1990s
Behind the Synth episodes featuring classic Yamaha Synthesizers!
Check out this 4-part episode of our podcast on the groundbreaking VL1 with sound designer Manny Fernandez.
In celebration of 1990s week we give you this week's episode of Behind the Synth featuring the EX5!
Part III of the EX5 Power User Saga is here and it's the deepest part! Sampling, Re-Sampling, Sequencing and Breath Control are all covered here. Check it out.
As part of our EX5 tribute week we give you Phil "Bad Mister" Clendeninn's EX5 Power User from 1998!
This tasty birthday bite of synth celebrates the AN1x Control Synthesizer - released by Yamaha in 1997.
In 1999 Yamaha released the RM1x Sequence Remixer. Now, 18 years later (!) we celebrate this classic box featuring YouTube user RaveTracks is our latest tasty bit of Synth!
When the Yamaha EX5 was released in 1998, it was state of the art.
The first time I saw the Yamaha VL1 Virtual Acoustic Synthesizer was at the Winter NAMM show in 1994. It was utterly captivating and today, some 23 years later, the unique sound of the VL1 is still mind-blowing. In fact it is so mind-blowing that we have included three tastes of this unique Synth for you!