@@BasedFrequency Sure it must have been on VHS, but that's not the artifacts that you can see in this video, those are the result of a bad capture setup ;-)
@@Einnor084 Funny you should say that my friend has the V50 and did an incredible cover of CROCKETTS THEME on it. I've got to see if I can get him to upload it.
Just wow. What a nice synth workstation. You could be the King of the discoteque of the 80-90 just having this machine =) Even with not quality sound this video is very cool, it have the most important - great 80`s vibe and feel!
@@lepianodalex7162 It's amazing. I love this synth. Very emotive and so easy to use. And remember there are zero SAMPLES here. This is all FM second gen power. And I LOVE IT.
thank you for posting this video! I got this synth a while back for cheap but never had the time to fully learn how to use it. Time to look online for some guides!
I just bought this synth a few hours ago for about 50 usd equivalent at a second hand shop near Tokyo where I live. What a deal! This video got me super pumped to get crackin with this thing this week.
I used to sell pro audio in a few music stores in Nashville and one year I sold about a hundred Yamaha Motif ES's by doing what this guy is doing, just showing how easy the process was to sequence a song.
Dave Harris PLEASE do a UA-cam!!! I have great sequencez, BUTT I'm @ a loss how 2 chain em all 2gether, 2 make songz. Coming from an Ensoniq EPS-16+, da Yamaha Motif - ES6, doesn't seem azz ntuitive 2 use.
I am one of the lucky owners of this workstation. Even after 25+ years of intense usage the only error message I ever got is... "Please replace internal battery".
I'm excited after mastering the DX7 and RX5. This synth is my next project. I have one on the way from Japan. I will feature it on my channel from April.
+Angel Jones Hi Angel! Sorry to bother you but I was wondering if you could help me get my settings right on my V50? This is my very first keyboard. Whenever I press a key note, the sound comes out fine but there's a very annoying "boom" in the background... I've contacted Yamaha France but they were totally useless... Looking forward to getting any help I can get in solving this issue. Cheers from Paris ;-) Sorry for my poor English...
@@dedecoVGMDJ My friend did covers of BILLIE JEAN, CROCKETTS THEME AND RHYTHM IS A DANCER on this. Using his own drum and synth patch edits. You have to hear them. They are AMAZING. I'm gonna try and get him to upload them to youtube in the next month when he comes back to the UK.
SY77, TG77 and SY99 are more powerful. More OP's and other parameters like feedback loops, noise modulators, even AWM samples can be used as modulators. Patches can contain 1-4 elements (1/2 FM and 1/2 AWM). Each patch have also those parameters that are related to how patch is formed: tuning, balance, volume etc. between those elements. V50 is more like TX81Z with added pitch envelope, drums and some effects. Synthesis power in SY77-99/TG77 is HUGE. Vastly more advanced than in V50 or TX81Z.
Yes might be coz till know I cannot record a complete sequence, I had to reset the keyboard due to a pick in the supplying power.. all the pcm rythim recorded gone! :(
Of course they needed someone good to show.off what it could do. And increase their sales. This was Yamahas answer to the KORG M1..And I like it more because it's a PURE SYNTH..Korg had to cheat with samples to get good sounds. The V50 just sounds great using 4 op second gen FM.
Best synth ever, you just had to lock yourself away for 6 months to suss it out. I remember the tiny erase button and how it always worked seamlessly with Atari Cubase.
It's not that hard to learn. THE MANUAL is the best explained manual ever by YAMAHA That's the secret. You read the manual and digest it and using this baby is a DREAM. And the magic begins.
Hello guys! It's great to see that there still are some V50 users out here! I've been recently a V50 from my niece. The keyboard is still in pretty good condition and since I've always dreamt of playing music on a electronic keyboard. This is the right opportunity for me. However, I've got a small issue with the settings. When I press on a key note, the sound comes out nicely but there's a "boom" in the background of each note. Very annoying to say the least! I've read the user's manual but to be honest, I didn't understand a damn thing... I've also contacted Yamaha France but those guys keep directing me to their local dealers, assuming it's a technical issue. Which is clearly not! The keyboard's working just fine, I didn't get the right settings that's all. Since this is my very first music instrument, I'm totally lost in translation here ;-( Can anyone of you help me with this issue. Any feedback from you guys would be more than helpful and welcome. Cheers from Paris ;-)
If you can't turn off the drum kit while the piano sound plays, your problem is caused by the empty battery. It is soldered, so it needs replacement by a qualified technician, but until then you can turn it on, reset it (press SEQ +CARD +DEMO simultaneously and follow the screen messages) and use it normally, until power off.
