New technology 

In the portion focused on 1982 there is this portion - " . . .and used new technology (such as synthesizers) to "update" and streamline the sound . . .". While use of synths in their music was most likely new to the band, the synthesizer had been around for many years in 1982. Is this fact important enough to rework the sentence? My reason for changing things would be to not give the impression that this instrument was "new" technology in 1982. Thoughts?