Yamaha TG-500

# Yamaha TG-500

> Per-synth cheat sheet. Patch sheets, expansion status, project usage.

## Basic Specs

- **Type:** Sample-based tone generator (AWM2)
- **Era:** 1993
- **Form factor:** 1U rack
- **Polyphony:** 64 voices
- **Multitimbral:** 16 parts
- **Larger ROM** than TG-55, more polyphony

## Strengths (in this studio)

- 90s digital textures with more polyphony/ROM than the TG-55
- Used (planned) for FX layers in *1989 — MOD Remix*

## Planned Expansion — Sector101

The TG-500 has expansion slots compatible with Sector101 boards and accepts Sector101 sample memory cards.

| Item | Qty | Purpose | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| **Waveblade** | 1–2 | Custom sample RAM / wavetable expansion | Planned purchase |
| **Datablade** | 1–2 | Flash/RAM sample data storage | Planned purchase |
| **Sample memory cards** | (TBD) | Pre-built Sector101 sample content cards for TG-500 | Planned purchase |
| **Sector101 Programmer** (USB) | 1 | Writes data onto Waveblades / Datablades | Planned purchase — Linux ideally, Windows acceptable. Shared with TG-55. |

→ See [Service Bench](#) for install status.

## Project Patches

*(Fill in as the TG-500 gets used.)*

### 1989 — FX (maybe)

- *(patch notes here)*

## Notes & Tricks

*(Add tips as you discover them.)*


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