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2008-10-23 by cuari7
Anybody else have one of these? I understand it has the same voice components of the GX-1. I just got one and, boy, is it funky! it has pressure sensitivity to control different things, including the filter cut-off. Interesting beast......
2008-10-23 by Richard Atkinson
Yes, I have two. I'm currently writing a piece of software to help visualise (and hence learn) the 28 presets. With two SY-2s, you can make sounds similar to one voice of the polyphonic manuals on the GX-1.
From: cuari7 Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 10:22 PM To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com Subject: [yamahacs80] Yamaha SY-2 Anybody else have one of these? I understand it has the same voice components of the GX-1. I just got one and, boy, is it funky! it has pressure sensitivity to control different things, including the filter cut-off. Interesting beast...... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2008-10-24 by cuari7
Cool! Do you know of a mod to be able to do true pitch-bending on it (like with a pedal or a knob?). --- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Atkinson" <rga24@...> wrote: > > Yes, I have two. I'm currently writing a piece of software to help visualise (and hence learn) the 28 presets. > > With two SY-2s, you can make sounds similar to one voice of the polyphonic manuals on the GX-1. > >
2008-10-25 by Richard Atkinson
You could change some resistors and adjust the range of the tune knob. Or you could add a control to adjust an offset on the VCO module's vibrato input.
From: cuari7 Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 2:25 AM To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com Subject: [yamahacs80] Re: Yamaha SY-2 Cool! Do you know of a mod to be able to do true pitch-bending on it (like with a pedal or a knob?). --- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Atkinson" <rga24@...> wrote: > > Yes, I have two. I'm currently writing a piece of software to help visualise (and hence learn) the 28 presets. > > With two SY-2s, you can make sounds similar to one voice of the polyphonic manuals on the GX-1. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2008-10-27 by rj krohn
i have one as well. richard, i'd be curious to here where the tap-in point could potentially be for a pitch bend. wouldnt a ribbon controller be awesome on one of these? i'd drop 50 bucks on one of the cs80 replacement ribbons, if they were available, to put one on mine.-rj --- On Fri, 10/24/08, Richard Atkinson <rga24@...> wrote:
From: Richard Atkinson <rga24@...>
Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] Re: Yamaha SY-2
To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, October 24, 2008, 9:57 PM
You could change some resistors and adjust the range of the tune knob. Or you could add a control to adjust an offset on the VCO module's vibrato input.
From: cuari7
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 2:25 AM
To: yamahacs80@yahoogro ups.com
Subject: [yamahacs80] Re: Yamaha SY-2
Cool!
Do you know of a mod to be able to do true pitch-bending on it (like
with a pedal or a knob?).
--- In yamahacs80@yahoogro ups.com, "Richard Atkinson" <rga24@...> wrote:
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> Yes, I have two. I'm currently writing a piece of software to help
visualise (and hence learn) the 28 presets.
>
> With two SY-2s, you can make sounds similar to one voice of the
polyphonic manuals on the GX-1.
>
>
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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]2008-10-27 by Richard Atkinson
The service manual is here: http://www.emusic-diy.org/YamahaManuals CS-60 / CS-80 style pitch bend changes the reference voltage connected to the tune knob, and thus the keyboard bus and the oscillator. If you want a CS-60 / CS-80 style pitch bend (linear pitch bend), adapt the circuit from the CS-60 or CS-80 and apply it to the tune knob in place of +15V (page 7). The vibrato input on the SY-2 oscillator module is I think an exponential FM input (page 8). In the SY-2 it's driven by the vibrato controls and also by the initial pitch bend function. Adding a variable control here would allow the more conventional exponential pitch bend as known from synthesizers with exponential oscillators.
