<ref name=Keyboard1987>
{{cite magazine
 | title      = United States
 | magazine   = [[Keyboard (magazine)|Keyboard]]
 | issn       = 0730-0158
 | publisher = GPI Publications
 | date = 1987
 | volume     = 13 | issue = 7~12
 | page       = 30
 | quote      =  {{smaller|''Nashville synthesist Shane Keister, using a Fairlight and Synclavier, scored Ernest Goes To Camp, the just-released ...''}}
}}{{Verification needed|date=July 2015}}
</ref><ref>{{cite news| title= Ending titles| work= [[Ernest Goes to Camp]]| date= 1987 | publisher= }}</ref>
* [[Mark Knopfler]]: Used on the scores for the films ''[[Cal (soundtrack)|Cal]]'' (1984) ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'' (1987) and ''[[Last Exit to Brooklyn (film)|Last Exit to Brooklyn]]'' (1989), in which all sounds except guitar (and in the latter case, violins) were produced by the Synclavier and performed by  [[Guy Fletcher]]. The Synclavier is also heard on the [[Dire Straits]] albums ''[[Love over Gold]]'' (1982, played by [[Alan Clark (keyboardist)|Alan Clark]]), ''[[Brothers in Arms (album)|Brothers in Arms]]'' (1985, played by [[Guy Fletcher]]), and ''[[On Every Street]]'' (1991).<ref>
{{cite magazine
 | year 	= 1991
 | magazine     = Musician
 | title    = Mark Knopfler
 | publisher= Amordian Press
 | issue	= 153–158
 | page 	= 34
}}{{Verify source|date=September 2011|reason=range of issue seems strange}}</ref>
* [[Kraftwerk]] acquired one in the early to mid 1980s and initially used it to re work the material later released as Electric Cafe / Techno Pop, and also on live performances in the 1990s.<ref>
{{cite book
 | last 	= Bussy | first = Pascal
 | year 	= 2004
 | title	= Kraftwerk: Man, Machine and Music
 | publisher	= SAF Publishing Ltd
}}</ref>
* [[Dave Lawson (musician)|Dave Lawson]]
* [[Mannheim Steamroller]]: used on most of their albums to present.<ref>{{cite magazine| magazine= Keyboard Magazine| title= Unknown | first= | last= | date= September 1995| page= 32}}</ref>
* [[John McLaughlin (musician)|John McLaughlin]] used it on the albums ''[[Mahavishnu (album)|Mahavishnu]]'' (1984) and ''[[Adventures in Radioland]]'' (1987).<ref>
{{cite book
 | last 	= Stump | first = Paul
 | year 	= 2000
 | title	= Go ahead John: the music of John McLaughlin
 | publisher	= SAF Publishing Ltd
 | isbn 	= 0-946719-24-1
 | pages	= 173&ndash;174
 | url  	= https://books.google.com/books?id=TDFqHbV5K7cC&q=Synclavier&pg=PA173
}}</ref>
* [[Men Without Hats]] used on the 1984 album ''[[Folk of the 80s (Part III)]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.menwithouthats.com/allan.html |title=We will always remember the things we can never forget|website= menwithouthats.com}}</ref>
* [[Pat Metheny]]: American jazz guitarist.<ref name="Amato1986" />
* [[Walter "Junie" Morrison]]: used a Synclavier on his 1984 album, ''Evacuate Your Seats''.<ref>{{cite web
 | title	= io9 Talks to Junie About P-Funk and Aliens
 | date	= 18 January 2008
 | url        = https://io9.gizmodo.com/346715/io9-talks-to-junie-about-p-funk-and-aliens
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160613181201/http://io9.gizmodo.com/346715/io9-talks-to-junie-about-p-funk-and-aliens
 | url-status = dead
 | archive-date = June 13, 2016
 }}</ref>
* [[Mr. Mister]]: used Synclavier on albums ''[[I Wear the Face]]'' (1984), ''[[Welcome to the Real World (Mr. Mister album)|Welcome to the Real World]]'' (1985), and ''[[Go On...]]'' (1987).<ref>{{cite magazine| magazine= Keyboard Magazine| title= Unknown | first= | last= | date= December 1987| page= 31}}</ref>
* [[Puscifer]]: the group used Synclavier on their 2020 album ''[[Existential Reckoning]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://puscifer.com/liner-notes/existential-reckoning/ |title=Existential Reckoning - (2020) |website=Puscifer}}</ref>
* Danny Quatrochi used Synclavier on [[Sting (musician)|Sting's]] album ''[[The Dream of the Blue Turtles]]'' (1985).<ref>
{{cite magazine
 | year	= 1985
 | title	= Review: The Dream of the Blue Turtles
 | magazine	= Stereo Review
