Yamaha PSS-380 FM synth (Part 2)

[@zorgitron]

One of those rare tracks that really sounds like it was made in the 80s, sounds like it was made by some 80s guy with his cool new, state of the art synthesizer, working all night, mind unadulterated from the internet, just purely creating.

[@didierjoomun]

Awesome!! Yamaha should have kept the faders on the 380 successors

[@TamasKalman]

this is one of the best work on my childhood toy synth

[@PocketOperatorGuy]

That's a sweet sounding keyboard! The modifications and the sound spectrum that machine has is so surreal! Great mix!

[@generalerror2938]

Hehehe, this is more like the PSS-380 as *I* know it :) Still only scratching the surface. But as always, you make it sound great AND do create a wonderful track again.

[@alfonsemusic]

Thanks! :)

[@kenzieprice6745]

It would be cool to see you get contracted to do a soundtrack for something. Your songs always kind of make a cool theme and/or atmosphere to me.

[@alfonsemusic]

Thanks Kenzie!

[@GeertDeBleye]

Awesome

[@discretelogic6446]

EXCELLENT TRACK MAN !!

[@alfonsemusic]

Thanks!

[@dankro279]

Very creative use of its features. Excellent!!

[@motoflyte]

It's interesting that you frequently produce entirely new sounds. It is uncommon....which is meant in a positive way.

[@alfonsemusic]

Thanks. The more frivolous novelty sounds on this keyboard (ghost, UFO, etc) are often not very musical on their own, but they make for some great sound design possibilities once you start adapting them with the synth sliders.

[@EuroDJ]

Amazing magic sound and cool montage :)

[@GeertDeBleye]

Again ... Love this one. Reminds me of my childhood and also Leftfield... Does this one have portamento? I have the 470 and the 580, but some of these sounds are impossible to program on them, which leaves me in frustration. the sounds you made on this thing are amazing. If i am wrong and all these sounds are programmable on the 470 and 580, i would love to know how

[@alfonsemusic]

Thanks. It's a great sounding keyboard and an advancement of the FM capability from the 580 (which was an advancement from the 470), so in general the sounds aren't reproducible (depends on the exact sound and how close you want to get, but as a rule I'd say not). There's no portamento on the 380.

[@dualityk]

I missed this when you posted it, but it's a lovely track. Reminds me a lot of Art of Noise's song Eye of the Needle, partly because they're both a nice groove and because of the pitch envelope.

[@alfonsemusic]

Thanks :) I wouldn't have spotted it, but I see what you mean about the pitch envelope.

[@fortadelis]

Had one of those. Sweet thing. Reverb makes all the difference :)

[@Radiofred]

Very nice stuff and thanks for sharing your settings. I have the 390. Exactly the same just a different paint job.

[@romolek1332]

To niesamowite że można wycisnąć takie dzwięki z takiego grata :) musze zweryfikować swoje poglądy chyba :)

[@alfonsemusic]

:D

[@ИванПеров-ж7б]

really cool

[@alfonsemusic]

Thanks for checking it out :)

[@ИванПеров-ж7б]

@@alfonsemusic PSS 480 ?

[@texacomann]

Nice to hear that you did serious music with only toy Keyboards!

[@alfonsemusic]

It's a good challenge!

[@texacomann]

@@alfonsemusic I think it is a nice experience.

[@xeostube]

Lots of great sounds. But it doesn't really go anywhere, you should think about making the song have a start middle and end that are all distinct. Mostly I'm impressed how much some good eq and reverb improve on the raw sound (I have the 570; without help it sound so much more like a toy)

[@juno6]

Bravo!!!!👏👏👏👏👏

[@alfonsemusic]

:) Cheers!

[@juno6]

@@alfonsemusic great demo. I love my 390, I'm going to put midi to it.

[@alfonsemusic]

@@juno6 great idea, that's the one thing missing, really

[@realmsofficialmusic1398]

Psst.. its me lol. Very nice work as always!

[@alfonsemusic]

:)

[@karolhorvath.1985]

Nice 👌

[@VladimirPankov]

Очень здорово !!!

[@aldeanblair9727]

Mega epic track BOI!!!!!!!!💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹👊👊👊👊👊👊👊😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@alfonsemusic]

Thanks!! :)

[@WeeInnovate-uk]

Nice, love it. ;). Thanks for the synth settings too. Question - Do you play around to find a few patches you like and then write music to fit the sound, or the other way around?

[@alfonsemusic]

Cheers Chris! :) The parts come from the sounds - I improv a few parts when I hear the sound and whatever fits best stays in the recording. That's why some patches don't make the cut, as I didn't get inspired by them at the time.

[@visfriends]

great job! I’ve got 390, may I ask you a question? how do you get rid of the noise, especially recording drums? I tried to record a track using mostly 390 and in the end it’s full of noise😅

[@alfonsemusic]

Might be the luck of the draw. This one (which I borrowed) was in mint condition and no noise problems that I recall. I've had a pss780 with horrible noise on the output - for that, I used noise reduction software (izotope rx) on the recorded audio. Without that, it would have sounded 👎🏻

[@visfriends]

@@alfonsemusicI also used de-noise, although it is not the perfect solution. it’s good to know that noise is not the default. probably may be fixed. thanks

[@nyrbsamoht]

man this is one of my new favorites . super raw super clean. how about that bass?? when the snare comes in i could listen to that all day. maybe ive had a couple but it sounds like some stripped back drexciya. keep them coming!

[@alfonsemusic]

Cool, thanks! And also thanks for literally just introducing me to Drexciya. *enters rabbit hole*

[@edsknife]

Sounds like a JD-800 or something.