Synth Name: | S80 |
Synth Manufacturer: | Yamaha Corporation |
Dates: | 1999–2002 |
Price: | US $3,000 UK £1,399 |
Polyphony: | 64 voices |
Timbrality: | 19 parts across 16 MIDI channels |
Oscillator: | 479 waveforms |
Lfo: | tri, tri up, saw up, saw dw, sq1/4,sq1/3,sq,sq2/3,sq 3/4,trpzd,S/H1,S/H2 |
Synthesis Type: | AWM2 synthesis |
Filter: | Band-Pass, Hi-pass, Low-pass, BPF wide, BEF 6. |
Aftertouch: | Yes |
Velocity: | Yes |
Memory: | 384 voice memories 64 voices with each plug-in board |
Fx: | Reverb, chorus and delay |
Keyboard: | 88 weighted keys |
Left Control: | 4 assignable sliders |
Ext Control: | Midi In, Out, Through + PC/ Mac Serial |
The Yamaha S80 is an 88-weighted-key[1] synthesizer, produced by Yamaha Corporation.
It was released as Yamaha's flagship stage and studio synthesizer in 1999, and retailed for approximately US $3,000 before its discontinuation in 2002. It was superseded by the S90. The S80 is 1330mm long, 157mm high, and 371mm deep, and weighs 24.3kg (53.6lb).
The tone generation module of the S30/S80 utilizes Yamaha's Advanced Wave Memory 2 algorithm (AWM2), providing 256 built-in voices and eight drum kits with a polyphony of 64 voices.