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Just got the S-1. Need to invest in the Volca. I assume your red cable is into a DAW via your audio interface

6 minute of your annoying voice.

Stop talking

Now I need one.

8:08 Wow!!!!

I beg you, please add actual keys. Even just regular keyswitches. Fuck this touchpad shit.

Really nice, and "We are here for the fun, not for making sense" is now my favourite explanation for everything. Thanks for the video.

TUTORIAL - Activate the Roland S-1's arpeggiator and choose the arpeggio type you prefer. - No sequencer needed: to engage the arpeggiator, activate the Hold button, then on the keyboard push all the notes you want to play at once. - I used the Filter LFO to create an evolving effect (to make it quicker I started with a presets that comes with one of the default patterns, but you can easily program your own sound). - You can tweak the Filter and the Effects knobs in real time to create sound variations. - On the Volca FM I pre-recorded a simple pattern in the internal sequencer, using the preset "Glassbell". - I didn't sync the two units because I wanted the two patterns to interact in an unpredictable way. - I used the transpose slider on the FM to create melodic variations in real time. - In the final part I messed up with the tempo by slowing down both units at different pace.

Great for someone like wanting to experiment with this type of equipment. Thank you

Great

Like everyone has said, very inspiring, especially to be sharing how to make it work in that etherial ambient manner. Wow. Thanks!

For fifty bucks, I think it's pretty cool. Great demo!

Nice sounds & vibe ✌🏼

These babies are like super Volcas, Korg should take note of some of these refinements and enhancements to the portable synth concept.

lovely!

People call this a toy. Legendary electronic pioneers Kraftwerk used toys, such as the kid centric Mattel Beegees, Casio VL-1, Speak n spell, Stylophone and the wonderfully lo-fi Optigan.

Loved it ! Returned the S-1 for the JT-4000 and very happy with it using with an Ipad setup. The audio over USB on the S-1 was driving me crazy

The Roland S-1 beats it for sure! 😊

I've just got mine. All I've done so far is to update the software, but when I get home tomorrow, I'm having a play around with it!

This is so freakin awesome! I am just diving into the materia and got some questions. Is the Zoom MS-70 CDR connected into an Audio Interface, what are the cables on the left side of the MS-70? Sorry for those stupid questions, but i am a total beginner!

I use whatever..The only thing is, unless you are sing something like Reaktor/CSound/MAX/PD/ SuperCollider/Macaw,etc, that's open ended, you will stay inside the box.I just do not fall into the SCAM that you need new gear and software. A 5 year old computer can make all the music 95% of people make.

Please dont cut the video, we loose track of the explanation

I make most of my music using volca keys, totally in love with this synth from day 1.

Just sent my one back to the shop. It sounds great, yes !! But the UI is not like using an analogue synth with a knob per function. For $%^& sake, I work in Serum ( A virtual synth) and it's 10 times easier to program than the S1, and I loath programming virtual synths. This got to me after a while, and I thought, ok this is not a synth I enjoy programming at all. But if you're into hidden functions and menu diving, go for it, it really has amazingly good sound and FX. If you're thinking I'm some old fart who doesn't know how to even plug in a synth, I built my first Moog clone at 16, and owned quite a few well known synths like Juno's Yamaha DX7, Ensoniq, and recently a Hydrasynth deluxe (which is totally digital and has menus - But has a very intuitive workflow which I love). The S1 is totally digital, and if you're aiming for deep powerful bass, good luck with that. I have a Behringer D and it utterly destroys the S1 as a bass synth. I tried substituting the S1 for the D part, in a piece ambient music, and basically the S1 bass got lost somewhere in the mix. It doesn't have the raw smooth power of an analogue synth, and ends up sounding very raspy, even with the sub oscillator on. But for the immediate Wow factor the S1 destroys the D because of the great effects engine. It it's a matter of taste, and function in the end. Have fun making music, and at least try the S1 out, you might end up loving it.

Tiz a strong synth ever, isn't it?

Beautiful! You have truly demonstrated the S-1 can be a fantastic ambient machine!

1 word: FREEDOM!

Thank you!

Music starts at 5:06

It is undoubtedly a good synth in the budget range and I use it constantly in my music, but it has a serious flaw: even though I create a sequence with the metronome, it doesn't keep time: it plays the notes late. I also downloaded the machine update files from the Korg website without appreciable results.

Awesome vibe. My ears thank you.

Such a great soundscape! Really getting some great sonic potential out of a minimalist setup here! Just internal reverbs? or are you using any external processing in addition?

Crazy Tangerine Dream

wow

An impressive jam. 👍👍

As someone who is just beginning his musical journey, videos like this are so incredibly inspiring. Please... keep creating content like this.

Add a beat and you have a beat scape. Is there rhythm beats in those synths?

ok so how does this work? valhalla into monotron duo, duo into monotron delay, and delay into whatever sound capture you're using? just trying to figure out where Valhalla fits in all of this. i have all 3 monotrons and wanna know how i can add more stuff to a noise session

Great stuff! Mind me asking how you connect them to the pc and record it?

Thank you for sharing the tutorial/setup notes in the description!

The FM tone is evoking some classic Kitaro for me.

Love it! Thank you.

❤❤❤

Your battery be like 😵‍💫

This was fun

a visitor at home had one, hooked him up to my stereo and was so impressive for such a small device...was like a mini rave happening in my lounge! but you have shown me the mellow side of it and i thank you greatly

Nice!

Nice sound, but I’d prefer a little more variation in 5mn of the same patterns - can you randomise at all? or maybe simply switch patterns?

Thanks for this new trip!