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Behind the Synth: EX5 Retrospective
In celebration of 1990s week we give you this week's episode of Behind the Synth featuring the EX5!
In 1998 Yamaha released the EX5, a remarkably forward-thinking synthesizer with several different synthesis technologies including Virtual Acoustic (found in the VL1), Analog Modeling (found in the AN1x), FDSP (short for "Formulated Digital Sound Processing") and sampling. Check out Nate and Blake's trip down memory lane in the EX5 Retrospective below!
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About the author
Yamaha Synthesizer Product Specialist Blake Angelos has over thirty years of experience with music hardware and software. An expert in music technology, Blake has conducted numerous clinics, master classes and presentations throughout the United States, Europe and Canada. In his role as Product Specialist for the Synthesizer Department Blake appears in many product videos and artist interviews, writes many articles for YamahaSynth.com and co-hosts a regular Podcast called “Behind the Synth”.
Before his work with Yamaha, he taught music theory and jazz studies courses at Arizona State University; managed a technology-focused music store in Seattle and was a production supervisor at Microsoft, where he led a team that developed groundbreaking interactive music content for the Microsoft Network. Blake holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Northern Colorado and a Master of Music degree from Arizona State University. Blake currently resides in Bellingham, Washington with his family, and between his travels around the world for Yamaha, he performs as much as possible with several jazz and creative music groups in Bellingham, Seattle and other places in the Pacific Northwest.
