Yamaha S5504
- brass section
Sound card set composed of the D5504-01 data card and W5504 waveform card. Expands the SY/TG55 with 64 new patches, 14 new multi setups, and 6 new waveforms. The focus of this card set is brass, but we can also find great organ and guitar patches.
Yamaha S5504 Brass Section audio demos in .mp3 format:
| No. | Name | Audio examples | My comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| C01 | ForteTP | Voices 1-8.mp3 | Loud trumpet with slapback effect |
| C02 | fpTrpts | Trumpets with volume and MW filter controls. | |
| C03 | Trpts | Lip trumpet sound | |
| C04 | SoftTps | With filter control on MW. Good sound when MW is used. | |
| C05 | ShakeTp | Shake is a minor third pitch bend effect on aftertouch. MW brightens the sound up. | |
| C06 | Pow!Brs | Jazz orchestra style brass "falls". | |
| C07 | PowHigh | As above an octave up. | |
| C08 | Tp+MWTs | MW calls up more players. | |
| C09 | Tenors | Voices 9-16.mp3 | No, not Pavarotti and friends: tenor saxophones. |
| C10 | fpTenrs | MW high-filters the sound. | |
| C11 | SfzTnrs | Tenor saxes with sforzando effect. | |
| C12 | SoftTns | Yet another sax section sound - well, the name of this card is Brass Section, after all. | |
| C13 | TpORTns | Trumpets or tenors determined by the MW. | |
| C14 | Tp/Tn | Tenor and trumpets split. | |
| C15 | Tnr/Pad | Sweet tenor section. | |
| C16 | Tp/Valv | Trumpets with valve noise. | |
| C17 | Bariton | Voices 17-24.mp3 | Fairly convincing baritone sax. |
| C18 | fpBaris | High pass filter on the MW. | |
| C19 | Sfz Tps | Sforzato effect | |
| C20 | T+MWBri | Tenor saxes with MW brightness control. | |
| C21 | BrshBri | Brash sounding baritone saxophone. | |
| C22 | 3pcCmb1 | Piano, brass and a ride cymbal. | |
| C23 | ?pcComb | Vibraphone, brass and a ride cymbal. | |
| C24 | 3pcComb2 | Contrabass, brass and a ride cymbal. The nicest combo of the three. | |
| C25 | ClickHmd | Voices 25-32.mp3 | B3 sound with key click and slow rotor effect. |
| C26 | ElecGtr | Uninspiring electric guitar. | |
| C27 | Mtd Gtr | Muted guitar with too much delay. | |
| C28 | VelComp | Same, with velocity switch. | |
| C29 | ClavCmp | Synthetic sounding clavi, suitable for comp and solos. | |
| C30 | Dist Ld | Sligthly distorted variation on the Lucky Man solo sound, with delay. | |
| C31 | WidePop | Good electric bass sound. | |
| C32 | SqrBass | Useful synth bass sound. | |
| C33 | HrdTpts | Voices 33-40.mp3 | Good trumpet section. |
| C34 | Big Brs | Synthesizer brass section with vibrato. | |
| C35 | Big Syn | Similar to the GX1 preset in ROM. | |
| C36 | OrchBrs | Nice rendition of an orchestra brass section, in a medium hall. | |
| C37 | Brodway | Yet another synth brass sound. | |
| C38 | Santana | Great overdriven guitar a' la Santana. | |
| C39 | Dist Ld | Another synth lead with delay. | |
| C40 | AnBrSwl | Analog brass swell. | |
| C41 | Trpt->S | Voices 41-48.mp3 | Velocity switched trumpet/s. Switches to trumpets too easily for my touch, but it's easy to fix: just adjust the switch parameters. |
| C42 | Trmb->S | Same with trombones. | |
| C43 | SoloSax | Good to play the Pink Panther theme. | |
| C44 | FlglPad | Good Flugelhorn but why so much oscillator pitch bending? | |
| C45 | BigBand | Swing orchestra style brass. | |
| C46 | TwnCrch | Very nice small town church organ sound. Filter's on the MW. | |
| C47 | BriPipe | Great pipe organ sound. | |
| C48 | FanfBrs | A fanfare sound shouldn't have this much reverb. | |
| C49 | RealSct | Voices 49-56.mp3 | To quote Seinfeld, they are real, and they are spectacular. Not quite, but it's a good sound. |
| C50 | LA Sect | City of Angels brass. | |
| C51 | Sax Ens | Jazzy sax section. | |
| C52 | Fantsia | From Disney's Fantasia orchestral score? Nice strings and brass, MW toggles brass out. | |
| C53 | Ochstra | Slow attack and lots of reverb. | |
| C54 | Ominous | Cinematic sounding brass and strings. | |
| C55 | MdrnOch | Choir and brass. | |
| C56 | Movie M | Reverberant strings and choir. | |
| C57 | MdnFanf | Voices 57-64.mp3 | Adds choir a fourth down. |
| C58 | VelFall | Clever velocity switch to obtain a brass fall effect. | |
| C59 | Dark Pf | Highly expressive piano sound, suitable for classical music. | |
| C60 | BritePf | Not so great piano sound. For rock. | |
| C61 | Tines | Dreamy Rhodes sound but the tremolo intensity is too much. | |
| C62 | AnalSet | This is not an enema kit, rather a Simmons/808 style drum set. | |
| C63 | DancSet | Good, punchy drum sounds. | |
| C64 | AcDrSet | More drum sounds, jazz style. |
Yamaha S5504
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