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  The EMS Synthi VCS-3 - Which stands for Voltage Controlled Studio with 3 Oscillators - was the first non-modular mini-synth.
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  The first monophonic analogue synthesizer, complete with keyboard.
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  Was the first monophonic synthesizer that came with presets.
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  A micro-controlled polyphonic analogue synthesizer, it was also programmable as you could save patches to floppy.
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  The first digital synthesizer and music workstation.
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  This was the first commercial additive synthesizer.
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  The first commercial programmable mono synth.
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  This was the first wavetable synthesizer.
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  First succesful / commercial FM synthesizer.
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  First battery-powered all digital mini-synth
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  The first Modular Soft Synth