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@fender1000100 4 сағат бұрын
The greatest drum machine of alltime. This is more than a drum machine. With the superb editting. You can made it talk.
@TheBroDotTV 15 сағат бұрын
Really speaking all the sampling and samples were held in the SpecDrum and the Spectrum was the interface. Very cool though.
@synthfellow 12 сағат бұрын
Ofcourse. ZX Spectrum could not hold those samples.
@ojmcbaggins 6 күн бұрын
i have a TD-3, its fun, you can program it on your computer with a program, piano roll style makes it easy. programming on the actual unit is a learning curve
@synthfellow 5 күн бұрын
It’s fun but really don’t fit in in any music I do. Although I don’t make much music at the moment actually.
@ojmcbaggins 6 күн бұрын
cool channel!!
@synthfellow 5 күн бұрын
@@ojmcbaggins thank you!!🙏
@jukkauh 8 күн бұрын
I found the TX216 to be MUCH better sounding than a TX7. The TX7's DAC is quite noisy, and the TX216 is really clean.
@synthfellow 7 күн бұрын
Ok so they’re different?
@jukkauh 7 күн бұрын
@@synthfellow Functionally they're basically identical: though the TX216/816 TF-1 modules have a few more sysex features than the TX7, and they output via XLR. But in terms of sound quality, I found the TF-1 modules quite a bit better.
@vitaminfian 8 күн бұрын
Great stuff 👍🏻
@synthfellow 8 күн бұрын
Thank you
@vitaminfian 8 күн бұрын
Cool video
@108Existences 13 күн бұрын
Rimshot sounds cool pitched down. Sounds more like an 80's industrial crunch snare.
@synthfellow 12 күн бұрын
Pitched down Rimshots are always cool 😎
@108Existences 13 күн бұрын
Very cool interesting. I bought an RX-21and painted white to make it reminiscent of the Roland 505 or an Akai drum machine.
@Honestjon1966 16 күн бұрын
For its time the RX series (most) had a great song mode, accelerando, ritardando and program volume changes.
@musicbrum1 17 күн бұрын
Hey Friend! What happened to the link and how can i have it in offline mode in my mac? What google has done?...
@synthfellow 17 күн бұрын
It seems like it's been taken offline.. I can't find it either...
@musicbrum1 17 күн бұрын
@@synthfellow thanks for answer . I got the offline app version from this guy , but only for windows... i only use mac . kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4alq62piLCJrMU
@DisciplinedCommotion 18 күн бұрын
Hi, I have nearly bought an SR-16 a few times and the Behringer RD-6 :)
@synthfellow 18 күн бұрын
@@DisciplinedCommotion the SR16 is good but boring. The RD6 on the other hand … 😀
@DisciplinedCommotion 18 күн бұрын
@@synthfellow thanks, good to know :)
@ioana938 20 күн бұрын
The link shares links to a page that states that the account was suspended... Is that a Roland action to enforce their sounds copyrights or did the program move somewhere else?
@synthfellow 19 күн бұрын
Can’t say. It’s been a couple of years since I made that video and the program is not mine. Removing the link. Thanks for the reminder.
@spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309 24 күн бұрын
I've still got my SpecDrum interface up in the loft boxed up with my original Spectrum and cassettes. When I first got it, the guy in the local computer shop made me up an audio connector so I could play it through my Dad's old Amstrad amplifier. It needed a 5-pin Din connection, I think.
@synthfellow 24 күн бұрын
@@spidericemidasiosmusicprod1309 if I were you I’d go to the loft and start using it. Or send it to me 😂
@wernervannuffel2608 26 күн бұрын
For me : - Behringer clone Yamaha CS-80 - Behringer clone PPG 2.2./2.3 - Behringer clone Roland Juno 6(0) - Korg Wavestate
@synthfellow 26 күн бұрын
@@wernervannuffel2608 great choices
@TheUrbanK 27 күн бұрын
Cubase ?? in background
@synthfellow 27 күн бұрын
Yes. I’m a cubase user since Atari ages.
