FM Little Module

Another souvenir from the 80's - 126 classic FM sounds sampled from my old Yamaha TX81Z 4 operators FM module.

Byalber2000

The story

I powered up my old Yamaha TX81Z module after decades of storage in a shelf. Internal memory was totally scrambled (probably its internal battery died a long time ago), but luckily factory reset worked well and restored the device to its original state.

I recovered my personal favorite patches from sys-ex dumps I kept in pen-drives and after some tweaking to make the recording process easier, I sampled 126 patches and organized them in 63 different presets, each with 2 similar sounds that can be mixed, detuned and panned independently.

Envelopes are included to control volume and LP filter cut-off frequency plus reverb and delay effects. Cut-off is also affected by each note velocity: higher velocities produce higher cut-off frequencies and vice-versa.

Interface

Reviews

  • Resurreccio

    hace tiempo encontre por muy bajo precio un modulo YAMAHA TX81FM para un amigo, el caso es que el no lo compro y yo me lo perdi desde entonces estoy buscando uno, gracias vos lo encontre en estas muestras muchas gracias por tu trabajo

    Maxx on 23 June 2025
  • Incredible

    This is clearly crafted with love, both in regards to the sound quality and the design of the UI. I genuinely can't believe this is free.

    Stray Ghost on 25 July 2024
  • A Magic Box

    So you have a magic box filled with all your favourite stuff, going back to childhood. The magic happens when you share your box with everyone else and now it contains their favourite stuff. You've also immortalized a charming old hardware dinosaur. Thank you for all that.

    Safren on 02 February 2025
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