V50s go for $500-$700 on Ebay, IF you're lucky enough to find one. I don't know about any "shop price", because I don't know of any shops/stores that (still) sell V50s. Maybe a pawn shop or music shop that sells 2nd hand gear. You're best bet is Ebay. Good luck.
This is direct from an original Yamaha VHS promo cassette. So it's as good as the quality will get. The only thing I could do is upload both halves in one segment since the time restriction is now gone.
I imagined so. I was just hoping that digitising tech and youtube compression artefact avoidance had advanced so much since 2009 that it would be possible to get a clearer audio ;)
Well, I've seen only 2 on Ebay in the last year. One went for $600 & the one now,....they're asking $500. BTW, how do you think the V50 stacks up against the SY99/77?
@@fender1000100 yes, with the exception of the drums. I heard the SY-77 was going to be called the V-70. As far as pure synthesis goes, I'd say the V-50 is up there for sure.
Please I have a question about this synth if you could help me. I bought V50, I had to replace the internal battery and now suddenly the preassure sensitivity does not work for the Do keys, they sound like they were pressed the hardest way regardless of they way I play them. This evenig the keyboard worked fine for some minutes and then it worked like I described before again. I don't kno how to fix it, please can anybody help me? Thanks in advance!
Huh, I've seen them cheaper - MusicSwopShop had one for 350 recently and that's what I paid for mine 2 yrs ago... Keep your eyes open for cheaper, I don't think they're worth nearly 500. Not sure how they stack against the 77/99 (trying to lay my hands on a 77 atm...) but I can tell you the V50 is a joy to program, and out of all my synths possibly has the best sounding patches in general. I'd never part with mine. And yeah - if it broke and I absolutely had to pay 500. I probly would.
alguien puede ayudarme aconectar este YAMAHA V50 a MIDI porfavor, no logro que mi PC. lo reconosca, y con el driver me rebota , me sale un mensaje que dice "no se detecto teclado midi" o algo asi , on recuerdo en este momento
Yeah, in the right hands any synthesizer should be alright. And this one is definitely alright. On top of that this guy really knows what he is doing. I especially like the bass part. Anyway, I remember when the V50 came out. It was probably only a few months after M1 came out. The V50 put an end to the Yamaha legendary D-sersies of FM synthesizers. Even though the V50 is also FM, it was the other things that mattered: sequencer, effects, drums, and off course, the disk drive!
I tell you bud, the v50 was the first workstation from Yamaha, their previous success with the DX7 and the D series variations as you menthioned, put the brand onto build a all purpose keyboard, unfortunatelly, the sucess of the DX7 which was a synth, and the contra part the Roland D50 called the glances of the public in the synth direction. Yes, the v50 was unique in a kind, the first and last workstation FM wirh 4 operators instead the 6 op used in the DX7 but sported pcm drums and a sequencer. Thenm the look were onto the great M1 and the wavestation..the golden days pf Korg untill Yamaha stroke back with the SY series prior to the EX and later Motif which revolutioned the workstation mainstream.
I don't ever remember this coming out, but I did see it in a music store and bought it up back around 1990 or so. And yeah, you're right, it was the end of the DX as we knew it, and signaled the way for the SY77...6op FM workstation with full wavetable synthesis as well.
Dont know who is/was. But he sure earned his money for Yamaha. Possibly the greatest SYNTH promotion video of ALLTIME Some of those PERFORMANCE patches are INCREDIBLE. To think they're pure FM no sampling. Shows the majesty and beauty of FM synthesis really well.
Рулить секвенсором на 2х строчном монохромном дисплее это вам не под ХРюшей в FLке накидать на паттерну готовых инструментов и через минут 15-20ть зазвучит похожий трек)).
3:38 is the JAM.
Love this demo that does justice to this hidden jem of a synth.
Yes its SERIOUSLY UNDERRATED.
This vhs compression just adds to the magic
Except that this is no VHS compression, but just a poor job of video capturing.
@@Retroforum i could have swarn this demo was released on vhs but yes the shitty capture ads to the magic
@@BasedFrequency Sure it must have been on VHS, but that's not the artifacts that you can see in this video, those are the result of a bad capture setup ;-)
@@Retroforum The compression we hear is mainly VHS
Great sound 80´s!!! Best the bass! I love this synth
I love is synth V50, Yamaha DX7II, Korg M1, Ensoniq SQ-80 and Roland D-50 the best 80's
Agree 87 to 89 Yamaha saved the best till last they really did.
Moog oberhiem prophet
@@oholm09 Yes there was a magic to those early analogue synths too but the late 80's saw some really vibey digital stuff too.
