is that a DX7 in your GROOVEBOX !?

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"Enjoying once again the most splendid factory preset sounds on the iconic vintage YAMAHA DX7 FM synthesizer, but this time on the most unlikely host, the NATIVE INSTRUMENTS MASCHINE+ MUSIC PRODUCTION GROOVEBOX."

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ARTURIA V COLLECTION 9 - ALL THE DIGITAL SYNTHS

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"Playing all the included DIGITAL SYNTHESIZERS in the ARTURIA V COLLECTION 9 bundle of software synths, VST plugin emulations of the most famous and iconic vintage classic synthesizers of all time.

► SQ-80 V
► PROPHET-VS V
► CMI V
► DX7 V
► SYNCLAVIER V
► CZ V
► EMULATOR II V

► ENSONIQ SQ-80 (1988)
► SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS PROPHET VS (1986)
► FAIRLIGHT CMI (1979)
► YAMAHA DX7 (1983)
► NEW ENGLAND DIGITAL SYNCLAVIER (1979)
► CASIO CZ1 / CZ1000 / CZ-101 (1985)
► E-MU EMULATOR II (1984)

Photos courtesy of Vintage Synth Explorer and Wikipedia.
► https://www.vintagesynth.com"



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KORG OPSIX Plugin - Playing Korg's Monster FM Synth At Last

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"Demo of the newly released KORG OPSIX NATIVE VST Plugin, a software version of their FM hardware synth. As you may know I'm a fan of the FM on the TRITON MOSS board and the original YAMAHA DX7 so let's play and enjoy the sounds of OPSIX!

► KORG WAVESTATE NATIVE VST PLUGIN DEMO [posted here] ► FULL DISCLOSURE Thanks to Korg for providing me with a free software license."

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New Woody Piano Shack #Shorts

A few new short clips by supporting member, Woody Piano Shack.

Playlist:

1. Don't You Want Me, seriously!? #Shorts​

Demo of an 80s synth pop style on the YAMAHA PSR SX900 arranger keyboard which is a blatant copy of Human League Don't You Want Me Baby! Never managed to figure out the chords to the bridge during the heat of the moment, but it just adds to the cringe.

2. Michael Jackson song on arranger keyboard #Shorts​

Demo of a pop/country don't-know-what style on the YAMAHA PSR SX900 arranger keyboard using some random Jackson 5 song.

3. The Glorious 80s Ballad DX7 ELECTRIC PIANO #Shorts​

Demo of the fabulous E.PIANO electric piano preset patch of the 1983 YAMAHA DX7 digital synthesizer, as heard on literally hundreds of hits of the 1980s. Performed on a modern YAMAHA MODX synth using the intro of "Somewhere Out There" by Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram.

4. You dig this Euro-disco synth beat? #Shorts​

This drum pattern and arpeggio reminded me of Voyage Voyage by Desireless, or Captain of her heart so I played and enjoyed some kind of mashup chord progression. I love this preset sound!

Top Gun and The 80s Bass #Shorts​

video by Woody Piano Shack

"Demo of the legendary E.BASS preset of the classic YAMAHA DX7 digital synthesizer of 1983. You'll recognise this bass sound from countless hits of the 1980s, A-ha, Howard Jones, Mr Mister, and many a TV and film score."

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Curse of the DX7 (feat. THRILL, RISE & HIT, PRIPYAT PIANOS, NORD LEAD)

Woody Piano Shack

"Shorter remake of my original Halloween Special 'Curse of the DX7'. Apologies if you've seen the original before, but that was 40k subscribers ago who may have missed it, for what its worth! :)

Featuring soundtrack by NATIVE INSTRUMENTS THRILL, NATIVE INSTRUMENTS RISE & HIT, PRIPYAT PIANOS and NORD LEAD A2 playing Stranger Things theme song cover."

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Vintage TRITON Really Sound Better Than Modern KORG KROSS?

