That keyboard sounds very good, I heard some sounds in Cusco (band) from Germany. especially the flutes

Sounds good

I am a huge fan of the KORG M1. I remember when it came out, I went to guitar center and all they had was the display model. They told me the M1 was on back order & it make take 6 to 9 months before they could get anymore. It was the late 80's so restocking took a long time back in those days.

I had a sq-80 but it had problems but amazing sounds. The battery would get warm the keyboard or voices mess up and the midi can be broken sometimes.

I spy Vancouver pawn shops...

Just ordered one 👌👍

Thank you soo much to do these documentaries! For me this is pure gold since I love synthesizers and work in the electronic field. History is what everyone needs to look at to fully understand what we should move forward to in the future.

Learned a lot about synthesis songwriting and arrangement with this keyboard

In the late 90's I sat in my car with a friend in a Florida beach parking lot listening to a Frankie Bones CD and read on the CD insert that it was all created with the 303, that is where my journey began, still to this day I use and love 303's (Mostly clones, because budget) <3

I had one with the latest tauntek firmware and it def made things a bit snappier than the original OS. Absolutely loved the sound from it but sold it due to wanting more physical hands on controls. Still miss it!

Thanks again Johnny for your in-depth coverage of another classic Roland device.

It smacks me in the face, that there is a spelling mistake in the TR-808 ad at 1:17

it's my favorite video of all time

what a crazy vid i'm gonna watch all of your channel

I just got an OB-X8. New, factory sealed!!!

Johnny you are now my official new hero. I really appreciate your coverage of the history of Roland Synths. I currently own a Roland Fantom 6 and absolutely am BLOWN AWAY by its capabilities. Your videos really helped me to understand how all this began. Thank you!!!

WOW. I love your attention to detail and coverage of the Juno line. Thanks!!!!

Still the most beautiful synthesizer ever made.

Awesome work / video. 9:02 but one thing which was annoying for me - is that side chain effect to the background music (each time when you speak, the music goes quieter) - this could be a good idea, but you overdosed that effect. It could be better if the music stays at the same level, instead jumping from loud to quiet all the time like crazy, or if that side chain effect could be less noticeable.

Lovely..I want to buy one😊

Engineers at Roland created their best work in the early 80s. Along woth 303 being the most thick low tones oscilator of all, still unmached to this day.

Excellent video… hope to see the missing disks soon!

Awesome! I have an s-550 that could use this.

Congrats on 10k! What does this board do? Is it just adding a SCSI interface? I thought the 550njust came with that. Guess I'm wrong, and I'm lucky mine already has that 😂

Congrats on 10k! What does this board do? Is it just adding a SCSI interface? I thought the 550njust came with that. Guess I'm wrong, and I'm lucky mine already has that 😂

The slap bass samples sound much better and more realistic than the GS Wavetable and Sound Canvas slap bass samples in my opinion, even for a sampler that was released back in 1986.

Awesome accomplishment. I remember searching ages for an HD5-IF, I ultimately got “lucky” and was able to buy a brand new old stock original complete with packaging (“lucky” in quotes because it was massively expensive). Since then I have used it and the S-550 exactly zero times. Need to get back into making music. Cheers

You love your MOTM - you are a smart guy!

Thank you, i love your histories

Amazing! What a great service to s-550 users.

I never was a tech guy full time but i know, reverse engineering SCSI board like that is one of the most mentally and physically draining tasks ever... it takes a toll! Take care and have a nice vacation!

Nice one, Johnny. Congratulations. Your potted histories are excellent and help keep vintage synths alive.

Great work Johnny. Love your work. 🍺🎛️👍

Congratulations and thank you for your great content. 👏👍😊

Let me get this straight, the syncing the devices I understand but you are then running control voltage to the cutoff... then the gate output to trigger...?! That sounds very counterintuitive. I have to try it. Hope you don't mind if I borrow that patch configuration? I have the sub and the SQ1 and an Electro-Harmonix ocean's 12 that might allow me to play with the possibilities of your configuration here. Although the Strymon Big Sky is probably a much tastier ambient reverb. I just want to try that patch. Very cool patch idea. Cooler jam. God bless

yay, congrats!

Congrats getting to 10K subs! Great content

I have one ❤, but unfortunately is broken, but I’m going to try out the new OB Teo 5 👍😊

Hey bro I have the Lyra and the night sky but I can make the night sky sound with it, where are you plugging in ??

32:43 isn't exactly the mega man x guitar bc it turns into a harmonic instead of turning into a guitar sound

Excellent jam

Johnny I need one of those HD5-IF boards for my S550. Have you got any made yet? 🙂

hi there ...do you stil have the diy relais avaiable ?

Nicely done. In the late 80's I was asked to provide music for a play and I was having trouble with my Poly800 so I rented a D50 for a few weeks. I was stunned by the sounds it could make, one patch after another had these complex layers of lush tonal character. Every sound suggested new music. Whoever programmed this was a true sound artist. I hated returning it, and I can still hear its haunting sonorities in my memory.

grandi profondità e narrativa sonora 🎛

Really nice video! I think a very important step in sampling history is the SK-1, the firsg sampler well under 500 dollars.

Great synth

outstanding knowledge. Inspiring me to get deep into synth hardware

Since the new Prophet 5 rev 4 uses both filter chip sets (the CEM 3320 and the SSI 2140, I wonder if they'll incorporate in a firmware update the 12db filter and the Q compensation capabilities of the SSI 2140. I have the Rev-1 filter mod (the SSI 2140 filter chips) on my Rev 3.3 Prophet 5, and while I can't save the 12db setting, nor the Q compensation per patch, the mod opens up a lot of sonic possibilities to my old friend. Especially not losing bass frequencies/volume at higher resonance is so nice. The synth can (almost) pull of the classic Tom Sawyer bass rez now!

The greatest Synth ever made