Bad Gear - Yamaha TX81Z

Become a Patron and get access to music clips from the show, additional content, Bad Gear samples and even more AudioPilz madness Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Yamaha TX81Z FM Tone Generator. Is this classic Yamaha FM synth nothing but the home to the iconic 80s bass, the legendary Lately Bass preset? Can it be worse to operate than the Yamaha DX7? Will rack synthesizers ever look good on social media? Thanks to Anders Enger Jensen for showing that rack synths can indeed look Instagram-worthy: Chapters: 00:00 Intro tune 01:10 Overview Yamaha TX81Z 01:27 UI and basic tweak 01:39 Presets 02:06 Lately Bass Preset 02:25 Lately Bass vs. Solid Bass comparison (Yamaha FB01) 03:02 Additional Waveforms 03:28 Compatibility (Yamaha DX21, Yamaha DX27, Yamaha DX100) 03:37 Envelopes, LFO, Midi Delay, Chords, Pseudo-reverb 04:11 Multitimbrality, Polyphony, Outputs, Menus 04:33 Pricing 04:43 Hate 05:11 Jam 1 06:07 Jam 2 07:14 Finale 07:44 Verdict