Woody Piano Shack

"Some viewers claim that the little entry-level KORG KROSS 2 synthesizer doesn't sound as good as the legendary top-of-the-range KORG TRITON from 1999.
That seemed like a good topic for a video so I loaded the KROSS with some TRITON presets and went to town.
Let's compare the pianos, pads, bass, drums of each synth to see if we can settle this, once and for all."

Woody Piano Shack DX7 videos

Curse of the DX7 Part 2 - Official Trailer HD

Published on Oct 30, 2018 Woody Piano Shack

"Halloween is here again and here is the official trailer to the sequel."

Part 1 posted last year here.

Yamaha MODX - Legendary electric piano and organ sounds

Published on Sep 18, 2018 Woody Piano Shack

"Missed the live stream? Here are highlight moments from the demo of preset sounds from the PIANO, ELECTRIC PIANO and ORGAN categories on the new Yamaha MODX synthesizer. We'll try some of the Rhodes, DX7 piano and Hammond B3 organ sounds.

We'll be using the MODX6, which has the same features as the MODX7 and MODX8, with technology derived from the flagship Yamaha MOTAGE. Plenty of the AWM2 and FM sounds to enjoy."

Hardware vs Software Synth Showdown with Woody & Espen Craft

Published on Apr 4, 2018 Espen Kraft

"Woody from the excellent channel "Woody Piano Shack" has thrown down the gauntlet! He's challenged me to make an original piece of music using my old hardware synths from the 80s which he will then try to recreate using software and emulations. In the box.

As I gladly accept these kinds of challenges, I've cooked up a track I think he'll enjoy recreating.
You can too as I've included the live stems for the track here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OjT...

For my version I've used the following gear:

Yamaha RX11 - Drums
Roland D-550 - Pads
Roland Juno 2 - Synth Guitar
Roland JX-8P - Poly synth
Roland Juno 6 - Bass (sampled in S-10 for MIDI sequencing)
Yamaha DX7 - Fairlight Flutes and Italo Poly synth
Yamaha TX802 - PPG Digital Guitar Bells
Elka EK22 - Synth bells

I play live on top of the sequenced synths controlled by the Roland MC50 sequencer."

Update:

Espen Kraft hardware vs software SYNTH SHOWDOWN!

Published on Apr 14, 2018 Woody Piano Shack

"Here's the result of the hardware versus software synthesizer showdown! in this video I'll share the track created using just free software VST plugins and Reaper DAW.

To recap, Espen Kraft composed and created a track on his vintage hardware synthesizers and drum machines .The challenge was for me to re-create it using just software."

Reading old Sound On Sound magazines | Jun 1987 Roland D-50

Published on Feb 17, 2018 Woody Piano Shack

"We are back with Part 2 of the Roland D-50 review published in Sound On Sound magazine in June 1987.

We'll talk about the following synthesizers and vintage hardware:

Roland D-50
Yamaha DX7
E-mu Emax
Akai samplers
Roland S-10 and S-50
Casio CZ synths
and more...

Thanks to mu:zines for providing the scanned magazine pages:
www.muzines.co.uk"

Yamaha DX7 vs the clones | Arturia DX7 V | DEXED VST

Published on Dec 16, 2017 Woody Piano Shack

"You asked for a comparison of the newly released Arturia DX7 V with my vintage Yamaha DX7. So here it is, happy to oblige! We'll also include the completely free DEXED VST emulation."

Update:

Arturia DX7 V vs Yamaha DX7 done RIGHT!

Arturia DX7 V demo

Published on Dec 12, 2017 Woody Piano Shack

"The Yamaha DX7 has returned! Let's take a first look at the Arturia DX7 V, a new virtual instrument in the newly released Arturia V Collection 6 suite of classic vintage software synthesizers and keyboards. I'll give you a quick tour of the GUI and play you an original performance.

We will do more videos on this interesting product so feel free to post questions or topics in the comments that I can address in future videos. How about a DX7V versus original DX7 comparison or another walkthrough of the Yamaha factory presets?

I was also excited to see Arturia release a Fairlight VST called CMI V so stay tuned for some demos of the iconic sample libraries from the 80s."

