Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site petrus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decvax!bellcore!petrus!dje From: dje@petrus.UUCP (Danny J. Espinoza) Newsgroups: net.music.synth Subject: Re: Yamaha CX-5 ? Message-ID: <562@petrus.UUCP> Date: Tue, 17-Sep-85 17:24:59 EDT Article-I.D.: petrus.562 Posted: Tue Sep 17 17:24:59 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 19-Sep-85 05:25:50 EDT References: <190@telesoft.UUCP> Organization: Bell Communications Research, Inc Lines: 19 > Hello, Netfolk. > > If I have this straight... > > The Yamaha CX-5 is a cross between a baby home computer and a synthesizer. > It has a typewriter keyboard, is programmable in basic (sigh), and hooks up > to your TV to display text. In addition, it has something like the > equivalent of eight DX-7s inside it. The voice parameters are set, > Okay, you almost had it straight... The CX-5 is an 8-voice FM synthesizer. It is not even as powerful as one DX-7. I'm not sure about any of the specs, but I know it doesn't have the power of 8 DX-7's. I think you got the computer confused with the Yamaha TX816 (it has the power of 8 DX-7's, but its REALLY expensive). Danny Espinoza ...!bellcore!dje or dje@bellcore.ARPA