 | publisher	= CBS Magazines
 | volume	= 50
 | issue	= 1
 | page	= 154
}}</ref>
* [[Kashif (musician)|Kashif Saleem]], American post-disco and contemporary R&B record producer, multi-instrumentalist, also a creative consultant<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Harry |first=Weinger |date=20 Oct 1984 |title=Kashif Juggles Multi-Layered |magazine=Billboard |volume=96 |page=42 }}</ref> with the [[New England Digital Corporation]]: Bass synthesizer music pioneer and an early Synclavier II avid user who used Synclavier in production, for instance, of his Grammy-nominated instrumental piece "The Mood" (1983). His innovating vocalist-related sampling methods (created using Synclavier) are still in use.<ref>{{cite web| title= Q&A: Kashif – Music History in the Making | first= Kashif| last= Saleem| url= http://soultrain.com/2012/01/23/qa-kashif-music-history-in-the-making/| date= January 23, 2012| work= [[Soul Train|soultrain.com]]| access-date= 2014-04-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/kashif-mn0000361973/biography |title= Kashif: Biography | website= AllMusic.com| publisher= Rovi Corporation| access-date= 2014-04-24}}</ref>
* [[Howard Shore]], film score composer: pictured with a Synclavier on the cover of ''Berklee Today'', Fall 1997.<ref>
{{citation <!-- journal -->
 | contribution	= (cover page)
 | contribution-url = https://www.berklee.edu/sites/default/files/fall1997.pdf#page=1
 | title	= Berklee Today
 | url          = http://www.berklee.edu/bt/archives.html
 | volume	= 9
 | issue	= 2
 | publication-date = Fall 1997
 | page         = [https://www.berklee.edu/sites/default/files/fall1997.pdf#page=1 1]
 | publisher	= Berklee college of music
}}</ref>
* [[Alan Silvestri]]: in producing the scores for the 1980s films ''[[The Clan of the Cave Bear (film)|The Clan of the Cave Bear]]'' (1986) and ''[[Flight of the Navigator]]'' (1986).<ref>
{{cite book
 | last 	= Hagen | first = Earle
 | year 	= 1990
 | title	= Advanced techniques for film scoring: a complete text
 | url  	= https://books.google.com/books?id=gM8xp8eFzXoC&pg=PA61
 | publisher	= Alfred Music Publishing
 | isbn 	= 0-88284-447-4
 | page 	= 61
}}</ref>
* [[Paul Simon]]: on Simon's 1983 album ''[[Hearts and Bones]]'', [[Tom Coppola]] is credited for Synclavier for "When Numbers Get Serious", "Think Too Much (b)", "Song About the Moon", and "Think Too Much (a)"; and Wells Christie is credited with Synclavier on "Rene And Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After The War".<ref>{{cite web
 | title	= Wells Christie's biography
 | url	= http://www.wellschristie.com/bioframes.html
 | publisher	= WellsChristie.com
 | access-date	= 2007-10-17
 | archive-date	= 2008-04-15
 | archive-url	= https://web.archive.org/web/20080415111956/http://www.wellschristie.com/bioframes.html
 | url-status	= dead
 }}</ref> On his 1986 album ''Graceland'', Simon is credited under "Synclavier" for "I Know What I Know" and "Gumboots".<ref>{{cite web|title=Paul Simon – Graceland|url=https://www.discogs.com/Paul-Simon-Graceland/release/373375|website=Discogs.com |date=25 August 1986 |access-date=21 November 2017}}</ref>
* [[Mark Snow]]: film and television score composer; Synclavier used on ''[[The X-Files]]'' (1993–2002).<ref name="Trynka1996">
{{cite book
 | last 	= Trynka | first = Paul
 | year 	= 1996
 | title	= Rock Hardware
 | url  	= https://books.google.com/books?id=HDrIjd5FQ8QC
 | publisher	= Hal Leonard Corporation
 | page 	= 59
 | isbn 	= 978-0-87930-428-7
}}</ref>
* [[Gerald Strang]], the American composer and [[Arnold Schoenberg|Schoenberg]] protégé, used the Synclavier II at [[Long Beach City College]] in Los Angeles for his ''Synclavions'' series of four pieces, composed in 1984 at the very end of his life.<ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/3679762 Jean-Claude Risset. 'Gerald Strang: 1908-1983'], in ''Computer Music Journal'', Vol. 8, No. 4 (Winter, 1984), p. 5</ref>
* [[James Stroud]]: producer who used a Synclavier II on many hit albums he produced.<ref>{{cite magazine| magazine= Keyboard Magazine| title= Unknown | first= | last= | date= August 1983| page= 32}}</ref>
