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I haven't had any problems with them. The judgement whether it's a good value or not is probably different for everyone and highly depends on how much you actually plan to use them. They are certainly great toys to play around with if you like the SY-series.

I think you cannot use the samples as FM operator waveforms, but you can use the samples for sample-based modulation (what Yamaha called RCM back then) in AFM synthesis. But I'm not entirely sure.

The sample waveforms on the WaveBlade behave exactly as the samples in a Yamaha waveform ROM expansion card or SY/TG77/99 internal sample ROM. So, you can use them for AWM2 synthesis (essentially PCM subtractive) and/or RCM synthesis (FM-PCM hybrid interactive). The WaveBlade samples cannot be used as AFM synthesis waveforms, as those (16 types) are not sample-based.

@@ShallRemainUnknown thanks

You can google "synthzone sy77". It's an archive which contains most of these files.

Try googling sector101 waveblade. It's easy to find. It's a single person creating these cards as a side project.

I'm not affiliated with Sector101, so I don't know. To my knowledge, the cards aren't mass produced. So it might be worth to just ask or check the website again from time to time.

They are in stock now

Yes, I am aware that there have been different demo disks around. I have tried to collect the contents of the other disk, but they seem to be rather rare. This disk came along with my SY77 from I think 1989. If you still have your alternative disk, I would be very interested if you could make an image of it available.

@@cc-sm6eh Yes, if you still don't have them by the time I recover my unit, I will gladly share a copy of my demo disk to you. When I transferred overseas, I left my unit back home safely tucked away under a staircase sealed with plastic in the original box to protect it from dust and moisture.

Sector101 Waveblade. Check the other videos on the channel for more on that.

Awesome story. And not very dissimilar from my own. I have got mine since 1989 I think. Thanks for sharing.

Brilliant story! I could not stretch to getting the SY77 in 1991 as I wanted other things like a full guitar setup and Yamaha MT100 MkII cassette four track, so I got the SY55 instead and I still use it today in 2023, and I managed to get all seven WAVE/DATA card sets and all the other DATA/RAM sets due to knowing someone in the music business (has a TV broadcasting father), and the rest I found on Ebay later on. I also added a TG55 which can be paired with the SY55 to double the polyphony, by switching on a setting on both synths. Does the SY77 and TG77 have this feature I wonder? I would love an SY77 if one came up on Ebay in nice condition, and not for stupid money. Sadly many of those have suffered abuse with live gigging, and tend to be falling to bits and in a sorry state.

@@EgoShredder I was very lucky in getting mine as just over half my dad helped with. Took a year saving my part too but it was worth it. Truthfully at first it was a little beyond me at but you do eventually learn. The fact that it had a built in sequencer was really the thing that sold me coming from my previous Technic Ax7 which was becoming rather limited in this sense. Did the Sy55 also have the 16 track sequencer? in which case that would have also been a worthy machine I really don't know regarding that very neat pairing feature of the 55 although I did for a couple of years own up and never used it. Sounds like an insanely great thing to have that as an option. Yeah SY77's tend to be around £300 to £400 still these days. They are really very reliable I find and you don't even have to replace the battery if you do the boot up reset thing. The battery itself also retains a little charge if you're always using it thereafter without any battery. At least it did seem to for me when I was using one of my other machines briefly all the best

@@adroharv9213 Yeah the SY55 has the same sequencer, just with the memory and tracks etc halved. Most of the SY55 samples and presets are on the SY77 from what I remember, and the expansion cards have the same samples for SY55 and SY77. The double polyphony feature plays half the notes of what you are playing on the SY, and the other half on the TG. In the settings its called "odd/even" for the note allocation. I remember preparing the sequencer for a pro studio demo in 1992, and when I got to the studio I thought I could sync the SY55 to the studio reel to reel multitrack and Steinberg Cubase 2.0 on his Atari ST (he had a Falcon 030 too). However the sync format was different, so that was an expensive lesson for me to learn. A few years ago I got a nostalgia itch, and bought another Yamaha cassette four track MT3X, and this time added a Yamaha YMC10 MIDI FSK Sync Converter. Within ten minutes without using a manual, I had the SY55 sequencer sync'd to the MT3X along with a Yamaha RY30 drum machine, and it was rock solid and tight! That was a 26 year itch well and truly scratched and put right! 🤣 Very satisfying and fun to do. That sync box would have saved me a lot of money and paid for itself, if I had known back then.

@@adroharv9213 I just checked the SY77 manual, and it does indeed have the double polyphony feature. It's on page 221 and 222 of the user manual.

Here! www.sector101.co.uk/waveblade.html Enjoy!!!

Hi, unfortunately, the way to obtain these devices depends a little on where you live. The usual suspects to look for these devices are ebay, amazon or aliexpress. What you'll need are 0,91" 128x32 I2C oled SSD1306 modules. They are typically found in the context of Arduino devices. The speakers are just typical piezo speakers. Before starting with the modifications, I suggest you look around for information on the PSR 1000 and flashfloppy. Those floppy emulators do not work with all devices, they may need specific firmware versions (e.g. for Quickdisk devices) and they may require different jumper settings. Also, make sure you are aware of the alternate way (search in youtube for "gotek dfu programming") to flash the Gotek floppy emulators via USB cable. It may save you some time. Good luck!

@@cc-sm6eh Thank you very much for your guidance. I have ordered most required parts and will download software for PSR1000. I am expecting to complete this in the next two months. Regards.

Hello Eric, unfortunatley, there some context missing in your question. If you google "FlashFloppy error 34" or so, you'll find a discussion about that on the FlashFloppy github issue tracker. It seems that it might be related to the USB stick being prepared wrong. Maybe you'll find that helpful.

I'm glad you find it helpful. For the display exchange, there is a video by youtube user Midera I think which I though was pretty helpful.

I don't think there are any special requirements for the usb thumb drive. It has to be fat32 formatted, so the maximum is I think 32gb. But you'll likely struggle to fill up even 1gb for a SY77/SY99 thumb drive as 1 GB fits something like 1450 720kb disks. So you probably already have something that works. In my opinion, the main thing to consider is whether you'd like to have a short usb thumb drive - like the one I have used in the video. It looks slightly more elegant than something old and bulky.

Yes, they are pretty nice :-)

it's very capable. The only somewhat limiting factor is the relatively low 32 polyphony but a bit of planning allows for still very great multitude of sound. The sounds can be very booming thanks to being hybrid fm and samples and you feel this if going to a sample only based synth as I do when working on other stuff

I'm glad you find it helpful. Maybe you'll find the part 2 video (live now) interesting as well.

I'm glad you find it helpful. The SY77 is a really great machine.

Hi, I am preparing a video already for creating custom .bin files with x.factory. Also, I plan on doing a video where I show how to dump .bin files using realterm.