Editing Synclavier (section)

=== Synclavier I ===
First released in 1977–78,<ref name="dartmouth">
{{cite web
 | title	= History of Masters Program in Digital Musics
 | url  	= http://digitalmusics.dartmouth.edu/?page_id=7
 | archive-url	= https://web.archive.org/web/20091012182849/http://digitalmusics.dartmouth.edu/?page_id=7
 | archive-date	= 2009-10-12
 | publisher	= Dartmouth College
}}</ref><ref name="chadabe2001">
{{cite magazine
 |author      = Joel Chadabe
 |date        = May 1, 2001
 |title       = The Electronic Century Part IV: The Seeds of the Future
 |url         = http://emusician.com/tutorials/electronic_century4/
 |magazine    = Electronic Musician
 |quote       = In September 1977, I bought the first Synclavier, although mine came without the special keyboard and control panel ...
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20091002070017/http://emusician.com/tutorials/electronic_century4/
 |archive-date = October 2, 2009
}}</ref><ref name=mixmag2006>
{{cite magazine
 | author   = MIX STAFF
 | title	= 1978 New England Digital Synclavier
 | url  	= http://www.mixonline.com/news/news-products/1978-new-england-digital-synclavier/383609
 | date 	= September 1, 2006
 | magazine	= Mix
 | publisher	= Penton Media
 | quote    = From a technology standpoint, the 1978 launch of New England Digital’s Synclavier ...", "... the group ... was able to license FM synthesis from Yamaha.
}}<br/>'''Note''': This magazine article itself lacks sources, and as a result, lacks verifiability.</ref> it proved to be highly influential among both [[electronic music]] composers and [[music producer]]s, including [[Mike Thorne]], an early adopter from the commercial world, due to its versatility, its cutting-edge technology, and distinctive sounds.

The early Synclavier I used [[FM synthesis]], re-licensed from [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]],<ref name=mixmag2006/>{{Single Source-inline|date=April 2023|reason=request more sources for the "re-license" from exclusive licensee, Yamaha.}}{{efn|At the time, Yamaha was the exclusive commercial licensee from the original inventor, [[John Chowning]] at [[Stanford University]].<ref>{{cite magazine
 |author           = Eric Grunwald
 |title            = Bell Tolls for FM Patent, but Yamaha Sees "New Beginning"
 |url              = https://otl.stanford.edu/documents/0302_su94.pdf
 |magazine         = Stanford Technology Brainstorm
 |publisher        = Office of Technology Licensing (OTL), [[Stanford University]]
 |volume           = 3
 |issue            = 2
 |date = Summer 1994
 |quote            = The technique for synthesizing electronic music, invented by Music Professor John Chowning, brought in over $20 million through an exclusive license to Yamaha Corporation of Japan, which used the technology in its DX-7 synthesizer, enormously popular in the 1980s.
 |access-date      = 2017-10-06
 |archive-url      = https://web.archive.org/web/20170505095843/http://otl.stanford.edu/documents/0302_su94.pdf
 |archive-date     = 2017-05-05
 |url-status         = dead
}}</ref>}} and was sold mostly to universities.  The initial models had only a computer and synthesis modules; later models added a musical keyboard and control panel.