Damn that sounds good. Ive watched this 5 times already. 😂. You have inspired me to get the system 100 and the 2500 modules. It amazes me that they are even available tbh.

Great idea. Looks awesome.

If there are insects in your machine then they are using your synth as a toilet. It's not something you would think of, right? But I uncovered some insects once - not in a synth it was an old kids slide thost little tiny two part ones for toddlerts - that had been left in the back yards for years. One day we had visitors who had young children who wanted to play with it. So I thought I would simply bring it in, and run the shower over it and they could play with it all day. But when I separated the two parts man, it was dark! Sorry that was a bit long but I've typed it now lol. The point: You don't want that in your MatrixBrute. I have a PolyBrute and the thought of insects living in it is, for me the stuff of nightmares. But eh, lol, cool video though and very useful for those of us who suffer from GAS and go down the craziest financial rabbit holes lol. Oh and the System 100, used I believe on the original version of Being Boiled by the Human League. Which makes it 1000 times cooler in my opinion!

Great choice of the Roland System 100. For me buying modular stuff is like buying toy trains. When does it end? Haha. It sounds wonderful.

15:55 🙂

Yo Vincent

Thanks for doing this series! Missed this episode back in October. Surprised how good that SD1 sounds! Loved those Ensoniq sequencers back in the day when was making do with a 2 track Korg SQD1. I never connected with those 90’s VA synths but I am looking forward to your take on them in the next episode!

Happy 2025! 🎉 Here's hoping for instalments 5 & 6 of this *awesome* series in this new year. 😊

Awesome!

I have SD1, its super cool machine! And I'd like to buy SQ-80.

sq-80 vs ensoniq esq-1? Any thoughts to their differences? Digging the vids.

Happy Halloween to yooz guys 🎃 👻

I came for the screams. And stayed for all the rest. Now Im hooked.

Nice to see a few ensoniqs in your setup, I have about 20 ensoniqs at the moment

30:12 Sounds like Skinny Puppy, who actually used Ensoniq synths and samplers quite a bit.

27:33 Wow, that's some horror film score shit there! What a fantastic sound!

Hey, I really liked my Korg Poly 800. Yeah, it wasn't a Roland Jupiter 8 or an Oberheim OB-Xa, but for the price it was great! Plus, it forced me to learn how to program new sounds one parameter at a time. I own a Roland Juno-106, which was its contemporary, and while the Juno is lots of fun, the Poly 800 just had those great Korg sounds, ya know?

17:00 Hey, is that a FIZMO in the background? I've got one right behind me in my office. Such a weird--but really great--synth!

With you on how great Ensoniq was. My ESQ1 was my most used synth in my time playing, gigging and collecting synths from 1984 to 1998. It was my first new poly I brought in 1986 when they first came out. The internal memory battery lasted over 20 years, way better than the Wavestation A/D which barely lasted 3 years.

The rising price is more to point. $6000 for something with one decent piano you may use hopefully one passable electric guitar .. And a bunch of Larry Ferriri era organ and karioki arrangements"styles" i dont need or want .

Well, i can't wait for part 5.

Hey man what’s up

I left a mint SY-77 under a bed in an apartment after a stressful break up. Always regret it.

This was a good period, as it forced everyone to rethink synthesis. Analog came back, but it's a constant rehash of the same concept.

Ensoniq was great. I still have a VFX.

Awesome!

Really enjoyed that.

I dig your enthusiasm. You have many synthesizers. If it was me personally I would have a better curriculum set up. You remember a lot however you don't really do that much depth. This is pretty much 'synthesizers as Vincent remembers', would be a better title.

yesyesyes. i am lucky to have the ensoniq sq-80 (and vfx) from this age. i instantly recognized some of ensoniq's signature timbres here. i love those descending bell layered sounds you did on the sd-1. also the abandoned sequence with rompler drums has its charm. really nice wavestation demo too.

youre a mungrel of a unique programmer synth bro...love the cruel tease of the fizmo there for next episode, youre the ME of the US, awesome work, big regards from wild south west oz from my equally radically wild experimental bus studio with cats

12:31 kitty! Was going to say something about ensoniq but the cat made me forget it

I actually like my EMU Orbit 9090 ROMpler, it has like all the early 90s house sounds and some pretty good modulation ... if you use it with a Faderfox EC4 MIDI controller, as the internal settings are utterly inaccessible. I also got a Roland JP8080 which is as much fun as your JD800, but the MIDI implementation back then (by anyone but Dave Smith) was really weird.

