Damn they went OFF on that outro 🔥 😧😮‍💨

@milk3n858

9 ай бұрын

gorgeous

Thank you for not including the same DX7 interface. The RefaceDX interface is excellent! I am a 35 year subtractive expert, but now for 2 years been learning FM with the DX, it is a great educational tool as well. Granular after FM.....linear??? maybe later....

Still like a sound card from 20 years ago before Windows 95

@Mannex17

5 жыл бұрын

soundblasters were FM lol. that's what I think of when I hear FM too.

love the jam at the end.

I've toyed around with TG77 alot, and the potential from only two operators are very good, but it's spread over an extremely wide sonic range. The reason you need more operators, is to get more variation within a small range of timbre, to make a thick sound. But also for adding percussive effects and articulation. You can do much with 4 operators like the reface dx. But you can 10 times more with 8 operators. The potential is huge. I hope Yamaha will decide to take this further. I can't wait to dig in to the reface dx.

Cool presentation. Couldn't afford a DX in it's time, so used the alternative low end 'PSS' music station 680, 780, 390 FM minisynths. Very powerful things made my early production days - even now still used ( good midi control keyboards as well!) So good to see their likes back here!

All I can hear is the Sega Genesis....

@CYOnTheBeat

8 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

@williamsubjack2947

8 жыл бұрын

That's EXACTLY why I am considering getting one

@mycosys

3 жыл бұрын

A 6 channel 4 operator Yamaha FM chip sounds like a 6 channel 4 operator Yamaha FM chips??? WoW

@mylan3707

3 жыл бұрын

Dang I cannot unhear it now

@PrimitiveBaroque

2 жыл бұрын

Well, this engine is cleaner as it doesn't have the ladder issue.

nice. the follower of my vintage PSS-390. great!

Would really like to see the Yamaha FS1R rereleased with more channels + polyphony instead of this. Now that was an amazing FM synth.

I love the richness in the sound. I can't wait to detune one of these and make some evil sounds. Lovely outtro!

I'm attempting to ascertain whether this particular model could be used and programmed to loosely emulate the other three reface models. Could it make passable piano, combo organ and analog synthesizer sounds? Yes or no?

@PunguinYoga

3 жыл бұрын

I am no expert. But I've been told you can make almost any sound with an FM synth once you learn how to program it.

6 FM operators would be a lot better. The DX 7 keyboard scaling and actual key build is legendary. Discovered that my wavestation ex had a yamaha keybed, great feel on the original DX7.

@SPAZZOID100

8 жыл бұрын

The reface has a great interface!!!

at 1:30, I wouldn't call it Additive Synthesis. Even if I was simplifying it, I would still call it Frequency Modulation Synthesis. Example of Additive Synthesis: you take 324 sine waves and pitch them in the harmonic series to create a sawtooth. This FM synth only has 4 sine waves(operators).

@DanielDavissynthman

9 жыл бұрын

Rishabh Rajan But it is additive. Doesn't matter if you're adding 2, 3 or 3,000 oscillators, it's still adding. It's additive synthesis because you're adding stuff to create the harmonics rather than subtracting stuff with a filter to remove harmonics.

@rishabhrajan

9 жыл бұрын

No, FM doesn't not involve any addition. Ex: Operator 1 modulates Operator 2. No addition, Just frequency modulation. According to your statement then mixing a song in a DAW is additive synthesis. As thats whats happening in a DAW. It 'adds' all the tracks together.

@DanielDavissynthman

9 жыл бұрын

You're right - I wasn't thinking clearly. My bad.

@rishabhrajan

9 жыл бұрын

Daniel Davis According to your statement even Subtractive Synths can be called additive because I can 'add' two oscillators together and get a composite sound. Why call it subtractive then? I don't make up these definitions, they are what they are. FM is FM, Additive is Additive, Subtractive is Subtractive.

@rishabhrajan

9 жыл бұрын

Daniel Davis No worries. :)

Sweetwater is the best.

