[sdiy] Yamaha PSS460 users?

[CCartCat at aol.com]

FWIW:  Have the PSS480, mini keys also but has MIDI.  No cool individual 
sliders on the 480, but you can select any one parameter at a time and 
twiddle with the value as you play.  And it has 5 patch locations to save to 
(not bad for a late '80s home keyboard).  

The digital synthesizer is 2-operator FM, I think . . .  

Yes, very twisted, very cool.  

Sorry, I've no hard data to offer on the PSS460 or the 480, but if they are 
as close a relation as the numbers/features indicate, something cool may be 
doable. 

Good luck/back to lurking,
Kevin Seward

<<Hi Friends,
    I found this little toy at a yard sale for twenty bucks and bought it 
with no
expectations.  In the last week it has become my favorite keyboard of all 
time.  It has
a five-slider "Digital Synthesizer" section that allows you to create sounds 
by way of
(I think) FM synthesis, as well as allowing you modify the 21 garden-variety 
presets.
The range of sounds is really impressive--immense bass, brilliant highs, all 
kinds of
really bizzare aliasing artifacts when the sliders are misadjusted.  
Thankfully, it also
has line out jacks (RCA).  On the downside, it has those minikeys, and no 
midi.  I'm in
the process of getting hold of the schematics.  If anyone has one of these 
and ideas
about how to modify, upgrade or tweak it, please share.  Thanks.

Regards,
Joe Kramer>>