jimmarchi1's Synth Setup

My friend owns one of these and its in our south philly studio. [Its now mine and is in my home studio] This is worth purchasing for the classic divide-down string section alone. You can get yamaha's version of those string machine tones and with a few fader tweaks go into other turf with the polysynth section (it's really paraphonic but they call it a polysynth). The chorus is lush but subtle, i thought it w as s noisy but the noise wss coming from a dirty pot. The synth is capable of doing the string/synth parts to Steely Dan's "Peg" with aplomb~! Also included is a cheeze ball FM organ. Ours is not working but its nothing to write hoe about on working units though its can do a passable organ in a pinch if you la on the chorus to simulate a leslie. We have never missed this section though. As with all Yamaha gear the keybed is first rate, springy organ action.... this thing weighs a ton. Built to last the ages. Shockingly stable tuning. Worth purchasing. One of the last of the great 'string synths'.