Wow, this guy can play! And that early keyboard workstation looks and sounds fantastic! I want one!
Smoke Machine
Jan Hammer would b proud of dis guy!
@@Einnor084
Funny you should say that my friend has the V50 and did an incredible cover of CROCKETTS THEME on it. I've got to see if I can get him to upload it.
Just wow. What a nice synth workstation. You could be the King of the discoteque of the 80-90 just having this machine =)
Even with not quality sound this video is very cool, it have the most important - great 80`s vibe and feel!
Man I miss music that sounded like this honestly. lol Cool shit. :D
ua-cam.com/video/JaGDUaffJbA/v-deo.html
It's been 500 years and I still come back to this little gem of a demo. They don't make them like this anymore. Sad Yamaha sound.
Yeah, just got a V50 today, sounds great !
Berten Majeur Getting mine tonight !
got mine too..awesome board!! need to nail it more though.
Eighties-tastic! :) Really great demo, thanks for sharing. Just considering picking one of these up at the moment.
This guy is amazing, so want a v50 now!
Amazing synth and performance, even after 20 years ;-) i enjoyed this one very much!
and ... 30 years now ;) Still good stuff
@@lepianodalex7162
It's amazing. I love this synth. Very emotive and so easy to use. And remember there are zero SAMPLES here. This is all FM second gen power. And I LOVE IT.
That Ensemble performance demo at 1:24 was really good. I imagine the polyphony must drop down to 5 voices on a 3 way layer like that.
I want to mix that part so badly
This guy is awesome.
thank you for posting this video! I got this synth a while back for cheap but never had the time to fully learn how to use it. Time to look online for some guides!
I just bought this synth a few hours ago for about 50 usd equivalent at a second hand shop near Tokyo where I live. What a deal! This video got me super pumped to get crackin with this thing this week.
Mesmo com tanto tempo depois, ouvir um timbre tão clássico como esse, se torna incrível....
omg that pitch bending is amazing!
yes it is
this guy is a boss!!!!!
Seriously, who is this guy? He is a musical genius!
He looks like Jim Alfredson
He Is good. Got one of these bad boys on the way from Japan. I'm gonna find out what it can REALLY DO. That bass sound is amazing.
@@fender1000100 did you get it yet? Imo its the fm synth with the most character to its sound
@@DanielOrtiz-fm5lq I think Mr Alfredson looks way too young to be him in 89.
I really like this synth and even this clip.
I used to sell pro audio in a few music stores in Nashville and one year I sold about a hundred Yamaha Motif ES's by doing what this guy is doing, just showing how easy the process was to sequence a song.
Dave Harris
PLEASE do a UA-cam!!!
I have great sequencez, BUTT I'm @ a loss how 2 chain em all 2gether, 2 make songz. Coming from an Ensoniq EPS-16+, da Yamaha Motif - ES6, doesn't seem azz ntuitive 2 use.
@@Einnor084 I'm planning a channel
Dave Harris
Keep me posted! U'll have an automatic subscriber
I am one of the lucky owners of this workstation. Even after 25+ years of intense usage the only error message I ever got is... "Please replace internal battery".
I'm excited after mastering the DX7 and RX5. This synth is my next project. I have one on the way from Japan. I will feature it on my channel from April.
Picking up a V50 tommorrow... WOO!!!
amazing!
My guy has no business going that fuckin hard in a synth demo. That shit bops no cap.
😂😂😂 facts
Great. Nostalgic. I was also using the V50.
Thanks for uploading!
this is true retrowave
favorite of all time...about to get mine repaired!
+Angel Jones Hi Angel! Sorry to bother you but I was wondering if you could help me get my settings right on my V50? This is my very first keyboard. Whenever I press a key note, the sound comes out fine but there's a very annoying "boom" in the background... I've contacted Yamaha France but they were totally useless... Looking forward to getting any help I can get in solving this issue. Cheers from Paris ;-) Sorry for my poor English...
gettin too funky around 3:00. we may have to reel it back in, joe piscopo
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gracias you 100% best
Thanks cool synth!
Yamaha won me over on their FM synths with the YM2612. Some of the best music ever created was made with that thing. ^_^
This is the first synthesizer I ever purchased, I bought it off ebay for $250 dollars
OMG I have old cassetes of old tunes i did with the V50 ....those drums hahaha.
@@dedecoVGMDJ
My friend did covers of BILLIE JEAN, CROCKETTS THEME AND RHYTHM IS A DANCER on this. Using his own drum and synth patch edits. You have to hear them. They are AMAZING. I'm gonna try and get him to upload them to youtube in the next month when he comes back to the UK.
