Yamaha Portasound PSS-190 - just a kid's toy?

Music: "Whistleblower" (C) Copyright 2019 Alfonse
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Yamaha Portasound PSS-190 keyboard (1990)

All sounds you hear in the track were made using the PSS-190 and recorded to a DAW, where compression, EQ, reverb, delay and chorus were added as required. The "Disco" drum rhythm was used, heavily compressed.

You can also hear an "honest mix" (without the external FX) here:    • PSS-190 "Honest" mix - no external FX...  

The aim of these videos is to see what you can create using sounds from ageing home keyboards together with current production tools. The PSS190 is a "high-performance electronic keyboard" according to the manual, and certainly packs a lot of sounds into a small package. Many of the voices sound like PCM samples of the FM sounds on the PSS-680/780/480/580 keyboard range, but there are also layered and split voices to play with.

Thanks to Ed Bettella for the loan of this little beast, plucked from obscurity in a loft somewhere.

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