Yamaha opted for an 88-key, piano-weighted keyboard that is velocity sensitive as well as aftertouch. In terms of performance controls, the GS1 has a vibrato pedal, tremolo pedal and damper pedal that could be used.

Here is my ultra-rare Yamaha GS1 digital FM synthesizer from 1981 in good working condition. US Voltage. Apparently fewer than 100 units were sold worldwide, so you can imagine how many still exist and are actually playable 42 years on.

Up for sale is a rare Yamaha GS-2 synthesizer with pedal unit, stand (cover), and GS-1 / GS-2 Voice Library. The GS-2 is the downsized 'portable' brother of the GS-1. It sounds wonderful and due the weighted wooden keyboard is plays very good as well. The synth is just been serviced and in perfect working condition.

The GS-V represents the groundbreaking FM sounds of the ultra-rare Yamaha GS1. Fewer than 100 units were produced of this behemoth synthesizer that resembles a baby grand piano, and weighs nearly as much.

2010年3月5日 · The Yamaha GS-1 was Yamaha’s first digital FM synthesizer, released in 1981. It’s relatively rare 8-operator FM synthesizer (4 Carrier/4 Modulator/8 EG) that predates the DX-7 by two years. Features of the keyboard include velocity sensitivity and polyphonic aftertouch, 16-note polyphony, a 3-band EQ and analog chorus.

BRAND: Yamaha . MODEL: GS-1 . FUNCTION: Keyboard Synthesizer. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: This listing is for a very rare and historic Yamaha GS-1 88-Key Keyboard Synthesizer w/ Voice library & Anvil Road Cases. We are selling this keyboard on behalf of famed Keyboardist Russell Ferrante of The Yellow Jackets.

Yamaha's first commercially produced synth to use frequency modulation as its method of synthesis, preceding the much better known DX7 by about three years. Introduced in 1980, the GS1 had an internal architecture consisting of 16-voice polyphony, with eight operators per voice.

An improvised quick tour of the Yamaha GS-1. Sorry for all the blabbering :) I also forgot to mention the EQ which is pretty basic bass/mid/treble.The GS1 ha...

One month after the debut of the F-70, Yamaha released the GS1, which featured the FM tone generator as well as a two types of touch control function, which changes the tone depending on how hard the keys are played. Chick Corea headlined the Japanese catalog for the GS1.

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