Yamaha SY series (SY-list)
This page provides documentation, sounds and programs for the Yamaha SY/TG series of synths. Most of the data here was uploaded or contributed by people on the long gone SY mailing list. Some of the material is more of historic value. I did clean up stuff that I know is not free to distribute. If I forgot something, please let me know.
Documentation
| SY-README | answers questions about ftp, file formats and how to get those sounds into the synth. |
| SY-FAQ | probably answers anything you ever wanted to know about SYs. |
| SY Programming (0.60) | My "book" about SY sound programming. The emphasis is on FM programming on the SY/TG 77/99, but other synthesis techniques and synths are covered as well. TODO: update, change license to CC-by-sa and provide source file package. |
| Mail-Archive | the postings of the good old sy-list ordered by year/month. |
| Documentation | directory listing of all the documentation above |
Soundfiles
| SY22, TG33, SY35 | sounds in MIDI SysEx format for these partially compatible machines. |
| SY55/TG55 | a collection of soundfiles. |
| SY85 | many sound-files with and without samples in ALL-DATA format. |
| TG500 | sound-files in MIDI (SMF) and Mac SysEx (see MAC) format. |
| SY77 | many sounds in ALL-DATA and SYNTH-ALL formats plus some goodies. |
| TG77 | very few sounds in MIDI format. If you want to use SY77 sound files with the TG77 you have to use a conversion program. Please have a look at the computer software page in either the PC or UNIX/MISC section. |
| SY99 | all the sounds of the SY77 plus lots more - including samples and a Cubase mixer map. |
| hejabank | my personal set of SY99 sound banks, includes orgininals and lots of edited "best-of" sounds. beware: FX and controller settings are extreme and tuned to my strange HW setup |
| Data | directory listing of all the data files above |
Miscellaneous
| SAMPLES | samples in all formats, including SY disk format, MIDI SDS and WAV |
| MISC | contains lots of miscellaneous stuff (including drum patterns in SMF and Cubase). |
| tunings | alternative tuning tables compiled by Jeff Harrington (in 77/99/VL MIDI format). |
| PC | PC software |
| Mac | Macintosh software |
| ATARI | Atari ST software |
| AMIGA | Amiga software |