I have just recorded these tonight after my last post. My yamaha sy77 digital synth sounding very analog like youtube. Yamaha dx7 line vs yamaha sy77 vintage synth explorer forums. Fm synthesis in plg100dx and plg150dx is identical to dx7, so in that. I will also compare the sy77 tg77 with roland d50 and korg m1. The dx7ii has a nice big screen that makes editing much easier than the mk1. Forums and discussion of recording, guitar, bass, keyboard. Yamaha sy77 is a 16 voice multitimbral music workstation first produced by yamaha. It was used and still can be used in any music genre, from pop ballad to hard techno. The sy77 is equipped with a 61key keyboard with velocity and aftertouch. It was the first successful digital synthesizer and is one of the bestselling. A summary of the software available for the dx series of synthesizers in 1988 thanks to paul troutman. Dx7 vs dx7ii vs sy77 posted in the synthesizers community. The latest episode of woody piano shack compares two generations of yamaha dx7 synthesizers, the original yamaha dx7 and the dx7ii mk2, dx7s video summary.
With spectrogram and sampled waves from both synthesizers. Well address the cosmetic differences and the changes. I will show you key differences between the dx7 and sy77 tg77. You love that classic epiano, but you prefer the brighter, cleaner fulltines in the dx7ii. I digged into the many free fm vst plugins, searching for those who are able to recreate that clean 80 fm sound. The afm synthesis part of the sy77 is pretty much the same as having the 6 operator fm synthesis that was available on the yamaha dx7 and dx7ii series of. However, software applications exist that can convert previously diskonly and thus. Als angenehmer nebeneffekt konnen dx7 sounds geladen werden, wodurch ein. I wonder if there is a conversion program that would at least converts the fm only sy77 sounds into dx7. Famous for his epiano sound, and bells, marimba and other metallic or crystal clear sounds.
Back in the 80s when i had a craving to add fm to my roland jx8p rig, i had. The sy77 has a bigger screen too, but it has so much more power you can easily get lost in it. The dx7 is the synth which yamaha will always be known for first and foremost. This is a yamaha sy77 tg77 demo and comparison video with yamaha dx7. Any opinions on if it would be worth it to buy the sy77 and sell my dx7. I started out with a dx7, went to a dx7ii fd dual dx and then to the sy77. This question goes out to anyone who has ever played or owned a dx7ii and a sy series synthwhich has the better keyboard feel. Yamaha dx7 vs dx7 ii a sonic test to hear differences between the two models. The sy77 and sy99 were replaced as the flagship yamaha synthesizer. I havent owned a dx7ii, but i owned a dx7 and sy77 at the same time for a long time.
Then open the file and save to diskette to load onto your sy77 drive. I have all of my sounds stored in a library program called solo quest. So without further ado i present an fm blind test dx7s vs sy77 both mono out into the exact same effects not volume matched, any key presses may have been variable but tried to keep them close but its the timbre that counts here. Brian eno learnt to program the dx7 in depth and used it to create ambient music on his 1983 album apollo. The yamaha dx7 is a synthesizer manufactured by the yamaha corporation from 1983 to 1989.