MATRIXSYNTH

Friday, July 08, 2022

Yamaha SY22 | Trade or throw?

video upload by Espen Kraft

"Yamaha SY22 - Dynamic Vector Synthesizer. From 1990. When Sequential Circuit went out of business and was bought up by Yamaha some of the team, headed by John Bowen went to work on the Korg Wavestation (also owned by Yamaha at the time) while Yamaha themselves went on to work on the SY22. As with the Prophet VS and the Wavestation, the SY22 works with 4 different elements, sound sources, oscillators or whatever you might call them, and with a joystick you can control their relative levels to each other. Or you can use the joystick to detune them. Coupled with in-built internal effects, 16 voices of polyphony and 8-part multi timbral (as well as a drum kit) it was a cheaper alternative of getting into "vector" synthesis.

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Since the shooting of this video I've traded my SY22 for a Yamaha DX9. I've never really liked the sound coming out of the SY22. It can definitely be lo-fi, or glossy, and it can be a nice textured contrast to other synths, but sometimes you just don't "click" with certain synths and for me this is one of those cases."

Review: IRIDIUM KEYBOARD vs DESKTOP // Pros, cons and its poly aftertouch explored

video upload by loopop

TIMELINE:
0:00 Into
0:50 Disclosure jam
1:40 vs Desktop
2:35 4x4 pad matrix
4:00 Poly aftertouch
6:50 Macro buttons
8:05 Play section
8:25 Seq | Arp
8:45 Chord latch
9:25 Latch
10:10 Knobs
11:45 Mod mapping
12:20 Connectivity
13:05 vs Quantum
13:45 Price
14:10 Full tutorial?
14:50 A FEW TIPS
15:10 Templates
17:25 Osc intervals
18:35 FX mods
19:10 MIDI learn
20:00 Pros & cons
23:15 Some sounds

Thursday, July 07, 2022

KORG Collection Prophecy Demo & Review

video upload by musictrackjp

DEMO by Katsunori UJIIE.

Patch Diary 003: Korg MS2000

video upload by Bloom Music

"Let's make this patch.

This is a new video series where I create a patch from scratch and explain it (with subtitles) along the way.

The synth for today was the Korg MS2000.

The effects used were:
TC Electronics 3rd Dimension
Mattoverse Electronics Inflection Point
Earthquaker Devices Ghost Echo

This time, I made a plucky, but mellow pad sound."

Yamaha AN1X Demo No Talking - Unusual but very cool presets

video upload by js-sound

"For the good old AN1X synthesizer, I am ready to say a lot of thanks to the creators of that time, even if it is not perfect in everything.
For all the modern developments of Yamaha over the past 15 years, I would not say a single thank you and would drive all the creators (sorry not a creators! I am must be more precisely, fu...ing marketers) with a broom from the yard. The Yamaha Montage advertised by the "stars" should not have appeared at all in the form in which we received it."

E-MU Systems Morpheus 32-Voice Z-Plane Synthesizer (Model 9053)

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"Freshly replaced internal battery and main encoder. Works flawlessly, a must have for any E-MU head. Includes AC power cable. Backlight is nice and bright, OS version 1.03."

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All Black Limited Edition Korg Microkorg SN 164704

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Waldorf Microwave XT (#3-board non-Nextel version) SN 1107308624

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"This is the more highly sought-after later iteration of the rackmount Waldorf Microwave XT with the non-Nextel paint (basically impervious to the corrosion of the earlier models) and the #3 internal board which allows for voice expansion. This model has the latest operating system and 10-voice polyphony. The knobs are fully functional and work with a smooth action."

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