Liquid Shadow is a Yamaha whore?

[Liquid Shadow]

I guess so. My functional rig (being that it excludes what sits around and doesn't get used) is two old Yammies now. P60 for piano and SY85 for anything else.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a105/ryanjd/yammies.jpg




Good stuff. Funny thing is, I used to not like Yamaha at all for some unknown reason. Now me loves.

[Omega Monkey]

Good stuff. Funny thing is, I used to not like Yamaha at all for some unknown reason. Now me loves.

I'm the same way. My first experience with Yamaha was some little PS series (pre PSR). It was fun to learn on, but the sounds werent very good at all. I was about 7. Also, this was the mid 80s when DX's were huge and most people had no clue how to use them. So I wasnt too into Yamaha for a long time.

The tide started to turn when I started listening to the first UK album a whole lot. I just loved that CS80 sound, and of course the GX1 sound of later ELP and Stevie Wonder (Village Ghetto Land has the most gorgeous string synth sound EVER, I defy you to deny it!). So I started looking into the vintage Yamaha stuff.

Then a couple years after that, I had started listening to a lot of 80s electronic music (like Tangerine Dream and Herbie Hancock) a lot of which used these really crisp, punchy FM sounds. What really put it over the top though was finally getting some Elektric Band. I had purposely stayed away from this stuff because of the associations I had with it from the 80s. But they were playing locally and its Chick Corea, so hey, lets check it out, right? So I got really immersed in all those FM sounds which were totally different to the older analog stuff that I had mostly been listening to.

Anyway, that was when the dam broke, and since then I have been a bigger and bigger fan of Yamaha ever since, owning more and more of their gear. Before I had only a little FB01 (4 op FM multitimbral module) that honestly wasnt that great (or rather, I didnt know how to tap into its potential). But in the last few years I've bought a TG300 (just sold though), TX7 (sold a couple months ago), TG77 (probably will never sell unless I get an SY99), and of course my EX5. And I REALLY want an ES8.

Whereas I used to have almost all Roland stuff, now I have as many Yamaha synths as Roland (plus a couple Ensoniqs, a Korg, and Rhodes). Before they were probably my least favorite of the big 3, now they are my most favorite.

[Grey Loki]

At least it's not a Casio :P

[Analogkid]

I guess so. My functional rig (being that it excludes what sits around and doesn't get used) is two old Yammies now. P60 for piano and SY85 for anything else.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a105/ryanjd/yammies.jpg




Good stuff. Funny thing is, I used to not like Yamaha at all for some unknown reason. Now me loves.


Shadow, you change your rig like I change my underwear.

[Liquid Shadow]

I try to change my underwear more than once every 4 months...yikes, you must be a stinky boy. ;)



I still have the JX sitting on the other side of the room, it just isn't getting used much. The Juno got sold because of crossover between them. I still have the Casio. The Trinity got sold because it is powerful but still sounded weak. The JD got sold because I'm an idiot.



The SY85 is making up for that though. Not as many sliders but there are some. And it sounds beautiful. It's the only other real "workstation" I've had besides the Trinity, and it blows that away sonically (sequencer and stuff might not be as good but I don't use that hardly..) The pianos are rough and the organs have not convinced me yet, but everything else is ten doses of WOW. How old is this thing? It sounds better than half the junk Guitar Center has on the floor for 10x what I paid for it.

[Maximus]

about a month ago a drummer friend ofered me a used sy 85 it was a really good deal, but im saving for a juno G so, i was wondering how has the sy 85 worked for you?

really apreciate the reply, currently i don't own any working yamaha keys (My old DX7II died on me) i didnt bought the sy 85 because it didnt had FM synthesis, had it been an SY 77 i would have bought it on the spot , what do you think??

[Analogkid]

my wife says I stink :biggrin:

[Premetheus37]

I don't know a whole lot about the SY 85, but the P-60 is my stage piano of choice. It was my first 88-key. I love the feel of it.

~Premetheus

[Maximus]

SY 85

Anyone...?

Anyone...?

[Liquid Shadow]

Oh sorry...I intended to let you know once I played with it some more and then I spaced it off. I apologize.



It's a really good board. Like I said, the pianos aren't worth much unless you have some use for very trebble-ish pianos (probably a good rock-piano sound). Versatile and beautiful sounding board, this one is a keeper for me. How much did your friend want for it? If it is too much then I would say skip it but if the price is right you should jump on it. Let us know what he is asking.


Btw, I was looking at SY77's, but I find FM too difficult to work with (for myself anyways). I've worked with the demo of FM7 and haven't gotten anywhere, and that's more intuitive than hardware FM synths. Plus the 85 has those sliders under the screen, which make editing much quicker and much better quality sounds. Scrolling through menus is a pain, and this thing doesn't have a JD-800 interface but it's better to work with than a DX7. ;)