My First Own VST Instrument

Yamaha PSS-680 (Drum & Percussion)

Download: Read Youtube Description

WINDOWS: 64bit VST2 and VST3. (tested: Win10-Cub12)
MAC: 64bit universal (intel & apple) AU, VST2 and VST3 (untested)
Bonus:
MIDI File
Lossless transcodes of rom waves.

Theo

 

The download link doesn't work.

 

I've downloaded it just now. It's a 27 Mbytes zip file on Google Drive.

 

Found it now: It's directly available in the YouTube page. Silly me.

 

I forgot to mention: the Yamaha PSS-680
was my first synthesiser (1989).

Unfortunately I can no longer find my tapes with the first
pieces I composed on the PSS-680.

Too bad :-(

Theo.

 

Thank you very much, I used to love my Yamaha PSR-680 it was a game changer back in the day.

 

Oh good lord, PSS-680 was my first synth in '87. That turned my life upside-down. Traded Commodore 64 for Jupiter-4 couple of years later and the music fever got full-on - started a synth-pop band with these, couple of friends, and Atari ST 1040.

This is a 2-op FM, it's hard to sample that, especially sounds that I made with every note sounding differently.

good times... and my tapes are lost, too. Tried to find them when I bought Akai GX-75 cassette player years ago, but couldn't.

 

Last edited: Feb 24, 2025

I feel like I've posted this before, but for those with lost tapes, have the best album recorded with a pss-680

 

YAMAHA's toy went berzerk! The PSS-680 MUSICSTATION

 

the synth sounds pretty good

 

now it's on the sister site ???, not from me by the way

 

congrats on the release! every time i see an old yamaha or casio emulation or sample based plugin, i get my hopes up that somebody figured out how to implement circuit bending into a vst of one of these classics. ive been chatting with chatgpt about it, but its a bit above my paygrade. someday....

 

Existing Circuit Bending VSTs

Malfunction II by Sinevibes: A “circuit-bent” filter that generates sweeping and screaming distortions. It features a low-pass pre-filter, an output gate and two modulation generators for complex sound shaping1. https://synthanatomy.com/2018/02/ad...h-the-new-sinvibes-malfunction-ii-plugin.html

Hewin by Puremagnetik: This plugin uses an FM modulator and a distortion unit to bring sounds into experimental, circuit bending-like spheres. It is particularly suitable for drums, guitars and synthesizers5. https://synthanatomy.com/2023/08/pu...s-your-sounds-to-circuit-bending-spheres.html

Bend Box by ToneBytes: A software synthesizer that emulates a circuit bending device. It can produce a wide range of sounds, from gentle gurgling to ringing crunch7. http://tonebytes.com/bend-box/