Retro-Toys: YAMAHA PSS-390 Realtime FM

[nickantibarney]

could you play "there are 7 days in a week" on this keyboard for bella please?

[douro20]

Pretty good for a 2-operator synth.

[bsidwell]

for what was supposed to be a cheap little toy this thing sounds pretty cool

beats a rompler any day of the week

[manekimaki]

1:12-2:17, felt like I was playing Mario Kart back on the SNES.

[zombieAndy1979]

This is cool !! :D Somewhere I still have a Yamaha SHS-10 !!! "Key-tar" I must do a video on that ...

[retrosound72]

@zombieAndy1979

yes like this toy a lot. thank you andy.

[sargetech]

@zombieAndy1979 I used to have an SHS-10!! Flaming Red!! It was so funky!! and it was also a midi controller!

I would trigger my Synth with it and have a good time, alas I gave it to my young niece about 20 year ago!!

Dag-nabit!!! oh well!!

[digitalhll]

I love the pictures

[MondoReyTV1]

these cheesy grooves cheer me up!

[senorverde09]

1:13 Heh heh Classic 90s DOS game music. Gotta love FM :D

[chriskras68]

Was habe ich die Dinger damals im Kaufhaus/Musikabteilung gequält! Bis zum Rausschmiss! Ja, ja - die Achtziger...

Gehen Dir etwa die Moster-Synths langsam aus?;-)

Beste Grüße

[retrosound72]

@chriskras68

;D das ist einfach mal erfrischend anders. FM hat Potential ohne Frage. Yamaha sollte da weiter machen, wo sie aufgehört haben. Ein Realtime DX würde einschlagen wie eine Bombe! Da bin ich mir ganz sicher.

[djgalactic]

Very nice sounds! Good video as always.

Peace

[molowytch]

I have a music station Portasound yamaha PSS 580, new ideas getit ...

[bkroz9000]

;-) I had Yamaha PSS780 in 1991 year. 5/5

[codeslave9000]

Wow - Sounds like any number of cheap OPL soundcards of the time. Things to watch for: Thin reed like sounds, simple bell like tones, strange tremolo. Oh, and 8 bit sounding drum sounds. Can't forget those.

I guess thats why I didn't buy into these back then either! Oh well...

[Kaidoscope]

Sonic the Hedgehog anyone ?

[craigsynthsongs]

cool

would like you to do a YAMAHA PSS-790

Love all your posts KIU

[Rawwbot]

Auaha, nettes FM Spielzeug.

Kannst dir ja mal manche Bontempi (nicht schlagen, ich sags auch nie wieder.... aua auauauauauaua) Kinderkeyboards anschauen, manche sind echt gut wenn man die schräpigen Brüllwürfel abklemmt und dafür einen gescheiten Audio-Out und MIDI / CV-Gate einbaut. Speziell die alten Teile wo man den Klang über lustige schieberegler verstellen kann sind teilweise echte analoge!!!

Wenn man mit schrottigen Keys leben kann, und Spass am basteln hat eine preiswerte möglichkeit.

[retrosound72]

@Rawwbot

Bontempi System 5 sag ich nur. :) Da kommt jetzt ein Audio Out rein. Die sind wirklich cool.

[KalleBlomquist93]

i still have one :D:D

but the bigger..

wait..

PSR 36

[BlueLoftStudio]

Cheapest way to get FM sounds !!! : )

[retrosound72]

@BlueLoftStudio

:)) yes

[my4trackmachine]

this is cool.

[jvcforce]

from 4:22 to 4:51, sounds dope!

[KaslarProductions]

This thing is patchable?

[georgemargaris]

I had a PSR 60. The bass it produced is still unreached by anything else.

[retrosound72]

@georgemargaris

:))

[TeamNES1]

0:53 - Sounds a lot like a Sega Genesis/MegaDrive. Awesome!

[retrosound72]

@TeamNES1

 yes a bit..;)

[Blairw85]

@TeamNES1 Didnt Sega actually use Yamaha sound chips?

[muffinsdotexe]

@Blairw85 yep, a YM2612

[TeamNES1]

@Blairw85 I believe they did: the Genesis/Mega Drive used the Yamaha YM2612.

[CleverDjembe]

Die alten Yamahas waren schon geil!! :DD

I'm just kidding, I don't know any German ;PP

[retrosound72]

@CleverDjembe

I translate:

these old yamaha shit is fucking cool!

;D

[TurbeenBeatz]

haha ich hab stunden an dem ding als kind zugebracht xD

[retrosound72]

@TurbeenBeatz

siehste und ich verbringe jetzt stunden damit...;)

[maor1993]

Oh my god!, I have this synth

[retrosound72]

@maor1993

:))

[hammondeggs49]

hah, I had one of these 20 or so years ago! Haven't heard it since - the fact that you could tweak the sounds was a lot of fun as I remember

[retrosound72]

@hammondeggs49

yes a lot of fun....:))

[retrosound72]

@sionnach74

yes very nice FM sounds and realtime edit

[MarcS4R]

ich hatte damals so einen yamaha synth mit playcard system der klang ähnlich :)

[retrosound72]

@MarcS4R

ja die alten Yamahas waren schon geil.

[ericdrebin]

Excellent sounds from a little beast!

[retrosound72]

@ericdrebin

yes really a beast. very underrated.

[TheInnocentSynth]

Thats a beautiful little synth -great sounds - very cool!

[retrosound72]

@TheInnocentSynth

absolut fantastic! thank you :)