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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
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Posted: Tue Sep 17 17:24:59 1985
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> 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
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					dje@bellcore.ARPA