Trend price : 100€
Portable keyboard based on FM synthesis and lo-fidelity sampling.
Company: Yamaha
Model: VSS-100
Class: Toy sampler
keyboard: 49 keys
Country: Japan
Weight: 2,4 Kg
Dimensions: 628 (w) x 229 (h) x 56,6 (d)
Amplifier speaker: 1 X 2W.
Dates: 1987
Synthesis: Sampler + FM
Resolution: 8 bits
Polyphony: 4 (sam)+9 (FM)
Performance: 4 parts
sampling time: 8 seconds
LFO: 1 modulator
Sampling IC: YM2416
Arranger: 12 styles
Sync: none
Midi: none
Memory: 21 presets
PSU: 9VDC
Demo: 1
Video: 1
Review: 1
DOWNLOAD: user manual -
Overview
49 minikeys and internal speakers.
Main panel features 5 switch tabs, 5 slider potentiometers and 48 push buttons.
Rear terminal connectors:
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sampling line input
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line signal out
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headphones
Voice
VSS-100 is able to mix 2 different synthesis sources:
- orchestra mode: 9 digital voices based on a 2 OP FM chip
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sampling mode: single 8 bits PCM voice
FM SOUNDS
there are 21 different presets with no possible edit and 1 drum kit.
Sampler
up to 8 seconds in FULL mode which is the lowest quality: 12 different combination between quality sample rate and available sampling time.
Sample edit is limited to a pitch tuning function and each press changes 7 cents.
Performance
part mode manage up to 4 samples at the same time (1 sec. per part) each assigned to a fixed keyboard zone.
Arranger
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auto-accompaniment
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1 finger bass
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auto-chords
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drum start syncro
Envelope
it is possible to change the FM SUSTAIN time
Review
OK: lofi / arpeggiator
NOT : single sampling channel / lacks class VSS effects
" the vss100 is the less interesting member of the VSS family: no more cool effects and just a single channel for the sampler! anyway low sampling is still interesting. Worth a try anyway"
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci
