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In the 1980s, Pop music was in the midst of a synthesizer explosion. The charts were dominated by the likes of Prince, Culture Club, and Duran Duran with their catchy, keyboard-heavy tunes. Sharp responded with their Melody Searcher, a twin-cassette stereo, AM/FM radio and a detachable keyboard computer capable of piano and rhythm functions. The armchair musician could now record his favorite hit on the radio and re-produce the sound on this personal music studio. The MR-990 was a short-lived model. Perhaps the price or the initimidating array of switches, buttons and lights that kept consumers from making this stereo a hit.