Yamaha SY35 SY 35 90's

Yamaha SY35

For your consideration is this Yamaha SY35 in near mint condition. Completely gone over and given a clean bill of health. All functions work exactly as they should. I wanted to list this as mint but there are a couple of small scratches on the back. Otherwise the synth is in mint condition. Comes with original shipping carton, original power supply and the original owners manual.

Some information from the web

The Yamaha SY35 is a bit unique in that it is a Vector Synthesis system, combining FM and AWM sample playback voices to create sounds suitable for virtually all kinds of music. It features significantly expanded memory capabilities over the SY22. It has an extremely large database of over 128 AWM sampled sounds (you cannot add more) and around 256 FM waves. Waves and samples are combined and edited with a roller/joystick (the vector wheel). At a time when Yamaha was making the switch from FM synthesis, which ruled their synths of the eighties, to AWM and AWM2 synthesis in the nineties, the SY35 represents a model that was on the cusp, having one foot (or pair of oscillators actually) in each world.

The SY35's sounds are extremely good, providing high-quality sounds such as those found on the Alpha Juno 2, and the DX7. The synth also features an 8-part multi-mode, for easy multitimbral setups. Ultimately the SY35 offers a huge amount of capability for a relatively low price tag. Use this synth for epic pads, deep basses, screaming leads, and raging hoovers.

SY35 is a 16-voice polyphonic, 8-part multitimbral 61-key synthesizer based on two FM operators and two digital acoustic sample playback oscillators. The structure comprises 4 LFOs, no filters, 4 volume-only envelopes. The sequencer is not installed. The effects section offers 16 digital effects.

Memory delivers 64 presets and 68 user patches as well as 16 performances.

The synthesizer provides with a unique combination of FM and AWM sample playback creating a Vector Synthesis systems together. 128 AWM sampled sounds can’t be expanded, there are also 256 FM waveforms. The vector wheel mixes and adjusts the waves and samples. That’s how Yamaha could make it through both popular concepts back then – FM of the 80s and AWM which was the tendency of the 90s.