Vangelis has been identified using the Yamaha SY99 synthesizer, as noted by Elsewhere in their "Spotted Instruments" section.

The concert is short comprising just three pieces, two of which are performed by Sakamoto alone on a Yamaha MIDI Grand piano. The piano is linked via MIDI to a Korg T2 and Yamaha SY99. Additionally there is a DAT backing tape carrying parts of the music and vocal harmonies. The venue is badly suited to live music and the sound crew have problems with the balance and feedback during the sound check - to the concern of Sakamoto's press people. Their worries prove unfounded however, as the gallery fills to capacity and the additional bodies make it more workable. Better still, the music scores highly with the wide range of people in attendance - an indication of the largely unacknowledged popularity of the artist.

List of equipment used by Klaus Schulze, from the February 1993 issue of Sound on Sound:

4x Akai S1000PB (32MB) 2x Akai S1000KB (32MB) Akai S900 Akai S612 Akai S7000 Moog Modular CIII 2x Moog MiniMoog Studio Electronics MIDIMini Mellotron Yamaha CS80 Yamaha CP70 Yamaha TX81Z Yamaha SY99 Korg M1 Korg M1 EX Korg T1 Korg T3 Korg DVP1 Roland U110 Roland U220 Roland D50 Roland S50 sampler & monitor Roland Planet S & editor Roland Super Jupiter & editor 2 Roland TR505 Roland Octopad Roland JD800 Roland Super JX10 4x Hohner HS2/E sampler 5x Hohner HS1/E sampler Hohner HS1KB sampler Waldorf Microwave GDS computer synth Misc. Crumar keyboards Fairlight CMI Series II SCI Prophet 2000 SCI Prophet 2002 Emu Proteus/2 Emu Proteus/3 World Emu Emulator II Kurzweil K1000 Kawai K4 EMS Synthi A PPG Wave 2.2 Linn 9000 4x Oberheim DPX1 Yamaha RY30 drum machine Sonor timpanies and octo toms Paiste gongs and cymbals Martin 12-string guitar

The video is actually a well known audio demo of the SY99 by Chick Corea. He introduces the tune at the beginning then you hear one of his tracks of the Elektric Band played on the synth.

+According to VintageSynth.com, Chick Corea used the Yamaha SY99 workstation.

"It has been used by Vangelis and Chick Corea."

In a photo featured on the Steely Dan Database, Steve Porcaro is seen playing the Yamaha SY99 synthesizer alongside Jay Graydon.

Paich playing the SY99 and the KX88

In this youtube video at 3:11, Scooter can be seen having the Yamaha SY99 on stage (center keyboard). It can be identified by the 3 bends + floppy drive on the left, the shape of the side panels, the display position, the rotary nob and the space between the side panels and the buttons. The Yamaha SY77 looks very similar, but the highest key for the SY77 is a C, while the highest key for the Yamaha SY99 is a G.

In a video shared by Arjen Anthony Lucassen on YouTube, Jens Johansson is seen using a Yamaha SY99 synthesizer while recording in the studio with the Dutch group Star One.

Included in gear list

Karlheinz Stockhausen's composition "Synthi-Fou" is rehearsed by Simon Stockhausen on a Yamaha SY99, as depicted in a photo from Sonoloco.

At the 1:13 mark in Europe's "I'll Cry For You" music video, Gunnar Mathias Michaeli can be seen using a Yamaha SY99.

"Adams does his composing at his home studio in Berkeley, which consists of several Yamaha keyboards, including an SY77, SY99 and Electone, Korg Wavestation, Emu Proteus 1 module and Emax II, Kurzweil K2000, Lexicon LXP15 reverb, Macintosh computer with software such as Performer and Blank Software's Alchemy, and a small 16-channel desk ("I can't remember the name. I only use this studio for writing, and I write as much with the sequencer as with pen, paper and piano")."