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| 2585.1 | VERY nice peace of machinery!! | STKHLM::ARENDI | Jaak A. CS/Via Stockholm | Sat Sep 21 1991 12:41 | 11 |
| Hi!
I tested the SY99 today and must say that I am VERY impressed.
They (yamaha) must have listen to the critics a lot. The drums
are really good and so are the pianos. Of course the rest of the
sounds are pretty nice to, but there are to many to judge them
after playing them once. Unfortunately this wonderful machine
costs about �2900, $4100 and DM 8000.
Jack
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| 2585.2 | and think about the flexibility in SW (samples) | PAULUS::BAUER | Richard - ISE L10N Center Frankfurt | Mon Sep 23 1991 05:08 | 9 |
| Hi Jack !
The price in Germany is just below 6000DM and I've seen an ad for 5500DM.
Hence, I expect it to be less than 3000$ in the states. And I hope that the
TG99 (to be expected next spring) will be less than 2000$.....
What does it help me ? Nothing ! Just keeps me dreaming...
Richard
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| 2585.3 | Another demo'd user | TROOA::CONNOLLY | | Thu Oct 10 1991 15:27 | 11 |
| I went to an SY99 demo/propaganda session the other night. It is a very
impressive machine, given that it has a sequencer (16 track, 30K notes,
I think), sample loading capability, and all the other goodies (I have
the info sheet at home, if anyone wants more info I can list it).
My only beef is that for almost $4000 (approx. Canadian selling price),
the least thing they could have done is include some 'Cheezy Organ'
presets (i.e. like in '96 Tears'). I mean, Hammonds and pipe organs are
real nice, but some of us just can't get enough of old Farfisas!
Cal C.
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| 2585.4 | ...and another thing... | TROOA::CONNOLLY | | Thu Oct 10 1991 15:29 | 6 |
| Let's not forget Hohners as well!
(I figured I'd reply before someone else did).
Cal
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| 2585.5 | Time For An UPS | RGB::ROST | I Had A Torrid Affair With Geraldo | Thu Oct 10 1991 16:21 | 6 |
| Heard on USENET that the SY99 sequencer has a minor nit, umm major nit,
umm fatal bug.....no battery backup! Shut it off or get a power
failure before you've saved to disk and memory goes south. For the
price tag it bears, Yamaha could do better than that!!
Brian
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| 2585.6 | RYO organ sounds? | MINNY::WALDISPUEHL | | Thu Oct 17 1991 07:32 | 4 |
| re cheezy organs:
Isn't the SY99 programmable? I have only DX7 experience, and on DX7s
organ sounds are not too difficult to program.
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| 2585.7 | | PAULUS::BAUER | Richard - ISE L10N Center Frankfurt | Wed Nov 13 1991 05:32 | 30 |
| Re: .5
Brian, this must be a misunderstanding. I think Yamaha claims that they are the
only vendor that offers a "static RAM" for the user samples, means samples are
KEPT on power off. Anything else is like in any other synth I have tried so
far. The user programs (sounds) are buffered. However, the sequencer data may
not (as in my V50).
Re: .6
Yes, the SY99 is fully programmable (and BTW DX7 compatible !!!, but better
sounding because of the filters and the built-in effects). Eg. it has an
dedicated processor that is doing dynamic panning that can be programmed in
various ways for every voice (layer) seperately.
I had a chance to play with some sound disks from Yamaha. The contain samples
and voice data. I found them good. But the important thing to me is, there is a
lot of SW available already (Yamaha AND 3rd parties). I think this is an
indicator that this machine will make it into a top seller that will stay
around for some time (like the DX7).
There's one thing which concerns me a bit. That is the flexibility of the
polyphony. I remember from the SY/TG77 that you could have the maximum of 16
AWM2 notes and 16 note AFM notes. The review of the SY99 in the German Keyboards
magazine states the same restriction, however the brochure seems to indicate
that in a "multi" you could have any combination eg. use AWM2 voices only in
the multi. Can anybody confirm this ? Maybe the restriction on the 77 was also
only true for voice mode ?
Richard
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| 2585.8 | Who Beta Tested This Thing? | RGB::ROST | All American Alien Boy | Wed Nov 13 1991 09:46 | 14 |
| Re: .7
Yes, Richard, I'm referring to the *sequencer*, not the sounds.
Kind of a pain if in the midst of recording your 9th Symphony, there is
a power failure or a fuse blows or someone trips over the AC cord.
Every non-computer sequencer I've used in the past (Casio, Roland,
Ensoniq) retained sequencer memory after turning the unit off. At
*$4000* list, I see that as a *big* zit on the SY99.
Yes, sometimes I *do* forget to save my changes to disk when turning
the unit off to go eat dinner or whatever.
Brian
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| 2585.9 | | PAULUS::BAUER | Richard - ISE L10N Center Frankfurt | Thu Nov 14 1991 07:36 | 11 |
| Hi Brian !
Don't be so picky..... ;-)
I wasn't too concerned as my V50 had the same restriction and my ATARI-based
sequencer even more.
BTW, Chick Corea did the Beta Test.
best regards
Richard
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