Yamaha PSS-130 | $20 dollar thrift store find

video upload by Wake Rise Fall

"Picked up a 'brand new' Yamaha Portasound PSS-130 still in the box from a thrift store for $20 a couple weeks ago. Made this little track with a few drums samples to share some of its sound. It's goofy but it makes noise so I'll find a use for it somewhere."

Yamaha Portasound PSS-130

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Touch capacitive controls? Thought this was interesting as there are no buttons on it.

The PSS-130 came out in 1987 according to Wikipedia.

You can find demos in previous posts here.

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Chiptunes & Preset Keyboard Reviews by 8-bit Keys

Published on Apr 7, 2016 8-Bit Keys

This one in via Soviet Space Child. The above is a playlist of all videos from 8-Bit Keys. He goes over various preset keyboards from Yamaha, Casio and the Commodore 64 along with a few demos. Enjoy the ride!

Playlist:
Square Wave Delight - Yamaha PSS-30 and PSS-130
WarHawk game music remade on Yamaha PSR-36
Restoring and review of the 1983 Yamaha MK-100
Installing dual SID chips in your Commodore 64 with SID 2 SID
The Incredible Musical Keyboard for the Commodore 64
Repairing a FedEx damaged MIDI keyboard Yamaha PSR-36
Yamaha PSS-270 Retro-Keyboard Full Review
Carol of the Toy Keyboards
Techno Music on Vintage Toy Keyboard Yamaha PSS-270
Casio VL-TONE VL-1 Full Review
Commando High Score Music performed on Yamaha PSR-32
Lemmings Music #1 performed on Casio SK-1
Lemmings Music #1 Performed on Casio SA-76
Full Review of the Casio PT-80 keyboard
Creating the Intro music on a Yamaha PSS470
The Miracle Piano hardware restoration and review
Ultima VI Introduction Music performed on vintage Yamaha PS-55

Circuit Bent PSS 130 by SOUNDQUIST

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Published on Mar 25, 2014 bent on construction

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"modifications include:
extreme-range pitch knob with toggle, affects note pitch and rhythm speed/pitch
1/4" line in-that's right, send signals through the unit (mp3 player, instrument, drum track etc.) and use it as an effects box or amplifier.
Photo-theremin, wave your hand over the eye and produce a range of sounds, depending on what other mods are engaged
video in and out rca ports, run a dvd player or other video sourcethrough it with the two included quality RCA cables
1/4" line out
on-board speaker toggle on/off
main volume knob
line in volume knob (less volume = more filtration through effects)
sweet orange paint job with yellow and brown keys and yellow logo, matching orange knobs
4 body contacts, some of which are ground-sensitive
key volume knob (independent of drums, also affects other mods) with toggle and momentary kill
4 tone generating switches which trigger random notes from their respective quarter of the keyboard in the selected tone, stimulated by drums, line in, etc.
8 other knobs with that do crazy things like digitally modulated distortion, stepped tonal feedback, oscillation etc. Some of these have "momentary on" buttons, all have toggles.
The 4 components to the left of the keys are linked: a feedback module with toggle on/off, momentary on button, knob for high/low frequency and a dry/wet knob.
40 added external components total

This thing is seriously wild. Lots of fun and serious recording to be had with this machine, squealing analog/digital high warbles and cascades and buzzing granular lo-fi lows. Useful stair-stepped tone generation and glitching, see video for a small sample of the range of sounds and sights that can be produced."

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Circuit Bent Yamaha PortaSound PSS-130

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Audio demo below.

"Custom Circuit Bent Yamaha PortaSound PSS-130. Used to create the PortaSynth sample instrument by Icebreaker Audio.

Similar to the PSS-30, but with larger keys. More information is available here.

Bends & customizations include:

Audio Feedback Knob
Wave Distortion Knob
Diode Switch
1/4" Mono Jack Output

All original sounds work as normal when the bends are off.

Takes 4 C size batteries (included) or a 9-12V adaptor (not included)"

Icebreaker Audio · PortaSynth Audio Demos

Icebreaker Audio releases ToyBreaker Bundle - Circuit Bent Instruments for Kontakt 5

HandySynth Teaser from Icebreaker Audio on Vimeo.

Coming February 3rd from Icebreaker Audio

http://www.icebreaker-audio.com

"Icebreaker Audio has released the ToyBreaker Bundle for Native Instruments' Kontakt 5 platform, a collection of 3 retro keyboards from the 80s.
PortaSynth is an emulation of a circuit-bent Yamaha PortaSound PSS-130 from 1987. It also includes PortaDrums – a drum machine based on the percussion samples from the same instrument.
Calc-U-Synth is a full emulation of the Casio VL-Tone's programmable synth engine. It features faithful emulations of all of the VL-Tone's parameters.
HandySynth is an emulation of a circuit bent Yamaha HandySound HS-200.
ToyBreaker Bundle owners also get an exclusive battery kit of drum samples taken from several toy keyboards from the 80s.

