Swayed v1.0.3 - available now!

[audiojunkie]

I apreciaite I am in the minority but no Linux support so I will pass. Money is tight so I have to prioritize. Shame. If it had Linux support I would be all over this.

Yeah, me too. I like the sound of this synth. I bought Zebra 3, but I want MOAR!!

[IvyBirds]

The original SY77 had a very bad reverb, so this is a great emulation just fyi

Well, even though I never had the original, that's what I thought, but c'mon you can optimize a software emu!
Did the sound please you when you developed this plugin?

Turning off the reverb to run it through something better is the ultimate optimized emulation of the SY77

Honestly we have so many outstanding reverb plugins you can run this through does it really matter?

Spent some time running it through my hardware SPX90, Lexicon PCM70, and Midiverb II and I was right back in 1990

Then I did Big Sky and Eventide reverb pedals and I was in heaven

Then I did my Valhalla Reverbs and was blown away

[SAGG]

Anus Cleenus guru-following booger eaters don't get to play this synth. If their guru Cleenus so much as suspects they used other OS to rejoice a proper plugin written for normal people, he will throw that classic hissy Cleenus fit and will make them eat double burgers.. sorry, boogers

[uselessmind]

Looks great so far, also waiting for a Linux Version.

[wintoid]

I was expecting to purchase this on day one as I seem to collect FM synths and I love them, but was surprised that I demoed it and decided not to. I suppose the number one thing I was hoping for was a great interface given the number of fantastic FM engines that have terrible interfaces (Halion I'm looking at you). I found the envelope section in particular to be fiddly. I'm sure it was much harder on the hardware, but even so I think I'm going to pass. I do wish sheaf every success.

[Uncle E]

Turning off the reverb to run it through something better is the ultimate optimized emulation of the SY77

Honestly we have so many outstanding reverb plugins you can run this through does it really matter?

Agreed. A Bypass Reverb option would be sufficient.

[Etienne1973]

External Delays and Reverb used. Mostly FM Patches. High quality stuff IMO.

256 SY77 presets downloadable. Should be importable as *.syx bank files into Swayed v1.0 right away AFAIK.

Download @ https://analoguesque.x10host.com/Yamaha-SY-77/

Congratulations to the developer who was stubborn enough to make an SY77 emulation in every aspect which sounds as close as possible as the original hardware.

I think that was/is important for that category of true emu products.

At least for 1.0 initial release. More features can come for sure and are welcome here.

Thank you for your time and hard work!

Now I'm testing the demo with pleasure.

Get Demo @ https://strydeaudio.com/swayed

[Chicken Drummy]

Oh man, this is awesome!! Excellent work!

[aantetomaso]

Hi Sheaf. Thanks a lot for your hard work. I had and loved a SY-77. You did a really great job, the VST sound great and it’s very very close to the original machine. A couple of question:
1) Is there a way to ask for support or to report bugs of feature requests?
2) In some cases, importing a SYX causes a crash of the plugin and the DAW. I tried One of the most beautiful banks Made for this synth, the one made by Electric Himalaya and the import causes a crash. Would it be possible to diagnose it?
3) I tried to load the original SY-77 ROM files and it worked. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to quickly relink the original presets to the original samples? Is it possible? In case, how?
Thanks.
Best.

Thanks.

[audiojunkie]

The original SY77 had a very bad reverb, so this is a great emulation just fyi

Well, even though I never had the original, that's what I thought, but c'mon you can optimize a software emu!
Did the sound please you when you developed this plugin?

Turning off the reverb to run it through something better is the ultimate optimized emulation of the SY77

Honestly we have so many outstanding reverb plugins you can run this through does it really matter?

Spent some time running it through my hardware SPX90, Lexicon PCM70, and Midiverb II and I was right back in 1990

Then I did Big Sky and Eventide reverb pedals and I was in heaven

Then I did my Valhalla Reverbs and was blown away

Hey, glad to see you back!

[sheaf]

Hi Sheaf. Thanks a lot for your hard work. I had and loved a SY-77. You did a really great job, the VST sound great and it’s very very close to the original machine. A couple of question:
1) Is there a way to ask for support or to report bugs of feature requests?
2) In some cases, importing a SYX causes a crash of the plugin and the DAW. I tried One of the most beautiful banks Made for this synth, the one made by Electric Himalaya and the import causes a crash. Would it be possible to diagnose it?
3) I tried to load the original SY-77 ROM files and it worked. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to quickly relink the original presets to the original samples? Is it possible? In case, how?
Thanks.
Best.

