Yamaha Portasound PSS-480 (1988) : Ambient Live Looping

I try to challenge myself to produce a sound experiment - create ambient music on live looping with the restriction of using only one instrument: Yamaha Portasound PSS-480 (1988) as sound source and with minimal / less effects to the instrument. (less is more - truth of the material).

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[StefanBoeykens]

Wonderful result. Not what you’d expect from one of these Portasound machines.

[RaptureMusicOfficial]

Really cool relaxing ambient track! I love the Yamaha PSS Series of keyboards, big fan of them since the 80s! :)

[johnny]

I had a 480, and used it until all the metal contacts under the rubber keys broke. And then I used a paper clip to connect the circuits until I ended up short circuiting it. Great little machine.

[fantasticsituation]

feels like a massage on the brain. thankyou <3

[bestrickie]

P.S, very relaxing. I to have began creating relaxing music I’ll post in due course. Again your performance is EXCELLENT.

[gs]

Omg, I can’t believe the PSS can do this sort of things haha, I got one a few years ago and all I did was play some funny funky sounds. Sounds great 🙌🏼❤️❤️

[gvfq]

OMG I had that when I was a kid, thanks for bringing it back :)

[linkinthechain]

If it sounds like NIN A Warm Place, I had this instrument during the writing and recording of NIN before Mark took the music and took my life away.

[TimJacksonOriginal]

It's a fantastic piece of kit for something that was supposed to be a 'home keyboard' isn't it? I had a 680 about 25 years ago and regretted ever selling it, so eventually bought a 780 which is essentially the same, but I don't think I've ever explored it as a textural synth before - I've always used it for more bell/chime sounds, so your work is inspiring me to delve a little deeper into the FM :)