Baby Audio BA-1 virtual CS1 synth
BA-1 is a modern re-imagination of a cultish 1982 analog synth that looked like a toy but sounded like a beast. It brings you pure and authentic lo-fi textures that …
Yamaha Producer Series
In the pile of vintage synthesizer brochures we just received we found this Yamaha “Producer Series” 12-page brochure from 1983. Featuring the MA10 Headphone Amplifier, MM10 Mic/Line Stereo Portable Mixer, …
Pocket-size soundmakers
This article was produced by Mark Jenkins for Synths & Software. The original article can be found here. Please note that all (c) are with Synths & Software and Mark …
Yamaha custom E70 … SY2 … SGX
Had not seen this before. This picture of a Yamaha E70…with built in SY2 and SGX CONTROLLER, showed up on Facebook Later the following info was added: Custom made by …
Yamaha SK 30 Symphonic ensemble
This review of the Yamaha SK 30 symphonic ensemble was published in International Musician (UK Version) May 1981. We have OCR’d the article, the full text can be found below. …
The first ever drum machine?
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company released an early commercially produced drum machine called the Sideman in 1959. It was an “electro-mechanical” drum machine that offered a choice of 12 electronically generated …
Yamaha CS-5, CS-10, CS-40
In our archives we found a great advertisement from Yamaha, covering the CS-40M, CS-10 and CS-5. These adverts were published in the International Musician (UK) magazine, May 1981
Yamaha Digital Instruments 88-89
We found this extended brochure on Yamaha Digital Instruments. In these years the FM synthesis was key in the Yamaha synths. You’ll find the DX7 en DX7II, as well as …