A 80's style synth track inspired by the the film Akira. 

All parts of this composition were made on a 80's Yamaha PSR-90. It was relatively high end for the home market of the time, with luxuries such as MIDI. 

The real power of this keyboard is it's FM voices, generated by a Yamaha YM2414b chip (also used in the DX11, and TX81Z). They each have basic filter and ADSR controls, and can be blended together.

Running Red - Yamaha PSR90 Composition

This composition was made entirely of Casio CZ-230 preset sounds, including the drums. Some reverb was added, and some corrective EQ has also been applied to tame some filter caps hiss and resonant peaks. 

The CZ-230 is the preset version of the popular CZ-101. It has 99 presets of which most sound really quite good! This thing definitely has a lot of punch for it's size! It sports a amp and speaker, and an added drum machine. It lacks the controllability of the CZ-101, including features such as 'noise'.

Digital Forest, Casio CZ-230 Composition

A composition using only the Yamaha DX27S and a 707 for drums. Tried a few composition techniques that didn't quite come off. 

The DX27S is the same synth as the DX27, but with the addition of stereo speakers. It is a sufficiently powerful FM synth from the 80's. The patches are not as good as it's famous big brother, the DX7, but it is a lot easier to program and with a bit of time and effort, can produce some great sounds.

The Obsolete Studio