Yamaha TG500
(image courtesy of Yamaha )
Released: 1992
MSRP: Y157,500
Synopsis:
Rack version of the SY85, substituting the sequencer and disk drive for more memory, polyphony, and dual tone generators. Optional sample memory is compatible with MIDI SDS and SY99 Sample Bulk Dump.
Architecture Class: Rompler.
Ebay Description:
The Yamaha TG500 is a pressure and velocity sensitive 1U rack (64 voice multitimbral) sample based synthesizer, featuring AWM2 (294 samples) source, digital resonant low|high pass or band pass|reject filter, dedicated (5 stage) amplitude, (5 stage) pitch, and (7 stage) filter envelopes, an LFO (saw up/down, sine, square, triangle, random waveforms), 90 effects (with dedicated LFO), card and MIDI interfaces, 4 individual outputs, and 384 editable presets.
Physical
Form Factor
Dimensions
Weight
Audio Input
Audio Output
Communication Port
Control Input
Control Output
Switch Input
Power
1U rack
W:440mm(17.375in)
D:350mm(13.75in)
H:45mm(1.75in)
4.4kg(9.6875lbs)
no
stereo
individual:4
MIDI
MIDI
MIDI
sustain
AC (18W)
Interface
Compatibility
Multitimbral Memory
Program Memory
External Storage
External Programming
UI Input
UI Output
SY85
TG500
MIDI-SDS
preset:128
user:64
card:128
user:384
MCD64:256
program-card:2(MCD64)
PCM-card:2
MIDI-SysEx
MIDI-SDS
MIDI-SysEx
mode based buttons
LCD display
Architecture
Multitimbral
Polyphony
Unison
Architecture
16
32x2
no
Sample->DCF->DCA
Output
Effects
Pan Modulator
Volume Modulator
Headphone
90 (dual DSP)
no
AEG
LFO
MIDI-CC7
yes
Control
Arpeggiator
Arpeggiator External
Sequencer
Sequencer Memory
Sequencer External
Continuous
Program Change
no
N/A
8 track realtime or step and pattern based rhythm track
10 songs, 20k notes, 100 patterns
MIDI
MIDI-CC1
MIDI-CC7
MIDI-CC10
MIDI-CC1-120
MIDI
Keyboard
Key Pressure
Chord Memory
External Control
External Sustain
Key Scaling
Velocity Curves
polyphonic
no
MIDI:IN/OUT/THRU
pedal MIDI
break-points:4
8
Sample
Stereo
Sample Depth
Sample Rate
Sample RAM
Sample ROM
Sample Points
Sample Trigger
Sample Loop
Sample Edit
no
16b
?
optional:1MB (SYEMB06)
8MB
preset
N/A
preset
no
Source
Name
Signal Class
Waveform
Octave Range
Amplitude Modulator
Harmonics Modulator
Pitch Modulator
Wave Assign Modulator
Sample
digital
sampleA:244
sampleB:50
+-5
no
no
aftertouch
PEG
LFO
MIDI-PitchBend
no
Filter
Name
Signal Class
IC
Resonant
Shape
Frequency Modulator
Resonance Modulator
Shape Modulator
DSP
digital
?
yes
high pass, band pass|reject, or 12|24dB low pass
aftertouch
FEG1
key
LFO
MIDI-CC
MIDI-CC1
velocity
no
no
Envelope
Name
Level
Rate
Loop
Polarity
Trigger
Level Modulator
Rate Modulator
AEG
2
5
no
no
key
aftertouch
key
MIDI-CC
MIDI-CC1
velocity
key
velocity:attack
PEG
5
4
yes
yes
key
SY85
key
velocity
FEG
7
6
no
no
key
velocity:attack
key
velocity:attack
LFO
Name
Waveform
Delay
Polarity
Sync
Delay Modulator
Level Modulator
Rate Modulator
LFO
saw:up|down
sine
square
triangle
random
yes
phase
key
no
aftertouch
MIDI-CC
MIDI-CC1
key
random
velocity
EffectLFO
saw:up|down
sine
square
triangle
random
no
yes
no
no
no
no
