Yamaha PSS-480, by Keen On Keys

Yamaha PSS-480

by Keen On Keys

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kasha The 3 part series on such a cool keyboard is so thorough and useful for introducing anyone to FM synths - and this album is an amazing display of the sheer 80s/90s energy that FM can offer! Favorite track: Coloured Grounds.

Steampotts Audio Workshop Very talented Youtuber and Musician and I enjoy Keen on Keys amazing skills of making such wonderful music from basic keyboards from an amazing era. Favorite track: Heaven.

Grim thoughts... You need to sing more. Not only is your knowledge of battery powered keyboards unrivaled, your compositional skills and vocals are very unique and pleasing to the ear. Incredible. Also, I've bought like 5 of the keyboards you've had on your channel.

richtrebbien beautiful music Keen on Ksys. Thanks

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Also includes 100 synth banks for the PSS-480.

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€3 EUR or more

1.	Inbetween 04:28	buy track
2.	Coloured Grounds 04:10	buy track
3.	Opener 03:21	buy track
4.	Inside 02:03	buy track
5.	Remember 04:09	buy track
6.	Sawtooth Boy 04:27	buy track
7.	The Golden Years Return 03:38	buy track
8.	Frazzled In Desaster 04:19	buy track
9.	Heaven 03:59	buy track

about

This album was made with the sounds of the Yamaha PSS-480 only. This small 4 octave mini-keyboard was released in 1988 and has 100 voices + styles, a synthesizer section, song memory, custom drummer and MIDI in/out. I've used the original sounds together with some FX, mainly delay and reverb. You can also hear my voice on track 2 and a vocoder on track 8.

All songs (except track 4) are based on ideas I recorded with the PSS-480 in 1991. Some of these ideas were almost complete songs, others just fragments that I worked out a bit more.

The download also includes 100 synth banks for the PSS-480. You will need a sysex editor to load them into your PSS-480.
Check the readme file contained in the download.

Watch my 3-part video series about this keyboard on YouTube:

Part 1: The FM Synthesizer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=86lEtq4Qn1Y
Part 2: The Music Station: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmLnO8WFtfc
Part 3: The Synth Editor: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TfpcAmaPGg

or listen to the Demo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdXqRlvc-jY

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released May 20, 2021

All songs written by Keen On Keys

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Keen On Keys Berlin, Germany

Music made with toy keyboards of the 80's and early 90's.
Just a single keyboard for each song or album.
You can watch my reviews of these instruments on YouTube

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