Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

I used to own an SY77 and I must agree that RSM as a Wave 
source is a poor FM modulator indeed.
  However- the SY77did have TX81z type complex waveforms that 
yielded GREAT results- often you could just load up an old DX7 
patch and switch on one of these waveforms and VIOLA!- an 
instantly more complex sound that was more like having an 8 or 
more operator algorithm.

Personally- I think the SY99 is loved due to its' Extra Keys.

The exitement over the User Sample playback quickly 
diminished once you realized how little memory you acyually 
had.

Todd S :)


--- In CZsynth@y..., "jwp" <forms@s...> wrote:
> ccb wrote re the SY77 and SY99:
> 
> " These were 'RCM' synths [...] AWM waveforms were usable 
as both carriers
> and modulators of the FM signal chain."
> 
> That was the feature that had excited me about the SY99, and 
was the reason
> I was negotiating to buy one.  However, I then read an in-depth 
profile on
> the SY99 written by an owner who claimed that using an AWM 
waveform as an FM
> modulator created a lot of "noise," and thus was only good for 
creating
> noisy effects.  Didn't sound very musical.  Does anyone have 
an audio sample
> (.wav, .mp3, etc.) of the SY99 that disproves this user's claim?
> 
> -- Jeremy