Video Channel of M Spanheimer - electronic musician and synthesizer enthusiast - visit me on bandcamp mspanheimer.bandcamp.com/
I could do technically better videos since I do this sometimes professionally but this channel is just a little baby about my love to my synth. My first one was the MS20 that I bought back in 1987. I want to inspire people with stuff that I found out - mainly about the SY77 (which I own since 2020) one of the greatest synths I ever had.
That is true. But to make a controller for 6 EGs it was easier for me to set up several presets in Bome (CC to Sysex) that can be used single or in combination. Otherwise i would have to switch novation templates and would only be able to control one EG at once.
For some reason I can't get the Ctrlr panel to work with my TG77. Is there anything special you needed to do to get the SY77 to work? I'd definitely rather edit patches via my PC than the front-panel.
am trying to build my own HW controller to do this, starting with a small test setup based on arduino. got an sy99 such an undervalued synth, I I could control it with a better UX inteface it would be a monster synth
I bought a SY77 two years ago. It is not in a good state. A couple of the keys are broken, and one of the Patch buttons (Patch C) is stuck. Wonder if I can get it loose by cleaning it, but it seems to have been knocked a bit to the side, so it doesn't click anymore.
@@tristansotomayor8354 Yes man!! I used VCV rack for this purpose already. It works great. Keep in mind that you can "thin out" the data in BOME. (works via rules) Very useful when you send multiple parameters at once. The MIDI engine of the SY can be overflown pretty easy.
Yes I have the same synth and controller. I've fixed it myself by changing a chip and clearing with a spray but it's not perfect, I should service it properly too. The sound is fantastic and with tanutek firmare is so easy to program.
well first you should get the editor for the Novation. Because entering Sysex by hand would be a pain. downloads.novationmusic.com/novation/remote/remote-zero-sl Then check for the sysex commands you wanna edit. Its possible to reverse engineer them when you connect the SY to a midi monitor. every parameter change will send out a sysex command. I also recommend this video. He does the editing by hand but you will get the idea. at least that´ where i learned aboutt the process ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tEFF0I2ZUgs.html
In fact you may use almost any controller. my second Zero is only sending out CCs which are translated to sysex via BOME Midi translator. This allows also to combine several presets for EGs. Since the MIDI traffic isnt that fast anyway there is no big latency in the translation. Also gives you the abilty to use other sources of CC to control sysex features. f.ex. controlling the LFO speed or waveshape with the modulation wheel of your masterkeyboard
good morning you are perhaps the only one on youtube who is so fantastic with the sy77... but I'm not sure how do you connect it with the midi controller. could you make a video about it when you feel like it? thanks for all the videos
Well I have to admit that I already made one about this. But haven’t made a really detailed one. YTer silverlight2004db made some some about the Novation controller. The most important thing is to check out which parameters you want to edit and which sysex code they have.
@@thehimer3903 Yamaha certainly designed it with more programmability and control than meets the eye. A sheer labyrinth of potential! Makes me think there must have been some SY series-compatible midi controller on the drawing board that never made it to final release... It would be fun to do some digging and find out!
