Bad Gear - Yamaha SHS-10 Keytar - Most Embarrassing Synth Of All Time???
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Yamaha SHS-10 keytar. Is it the most embarrassing synth of all time?
Keen on Keys SHS-10 video:
• Yamaha SHS-10 Keytar R...
Sorry, native English speakers for messing up the word "Epitome". Beginner's mistake...
As a non-native speaker I have always found this word (along with "hyperbole") somewhat confusing, so I think I actually found your rendition easier to understand :)
Hey, at least you're big enough to admit it!
The gulag awaits. I hope you like salt, comrade.
Your English is very good, dude!
Plenty of native English speakers get it wrong, too!
The history lesson, the jokes and wit, the vfx, the costumes, the abundance of original music, the fact that you actually procure all of this amazing(/ly bad) gear... this channel is the best thing on the internet and we hardly deserve you, but thank you for doing your thing!!
Thanks for your support!
"I have horrible keyboard skills"
Proceeds to make amazing music with absolutelly anything that fall into his hands.
Love your channel! Keep it up!
Thank you so much! Playing keyboards is really hard for me, absolutely no muscle memory
He certainly is the Master of the Humblebrag in the most charming way. 😅
@@AudioPilz Alot of old wave bands (no noth synth wave, I mean new wave, cold wave and goth) haven´t got extreme keyboard skills. Some had a eighties drum/bass machine or keyboard organ drum machine, a cheap synth/string machine and a vocalist as the main setup. So a string melody+drum machine and vocals was pretty much all they had and some even made a living out of that kind of music. If you can make a simple verse and a simple chorus that people remember, you can make a good song!
Nowadays this is called minimal wave by the way. I was a kid in the eightes when that still was called synth pop or new wave.
@@AudioPilz you’re way better than me, and I’ve been playing for over 15 years!
When I worked in a music store in the late 80s and early 90s, we sold a ton of these in red.
The red ones look...rad!
My day probably bought one from you for my 9yo(1989) bro for Christmas. 😅😆✌🏾
Just kidding,he likely got it from the BX.
@@AudioPilzyes I love the looks of the red ones
The recipe to cook a bad gear:
- conceal its sound with another gear
- apply all the effect pedals you have at home
- distract a listener with a dope video clip
- make awesome music
Correct! I do have even more pedals, tho ;)
@@AudioPilz Havent even seen you pull out Eventide effect stuff, some of those beasts could turn pretty much anything into music. Could make an entire track from a metronome and a H3000 probably lmao
It's like making tunafish from a can. It's what you add to it.
"I'm not very good at playing a keyboard"
***Whips out a professional multi track, studio quality sound track with a low end product.***
Thanks!
This is one of my favorite synth channels because I never walk away wanting to buy more gear.
There are rare cases of Bad Gear G.A.S. ;)
This channel is a treasure. I’ve always suspected most gear could be squeezed hard enough to make something special and you live it every week. Hyped for more bad (and bette) gear
Thanks for watching!
I know you call this series "bad gear" but I absolutely love every piece you have presented. Maybe I just have trash tastes.
Let's call it special ;)
Bad gear just needs a good musician.
There are artists out there who specialize in it!
Bad gear + a musician + a few effects= any synth tone in the known universe.
@@sheepkillindog Exactly, and the same could apply using any bad guitar with a good amp played by a skilled guitarist.
@@lambertlambert7076 i dont know man, ive played guitar for 12 years i think , ive built a solid collection over the years. Two of my favourites are a strat copy that i bought from some neighbor for 60 bucks and a michael kelly telecaster that cost around 600. I love and play both them but compared to the objectively better one, it plays and sounds a LOT better. If you want a very dirty flatter sound, then the cheapo one is best, thats why i still use it.
Me during the cop music montage "Hey, is that real weed?"
Florian: Wags finger over it and shows spice packet.
This man can read minds.
Yes..there is zero gramms of weed 👍
The only drugs in this video is the unopened Corona bottle ;)
spice is much worse!
Why do few people mention spice in your vids
I bought one nearly mint for $12 at a garage sale about 10 years ago. Definitely worth it!
That's a bargain!
can you explain why its worth it?
