Synth Workshop / Roland History - Studio Time: S2E4
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- čas přidán 27. 04. 2017
- Have some good speakers or headphones for this one! In this episode, I explore the use-cases and features of various unique synthesizers around my studio and walk down the timeline of Roland synths.
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Dear Followers,
A question and comment that I get asked a lot is; These synths are worth a fortune; Yes, now they are!
1 The trick is to buy this stuff when its dirt cheap and easy available. I bought most of mine in the 80's early nineties. No one had an idea that these would come back into fashion and people sold synths for nothing. I mean really for nothing. A ps3300 Korg would sell for 300$. Now I saw recently one on eBay for 30.000 Pounds ( 40.000$). Nobody wants to pay that money for something like that! That is exactly the reason why I do not own certain synths. I would like to have them but I am not willing to pay that insane money. E.g. I do not own a roland 303. I would love to have one but I will not pay $4.000 for a synth that should cost $100. Arp 2500; $250.000, Really? That is a house!
Now I am buying gear that was released in the 90's and 2000's. Dirt cheap; easy to get.... Who knows in 40 years what they are worth. $50-$250 will buy you heaven.
But Value is not the point here. I use them, I love them, I cherish them. They are my soul to making music and they keep me inspired!
Love you all for watching these tutorials!
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tom
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Dear Followers,
A question and comment that I get asked a lot is; These synths are worth a fortune; Yes, now they are!
1 The trick is to by this stuff when its dirt cheap and easy available. I bought most of mine in the 80's early nineties. No one had an idea that these would come back into fashion and people sold synths for nothing. I mean really for nothing. A ps3300 Korg would sell for 300$. Now I saw recently one on eBay for 30.000 Pounds ( 40.000$). Nobody wants to pay that money for something like that! That is exactly the reason why I do not own certain synths. I would like to have them but I am not willing to pay that insane money. E.g. I do not own a roland 303. I would love to have one but I will not pay $4.000 for a synth that should cost $100. Arp 2500; $250.000, Really? That is a house!
Now I am buying gear that was released in the 90's and 2000's. Dirt cheap; easy to get.... Who knows in 40 years what they are worth. $50-$250 will buy you heaven.
But Value is not the point here. I use them, I love them, I cherish them. They are my soul to making music and they keep me inspired!
Love you all for watching these tutorials!
X
tom
heh vintage digital is going to be the next wave. im not even joking, i feel like its already starting with synths like ESQ growing more and more expensive everytime i check ebay.
But there are remakes of these synths, the Roland Boutique series, the ARP 2600 remake, Korg MS-20 remake, etc. These remakes are updated versions of the old classics, include MIDI, are affordable and sound very close to the glorious old machines. So all is good.
No, it isn't, it's not just social trend cycling, there is a REASON why analog is loved, it's not just nostalgia...they SOUNDED BETTER...obviously better. As far as vintage digital, The DX7 and ESQ1/SQ80 are already classics, but with the amount of DX7's produced the price could never get over a couple hundred buck, there's too many in circulation. I bought my SQ80 for $200 and I've had offers of $1000 for it (I'm not selling) but I think that's as expensive as it will ever get, The early digitals had one advantage, components that couldn't be replicated via computer, not exactly anyway, the DX7 had the 12 bit DAC's that gave it it's magic, not other FM synth has ever come close, and the SQ80/ESQ1 (Along with the DW8000, K3, ect.) had the analog filter (and 12 bit DAC's) so a computer can never really nail the sound of those synths, but if you want the sounds of a D-50 (Hillarious how they are manufacturing nostalgia for that with the Boutique...IT'S HORRIBLE!) M1 or JP8000 a computer will nail it, thus nullifing any real value.
Hey Tom, despite knowing your work for a while I just came across your channel yesterday. Thanks for the fantastic videos and for your will of showing us your knowledge. The Jupiter 8 is fantastic, sounds like heaven, please keep the good energy and cheer us with more videos!!!
Totally agree. Buy low. The good ones always appreciate in price.
This is what my house would look like if I won the lottery.
Paul TheSkeptic This is something like what my house is going to look like in the future 😍 Dream Big, work hard and belive it will come ✌😁
You read my mind except way funnier!
@@alieustiansamateh6401 I was just thinking about that, believe it and make it real. if you want some inspiration take a look at the movie rush
The Juno's were THE pad sound you heard on most 80s records
This man is a living legend - a true treasure amongst our culture and humanity. Tom, you're amazing and thank you for all the effort you put into everything you touch.
We're moving to another room ??? Bloody hell !
Juno6, Juno 106, Jupiter 6 & Jupiter 8 love them all, have them all in my home studio
Thanks for the many years of love and devotion you have put into this and sharing it. Great work!
Happy to see I'm not the only one with love for the JP-8080.
Oh man, i am so glad you are showing us your studio and brain. Thanks so much for being such an active powerhouse in the music production world. I appreciate it very much.
Thanks so much for making this. Big fan of Roland I've owned one or two of these of these but fantastic to see these all together and played. Not only is your studio amazing but the condition of these instruments just WOW!
