Yamaha EX5: How to create a virtual analog lead sound

[@lundsweden]

Great sound, not surprising though since the stuffed 2 AN1X voices in the EX5!

[@mr_floydst]

Thanks for watching once more ;) 2 isn't bad, but 4 or 5 would have been even more useful (for playing chords...) Like in the AN200.

[@Psychlist1972]

Sold my EX-5 a number of years back. I had put in all the upgrades, including a scsi drive. Most of all, I miss that keybed. Hard to find a good 76 keybed these days.

[@mr_floydst]

Comparing the EX5 to recent synth releases I often think that not too much new ideas / technologies have emerged in the last 20 years. The devices have become smaller and power consumption is less, but the basics are the same.

[@serhiymarchenko8361]

Agree, beside more storage, processing power and touch-screens, sound generation technologies itself haven’t changed much. People are, actually, going “backwards” to analogs/modulars... Would be nice to see new EX5 with 128-note FDSP polyphony (on all 16 parts) as well as polyphonic AN and mono VL on all 16 parts someday though.

[@antigen4]

what a great sound

[@wavfreak]

You can change the parameter with the apropriate "soft" knob instead of the dial

[@mr_floydst]

That's right. But I found they are to sensitive for my shaky fingers. ;-)

[@Musicology1975]

Love this great job .keep them comming

[@mr_floydst]

Thanks. I also did one on the AWM patches some time ago.

[@snuppssynthchannel]

Thank you for the upload.

[@mr_floydst]

Thanks for watching my video ;-)

[@atimchak]

Great video! So few good videos on the EX5. Can you please post a link or identify which USB floppy replacement drive you used? There are so many I want to get the right one! Thanks!!!!

[@mr_floydst]

Thanks for watching my Video! You can buy the cheapest one you find, like this www.amazon.com/SODIAL-SFR1M44-U100K-Floppy-Emulator-Electronic/dp/B00JZCFOA0/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1514881114&sr=8-15&keywords=usb+floppy+emulator (Germany: www.amazon.de/WINGONEER-SFR1M44-U100K-Floppy-Emulator-elektronisch/dp/B00VG58PPA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1514881076&sr=8-1&keywords=usb+floppy+emulator). DON'T install the software provided with these as it's buggy and full of malware. Instead, use the software by IPCAS, which can be found here: www.ipcas.de/support/hardware/usb-disketten-emulator/ I think I'll do a video tutorial on that, too. Thanks for the idea. ;-)

[@atimchak]

Thank you so much for posting this! Is it hard to format it so the EX5 can store patches and load patches from it? I had read on other sites that you need a SCSI2SD adapter but that is much more expensive and seems like it needs more work.

[@atimchak]

Edit- sorry I didn't expand your full reply. Thank you for posting the link to the software too! You're the best!

[@atimchak]

Alex PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do a video about replacing the floppy with the usb adaptor. Thank you!

[@UBERLADEN69]

Alex S is cool

[@wizards001]

This Video needs a breakdown, you move to fast or the speed is too fast to keep up with what your doing

[@mr_floydst]

Thanks for watching! Uhm, ok. I can barely remember this video, need to re-watch it myself, so perhaps you are right :-) But you could try and pause the video.

[@oblongtom]

Most You- tube videos have a speed- change setting in the bottom right hand corner. No timestretch though. Turn it low and it sounds like the presenter has just woken up from having an operation ..