Lol, bought mine for like less than $4 on a fleamarket 😂 didnt know they went for as much as $100😄
@@amadeusbrandenburg6439 I recently saw one on eBay for $400. I don’t get it either. I got mine for free.
I honestly liked the performance with the Digitakt.
Thanks!
Even with his self admit lack of skills on keys 🎹 it was 😎 cool performance
I was thinking the same thing, that melody was really nice!
For real! I got some serious Wintergatan vibes! (An alternative electronic music band from Sweden)
Jam is fire
For me, this show isn’t about IF you’ll get some cool music out of the gear, but rather, HOW you get cool music out of the gear 🤩
Thanks!
For me it's an act of self flagellation wondering why I can't get such cool music out of actual good gear *sad turtle noises*
That sounded funkier than I was expecting, it didn't completely suck.
Agreed, you CAN use it for making music ;)
The Pasco Washington reference made me repeat a few times (I grew up near). Thank you brightening my Fridays, it has been a high point these days.
Thanks for watching! I just googled "US least stylish city" ;)
@@AudioPilz it seems Google knows! There is great mexican food there, though.
@@adamrkob Pasco...Eastern Wa ...I only like passing through in the summer. besides that? scary
It's a pretty depressing place so google wasn't exactly wrong.
@@donkeyavenger Yup, close to the bottom of the Great Eastern Washington Gravity Well, if you can achieve escape velocity don't ever go back other than to visit and take in some sun and wonderful hispanic cuisine
That "building a floorboard" jam absolutely slaps, geez.
Floorboards are the tool of the devil! Thanks!
Gui-board?! Oh my!!
I guess "stringthesizer" hasn't been used either.
Btw - a friend had a Yamaha keyboard as a kid and it had "Wake me up before you go go" as the demo tune. They seemingly had a thing for Wham.
Now I have pictures of 80s Yamaha engineers going totally bonkers while shouting George Michael classics at a Japanese karaoke bar in my head
@@AudioPilz I reckon the project manager of the SHS-10 was a "Club Tropicana" kind of guy. 🍹⛱️
Last Christmas by Wham
LOL "cringesythizer"
Simply don't know how to stop binge watching your videos.
Don't ;)
Review of the synth I asked for below every 2nd video? Best. Birthday. Gift. Ever. Thank you!
Happy Birthday!!!
This one had me laughing more than any of the other ones you've done. Well done sir.
Thank you!!!
That is "everything sounds good if you have skillz" situation. I mean, heavily pedaled synth setups is no sin, and you can deliver dynamics with your own performance. It is a toy, but in a good way
I agree!
Thanks to the very active Synthware scene in Paris I've seen keytars, and this model in particular, not once but several times on stages in the past years. In these circles, these are absolute crowd-pleasers even if the player is only doing basic arpegiated chords on it, it looks badass and cheesy at the same time. I can understand why the prices are rising! And yes, the 80's were years before my time, but we can all appreciate some vintage cheese, it pairs well with wine ;) - Love the video, as usual, outstanding sutff!
Merci beaucoup!
Man your channel just never stops giving me content to enjoy, there are so many instruments good lord. Also I appreciate how timeless your format for these are, the quality and style has remained consistent even on some of the many years old video. Invaluable series, you deserve more subs
Thank you so much!!!
dude i get so happy when ever i see youv posted a new video, always entertaining especially for a gear head like myself.
Thank you!
This was beautiful! I love the shs-10; it was the gateway keytar that lead to my whole collection. Always great to see it get some love (or at least a neutral review)!
Thanks!
Went looking to see if Pink weighed in on this. Wasn't disappointed.
I had one of these as a kid and played a sick Mary had a little lamb over the rock drums for a show and tell
Mary had a little LAMB OF GOD!!!
Another fab video. Love the format. Keep it up.
Thanks!
Also, I love the way you always find something positive in all your videos. Keep up the great work, highlight of my Friday evening.
Thank you so much!
It's only a matter of time before I find your Bandcamp Vaporwave page.
Only to be released on Laserdisk!
@@AudioPilz Can you share the midi file on an Atari floppy disk ?
