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   * 1997: **Korg Z1**: world's first multi-timbral physical modeling synthesizer; 12-voice polyphony, 6-part multi-timbrality, an XY touchpad, and a polyphonic arpeggiator
   * 1998: Yamaha PSR-8000 keyboard: 61 key velocity sens with AT; 64 voice polyphony; 741 preset voices incl. XG tone generation, sweet voices, vocal harmony; LCD can now also display lyrics from files; opt. SIMM memory expansion as well as HD;
+  * 1998: **Ensoniq's last synth - the Fizmo** a transwave synth with arpeggiator; 8 oscillators - each can be assigned a wave - 58 waves are available, mostly transwaves - only ~2000 were made (only ~100 of the rack version were made)
   *Late 1990s–2000s — **Software synths & VST:**
     * **Steinberg’s VST** (1996) and instruments like ReBirth (1997) shifted much digital synthesis into computers, while hardware remained strong for performance.