Yamaha Vintage Plugin Collection Today

The collection currently revolves around three meticulously modeled plugins, each representing a distinct piece of Yamaha’s analog history.

There was the Vintage DX7 – “Enzo’s Electric” . Not the glassy, overused E.Piano 1 that everyone hated. This was a custom patch: Rhodes with a Fever . It had a clunky, overdriven midrange and a release tail that decayed into pure FM noise. It sounded like a broken music box in a rainstorm. yamaha vintage plugin collection

Yamaha, E1005, E1010, and SPX90 are trademarks of Yamaha Corporation. The Vintage Plugin Collection is a software emulation developed under license. All other product names and artists are trademarks of their respective owners. This was a custom patch: Rhodes with a Fever

Features controls for tape speed (ips), bias, and tape type (old vs. new). 3. Vintage Stomp Pack Yamaha, E1005, E1010, and SPX90 are trademarks of

If one piece of hardware defines Yamaha’s studio dominance in the 1980s, it is the . Before plugins, if you wanted a digital reverb that wasn't a Lexicon or an AMS, you likely reached for a Yamaha SPX unit.

The original Yamaha SPX90 (released in 1985) is arguably the most famous digital multi-effects processor ever made. It lived in the racks of Prince, Kevin Shields (My Bloody Valentine), and countless 90s alternative bands. It was famously used for the harmonized guitar solo in Van Halen’s "5150."