@@AudioPilz gee thanks for abandoning us CED people.
06:10 "...the amount of '80s clichés on this channel has become a bit annoying..."
You mean, "Has become an amazing feature of this channel," right? The editing has officially leveled up with the last few videos.
Thanks! Happy to hear that!
annonying as "must" for each episode XD
Your best video yet. Humorous yet honest.
Thank you so much!
Seen a few of your vids through my homepage and I’ve been checking them out. Super high quality, super consistent and super fun! Subbed
Thank you!
The novelty factor definitely informs how much they sell for. I payed way too much for my SHS-10, but I’ve gotten so much use out of it, I feel I got my money’s worth!
Yeah, those prices are mad
I love my SHS-10, especially good when hooked up to the Korg Micro X for those fantastic guitar sounds.
Nice!
That floor board jam was just magical ❤️
Thank you!!!
Honestly one of the most underrated channels on CZcams. The insane production value of these videos compared with how few views they get baffles me. Here's hoping for some traction and more subscribers :)
Happy to hear that, thanks. It's a marathon, not a sprint. Working on it!
Take a look for another keytar - soviet Junost 21. I haven't seen any other analog polysynth being offered for same price as used Volca Keys.
Just looked it up, not so cheap anymore. Looks great, tho!
Thanks for another great episode! Have you checked out the Breakway Vocalizer 1000? It's a rather obscure voice to midi synth with a hidden ESQ-1 engine (san the filters and vcas) behind it.
Wow, didn't know that one! Great stuff!
alright... i am gonna be honest with ya all on this one. In 1987, i was working at Sears Countryside on the dock and shipping dept and playing in a garage band named mod-l citizen. I have no memory of how this came to be... whether i had asked to do this or was contacted by someone in the electronics department, but....
I found myself working the weekends in my garage band "outfit" (think paul westerburg at church) "Demoing" this unit at the top of the escalators at Sears #1415. I had brought my trusty cz-101 and midi'd them up; and proceeded to make "music" for the the shoppers passing by trying to promote these things. I don't recall if i managed to move very many of these units, but eventually management decided paying me minimum wage to come in and do these demos wasn't worthwhile in sales, and that was it. I NEVER BOUGHT ONE THOUGH! seriously.
thanks for the great vid and the memory jarring! +best (oh and since my last reply, i have sent my drumbrute in to arturia for noise circuit repair. It is back (with a lovely t-shirt, key fob, and tote.) Its' sound engine is being routed through all manner of kit and still sounds... well, kinda meh... You may won this round , but i am not giving up on that beast to eventually produce some meaningful noise!) I still adore it as a controller/sequencer for the er-1 and emu though! take good care.
Thanks!
I love Violin Presets of those 2-OP toy keyboards. Feeding them thru an Amp Simulator really gives the feeling of a Power Chord
True that! Simple FM can rock!
Nothing says 'badass' quite like a keytar does.
True that!
indeed i have never heard 'nothing' say "badass"
@@Crazzzzzzzziesandus you clearly need some guiboard in your life.. 😉
But this isn’t a keytar. It’s a Gui-board 😎
how does he make these high quality videos so fast
Sleep deprivation;)
5:23 - this one is a banger! Well done Mr. Bad!
Thanks!
That midi port may help to turn it into a "sleeper", controlling a kickass synth on stage. People would think: holy cow, wtf is that haha
Yeah, hook it up to a huge modular!
5:45 is most excellent!!! My first “synth” was the Yamaha PSS-680, which was from the same time and same 2 op synth engine. Effects really helped... Check that one out.
Thanks! So many PSSes!
I have a bright red one! The last Christmas demo is great lol
Those red ones look...rad ;)
I sometimes use your reviews to help me select gear that no one else wants. I was eyeing the Behringer SH-101 clone the Ms-1, but really it offers too many choices on sounds and features. Every minute detail you have delivered in this video tells me this is the ultimate Keytar and a must have for me in my home SYNTH GOD CHAMBER. Thank you so much!