1989 - 2:55 Hey he's gonna play Endless Summer Nights!
v50, wspaniały
Yes, nice
Brutal :P
^.^ i love this piano :D
Damn, this guy place a nice solo. I looked up this synth cause I saw one at a local shop here. Hmmm... might pick it up for fun. :)
How Yamaha has strayed these days... this is how you sell a synthesizer - no words, just playing. Let the keyboard do the talking.
Anyone knows which sound he uses on track 2 ? it sounds amazing. Also that bass ! I think that one is 'V50 Demo Bass or something'
Just purchased one today for 61 dollars. Nice cheap vintage fm to add to my collection.
Great synthe I purchased one for $38 like new
SY77, TG77 and SY99 are more powerful. More OP's and other parameters like feedback loops, noise modulators, even AWM samples can be used as modulators. Patches can contain 1-4 elements (1/2 FM and 1/2 AWM).
Each patch have also those parameters that are related to how patch is formed: tuning, balance, volume etc. between those elements.
V50 is more like TX81Z with added pitch envelope, drums and some effects.
Synthesis power in SY77-99/TG77 is HUGE. Vastly more advanced than in V50 or TX81Z.
This guy maybe was a professional musician Yamaha's demonstrator ;)
Yes might be coz till know I cannot record a complete sequence, I had to reset the keyboard due to a pick in the supplying power.. all the pcm rythim recorded gone! :(
Of course they needed someone good to show.off what it could do. And increase their sales.
This was Yamahas answer to the KORG M1..And I like it more because it's a PURE SYNTH..Korg had to cheat with samples to get good sounds. The V50 just sounds great using 4 op second gen FM.
still legit in 2021
Unique and valuable video Unique and valuable video ♫ ツ
Best synth ever, you just had to lock yourself away for 6 months to suss it out. I remember the tiny erase button and how it always worked seamlessly with Atari Cubase.
It's not that hard to learn. THE MANUAL is the best explained manual ever by YAMAHA
That's the secret. You read the manual and digest it and using this baby is a DREAM. And the magic begins.
Hello guys! It's great to see that there still are some V50 users out here! I've been recently a V50 from my niece. The keyboard is still in pretty good condition and since I've always dreamt of playing music on a electronic keyboard. This is the right opportunity for me. However, I've got a small issue with the settings. When I press on a key note, the sound comes out nicely but there's a "boom" in the background of each note. Very annoying to say the least! I've read the user's manual but to be honest, I didn't understand a damn thing... I've also contacted Yamaha France but those guys keep directing me to their local dealers, assuming it's a technical issue. Which is clearly not! The keyboard's working just fine, I didn't get the right settings that's all. Since this is my very first music instrument, I'm totally lost in translation here ;-( Can anyone of you help me with this issue. Any feedback from you guys would be more than helpful and welcome. Cheers from Paris ;-)
If you can't turn off the drum kit while the piano sound plays, your problem is caused by the empty battery. It is soldered, so it needs replacement by a qualified technician, but until then you can turn it on, reset it (press SEQ +CARD +DEMO simultaneously and follow the screen messages) and use it normally, until power off.
V50s go for $500-$700 on Ebay, IF you're lucky enough to find one. I don't know about any "shop price", because I don't know of any shops/stores that (still) sell V50s. Maybe a pawn shop or music shop that sells 2nd hand gear. You're best bet is Ebay. Good luck.
I’m a pianist but a beginner for keyboard. Can you kindly teach me how to separate two sounds at different bars please?
They go for a bit more than that. $500+ usually
Any chance on re-upload in higher quality, if the VHS source is kind? *beg* I always come back to this video to hear that song again!
This is direct from an original Yamaha VHS promo cassette. So it's as good as the quality will get. The only thing I could do is upload both halves in one segment since the time restriction is now gone.
I imagined so. I was just hoping that digitising tech and youtube compression artefact avoidance had advanced so much since 2009 that it would be possible to get a clearer audio ;)
VHS has half the audio track width of an audio cassette and a slower tape speed.It also maxes out at 10khz.
good David Foster influenced song. Sounds like he is using a different layered Performance patch for each track, might be some production trickery.
@dgrespect synth+rythm machine+sequencer = Workstation keyboard
So when does it come out? Oh I missed it...I was 1 year old lol
It came out in 1988. I certainly did not miss it. I was 14.
Hey +Jafafa Hots do you happen to have the details for the video? as in what's the song name? who's the man performing on video?
No, sorry. It's not in the credits or on the label or sleeve.
