TG77
Tone Generator
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Here is the Yamaha TG77, the rack version of the groundbreaking SY77. When this synth came on the market, I remember being very impressed with the jazz factory demo. This is a very powerful module, capable of great acoustic emulations, but also - thanks to the beefed up FM capabilities - out worldly pads and sound fx. The TG77 also features quality effect blocks - for the time (1990) very advanced. The module - like the keyboard version - accepts sample and data cards, to further expand the sonic arsenal on board. |
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The TG55 was the sample-only version of this module. |
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Yamaha TG77 factory demo songs:
Yamaha TG77 audio demos in mp3:
| PRESET 1 bank | |
| Patch name with audio demo | My comments |
| 01 SP Cosmo | Beautiful, analog-sounding string synth pad |
| 02 SP Metroid | Classic synth brass, '80s style |
| 03 SP Diamond | Classy, flowing pad. |
| 04 SP Sqrpad | Nice pad based on square waveforms. |
| 05 SP Arianne | Intriguing FM'ish pad. |
| 06 SP Sawpad | Typical '80s brass |
| 07 SP Darkpad | Gorgeous, emotional low-pass filtered pad |
| 08 SP Mystery | Outstanding bell + analog pad, typical of FM instruments |
| 09 SP Padfaze | Weird but works |
| 10 SP Twilite | Creates an atmosphere. |
| 11 SP Annapad | Superb analog string pad |
| 12 AP Ivory | Nice grand piano - typical short samples of the early '90s sampling. |
| 13 AP CP77 | The TG77's take on Yamaha's own classic CP70 and 80 electro-acoustic grand pianos |
| 14 AP Bright | Very good rock piano |
| 15 AP Hammer | Nice roadhouse piano |
| 16 AP Grand | Honest piano |
| 17 BR Plucky | Fat syn brass |
| 18 BR BigBand | Realistic, especially when mixed in a song |
| 19 BR 1980 | Obligatory synth brass |
| 20 BR Trmpets | Realistic modulation wheel expression. |
| 21 BR ModSyn | Nice and full |
| 22 BR Ensembl | Ok |
| 23 BR FrHorn | Cool orchestral French horns |
| 24 BR Soul | Typical small brass section sound utilized in the '60s |
| 25 BR FM Bite | Expressive |
| 26 EP IceRing | Interesting layered pad, very '80s |
| 27 EP Synbord | Nice. |
| 28 EP GS77 | Another take on Yamaha classics, the GS series (GS1, GS2) |
| 29 EP Knocker | Hard pluck |
| 30 EP Beltine | Typical FM beauty |
| 31 EP Dynomod | More FM |
| 32 EP Urbane | Extremely '80s, a la "Miami Vice" |
| 33 ME St.Mick | Typical SY/TG series sounds |
| 34 ME Blade | Nice FX |
| 35 ME Forest | Beautiful, sparkling layered pad, very Roland D-50 |
| 36 ME Gargoyl | Cool FM organish |
| 37 ME Pikloop | Good synthesis |
| 38 ME Aquavox | Supreme padness! |
| 39 ME Alps | Very nice and full |
| 40 ME Cycles | Cinematic. |
| 41 WN Bluharp | Incredibly realistic, also thanks to the overdrive/distortion (Shure Green Bullet close) effect |
| 42 WN Tenor | Typical early '90s sax |
| 43 WN Clarino | Nice clarinet |
| 44 WN AltoSax | Realistic alto |
| 45 WN Moothie | Yes |
| 46 WN Saxion | Very cool sax section |
| 47 WN Flute | Dark, orchestral |
| 48 WN Ohboy | Super oboe, this will be perfect with a breath-controller. |
| 49 ST Ripper | Super mega pad |
| 50 ST Violins | The bows |
| 51 ST Section | Lots of friction |
| 52 ST SynStrg | Classic synthe strings |
| 53 ST Chamber | Vivaldian |
| 54 BA Frtless | Beautiful, quintessential FM bass used for fretless |
| 55 BA Starred | Nice |
| 56 BA HardOne | Cutting |
| 57 BA VC1 | Analog VCO bass |
| 58 BA VC2 | Another one... |
