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Average rating:
4.6 out of 5
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I've got a sy85 in great condition with all manuals and extra disks: Pro-Rec filmscape disk (256 voices and 128 performances), Dance disk (256 v, 128 perf), and a Pro-Rec Super Synth super sample disk with all new samples + 64 voices and perf per disk. Everything works perfect, no issues. Selling off keyboard gear to get more bass gear... you know how it is. Tremendous board though - great built in drum patterns, sequencer, sounds... built in effects are outstanding even today, and great filters. All in all a great workstation!
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I have owned this wonderful workstation for 10 years and will never sell it. Even today I prefer it over the much hyped Korg Tritons & EX5s. At its current secondhand price the SY85 is the best bargain on the market. It's worth the price just for the internal effects alone, which I still think are the best processors ever fitted into a keyboard. If you want an affordable keyboard with stunning quality & user friendly features seek out the Yamaha SY85. This classic keyboard is Yamahas finest.
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Still a great Workstation to rival anything around today. I think in terms of price and quality, this is the best thing music wise to ever come out of the Yamaha stable. A real classic.
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This Workstation/Synth is amazing!!! A great set o Sampled WaveROM with lots of effects to shape superb patches. Also a lot of public domain sounds make this synth very appealing!! A must buy!!!
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The best sounding and easiest to use yamaha PCM'er next to the EX5. The resonant lowpass is about as close to a real analog filter yer gonna get in a rompler, pushing up the res cuts out bass but at about 80% it begins to self oscillate in mixture with the sound for weird whisley tones =D The internal pcm samples are a bit crummy and grungy in a low fi way but you can fix most of that with your own samples and the killer multi-fx section. Construction is solid though it's solid black plastic, it takes a beating. Just too bad there arent sample inputs or that the patch save doesn't remember the 8 slider macros when you save =/ Other than that if you can find one cheap go for it =]
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