Very good to hear! It deserves to be played! :-)

@@devingademanlearned it! Thanks for the inspiration!

@@kjay8796 I’m glad to hear! It’s always fun to play the good old M1! :)

@@AlbertMonkey Thank you for your comment! Cool to read someone can appreciate the SY55 as well! Yes, it sounds very ‘sine wave/fm-ish’ that of course can replicate a bell sound very well. It’s cool to know the source is an actual sampled cowbell. The filters on the SY55 are excellent. Oh yes, those other presets are really good, too! GX Dream is a favourite by some users. I’m planning to do another SY55 sometime soon!

@@devingademan Good, looking forward to it, I still use mine for the odd punchy gritty sound 👍🏾

@@AlbertMonkey That is great! Yes, it definitely packs some punch. VCF String Patch, DataStream, DX E.Piano and Voyager are also great presets. Not too long ago I was listening to Larry Heard's 'Alien' record from 1996. You can clearly hear DataStream being used on the song 'DNA-RNA'. He used the rack-version of the SY55, the TG55.

@@matheusmoreira6291 You are most welcome and thanks for watching the video!

@@davidkyle2073 Thank you for your comment! Yes, the SY77 is a great synth. I’m planning to do some videos with it as well. My first synth from the great SY Series!

@@craigjonlyon Thank you for your comment! And yes, that is so true! One of the best pieces of gear to just have some fun with :-)

It sounds good in Spanish!

Hi! That unfortunately wouldn't be possible. I checked if your Casio had MIDI so that you could download the Korg M1 software VST and use the Casio to trigger the sounds, but I see it does not have midi outputs.

@devingademan ohh, it's okay, thanks! 😊

@ You're welcome!

Hi! The keyboard I'm using to control the D-05 is the Yamaha SY55. I had just used it - probably the day before - to make another video with that you can find on my channel as well.

@@devingademan Thanks. Ive been debating getting a D50 or D05. I dont have a full keyboard though so maybe D50 is better?

@@neonpop80 Good question! I have a few videos and blogs on my website that are D-50/D-05 related. The D-50 is one of my favourite synths ever. The D-05 is a great alternative (one of the best renditions from the Roland Boutique Series). You first have to debate the pro and cons yourself and figure out what is most important to you. There are so many reasons why you'd prefer one over the other, but they're very personal. Both are great decisions in the end!

@@yotest3697 Absolutely! One of the best patches ever created!

Absolutely! Small but so much fun!

@@croonologist Thanks! It is the 17th preset of the internal memory, but because I had different patches loaded into the internal memory when recording this video, I loaded them in by using my memory card (mpc-00p) that has the factory presets on it.

Thank you, George! I hope to do more Numan stuff in the future! :)

Thank you, George! This is one of my favourites. The DigitalNativeDance preset is frequently audible throughout this Numan era both on albums and live recordings.

@@ymotechnopopfan Haha, it wouldn’t be too hard to just put all the sounds into one unit. So let we just include the ‘latin percussion’ machine as well😅

@@dawildrydahx Thanks!

@@fnonaka Yes, you are correct! This was the final release from the SY Series and for the SY85; Yamaha ditched the FM-engine and users were able to create sounds relying on 6MB of ROM. Single waveforms/samples (in voice mode) could be modulated using its digital filters (with resonance), various ADSR settings and 90 different stereo effects that are similar but not equivalent to those of an SPX900 multi fx processor. The EX5 (three years prior to the release of the first Motif) comes with a bundle of great types of synthesis, but also had a good - more developed - AWM2 engine as well. The Motif Series continued to explore the territory even further and released so many different version of it throughout the ‘00s and beyond! Thank you for watching and leaving a comment!

Now that’s a cool comment! I’ve played the game a few times when I was younger, but wasn’t really into gaming and all about music instead. I did however always liked the music from that game and as I was recording this video and playing this particular preset - though it was improvised - it reminded me of Minecraft as well. Cool that you noticed it too and thanks for your comment!