These videos are a real treat. Thank you. And every time I hear a D-50 it makes me want one even more. 😁
Man; what a great series! Thanks for sharing all this information and great sounds with us, Tom!
You're doing excelent job making this series. I'm a fan. Thanks Tom!
Really comprehensive tour to these beautifull synths. This could be my heaven. Thanks man for this awesome tour. 💚
I've been refreshing my homepage waiting for this upload. Can't wait to watch this little synth course!!
I am getting goosebumps of that beautiful synth sounds..thank you tom! This is why i like synthwave.
Gotta love that lush reverb on those synths! Thanks for making this series Junkie, Love your passion for hardware synths!
Quite compelling and inspiring. Its great to see how Roland synths have evolved over the years. Massive kudos to engineers who brought these innovative machines to life through experimentation and craftsmanship.
Thanks for the vid Tom - inspiring. Fantastic mint JP-4!
Thank you Tom for this incredible video. And I personally loved the reverb on the synths. You need it to give them life.
The majority of these synths look mint as if they're brand new. Love to see these massive synth collections. Love your videos junkie xl.
Amazing episode! The sound of those synths is like candy for the mind.
Such insightful videos! Keep them coming Tom!
Best episode until now
RIP - Ikutaro Kakehashi (1930 - 2017)
Thanks for another great video, Tom! I've long been a fan of Roland gear. Back in the late 80's and early 90's when I started to get back into synths I purchased several of their more budget items and they were and still are great, like the MKS-50 (with PG-300), TR-505, and S-10 sampler.
So nice to see all these Roland beasts, reminds you of all the tracks that where and still are released using sounds from one of these synths.
Great great lovely video and talkthrough :-), thankyou for sharing you machines with us . Simply Wow !!!!!
so pleasant to see Tom's videos in my sub feed every Friday!
instant inspiration :D
Beautiful !!!!
The best way to learn about Roland!!!!
I would stay in this room for years! Amazing!!
Hi Tom!! I'am from Brasil and I just came across your channel and subscribe today. Thank you for taking me back over thirty years ago. Awesome sounds well played. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks a lot tom for doing these amazing tutorials!! these are very helpful... i am learning and enjoying a lot.....you rock junkie!!
I have never witnessed so many synthesizers in one place before. Thanks for sharing.
One day this studio will be a museum.
you made me dust of my Juno 6 and play with it again. \o/
gosh.. your studio is heaven
You're an amazing teacher Tom ! This videos are gold ha
Thanks Tom, nice trip down memory lane for me... I sure miss some of my old Roland gear !!!
These mouth watering analog synths..awesome!!
really amazing Tom
Thank you
fun tour, it was cool to learn history on this.
Master Tom, Educate the world you do.
Thanks for making these videos.
Thanks for giving us a tour of your gear Very Nice
I want to thank you Sir for this opportunity to dive deep into the mind of one of the best composers working today.
He's not letting you come over, so stop brown nosing
30:43 - That´s like every music history class should be...
Amazing season!
Tom, these videos are fascinating and engaging and some of the best synthporn in the web. As a long-time synth collector I have to say that the Juno-6 is one of my all-time favourites. I was lucky enough to find mine for $200 in the mid-nineties. in fact, most of my best gear was found back when it was dirt cheap. Anyway, thanks for the great videos (Oh, and the film scores are also pretty kick-ass!)
Wow I want all of those now, that vocoder though... thanks again for running through these, it's the start to my weekend! Cheers
Great video. Insane collection!
That reverb is just beautiful! I love it in its own right. ;)
Total synth heaven.
Tom, I'm not a musician, but have always loved synthesised music. You appear to be as much of a curator of these synths as well as a great musician. Enjoying the channel immensely. Keep up the great work! Your electricity bill must be staggering btw!
Gonna have it on repeat for a week or two on my display... heaven.
This channel is genius.
“Let’s now move to...” STOP IT!!! :-)
Wat een prachtige verzameling synthesizers. Bizar mooi geluid! Thanx for showing it
Great tour :-)
love the info Mannn!! keep it up!. amazing that you make the time to do this videos for us.
YOu deserve a fistpump
That vocoder is out of this world!!!! 💫🌟✨⭐️
Nice video!. I have to say that I love my JD-800. All those faders.....
That Roland VP 330 sounds like an album maker of a piece..
Thank you so much for this video, it also seems like a beautiful introduction to synths in general.
That' s a great collection, thanks for sharing. Wishing i will have the budget for it someday :) Thanks for all your videos, they are really motivating and instructive !
Great show 👍
Just discovered your great CZcams videos which brought up a lot of memories from my early days experimenting with music in the 1980s.
As a guitar player I only became interested in synthesisers when I visited a musical instrument store in Australia looking to buy guitar strings and saw the latest Roland sythn on display. I decided to play it with headphone on and couldnt believe what i was hearing. the price tag at the time was just over $3000 (AU) which was a lot of money (equivalent to about 3 Fender Telecasters plus change).
