Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Yamaha GS1
The Old Crow recently posted a link to a picture of his Yamaha DX1 and GS1 on the Yamaha CS80 group. I hadn't looked up the GS1 before, so I of course decided to check it out. I found a Sound on Sound article on the synth and the beginnings of FM synthesis. The GS1 was Yamaha's first FM synth and paved the road to the DX line of synths much like the GX1 was the precursor to the CS80, CS60, and CS80. It's a fascinating read. Title link takes you there.
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Ich durfte mal auf einem GS-1 im Soundland Berlin spielen... kann mich noch daran erinnern daß ich völlig fasziniert von den glasklaren Sounds war die aus diesem klobigen teil kamen... und daß das ganze auch noch aus Magnetkarten eingelesen wurde haute mich dann völlig um. Leider hatte ich damals keine 35000 Mark dabei.. Naja so 15 Jahre später hatte ich dann ein Casio-Keyboard für 600 Mark was sogar noch besser klang :) Ääätsch :)
ReplyDeleteHi, the yamaha gs-1 is just wonderful. Although it takes some time, until you will find the best way, to get the sound you want. It is not just a kind of a heavy grandfather of the yamaha dx-7.
ReplyDeletethe wooden keys, the effekt pedals and the polyphonic aftertouch allow a dynamic, which is not comparable to other synthesizers. I also own one Yamaha GS 1 and also two Yamaha GS 2. They are different, because of the plastic keys, the less fat sound and I am missing the polyphonic aftertouch. But they are still worth to have them. Look at www.tastronauten.de
You will find more nice synthesizers there. f.e. the Yamaha CS 50, Yamaha CS 60, Yamaha CS70m, Yamaha EX-1, Roland Jupiter 8. We have hostet our site just three weeks ago. So we will add more nice pictures and sounddemos soon.