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Thank you PatternRecognitionMusic! That's a cool name, btw. CZcams can tell you what the Edge sounds like.. But what CZcams videos can't give you is the feeling of actually playing with it. And for me that's a feeling of joy. I've had couple friends play with mine. And they all ended up wanting one. Not all of them bought one. But they did consider it. Cause it's just fun to jam with. And lose yourself in the sound for a while.

@@electronictiger Thanks! I took the name from the William Gibson book. I spent some time with the DFAM in stores when it first came out, but never got around to picking one up. I think Edge has a bit of a different character, not in a bad way, just different. I don't know if it would feel redundant for me, I get a lot of rhythmic pitched type stuff with Pam's and Manis so there would probably be some overlap...but I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to try crosspatching an Edge with my eurorack stuff.

Indeed, the minikeys aren't great. Comfortably reaching from a C to a G an octave higher is nice. But the travel of the keys is so shallow. I find it disconcerting. When I got my Mini, many years ago, there was no Full Size version. Other than the expensive vintage ones. If you've got the money for it, a full size version is the way to go. Cause the sound of the MS-20 still holds up. Or I think so, at least. Or maybe the newly released K-2 MKII by Behringer with a midi keyboard of your choice.

@@electronictiger I did consider the Behringer, I do have Behringer synth's, I think the next synth i will get is their MS-5

@@DisciplinedCommotion That MS-5 has been tempting me as well. Full size keys is a major plus. And the sounds I've been hearing from it are very tasty as well. The main reason I haven't gotten one (yet) is that I don't have the space for it. But it looks to be a very playable instrument, indeed.

@@electronictiger also looks cool :)

@@DisciplinedCommotion Definitely! It's handsome synth indeed. I really don't have the space for it right now. But I can't say that I don't want one. :) GAS, GAS, GAS!! lol Have you reached a decision yet and ordered one?

Thank you Diciplined Commotion! Happy to hear you've enjoyed it. :)

Thank you Kostisv. I'm happy to know other people are also reaching that place through music. And yes, I agree. That is so hard to achieve when staring at a screen and interacting with the sound through mouse and computer keyboard. Computers have their place in the music making process. But as far as I'm concerned that should primarily be on the back end. Anyway, welcome! And thank you for stopping by. Much appreciated.

Thanks DrKunz! Yes, there are quite a few sounds that I recognize in this box. It's funny, a lot of my favorite soundtracks from video games from the modern era have been made using romplers. They still sound futuristic to me. Sometimes you can hear the exact preset. Sometimes you need to do a bit of sonic archeology to uncover the sounds. But it's undeniable how many of these sound have become part of the culture and zeitgeist of the 90s and early 2000s.

Thank you Mister The Bearded One.

@@asynchronicity Thanks Asynchronicity! That is a very lovely compliment to hear. It isn't a very intuitive synth, no. But I do think it does sound fantastic!

Thanks mate! I'm very happy to hear that. And yes, the JV-1080 blows the System-8 out of the water. But I think it would give many a traditional (virtual) analog poly a run for their money. Samples are incredibly powerful. As for incorporating it into my usual jams, I'm curious about that as well. Hope to get around to that this week. Thanks again my friend!

Thank you Sandy! I very much appreciate that sentiment. If you know anyone who might be interested in my stuff, please send it to them. That'll help my channel grow. Anyway, thank you again!

Thanks again Sandy! Yeah, VSTs are no fun to interact with. Knobs & sliders. Things you can touch is where it's at. I'm with you all the way! the Wasp is a brutal little monster! I'm sure you can make it do all kinds of interesting things. It's funny, I'm a synth guy who has always been guitar-curious. Every once in a while I pick one up. And immediately realize that I love the sound of guitar. I am way out of my depth when it comes to actually playing it. Anyway, I'm very happy to hear you've enjoyed this. And I'll hope you'll have a lot of fun on your synth-adventures.

Thanks Dan! I'm doing well. How about yourself? I recorded part 2 of The Itsuwari Island Incident. The one with an analog synth. But I haven't gotten around to finishing the video yet. I hope to have it done within the next few days. Spoiler alert, the analog synth I've chosen is the Korg MS-20. Anyway, it's coming to your CZcams feed shortly. Stay tuned.

