Trend price : 150€
Cult toy keyboard with raw 8 bits sampling plus interesing edit functions.
Company: Yamaha Corp.
Model: VSS-30
Class: Toy sampler
keyboard: 32 keys
Dates: 1987
Speaker: 8 cm
Amplifier: 1,5 W RMS
Weight: 1 Kg
Dimensions: 467 x 180.4 x 57,4 mm
Price: 100€
Synthesis: sampler
Resolution: 8 bits
Polyphony: 4 notes
Presets: 11 sounds
Memory: 3,5 s sampling
Frequency: 16 / 9 kHz
Sequencer: 500 notes
LFO: 1 modulator
Envelope: 1 EG
Main IC: YM2416
Filter: none
PSU: 9V DC
Demo: 1
Video: 1
Review: 1
DOWNLOAD: user manual - service manual
Overview
portable 32 minikeys with internal speaker.
The panel features 42 buttons, a slider for volume, a built-in microphone for recording.
Rear pannel terminal connectors:
- main output
- sample input
Voice Synthesis
VSS system handles sampling process and some presets on the wavetable.
Wavetable
11 preset sounds with no edit but they can be arpeggiated or processed by effects
Sampling and Memory
process is at 8 bits resolution mono channel with 2 rates:
- 16 kHz for 1.8 sec. time
- 09 kHz for 3.5 sec. time
Sample functions
- loop
-
reverse
-
u turn: alternates forward / backward play
-
overwrite: sound on sound
- voice editor: special function detailed below
Voice editor effects
includes 4 different sound functions:
- Echo (EG delay)
-
Fuzz
- Frequency modulation (LFO pitch)
- Amplitude modulation (LFO amplitude)
Envelope
1 EG which features 4 segments control for sample amplitude.
Sequencer
500 notes recorded in real-time (also chords) at 1/48 resolution.
Review
OK: lofi / effects / cult
NOT : hard to find
"Even more fun than SK from CASIO: just sample anything on the fly and mangle it! Totally raw sample with many artefacts which is very interesting if you like electro textures"
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci
