Yamaha S5502
- Drums 1
Sound card set composed of the D5502-01 data card and W5502 waveform card. Expands the SY/TG55 with 64 new patches, 14 new multi setups, and 12 new waveforms. Besides usable, punchy drum samples which are the focus of this card, it features several excellently programmed patches, such as the beautiful "Synbad", "MoviStr" and "Fantasy".
Yamaha S5502 Drums 1 audio demos in .mp3 format
| No. | Preset name | Audio demo | My comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| C01 | BDSD2HT | Nice selection of punchy bass drum, snare and hi-hat sounds, across the keyboard, M1 style. | |
| C02 | BD1-C2 | Resonant kind of Bass drum all across the keyboard. C2 is the original sample key. | |
| C03 | SD1-C2 | Country style snare all across the keyboard. | |
| C04 | SD1Rim | Funky snare sound, hit close to the rim. | |
| C05 | SD2-C2 | Powerful snare sound, in a large room. | |
| C06 | SDR Rim | Another variation of country snare. | |
| C07 | Rack Tom | In a large room. | |
| C08 | FloTom | Floor tom, not very exciting. | |
| C09 | MultiHT | Voices 9-16 | Great velocity-switch hi-hat sounds. |
| C10 | SD1Mond | Snare 1 with reverb. | |
| C11 | SD2Mond | Snare 2 with more reverb. | |
| C12 | SD3Mond | Country snare with more reverb. | |
| C13 | Ct/Rim | Nice country snare. | |
| C14 | SD2Gate | Not-so-fast release gated snare | |
| C15 | BDGate | As above, for bass drum. | |
| C16 | OpnShut | Useful velocity-switch hi-hat, across the board. | |
| C17 | BDSD3HT | Voices 17-24 | Bass drum, snare and hi-hat across the board. |
| C18 | BDSD1HT | Same as above with different snare sound. | |
| C19 | BDSDrHT | See above. | |
| C20 | AllToms | Two nice tom sounds across the keyboard. | |
| C21 | RezBaz | Synthetic standard resonant bass. | |
| C22 | DistGtr | "Long-hair" 80's heavy metal guitar, chorused and with lots of reverb. | |
| C23 | Epic | Choir with a synthetic edge. | |
| C24 | DCOLead | Ironically, this lead sounds softly analog. Aftertouch bends the note 1/2 a step. MW adds an interesting vibrato effect. | |
| C25 | Breath | Voices 25-32 | Breathy choir sound. |
| C26 | Synbad | GREAT synthesizer sound, with bell and pulse-wave elements. MW emphasizes brass character. 80's vibe. | |
| C27 | SpdMetl | Speed Metal style solo guitar, with slapback delay. | |
| C28 | RtryBee | Obviously, Rotary B3. The Leslie effect is pretty convincing, but the speed is set slow and the MW doesn't change it. | |
| C29 | Chorale | Another choir sound, with pitch-slide effect and a volume fluctuation. | |
| C30 | Chance | Reminds of the early 80's analog polyphonic synths' brass emulations. | |
| C31 | StrtGtr | Standard Stratocaster sound, with the limitations (short loops) of older technology. | |
| C32 | PlseBas | Analog sounding synth bass. Aftertouch adds vibrato, MW opens the filter. | |
| C33 | SaxSyn | Voices 33-40 | Sax and synth. Aftertouch bends it 1/2 a tone. Useful for solos |
| C34 | Piano 2 | Well programmed. Softer sound than the ROM preset. Good for jazz or classical. | |
| C35 | SoftBrs | Just what it says. | |
| C36 | Arpegi8 | Nice filtered guitar sound that introduces female voice after 1/2 second. When arpeggiated (provided you play in a legato manner or press the sustain pedal, if not the voice sound doesn't start) the sound assumes an hypnotic, eerie quality. | |
| C37 | FltSyn | Analog synth like many other presets. | |
| C38 | BrsSctn | Pretty realistic sounding brass section. | |
| C39 | WoodBas | Well programmed contrabass sound that also utilizes a guitar string sample to emulate the resonance of the strings on the body. | |
| C40 | PercBas | Groovy reso synth bass. | |
| C41 | PnchBas | Voices 41-48 | Okay, but the loop is short. |
| C42 | SqreBas | Square wave synth bass. | |
| C43 | MoviStr | Beautiful and lush sounding movie soundtrack strings. Inspiring. | |
| C44 | Marimba | Why does it get drowned in reverb in the high octaves? | |
| C45 | Knocks | Highly percussive, nail-polished tine Rhodes sound. | |
| C46 | BariSyn | Similar to many other sounds in this synth. | |
| C47 | FltAnlg | Filtered analog sound. Again, similar to other presets on-board | |
| C48 | Monica | Pop harmonica sound. Aftertouch introduces useful bending. | |
| C49 | AnnaStg | Voices 49-56 | Nice rendition of an analog synth's strings emulation. |
| C50 | LayrSax | Okay sax sound. Usefully, volume on MW. | |
| C51 | SynPipe | Lyle Mays' Oberheim 4 voice synth solo style patch. Reminds of the "Whistling Soldiers" patch of the D-50 in the high octaves. | |
| C52 | SynapBr | Octave brass sound. All-band pass filter. | |
| C53 | CosOrch | Cosmic Orchestra? Mmmh... | |
| C54 | Loony | Yep. Good job on the programming, with aftertouch bending and weird sounds coming in and out. | |
| C55 | Shimmer | Good sound to score Sci-Fi TV shows. The U.F.O. is in the sky. | |
| C56 | BigOHM | Male vocals and synth sound. | |
| C57 | Creepy | Voices 57-64 | Choir, bells and strings for an horror movie. |
| C58 | SmplHld | Good standard filter sample and hold effect. Tight envelope so you can play melodies. | |
| C59 | Fantasy | Cinematic dreamy sound. | |
| C60 | St Mick | Synth sound with funky bell sounds when keys are released. | |
| C61 | LateOct | Synth with choirs that trigger one after the other and resonant filter effects. | |
| C62 | Landing | Obviously the pilot of this U.F.O. wasn't very good, because it crashed. | |
| C63 | CardKit | Percussion galore | |
| C64 | All Dr | More Percussion galore |
Yamaha S5502
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