Yamaha SY22
SY22 | |
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Digital 1 MB sample based ROM - 244 samples, 12 bit, 22 kHz Sample-based Vector | |
Filter | none |
Storage memory | 64 ROM sounds, 64 user sounds, 16 ROM multis, 16 user multis, additional sounds via MCD32 or MCD64 memory cards |
Input/output | |
Keyboard | 61 keys, velocity-sensitive, channel aftertouch |
Left-hand control | Pitch-bend, modulation wheel, Vectorstick X, Y (Controller #16, #17) |
External control | MIDI |
The SY22 is a combined
Features
The SY22 has 61 (five octaves) unweighted velocity sensitive keys with aftertouch. It can play back up to 32 voices or 16 notes. Each sound programme uses two or four voices. There are two different programme configurations, being either one AWM (Yamaha's
Vector synthesis
The vector stick has two alternative functions. It can either blend between the two or four sound elements or detune them against each other. These movements can also be recorded in up to fifty steps and repeated for each note played. The vector envelope can also be programmed manually. Stick movements are sent via MIDI. The fifty steps makes it the most complex envelope of any synthesiser until today (April 2022). Each single step has a start vector and two duration parameters. The vectors' positions are defined on X- and Y-axes (-31..0..+31). The duration parameters are a time in milliseconds plus a multiplier. For the time a length between 10 and 160ms can be chosen while the multiplier can defined with up to 254 repetitions. With use of the longest step time of 160 ms, the full 254 repetitions and all fifty vector movements a complete sound progression length of up to thirty three minutes and fifty two seconds can be achieved with a single key press.
Versions
- Yamaha TG33
A keyless synthesiser designed for the desktop. The TG33 doubles the number of voices and the number of sounds in a Multi programme. The user memory can be doubled or even tripled with an MCD64 card.
- Yamaha SY35
The SY35 has the same technical data as the SY22 with the exception of a partly different set of samples in higher sampling quality (16 bit instead of 12 bit).
References
Further reading
- "Yamaha SY22". Music Technology. Vol. 4, no. 5. April 1990. p. 18. OCLC 24835173.
- "Yamaha SY22". Music Technology. Vol. 5, no. 8. July 1990. p. 40. OCLC 24835173.
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