What better way to get to know a synthesizer than making a track with it? I decided to get over the insane difficulty of programming the Yamaha TX81Z, my first FM-synth, and dive into its core only to discover a very interesting and deep machine with lots of possibilities. All sounds are self-programmed except the famous lately bass sound and some additional percussion.

"The Yamaha TX81Z is a 4-operator digital FM-synthesizer module from 1987. It is basically a rack mount version of the DX-11, which makes it a cheap and compact source of Yamaha's 4-op FM-sounds. What makes this one interesting is the ability to use waveforms other than just the classic sine wave when programming FM-sounds. A true quality semi-vintage synthesizer for a low price, definitely a keeper!"

Sounds & equipment used:

All sounds - Yamaha TX81Z

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Composed & performed by Thomas H.
(c) The Modulation Wheel / Thomas H.

Yamaha TX81Z "Frequency Modulated"

Having fun rediscovering the Alesis QuadraVerb some 30 years later!...

I have been quite taken by the nature of the longer reverb tails on the QuadraVerb I've managed to dial up in the last few hours - far from the ringy horrors I was kind of expecting to hear..  I think this one is a keeper.. second time around!

Here is a little FM ensemble patch from the humble TX81Z fed via the analog parametric and BBD chorus stages in my trusty Ibanez UE-405 into the QuadraVerb.. the result is a huge dark wall of diffusive sound a million miles away from the cold dry sound emanating from the TX!

It is exactly for these reasons I keep a few "thinner" / "colder" sounding synths in my studio as sometimes you need to be very careful about over-egging the pudding when it comes to source signals feeding complex hybrid processing chains.

Composition & Recording Copyright D.A.Wilson, Hideaway Studio, 2021.

1989 QuadraVerb: The Diffusion Zone... (TX81Z)

https://ra.co/events/1515866

"Taking place in Bethnal Green’s Space 289 on the 20th May, npm invites Bailey Ibbs (Night Service), Paige (Night Service), SADND and MAUSE (Analogical Force, npm)

This will mark the first of many npm events, of which will venture into genres like house, ambient and more."

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| MAUSE LIVE @ SPACE 289 | 20-05-2022 |

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Avicii vs. Taio Cruz vs. Flo-Rida - Good Feeling Over Levels -Stelmix 4' Mashup

Second in an eight-part series of remixes of tracks from Björk’s Biophilia. 

Bjork - Thunderbolt (Death Grips Remix)

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Analog RYTM mk2
Digitone
Roland SH01a
Quadraverb
Deepmind 12d
FMR RNLA
Cirklon
SSL SiX
Pioneer RT-707

I used 4 synths, the rytm, Digitone, deepmind12d, and the SH01A.
The Digitone was doing pad and some light percussion, that was routed though the Quadraverb.

The SH01a (acid line) was put through the FMR RNLA and then routed into the back of the rytm.
Rytm( 606 and tabla samples)
The deepmind 12D did the BoC like lead/bass.
I used brownian motion pattern in the Cirklon to get that crazy Drukqs feel for the drums.

Everything was being sequenced by the Cirklon into a SSL six. That was tracked to tape on a Pioneer RT-707. No Daw was used.

Tubes Transformers Transistors & Tape

The Repairer of Reputations

Sequentix Cirklon
Elektron RYTM mk2
Elektron Digitone
Korg Prologue 8
Yamaha TX81Z
Empress Reverb
SSL SiX
Marantz PMD430

Ontologies (Tape & Tx81z Bass Mix)

From Hudson Glover's "Comma Comma", out NOW on cassette and digital from Muzan Editions.

https://muzaneditions.bandcamp.com/album/comma-comma

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