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Venatt
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Joined 07-11-2004 status: Guru |
Does anybody here know about the outcome of the Yamaha V50 FM workstation ? I know it came out in 1989 as the direct replacement of the Yamnaha DX7 II but then it was overshadowed by the SY77 that came out a year later in 1990 then entire SY series and kind of never heard back again. Does somebody know the story ? Image Attachments
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5pinDIN
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Joined 09-16-2010 status: Legend |
Sorry, but the V50 was not the direct replacement for the DX7II. The DX7 series was 6-operator, 32-algorithm, sine waveform only FM, and mono-timbral. Later Yamaha FM-only designs were 4-op, 8-algorithm, 8-waveform FM, and multi-timbral. The TX81Z was a very popular 4-op, 8-voice polyphonic rack model, and a keyboard version, the DX11, was introduced. Other interim models included the YS200 (I have one), DS55, etc. See http://europe.yamaha.com/en/products/music-production/synthesizers/synth_40th/chronology/
1988 catalog:
It’s likely what happened to the V50 (and the V80, which would have been a truer successor to the DX7II, but never made it into production) is that Korg released the M1. Yamaha had a share in Korg at the time, but the M1 was so successful that Korg was able to buy it back from Yamaha. |
Wellie
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Joined 05-09-2003 status: Guru |
I have a still functioning V50.
I later bought a W7 which was a fantastic sounding workstation. Just a few thoughts |