MATRIXSYNTH: YAMAHA VL1


Thursday, January 29, 2009

YAMAHA VL1


via this auction.

Note this is the one from this video.
not the best shots, but you don't see these often.

"1994 Yamaha VL-1 Virtual Acoustic Synthesizer (Serial N. KH01347)
This excellent biphonic synth is designed to reproduce incredibly realistic wind instrument sounds, as well as analogue style lead synth, distorted guitar and much more, as you can see in the youtube video (here) that I shot today, using the actual unit in auction here.

Worth a whopping 6'000 dollars when it was first released by Yamaha in 1993, the VL-1 features a stylish wooden front and back panel, a strong built chassis, 3 wheel assignable controllers, nice and solid keyboard, large backlit display, stereo out, MIDI in/out, 2 foot controller in and 2 foot switch in, headphone out, breath control in, octave up/down, floppy drive, built in 220-240 V power supply.

Dimensions (W/D/H) 914mm x 380mm x 105mm (36" x 14-7/8" x 4-1/8")
Weight 12.5 kg (27.6lbs)

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