@sweetwater

5 жыл бұрын

🙌

I like the easier editing option on the Reface, however I'm not a big fan of mini key's and this is a 4 operator synth whereas the DX7 was a 6 operator synth, in the end I ended up purchasing a DX7IIFD for $620 in top condition, and it is the most fun I've had on playing a synth, I actually didn't find it too difficult to program, once you figure out that you have to select each operator individually and know the layout of the buttons, you can fly through it in almost no time. While its nice to see Yamaha bring back FM, I think it would be best if they did a full size reface DX with six operators or more.

@savanaviolenta

5 жыл бұрын

but on DX you have feedback on each of the four operators,whereas on the DX7,while having six op's it had feedback only one op.It does make the DX to stand out with that option.

beautiful demo. Great musicians. Thank you

I just noticed on mine, the volume has 11 subdivision marks. These go to eleven!

How many tracks can it record to play over? I guess that function is called looper?

Angelos and Tschetter, name a better duo, I WILL WAIT

@sweetwater

5 жыл бұрын

It does roll off the tongue nicely;-) -_Daniel_

I'm a complete Rookie.. but the Portability looks Perfect.. my hands are not that big so..

The look somehow reminds me of my old PortaSound PS2 (first poly battery kb)

I had a DX-7! It was the first instrument I ever got. Got it from Lechmere and had to take the first one my aunt and uncle bought for me back because it had a broken power input. I loved that thing though. I want one of these. I miss the look of the old DX though. This one looks a little too plain. Half of the fun of the old one was the design.

@ZiddersRooFurry

9 жыл бұрын

Donal Finn Lol I'll look them up hehe

@SPAZZOID100

9 жыл бұрын

+Donal Finn not with the easy editability that this has.

They always compare it to the DX7 but the 7 had 6 operators - not 4. On the other hand this has 32 voices vs 16 so it does sound rich - but I think it'd be better compared to the DX-21.

Just bought a mint dx7s for 50$. Dude changed the battery and couldn't reload the patches. I tried to load them myself via sysex to no avail, so I learned to half assed program the damned thing by trial and error. These mini key things look like toys to me. Analog kicks ass on fm anyway, always did and always will.......give me knobs, and lots of em!

@afterstars

4 жыл бұрын

Scott Stevenz To each their own

They should have put a full size keyboard on these...😎😊❤️👍

Not bad having a built in looper in 6:33, only why does not Yamaha licence a proper looper technology from Phil Tipping? Sequetron by Phil Tipping is a phenomenal looper, so contact Phil and check if you can license this original technology? All reface users who do not want to wait for Yamaha licensing or adding a powerful looper into reface, simply check Sequetron by Phil Tipping. It can force to scale, chords, held notes and much more, there is nothing like it I know. Vangelis and Tangerine Dreamers will love it.

@IIITonEIII

9 жыл бұрын

Donal Finn Hey Donal, thanks for your question, here the answer: Phil pays me 0 cent, in contrary to all those advertisers here in KZread about reface or Aira and other plastic products of latest age. You recognized that I added more than one comment, great, you made the effort, you are above average. The reason I write about the looping features of Sequetron here is mainly the small form factor of reface with its three octaves, same as Micro Korg. I am a long time Sequetron user as you might find out if you check my KZread account or the Sequetron pdf manuals. So I know Sequetron quite well. If you never used or thought about Sequetron looping majesty, of course you can not understand its depth and flexibility, which is ok. It is a great way of adding great looping functionality to any keyboard, especially such small factor keyboards! If you have any more question please ask. Thanks for your attention my friend.

I find it funny that they continue attempt to compare this to a DX7 when it's clearly nothing more than a souped up DX21. Sorry, but 4 ops is 4 ops...There is a distinct difference between 6 ops verses 4 ops. Yamaha is clearly attempting to profit off of the famous DX7 history and that's fine, if they created a DX7 equivalent keyboard. But seeing that this is a 4 op with mini keys, it's just a modern interpretation of a DX100. Which is not a bad unit, it's just not a DX7 either.

