Trend price : 100-150€
Upgraded rackmount version of the famous workstation SY-85 adding double polyphony and a bigger ROM wavetable.
Company: Yamaha
Model: TG-500
Class: Module Synthesizer
Rack: 1 unit height
Dates: 1992
Country: JAPAN
Weight: 4,5 Kg
Display: 24 X 2 lines
Synthesis: PCM rompler
Technology: AWM2
N. Samples: 294 PCM
Resolution: 16 bits
Polyphony: 64 voices
Multitimbric: 16 parts
Filter: LPF / HPF / BPF / BEF
LFO: 1 modulator
Envelope: 3 EGs
Effect: 90 modes
Midi: IN / OUT / THRU
DAC: PCM56P BB
CPU: H8/532
Demo: 1
Video: 1
Review: 1
DOWNLOAD: user manual -
Overview
single rackmount unit.
The main panel features 24 X 2 lines display, 1 knob and 12 buttons
Terminal connectors:
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Midi interface
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main out
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4 assignable AUX
- headphones
- 2 card slots
Voice
synthesis based on 16 bits AWM2 advanced wave memory 2 manages 64 voices split in 2 units A-B.
A voice is composed by 4 sample layers with individual settings:
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volume
- stereo panning position
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pitch tuning
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velocity switch
- keyboard zone
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effect amount
Wavetable
8 MB ROM contains 294 samples at 16 bits resolution.
The internal wavetable is split in 2 PCM banks:
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P1 bank: 244 samples same from Sy-85 workstation
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P2 bank: offers 50 new samples
Performance
MULTIMODE manages 16 parts with individual volume, pan, pitch tuning and effect balancing amount.
Filter
single resonant digital filter with 4 different preset modes:
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lowpass at 2 / 4 poles mode
- highpass
- bandpass
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bandreject
LFO
a single modulator and 3 destination (indipendent depth rate): amplitude, pitch and cutoff
Envelope
- EG pitch: 4 segments + 4 times + 1 rate scaling with sensibility level
- EG amplitude: 5 segments + 2 times + 4 levels scaling
- EG filter: segments + 7 times + 4 levels scaling
Memory
- 256 ROM voices
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128 ROM performances
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128 RAM voices
- 64 RAM
performances
Review
OK: sound / PCM / sample import
NOT : interface
"Maybe a bit old for acoustic but still great for ambient pads! good unit, ruined by a awkward interface. "
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci
