Yamaha SY2

[carlosgalan2]

Hola amigo soy de mex. oye no vedes el sintetizador?

[CaseyDesmond]

my honey just bought me one

[organcomposer]

A good synth; I have one, in good running order;

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

In the 1977 film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" this synthesizer was played by the character of Claude Lacombe (Francois Truffaut), and he whistles along with the notes.

[skodas]

Radiophonic workshop had one

[Mikemaniax]

I have one. I use it with a Yamaha YC-20 combo organ in my band. Old Yamaha's one some the cheesiest sounding keyboards I've ever heard, but I love them! There isn't a better monophonic/monotimbral synth out there. This kicks the ARP Pro-Soloist in the ass!

[drunkmaster8]

my dream is to have one of those , i must have one , but the problem is that here in mexico its imposiible to find one , so....

do yo uyave any pointers?

i mean , would you sell yours or.... is it possible if u could find one for me ,,,any help would be gratly appreciated..

[JolliQ]

ebay is your friend.

[sideshowdazza]

@drunkmaster8 I have an sy-2 for sale 

[0616027]

@sideshowdazza how much for it?

[LF0]

with it being mono you can get away with it going out of tune

[mrbillet]

I have one its built so dam tuff but is quite limited in tonality. I also have an Octave Cat which is infinitely more versatile but horrendously constructed. The Sy2 is not the synth for noise making

[EmersonsL100]

Kerry Minnear of Gentle Giant used one of these. You can see it in their BBC "Sight and sound" concert from '78.

[Dawsdani]

Got an SY-2 myself. Probably the most fun you can ever have is just messing around with one of them

[5Ttruck]

secret hint: the "presets" are just rows of resistors...... say hello extra functionality.

[neolojism]

pity the video sound isn't great. Sounds rather tinny through a tinny mic ;)

[bongierastaman]

Got this built-in my CSY2-A organ ;) very dodgy, my synth section :D xD

[sleestack]

Is one of the synths in the gx-1 the same as this synth? Same filters etc? It sounds similar.

[kaffekick]

The filters are almost the same and set up in the same way LP -> HP (CS80 had HP -> LP). The SY-1 and SY-2 definitely share sound character with the mighty GX-1. :)

[pierrelivernois]

a regular keith emerson, aren't you?

[extracrispy75]

My analog gland is moist in response to this twiddling. Computers can make all these noises, but look at those swithces! faders!

I have synth envy.

[lissycakes]

totally fucking awesome. will you let me play with that next time we're editing till 3am?

[roetsj]

nice sounding synth,looks robust also

[ApolloBoy]

Thanks a lot, now I want one!