Yamaha Releases Formant Shaping/FM Synth

At the heart of the FS1R lies a formant processing engine which can be controlled with real-time controllers, envelope generators, LFOs, velocity, and with any of the 90 preset formant sequences. The FS1R also offers classic FM synthesis as well with incredible control. It can even receive bulk data from Yamaha's DX-series synthesizers so you can import some of your existing sounds. And then when you're ready to have some real fun, you can combine formant shaping and FM synthesis, opening doors to a new world of sounds.

For real-time control, the FS1R sports four knobs on the front panel that can be assigned to a wide range of different parameters. These knobs also serve double duty as data entry controls for efficient editing. Up to 16 controllers can be used at once for even more expressive performance.

Specifications:

• Tone Generator Type: Formant Shaping / FM Synthesis
• Polyphony: 32 (without Filter) / 16 (with Filter)
• Performance: 384 (Preset 256 / User 128) to be made up of up to 4 part of Voice programs as layer/split
• Voice number: 1536 (Preset 128 x 11 bank + User 128)
• Multitimbres: 4 Part /16 MIDI Channels
• Operators: 8 Voiced Operator + 8 Unvoiced Operator per Voice
• Algorithm: 88
• Fseq: (Formant Sequence) Preset 90. 1 Fseq per Performance is available
• Others: LFO1 / LFO2 / Dynamic Filter / Pitch EG / Filter EG / Voice Category Search function
• Effector Reverb: 15
• Variation: 28
• Insertion: 40
• EQ: 3 band EQ
• Display: LCD Custom (Character & Graphic) w/backlit LED 8
• Connector: Headphone 1/4 Stereo Phone
• Outputs: 1/4 Phone x 2
• Individual Outputs: 1/4 Phone x 2, MIDI IN / OUT / THRU
• Others: Control Knob 4 Assignable / Fixed (Attack / Release / Formant / FM)
• MasterVolume: 1
• Compatibility: Receive DX7 MIDI Bulk dump (1 voice format only)
• Dimension: 480W x 235D x 44H (mm), 2.6kg