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This also applies to the TG-33 which is the desktop version of the SY22.
"The Yamaha SY22 came out 1990. It is an interesting vector synthesizer. Other vector synths are the Sequential Circuits Prophet VS and the Korg Wavestation - but the SY22 was the most affordable of its kind.
Although instruments like Roland D-50 and Kawai K-1 have joysticks to mix waveforms, they are not vector synths. A real vector synth can reproduce the vector moves in a sound program.
Rumors said that some ideas from the developer team of Sequential were implemented, since they worked for YAMAHA for a short period of time.
The SY22 is a quite simple vector synthesizer - also simple to use and to program. The SY22 has no filters at all. Interestingly, 4 elements can built a sound, 2 FM (4-op frequency modulation) and 2 AWM (sample playback).
It also has a built in effect processor for reverb and delay. You can not tweak the effects except intensity.
It's much more easier to program sounds on the SY22 than on a Korg Wavestation. The programming on a Korg WS is a nightmare, because you have to handle with the 34 patches / 50 performances problem. Also you can't program vector moves in realtime - like on the SY22.
Of course, a Wavestation sounds "bigger" in the end, but the SY22 sounds not bad, either. The SY22 is great for strange pads and ambient stuff.
I played the YAMAHA SY22 without any additional effects or eq. The most sounds you are hearing in this video are my own creations - so don't expect these sounds when you buy one..."