@russkij-mobik-ljaghet-v-grobik

4 жыл бұрын

4 ops, but each of them has feedback, which is "almost equivalent" to 8 operators.

@davebassP5

4 жыл бұрын

Ed Kummel totally agree. Weak sounding noises out of this thing compared to a DX7. I have a MODX which does have 8 ops and the Reface DX comes nowhere near it. I had a DX21 and this sounds very similar, and has none of the power of the DX7. The effects are irrelevant as I’m sure most of us that owned the lower range used pedals or rack effects anyway.

@Strokeiteasy1251

4 жыл бұрын

Have my Reface Dx hooked up to my Roland KC 600, and you have no idea what it can push 😝

@mycosys

3 жыл бұрын

The really dumb thing with that is if they compared it to the MUCH more similar OPL3 sound blaster 16 or the Sega Genesis that are more closely related it would likely sell hem more synths lol.

@davebassP5

3 жыл бұрын

@@Strokeiteasy1251 its less than a ‘real’ DX 7, and waaaaay less than a FM-X system.

They be a looper on korg minilogue as well I know the step sequencer is unreal as well but..

perhaps NIN can smash these up on the next tour

@LandonBalk

8 жыл бұрын

+C Math It would cost them too much money to do that! XD

I want it just for the looper...Any other synths with a looper feature out there??

@sweetwater

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Taino Savage. The Yamaha Reface CS also has a looper. Thanks for watching!

I see it even has a Facebook button under the level button. LOL

Daniel, where are you?

Sound cool ~ like 80' is back~

This is actually really nice.

7.26 onwards. Lovely.

If i have this, i will play Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up

Its sad that everywhere is out of stock on all the Yamaha Reface Pianos

oh my god the outro

Just noticed something in the description to this video - " It packs the synth engine from Yamaha's iconic DX-7 FM synthesizer..." - That is a *complete* lie. The differences between 4-op FM, and 6-op FM is night and day. I'm beginning to think the Reface DX is an intentional attempt to rewrite the history of FM.... :-/

@Miicrowahvei

8 жыл бұрын

You know, it actually says "based on" and not "from".

@looneyburgmusic

8 жыл бұрын

+AspleniumHexe Yeah, they edited the description.

I'm on edge of buying, would be excellent for travel piano. Q1Are any acoustic type pianos available on it.I don't have IOS min 13 required yet,so Soundmondo is out of reach for awhile.Im hoping to get it very soon. Q2.Are there any good piano and harp sounds available on Soundmondo. I'm desperately missing a Harp on my Yamaha YC61. I'm considering buying a new ipad for these reasons alone,I would like to know before buying. Q3 Am I correct in thinking once loaded to the reface they need no connection to any device. Thanks in advance

@kevinm.n.5158

Жыл бұрын

Piano and harp sounds are available but they sound how you'd expect from FM Synthesis. Nothing like a real E-piano, but not awful. Harp is worse. Q.3 You can save them when you sync the sound then use the 'STORE' function on the keyboard. It will store it and keep it after you unplug it, you can later restore the previous/stock patch if you want.

Wow... The outro was something...

@PunguinYoga

3 жыл бұрын

Just what I was thinking. If I get a synthesizer soon, sounds like those are what I want.

@dimassamid3189

3 жыл бұрын

@@PunguinYoga Same, Pal

@PunguinYoga

3 жыл бұрын

@@dimassamid3189 By the way, since October I've bought the Yamaha Reface CS, Arturia Micro Freak, and the Arturia MiniBrute 2. Do I know what I'm doing? No. Am I having fun making noise? You bet!

@dimassamid3189

3 жыл бұрын

@@PunguinYoga 😂😂

Captain Future? 8:04 very cool!

what is it with all this mini stuff?

@Robbinsffxi

9 жыл бұрын

Garry Field Low-cost and portable I guess.

@garryfield7734

9 жыл бұрын

for what it is mate ,i dont think it's that low-cost.why are they making these things in mini scale all the time?

