YAMAHA TX81Z (1987) Digital Synthesizer - No Talking Demo
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
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✓ TX81Z edited with Ctrlr ctrlr.org
✓ Recordings: nacho80.bandca...
🟠Some of these tracks are available in HQ here: nacho80.bandca...
The last track 28:12 maybe has some resemblance to the very recent song "Ghosts Again" of Depeche Mode (what a beautiful song), while rendering this video I heard it for the first time lol! I'm not saying it's the same, obviously, it's in a different key, I have a sketch of this uploaded about Aug 22, 2022: • DEMO 32527
00:02 track01
05:54 track02
09:30 track03
14:04 track04
16:43 track05
17:35 track06
18:10 track07
18:28 track08
19:03 track09
20:52 track10
21:52 track11
24:11 track12
28:12 track13
Info about YAMAHA TX81Z:
Yet another FM synthesizer from Yamaha, this one comes in a compact, multitimbral, 1-unit rackmount module and is basically a key-less version of the DX-11. It has far more professional features than its relative, the FB-01. The TX81Z features great FM type synth sounds similar also to the DX-21 and DX-27. It's still not as good as the classic DX-7, but it's an inexpensive source of those sounds with lots of programmability. Eight voice polyphony, 128 preset sounds, 32 user and lots of functions hidden behind 11 push buttons.
The TX81Z features a new ability to use waveforms other than just a sine wave. There are eight voices that can be split, layered and detuned. Also onboard are pseudo-effects including delay and reverb. These features can be stored as performance setups. The effects are simply envelope and re-triggering effects. The TX81Z works great as a sound-module for any live or studio production. It's got a wider range of sounds than the DX-7, may not be quite as warm or 'classic' sounding, but at its low price and with the excellent MIDI implementation it makes a great alternative or backup synth for percussive, punchy FM synth sounds. It's used by Fluke, Roni Size, Astral Projection, Squarepusher, Jimmy Edgar, Future Sound of London, and Josh Wink.
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I’m a simple man! I see new Nacho’s synth demo tracks, I hit play and listen bouncing my head up and down. Then I hit like! ❤
lol! so glad to know that my friend 🍻♥️
This demo gives me major Aphex Twin vibes.. love it
cool! i'm glad to know that! 🍻
AFX is my top hero 🙌
Always thinking Detroit playing the TX81Z or 802; those aquatic sounds, percussion, clavs, crystalline effects, even strings.. Great demo's Nacho!
i'm so glad you like it! yes, an iconic instrument of Detroit techno
Rare somebody can to create nice patch FM like u.
thank you! i'm glad to know that! I used an editor and some presets too 🙂
That's a great sound from only four operators (I had to look that up). 👍
hi Andrew! i'm so glad you like it!
This is probably the only “current” music I listen to, excellent stuff ❤
ohh i'm so glad to know that! thank you for the good vibes :)
Absolutely fantastic
i'm so glad you like it!
Best demos out there!
i'm so glad you like it :)
this is slappin
Great job on this, especially impressed with the kick drums and percussion sounds
thank you very much! i'm glad you like it! yes, TX81z is great for drums and percussion
17:45 Very interesting sound, reminds of Ricardo Villalobos - Dexter!
It's true! I didn't know it, I just listened to it and it's a very similar FM sound 🙂
Oh man your tracks sound really freaking great!
( came for the synth demo, stayed for the music bla bla bla :) )
ohhh i'm so glad to know that! 🍻
your sound choice and melodies bring out the best in every synth
hi Trevor! i'm so glad you like it! If you use the same patch 2 times but one slightly detuned a delicious chorus is generated
@@NachoMartyMeyer hey nacho, thanks for the tip! makes me want one of these old yamahas.
are you mainly using factory patches in this video or do you build sounds from scratch?
i'm wondering how easy it is to program something like this or the TG33 for example
@@trevor4835 It can be programmed from the Synthesizer itself, BUT it is not a very traditional way and it is not very easy / comfortable, I used a free software editor that allows you to edit everything in real time, I also used a few patches downloaded from the internet that I liked a lot, there are too many options to choose a Synthesizer, the best is to look for the one you like the most in terms of sound, the TG33 is very easy to program from itself and so so fun!
Another classic jam by Nacho Marty Myer. 🤘
Majestic!!!!!
🍻
Uffffff dang, one of my favorite synths. Great work on this one :) Happy weekend. 9:35 is a track that should be released
hi Daniel! yes, I love this synth too, great for many things, I hope I can finish it some day, happy weekend too my friend ♥️
I blast your demos when im driving in my car amazing 👏
ohh so cool to know that Chino! 🍻
This is pure FM goodness! Amazingly good showcase of 4-op FM abilities in musical context. Great sounds! Thank you very much for creating this demo!
thank you Serhiy! i'm so glad you like it! I love FM too!