| 59 BA VC3 | And another. |
| 60 BA Rox | '60s rock bass guitar |
| 61 BA Woodbas | Nice jazz contrabass |
| 62 BA Round | Clean bass |
| 63 BA Erix | Full |
| 64 BA FMFrtls | '80s FM bass |
| PRESET 2 bank | |
| Patch name with audio demo | My comments |
| 01 SC Neworld | Cool resonant pad |
| 02 SC Stratos | Evolving niceness |
| 03 SC Ripples | Fluffy '80s pad |
| 04 SC Digitak | Classic comp |
| 05 SC Hone | Digital |
| 06 SC Spaces | very nice FM pad |
| 07 SC Sybaby | Delayed goodness! |
| 08 SC Icedrop | Alright |
| 09 SC Wired | Ok |
| 10 SL Gnome | Typical '70s progressive lead - appropriately named. |
| 11 SL SawMono | Fat analog lead |
| 12 SL SqrMono | Obese analog lead |
| 13 SL Pro77 | Overweight analog lead |
| 14 SL Nester | Gluey lead |
| 15 SL Eazy | Cool detuned analogish lead, very Emersonian. |
| 16 SL Lips | Very nice whistling patch. |
| 17 KY Bosh | Nice comp keyboard, great filtering action. |
| 18 KY Wahclav | Classic Clavinet through wah, not too realistic though. |
| 19 KY Wires | Beautiful FM atmospheres. |
| 20 KY Tradclv | Solid Hohner Clavinet |
| 21 KY Thumper | Ok |
| 22 KY Modclav | Another Clavinet - the mod wheel acts on the filter |
| 23 PL Sitar | Superb rendition of the classic Indian guitar. |
| 24 PL Harp | Beautiful harp patch |
| 25 PL Saratog | Ok |
| 26 PL Steel | Ok acoustic guitar |
| 27 PL Twelve | Ok 12-string guitar |
| 28 PL Shonuff | Typical rock guitar hero patch. |
| 29 PL MutGtr | Classic "The Edge" type of sound. |
| 30 PL Guitar | Honest acoustic |
| 31 PL Shami | Good shamisen |
| 32 PL Koto | Realistic koto |
| 33 OR YC45D | A good take on Yamaha's own classic '70s organ |
| 34 OR Pipes | Outstandingly beautiful, majestic church organ |
| 35 OR Jazzman | Typical percussion organ, not the best rendition. |
| 36 OR Combo | Classic '60s Vox organ |
| 37 PC Marimba | Beautiful, realistic marimba |
| 38 PC OzHamer | Part didgeridoo, part FM craziness |
| 39 PC Tobago | Great steel drums |
| 40 PC Vibes | Warm and jazzy ;-) |
| 41 PC Glass | FM bonus |
| 42 PC Island | Another cool tuned percussion set |
| 43 PC GrtWall | of China - very good |
| 44 CH Itopia | Classic vox sample in this series of synths. |
| 45 CH GaChoir | Gospel chorus |
| 46 CH Chamber | A nice choir |
| 47 CH Spirit | Ravishing, ethereal syn chorus |
| 48 CH ChorMst | Ambient choir-pad |
| 49 SE Goto 1 | Cool rising synth |
| 50 SE Xpander | Inspired from Oberheim's homonymous synth, perhaps? |
| 51 SE Inferno | More Roland D-50/Korg M1 inspired sounds |
| 52 SE Them!!! | Nice scary fx |
| 53 OR Gassman | Ok organ with Leslie |
| 54 BR ZapBras | Ok |
| 55 BR BrasOrc | Ok |
| 56 PL Stairwy | Ok |
| 57 ST Widestg | Large string ensemble |
| 58 ST Symflow | Warm strings |
| 59 ST Quartet | Small ensemble |
| 60 ST Tutti | Superb orchestral ensemble - all together |
| 61 ME Voyager | Another classic SY/TG patch |
| 62 ME Galaxia | Sci-fi goodness |
| 63 DR Both | drums... |
| 64 DR Group2 | drums 2... |
| Features at a glance | |
| Year of release: | 1990 |
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| Keyboard: | n/a |
| Responds to velocity: | yes |
| Responds to aftertouch: | yes |
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Yamaha TG77 pictures
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The original two double-sided data sheets - (click icons to enlarge them)
Yamaha TG77 manual
available at www.yamaha.com
Links
| SITE | Type of resource | DESCRIPTION |
| www.yamaha.com | home page | |
Yamaha TG77 review with audio demo