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Description	Imagine the excellent sonic characteristics of the DX11 synthesizer or TX-81Z sound module. The V50 is the ultimate 4-Operator FM synth workstation comprising 16-note polyphony, a dual effects processor (with distortion), a large dual line, backlit LCD display, a drum machine, a 16,000 note sequencer and a 3.5in floppy drive to save your songs and voices! The DVA function and built in voice-based pitch delay are two interesting features in this synth. It's great for percussive sounds such as short bass sounds, marimbas, clavinets, etc and should one pitch an operator really high and work with the pitch bender, one gets very cool ambient effects. It's very rare yet cheap in today's 2nd-hand market and coupled with an outboard (analog) filter it makes an unbeatable digital FM synth!
Brand	Yamaha
Model	V50
Device	Synth
Type	Keys
Engine Type	Digital
Engine	FM
Voices (max)	16
Multitimbral	8
Oscillators	4
Engine Detailed	4-Operator Digital FM synthesizer
Envelope (VCA)	1 DVA env , 1 Pitch Envelope Generator
FX	2 FX Units - 16 different effects
Memory	100 preset / 100 user voices, 100 preset performances / 100 user, 3.5in disk drive.
Sequencer	16000 notes, 8 songs, 32 note polyphonic, punch in/out, real / step programming.
Keys	61
Key type	Keys
Velocity	Y
Aftertouch	Channel
Midi	I-O-T
Produced:	1989 - 1989

Legend:		Obvious	Y: Yes, N: No, N/A: Not Applicable
VCO	Voltage Controlled Oscillator	DCO	Digital Controlled Oscillator
LFO	Low Frequency Oscillator	Sub	Sub Oscillator
VCF	Voltage Controlled Filter	VCA	Voltage Controlled Amplifier
Velocity	As with a piano, the harder you hit a key, the louder the sound, unlike most organs which always produce the same loudness no matter how hard you hit a key.	Aftertouch	Pressing a key after you activated it. Channel Aftertouch, no matter which key, it will send a Channel message. Poly Aftertouch, sends the pressure per key instead of the whole channel.
Values for OSC, LFO, Filter, Envelope are per voice unless stated otherwise.

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