LO-FI Monster ! I love 8/12 bits stuff but your knowledge is pure Genius... I'm blown away by your sounds and the way you manage them into those amazing tracks. Eargasmic ! Makes me want to start my TX81ZEEEE now ! still lookin for a cheap tg33 hope to find one in good condition soon !
hi! i'm so glad you like it! thanks for the good vibes! yes, TX81Z can do a lot of interesting sounds, love it, I hope you can get a TG33 soon, it's wonderful, it's endless, I miss it so much, so fun!
@@NachoMartyMeyerTG33 has been found !!! Arrived today and feel very lucky, announcement for sale 1 hour before my research , destiny ! Was waitin 4 me ! I love this unit will be perfect with my tg33 and esq1 😊 do you actually sale synth patches lo-fi style or sale tracks only ? will buy some soon they are amazing. I have this big esq1 card with tons of presets but only a few (to my taste) are really interesting to use and/or modify...esq1 is a very capable synth in terms of synthesis, so does the tg and tx but I far to your level in synthesis now ... I work on it 4 sure but wonder if you can help me gettin some nice fresh stuff ! Peace bro. Or you perhaps know some cool places to find patches ... Please continue to give us your good vibes, your work is fabulous bro. I just watched your synth blind tests, it's excellent and genius idea ! Peace
Nacho - you never fail to impress with these type of videos. Digging all the lo-fi demos you have here.
hi Patrick! i'm so glad you like it mate!
Perfect timing
i'm glad you like it Nathan!
You got the same last name as me lol
Nacho ftw!
Demo?? This is practically an EP!
It was going to be longer but I was already going crazy 😄
Famous 'Lately Bass' patch/sound at 12:00. Some people keep TX81z just for this bass sound alone.
Yes!
New music! I was excited to see this. Sounds great. Thank you.
i'm so glad to know that dear Ben!
Glorious!
i'm so glad you like it Stef!
Thanks so much for doing this - it sold me on the unit!
i'm so glad to know that :D
it's a beautiful FM synthesizer, capable of doing a lot of things (weird or classic), I recommend using a dedicated software or hardware editor as programming it from its own panel can be confusing and tedious with some parameters, luckily there are also thousands and thousands of amazing patches on the internet
@@NachoMartyMeyer found a hardware editor three times as expensive as the TX81Z😂 Looks like I'll go the software route and hunt down some tasty patches!! Thanks again, this unit was exactly what I was looking for!
perfect, yes, you're going to have a lot of fun, I used "Ctrlr" it works great and it's free, the TX81Z is wonderful, don't be fooled by the Presets at first, start editing and you'll see the depth it has 🙌
Really cool i love fm synthesis
me too!
12:48 I use the 4op timpani sound a lot, its way better than the DX7 preset.
seems that 4op is "better" than 6 for percussion, I don't know why... but I feel the same, it also happened to me with an FB-01, very interesting for percussion too
Hey Marty... how are you !
I really like all tracks of this cool under rated FM synth demo !
Great job Mister Nacho 👊💥🤛
hi Fury! i'm so glad to know that! TX81Z is great!
Nacho siempre tope de gama
Martín querido! ♥️
estoy relojeando uno, le tengo unas ganas!
Los FM de 4 operadores suenan re lindo, sería genial conseguirle un editor físico a éste
@@NachoMartyMeyerme lo compré finalmente!
Que bueno Marco! Genial! ❤️
Beautiful
I'm so glad you like it Philip!
@@NachoMartyMeyer I do. After listening and relistening I decided I had to get one myself which I did
@@philipgalle1339 cool! the TX81z is great for making lots of interesting sounds, using an editor is recommended as editing from its own panel can be tedious and confusing
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Awesome!! Great work, fantastic synth. Thanks.
thank you dear Mountain, i'm so glad you like it! yes is a great synth ♥️
@@NachoMartyMeyer Mine developed transformer noise, which is a common problem affecting many of these. The transformer causes the upper plate to vibrate causing an annoying noise. I don't really know how to safely isolate a transformer so it's been on the repair waiting list for some time. I do miss it :(
@@ZenMountain ohh i'm sorry, yes, I have heard about this problem, I hope you can solve it, surely it is not something complicated for some technician 🙏🏻
Your tunes jam, Nacho, please keep 'em coming:)
I'll try that soon, that's the idea, a little tired of doing everything with one thing, thanks for the good vibes dear Kira!
