YAMAHA FB-01 FM Sound Generator
The Yamaha FB-01 G is a stripped-back, half-rack FM synth module built for the ’80s electronic and game-music underground. With a simple 4-operator FM engine, it punches out eight-note polyphony across eight parts of multitimbral goodness. It’s lo-fi and quirky, yet capable of satiny electric pianos, metallic leads, and sci-fi blips. Artists like Depeche Mode, New Order and The Cure tapped into its wobbly charm, while computer game sound designers used it as a budget alternative to the MT-32 for richer MIDI backing tracks.
Specs
- 4-operator FM synthesis
- 8-voice polyphony, 8-part multitimbral
- 240 preset voices, 96 user slots
- MIDI In/Out/Thru
- 1U half-rack form factor
- Made in Japan between 1986–1987
Some buttons sticky at times.
Product Specs
- Item Number: 39216
- Make: YAMAHA
- Model: FB-01
- Condition: Good
- Finish: Black
- Categories: keyboards-and-synths ⇒ rackmount-synths
- Made In: Japan
- MPN: 39216
Original: $126.11
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Description
The Yamaha FB-01 G is a stripped-back, half-rack FM synth module built for the ’80s electronic and game-music underground. With a simple 4-operator FM engine, it punches out eight-note polyphony across eight parts of multitimbral goodness. It’s lo-fi and quirky, yet capable of satiny electric pianos, metallic leads, and sci-fi blips. Artists like Depeche Mode, New Order and The Cure tapped into its wobbly charm, while computer game sound designers used it as a budget alternative to the MT-32 for richer MIDI backing tracks.
Specs
- 4-operator FM synthesis
- 8-voice polyphony, 8-part multitimbral
- 240 preset voices, 96 user slots
- MIDI In/Out/Thru
- 1U half-rack form factor
- Made in Japan between 1986–1987
Some buttons sticky at times.
Product Specs
- Item Number: 39216
- Make: YAMAHA
- Model: FB-01
- Condition: Good
- Finish: Black
- Categories: keyboards-and-synths ⇒ rackmount-synths
- Made In: Japan
- MPN: 39216