@@electronictiger Awww So Jealous! Kinda😂 i spend so many hours with soft synths cuz there’s no way at the moment to acquire hardware😜 This vid tho had me wanting to try my hand at playin around to a screen scene and aee what comes of it! Well done bruh! Juss glad you good and at it

@@electronictiger i know times are crazy all over just wanted to checkin cuz we tend to go into our own world and no one really notices when we’re not around🙄 creative life😏 👊

@@danlopez2012 Thanks Dan! Maybe it the future circumstance will change for you. And you can get your hands on some hardware. I would really recommend it. Even a simple midi controller is better than mousing. It just changes the way you interact with your music. I was finishing up Part II this playing to picture series. And I've put a little shoutout inside the video to you. To encourage you to go play around to a screen scene. It's so much fun!

@@danlopez2012 That is such a heartwarming and thoughtful comment. I thoroughly appreciate that. Many thanks! It's definitely that happens to me. Getting lost in the process. So thank you very much for checking in! ♥👊

Thank you Hr.Drescher! It's funny how wild sounds can actually be relaxing. At least for me.

Thank you Bowwylad, and welcome! More videos coming soon!

Many thanks Penglyu! Happy to hear you're enjoying it. More jams and diary entries coming soon!

Same here, also for the Jup 8, But the Sys8 & JX3P are my favorites, too. With 60 synths under your belt that must give you quite the insight. I think that it's the same as with acoustic guitars. The ones that sound really nice and rich while playing are often most difficult to fit in a mix. But you get that thin, weaker sounding one and it suddenly fits right in. Those Kurzweil synths do something similar to my ear. Mind you, I only ever heard them through youtube. But they have a 'thinness' to them that I think makes them an easy fit in a mix. Happy to inspire you to pick up an Edge. It might be my favorite synth. It's not always useful what comes out of it. But it always makes me smile when I'm playing with it. What synth(s) did that for you? Not necessarily the best / most useful. But from the ones you own(ed), which made you the happiest just playing with it?

@@electronictiger Gosh my favorite synths to just play with are the usual suspects, the Mini D, Prophet 5/10 are just two of the most wonderful sounding things. I'm trying to save up for a Groove Synthesis 3rd Wave. I've not played it in person but I have a feeling that it's going to fit in that category for me. The Prophet 6 gets less love than the P5 but it has to be my favorite synth. I use it in almost everything. It's tighter and more precise than the 5/10 and just works for most everything I do. (House/Dance/Techno etc) I have the behringer Kobol, Pro 1 and Pro 800 which are really fun and useful I think, which it seems you have. Two other synths that kind of blow my mind that are really inexpensive are the MiniFreak and the JV1080/2080 series. I could see both working for you easily. I got the 1080 to house some cards I had since the JD900 only takes one SR-JV card at a time. I was simply gobsmacked at how good it sounds. The JD series 800/990 are harder to fit in a mix, they're really full and eat up the space in several frequency ranges, so they need a lot of EQ. But man that JV1080 is another one of those that just works and sounds great. It's no wonder it often ends up on the top 20 synths of all time list. Check out Don Solaris' "Roland JV-1080 XP-50 Don Solaris Soundset" on utube to see what I mean. And that soundset is just the basic JV1080 engine sans cards.

@@Iofflight78 Many thanks Lofflight! Nothing wrong with the usual suspects. They are truly wonderful sounding synths, yes. That Groove Synthesis 3rd Wave looks like a beast! Hope you'll get your hands on one. And indeed, I have both the Kobol and Pro-1. I love them to bits. I find they have a wide range. From nice and polite. To rough & dirty. Oh that Don Solaris JV-1080 video is so cool!!! So much so that I'm picking up a 2nd hand unit later today for cheap. For the longest time, when I was a kid, I erroneously thought the sound of those romplers was 'the true sound of synthesizers". Romplers, to this day, sound futuristic to me. I'm really looking for a more a hands-on experience when it comes to hardware. Which the JV-1080 isn't, but that sound. I just couldn't resist. Many thanks!

​@@electronictiger Awesome! I think you are going to really like it. Please let me know what you think of it. The JV2080 is a bit easier to tweak because of the larger screen but the JV1080 is still pretty easy to tweak imo for having a small screen. In some instances the JV1080 sounds better to my ears but not by a whole lot. I don't do it that often but I did go ahead and purchase that particular sound set from Don for the JV1080 - they're permanently loaded into my unit and work off of them often. There are also some other very cool things in there. There are something like 500 sounds (which for the time was a ton) a lot of bells, glass pads, cinematic stuff, etc. I do have the SRJV-04 analog card, the keys of the 60-70s, orchestral sounds, and house cards. It takes up to 4 of those. DO get the cards repaired if you buy them, they've been known to have an overheating capacitor. Don has a video on that fix. You can do it yourself but I had someone with better soldering skills do mine. Also Roland still has supporting docs up for the JV1080.