@@NachoMartyMeyer Rad, looking forward to it! PS the bassline at 12:16 is especially sic.
@@kirabarsmith9353 yes, sometimes I have to refill 😄
Una vez más, dándolo todo con un sinte que no te regala nada.
Vos sabés que la idea era hacer algo mucho más largo y variado, pero no pude más, estába volviendome loco, usé un editor por supuesto, pero tantos días seguidos con FM me mató y lo abandoné porque ya me lastimaba, pero es un sinte hermoso igual :D
Lovely stuff as usual!
i'm so glad you like it JKataky!
Inspiring! Quick question, how do you get that chorusing effect at around 20mins? Is that just on the tx81z?
@@Katmat87 good question, It's the same patch recorded 2 times (one on the left and the other on the right) one of them goes slightly out of tune :)
@@NachoMartyMeyer amazing!
@@Katmat87 that's the reason why some have two TX81Z
Bravo !! Eres un crack!!
me alegra que digas eso amigo :) un abrazo!
I love this stuff so much! Really glad I randomly found this video and your channel.
What would you say are some of your influences? I know very little music like this and would really like to discover more
hey! i'm so glad you like it! and thanks for the good vibes! of course there are many influences, from a lifetime, including dozens and dozens of "video game music" producers, but the ones I admire the most are Aphex Twin, Legowelt and Yuzo Koshiro (to name as few as possible) there are too many influences 🙏🏻
cheers 🍻
try looking for IDM, ambient, Electro, and related genres, which are so so so many
Thanks so much, will check those out as well as the rest of your stuff, and be looking forward to your next video!
Hey, really love the track that begins at 16:45 Is there any ways to listen to it anywhere ?
hi Tor, i'm so glad you like it, I'll upload it to bandcamp someday along with some of this demo, it's the weirdest track I think and quite short, but in the meantime I can email it to you or leave you a link here to download it
25:48 an ode to Vangelis-Pulsar
@@DiscoCitizens240 yes! that riff marked my entire life since childhood :)
would you consider selling or posting your patches?
I never save / keep the patches, I should start doing it 🤔
This is totally awesome. I love your custom patches, especially the drums. Are all of them from the TX81Z? They sound like a drum machine or samples
@@DiscoCitizens240 i'm so glad you like it! yes, all done only with the TX81z, using a real-time software editor
Sweet. Thank you
@@DiscoCitizens240 thanks to you!
This is Mono only, directly from the unit itself with the help of an external sequencer? No, in the second last track there was some stereo movement.
That could have come from the inherent cool possibilities of the unit itself.
In many ways this was more flexible than the follow up, like the SY77, which had strict conform to a midi channel, if set to multimode.
A first MF, like the D110 was as well.
hi, this time I recorded in layers, the stereo sensation is because I recorded the same patch twice but one slightly out of tune and panned, although it would also be possible to have two almost identical patches at the same time in 'Performance' mode and create a chorus effect in theory
¡Nacho! Me ofrecieron un D110 y un TG55 por 150 euros... ¿qué opinas de estos dos? ¿ya has probado alguno de ellos? ¡gracias!
hola Pedro! Nunca probé ninguno de ellos, pero si los escuché y leí sobre ellos, para mí están muy interesantes, ambos se pueden editar, te darán sonidos bien 80's y 90's si es que eso te gusta, y como se pueden programar pueden ir muy lejos también, creo que el precio es espectacular por ambos, hace tiempo sigo al D-110, me encantan las waveforms que trae y su audio! ambos son romplers con varias muestras acústicas pero también sintéticas y al poder programarlos se pueden lograr sonidos muy interesantes sin dudas, lo mejor es que escuches todas las demos que puedas y leas sobre ellos para saber si son de tu agrado, para mí son dos módulos hermosos :)
@@NachoMartyMeyer ¡Gracias, Nacho! Subiré un vídeo cuando los tenga en el estudio.
@@pedrofreire6169 Espectacular amigo!
Hello, is this the full factory sounds?
hi John! I used very few factory sounds, 95% of the sounds were made with a software editor
What is this software editor?
@@azaz6872 ctrlr.org
@@NachoMartyMeyer But I mean-did you create this sounds?
@@azaz6872 yes, I was modifying presets with that editor in real time, it's so good, a universe of possibilities opens up
What's the first patch at the start of the video called?
It's not a preset, it was made with a software editor, and I haven't saved any of the patches
@@NachoMartyMeyer Ah, thanks. It's a very nice sounding patch.
@@FoxGAMING-NTF yes, I don't have the habit of saving patches, sometimes I would like to use certain sounds again and I don't know how I managed to make them 😞