While Yamaha would eventually get into the sample synthesis game as well, it was a relative latecomer and insisted on using FM in concert with PCM samples, such as in the SY77 and SY99, for a number of years. One rather interesting digital detour was the VL1. A physical modelling solo...
maybe) because the sounds in the Motif are streets ahead of the AWM2 patches in our 1992‑vintage SY85 workstation, in terms of fidelity, sparkle, sample length and quality of
The Motion Control Synthesizer Engine controls two iconic Sound Engines:Advanced Wave Memory 2(AWM2) andFM-X: TheAWM2engine is compatible with previous generation Motif libraries, but is exponentially more powerful than the previous Motif XF flagship, with nearly ten times...