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GS-1 At a Glance |
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 Released: 1982
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| Frederick J. Sherrod (f9419235449@yahoo.com) writes: |
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The GS-1 was touted as a digital piano, but had a larger selection of synthesizer sounds than just piano. It lacked any form of pitch bend and vibrato could only be added via the leftmost pedal switch. The GS-1 had very limited editing capability and could load different sounds into memory via a magnetic card reader. The GS-1 came with a voice library of 32 factory pre-programmed cards and several blank ones for backup. The GS-1 was sold before MIDI, but many can be found with the factory MIDI kits installed. The GS-1 has a nice 88 wooden, weighted, hammer-action keyboard which is very similiar to the KX-88. Sorry no aftertouch. The GS-1 looks like a piece of furniture with it's faux-wood finish and mini grand piano design. At 200 pounds, this unit was designed to be parked in the studio. The GS-2 is the roadworthy version of this synthesizer. Comments About the Sounds: The Yamaha GS-1 is an early FM synthesizer, almost the grandfather of the DX series. Many of the classic DX-7 sounds were born on this machine.The outputs have a noise floor which make the sounds grainy. Very good electric pianos, metallic percussive sounds, DX brass, DX strings, great organic pads. The unit has very limited editing capability, ie |
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