Curse of the DX7 | Woody Halloween Special

Published on Oct 28, 2017 Woody Piano Shack

"Lock your doors and dim the lights for this creepy tale. After filming in the Nordic forest I got lost and darkness fell. This is what happened next.

Part 2 of "The day I worked for Nord" evolved into my Halloween Special entitled "The Curse Of The DX7". Stranger Things meets Blair Witch Project...

Credits and thanks go to:
Eddie and William as The Forest Boys and ideas
Woody as Woody
Flowers for Bodysnatchers - Moindre
https://flowersforbodysnatchers.bandc...
Glitch sound effects
https://youtu.be/jsw0dl50nxg
Other sound effects from random YouTube videos, thanks!

Netflix Stranger Things main theme arranged and performed by Woody on Nord Lead A1. Season 2 coincidentally released today!"

Outrun soundtrack on Yamaha DX7 DEXED VST

Published on Sep 30, 2017 Woody Piano Shack

"Outrun soundtrack Passing Breeze as you've never heard it before! Remixed using Dexed VST plugin emulating the sound of the legendary 1983 Yamaha DX7 FM synthesizer.

The original arcade hardware also used a primitive form of Yamaha FM synthesis so this version has similar sounds but in much higher fidelity.

So enjoy once again the sound of the Yamaha DX7 electric piano and bass patches, put through a touch of TAL Chorus (an emulation of the Roland Juno-6 analog chorus).

Sega Out Run (アウトラン Auto Ran) arcade music was provided by Hiroshi Kawaguchi, who had previously composed soundtracks for other games designed by Suzuki, and who was part of Sega's official band at the time, the S.S.T. Band. Out Run was the first video arcade game that allowed the user to choose the background music. The soundtrack comprised both jazz music (similar in style to that of fusion band Casiopea) and Latin/Caribbean music (similar to Miami Sound Machine). In all, three selectable tracks were featured: Passing Breeze, Splash Wave and Magical Sound Shower. An additional track, Last Wave, played at the final score screen.

Here is some information about the sound chips used in the original arcade hardware, as you can see FM synthesis is used here too.

Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 @ 4 MHz (8/16‑bit instructions, 0.58 MIPS)
Sound chips: 2 chips, 24 channels, 24‑bit bus width
- FM synthesis chip: Yamaha YM2151 @ 4 MHz (8 FM channels, 8‑bit bus width)
- PCM sampling chip: SegaPCM 315‑5218 Sound Controller @ 4/16 MHz (stereo)"

Roland Introduces the D-05 - Boutique Version of the Roland D-50

Published on Sep 9, 2017 RolandChannel

It may not have all the sliders of the concept module posted here, but it does have the engine. An interesting side note is that this is Roland's first synth to feature their "newly developed Digital Circuit Behavior (DCB)". The second video explains what this is. It is interesting. I always assumed digital was digital and easily ported. I do know that DACs (digital to analog converters) can have an impact on the sound you hear from a synth, and one of the reasons why many prefer the sound of the original DX7 vs. newer hardware. Nord/Clavia also advertised their new DACs on the Nord Lead 2 allowing for a cleaner sound if I remember correctly. All that said, it is interesting to think that Roland took time to work on their DCB technology to get a sound closer to the original, vs. just porting the digital engine. I'm looking forward to A/B tests with the original.

Roland Boutique D-05 Preset Walkthrough

Published on Sep 9, 2017 soundseasy

Roland D-50 Celebration Moments with Woody Piano Shack

Published on Sep 9, 2017 Woody Piano Shack

Roland D-05 Boutique Linear Synthesizer Sound Module - Overview and Demo

Published on Sep 9, 2017 Musician's Friend

And the press release:

"New Roland Boutique module recreation of the renowned D-50 Linear Synthesizer from the 1980s

Los Angeles, CA, September 9, 2017 — Roland announces the D-05 Linear Synthesizer, the latest addition to the growing Roland Boutique electronic instrument lineup. The D-05 is a compact reproduction of Roland’s D-50 Linear Synthesizer from the late 1980s, one of the most influential synthesizers ever produced. Combining the newly developed Digital Circuit Behavior (DCB) sound generator with the actual samples used in the original instrument, the D-05 delivers the D-50’s iconic, highly recognizable sounds with complete authenticity, backed by all the modern conveniences of the compact and affordable Roland Boutique module format.

