It’s not quite simple to say it’s analog, It seems to be a hybrid, the YM1101 chip likely has a digital oscillator for each ‘voice’ each with an internal analogue envelope circuit controlled by external capacitors. Once the voices are generated they get passed through external analog circuits for filters and modulation, depending on what the voice is intended for(drum or instrument) the same chip appears in some other Yamaha gear, electric pianos and organs with different envelop circuits.
The oscillator section also might be a chipped and truncated version of the transistor divide down circuit found in old style organs, but with a digital instead of an analog clock
I was born in 1979 and my dad must have bought one of these as they were released because I don't remember a day in my childhood without this instrument in it... thanks for the trip down memory lane.
I think it's from '81. Was my first keyboard. I was into Japan's Quiet Life and Human League's Dare at the time, and this keyboard mostly failed to live up to those expectations...
The first trnspotable Keyboard, and analog. The instruments sound ist so as in the Renaissance. I buy this one as i was 16 years old 1981 and i love them. I sale it two years later but I buy one back 🎉
Did you push the "Normal" switch on the left side? That makes the whole keyboard playable! Otherwise you can have bass chords or arpeggios in the lower section of the keys
Get an effects module, something like the module in the video, or a guitar pedal or something, then run a cable from the AUX Out or Headphone Out on the back into the input of the effect device. Then run a cable from the audio out on the effects unit into speakers/guitar amp/recording interface.
If you don't already have any effects, an all-in-one effects module like the one in the video will give you a lot of bang for your buck and some older ones can be had on ebay pretty inexpensively.
Great - I had this keyboard MANY years ago and wrote a series of songs on it in my first juvenile band. Super throwback
It’s not quite simple to say it’s analog, It seems to be a hybrid, the YM1101 chip likely has a digital oscillator for each ‘voice’ each with an internal analogue envelope circuit controlled by external capacitors. Once the voices are generated they get passed through external analog circuits for filters and modulation, depending on what the voice is intended for(drum or instrument) the same chip appears in some other Yamaha gear, electric pianos and organs with different envelop circuits.
The oscillator section also might be a chipped and truncated version of the transistor divide down circuit found in old style organs, but with a digital instead of an analog clock
great job, showing how the sounds combine with effects was very helpful!
I was born in 1979 and my dad must have bought one of these as they were released because I don't remember a day in my childhood without this instrument in it... thanks for the trip down memory lane.
I think it's from '81. Was my first keyboard. I was into Japan's Quiet Life and Human League's Dare at the time, and this keyboard mostly failed to live up to those expectations...
The first trnspotable Keyboard, and analog. The instruments sound ist so as in the Renaissance. I buy this one as i was 16 years old 1981 and i love them. I sale it two years later but I buy one back 🎉
Omg this sounds amazing
What are the sounds after 2:40? They sound like basic saw waves and a cutoff filter?
Is it digital or analogue ?
analague as mentioned in the vid
You should watch and LISTEN to the videos before asking stupid questions.
@@him12672 🤔🤔🤔 FM is pure digital.
i think its digital
Digital with VCFs
Haha only half of the keys work on mine, I'm afraid the age is catching up to it.
Did you push the "Normal" switch on the left side? That makes the whole keyboard playable! Otherwise you can have bass chords or arpeggios in the lower section of the keys
has a unike sound
Amigos si alguien vende un pianito así me avisan por favor.
Hi there, cool video, how do yo uset up the keyboard with effects? I would like to try it out with my Yamaha PSR-550
Get an effects module, something like the module in the video, or a guitar pedal or something, then run a cable from the AUX Out or Headphone Out on the back into the input of the effect device. Then run a cable from the audio out on the effects unit into speakers/guitar amp/recording interface.
If you don't already have any effects, an all-in-one effects module like the one in the video will give you a lot of bang for your buck and some older ones can be had on ebay pretty inexpensively.
Thanks for the advice!
Cool thanks