İ think it sounds similar to biome fest

@ Just listened to it and I can see what you mean! In the description of the video you can read how the patch is made up if you want to create a similar experience.

Thank you for your comment! Both are from 1992. The last two released synths of the SY Series. They contain similar waveforms that you don't have in for example the SY55 & SY22 that leaned more towards the classical sounds. Both the SY35 and SY85 for example have the 'fat' strings that were very useful for the techno music that was very popular at that time. I do want to add that both really have their own character and I love them both. Who knows, I might make a video with the SY35 sometime soon.

@@oliverqiu_ Yes, I like those bossa nova rhythms too! I hope to get my hands on the Boss DR-220E as well for a similar demonstration. They’re fun to play with and come in a very neat 80s packaging.

Hi, it's the famous Korg M1 preset "Universe". It is the first patch found at '00' from the factory presets (MPC-00P)

Thanks and hope you had a nice Christmas!

Lol, I tried to capture the Christmas spirit in the best way that I could😅

@@jyudo1334 Love late eighties & early nineties pad sounds. The music on your channel is filled with those beautiful sounds :-)

@@madpaul6520 Thanks Paul and happy holidays!

Hi, I honestly didn't meant the title that way, but more as an homage to one of my favorite synthesizers from this era. I have left a bit more in-depth information about the SY85 on my website as well as in the description of this video. Yes, the M1 & D-50 are great synths and I did a few videos of them as well. The SY85 indeed have a good piano sound. I find the piano & string/pad combinations particularly beautiful. -DG

@@char1737 i’m glad! I will continue to post videos like these!

@@BinuralOdyssey You’re welcome! I haven’t done any ‘how-to’ videos as of yet, but it is something I can consider to do sometime in the future. There are some very good Yamaha RX5 videos online that present a greater, overall demonstration. Not only is the RX5 one of the finest drum machines from the mid eighties, I find it also one of the most fun to play around with. -DG

Thank you for your comment! Yes, this is the original machine and preset that was used for the recording. I agree, I heard the song for the first time on tv in the spring/summer of 2012 and I loved it ever since. I had no clue about how it was done/made back then, but that was about to change quickly. The whole album “Surprise” is kind of a guilty pleasure of mine. It’s a fun record loaded with all those classic, early nineties sounds!

This is just from memory without sitting behind my SY85, but I believe in utility mode you can choose how sensitive you want the velocity (curves) of the device to be as well as having the option to set it on a fixed velocity between 0 and 127. There is however indeed a claim that there seems to be an inherent velocity "fault" in the DX and SY keyboards making them never reach their full velocity potential. The SY85 as a master MIDI keyboard is an excellent choice since FS-keybeds have one of the nicest toucher. A common problem to be aware of is that keys can become 'sticky' over time, although this isn't too difficult to solve. Having problems over time with velocity is also quite common. I for example have a rather 'soft' response when playing my Korg M1 (quality synths from both Yamaha and Korg came with FS-keybeds during this era). When playing a few patches I always have to 'push' the velocity a little bit or else some sounds will come across as rather dull. I have to open the thing up sometime soon. If you feel like you're having to work too hard to get expressiveness out of your keys, you might want to consider to have a look at some of the online forums addressing these issues and what could be a way to solve them. Apart from never looking forward to unscrew all the boards, it shouldn't be too much of a deal. I hope this helps a little bit. Thank you for your comment! -DG

@@devingademan I have other controllers so this velocity thing is not a relevant issue to me nowadays - ad it wasn't in the past when I didn't even know it existed. I just find surprising that there is this such a "issue" and I had to compare with another controller to realize how the difference of the (topmost) 20 velocity values is so significant. I can also get away with some input MIDI plugins that extend the range, of course there are still around 100 values but doing so these values are evenly spread between 1 and 127 :)

@@mattluderman7323Thank you very much! Yes, ahead of its time both in terms of sound and design!