Hey, I love the term "Synth God Chamber";)
@@AudioPilz SYNTH GOD CHAMBER is the ritual space where middle aged sexual dark force energy is released while playing old analog synths through distortion and overdrive devices of great demonic summoning power. I am currently building such a Tipper Gore repellant energy locus in my home. I am centering it around a Korg "number of the beast" 770 Darkness Machine I have had since 1980. Maybe you can help me though. I was wondering how many Korg 770s were produced. Mine is Dimensional Plane of Hopeless Existence number 770505, also known as a serial number 770505. Also, I can't believe how much people ask for crappy old Keytars on the internet. I have always wanted one, but I may end up attaching a Casio Tone to a guitar body because I can'r afford what people want for the real thing.
Amazing! btw was really surprised how well 1st mix worked out...
I had loads of plugins in it and kicked them all out
I think you had more fun playing with the shs-10 than you should have ;)
Psssss, don't tell anyone ;)
I nearly vomited at the term 'Gui-board'
Back when marketing was cute
Yes!!! My buddy found one of these in the toy bin at a Goodwill for $10 and we thought it was a toy till years later when we wanted a second one and found this thing is a cult classic!
Nice find! Congrats!
Your jams were ridiculous cool! Nice video. Killed it!
Thank you so much!
Yeees, my first instrument! Love this little plastic gem, and it'll always have a place in my heart!
It's great that they still work like a charm!
Next video: The Casio VL-1
I would have to brace for a sh*tstorm, tho ;)
My favourite youtube channel, funny as hell yet informative.
Thank you so much!
Love your channel. Awesome job man! Can you do a video on one of the Yamaha RX 17 drum machines please.
Nice one! Already looking out for one!
My friend picked one of these up at a thrift store for about 30 bucks years ago. I had no clue they had such resale value.
Those prices really skyrocketed!
I like to play my sh-101 keytar on my headphones while skiing in my blue one piece snowsuit.
That's the way to go!
I play my red one, completely dressed in red, while getting driven around town on a red moped.
@@danjwalker nice
I am gratified to hear someone pronounce epitome the way I did for years. Apparently I was a native english speaker but not for that word.
I was seduced by the heavy sound ;)
Had one of those when I was like 10. I'll never forget the Last Christmas demo...
Legendary!!!
More comparisons to Kraft Singles please.
It's as Kraft Singles as it gets!
@@AudioPilz Works perfect for grilled sleaze.
@@AudioPilz needs Vegemite
That's actually a very decent sounding synth. I'd definitely find use for it!
True that! Especially with FX!
As always, very entertaining. My cousin, who didn't really play, had one of these back in the 80s. He also had a MiniKorg 700, which I bought from him for nothing. Good move. Thanks.
Wow, MiniKorg is really nice. I'd like to have one!
I love that keyboard. I know a guy who did an entire jazz album with it. The arranger section is really advanced for the time.
True! Check out the Keen on Keys episode on it. He really knows it in and out
I genuinely thought that was aimed at kids because it was so small and toy-like. If you we're serious, you got a KX-5 to go with your DX-7.
...that would not make that much sense on Bad Gear, tho ;)
Don't make me feel self conscious about my gear now. The midi capabilities of this are impressive especially for the time
True but only in one direction ;)
@@AudioPilz it was the 80s so I forgive it for that. Why would you want to play the keytar remotely anyway? You heard the system sounds
@@mrttripz3236 most all synths had midi in/out after it was introduced in the 80s. Why would you need midi in? To play it like any other synthesizer module or keyboard
@@broklee I can guarantee you that a vast majority of consumer grade instruments from the time did not have midi. And you wouldn't need to do that because it sounds like shit.
@@mrttripz3236 even the old consumer grade casitones had midi in and out
i remember buying one on sale at a burlington, n.c wolworth store for around $50.00!! no teen or adult cared for the internal sounds, but when you ran the midi input into a larger yamaha or casio keyboard and mixed the auto-accomplements via midi, you got some pretty good grooves going on!!! if i see one in a pawn shop for around $100.00. i'ts mine!!
True! They have become crazy expensive tho
My mum was from Stuttgart from an Austrian family.
I like hearing English with this accent. Takes me back.
I really appreciate it that native English speakers don't mind us butchering your language. It's not that easy for people trying this in German
@@AudioPilz I’m just glad you aren’t doing this in Austrian German. There’s an accent I struggle to understand.