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I accept that my TS-12 isn't pretty, but I like to think of it "handsome".

You are very focused today. I got an Ensoniq SQ-1 in 1987, thought it was the coolest at the time. I soon lost interest as it bored me. Stayed a non-owner until 1996, then it was back on for me. I guess this era is the deep hole of digital synths I couldn't get my head around at the time.

a disappointing era . . .

Sounds like MJ intro’s 😁 - i was looking for this episode. And now i understand the next one, looking forward to that too 🥳

I was waiting for a Vincent Presley return to eurodance track.

My favorite era - the SQ-80 era!

Very cool series going on here. As you say, the SCI gear from this era all used the same chip sets and sound more or less identical, barring any OS differences. The Trak versions (Six and Multi) have a few neat tricks up their sleaves that for anyone looking to get into vintage gear without going broke make them worth considering IMO. Espen Kraft does a cool video showing off the Six-Trak kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGWrlJ-Qrbt0b6s Stacking 6 different voices in unison may or may not be your want/need, but the voice allocation of the SCI gear when running arps and/or sequences is pretty cool. For those of us (myself included) that have a room full of gear, it's not quite a need, but if you're just starting out or looking for a single piece of analog vintage to add, the "Trak" line are worth a look. As a side note, if you have the last Oberheim Matrix synths, the 6, 6R and 1000, along with the latest firmware chips, they respond to MPE. I feel like I'm learning my 6 all over again using a Seaboard to do Poly AT and MPE individual pitch bends. She's almost a whole brand new analog synth. Other than physical knob controls, she stands up to the modern Polybrute, UDO and other modern analog synths with MPE.

so good

The best ERA absolutely is now! Now you can have it all

Awesome video but you were 5 or maybe 10 years old while this is going on

It was my first synthesizer, I read the manual and it was and isn't strange to me. Still in love with it.

I always loved the analog resonating Filters My Roland S550 had. If you switch if off having earphones on its like the Death Star shuts off.;)

the best time for analog synths is obviously now.. if you are aware of modular plus regular gear.. I own or have owned or played on everything from 1980 to now.. you didn't include the Prophet 08 made in 2008.. 4 Oscillators per voice if you layer A and B.. 4 LFO's.. the Morpho and Tetra were great.. my Pittsburgh Modular and Dreadbox Oscillators sound better than any oscillators in the older stuff.. even compared to the ARP 2600 my buddy has one.. then you can use any filters you want and can mix oscillators from different companies like I do for their strengths.. I especially dislike the mini moog.. the distortion is weird.. the actual worsted time was when they weren't being made perhaps from 1990 - 2000..

Great stuff! Glad to meet another DX7 Superfan!

It depends on what type of music you make. Older stuff is probably better for rock music. If you make techno or experimental music the new stuff is better. In my opinion.

I will always remember my producer gave me his grey and black oberheim in 86 I will never forget because it broke my ribs trying to put it in the back seat of my car my car. It was a beautiful sounding synth but sadly it had to have constant attention as it was always breaking down..God it was so bloody heavy but the best sounding synth I have ever heard to this day... I ended up buying a D10 & a D50.. I kept The Oberheim although it was broken , I sold it for £2,000 in 2019. I now have a Rev 2 along with a korg monologue for Bass . My favourite synth band in the 80s was Japan!..David Sylvian..( Ghosts) I still think analogue is the best sound alot warmer. Digital sounds are very metallic compared to Analogue but I understand people buying digital because they are so much cheaper.. Thanks for the video..👌

I’m butt hurt offended. Not that I don’t appreciate it, my f’*’*ed up attitude.