via this auction
Anyone know more about these? Where they purely organs or did they have any synth capabilities? Do not confuse the EX1 with the mighty GX-1 analog monster or the FX1 FM monster. The auction details claims, "Successor to the famed, GX-1, this organ was very similar in many regards and originally cost $35,000 when new in 1977!" In look yes, in anything else? If you know feel free to comment.
it looks like it should have been in A Clockwork Orange
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of which, which Electone was in the love interest's pad in Running Man? Was that a GX-1?
ReplyDeletei think L Ron Hubbard owned one of these back in the day, he used to compose all kinds of shitty scientology music with it
ReplyDeletenah, he owned a FX-3
ReplyDeleteMaria Conchita Alonzo had a DX-1 in the Running Man -- or so I read one time.
ReplyDeleteThe user's manual is available at Yamaha's site. The main sound engine is touted as "Pulse Analog Synthesis", which isn't explained very well. Looks like it has some limited synthesis, especially on the small solo keyboard, which has the cool "wiggle your finger for vibrato" thing.
ReplyDeletelooks very sci-fi
ReplyDeleteit probably has similar sound and capabilities to the yamaha yc-45d electric organ.
ReplyDeleteI've played one of these and it sounded better than my friends Oasys!
ReplyDelete"I've played one of these and it sounded better than my friends Oasys!"
ReplyDeleteAhh, but did it sound better than a Buchla 200e?
The best of course is to take a Buchla 200e, feed it into the Oasys, and then back out to the Buchla 200e, and finally into an eventide, and an 8000 dollar noise eliminator. That's the shiznit.
yes i hear the OASYS benefits from an external mix buss, or at least that's what i read on a recording forum.
ReplyDeleteit did have decent banjo preset tab, but i gotta say the Buchla 200e demos nail that killer analog banjo sound way better than the Yamaha EX 1
ReplyDeletei`ve one for sale, more info at shago25@gmail.com.
ReplyDeleteThe yc45d is just an organ, but the ex1 is a preset version of the similar looking gx1 and is a true polyphonic synth as well as having organ sounds (i have both instruments). So if you want to sound like Keith Emerson on "fanfare" and "pirates", it does the job.
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