Thanks.

Thanks, glad you like it!
1) Yes, in the 3 dot menu on the top left there is an option "Report an issue" which takes you to a bug report form. It asks you to enter your DAW/OS and also allows you to attach files, like problematic sysex or preset files.
2) That's unfortunate! I'd really like to fix that. Could you share the sysex file via the form mentioned above? Or if it's a commercial sysex bank link me to the place where I can buy it?
3) That's not possible at the moment I'm afraid. I didn't really consider that use case. I'll have to think about it to see how I can implement that in a logical way.

[sheaf]

It's time to sleep in my timezone, but I'll be back to answer any questions in 8 hours or so.

[aantetomaso]

Hi Sheaf. Thanks a lot for your hard work. I had and loved a SY-77. You did a really great job, the VST sound great and it’s very very close to the original machine. A couple of question:
1) Is there a way to ask for support or to report bugs of feature requests?
2) In some cases, importing a SYX causes a crash of the plugin and the DAW. I tried One of the most beautiful banks Made for this synth, the one made by Electric Himalaya and the import causes a crash. Would it be possible to diagnose it?
3) I tried to load the original SY-77 ROM files and it worked. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to quickly relink the original presets to the original samples? Is it possible? In case, how?
Thanks.
Best.

Thanks.

Thanks, glad you like it!
1) Yes, in the 3 dot menu on the top left there is an option "Report an issue" which takes you to a bug report form. It asks you to enter your DAW/OS and also allows you to attach files, like problematic sysex or preset files.
2) That's unfortunate! I'd really like to fix that. Could you share the sysex file via the form mentioned above? Or if it's a commercial sysex bank link me to the place where I can buy it?
3) That's not possible at the moment I'm afraid. I didn't really consider that use case. I'll have to think about it to see how I can implement that in a logical way.

Thanks a lot, will send a support request soon. Best.

[DCrown]

The -init- sound is awesome, never heard something like that, it is not even a preset I think, best synth bass sound I have ever heard.
The reverb is what it is, if that's what the original sounds like, well, you can somehow get used to it after a while, first impression was bad, second was ok, maybe third will make me love the reverb haha
https://soundcloud.com/user-216327424/s ... amaha-sy77

Since most Yamaha synth emus almost made me cry, to be fair imo it is impossible to make a good CS80 plugin, Yamaha created something unique only they could create, but I think Dexed is the best emu one could get and this one just needs some time to get used to, it is pretty good, but what a strange reverb.

The most clever thing one could do to release a Yamaha softsynth, cuz Yamaha don't do it and there is a surplus of Roland and your plugin is better than every Roland emu, that's for sure, simply because Yamaha is a different level. Kudos, I am sure in one month you will be a millionaire and you deserve it - only 10.000 buyers you need!

How much AI was involved in developing plugin?
Plugin seems to be ai-free

[IvyBirds]

Yamaha created something unique only they could create, but I think Dexed is the best emu one could get and this one just needs some time to get used to, it is pretty good, but what a strange reverb.

Since you have said you have never owned the hardware and prefer the UVI version of the SY77 you should really just sit this one out

We get it you don't like the reverb, and you wouldn't like the reverb on the hardware that you have never owned either

As far as DX7 emulators go Dexed is FAR from being the best DX7 emulator that would be Plogue's OPS7. Dexed uses look up tables for sine wave generation but uses them in a different way. To save processing power, the DX7 used a Log-Sine table, Dexed doesn't do this and it has a significant effect on the sound

In the DX7, multiplying signals (required for FM) was computationally "expensive" so Yamaha cheated a bit with the math and used addition

That's getting off topic however, and I only point that out because you seem to be demanding "authentic" emulations but seem to not understand what that actually means

An authentic reverb on a plugin inspired by the SY77 is going to sound lofi, get kind of metallic and have limited parameters. Swayed nails this. That particular reverb may or may not work for you. However please stop trashing the plugin based on criteria you don't have experience with based on knowledge you don't have