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Delirious XcitementReview | Sound On Sound, Mar 1988Yamaha DX7SA story in which our hero, David Mellor, deserts the path of enlightenment and sells his DX7 Mk1 for a rival keyboard. Can the DX7S tempt him back to the true faith? Read on... |
Double TakeReview | Electronic Soundmaker, Apr 1985Yamaha DX5Yamaha's follow-up machine to the DX7 is essentially a budget DX1, offering two '7s in one neat package. We take a look at the DX5. |
Grey Matter Response E!Review | Music Technology, Sep 1987for the DX7, Version 2.0The debate over whether to upgrade to a DX7II takes on a new dimension with the possibilities that this expansion board brings to the original. Jim Burgess is impressed. |
Grey Matter Response E! BoardReview | Music Technology, May 1988For the DX7IIGrey Matter Response's E! expansion for the DX7 virtually gave it the power of the DX7II; E! for the DX7II represents another quantum leap in DX capability. Chris Many checks it out. |
Hi-Tech XpansionReview | Electronics & Music Maker, Apr 1985As Yamaha's 'X' range of hi-tech hardware continues to grow, Dan Goldstein and Trish McGrath present an exclusive appraisal of two of the range's most affordable additions, the TX7 FM Expander and QX7 MIDI Keyboard Recorder. |
PatchworkReview | Music Technology, Mar 1991Acoustic drum samples from producer Bob Clearmountain rub shoulders with Mega Beats drum machine samples, while SSU sounds for the Yamaha SY77 complete the lineup in this month's Patchwork. |
Performance PowerReview | Electronic Soundmaker, Jun 1985Yamaha's QX1 Sequencer, KX88 Master Keyboard, TX816 ModulesYamaha's professional FM sequencer master keyboard and FM modules. |
RCM In A RackReview | Sound On Sound, Jan 1991Yamaha TG77 Tone GeneratorYamaha's flagship workstation, the SY77, has now given birth to a new top-of-the-range expander, the TG77. Martin Russ conducts the examination. |
Sight ReadingReview | Electronics & Music Maker, Apr 1985Yamaha DX7 Digital SynthesizerE&MM's resident FM expert, Jay Chapman, takes a critical flick through the pages of a new book intended to ease the programming on Yamaha's DX7 poly. |
SY77 - The Power behind the Buttons! - Part 2Review | Sound On Sound, Feb 1990RCM Synthesis explainedIn this second part of our in-depth review of the SY77 synthesizer, Martin Russ delves into Yamaha's ultra new synthesis method: Real-time Convolution and Modulation. |
The Legend Lives OnReview | Sound On Sound, Mar 1987Yamaha DX7IIDThe DX7 has become both one of the best-selling synthesizers of all time and a truly 'classic' instrument. So how do you improve on that? Jay Chapman reviews Yamaha's recently launched and long awaited successor to the DX7. |
Xpert SystemReview | Electronic Soundmaker, May 1985Yamaha QX7 sequencer / TX7 expanderThe latest additions to Yamaha's 'X' range - the QX7 keyboard recorder and TX7 expander look to be some of the most interesting yet. |
Yamaha DX1Review | Electronics & Music Maker, Oct 1983Programmable Polyphonic FM SynthesizerAn overview of this flagship of the DX range of FM-based synthesisers |
Yamaha DX7IID & DX7IIFD FM Digital SynthesisersReview | Music Technology, Mar 1987After a trickle of early publicity, the successors to the immortal DX7 have arrived. Rick Davies finds out just what it takes to update a legend in music technology, and wonders if the improvements have been worth the wait |
Yamaha SY-77Review | Micro Music, Mar 1990Performance SynthesizerJohn Renwick looks at the new SY-77 from Yamaha |
Yamaha SY77 - Part 1Review | Sound On Sound, Jan 1990RCM SynthesizerThe DX7 captured musicians’ imaginations like no other synthesizer before or since. But the legacy of releasing endless variations on the DX theme has turned some musicians away from FM synthesis and into the waiting arms of a new generation of 'sample plus synth' keyboards. Now Yamaha are back with a vengeance, an even more powerful method of synthesis (Real-time Convolution and Modulation), and a spanking new flagship synth. But has the SY77 got what it takes to regain the hi-tech musician's vote? Martin Russ finds out. |
Yamaha SY77 & TG55Preview | Music Technology, Dec 1989It's been a while since Yamaha revolutionised synthesisers with the DX7 but now they're making ambitious claims about their SY77. Simon Trask gets a glimpse of Yamaha's latest synth. |
Yamaha SY77 Performance SynthesiserReview | Music Technology, Jan 1990Long awaited and long overdue, the SY77 is Yamaha's real successor to the DX7; it combines advanced FM synthesis, AWM sound modelling, digital filtering and musical usefulness. Innovation with Simon Trask. |
Yamaha SY99Review | Sound On Sound, Sep 1991Improvements and additions to the SY77 concept have produced a new instrument — the SY99. Martin Russ Looks at Yamaha's new flagship synth. |
Yamaha SY99Review | Music Technology, Oct 1991AFM/AWM SynthesiserOn from the revolutionary DX7, on from the souped-up DX7 II, on even from the mighty SY77, comes the SY99. Simon Trask takes the new Yamaha flagship on her maiden voyage. |
Yamaha TX802Review | Sound On Sound, Sep 1987The Multi-InstrumentalistTaking over where the TX816 left off, this DX7II in a rack is the very latest in a long line of powerful FM synth expanders. Mark Badger puts it in perspective. |
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