YAMAHA PSS-680 - AGED 14 - "GREENSLEEVES"

My second attempt at sequencing.
The 61-mini-key, Yamaha PSS-680 was a birthday present and my second keyboard ever (I still have one). The first keyboard I had was the 49-mini-key, CASIO MT-100, which I received as a Christmas present in 1985. The Casio did not have any recording function, but the Yamaha had a 5-track 'sequencer' and a basic synthesizer. Whilst I did not understand how synthesis worked back then, I was curious enough to work out what the buttons did to get the sounds I wanted.
Even after 36 years, this remains one of the most versatile and function-laden keyboards in its field. Whilst you can't get FAT sounds out of it, the FM synthesis provides tones and flavours to hi-tech synthesizer sounds - a topic for future videos perhaps.
This series of videos are put up here for posterity only.

[@LittleRichard1988]

The Yamaha PSS-680 is still a great keyboard and there is still magic in doing music production with these older lofi keyboards. Growing up
I had a Yamaha PSS-790 which was my first serious keyboard, the PSS-790 was very cutting edge for it's time as it uses AWM sounds which
were very realistic sounding especially for a home keyboard. I started getting back into collecting retro home keyboards in 2018 with the Yamaha
PSS-470 in 2018 for my 30th birthday and I also bought a Yamaha PSS-680 in April 2021 when I was on sabbatical plus recently I bought a Casiotone
MT-500 for my 35 birthday which will be tomorrow. In my experience it was mainly from 2003-2010 that people were going on about how these 80s
and early 90s Yamaha and Casio keyboards sound "outdated" or sound like "🧀" or a time when nobody really seemed bothered about them.

[@bestrickie2]

Excellent performance of a great tune and again, a good old vintage instrument.

[@bestrickie2]

@@mrbeezkeez1599 i’m assuming you were 14 years of age when this instrument was released and I’m assuming you may have received it as a birthday or Christmas present. Yes, it is a good old vintage keyboard. I would sound fantastic through and effects processor including reverbs et cetera added the midi is very good on it. Of course if you’re good with media skills. Back in 1988, I turned 20, and at that time, I had a Casio, MT, NT 55 if I remember rightly I bought when I was 19 years of age. During August 1988, I bought a PSS 270 sound Bank, portable keyboard and later in the year, I borrowed a PSS 470 Yamaha, which has the sliders digital synthesiser facility. I’ve had loads of music keyboard since Including my recent purchase of a PSRSX 900 Yamaha and I’ve got a couple of other keyboards, I’m only a hobbyist.

[@bestrickie2]

@@mrbeezkeez1599 I also owned a PS5 70 and again, very good for its time and exceptionally good when you put it through and effects processor it can sure enhance the sounds including drums et cetera. So yeah, they’re not bad machines at all pretty nifty, especially when you multi track record them putting them through an affect processor. I’m assuming, you put your PSS 680 through some kind of sequencer when you recorded these demos, including this one. Excellent work. Well done.