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[dead] Synthline Yamaha FS1R Internal (AKAI) screenshot
Synthline Yamaha FS1R Internal | 419 MB

In 1998, after several years without producing a single FM synthesizer, Yamaha released a new FM powerhouse…the FS1R. This little beast is far from your average FM synthesizer. Not only is it an eight-Operator variant, as opposed to the six- and four-Operator FM of the DX/TX lines, but it also features a new technology called Formant Shaping Synthesis. Formants are the spectral patterns making up the sounds of human speech. This allows for the creation of vocal like timbres but can also be applied in many different ways to create incredibly unique sounds that you won't find on any other synths.

DX7 aficionados will like the fact that the FS1R has almost complete compatibility with 6-Operator FM synths: you can send, via MIDI, a patch from a DX7, for example, and the FS1R will convert it to an identical-sounding patch in the new synth. A lot of the preset Voices actually come from the DX7's library. It's also possible to program sounds from DX7 sound charts, finding an algorithm that has an equivalent layout to the DX algorithm and turning off the unwanted Operators.

The downside to the FS1R is the complexity of the user interface. With a tiny LCD screen and hundreds if not thousands of menus and sub-menus, editing from the front panel is tedious and nearly impossible. Thankfully, there are now software editors available for both the Mac and PC platforms to make the process quite a bit easier (though still not perfect). All that said, the complexity of working with the synth is far outweighed by the amazing sounds that it's capable of. It truly sounds like nothing else out there. From huge evolving pads, to shimmering EPs, fantastic organs, screaming leads and booming basses.. this synth can sound industrial and cold one minute, and then warm and almost analogue the next. With some time dedicated to learning how to edit the patches, or create your own from scratch, there's really no sound that this synth isn't capable of making.

After an abysmal showing on the market, the FS1R was discontinued after only about one year. These days, more people have discovered what this synth is capable of and it has seen a resurgence in popularity and has reached an almost cult-like status. It is rare to find one for sale these days, and when you do, the prices seem to be climbing.

If you have a short attention span and no patience, this may not be the synth for you. If you're someone who doesn't mind programming a synth to get the most out of it and you're looking for some of the most amazing and unique sounds ever produced by an FM synthesizer, the FS1R is a must have. It has been used by Squarepusher and Sin.

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  Resident 16.06.2013 466
+86
can't mount in DT
a 1 ... and a 3 ... and a ching chong potato
  Member 1.11.2013 77
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yeah right, unfortunately it can not open the bin.file

Message: "The file format is unknown or can not be opened"
  Member 1.05.2015 94
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What is this supposed to be?
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  Resident 15.12.2010 12 1157
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quote by HerrDurrcan't mount in DT


quote by transmityeah right, unfortunately it can not open the bin.file

Message: "The file format is unknown or can not be opened"


At a first glance, it seems that this Library is in 'AKAI' Proprietary Format, so rather use 'CDXtract', or 'Extreme Sample Converter' to get its content...
  Resident 16.06.2013 466
+86
ok..when, or if you get to the content..
what do you do with it then? it's not kontakt or any other sampler

I never was able to use any of these Akai format disks..and have no idea
what hardware handles them natively
a 1 ... and a 3 ... and a ching chong potato
  Member 17.01.2014 175
+50
uploaded mirrors?
  Resident 26.08.2013 894
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Can someone please fix the uploaded links. TIA
  Resident 15.12.2010 12 1157
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quote by HerrDurrok..when, or if you get to the content..
what do you do with it then? it's not kontakt or any other sampler


That's the reason why I advised to use such Programs as 'CDXtract', 'Extreme Sample Converter',... , to be able to convert these original 'AKAI' Images to any other desired Formats : 'Kontakt', 'SampleTank', 'EXS24',...

quote by HerrDurrI never was able to use any of these Akai format disks..and have no idea
what hardware handles them natively


Normally, these 'AKAI' Proprietary Formats have been created to be used with most of the 'AKAI' Sampler Engines ('Hardware Units') as, for instance, 'S1000', 'S3000',..
  Member 2.06.2016 2 342
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HerrDurr, it´s very simple. Unrar and mount the bin file, it will not open just keep it mounted. Now open Kontakt, open the files tab upper left of the interface and scroll to the bottom of the files, there you´ll find an icon: Akai CD. Click on the icon and click import, now a dialog appears, choose a location for the instruments and other for the samples, click OK and Kontakt begins to convert the CD to NKI and Waw files. When finished you can open the instruments as any other library. Good luck.
  Member 18.01.2014 14
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it seems that something is wrong with that image, because it doesn't work with tools such as cdxtract, translator, kontakt, etc. and also it doesn't work with my akai 3000xl hardware sampler.....
Anybody had success with opening this library?
  Member 31.05.2020 4
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Got this to work with advice from a thread on audiosex, using toast I converted the .bin to another .bin file, confusing yes. CDXtract recognised the converted file from there.
  Member 2.06.2016 2 342
+149
Alexbart apparently your´re right. If Kontakt can´t see it then it´s broken. Bubacarak´s fault not to test this before.
  Resident 21.04.2014 1585
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norCTrack company should learn with Synthline to do small sized modules like this, the last norCTrack I DLed was 56 GB for just a poor keyboard.
  Resident 15.09.2011 1 3749
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One of my clients has this beauty and I'm so looking forward to nicking it from him since he doesn't use it. Sacrilege!
I love FM so much. Especially combined with subtractive synthesis. This is the last FM synth you will ever need. I say to myself. Yeah...
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