Posted by admin on May 20, 2009 – 1:50 pm
Yamaha TX81Z FM Tone Generator

The Yamaha TX81Z is a one-unit rackmount 4-operator 4-part multitimbral 8-note polyphonic 12-bit FM synthesizer produced in 1987. It has been described as a keyless DX11, but has greater capabilities due to the introduction of additional oscillator waveform types.
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Posted by admin on May 16, 2009 – 9:18 pm
Korg DS-8
The Korg DS-8 is a 61-key FM synthesizer produced by Korg in 1987. It is a 4-operator 8-voice, 8-part-multitimbral synthesizer with a 61-note keyboard that has velocity and aftertouch sensitivity. It has no filter and only the basic delay, chorus, flanger, and double effects. It was released to compete against synthesizers such as the Yamaha DX7 and TX81Z. Read More »
Posted by admin on May 16, 2009 – 6:10 pm
The Casio VZ10M:
An Overrated Underrated Synthesizer

I bought a VZ10M used on eBay a few months ago. I was on a brief buying spree thanks to a cash windfall and it was one of half a dozen rack units I picked up at the time.
I wanted one because it was the most powerful of the Casio line and I had seen people raving about how awesome and underrated it was on various review sites and message boards. I hadn’t any real experience with a phase distortion synthesizer. Read More »