Well, I've seen only 2 on Ebay in the last year. One went for $600 & the one now,....they're asking $500. BTW, how do you think the V50 stacks up against the SY99/77?
Name a better 4 op FM synth/workstation in the same relative price bracket then.
Name a better workstation full stop. That isnt using samples all day. There is none. This is the PINNACLE of Yamahas 80s synths.
@@fender1000100 yes, with the exception of the drums. I heard the SY-77 was going to be called the V-70. As far as pure synthesis goes, I'd say the V-50 is up there for sure.
Please I have a question about this synth if you could help me.
I bought V50, I had to replace the internal battery and now suddenly the preassure sensitivity does not work for the Do keys, they sound like they were pressed the hardest way regardless of they way I play them. This evenig the keyboard worked fine for some minutes and then it worked like I described before again. I don't kno how to fix it, please can anybody help me?
Thanks in advance!
I remember that I had one of these in the early 90s. I loved it, but sold it for a JV 90. What was I thinking??????
can you use different instruments (presets) on sequencer, i mean different voices like one track with bass, other track with piano sound?
I'd say you can, it has 8 track sequencer.
Sami Jumppanen
How much polyphony?
at 1:25 i sure missed some gated drums and a guitar solo to join in
Huh, I've seen them cheaper - MusicSwopShop had one for 350 recently and that's what I paid for mine 2 yrs ago... Keep your eyes open for cheaper, I don't think they're worth nearly 500. Not sure how they stack against the 77/99 (trying to lay my hands on a 77 atm...) but I can tell you the V50 is a joy to program, and out of all my synths possibly has the best sounding patches in general. I'd never part with mine. And yeah - if it broke and I absolutely had to pay 500. I probly would.
Quiero ese Teclado
alguien puede ayudarme aconectar este YAMAHA V50 a MIDI porfavor, no logro que mi PC. lo reconosca, y con el driver me rebota , me sale un mensaje que dice "no se detecto teclado midi" o algo asi , on recuerdo en este momento
What is the song name?
Yeah, in the right hands any synthesizer should be alright. And this one is definitely alright. On top of that this guy really knows what he is doing. I especially like the bass part. Anyway, I remember when the V50 came out. It was probably only a few months after M1 came out. The V50 put an end to the Yamaha legendary D-sersies of FM synthesizers. Even though the V50 is also FM, it was the other things that mattered: sequencer, effects, drums, and off course, the disk drive!
I tell you bud, the v50 was the first workstation from Yamaha, their previous success with the DX7 and the D series variations as you menthioned, put the brand onto build a all purpose keyboard, unfortunatelly, the sucess of the DX7 which was a synth, and the contra part the Roland D50 called the glances of the public in the synth direction. Yes, the v50 was unique in a kind, the first and last workstation FM wirh 4 operators instead the 6 op used in the DX7 but sported pcm drums and a sequencer. Thenm the look were onto the great M1 and the wavestation..the golden days pf Korg untill Yamaha stroke back with the SY series prior to the EX and later Motif which revolutioned the workstation mainstream.
I don't ever remember this coming out, but I did see it in a music store and bought it up back around 1990 or so. And yeah, you're right, it was the end of the DX as we knew it, and signaled the way for the SY77...6op FM workstation with full wavetable synthesis as well.
All it needed was a time warp button to go back five years and make soundtracks for kickboxing movies. I mean that in a nice way.
please tell me that metronome has an OFF button lol
I HAVE ONE
Anyway,who is this guy? Is Jim Alfredson?
Dont know who is/was. But he sure earned his money for Yamaha. Possibly the greatest SYNTH promotion video of ALLTIME
Some of those PERFORMANCE patches are INCREDIBLE. To think they're pure FM no sampling. Shows the majesty and beauty of FM synthesis really well.
The V50 is a decent synth, but personally I would go with a 77...
OK.... now think on this: v50 weight: 12 kg sy77: around 28kg for a gig... v50 covers all! ;)
$350 in Aus probly $250 selling in the US
who is this cat with mad skillz?????
Yeah, this is what I call technique and sequencing skills. I mean, isn't music making on modern PC cheesy compared with this?
Talent and to tell the truth... that guy nailed that v50 really well ;)
Who is this man?!?
In all these years, nobody has found the answer
@@jafafa I don’t even think Yamaha knows anymore
You should only pay $500 for one in mint condition with a hard case, manual and rom cards.
Рулить секвенсором на 2х строчном монохромном дисплее это вам не под ХРюшей в FLке накидать на паттерну готовых инструментов и через минут 15-20ть зазвучит похожий трек)).
wtf he has giant hands
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Hope you didn't. There are WAY better synths out there.