Yamaha SY22
| SY22 | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Yamaha |
| Dates | 1990 |
| Price | 1890 Deutsche Mark |
| Technical specifications | |
| Polyphony | 16 notes at 32 voices |
| Timbrality | 8 |
| Oscillator | 4 (2 AWM, 2 FM) |
| LFO | 4 |
| Synthesis type | 2-Operator-FM synthesiser Frequency modulation 12-bit Digital 1 MB sample based ROM - 244 samples, 12 bit, 22 kHz Sample-based Vector |
| Filter | none |
| Storage memory | 64 ROM sounds, 64 user sounds, 16 ROM multis, 16 user multis, additional sounds via MCD32 or MCD64 memory cards |
| Input/output | |
| Keyboard | 61 keys, velocity-sensitive, channel aftertouch |
| Left-hand control | Pitch-bend, modulation wheel, Vectorstick X, Y (Controller #16, #17) |
| External control | MIDI |
The SY22 is a combined FM synthesis/sample-based synthesiser introduced by Yamaha in 1990, building on the vector synthesis technology developed by Sequential Circuits prior to their demise and takeover by Yamaha in 1987.