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Yeah, sadly they have buried it a bit in the last few years, but it’s really quite impressive

If you haven’t checked out the other sound modules videos on my channel (JV1080, M1R and Proteus) then that might be an avenue and all of them can be picked up reasonably cost effectively. But bear in mind they are all tech from the 80-90s and so compared to something new they will be a long way the level of realism we enjoy today. The thing is, the rack mount module seems to have died and so if you get something newer you are likely to be also paying the expense of a keybed etc. I really like the piano on my Roland FP80 (which I’m using as a controller in this video) and you can sometimes pick it up out one of it’s older relatives (e.g. FP-4) at not too bad a price but then you aren’t going to get a particularly wide range of sounds and you’ll need the space for it.

Yes. I choose long articulations for the comparison because some of the libraries don’t have short actuations (for example Olafur Arnold’s Evolutions).

@@StephenTallamyMusic I am new to string libraries/samples, and was looking for strings for Motown and 70s Disco and understood those are about short articulations. Looking for an affordable one I find most reviews and demos are about broad 'cinematic' layers and indeed many, certainly more affordable libraries only have a few articulations, not the ones needed for the genres I mentioned. There are some Spitfire libraries mentioned as suitable for those, however. Thank you for the reply.

@@fritsvanzanten3573 yes for that style you definitely want short articulations and probably would get a most of what you need out of ensemble patches as you probably don’t need to split out each section. Also you probably would want a dry sound. This rules out quite a lot of the Spitfire stuff because it’s recorded in large halls.

@@StephenTallamyMusic Thank you for thinking along Those are indeed the things I'm in the process of figuring out (and I don't want to buy something to find out afterward). It makes that most comparison videos don't apply, but you can't tell from the title (hence my slightly frustrated comment). Spitfire's Chambers Strings and Intimate Stings are mentioned though. Another aspect is that libraries also may consist of loops/complete phrases, which I don't prefer.

@@StephenTallamyMusic Slinky Strings would be a nice (LABS?) library😉

Absolutely agree!

It was incredible!

Oooh I would love to see a photo of that rack!

Absolutely - often having too much choice can stifle creativity so it was fun to work within the constraints of only using Crow Hill samples.

Thank you! What a lovely compliment. I really enjoyed making this one.

I went back and opened up the session to see what was happening at Bar 13 (which I think is you are talking about) and there are no bum notes... there is a bass drum that gets added at the point which might be what you are hearing?

That could be it, thanks for checking, wasn't actually expecting that 😊

It's one of the strange things in writing music that often it's more difficult to write something simple than something complex (and still be good music).

Absolutely. It’s amazing what you can do with simple chords but brilliant orchestration

Hope it was helpful

Hope you found it useful

I think that’s common with FM synths and usually compensated by using external effects (delays, reverbs, chorus etc)

That’s a shame. I wonder if they could implement NKS somehow. It could be hard given the dynamic content in the plugin.

Thank you! It’s a great piano to add character to a track.

Thanks for watching!

Glad you liked it!

Thank Des! It was great fun putting it together.

Thanks! I originally made the track without that section because I couldn’t work out how to make “brass” and then it struck me that Chorus Synth could work!

@@StephenTallamyMusic Indeed the chorus Synth was somethin unique there instead of the brass... Also the Synth kinda gave some vibes of the dune 2 soundtrack... Loved the whole composition!!!🔥

Yes it will play back the WAV files at the standard Eurorack voltage levels.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Cheers Ali C!

🎉 awesome 🎉

Thanks Andrea - hopefully I did the track justice!

@@StephenTallamyMusic nailed it!!!

Amazing instruments used!

Thanks for watching!

Thanks Ben! Had a lot of fun making this one

It certainly is an impressive synth!

The JD-800 looks good, that is it. But is barely better than a Roland D-5. Is so limited, you can not sync LFOs to midi, it does not transmit/ receive CC control. I have it just because it looks good but is only 4 parts as well. Whatever it does, anything can do it better.

Yeah I didn’t really see that issue with the M1 when controlling a single parameter. I expect I could create the problem if I did many Sysex at once. Maybe because the M1 was sample based it has bigger memory buffers than the pure FM of the TX81Z/DX11.

That’s a great deal! Have fun with it.

Great, the DX11 has a couple of improvements upon that older rack, I believe. Pitch envelop and that strange envelop attenuation, where U can lessen the effect of an envelop of a modulator. This makes more possibilities to long evolving sounds. As the envelops of that second generation of DX's were drastically simplified compared to the DX7's, it seems they tried to give a bit of an escape route. Anyways, the TX81Z is an interesting module, more towards plucked sounds, because of these simple envelops and lack of another 2 oscillators, to make a fake chorus by copying and detuning two other ones to, wait for it, two other ones. But! You can easily make up for that with copying that sound to an adjacent sound, and do the detuning there. Have both of them played together, even in stereo separated; and voila, the best "Roland Chorus" you ever experience is right there. That makes this module and the DX11 actually an 8 operator synth. Ok, you lose multitimbrality, now U down to four notes. Still cool for some chords to develop. But what about these bass-lines, when U combine that famous TX Bass with that famous TX Hi Tine piano and Synth Pad, and U still have two voices of that mix to play, which sometimes just is the right room in a composition, where other synths or guitars are present. Now. If U put your DX11 to "MONO mode" that thing is a beast. ( It really is much, much more than a "MiniMoog". You can only do that though in "Performance Mode". There U stack up 8 instances of it, which results in 8*4 oscillators = 24 oscillators of anything between 8 basic oscillators. That is fun, enjoy it. MiniMoog has only 3 oscillators, which though can have 4 different variants, a bit like DX11 can have 8 different variants. Only one of them can act as a modulator to the others, but only in very low register, putting Minimoog even less capable. In DX11 U can have any in low register. But, DX11 does not have any filters after the basic sound creation. MiniMoog has that, though. I like both. They complement each other.

WOW, that is really cheap. Did everything work and looking good? My last one I picked up years ago at ten times that amount. It was though in a complete pristine condition. Prices are falling down exponentially? Yeah, maybe, because VST's are taking over. People are getting rid of their unused space invaders. But, I'm not so sad. It is always nice to hit the keys of my DX11, although it is not the best keybed in the Yamaha range, it is just enough, same like these Motifs afterwards, which sported the same or worse, until the Montage. The DX11 is so cute. And it works. Try to assign the "Data Slider" to anything in U DAW. It works. This cutie was a MF. Wake up.

Ha yes so far I haven’t walked into anything but there’s always time for that!