All instruments were sampled chromatically at 24bit 48kHz quality and contain a selection of on-board effects, including filters distortion and advanced speaker emulation options.

The ToyBreaker Bundle is available now from the Icebreaker Audio website for £12.50 (€15.5 / $20 approx.)"

Icebreaker Audio · ToyBreaker Audio Demos

Yamaha Gear List and Timeline

Via GetLoFi. Kick ass find by Circuit Master. The list also includes key technology introductions like PASS (Pulse Analog Synthesizer System for the CS series). Wow! I never knew they refered it to PASS. Some key points below just in case they delete the list on us (have fun spotting your favorites : ).

1962 Fist product on their list
D-2

1966 Silicon transistor
E-2, A-3

1970 IC (Integrated Circuit)
EX-42, B-6E, B12, B-12R, E-3R, YC-20, YC-30

1975 LSI (Large Scale IC)
VCO, VCF, VCA (Voltage Control Technology)
GX-1, CSY-2, BK-2

1977 PASS(Pulse Analog Synthesizer System)
E-30, E-50, E-70, EX-1, EX-2, A-40, A-60, B-40, B-60, B-45, C-40, C-60, D-80, CS-50, CS-60, CS-80, CP20, CS-10, CS-30, CS-30L, SS30

1981 FM Tone Generator (Frequency Modulation System)
E-75, E-45, 6000, PS-10, PS-20, PS-30, GS1, GS2, CS-70M, CP11, CP25, CP35, SK15

1982 CD
A-505, B-205, B-405, B-605, B-805, C-405, C-605, 7000, HS-200, HS-500, PS-30B, PS-3(I),(S), PC-100, PSS-30, MP-1, HS-400, HS-501, PS-300, CE20, CS01, SY20, CE25, CP11W, CP7

1983 VLSI (Very Large Scale IC) MIDI
FX-1, FX-3, FX-10, FX-20, FS-100, FS-200, FS-300, FS-500, MR-1, PC-50, PS-35, PS-35S, PS-55, PS-55S, PC-1000, MK-100, YP-10, YP-20, YP-30, YP-40 · DX7, DX9, PF12, KX1, DX1, PF10, PF15

1987 AWM Tone Generator (Sampling System)
HS-4, HS-5, HS-6, HS-7, HS-8, HX-1, HX-3, HX-5, CHX-1, CVP-10, CVP-6, CVP-8, CLP-500, CLP-100, CVP-100MA, CVP-100PE, PSS-130, PSS-470, PSS-570, PSR-22, PSR-32, PSR-12, PSS-370, VSS-30, PSR-80, PSR-90, DSR-1, RX17, DX7S, TX802, ARM1, QX3, DX7-2C, WX7, RX7, V2, PF85, TX16W, TX1P

1991 GM MD
EL-30, EL-50, EL-70, EL-90, CVP-55, CVP-65, CVP-35, CVP-45, CVP-75, YPP-15, YPP-35, PSR-31, PSR-100, PSR-200, PSR-400, PSR-500, PSS-102, PSS-104, DD-11, PSR-6700, RY30, SY99, TG100

1993 VA Tone Generator (Physical Modeling System)
EL-20, EL-27, CVP-25, CVP-83, CVP-85, CVP-87, DD-3, PSR-110, PSR-210, PSR-300, PSR-310, PSR-410, PSR-510, PSR-1700, PSR-2700, TG300, VL1, CBX-K3, CBX-S3, CBX-D5, CBX-302

1996 SoftSynthesizer
CLP-311, CLP-411, CLP-511, CLP-611, CLP-811, CLP-911, DD-50, PSR-190, PSR-220, PSR-230, PSR-78, AR-100 · G1D, G50, P50m, QY700, VL70m, CS1x, CBX-PCC10, MU90, MU90B

1998 FS Tone Generator (FM + Formant Shaping System)
EL-900, CLP-810S, CLP-820, CLP-840, CLP-860, CLP-880, CVP-600, PSR-195, PSR-225, PSR-79, PSR-D1, EX5, P-200, EX5R, EX7, WX5, FS1R, CS2x, EX5S, RM1x, SU700, CBX-K2, MU100B, MU128, MU15, SW1000XG

2004 Internet Direct Connection
ELS-01/01C(STAGEA), CVP-309, CVP-307, CVP-305, CVP-303, CVP-301, PSR-3000, PSR-1500, PSR-450, PSR-295, PSR-293, PSR-175, DGX-505, DGX-305, DGX-205, DGX-203, DD-55C