May 31, 2023
SPX4LIFE
Hey,
It’s been a little while. Been working on new music. I have been using my Yamaha SPX900 quite a lot in recent times. I think the SPX timeline goes something like this: SPX90, SPX90ii, SPX50D, SPX900, SPX1000, SPX990 and SPX2000
My SPX900 from 1988 (the last one of its family that had a mono in and stereo out) just sounds good to my ears. Most of its patches are nice sounding, it cuts through the mix and parameters are easy to access (playing around with the balance and reverb times is usually enough to get some good results). I recently opened the thing up and everything still seems to be fine.
So, hook this thing up, make sure to set the levels right and let it bring some good late eighties/early nineties flavour to your gear of choice. Apart from maybe a battery change, I think I will be good for another couple of years.
DG