From: rj krohn Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 5:59 PM To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] Re: Yamaha SY-2 i have one as well. richard, i'd be curious to here where the tap-in point could potentially be for a pitch bend. wouldnt a ribbon controller be awesome on one of these? i'd drop 50 bucks on one of the cs80 replacement ribbons, if they were available, to put one on mine.-rj --- On Fri, 10/24/08, Richard Atkinson <rga24@...> wrote: From: Richard Atkinson <rga24@...> Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] Re: Yamaha SY-2 To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, October 24, 2008, 9:57 PM You could change some resistors and adjust the range of the tune knob. Or you could add a control to adjust an offset on the VCO module's vibrato input. From: cuari7 Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 2:25 AM To: yamahacs80@yahoogro ups.com Subject: [yamahacs80] Re: Yamaha SY-2 Cool! Do you know of a mod to be able to do true pitch-bending on it (like with a pedal or a knob?). --- In yamahacs80@yahoogro ups.com, "Richard Atkinson" <rga24@...> wrote: > > Yes, I have two. I'm currently writing a piece of software to help visualise (and hence learn) the 28 presets. > > With two SY-2s, you can make sounds similar to one voice of the polyphonic manuals on the GX-1. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2008-10-29 by cuari7
What about a mod to achieve LFO-controlled PWM? Any ideas?
2008-10-29 by Richard Atkinson
There's already a PWM LFO. It's only enabled on the Double and Reed presets. The rate and depth are preset, but you could add in controls for these if you wanted.
From: cuari7 Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 3:20 AM To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com Subject: [yamahacs80] Re: Yamaha SY-2 What about a mod to achieve LFO-controlled PWM? Any ideas? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2008-11-01 by cuari7
ARGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! The volatile stock market is hurting me. Unexpectedly, I find myself in need to part with some of my babies. I will NEVER sell my CS80, but I think I could part with the SY2. It is in pretty darn-good shape for its age. Fully functional. Comes with legs and even the music stand thingie. Want $500 plus s/h. Only USA. Contact me at diazDOTjesusATmayoDOTedu Gracias!
2008-11-01 by Richard Atkinson
For reference, I bought my first SY-2 for £51 (English pounds) and my second for £122. Both from ebay.
From: cuari7 Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 2:16 PM To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com Subject: [yamahacs80] Re: Yamaha SY-2 (wanna buy it?) ARGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! The volatile stock market is hurting me. Unexpectedly, I find myself in need to part with some of my babies. I will NEVER sell my CS80, but I think I could part with the SY2. It is in pretty darn-good shape for its age. Fully functional. Comes with legs and even the music stand thingie. Want $500 plus s/h. Only USA. Contact me at diazDOTjesusATmayoDOTedu Gracias! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2008-11-01 by rj krohn
i second that-i paid 175 USD for mine about 9 months ago. granted, i think they are worth 200-300, but just a heads up, you might have a hard time getting 500 for it. --- On Sat, 11/1/08, Richard Atkinson <rga24@...> wrote:
From: Richard Atkinson <rga24@...>
Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] Re: Yamaha SY-2 (wanna buy it?)
To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, November 1, 2008, 10:32 AM
For reference, I bought my first SY-2 for £51 (English pounds) and my second for £122. Both from ebay.
From: cuari7
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 2:16 PM
To: yamahacs80@yahoogro ups.com
Subject: [yamahacs80] Re: Yamaha SY-2 (wanna buy it?)
ARGHHHHHHHH! !!!!!!
The volatile stock market is hurting me.
Unexpectedly, I find myself in need to part with some of my babies.
I will NEVER sell my CS80, but I think I could part with the SY2.
It is in pretty darn-good shape for its age. Fully functional. Comes
with legs and even the music stand thingie. Want $500 plus s/h.
Only USA.
Contact me at diazDOTjesusATmayoD OTedu
Gracias!
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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]2008-11-01 by Laurie Curry
that is the wrong move...... never give up hard assets for paper money...
-----Original message----- From: "cuari7" diaz.jesus@... Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2008 07:16:01 -0700 To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com Subject: [yamahacs80] Re: Yamaha SY-2 (wanna buy it?) ARGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! The volatile stock market is hurting me. Unexpectedly, I find myself in need to part with some of my babies. I will NEVER sell my CS80, but I think I could part with the SY2. It is in pretty darn-good shape for its age. Fully functional. Comes with legs and even the music stand thingie. Want $500 plus s/h. Only USA. Contact me at diazDOTjesusATmayoDOTedu Gracias! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]