Notably, the album was produced using mainly software synthesizers instead of hardware synthesizers.

There are 3 models and variations of both the main hardware synthesizer itself and a rackmount:

The name Moonsound originated from the software Moonblaster that was written for people to use this hardware plug-in synthesizer.

The other major software product that Emagic offered was SoundDiver, an editor/librarian for hardware synthesizers.

Later, VST and other plugins were able to emulate classic hardware synthesizers to a moderate degree.

Dedicated hardware synthesizers can have software as complex as a soft synth.

Many softsynths use mathematical algorithms which directly emulate the electronic components and circuitry of the original hardware synthesizer.

There are a number of very popular hardware synthesizers which are no longer manufactured which have been emulated in software.

An example of a popular hardware synthesizer with wind controller support is the Yamaha VL70m.

Swire records tracks using both hardware synthesizers and virtual instruments.