I have always wanted to know what happened to most of the American synth manufactures? I know E-mu is still and business and so is Moog Music. And that companies Like ARP and Sequential Circuits went out of business. While companies like other companies bought Kurzweil and Oberheim? Even Ensoniq is now merged with E-mu. I do know ARP failed mostly due to poor management, so did Moog Music eventually. But Bob Moog did get the rights to his name back. As for Oberheim and Kurzweil I really don’t know why they were bought out? So are there any American own synth manufactures still in business? Apart form E-mu and Moog. Also is Alesis American or is it Japanese?