Members Mediterranean Posted July 30, 2009 Members Share Posted July 30, 2009 Random examples: Korg M50, Roland XV-5050, Yamaha SY77, etc. What do the characters & numbers mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members evildragon Posted July 31, 2009 Members Share Posted July 31, 2009 Probably just random mumbo jumbo. Although, M could come from "music workstation". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EddyRenoir Posted July 31, 2009 Members Share Posted July 31, 2009 agreed. usually the higher the number the better they are, but its pretty much random. some of them E.g korg K49 / K61represent the number of keys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cydonia Posted July 31, 2009 Members Share Posted July 31, 2009 Roland FP series = facepalm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fisnotigut Posted July 31, 2009 Members Share Posted July 31, 2009 usually the higher the number the better they are, but its pretty much random.some of them E.g korg K49 / K61represent the number of keys. Seems like these days the number is more related to the size of the board. One synth line that definitely goes against the "higher=better" system... Yamaha DX. But as you say, "usually" the higher the number the better they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mediterranean Posted July 31, 2009 Author Members Share Posted July 31, 2009 This funny dude at least tells us what "ES" stands for in "Motif ES" [YOUTUBE]2-hh70Vc064[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kpatz Posted July 31, 2009 Members Share Posted July 31, 2009 Roland J* series (JX, JD, JV, JP) likely derive from the Jupiter/Juno series. D-50, "D" for digital. JD, Jupiter+Digital. The Korg MS series were "monophonic synthesizers"; the PS series were "polyphonic synthesizers". Though there were curious exceptions to that naming scheme (MS2000 for example). The Korg 01/W was originally going to be called the M10, as a successor to the M1. Then someone saw "M10" upside down which looks like "01W" and the name stuck. I wonder if the "D" in "DX" (Yamaha FM synths) stands for "digital" too. Yamaha often calls their keyboards "synthesizers" and rack modules "tone generators", hence the SY and TG series. Maybe the "T" in the TX series stands for "tone generator" too. Korg went "T" crazy for a while with the Trinity, Triton, and TR series. Now they've gone back to "M". But for most newer stuff, the number corresponds to the number of keys. 61 keys: Motif 6/ES6/XS6, Fantom 6,X6, G6. Change the "6" to "7" for the 73-key versions, or to "8" for the 88 key versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gaul Posted July 31, 2009 Members Share Posted July 31, 2009 With Yamaha it's fairly easy; their first synthy was YS-1 which stands for Yamaha Synthesizer.Their much later SY comes with the same meaning; Synthesizer Yamaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jskpongoui Posted July 31, 2009 Members Share Posted July 31, 2009 I LOVE BERT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members evildragon Posted July 31, 2009 Members Share Posted July 31, 2009 Bert, tell us what XS means Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paolo Di Nicolantonio Posted July 31, 2009 Members Share Posted July 31, 2009 With Yamaha it's fairly easy; their first synthy was YS-1 which stands for Yamaha Synthesizer.Their much later SY comes with the same meaning; Synthesizer Yamaha. You might be confusing it with the later YS series... their first was indeed SY-1 ... just like the later SY series. It could simply be "SYnthesizer" though. Where did you find that it stands for "Synthesizer Yamaha"? Some proof would be nice. I suggest buying "Anatomy of a Home Studio" by Scott Wilkinson if you want to find out some really interesting facts about the "manufacturer mambo jumbo" (chapter 23) A few gems from that book: "Roland DEP-5 is a Digital Effects Processor with five different effects Their Sinchronization BoXes are designated by the letters SBX the Ensoniq TS-10 derives its handle from its internal code name, Tucson the sampler that followed the Mirage was the EPS, which stands for Ensoniq Performance Sampler. The next generation was the EPS-16 Plus, so called because it used 16-bit resolution and included a bunch of new features. the letters on their ESQ-1 denote the fact that this Ensoniq instrument included a Synthesizer and seQuencer" and many more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Acid Hazard Posted August 1, 2009 Members Share Posted August 1, 2009 Not sure about the numbers, but the letters for the old Roland boxes are: TB = Transistor BassTR = Transistor RhythmSH = SyntHesizerMC = MicroComposerJP = JuPiter (pretty obvious i know) I'm sure the Yamaha SY does mean SYnthesizer Casio CZ = Cosmo Zynthesizer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Leandrusi Posted August 1, 2009 Members Share Posted August 1, 2009 Roland FP series = face palm LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flat earth Posted August 1, 2009 Members Share Posted August 1, 2009 Korg went "T" crazy for a while with the Trinity, Triton, and TR series. Now they've gone back to "M". That all stems back and Im sure is a nod to the original 'Trident' Synthesizer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members evildragon Posted August 1, 2009 Members Share Posted August 1, 2009 I wonder if Korg's music workstation coming after M3 won't be called "M4" (because even numbers SUUUCK ), but something starting on "T" again, instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gaul Posted August 1, 2009 Members Share Posted August 1, 2009 You might be confusing it with the later YS series... their first was indeed SY-1 ... just like the later SY series.It could simply be "SYnthesizer" though. Where did you find that it stands for "Synthesizer Yamaha"? Some proof would be nice. Ah, I mixed the letters for the later series, you are right, although there was YS-100 and YS-200 then they turned again to SY. I think I read somewhere about SY-YS meanings, but can not get any official proof.But as far TG series modules goes, it must mean Tone Generator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members madprof Posted August 1, 2009 Members Share Posted August 1, 2009 I think in truth these are all hopelessly contrived and manufacturers could name their synths anything that appears to seem relevant or simply reads well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Smart Alec Posted August 1, 2009 Members Share Posted August 1, 2009 the Ensoniq TS-10 derives its handle from its internal code name, Tucson I had always guessed that TS stood for TranSoniq, a nod to the "Transoniq Hacker" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tomkeen Posted August 1, 2009 Members Share Posted August 1, 2009 I wonder if Korg's music workstation coming after M3 won't be called "M4" (because even numbers SUUUCK ), but something starting on "T" again, instead Like "Titan". Only if it wouldn't suck so hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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