Congrats on the music tech award you definitely earned it!
Thank you much! I honestly didn't expect that
You got my vote easily, you put a ton of work into your videos and you have a really impressive book shelf. Really happy to see you get that recognition, along with a bunch of other people I also enjoy and respect.
I started laughing at timecode 0:02 this sound is INCREDIBLE
It didn't surrender easily ;)
You wanted the MSRP, I'm about 96% positive that I paid $169.99 when I bought this thing new from Sears in 1987. Thanks for the always awesome content Mr. #1 Music Tech Personality of 2020 on MusicRadar! I wholeheartedly agree!!!
Thank you so much!
I own this little lad's bigger brother the SHS-200. It has an expanded feature set and is quite a bit bigger. It's mainly used as a controller but it's just generally fun to get out at parties. Was really hoping you might mention it in this video since nobody seems to know about it. Great video anyway dude, I think keytars just get a bad name because they're quite easy to mock even if people have no idea how to play one.
Yeah, totally neglected the 200. Thanks for watching!
From now on, I shall call Keytars "Orphicas"
Team Orphica!
Typing this comment already before I have seen the video. That picture is already Embarrasing enough! Moving on very carefully now ... Might ... not ..... survive!
Show your wound...;)
At the other end of the 'half-assed keytar' scale lies the Kawai KC-10 Spectra - a rudimentary 5-octave synth with attachment lugs for a strap. Slight design flaw: it only runs off a wall-wart power supply, somewhat limiting your ability to leap around the stage.
Maybe build a custom-made multicore for that?
Hooking a gate mod and +24CV directly into the tremolo wheel unlocks the fully nuclear option for Euro Rack enthusiasts.
Great idea! I didn't think of that. I did think of hooking 400V 32A directly into the headphone output;)
@@AudioPilz Using voltage mains is the golden standard to get K00L EFFECTS. Please review the Tascam 414 MKII Portastudio 4 Track Recorder - it's the ultimate 4 track recording machine for DAWLESS AUDIO PRODUCTION WORK FLOWS with a LO-FI cassette bias for a high tech sound.
Your keyboard skills are actually pretty good. It feels very weird play a keytar, the angle is just messed up, and mini keys- aarrghh!
I used to have a heavy Korg fiberglass, full sized keytar that weighed a TON. It was so heavy, it often would slip off the guitar strap and hit my feet- that was too much so I sold it to some guy in Sweden (sorry if he has sore feet!).
Thank you so much!!!
"Doctor, doctor, I'm afraid I am not getting enough 80's cheese in my life"
Here, take one of these every day
"What are they and what will they do?"
Sir, they are AudioPilz...
Sir, would you like to have some bit crushed Shrooms with your audio? ;-)
I have a disease and the only cure is... (thanks, btw;)
@@AudioPilz I make it seem like a joke but in 100% absolute seriousness, I LOVE vapourwave and spend many hours listening to the mixes on youtube - it was you who introduced me to the hardware required to make such music and now I own more than a few pieces of "bad gear" and spend many happy hours with dual octave basslines, microkorg arpeggios and SR-16 cowbells and I love every second of it - from the bottom of my heart and in total and utter sincerity, this is what got me through the 2020 covid-19 lockdown ... i guess we each have our own tastes but you helped me reach my potential in a year like no other and I will always be grateful for this.
Doctor doctor, I feel like a pair of curtains. "Just pull yourself together man"
I picked one up for ten bucks at a flea market back in the late 90s .
I was impressed by the portamento .One of my best flea market finds ever . 😁
Yeah, great stuff. Probably one of the best possible gear investments
Best Video so far, awesome memes and the montage of the track is chef’s kiss
Thank you!!!
To my shame I had to Google Hatesphere. So I was end up listening to the closing jam mixed with 'Corpse of Mankind'. I think the combo worked.
Nothing wrong with a little Death Metal from time to time
Next on bad gear: Jupiter 8
Shots fired ;)
Worst gear ever: the Yamaha CS 80 analog home organ. :-)
@@Aetila worst gear ever: the yamaha shs 10
The Yamaha SHS-10 keytar was a toy for kids and teens. It was never an 'audio tool'.
