10 Patches for the Behringer MS-101/MS-1 - Full Version

A deep dive into the Behringer MS-101/MS-1 analogue synthesizer where I pull out 10 patches that showcase what this little synth is capable of. I then develop each patch and talk about where it could go from there. You can skip to each patch using the links below.
Also in reference to SH-101 compatibility it doesn't have the triangle/sine wave oscillator - oops!
Start - 0:00
Patch #1 - Basic Beep - 2:43
Patch #2 - Data Overload - 5:49
Patch #3 - HollowMan - 11:48
Patch #4 - Intravenous - 15:07
Patch #5 - Moist Lines - 21:39
Patch #6 - Mysterious Return - 27:14
Patch #7 - Plastic Bass - 33:05
Patch #8 - Pumping Dread - 39:01
Patch #9 - TicTak - 44:02
Patch #10 - Tyrell's Tears - 49:33

[@illegalLettuce]

Hey thanks for posting this! I just got an ms1 to learn basic synthesis and creat some phat old school sounds. I dig how you explain everything and watching you tweak the settings is really helping my brain understand how they affect the sound 🤘

[@AnthonyAnthony-tk4ye]

This is a PERFECT synth to start with! I been playing with mine again a lot lately, run it through some chorus or delay or reverb or any combination and you’ll take it 10 levels higher!

[@illegalLettuce]

So I watched this vid again while following EXACTLY what you were doing, and when I turned on the arp and tried to match exactly what sound you had, I was hearing this crazy polyrhythm while listening to our synths together! Im a noob and it sounded cool and blew my mind. Thanks again for this vid! Its such a help for a noob to learn from

[@ryangunwitch-black]

This is by far the best video I've seen on this particular synth.

[@sparkpoi]

I'm getting a brand new MS-1 for Christmas and I'm almost a complete beginner in the world of analog synthesis. This video was crazy helpful and I really appreciate it! I can't wait to try stuff out for myself

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Have fun with it - and it's not always instantly amazing... but once you're over that first hump it's a great thing :D

[@rexcellencemagee6729]

One of the biggest mistakes is fake news! Yes analog is awesome! But digital is cool too! Don’t limit yourself to someone else’s theory that it’s got to be analog to be good! Something else is these keyboards seem to get boring without effects, be fore I knew what I was doing I got a MicroKorg, excellent basic keyboard, I sold it because of no effects and saw and sine are boring alone! Good luck with your journey!

[@oscargoldman85]

I owned an sh-101 and a Juno 6 in the eighties. Recently used an ms-1 and remembered how much fun it was to use. Just bought one on trade me. Love it.

[@robertsyrett1992]

Thank you so much for this splash of fresh water on this day of Roland overload. These simple sounds are indeed just as engaging as ever, wonderful.

[@SynthgodXXX]

Strong demo of the MS-101! Some videos posted are lacking in the bottom end! You make this sound DEEP & HEAVY! Awesome! A++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[@charbaker]

Wonderful. This should be required viewing for all of us just getting into synthhology!

[@agauerm]

Thanks so much for this video. This is a very good idea for a video series "how to get that sound", sometimes we get that sound in our head and we just don´t know where to start, watching those kind of videos really helps. I hope you make loads more. Cheers

[@butterflyisland]

Super dooper inspiring demo/tutorial ! Brilliant, thanks !

[@davidreidy5750]

I just got mine yesterday and boy this is my fave synth in my studio.Cannot wait to play out with it!

[@chrissiejohn4316]

Mine arrived today!!! I've been saving this video for just such an occasion lmao thanks 👍

[@0x4452]

Same here. I recreated the first few patches and then went on my own :-)

[@mdutch426]

Fantastic video. Thank you!!

[@adrianrabbage4996]

Absolutely brilliant video Robin, thank you. I don't have MS-101/MS-1 - yet! - but there's plenty of pointers there for general patch building on other synths. Cheers!

[@markusrautaniemi]

Thank you so much for this! Helped me get into this synth really well👍

[@57too]

Buying one next Friday! Landed on your channel....what a great channel!!!

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Welcome aboard!

[@vesuvianvomit]

have one on its way.. watched lotsa vids like this... I'm going to be coming back to this one lots at first!

[@amundbisgaard7295]

I just ordered my MS-101. Thank you.

[@amundbisgaard7295]

I now have it. I considered just getting a controller keyboard. This is much better. A synth of its own.

[@grontsager]

Thank you for the useful video! 💖

[@carlhitchcock7556]

superb video - thanks indeed!

[@lowrezable]

Great video man !

[@Yeastlord]

Ordered a red on on eBay because of this video. Will definitely be back to follow along.

[@internetretrogamedatabasei6838]

the best most useful ms101 clip i have ju06a i'm getting ms101 tomorrow

Very useful, thank you.

[@bourbon]

Fantastic!! Thank you!!

[@DanielHuman1996]

The delay really sweetens the Blade Runner patch, so nice :)

[@bateimidrashnetwork]

Brilliant!

[@BishopEddie5443]

Extraordinary!

[@itchyvinyl]

Wow. I have a SH101, and I still might buy one of these.

[@80iesDude45]

Haha, same here, I own a red Roland SH-101 with Kenton MIDI Kit, and need this one too ;-)

[@BaddaBigBoom]

Sell it, then you can get two for free :-)

[@xiushobird8732]

i have a SH-101 and might as well buy 10 of these because I like to consume the $#*% out of everything.

[@djcham1]

Great video thank you

[@ryanmoran8366]

Very nice patches! Thank you. I'll be buying one of these bad boys!!!!!! It actually looks way nicer than the original 101 too!