@@Iofflight78 I am toying with it right now. And it sounds amazing! I found the scans of the printed manual on the Roland site, which is awesome. It appears to have two expansions cards installed. I haven't opened it up yet, so I don't know which ones. But one sounds orchestral. The other techno/dancy. I'm resisting the urge to immediate use one of the free sysex editors. I want to use the hardware for a bit first. To get in the spirit of things. Do you per chance know if you can midi map things like the cutoff frequencies / resonances per tone? Or globally? Cause that'd be sweet!

Thank you Vingul!

Thanks...? I may be missing something here?

not really just the tittle of an old electro record + with all this software synth being use it’s fantastic to see some one using real analog hardware

@@michaelpierce3264 Thanks for clarifying Michael! Analog hardware is just a different experience than software. The hands on approach is so much more fun. At least as far as I am concerned. Do you play around hardware as well?

Thank you!!

Thank you my friend. That is an excellent analogy for the System-8. It does feel it's outclassed when playing with other synths. In Reaper I did obvious house keeping in terms of High Pass filters, some panning and a little bit of volume automation. On the more creative side, I set up was the Side-Chain action from the kick. And messed around with the gates, to get things tighter sounding. Also layered in a voice sample very quietly that's being triggered by the 'noise burst'-snare and a tom sound from the Rytm. And I muted the high hats at one point when the other high hat comes in. I intended to set that up in a pattern on the machine, but I forgot. So not really nothing, but not really anything major either. The raw jam is pretty close to the finished project.

Thank you Mir! I'm very happy to hear you've enjoyed it. And also that I have a recognizable style. I'm really chuffed about that. Thanks mate!

Thanks!

Thanks TechnoAssassin! I like your description of it sounding much more organic. I think that is a good way to describe it. Thanks again!

Thank you for your kind words! And I'm very happy to hear you liked it.

@@user-pb3or8hx2o thanks ph3!

Thanks Seb! Having polyrhythms and polymeters can be so much fun! How do you sequence your stuff? DAW or some piece of hardware?

Wow, my name is quite literally Seb P as well, lol. Not seen that combination elsewhere before.

Thanks Dan! Yeah, it does have a lot going on. I I lack the confidence to go "minimal". But I'm glad to hear my "overwhelming forces" melded together well. What is that sequencer you mentioned? The LFO trick on the HH sounds interesting! So I'd love to know.

Thanks, I only have the recording of that pad. No individual samples. But I've uploaded it for you here: www.mediafire.com/file/d05iigo45jma5qt/ElectronicTigerEndlessRoad2600Pad.wav/file Feel free to use it in anyway you see fit. And if you do, please send a link. I'd love to hear it!

@@electronictiger wow, thanks so much! I will definitely post a link when I use it. Thanks again for sharing this with me 👍

I do that every once in a while, and it never lasts long. But for that brief moment when everything is neatly organized it is really nice!

thanks!

That's the spirit, have fun!

Happy to hear you do, yodahunter. Thanks!

Thanks Anthony! Yes, the Kobol is a fantastic little synth. Go for it! It's a lot of fun to play with, and it sounds fantastic.

THanks Nienize! I appreciate reading that.

Thank you eak1da! Happy to surprise you with it. :)

Cool, thanks for letting me know. I've pinned your comment in case if someone else wants to know.

Getting lost in the zone, unaware of the passage of time.

Thanks! I hope your new toy is arriving soon. Have fun!

Thanks you!

Thanks!

Thanks Jaffa, I appreciate hearing that! The GAS never stops. Not for me, anyway. Despite having room full of goodies. The thing is though, as I'm sure you know, it's not how much gear you have. It's what you do with it. I've seen people with rooms full of stuff who create nothing. And kids with a single synth, a drum machine and time & dedication produce magic. I endeavor to be like such a kid. But it's hard. And must be extra so with A.D.H.D, I'm sure. Anyway, stay creative and have fun playing with the toys you've already got. Easier said than done, I know.

Seems to me that what is, or is not hypnotic is highly subjective. If it's not hypnotic for you, that's fine. Different strokes for different folks.

Thanks sonic! The ARP 2600 is brilliant instrument. I always wanted one ever since learning about them in the 90s. But they were way out of my price range. If Behringer never released their version, I would never have had the pleasure of playing with such a wonderful synth.

Thank you for coming on the journey with me! Happy to hear you've enjoyed the textures.

Thanks mate! Yes, that's spot on. It's really more of a noodle than a complete track. I do have ideas how it could be part of a large piece. With more context and other instruments. A starting point, if you will.

Fair question, maybe not? I think eventually will end up being a part of a bigger piece that will eventually put in the room with us, as you say. Cause I do like the sound of it.