@mikeexits

5 жыл бұрын

@@garryfield7734 $287 not low-cost for a synth? They never used to be this cheap you know. For what it is it's dirt-cheap.

@djbowlz2128

4 жыл бұрын

Mikeureko they were $500 on release. The price nowadays is a steal in my opinion. The build quality is great and the mini keys are the best mini’s I’ve ever tried.

@artvandelay3282

3 жыл бұрын

@@djbowlz2128 I agree. The minikeys on the reface are great. I like them just as much as regular sized keys

I saw some of these in the local music shop today and assumed they were probably £99, but £299? way overpriced. and stop comparing them with the DX7 when it's only 4 operator, it's a DX27.

@fender1000100

7 жыл бұрын

+sickparrot23 I own a DX7 for the last 25 years. While this isnt in the same class. I can tell you 100% its ALOT BETTER THAN A DX27. This is the best 4 op FM synth of alltime. Yamaha have done a great job in simplifying a complex form of synthesis. Down to a level it becomes a joy to use. And with the inclusion of the hands on editing bars. You are inspired to get sounds that nobody would have pushed for in the 1980s not even Eno. Its a great little synth. And does great drum and percussion sounds too. The kick drums it can do are amazing.

I'm in love. Great video.

what does reface mean?

@viciousfluffy6598

9 жыл бұрын

robinsss new face

@Robbinsffxi

9 жыл бұрын

robinsss It's short for re-interface or re-issue. Has to do with the legacy each reface model represents.

@SynthOSphere

9 жыл бұрын

robinsss It means : Defacing again. i.e.: Doing again what Roland has been doing for years: Take amazing vintage products from your legacy that everyone reveres, and surf the hype wave using those great names to sell non-innovative and low-value products are a high price.

@robinsss

9 жыл бұрын

Donal Finn kina small i'd rather have full sized midi keyboard playing a VST version of a classic keyboard

@Roboprogs

7 жыл бұрын

SynthOSphere - so, shoulda been called "Deface RX"??? I actually think the line sounds OK, but mini keys??? Gag. Just connect an Akai mini controller to an iPad at that point.

Setting up two dx's next to each other for fooling the Western World its looks bigger. Nice sounds but if your much into this sound try the other much more versatile and cheaper options like plug-ins connected to a nice controller. Buy fx separately so you can use the fx on every instrument of future purchase :)

@ryangunwitch-black

3 жыл бұрын

You're absolutely right! The last MIDI controller I bought cost me about 60 bucks and I have a bunch of great synthesizers and plugins on my $3,000 MacBook pro. So yes the actual MIDI controller is a lot cheaper than this synthesizer.

Hint: Get a DX100! Its much more than this for being small. (But they are pricey >:[ )

@SPAZZOID100

8 жыл бұрын

With a terrible interface??

@gowithgroove

4 жыл бұрын

DX-100 is far less usable.

these things sound great but tiny keys not good for FAT FINGERS

Zawinull!

I try to like ..too much competition in this price range

Additive Synthesis =NOT= FM Synthesis

Just get a dx-100

@gowithgroove

4 жыл бұрын

DX-100 is crap.

@mycosys

3 жыл бұрын

@@gowithgroove the DX-100 is the closest 80s relative of this thing, and yeah its pretty limited even compared to a dx21

@gowithgroove

3 жыл бұрын

@@mycosys I had a DX 100 for a while, and it's not as bad as I felt it was at that moment! I was just very pleased by the relative usability of the Reface, which I felt was far better....

this would be better without the history lesson and just play lots of sounds etc

The size of these are pathetic. So glad i have a dx7iid. They got a great sound but what a flop yamaha. You're way better off getting an old sy99 and learning how to program it

These 3 octave keyboards are a joke. Can you imagine a professional like Oscar Peterson trying to play a gig on a three octave mini keyboard.

@gwb19

4 ай бұрын

Is professional, gig-playing Oscar Peterson the target consumer for this product?

Those guys look ridiculous playing those mini keyboards. These things are WAY overpriced. Why release a performance instruments w/ only 37 tiny keys?? You can get a DX7 or AN1x for $250. This company is going backwards.

