One more nice reading on SY series synthesises while waiting for SWAY release: SY Programming book by Herbert Janßen plus lots of other info and goodies
sorry but what an annoying presenter... no real synth history, such powerful synth but as always usual workstation namm crappiness, liked just one sound of all played
"An x.factory librarian will run in demo mode until you purchase and enter a License Key and activate it." - OR until you are able to generate one license key youself.
The most complete video on SY99 was from the author of its original presets, but in japanese (there are automatic subtitles), I see if I can find it again.
I'm afraid these aren't the actual waveforms, but rather than the only sole presets alone (parameters, values and what have you) that are encapsulated within that strange .T0x (x representing which ever any numeric digit). I appreciate the suggestions, however!
Have you downloaded the free package? It contains 199 SYX files, i.e., control files that the new SWAY can load or import...! If the SWAY ever comes out, you can easily import the 199 Syx so that you can play the presets from the original synthesizer. Midi - System Exclusive Data. (.SYX) - Allows specific program and patch data for synthesizers and other devices which is exclusively readable by ONE Synth Model only. SysEX has no channels but a device ID for distinguish if you have more than one of the same synthesizer model. Sysex does not, generically, encode any specific data. It is a midi message type recorded in a binary file. This message is system exclusive (manufacturer and hardware specific). You can only use sysex files originating on a given synth, or one designed to be entirely compatible (e.g DX7 and Volca FM). Certain software emulations of various synths also offer the capability to load and save such Sysex files (e.g Dexed). The sysex file may be anything: firmware, a bank of patches, a single patch, a parameter change or just about anything else a synth maker cares to implement. TL;DR: sysex is a format to send custom binary blobs to a synth according to the midi standard. The meaning of those blobs of data is implementation specific. Last edited: Jul 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
SY99: 500 Kb of battery-backed user sample RAM, expandable to 3 Mb Wow.....that's....a whole 3 Mb..... Just imagine:in 25 years we have become acquainted with PC's with 16 Gb of RAM or more!
Yamaha SY77 Japan) December 1, 1989 ------- ------------36 Years Later---------------------------------> SWAY 2025 ? __________________________________________________ Analog (Hardware) to Digital (Software)_____________________________________ Last edited: Jul 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Maybe you're a youngster and don't know how expensive computer/sampler memory (and storage) was back in the day. Those 512Kb Yamaha sample ram boards were about £90 each if I remember correctly (I have one). Yes, of course, thirty years later, memory and storage is bigger, cheaper, faster etc etc. Also, my 200 MB hard drive was about £300.
Only through mass production and technological advances in the manufacturing industry did the CD-ROM blank, which cost €10 in 1998, sell for 25 cents in 2024! One hour of AOL internet access cost 6 DM (3 euros) back in 1998! By the way, the only thing that's gotten cheaper is electrical appliances. Electricity, on the other hand, has become three times as expensive here...! Last edited: Jul 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
