"This rare Yamaha SY-2 was serviced in 2016, a $700+ service and was discreetly mod for an audio filter input via the mono rca output. The 1/4" serves as the main output, and the rca jack allows for the amazing filter to be used as an audio input. In amazing shape for its age (1976). Some light wear, the ser8ial number was minutely etched into the back edge, and top inside case. Not noticeable from the front. There are some minor scratches to the bottom case. It is truly a really clean serviced unit with such a raw filter."
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Details on Synth Anthology 4 follow:
The authentic sound of 200 synthesizers, from vintage to modern
4,000+ presets and layers deliver incredible sound with hardware soul
Feature-packed dual-layer engine with fx, arpeggiator and more
Rebuilt from the ground-up, Synth Anthology 4 now features the authentic hardware sound of 200 vintage and modern synthesizers, a fully redesigned engine with powerful features, fx, arpeggiator, smart sound suggestion engine, native MPE support, and more.
A dreamlike collection!
Video credits: Anthony Hak
Music Credits: Théo & Thomas
"The Best Keeps Getting Better
What's new in version 4?
Almost everything!
We've rebuilt the engine from the ground-up, added more synths, more presets, more effects, more filters, more modulation, a dedicated browser, a second fully-customizable layer for creating hybrid and blended timbres, an all-new smart suggestion engine that helps you quickly find similar sounds, a more powerful arpeggiator/phraser, bus effects, native MPE support, and more!
Real Hardware Sounds
There is something unmistakable about the sound of a real hardware synth, from subtle differences between voice circuits and drift to the varied way filters bite into the sound; there's a distinct character and energy. Synth Anthology 4 delivers the authentic and uncompromising hardware sound with all the conveniences of a modern software instrument.
Every piece of hardware represents a unique creative vision, sonic character, innovations, and strengths. Whatever you're looking for, from analog to digital, vintage classic to future classic, you will find it here. Synth Anthology 4 delivers an incredible collection of hardware, every major manufacturer, every type of synthesis, every era, 200 synthesizers in all.
You won't find a more complete collection anywhere else."
"A few sounds from the Yamaha SY-2 (1975 or so), the upgraded version 2 of Yamaha’s earliest standalone. Such a lovely filter, and remarkably expressive aftertouch to the VCO, VCA or VCF. Start with any of the adjustable presets and meander from there. Pitch bend, portamento, pulse width, two ADSRs, resonant high- and low-pass filters, super-fast vibrato. Plus it's never had a problem in the 6 years I've owned it & has classic CS vibes? Not too shabby."
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"Super cool little analog preset synthesizer from Yamaha. It's a fun little machine, set it on top of your favorite organ or stage piano for a nostalgic ride into the 70s. Great working and cosmetic condition over all.
"An underrated synthesizer, the SY-2 has a really fun vibe to it. Imagine a preset based monosynth with a CS series tone to it. In very good cosmetic condition, comes with lid and legs."
Hiromichi Oohashi wrote in to let us know about his new synth book featuring rare and somewhat strange synthesizers from Japan. The book features synths from his collection along with a CD of audio/music. You can find the book via the publisher Rittor Music (Japan) (published Nov.2021), and on Amazon JP here.
You can find a list of the synths featured by chapter further below.
Details on the book from Hiromichi Oohashi follow.
"This art book introduces many of Japanese most rare and strange electronic musical instruments (1960s~1980s) from author's private collection for long years.
Contains over 130 synthesizers, rhythm machines, organs, toy instruments, speech synths, etc most of these rare instruments will be the first public release.
All color pages, lot of beautiful photo of these unique instruments with simple and detailed text, all photos and book design by author himself.
Contribution from Mark Mothersbaugh (DEVO)
Foreword by Eric Schneider (author of TOY INSTRUMENTS/MBP)
Attached CD has original music using these strange instruments so you can hear what these synth sounds like.
CD's music made by author's band KINO-MODERNO (world-renowned electronic music duo)
Hiromichi Oohashi is an artist born in Tokyo 1961
after studied art & design at Kuwazawa Design School in Tokyo
works as an artist and producer for Art, Design and Music
also known as collector of rare electronic musical instruments
in 1990 released groundbreaking [ VIDEO DRUG2/Phuture ] and get noticed
member of electronic music duo KINO-MODERNO since 1984
president of DAT PLANET PRODUKT"
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Yamaha SY-1 | Yamaha’s First Portable Analog Synth | Part of the GX1 and CS80 Lineage
video upload by Alamo Music Audio Lab
"Today, Zach is taking a look at the Yamaha SY-1, a unique synthesizer straight out of the 70's Yamaha organ craze. From the lineage that brought you the all-time great CS-80, the SY-1 is a preset-heavy analog synthesizer that was created and used for lead lines and all kinds of nostalgic tones. Take a look and a listen and tell us what you think!
"The first portable synth that Yamaha ever made!