@TheUrbanK 27 күн бұрын
@@synthfellow Same here, Cubase Pro 13 and a lots of VST and Halion 7. and 12+ Hw Synth
@TheUrbanK 27 күн бұрын
Yay!! JMJ vibe!
@synthfellow 27 күн бұрын
🥳😀
@TheUrbanK 27 күн бұрын
I own a Yamaha RX5 (for 30 years now), not so easy to use, but great drum machine.
@synthfellow 27 күн бұрын
I think it’s quite self explanatory 😃
@TheUrbanK 27 күн бұрын
Nice! thinking of buying such a synth, I have a DeepMind 12 from Behringer which i use a lot., keep upp the good work!
@synthfellow 27 күн бұрын
Thanks, will do!
@Shred_The_Weapon Ай бұрын
Sadly, the RX5 in my current dwelling has no power supply. Right when I was becoming inclined to search for one, I ended up purchasing another Yamaha instrument, the DTX Multi 12 percussion pad, which includes the sampled sounds from this line of drum machines among its uploaded tones. I’ve included those sounds both in my solo recordings under my real name, plus one or two on the channel I’m commenting from. This is one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4aYhWSfmLqnjdEsi=GI9PKJGOqtsaDKI2
@synthfellow 28 күн бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@Shred_The_Weapon 28 күн бұрын
Likewise, @synthfellow . Meanwhile, I realize that is not a very good demonstration. This one might not be either because it’s not well synchronized, but I think it’s better. It’s one that I recorded under my real name. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6mUfH1-eK2Yl6csi=ySDTyqrq47gcm6TO
@doordedeur Ай бұрын
The Roland D-70 was originally called the U-50. The waveforms are compatible with the U-20, but the D-70 adds filters, waveform manipulation and layering. Apart from the 15KHz frequency range, a D-70 can sound quite good. But D-70s tend to break down a lot. Especially with the keys. When the D-70 first came out I wasn't impressed. The JV-80 came out about a year later and sound lots more impressive.
@synthfellow 28 күн бұрын
Still an interesting story :)
@Mikalyn Ай бұрын
enjoyed your take on classic synths - i have a korg t3 that i like :)
@synthfellow Ай бұрын
Thank you!
@dodiemanta7650 Ай бұрын
Hi ! Own a RX15 and loved it !
@L31PZ1G Ай бұрын
I own a RX11 and like the workflow, easy to program and easy to use! ✌🏻+ ❤
@nicholasbalette6354 Ай бұрын
It's an alternative drum machine, I like it.
@synthfellow Ай бұрын
Maybe a little too rudimentary for todays standard but still impressive considering it's the ZX Spectrum although it's not the Spectrum itself containing the samples... :)
@jamescarver6275 Ай бұрын
Great video, thanks. There is a BBC program about the Specdrum and interviews with Alan and Peter. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIevgJh_g6mBY7M
@TayWoode Ай бұрын
I still use my RX7, it’s heavily used in Adeva’s Warning especially the toms at the start. They definitely need some effects though as they are recorded very dry with no ambience which is actually good to have them raw You can get a really good punchy 909 style kick drum if you use the pitch bend effect quickly going down on the lo conga pitched down an octave to begin with. I never understood why the RX5 was so much more money but had less sounds and individual outputs.
@synthfellow Ай бұрын
I miss the RX7 but won’t get rid of my RX5
@djtommykeys Ай бұрын
I'm happy for you because that DX-7 looks great. I never owned one but I played on several back in the 80's. My favorite keys I played in the 80's were the Emu Emax and the Oberheim Matrix 12 which I used at a studio. For my gigs I carried a Korg DW-8000 and a Roland Juno 106 which were both very reliable.
@synthfellow Ай бұрын
It is very nice indeed! 😀
@davidhayes8883 Ай бұрын
Used by Aphex Twin he has a zx spectrum midi sampler too.
