Sunday, January 25, 2026
Yamaha CBX K1XG: The 90s proto Reface Keyboard
video upload by Floyd Steinberg
"The Yamaha CBX-K1XG was released in the mid 90s. It's a battery powered GM/XG Keyboard with 32 voices of polyphony and a lot of functions totally hidden behind SYSEX and NRPN commands.
Table of contents:
00:00 hello, what's this?
00:30 hardware overview
02:14 some sounds: 001 Grand Piano
03:37 005 E-Piano 1
04:24 009 Celesta
04:48 018 Perc. Organ
05:21 021 Reed Organ
05:38 025 Nylon Guitar
05:50 026 Steel Guitar
06:05 034 Finger Bass
06:21 039 Synth Bass
06:48 047 Harp
07:25 049 Strings 1
08:18 055 Syn Voice
08:33 064 Synth Brass 2
08:55 075 Recorder
09:35 082 Saw Lead
10:41 095 Halo Pad
11:09 096 Sweep Pad
12:17 Drum Kits
13:05 Variations / User Interface functions
14:07 063 Synth Brass 1
14:18 Quack Brass
14:37 RezSynBr
15:03 PolyBrass
15:24 SynBrass 3
15:47 JumpBrss
16:17 AnaVelBr
16:46 AnaBrss1
17:20 SynBrass2
17:34 Soft Brs
17:42 SynBras4
17:52 ChorBrss
18:01 VelBras2
18:15 setting up the control wheel
19:09 I made an editor
20:20 unlocking the synth engine with SYSEX and NRPN
20:57 demo track: DAW integration
22:05 conclusion
22:37 do the YouTube thing!
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