Yamaha Reface

Bitexion · Post by **Bitexion** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 11:10 pm

I think synths with lots of different engines are awesome. But I'm worried about the price being as high as the current Motifs etc. Out of my range then.

CS_TBL · Post by **CS_TBL** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 4:26 pm

I get to see and hear it at the twelfth of this month, at a dealer-only demo. Although for now I'd put my money on a Yamaha version of the Roland System-1. Not that I know this for sure, but it's merely following a trend in which software gets harder and hardware gets softer.

Post by **meatballfulton** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 5:51 pm

CS_TBL wrote:I'd put my money on a Yamaha version of the Roland System-1.

Hopefully with more than four voices

Jabberwalky · Post by **Jabberwalky** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:25 pm

One thing Yamaha has over Roland, is the fact that they actually know how to make a decent sounding VA synth. They were there in the beginning with the An1x. Roland VA's have always been weak IMO.

Hybrid88 · Post by **Hybrid88** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 7:16 pm

Jabberwalky wrote:One thing Yamaha has over Roland, is the fact that they actually know how to make a decent sounding VA synth. They were there in the beginning with the An1x. Roland VA's have always been weak IMO.

I don't know about that, the JP-8000 is a really unique and powerful sounding VA to me. But they were undoubtably the kings of FM, it would make a lot of sense to address the worst part about the DX series (apart from it's cheesy preset overuse that is) and release a fun FM synth with a knobby interface, or at least something more appropriate than that god awful menu system they had back then.

...BTW is it just me or is this the longest countdown in history? Dragging something shocking

Post by **meatballfulton** » Wed Jul 01, 2015 7:42 pm

Hybrid88 wrote:is it just me or is this the longest countdown in history?

Like a blink of the eye compared to the Korg Odyssey wait, eh

Re-Member · Post by **Re-Member** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 12:10 am

Jabberwalky wrote:One thing Yamaha has over Roland, is the fact that they actually know how to make a decent sounding VA synth. They were there in the beginning with the An1x. Roland VA's have always been weak IMO.

I think the System-1 and all the additional plug-out engines for it sound really great. I remember even daring someone on another forum to match some samples I provided of my SH-101 being pushed to the extreme and the 101 emulation was pretty much spot on. The only thing I dislike about it is the design and two-octave keyboard.

Automatic Gainsay · Post by **Automatic Gainsay** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 3:13 am

God, it's horrible to be old.

I remember when the An1x came out. Everyone hated it. It spent years being a stupid and mocked synth.
Now, everyone's all in love with it.

Same deal with just about every synth. Although I gotta say I'm really surprised that the M1 resurgence and the D-50 resurgence haven't occurred before the An1x resurgence.

And everyone who is just angry and bitter that everyone doesn't love the DX7... :::sighs:::

Post by **Stab Frenzy** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 4:31 am

M1 and D50 resurgence is going strong, just with musicians rather than synth collectors.

Alex E · Post by **Alex E** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 5:49 am

Stab Frenzy wrote:M1 and D50 resurgence is going strong, just with musicians rather than synth collectors.

Yep. And they're so abundant that prices should stay where they are for a while.

JayEm · Post by **JayEm** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 10:17 am

Automatic Gainsay wrote:God, it's horrible to be old.

I remember when the An1x came out. Everyone hated it. It spent years being a stupid and mocked synth.
Now, everyone's all in love with it.

au contrair

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Post by **meatballfulton** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 11:47 am

The M1 is huge in Mexican music these days.

A few years ago I was in Arizona on vacation and all the Mexican/American stations were awash with the sound.

Jabberwalky · Post by **Jabberwalky** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 2:26 pm

Automatic Gainsay wrote:God, it's horrible to be old.

I remember when the An1x came out. Everyone hated it. It spent years being a stupid and mocked synth.
Now, everyone's all in love with it.

I wasn't into synths then, but I can say that even in 2003, people loved the An1x.

Post by **Stab Frenzy** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 3:11 pm

sneakthief wrote:And as I mentioned, you can buy an STM32F4Discovery board for 17€ and make your own DIY version. Adding controls would be simple enough as all parameters are midi controllable:

http://ixox.fr/forum/index.php?topic=63425.0

Just had one delivered in the mail today! Let's see what I can get it doing...

Hybrid88 · Post by **Hybrid88** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 4:55 pm

JayEm wrote:
Automatic Gainsay wrote:God, it's horrible to be old.

I remember when the An1x came out. Everyone hated it. It spent years being a stupid and mocked synth.
Now, everyone's all in love with it.

au contrair

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Bet he pulled it back out of the skip and put it on eBay

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