When I was finally kicked off the synth so that someone else could try it, I decided that I had to save my pennies and get one these Roland Synths. I still have and use the D50.
There is only one hope for humanity... The synthesizer.
Love the videos.
Wow. That was the most passionate demo of a VP-33O I have ever witnessed. You love her don't ya ;) Now I want one lol
Okay now were in a different studio room, in the same house....
What a boss.
Thanks so much for the education....... I'm a fan
Thanks so much making this video, excellent demonstration and lesson! Would love to see something similar for the Korg products, particularly the Triton.
awesome collection
Thanks for uploading this history of Roland! I love it! Most of my synthesizers are Roland. There's just something magical about the sounds they make. Your new subscriber, Sam, from the machiwoomiapoo channel. :) Take care and have a wonderful weekend.
Old is gold indeed...I can now clearly imagine how important these synths are, when it comes to SFX or background scoring in movies :)
Great episode. I'm now awaiting Synth Workshop Through Korg History.
coming up!!
ThankX for the great video. Q? I hope you can help me here. I am a retired US Army Blackhawk pilot, I have been flying EMS helicopters for past 8 years and have officially retired 6 months ago. My dad was a Concert Pianist for a good portion of his life, what I remember is that we had a Concert Grand Piano in our living room back in the 1950's. I got into music (guitar) in 1967 (made my first electric guitar in 1967). I joined the Military on 1969 x 3 years and returned to Los Angeles. I continued playing than in 1975 I bought a Hammond B3 with Leslie 122, that led to a Roland 60, DX7, and other synth modules.
In 1980 I went back into the Military and flight school. The military placed a huge damper on my keyboard playing. Here is my Q. Sadly I had to sell the B3 (went to a great Church in Temple Texas. I still have my Synths. I really liked the Juno 60 and you brought it back into the forefront for me.
Here is my problem, one of my keys is dead, when I would hit the key nothing would happen. Does that sound like an issue you have had in the past? Any guess what it could be? I'm thinking its a lost cause. I would love to unbox it and start playing again but that key really jacked me up. ThankX in advance Dustoff!!
Love that Vocoder! nice tour, thanks
I'm not a religious man, but I can now say, without a doubt, that I've seen heaven.
Heaven indeed is a place on earth.
Attila Yavuzer Right!? PPG Wave, EII, Jupiters, and just so many synths everywhere, of varying architecture and ages.
On another note, I like that he can appreciate all kinds (like myself), rather than being an analog purist or something
@Attila: easy heaven :-)
No, this is where heaven was MADE!! :D
Gotta love that Arpecherator! Sorry man, your English is 100x better than my Dutch! Great demos, love the ominous reverb you got going on :)
delightful.love Rolands,maybe get to own one some day.
Damn you, raising the prices even more on the classics! :P
Nice tour though - salivating over all that gear!
Fantastic!
I got a bit scared not seeing the D-50 and JV1080 but off course you have them :D Bet you have the vintage expansion as well. Wonderful collection, could get lost for days there :o
Had not heard of the Jupiter 4. What a cool looking (and sounding) synth!
I started an Analog Synth Collection of my own after messing with Digital Synths my whole career and Jesus. I love Analog the feeling of just turning the knobs and feeling one with a synth, it's something you can't get from a digital synth. I don't care about the sound differences it's all about that feeling.
I agree AND disagree - there's nothing like a Roland JD800 to me as it has the best of both worlds but I know EXACTLY what you mean !!!
@@zoolook3264 I agree with you both. Massive fan of and preference for analog, but I also have a JD-800 and it's a rare digital that sounds characterful, great filter and has that great interface and isn't a VA. It's an amazing synth, JunkieXL has one too (or did)
im from the future , the arturia microfreak might change your mind on digital vs analog
Great DIVA master classes man
Great Roland old stock History review Tom , Jeez think of all the owner manuals ,that's a life work right there *_*
Thanks for doing that ! Great series! With this episode you really made me want to buy a proper synth instead of playing only with VSTs.
These sounds are so sick!
I thought I had a lot of synths but you got me beat!! Love it! Don't let my avatar fool ya. Synths are my first love but sometimes ya gotta go with what works and pays in the area you live. And I do Love bass too!
Thanks for another tour of your wonderful music realm ;-) I've have a Jupiter-6, a Juno 106 and a JX8P myself along with some controllers and various modules and goodies.. Had to sell them all sadly.... Nice to see those units in such good shape :-D
I'd love to see you talk about music theory and sound design. There's so many synth videos out there. But I still enjoy them especially when you show rarer and less accessible synths. Keep up the good vibes!
coming up in this segment in future
Bedankt! Keep these videos coming!
I absolutely love Your channel!! I make electronic music but I'm also really getting into making music for films. Classic synths are awesome
Brilliant 🙏☮️
I Love Classic Roland synths.
Wow. I'd love a tutorial on drones for the D-50, D-550. That was a really great abstract drone
Bedankt Tom, leuke video's
Those reverb tails on the synths are stunning.
That reverb sounds amazing.
Gruwelijk Toffe video!!