08-08-2018, 08:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-08-2018, 08:18 PM by Mattias Westlund.)
Ah-hah!
I think I just found out why the TG100 sounds so appealing and oddly familiar to me, even though I've never used one before. Turns out the TG100 uses the same AWM sampling engine and 12 bit samples as Yamaha's 1990 SY22 synth which I talked about here, one of the first real synths I got a chance to explore for a longer period of time. I borrowed one from a friend sometime around 96/97 for recording a bunch of demo tracks, and as he wasn't using it he was in no hurry getting it back. I think I ended up keeping it for like six months.
I'm not sure all samples are the same across both devices, but I definitely recognize the strings and various other stuff even though it's been more than 20 years. The SY22 has an FM engine mixed with the AWM engine so it's not like the two units sound the same, but the resemblance is there. Some of the SY22 patches were very characteristic (and not always in a good way).
I think I just found out why the TG100 sounds so appealing and oddly familiar to me, even though I've never used one before. Turns out the TG100 uses the same AWM sampling engine and 12 bit samples as Yamaha's 1990 SY22 synth which I talked about here, one of the first real synths I got a chance to explore for a longer period of time. I borrowed one from a friend sometime around 96/97 for recording a bunch of demo tracks, and as he wasn't using it he was in no hurry getting it back. I think I ended up keeping it for like six months.
I'm not sure all samples are the same across both devices, but I definitely recognize the strings and various other stuff even though it's been more than 20 years. The SY22 has an FM engine mixed with the AWM engine so it's not like the two units sound the same, but the resemblance is there. Some of the SY22 patches were very characteristic (and not always in a good way).