Released in 1987, the D-50 was Roland’s very first all-digital synthesizer. Powered by the revolutionary Linear Arithmetic (LA) Synthesis engine, the instrument’s unique mix of sampled attacks and synthesized sustaining waveforms – plus built-in chorus, reverb/delay, and EQ for studio-quality polish – made it a must-have synth for musicians around the world. The D-50’s bold new sounds and beautifully crafted presets inspired artists everywhere and quite literally dominated the popular music, film soundtracks, and commercial jingles of the era. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of this giant in the history of synthesis, Roland presents an inspiring recreation that brings the genuine D-50 experience to the music creators of today and beyond.

At the D-05’s core lies the first synthesizer with Roland’s DCB technology. Paired with the exact PCM attack and loop samples that were so vital to the D-50 sound, the D-05 precisely recreates every tonal nuance in stunning detail. The user interface is totally authentic as well, with the familiar D-50 panel layout and many direct-access controls. Even the all-important D-50 joystick is included, allowing users to smoothly morph between different mixes of Upper and Lower Tones in real time.

The D-05 also includes many modern enhancements not available with the original D-50. The 64-step polyphonic sequencer is ideal for performance and music creation and offers the ability to sequence shuffle and gate timing along with tempo and patch changes. There’s also a built-in arpeggiator for adding movement to the D-05’s already evocative LA Synthesis sounds.

Like all Roland Boutique modules, the D-05 is extremely portable, runs on USB bus power or batteries, and functions as a USB audio/MIDI interface for performing and producing with a computer. It also includes a built-in speaker for monitoring the sound in mobile situations. When mounted in the optional K-25m Keyboard Unit, the D-05 can be used as a compact, all-in-one synth with 25 velocity-sensitive keys."

Yamaha DX7 | Nord Lead A1 | Science Fiction Movie remix (instrumental version)

Published on Jul 15, 2017 Woody Piano Shack

"Here's an instrumental version of Science Fiction Movie composed and performed mainly on Yamaha DX7 with some pad and string sounds from the Nord Lead A1. This is the instrumental version of the remix I did for US indie-band The Kill Screens.
Woody's vocal remix:"

The Kill Screens | Science Fiction Movie REMIX

Yamaha DX7 versus DX7ii (Mk2, DX7S)

Published on Feb 18, 2017 Woody Piano Shack

"Let's discuss and demonstrate the differences between the original Yamaha DX7 and the DX7S, one for the DX7ii mk2 models. We'll address the cosmetic differences and the changes under the hood. Lot's of playing and sound demos as usual. We'll also talk about some of the other DX models of the time.
Yamaha DX7 versus DX7ii"

Dexed VST versus 1983 Yamaha DX7 | Orgy of 80's riffs and over-used presets!

Published on Jan 3, 2017 Woody Piano Shack

"Let's put a real Yamaha DX7 from 1983 head-to-head against DEXED VST to review how closely the virtual instrument emulates the sound of the real synth. Yamaha DX7 demo, Dexed VST demo, dexed vs dx7."

Yamaha DX7 Videos by Woody Piano Shack

Published on Oct 1, 2016 Woody Piano Shack

"This playlist is devoted to the fabulous Yamaha DX/ FM synth from 1983. Expect lots of demos, tutorials and song performances, as well as comparisons to similar products and software VST instruments such as Dexed."

Playlist:
Mystery synth pickup - A true legend from the 80's
Yamaha DX7 demo | The Malibu
Stranger Things inside my Yamaha DX7 and a surprise from 1966!
The sounds of 1983 | Yamaha DX7 demo | Famous sounds [01]
Booker T's organ meets Tina Turner's flute | Yamaha DX7 demo | Famous sounds [02]
Yamaha DX7s repair | Replacement battery mod & broken pitch bend