此次颁发“MIDI终身成就奖”的是总部位于美国的全球性非营利行业组织——MIDI协会。该协会致力于将专注于MIDI产品和新MIDI规格开发的乐器制造商，和使用MIDI从事音乐与艺术创作的全球音乐人联系起来。

As the 1970s turned into the 1980s, a significant change was taking hold in the music world in the form of the adoption of electronic instruments, namely synthesizers. Progressive rock bands like ...

with Yamaha blazing a trail by establishing the first digital synthesizer to hit critical mass, the DX7. Roughly 150,000 DX7s were sold in its three years on the market — a sign of its ...

Sure, there had been synthesizers before, but none acheived the sudden popularity of Yamaha’s DX7. “Take on Me?” “Highway to the Dangerzone”? That harmonica solo in “What’s Love ...