Here’s a preview, via Tastronauten, of the rare Yamaha SY20 – a monophonic analog synthesizer from 1982.
The Yamaha SY20 was the company’s last analog synth, released shortly before the company’s DX7 revolutionized synthesis and largely killed off analog synthesizers.
Now everyone, repeat after me
I know it’s only analog sound
but I like it, like it, yes I do
What do you mean “it’s only an analog” it does urinate from a great height over all VA’s ;o)
Sounds very similar to the mono synth section on the Yamaha SK30 synth that I have. The aftertouch on that makes playing fun, especially when controlling cutoff. It’s a little bit of a shame that the filters on these yamaha synths don’t quite go into self oscillation
Exactly what I had to say about the monosynth built into my Electone CSY-2. I believe I even mention it in the video comments.
Say what you want about the relatively wimpy filters on old Yamaha analogs, but put a little reverb on them and they all sound massive.
sweet sounding synth
It is very nostalgic!
btw, “S.57.1.29” is not serial number.
means “29 January 1982” in Japan^^;;)
@ pittakun: thanks a lot for that hint! I did not know, that it is a japanese date. This is my video, that I have posted for our tastronauten website. I have bought this synth from a nice japanese guy, who translated the panel for me. now I know the date of production.
@steve jesus and chiefy11: you are right, it is similar, but here you can layer two sounds, which is missing in the video. I will ad one more sounddemo on our Tastronauten website (www.tastronauten.de/YAMAHA-sy-20.html).
@ all of you guys: thanks for your replies. I did not exept so many statements.
Volker
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