yamaha ex7

[aireydon]

yamaha ex7 is on sale at cash converters bedok.
price is $749, condition looks good, i cant see any scratches, screen still covered with translucent plastic.


i see from the show yr racks thread that some old birds still have the yamaha ex7..to me it looks abit like..erm...a motif prototype..? i mean the casing and design lar...

any comment s bout this synth,>? if u own one, or intend to disown one...why.?

asking becos it seems to be quite a hell of a synth considering its age,,..quite surprised to see one in good condition at cash converters

 

[bongman]

It's a synthesis and wavetable workstation.

I own a Yamaha EX7 then later a EX5R.

The setback about it is the notes biting problem
when you use the built-in sequencer and at one time
you can only load one song from the floppy.
At times, the Yamaha EX7 doesn't have enough polyphony
to support a song with Performance patch.

Otherwise use it for gig and a synth, it's pretty good.

The EX5r is better off but compare to the sounds nowadays
with Motif ES and Roland FantomX, sure it's far behind.

 

[iansoh]

i use an EX5, which is a 76-key version with the additional AN synthesis which the EX7 doesn't have. i've thought of upgrading to a motif but i felt that the sounds in the EX are still very usable. not to mention, with the 6 knobs, 2 mod wheels and ribbon strip, it makes a better controller than the motif. 749 is a very reasonable price, IMO.

 

[Cheez]

There's something about the EX5/7 touch which makes me squirm slightly. Perhaps I'm spoiled by Roland's unweighted keys. The EX5/7's key-bed feels doesn't have the padded feel.

 

[bongman]

i use an EX5, which is a 76-key version with the additional AN synthesis which the EX7 doesn't have. i've thought of upgrading to a motif but i felt that the sounds in the EX are still very usable. not to mention, with the 6 knobs, 2 mod wheels and ribbon strip, it makes a better controller than the motif. 749 is a very reasonable price, IMO.

yup, Ian's comment is correct. The EX5/7 still usable.

EX5 has 128 polyphony and additional AN component and VL synthesis
Ex7 only half 64 note polyphony. The AWM wavtetable are good enough
for basic performance.

 

[Indigo_blues]

the EX series was the top-of-the-line yamaha synth before the motif? think that was about 5 years ago. Think its still enuff synth power for any casual user. But some comments were made about its 'unfriendly' interface i think.

 

[lowjk]

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may98/articles/YamahaEX5.html

Review for the EX5 but applies to the EX7 if u take note that it has: half the polyphony, no VL synthesis, fewer synthesis combinations, less flexible Insertion effect routing, a single A-D input, and no MIDI B In and Out or pair of individual outs

Also note the review date: this synth about 8 years old.