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Yamaha TG-55
Submitted by xangis on Mon, 2007-01-01 18:35
Yamaha TG-55
The TG-55 is a 16-bit sample-playback-based synthesizer that was released by Yamaha in 1989. It supports 16 voices of polyphony and has MIDI in, out, and thru connections. It has 64 voice memories in ROM and another 64 memories in RAM. It has waveform and data expansion card slots and features 34 built-in programmable digital effects including a resonant filter. The pre-programmed sounds are heavy on ambient pads and are typical of early 1990's synthesizers.
Yamaha refers to the synthesis method used in the TG-55 as AWM2. This stands for Advanced Wave Memory and is just a fancy name for PCM samples. The original version of AWM was 12-bit, and version 2 is 16-bit. The TG-55 refers to a sample oscillator as an "element" and each patch can have 1, 2, or 4 active elements.
The SY-55, a keyboard version of the TG-55, was released a year later.
Release Date: 1989
List Price: $995
Polyphony: 16
Memopries: 64 preset, 64 user.
MIDI: in, out, thru
Outputs: 4x 1/4 inch.
Number of Waveforms: 74 (4MB)
Available Expansion Cards: S5502 Drums 1, S5504 Brass Section, S5531 Syn Wave 1, S5551 Rock & Pop (List price $159 each)
Internal Patch Names:
| 1. Piano | 17. Cry Clav | 33. Thumb Bass | 49. Gamma Band |
| 2. Voyager | 18. Funky Clav | 34. SynBadBass | 50. Metal Reed |
| 3. Pro55Brass | 19. Deep Organ | 35. VCO Bass | 51. Modomatic |
| 4. Elektrodes | 20. Warm Organ | 36. Violin | 52. DataStream |
| 5. Zaratustra | 21. Trumpet | 37. Chamber Str | 53. Mystichoir |
| 6. DawnChorus | 22. Stab Brass | 38. VCF String | 54. St.Michael |
| 7. GX Dream | 23. Big Band | 39. Nova Quire | 55. Scatter |
| 8. GrooveKing | 24. Orch Brass | 40. Vibraphone | 56. Triton |
| 9. DistGuitar | 25. SynthBrass | 41. Takerimba | 57. Amazon |
| 10. ZenAirBell | 26. Flute | 42. Glocken | 58. SatinGlass |
| 11. FullString | 27. Saxophone | 43. DigiBell | 59. BrassChime |
| 12. Jazz Man | 28. FolkGuitar | 44. Oriental | 60. Piano Mist |
| 13. ClassPiano | 29. 12 String | 45. VCO Lead | 61. Xanadu |
| 14. Rock Piano | 30. MuteGuitar | 46. Spirit VCF | 62. WdBass Duo |
| 15. DX E.Piano | 31. SingleCoil | 47. OZ Lead | 63. Drum Set 1 |
| 16. Hard EP | 32. Pick Bass | 48. Get Lucky | 64. Drum Set 2 |
Manual (2 Parts):
http://www.soundprogramming.net/manuals/Yamaha_TG-55_Manual_1.pdf
http://www.soundprogramming.net/manuals/Yamaha_TG-55_Manual_2.pdf