Jun Murakami Synth81Z 1.0.2

The newest, and the fattest, Lately Bass. A compact four-operator FM synthesizer. Released in 1987, the Yamaha TX81Z is a four-operator FM tone generator in a 1U rack. Conceived as an affordable way to bring the FM synthesis pioneered by the six-operator DX7 to more musicians, this small unit nevertheless holds features that even its bigger siblings lacked: where earlier FM synths offered only sine waves, each of the TX81Z’s operators can choose from eight waveforms. Combined with the character of its distinctive analog circuitry, this gives it an appealing sound quite unlike the DX7.

Above all, the preset “Lately Bass” is the sound that wrote the TX81Z into music history. With its distorted harmonics, razor-sharp attack and tenacious low end, it anchored countless hits from the late 1980s through the 1990s, above all in dance music.

It was never an easy machine to program from its front panel, but its affordable price and iconic sounds earned it a place in the studio racks of countless musicians, including, back in the day, the developer of this plugin.

System Requirements
Windows 10 or later (64-bit)
4 GB RAM
4-core CPU, 3 GHz
100 MB free disk space
ARM processors are not supported on Windows