Features the same sound engine as the legendary flagship CS-80 and GX-1 synths, albeit a monophonic primitive version. Also features aftertouch (probably also a first) that can be switched to control vibrato, pitch bend, filter, and volume. The presets are really amazing and go from Vangelis to 70s porn film soundtracks to Toto to Parliament Funkadelic to Close Encounters of the Third Kind at the flick of a switch! (John Williams used its successor, the SY-2, for the famous "Ba Di Da Buh Da"- the SY-2 apparently only had more envelope and filter controls and was otherwise sonically identical.)
Please see the Youtube link for an in-depth sound demo."
"The Delta is running through a Yamaha SPX90 'Symphonic Chorus' patch and the SY-2 is running through a Roland DEP5 'Repeat Echo' patch - panned to one side. Both are also running through the reverb on the Alesis mixer."
"Coming a few good years after the first album, 'Nights of '82' is a retro love letter, a stream of musical conscience inspired by distant memories of the atmosphere of metro trips and forgotten '80's and 90's B movies ("Spacetime Metro Tunnel", 'Melancholic Mullets'), Western and Eastern technology shows ('Optomimetic', 'Networks in the East') and tracker music aesthetics ('Sim 1').
'Instantly groovy and undeniably catchy', ' some of these songs are the most compelling instrumentals we’ve heard in a while.'
We Write About Music
Composed, played and produced by Simesky.
Strings on tracks 2 and 10 by Budapest Scoring Orchestra.
Synths and drum machine samples on track 3 from The Museum of Soviet Synthesizers website.
Fun fact: the Arturia Matrix V had a huge role in the instrumentation, its poly and FX sounds functioning as signature hooks across songs. Hardware synths include the Korg Monologue and the Yamaha SY-85.
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00:00 Intro tune 01:19 Overview 05:25 Hate 05:51 Jam 1 06:48 Jam 2 07:58 Finale 08:29 Verdict
Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Yamaha SY-22 Dynamic Vector Synth. Why is this soundtrack machine with a joystick not as popular as its sibling, the Korg WaveStation?"
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Synth Ethnic ROM Card VC7707 produced by Akira Inoue via
this auction
"Arguably the hardest to find, most rare ROM card for the SY/TG77 and SY99 synthesizers. This amazing selection of ethnic/world based synth sounds comes toward the end of Yamaha’s SY/TG77 era. Timeless sounds."
One of the much harder to find ROM cards available for the Yamaha SY/TG77 and SY99 synthesizers. Another fantastic example of Yamaha’s output of timeless sound design."
"One of the much harder to find ROM cards available for the Yamaha SY/TG77 and SY99 synthesizers complete with its case and insert. Another fantastic example of Yamaha’s output of timeless sound design."
"Secret weapon selection of very classy late 80s early 90s drum waveforms and patches for the SY/TG77 and SY99 synthesizers. Superb additional patches ranging from electric pianos to basses and pads as well. Very underrated and musical card set."
"The SY99 is like having a super-sized sampling workstation with the synthesis and sounds of a DX-7mkII. Basically the same as the SY77 it features a larger 76 note keyboard with upgraded synthesis, sample memory, sequencer and more! For its synthesizer section it employs a 6 operator AFM synth engine similar to, if not better than, the original DX's.
Sampled preset sounds (AWM2) can then be fused with the AFM sounds to create entirely wild new sounds! And these sounds are quite shapeable thanks to the resonant multi stage Time Variant Filters which offer the ability to recreate the warm analog sounds of classic synths, or something entirely new.
- AFM FM frequency modulation+ RCM convolution this special FM functions allows to use an internal noise generator or a sample element AWM as modulator input for an OP
- A patch is composed by 1 / 2 / 4 elements from different syntheses according to 10 soundpath structures (notes: NOTE: RCM algorithms number 9 and 10 use a PCM voice or an imported sample as an FM modulator - but not as carrier - to an operator.
- AWM PCM SAMPLES the intenal 8 MB ROM wavetable contains 267 PCM waveforms coded at maximum 48 kHz at 16 bits based on AWM2 synthesis (YM7119 also digital filter). - The internal ROM wavetable is organized into 4 main categories: - Classic digital workstation based on a complex mix of FM + PCM samples playback Even if time has passed, the Sy99 remains a true digital masterpiece.
There's an enhanced on-board sequencer section for creating your songs right on the SY99. It's got 16 tracks, from which channel 16 belongs to the built-in drum synthesizer. The sequencer can hold up to 27,000 notes, 99 patterns and 10 songs. And since the SY99 features 16 voices of polyphony for the AFM section, and another 16 voices for the sampled sounds, there are 32 voices to go around to build your song.
Not to mention there are 2 digital multi-effects processors which include reverb, delay, chorus, panning and more! Professional features for those of you want to really control and shape your sounds using the unique sounds (and complex synthesis) of a Yamaha FM synth with some special features up its sleeve.