@Robbinsffxi

9 жыл бұрын

Code Mode Sound like reface dx isn't a thing for you.

@SPAZZOID100

9 жыл бұрын

Better display and EDIBILITY is why i would buy this over a DX7.

@LS1TransAm100

9 жыл бұрын

James Reeno So, you can eat it?

@looneyburgmusic

9 жыл бұрын

Code Mode It's not just Yamaha going down the "wrong road", all three of the "Majors" are. I fear the days of being amazed by the newest "Flagship" Synth are gone forever, and we all lose because of that...

@SPAZZOID100

8 жыл бұрын

Fantastic interface and Oled display.

FM is NOT additive!!

@keithfisher7333

7 жыл бұрын

Ableton and DSP Tutorials.... In the case of the DX7 it is either additive, FM or both...It depends on the algorithm. The operators will be used as sound sources or modulators depending on the configuration that is laid out in the algorithm. It can be used as an additive synth but to most likely boring effect. To those that don't know....An operator consists of an oscillator an EG and basically a VCA or volume control. The output, again depending on algorithm, will go to the audio output or to the modulation input of another operator. You have 8 voices and 4 operators per voice. Those operators maybe configured 3 mods into one audio...2+2 like a double oscillator setup, etc... Nevertheless, you would learn a lot more about a DX7 toying with a Buchla than toying with a Moog...Buchla's concept was much more about wave shaping with the tone control happening at the oscillator...In this case, very much the same...In additive aspects, super imposing waveforms on top of each other with an EG VCA circuit. Starting with a sine from one op, and having another op impose and mix a saw into that in a contoured fashion.

1. This performance is absolutely terrible. Nothing in this video makes me want to even consider buying that toy. 2. You can get the original DX11 for about the same money on Ebay.

Here we go yet again. Korg with their absolutely rubbish, (87% of the original size MS 20 mini synth.) All surface mount and near impossible to repair, complete with flimsy plastic body, and those "mini keys" to complete the utter shambles. Now, Yamaha have jumped on the same bandwagon. It's a disgrace! The amount of money these companies made producing good quality keyboards made of quality components, with metal and wood casings to now vomit onto the market such utter rubbish is beneath contempt. Moog still make the best synths in the world to a very, very high standard. They are by comparison to Korg and Yamaha a very small concern. I own a Minimoog Voyager performer edition. Hand built, of metal and wood and top quality electronics. Mine is quite old, but, has never gone bang. Built like a tank and sounds better than anything that these peddlers of rubbish could ever produce. If Korg or Yamaha want to take a trip down memory lane....by all means improve on the older designs, bit, for the love of Mike, don't make toys. Rant over. Peace and respect to all.

@SPAZZOID100

9 жыл бұрын

Moog build quality is not cheap. This price point is $500!!!

@rars0n

4 жыл бұрын

Surface mount is not inherently bad, nor is it hard to repair if you are at all handy with a soldering iron. Surface mount components allow electronics to be built much more compactly and cheaper. I get it if you dislike the miniaturization of instruments, but I also get that for people who buy a lot of equipment, mini-sized stuff has its benefits. I don't necessarily want or even need a full-size keyboard or any keys for that matter on every single synthesizer that I own. Seriously, thank god not every synth is made from heavy wood and metal. As long as they withstand reasonable use, I'll gladly take the weight savings.

dubstep is cancer. nice demo/keyboard though guys :)

This is such a bad explanation it makes me not want purchase this synth.

@kevinm.n.5158

Жыл бұрын

These go to eleven

Lets be honest its a dud !

old people - make old music

...looks like cheap crap.

@Robbinsffxi

9 жыл бұрын

blipblip88 But it's not. Watch the Sonic State video.

@JoeHensson

8 жыл бұрын

+blipblip88 Very true - but then you turn on the audio. These guys sure know how to jam.

@kevinm.n.5158

Жыл бұрын

It's actually really nice. The plastic doesn't age/oxidize or whatever, like some plastics do.