Bad Gear - Danger Zone

Become a Patron and get access to music clips from the show, additional content, Bad Gear samples and even more AudioPilz madness Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Yamaha Reface DX FM synthesizer. Is this 2015 descendant to the iconic Yamaha DX7 , Yamaha DX100 and sibling of the Yamaha Reface CS worthy of the legacy and can it keep up with other modern FM synths like the Korg OpSix ? Are we entering the Danger Zone ? Thanks to Klangfarbe for lending me one of their floor models: @KlangfarbeCHANNEL Chapters: 00:00 Prologue (no pun intended) Intro tune 01:12 Overview Reface DX 01:39 Reworked UI (Touch Sliders) 02:16 Real Time Tweaking 02:24 Synth Engine, Algorithms, Polyphony, Patch Memory 02:48 Feedback per Operator 03:03 Envelope Generators, Pitch Envelopes, LFO 03:29 More UI Stuff, Keyscaling 03:45 FX Section 04:00 Midi Looper 04:21 Connectivity, Speakers, Pitch Bend 04:52 What else??? (Pricing, Thanks,...) 05:09 Hate 05:35 Jam 1 (Dub Techno) 06:23 Jam 2 (80s Bass Tweak) 07:25 Finale (Sanic House) 07:55 Verdict