Chapter: 00:00 Classic Piano 00:44 80s Latin 02:07 USA Rock Sound 02:28 Hammond Sound 03:00 80s Action 03:40 Rocky Sound 04:57 80s Lead 06:08 Caribean Beat 07:22 Ambient Pad 08:45 Brass Sound 08:52 Enigma Sounds 09:29 Enigma Loop 10:14 AWM Sax 11:09 AWM Keys 11:32 AWM Lead"
"Sounds gorgeous, for me, it's the best 'preset' analog monophonic synthesizer, due to its versatility and multimode filter (missing in the older brother SY-1)."
"A look at Yamaha's CS-30 monophonic synthesizer from 1977. This was the closest Yamaha got to a modular synth before their attention moved wholesale into FM synthesis. Yamaha released their first analogue synth (the SY-1) in 1974 and their last (the CS-01 II) in 1983. They've never made an analogue synthesizer since, although they have made analogue modelling synths.
0:00 Intro Track 0:50 The Yamaha CS-30 2:18 Feature Song 3:49 Summary 4:50 Full Musical Demo
Nerdy Details:
Yamaha CS-30 (1977)
Voltage Controlled Oscillators: x2 Waves: Sawtooth, Variable Pulse, Noise, Sinewave Sub Oscillator (found in VCA 1)
VCO Modulation: VCO 2 to VCO 1 xmod, pulse width modulation, pitch modulation from the envelopes, pitch modulation from the LFO, pitch modulation from an external signal.
"An incredible collection of hardware synthesizer sounds, expertly programmed, individually sculpted with outboard processors, multisampled and mastered to perfection. Synth Anthology 3 delivers the pure and powerful sounds of 132 hardware synthesizers, gently processed to taste with the best hardware processors on the market. You'll find everything from classic analogs like the Oberheim SEM and ARP 2600 to digital powerhouses like the Synclavier and FS1R, to modern classics like the OB-6, Prophet 6 and Minilogue, all expertly programmed and sampled, delivering the authentic and unmistakable sound of hardware.
WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 3 -55 new hardware synths featuring classics and rarities
Includes Arp 2600, Behringer DeepMind 12, Casio HZ-600 and VZ1, Cavagnolo Exagone, Clavia NordLead 3, Crumar Spirit, Davoli Davolisint, Dotcom Modular, EML ElectroComp 101, SynKey and Synthi AKS, JEN SX1000, Kawai Synthesizer-100F, Korg PS3100, MS-50, 01RW, M3, Prologue, Polysix, 800DV and X3R, M-Liberation, M-One, M-Subsequent 37, M-Modular 3p and M-Sonic Six, Novation Peak, Oberheim Matrix-12 and SEM, Powertran Transcendent 2000, PPG 1020 and Modular, RLD D-110, RLD Fantom-G6, RLD J-6, RLD SH-5, RLD JD-990, RLD System-100 and RLD System-700, RSF BlackBox and Modular, Sequential Circuits Six-trak, Studiologic Sledge, Teenage Engineering OP-1, OP-Z, PO-14 and PO-16, Vermona Synthesizer, Waldorf Pulse 2, Wave and Quantum, Yamaha SY-2 and V50, and Yusynth.
-542 Waveforms created from 50+ hardware
-Updated UI
-Updated FX section with EQ
-Updated arpeggiator section with Chord and Phrase modes
-1,000+ all new factory presets
"This album is full of synthesizer sounds from the Korg Minilogue XD hardware analog synthesizer, Roland JX8P vintage polysynth keyboard, Yamaha SY-1 vintage analog synth, Arturia Microbrute hardware analog synth, Mellotron and Solina V plugin emulations, Krakli Arminator 2 32-bit VST plugin inspired by the CS80, PG8X VST emulation of the Roland JX8P, Samples From Mars, Ableton Live 10 Drums and Wavetable virtual instrument, TAL U-NO-LX plugin emulation of the Roland Juno 60, Deputy Mark II VST string ensemble emulation, OP-X Pro II plugin emulation of the Oberheim OB-X and reFX Nexus 2 plugin.
If you like Tangerine Dream, Vangelis and eighties synth soundtracks then you'll enjoy this album
Alpicat - Midi Message (Full Album)
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Album Track Listing and Time Stamps:
01 The first message - 00:00
02 Pic du Midi - 05:04
03 Approaching Cascadia - 11:58
04 At the tone - 16:21
05 The Maastricht Years - 20:22
06 South(eastern) quadrant - 24:38
07 Midi message - 26:58
08 127 possibilities - 32:08
09 Valley of the Oô - 34:35
10 Safe to drink (Agua potable) - 39:32
11 Midway to Midi - 45:02
12 Before the message - 48:58
"Up for sale is a vintage Yamaha SY-2 analog synthesizer in good working condition. It's just been serviced and ready for the future. The service report is part of the sale.
The synth is complete with lid to close the case, music stand, and legs.
The synth sounds very good. Some call this a mini-CS80. The touch control gives you the opportunity to add more expression when you're playing.
Cosmetically it's in good condition for its age, but there are some signs of use. Some scratches, little rusty spots on the legs and metal parts, and there's little wear and tear on the hardcase, keys, knobs and front panel. Please check all the photos before you buy the item.
It's an originally European version, working on 220v. The serial number is: 1459"