@synthfellow Ай бұрын
Ah didn’t know that.
@synthfellow Ай бұрын
Ah? Didn’t know that.
@DayAntilles Ай бұрын
Love my DrumTraks. All sounds can be tuned.
@synthfellow Ай бұрын
Nice!!
@pianokeyjoe Ай бұрын
I have the sy77/tg77 and I have them for their own sounds and capabilities. I would like the DX7 ll FD but more for nostalgic reasons than superior sound. The SY77/TG77 are 16 voices at 16 midi parts multi timbrel as well as having sampled sounds for layering ala D50. The really nice thing is also you can layer the FM sounds by 4 layers per patch and do cross switching and so on! So much synth power.. I can hardly contain myself lol! Now, I also have the Korg Opsix and Yamaha DX200 and both do sounds I could not duplicate on a classic DX7 but could on FM7/FM8 soft synth. Indeed those 2 units are like hardware versions of FM8 but I know I know.. The Korg IS a software synth in a box.. What.. everrr! LOL! The SY77 on the other hand?? Wowsa!
@synthfellow Ай бұрын
I believe the SY 77/99 is underrated as synths. Look away from the AWM side of them and they’re FM monsters.
@OliverSacker Ай бұрын
ROM1A - PIANO 2
@samuelbanya Ай бұрын
Oh wow that's cool that the emulator has the hardware built in, very cool!
@synthfellow Ай бұрын
I thought so too! And surprised at the same time 😝
@JRProductions2011 Ай бұрын
I used to have RX21 - and even that was great back then
@asadadon Ай бұрын
I'd use that right now.
@Roboami Ай бұрын
With that duo, I think you would LOVE the Grey Matter mod for the DX
@billB101 Ай бұрын
Of all the drums machines suitable for dance music and Hip hop back in the day, the RX series was easily bottom of the pile :). Shame really, the potential was there ( I once owned an RX21 ) just not the sound.
@synthfellow Ай бұрын
Agree … the competition was rough!
@billB101 Ай бұрын
@@synthfellow For me it was the kick and snare, they just really didn't cut it. Rest of the percussion was OK ish. The rack mount RM50 that came out ten years later was pretty good though.
@synthfellow Ай бұрын
@@billB101 I kind of like the kick and snare but as with most other drum machines it needs some eq and effect processing to stand out. Just as the DX7.
@TayWoode 7 күн бұрын
@@billB101probably coz they needed a lot of processing to beef them up but there was a few dance songs used them. Listen to Adeva - Warning and you’ll hear the toms, claps, hi hats, kicks, snares. Bomb the bass - Beat Dis used them as well
@MrSmithUK Ай бұрын
A mate of mine had the SpecDrum hardware/software setup. We made so many tracks using it !
@billyruss Ай бұрын
Hi - I've owned a few of these, and have demos of some of them on my channel (under the Keyboard Demos playlist): Wavestation - just great. Demo on my channel. Roland D70 (came out after the D50 btw) - great performance synth, great for live work. It had some great piano and organ sounds, much better than the U220. Demo on my channel. JD-08 is the boutique reissue of the JD-800, which I owned for many years (I now have the JD-08 which, imho, is a passable copy of the original). Demo of the JD-800 on my channel. AN1X - difficult to program, but sounds great. Deepmind 12 - based, apparently, on the Juno 106. Very different sounds. Owned it but let it go. Roland System 8 - owned but let go cos I have the Jupiter XM and a load of soft synths that do the same thing. Demo on my channel. Minifreak - is just great. Plan to dem it sometime. Great video, a trip down memory lane for me!
@synthfellow Ай бұрын
You got some great gear there :)
@junksmith_wizard Ай бұрын
Did you mention the rx5usb? Its a open source modboard that lets you load custom samples onto your rx5. I built one and my rx now sounds like a lindrum (kinda)
@synthfellow Ай бұрын
@@junksmith_wizard no I never mentioned that but have been looking for one. They’re always sold out ;)
@JontasPocahontas Ай бұрын
Like the beat after ten minutes.
