The Yamaha Fb-01 - Menu Diving

[@spartahill]

Thanks for the overview of the FB-01. I'm considering purchasing one out of sheer curiosity, given the continued mentions of the device on multiple channels I frequent. I'd love to get your impression now, having presumably owned it for a year now. Best,

[@MikhalB]

And thank you for the comment! Yes, I’ve had mine for about a year or so. Definitely a cool piece of hardware and is very affordable at the time I write this. Honesty I thought I’d use mine more but it is a nice piece of gear to collect and could be worth something one day. It's good to sample the sounds from it into your DAW.

[@hugoalvarado832]

I found one in a recycling bin. Thank you for making this video! Now I can start exploring...

[@MikhalB]

Awesome, the deal of the decade! Thanks for the comment!

[@aussierob7187]

I have had two of these for several years. I run the midi through so both are controlled by a single midi controller and I detuned one of them for more body overall. I use SYSEX commands to load in DX7, DX21 and DX100 patches.

[@dangerdadrockboy9742]

Thanks for taking the time to make this. I have a question. Is it possible to stack the voices and, if so, how do you do that? Thanks

[@MikhalB]

Thanks for the comment, good question. I’d recommend sampling the sounds from the FB-01 into your DAW so you can get more polyphony when you're playing the sounds from it. the polyphony of the FB-01 was kind of lacking but at the time it was pretty good.

[@GoldToni-z2t]

Can you tell me please how to receive a sysex bank on bank 2? No matter what i do, i always receive them on bank 1. thank you

[@MikhalB]

I don’t know if this is possible to revive Sysex Bank on Bank 2 the FB-01 is an older piece of tech so it can be a bit finicky to work with. I know I even struggled to figure out the midi in and out on this thing I did a lot of digging around on the internet to get it working with midi in the first place. What is it you trying to accomplish? if it’s the sounds you want might I suggest using your DAW to sample the FB-01? what DAW are you using I know Logic has an autosampler but I don’t know about other DAWs. Sorry if I’m not much help. Maybe there’s something on Reddit about this?