Yamaha SY55 Sounds

[Saul]

Not exactly sure what these sounds are as I don't own the SY55 so if anyone knows can you please update this thread?

SY55.zip

[bjb]

Thanks for these. I haven't tried them yet but as I'm currently dusting off my SY55 for possible sale (damn my lack of TARDIS) I'm rediscovering all of its unique character.

Here's a patch list for anyone interested:

PDSY5502:

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0 MODSYNTH      13 SynBass1     26 Modulated!   39 Modsynth3    52 1ElemWAVE1
1 Velobass      14 HI SYNTH     27 SWEEP1       40 Saw1elem.2   53 1ElemWAVE2
2 MODSYNTH 2    15 E-CLAP       28 SWEEP2       41 Reso1        54 JUNOBASS2 
3 SHARPSYN      16 ANDONEbass   29 FILTERBAS2   42 RESO2        55 Rouge     
4 Flange it!    17 NOISEZAP     30 ANALOG!      43 ELEC.HH      56 ELEC.SD   
5 Saw/1Elmt     18 HI SYNTH2    31 Saw  Delay   44 PULSEDELAY   57 ELEC.BD   
6 Kraftwerk!    19 SUPER C64    32 SYNTEC       45 SY22         58 Quack2    
7 MuteChoirs    20 Outa Range   33 Sharpsyn3    46 Moogy        59 Supersaw3 
8 Wind          21 Prodigy      34 Trident 1    47 Enola Gay    60 MOOGBASS2 
9 Galactic      22 1Elmt STRG   35 SWEEP 3      48 Synbass2     61 RESO3     
10 Syncembl 2   23 Panorama!!   36 QUACK        49 JUNOBASS1    62 DELAYDRUM 
11 FILTERBASS   24 AlieN        37 Moogbass     50 ARP ODISSE   63 METALDRUMS
12 TUBE MOD.    25 SHARPSYN2    38 SUPERSAW     51 SUPERSAW2 

PDSY5502:

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0 Patience      13 Fantasy      26 DX7 ElPno    39 Atlantis     52 Fanfare   
1 Amadeus       14 Phantasia    27 Razzia       40 Xylophon     53 FluteStrgs
2 Lyrik         15 SinThunder   28 X-Mas        41 J's Bass     54 LeadGuitar
3 Ahh Str.      16 Church 1     29 Rock!Organ   42 Carpet       55 Wild Thing
4 MalletCrsh    17 Sust.Piano   30 SoftStrinx   43 $ 4 Nothin   56 HardStrinx
5 Steinway      18 Morricone    31 LeadMe2SXS   44 St Paul's    57 Sadeness  
6 Landscape     19 Baldwin      32 Cathedral    45 Mark King    58 MasterSolo
7 Akkordeon     20 Countdown    33 Andromeda    46 Dry Strat    59 IHateJazz!
8 Fat Organ     21 Tubular      34 Six-String   47 Delusion!    60 Hard Brass
9 Church 4      22 Akk. Bass    35 HeavyMetal   48 Classtrinx   61 Panfloete 
10 GreatBrass   23 Hammond      36 Echo Flute   49 HallPiano+   62 Lady Kit 1
11 Groove Pno   24 B-3/Leslie   37 Digisphere   50 PowerBass    63 Lady Kit 2
12 Church 3     25 Festival     38 Real Harp    51 SY55 Brass

[Saul]

Thanks for the patch list bjb and also welcome to the forums

Do let us know when/if you put your SY55 up for sale? Bound to be someone on the forum who may be interested

[squishmusic]

Recently stumbled on this web utility. Works in the browser and claims to show or verify a .syx files contents.
http://llamamusic.com/super-jx/SysEx_Ve ... a_v1a.html

Ive not tried it. But there is a list of synth supported.

[bjb]

That's a useful page -- bookmarked for future reference.

That said, it doesn't handle much Yamaha kit (though its Roland coverage is pretty comprehensive) and it only goes as far as identifying the make/model and MIDI channel of the intended recipient, not patch names. There's actually a fair bit of complication involved with doing that in a general way (I'm sure Derek would know this only too well from his x.factory work). I wonder whether MIDI 2.0 makes this easier?

[squishmusic]

Aha. well I landed on that link from another page which claimed it was a utility to 'see syx file contents'. But as you rightly said its just some basic info. Still I have many .syx patch files that I have no idea (over the decades) for what synth they are.

[parametric]

I don't know if it's true for sure . . .

But the details might be in a SysEx string INSIDE those files?

open them in a TEXT editor (Not a WP) . . . . (Can't remember what the Basic Mac one is . . . )

I know there are Manufacturer Pre-fixes, but maybe there is instrument designators there as well . .

But you need to know what those ARE . . .

Wouldn't that be handy?

parametric

[squishmusic]

Im not an SysEx expert - I do know back in my teens I read a lot on it and wrapped my head around it.
25+ years later when I look at my MIDI DATA manuals now it looks like algebra

But ok my Q then: When you say open the (?) patch .syx in a TextEditor (TextEdit on Mac) what will I see?
On that utility-weblink it shows/states that Device# can be seen. Is not that an instrument identifier - eg what synth that -syx file belongs to or was created in?

At some point in the future I do want to try to send some syx patches to my SY35/MICRON, but I have a long list of 'music-admin' things before that. Plus I have a lot of TG33 patches from 90s but it seems they wont load into SY35 (from reading info here and other forums).
So, I might just go the long haul and try to identify what waveforms I used in the TG33, find the SY35 equivalent and try to recreate the patch.

[parametric]

<SysExJohn> is probably the best one to guide you here . . .

He knows far more about this stuff than I do . . . .

I'm sure he'll be along shortly . . . .

para

[squishmusic]

Hahaha I guess I know how he got that name :=)

<SysExJohn> is probably the best one to guide you here . . .

He knows far more about this stuff than I do . . . .

I'm sure he'll be along shortly . . . .

para

[TinW]

Just downloaded this little lot and transferred to my TG55 via Cakewalk, and then to MIDIQUEST........Very nice sounds. Thanks for making them available.