So you've got your own FM orchestra in a black box. You can have 16 different patches loaded at once, on 16 different channels.
It's a DX7 with filters, more routing flexibility, better envelopes and a ton of horsepower.Īnd then there are Multis, which is another way of saying "Performances". And the envelopes can loop! The more I got to know the TG77 and SY77, the more I felt like Yamaha perfectly nailed FM with this synth. Personally I'm not as excited about that aspect, but it does expand the sonic possibilities of this synth quite a bit.Įach of these elements then gets routed through 2 filters(!) for further sound shaping. And in addition to the FM capabilities, you also get samples that you can layer into your sounds as well. Even my beloved FS1R can't really go as FM-deep as this thing. But each sound can have up to 4 elements! So you can make a single patch that plays 4 different FM elements at once. you can even route noise or samples into your FM network.Īnd alllll of that combines to form 1 element in a TG77 sound. So really you can do anything that your FM dreams can come up with. But really, you get so much more than 45 algorithms, because you can also arbitrarily add additional connections between operators! And you can quickly tweak the output levels of each of these connections. And, you get 45 algorithms (the connections of the operators) instead of the DX7's 32. But then it goes much, much further: each operator can use 1 of 16 different waveforms (rather than just the old sine wave). Like its ancestor the great DX7, the TG77 offers 6-operator FM synthesis. And the reason for the complexity is also the reason why these synths are so powerful: they offer unparalleled flexibility in FM programming. I feel like a broken record, but I have to say: these were some of the most complex editors I've ever made. Where we're going, we don't need backlights: the TG77 and its sibling the Yamaha SY77 are now supported in Patch Base. But finally during one of my eBay trawls I found one with the typical TG77 problem of a burnt-out backlight on the display. So I grabbed it. These days, they are highly sought after and (frankly) often overpriced. It took me awhile to get my hands on a Yamaha TG77. Yamaha TG77 / SY77: The Most Powerful FM Synths?
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