* [[Benny Andersson]]: his personal studio room is still (as of 2011) centered around a Synclavier system — he has four systems. He’s been using it since Chess in 1985.<ref>{{cite magazine| url= https://www.resolutionmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Benny-Andersson-V10.3.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.resolutionmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Benny-Andersson-V10.3.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |magazine=resolution |date=April 2011 |pages=32–37 |first=Zenon |last=Schoepe |title=Benny Anderson}}</ref>
* [[Tangerine Dream]]: used a Synclavier on several of their studio albums including [[Exit (Tangerine Dream album)|Exit]] in 1981.<ref>Electronics & Music Maker, Jan 1982, p. 52</ref>
* [[Mike Thorne]]: producer, one of the first musicians to buy a Synclavier; used it on records by [[Siouxsie and the Banshees]], [[Soft Cell]] ("[[Tainted Love]]", 1981), [[Marc Almond]], and [[Bronski Beat]], among others.{{sfn|Milner|2009|p=345}}
* [[Pete Townshend]]: started using the Synclavier on the recording of ''[[All the Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes]]'' (1982).<ref>{{cite magazine| magazine= Keyboard Magazine| title= Unknown | first= | last= | date= August 1981| page= 28}}</ref>
* [[Triumph (band)|Triumph]]: Rik Emmett used a Synclavier 9600 around the period of ''[[Thunder Seven]]'' (1984) to ''[[Surveillance (Triumph album)|Surveillance]]'' (1987).<ref>{{cite magazine| magazine= Keyboard Magazine| title= Unknown | first= | last= | date= July 1986| page= 42}}</ref>
* [[Whodini]]: Synclavier II was used on albums ''[[Escape (Whodini album)|Escape]]'' (1984) and ''[[Back in Black (Whodini album)|Back in Black]]'' (1986).<ref>{{cite magazine| magazine= Keyboard Magazine| title= Unknown | first= | last= | date= November 1986| page= 42}}</ref>
* [[Stevie Wonder]]: used a Synclavier to sample the voices of Clair Huxtable and children in an episode of ''[[The Cosby Show]].''<ref>
{{cite web
 | title	= the cosby show_stevie wonder's recording session
 | website=[[YouTube]] | url  	= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NxxU9hZZgo
}}</ref>
* [[Neil Young]], who used an early Synclavier II on his 1981 album ''[[Re·ac·tor]]'', and more extensively on his uncharacteristically electronic ''[[Trans (album)|Trans]]'' (1982).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neilyoung.com/archives/discography/items/ny-t.html|title= Trans |website=neilyoung.com| publisher= Neil Young |access-date=2015-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150726203208/http://www.neilyoung.com/archives/discography/items/ny-t.html|archive-date=2015-07-26|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Frank Zappa]]: in 1982 one of the first Synclavier owners; 1984's ''[[Thing-Fish]]'' (underscoring), ''[[Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger]]'' (1984, underscoring) and ''[[Francesco Zappa (album)|Francesco Zappa]]'' (1984, solely Synclavier); 1985's ''[[Frank Zappa Meets the Mothers of Prevention]]'' (sampled sounds); 1986's Grammy-winning album ''[[Jazz from Hell]]'' ("St. Etienne" excepted, solely Synclavier); 1994's ''[[Civilization Phaze III]]'' completed in 1993 shortly before his death, released posthumously, musical portions composed and recorded exclusively using the Synclavier. Zappa also used the instrument to create the music posthumously released in 2011 on ''[[Feeding the Monkies at Ma Maison]]''.<ref>
{{cite book
 | last 	= Lowe | first = Kelly Fisher
 | title	= The Words and Music of Frank Zappa
 | url  	= https://books.google.com/books?id=uAYfqgGf4yYC&pg=PA195
 | pages	= 195&ndash;197
 | publisher	= Bison Books, University of Nebraska Press
 | year		= 2007
 | isbn		= 978-0-8032-6005-4
}}</ref>
* [[Greg Hawkes]] of [[The Cars]] used a Synclavier II on the [[Heartbeat City]] tour as well as Live Aid, primarily for the backing vocal samples in [[Drive (The Cars song)|Drive]].