As such it was a lot of fun. It was never meant to be taken seriously.
AFAIK a lot of people did take it seriously ;)
No matter how much it stumbled, as a key-tar it gets bonus cool points.
Can't look lame with a keytar across your body. It's just science.
Fact!
you own a concerning amount of hand cuffs
Good Gear!
The man has the Marquis de Sade displayed prominently on his bookcase. If you’re concerned by handcuffs, you would probably be more so by what is hidden from view
Just wanna renew my vote for the Casio HT-700 🙏👍
No worries, it's on my radar!
Deine Videos sind echt geil! Danke!
Danke fürs Zuschauen!
I started out on a Keytar SHS10, and then got the SHS 200. I ended up with the digital sax the Yamaha WX11. Yamaha sure did a lot to stretch beyond just a piano. When I had the SHS 200 I realize that playing with your hand up higher for the bass keys were a bit harder, and I think the SHS 10 was closer to what you want to play on. You could use the pitch wheel to go up or down a whole octave to expand your range. would have prefer a switch for the octave changes. I have sent the idea for the Yamaha to make the keytar out of the Reface component. This is the best post on the SHS 10 that I have seen!
Thanks!
DUDE YOU TOTALLY RULED WITH THE PEDAL BOARD SET UP FOR THIS KEYTAR!
THANKS MAN!
HELL YEAH BORGER> GOBLESS!!
So we're all now watching a man of whom we know he has fluffy handcuffs readily available to be pulled out at any time :p
A staple in every household!
You can’t hate on anything 80s. It was a cheesy time, but spoken in true Roger Ramjet fashion... And So It Was...
True! 80s is a safe space ;)
I have a little Portasound PSS-360 that has a similar cheesiness to it, and it is delicious!
These are kids toys, but they don't even pretend to be serious about themself. And that is sometimes just what you need after a depressing day of work.
True that! Yamaha always included some pro features, tho
Wow, unprocessed with no effects, that thing sounds like a bag of cats. Other material in the video was excellent as per usual!
Thanks! Yeah, the pure sounds are so crude!
2-OP synt engine. you could say its not that OP... I'll see myself out.
lol
My experience with this synth, walking home from a late night at work around 2:30am I see someone I know who is a scum bag but a really creative maker, he invites me in to see some silver rings he is casting and I notice the Yamaha in the corner in an attractive red. I tell him it’s on my bucket list and he says $150. Thankfully I have been working all night and I make my way home with my beautiful new toy. A month later a sweet good friend comes down into the basement studio. He picks up the synth gently and says, man I used to have one just like this but /name redacted/ stole it from me when I was moving out about a year ago. $150 is a cheap price to return my friend’s treasure. I think I had it long enough, but a little gem imo.
Wow, it went full circle!
@@AudioPilz thankfully I bought a Roland Lucina when Best Buy slashed the price in half, so if I ever need to emulate Chick Corea I have an axe available.
It’s always nice to see someone shred like I do.
Thank you so much!!!
Accordions were the first keytar. Change my mind.
Wouldn't the Clavichord be the first Keytar, in that it was both a keyboard instrument and a guitar?
As a local here in Vienna I'll stick to the Orphica ;)
Weltmeister Basset was an electric piano bass, similar principle as Claviset, the keys plucks reeds, what are picked up. I wished it, at least I used the Claviset.
In fact accordions could have been the first Chord arranger... and the origin of polka style in casiotones xD
You just have to listen to Argentinian electronic cumbia and you'll know how to use this instrument properly (like trashy trash).
I have to do some research on that!
I bought it in 1987 and the only word that characterises this instrument is FUN TO PLAY. Moreover, the 80's line is really beautiful and this justifies the current prices, as well as that of a simple GAMEBOY, which may not be all that powerful and professional but is FUN TO PLAY. That's all.
Truly fun instrument indeed!
This thing had midi out. It was awesome! In 1996 I plugged it into my AWE64 soundblaster & with cakewalk 5 I made a techno album.
Yeah, 1996 AWE64 Soundblaster Crew!!!