@synthfellow Ай бұрын
Me too! :)
@richardsmith4992 Ай бұрын
Very nice vid, maybe a more detailed version on the RX5's sound mangling functions? I have the RX5, RX7, RX21 and had an RX8 and sold it on. The RX5 is IMHO the best drum machine of the mid 80's for sound manipulation - it's more like a synthesizer approach than a drum machine. The RX7 is really good for all the extra sounds, but is much the same, losing the mixer and multi-outputs, but still very good. The RX8 is nothing like any of the other RX's, in look and sounds, very dull and uninspiring TBH, has reverb and chorus effects...but so what! It's OK but just not a patch on the 5 or 7. One of Your drum button pads seems to be double triggering, probably the spring under the membrane is a bit weak and triggering the adjacent sound, easyish fix.
@synthfellow Ай бұрын
Thank you and yeah I realised one pad was double triggering. Never done that before. I need to dive into the RX5 a little more but there will be a video with more in depth talking about sound editing. Somewhere in the future 😛
@PeranMe Ай бұрын
So many thoughts here… one of those snares I’ve always called the ”head drum snare”, because of Roxette’s ”The Look” (Head Drum Mix) which features it. I’m trying to remember a demo of one of the early RX machines in a store, my memory is saying even the very first models responded to velocity data over MIDI, but I’m not sure. Do you know if any of the RX machines lack velocity in? And finally, the most important question: is there a swing setting on the RX5?
@synthfellow Ай бұрын
There is a swing setting on the RX5, yes and check on that question but if RX11 got velocity over midi I really can't say. My guess is yes but again... I don't know. My take from the RX11 is that it was used on Wonderland by Erasure. I've listened to that album A LOT so it's nice to know the drums where a RX11.. :)
@tommitoivonen3624 24 күн бұрын
According to RX11 user manual, there's no velocity sensitivity. Or it was well hidden and I just couldn't find it. Anyway the machine is released so close to birth of midi that Yamaha may have not thought of the need of velocity.
@PeranMe 24 күн бұрын
@ Yeah we all know how Yamaha screwed up the velocity implementation on the DX7, so you may very well be right… Thanks for taking the time to check and report back, much appreciated!
@devingademan Ай бұрын
Excellent video and great timeline, Martin! The RX series are a special line of drum machines. Still lots of fun playing around with them. Recently I have uploaded some blogs and videos here on KZbin regarding the RX11 & RX5 as well!
@synthfellow Ай бұрын
I’ve seen that video ;) … you got a new sub too.
@tudorcris4953 Ай бұрын
excellent
@JeffyG Ай бұрын
Me too. Deputi DP-06+ | Great Retro Roland 303/606 clone but way better! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpPVlKGmiLV3hK8
@synthfellow Ай бұрын
www.patreon.com/Synthfellow/membership For the sum of a cup of coffee I'd love your support! xoxoxo /Martin "Synthfellow"
@billmancos9820 Ай бұрын
The Arturia mini freak sounds very very interesting, for indescribable sounds❤️💚🎶
@hangebicom Ай бұрын
It is a little know fact, that there was actual SAMPLER program for 48K spectrum, which could sample short fragments of audio thru tape in, and you can then play them. I don't remember it's name, but it was Polish made and had a hifi stereo at it's loading screen.
@synthfellow Ай бұрын
Ooh I didn’t know that. Looks like a thing to investigate. :)
@hangebicom Ай бұрын
@@synthfellow Yeah, I used it in early 90s. It can capture in awful quality, but still usable sounds, the total time for 48k spectrum was 8 seconds or something like that, and you can had up to 8 samples. It was standalone machine code, so it even came with sample BASIC program, where you can play samples in needed sequence and create your arpeggios or drum loops.
@chelfyn Ай бұрын
I remember borrowing a friends spectrum just to make drum tracks with this. it was awesome.
@synthfellow Ай бұрын
I bet it was and still is 😀