Awesome! One of my favourite synths. A great tool for arranging music :)

Hello and interesting question. My guess is that - based on the videos I've seen of the HR-16 - both drum machines share similar types of sounds rather than necessarily the exact same ones. Both drum machines definitely have similarities in character and strive for a similar overall sound. I would like to own a HR-16 one day since I've always liked both the design and sounds coming from it. -DG

Thank you! Yes, it’s a great patch. Slightly overshadowed by some of the more well known M1 presets that everyone will recognize. I like it when those digital artefacts sorta ‘play up’ the more you drift away from the main source sample, often times spread out all over the keys and sometimes split up in maybe 3/4(?) samples (as with the famous M1 piano patch). Pad sounds from this era are also really useful when arranging/composing. I plan to do more videos like these.

@@vanharlemofficial9783 Thank you, sir!

@@simonburns1055 Thanks for your comment and absolutely! Yamaha made some of the best synths to date! I’m also a big fan of their guitars (some of the best in terms of quality and price) and other equipment.

@@devingademan I had the DX7S years ago and had many other Yamaha audio products bulletproof mainly old P2250 power Amp still goes even had a beer poured in the top lol

@ the DX7s is a very nice synth from that era. An excellent FM-engine. Cool you mentioned the P2250. I’ve heard they go well with Yamaha’s classic NS10’s (I have a pair of them).

@@tonyscardaci2089 Thank you for your comment! 61 keys and 14kg. Not as heavy compared to its siblings; the Yamaha SY77 and the SY99. Yes, very nice sounding synth. Its AWM2 engine does a great job for various types of sounds!

@ just reading this right this moment. Agreed to purchase off fb marketplace based off you video ! … so thank YOU !

@ Thank you very much and congratulations on your new synth! On my website you’ll find a few articles related to the SY85/TG500. I hope to do more videos with it sometime soon. -DG

Thank you for your comment and yes, you are right! Those black ‘square bar’ buttons around the screen have a good feel and the same (or similar) buttons were used all over the front panel for the Wavestation and 01/W. When the Nautilus was presented late 2020, it instantly reminded of the design of the Korg M1. Truly a timeless design!

thank you!

Thank you!

@@alexandregermano4442 Thank you Alexandre and yes, a great instrument it surely is! Yamaha is currently celebrating their ‘50 years of synth’ anniversary. The SY series obviously included for all the good reasons. Enjoy playing your SY85. It’s hard to ever get tired of it! :-)

Haha, yes. I can perfectly hear the original recording in my head when reading along the lyrics lol

@devingademan me to

Thank you very much! I'm glad to see people enjoy the video. -DG

Lol, it indeed is a great track title.

Thank you very much, Mac! I hope all is well! During these weeks i'll be uploading videos for a new record! :)

Hey Nicolas, I think this answer will be of help: as the factory patterns were only stored in RAM and not ROM, unless you did a sysex or cassette tape dump of them, the only way to the factory patterns back in the RX11 is by doing it manually (talking about old skool!). When released in 1984, there was a 'pattern book' for the RX11/RX15 where you'll find the original patterns. I think the best alternative is finding a sysex file on - maybe Yamaha? - forums that would include the original factory patterns. My sysex file (dating from 2020) consists of user patterns done by previous owners throughout its 40 years of existence and currenlty, my unit is filled with some of my own made patterns as well. So hopefully there's a sysex file out there with the original patterns on the web. I will go through some forums to see if I can find one and be to sure to let you know :D PS: I was glad to find out that some of your best videos were back on KZbin again! As it should, since your channel is a cornerstone for the synth community thanks to your excellent content, devotion and last but not least; your fantastic style of playing!

@ thanks for your response and your kind words! Appreciate it :) well i found a sysex file but when i am doing the loading part its only loading 20-25 patterns, maybe i have to do it the old school way with the wave file :) thanks again