Th Yamaha FB-01 was released amidst the DX flurry of releases around 1985-86.... this was a small tabletop module version of the popular DX range of synths... It is a 4 OP (operator) DX synth.... and... it is multi-timbrel... yup.... but the downside is, you need an editor to edit it.
You do get a bunch of presets to go however.... about 192.... 2 outputs.... up to 8 Multi-parts on 8 channels... you can have 4 parts of 2 notes each, or 2 parts of 4 notes etc... or switch notes to parts/channels.... it works like that, like the TX81Z..... ok for 2 sounds on seperate outs in the mix... another great garage synth.
An 8-voice polyphonic, 8-part multitimbral synthesizer tone generator that made use of FM tone generation.
Despite having a 4-operator FM tone generator, the system is capable of simultaneously playing eight different sounds just like the TX816. Despite appearing to be a more compact version of the TX81Z, which was released in the same year, the FB-01 featured 240 preset voices.
As a low-priced, compact multi-part tone generator, the FB-01 was also used for desktop music production.
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