[@MychaelPollard]

Thanks for sharing! 💯

[@djantiwar]

thanks so much for this lesson !!!

[@FKU7777]

Ordered mine today.. can’t wait to play it after i quarantine the outer packaging !

[@fjfrancois]

Patch #1 - Basic Beep - 2:43 Patch #2 - Data Overload - 5:49 Patch #3 - HollowMan - 11:48 Patch #4 - Intravenous - 15:07 Patch #5 - Moist Lines - 21:39 Patch #6 - Mysterious Return - 27:14 Patch #7 - Plastic Bass - 33:05 Patch #8 - Pumping Dread - 39:01 Patch #9 - TicTak - 44:02 Patch #10 - Tyrell's Tears - 49:33

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Yes, that's from the description - thanks!

[@SuckeroftheYear]

@@MoltenMusicTech lol

[@rexcellencemagee6729]

Hi Robin! This has become one of favorite keyboards, it’s an excellent controller, it’s great for adding modular, reds my favorite color! lol, I appreciate your videos and hard work! I’ve been planning a KZbin channel for about 8 years and I’m almost there! People don’t realize how much is involved! Sure, I could have done some cruddy audio, cruddy video, limited content, but that’s not my style! I wish I could contribute to all of the creators that constantly give me new ideas, I just can’t on disability. One of my pet peeves is better get what I want when I can afford it so in the future and I have to ration food and live in a box I’ll be ready! Loved the video! Thank you!

[@producermind9030]

Pumping dread!! I like that one!

[@lundsweden]

Love the Mario patches!

[@SanplerVarondaro]

excelente excelente saludos mi bro

[@freejazzbone]

very good!

[@Kurtistrange]

Awesome!

[@ppodinskindindu]

Just want to ditto the comments below. A very practical demonstration of how to use all those controls!

[@dillonyakub3428]

Thank - you 🎶😎🎶

[@jjcrawford3771]

I have been making techno since i was 13 in 1993... i like this guy he has a good vibe and i like the fact he says to put all the knobs and slides to not or 0 in usa language. I almost filled a warranty return on my neutron synthesizer because it made no sound...it was one knob the distortion set at 0.. took 5 minutes to release i was a dumb ass. Lol. It happens even with decades of experience. In my defense i could only afford digital synthesizers for 20 years at $1500 to 2k each back in the 90's and 2000's now we can all enjoy this cheap analog reinsurance.. $300 look out crystal method and dead hack i mean mouse. My first synthesizer was a mc505. Then a nordlead 2. If anyone here likes the ms1 look up the vc340 to pair her with

[@skyreadersociety6183]

ironically all those Behringer synths get a lot of praise, they must have done s.th right. Kudos to Roland for a long deep sleep of ignorance.

[@Eargulp]

Yeah if you get lucky enough to get one of the functional ones and not having to send it back 4 times before you get one that passed quality control. I was excited as well after the model d/pro-1 etc having great build quality but man the behringer 101 is just so cheaply build and the filter is very mediocre imo. I’d go for the Roland one, that one will last for years.

[@skyreadersociety6183]

@@Eargulp had to return my model-d after 4 months, got broken. the prophet08 by dsi was sent 4 times to repair. my minibrute2 has after 3 months an issue with the cutoff. the korg odyssey has 3 faders that crack quit loud. in short: analogue hardware needs service more often than we like to acknowledge

[@floridahiker1503]

The Roland SH01a is better.

[@skyreadersociety6183]

@@floridahiker1503 right, still trying to decide between SH01A and JU06A, leaning to the SH

[@georgegeorgio1751]

@@floridahiker1503 in what way?

[@jpvdog]

Thanks for this video mate, its helped a propper noob out a lot. If I want to add delay like you did in the Tyrells tears patch, what gear should I buy to do such a thing? Can you reccomend anything afordable or what is that thing you are using for delay? Cheers

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Thanks! I’m routing it through a delay in my Eurorack but it can be anything. So a guitar pedal, a mixer that has built in fx, a multieffects box or run it into your computer and use a plugin - lots of ways to do it 😀

[@craptrampolines9913]

Sure the MS-1 is great but I really want to know about your shirt.

[@skipturner9280]

That is a nice shirt

[@ZackYouTube]

It’s a ben sherman

[@gaborb6577]

A complete explanation how to use synth.thanks

[@SunsetRC]

Nice patches. Can you share which 9U case you are using for your Eurorack setup? Really like the way it looks. Again great video.

[@MoltenMusicTech]

It’s 3x104 hp Moog cases - also similar by Behringer - see my latest video on that

[@sonicultura]

Sounds great! What effects are you using on top? Thanks for sharing!

[@MoltenMusicTech]

a little bit of reverb and in one patch a little delay

[@davegrg123]

this is awesome, thank you. if you are looking for suggestions on future videos, i'd love to see a short one just on when and how to use the bender sliders.

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Yeah maybe although no one knows how to use those bender sliders - they seem a bit pointless except for pitch bend in screaming lead solos

[@davegrg123]

@@MoltenMusicTech ha. ok it's not just me then! thanks. no video required :)

[@jrlx86]

That shirt is amazing.

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Thanks!

[@JimiOob]

That shirt tho! DAYUM

[@anthonydavid1965]

Brilliant patching on a wonderful synth. I’m a bit late to this video I’m afraid, but I’m trying to find out if the hold switch applies only to the arp/sequencer or will it also serve as a hold function to enable drone on a single note without the sequencer being used. Thanks if you can answer. Ps you’re the reason I got into modular with your video o. How to build a system, with power supply etc, so thanks again!

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Cool! I don't think the Hold does that - but you can turn on the drone by switching the VCA mode to Gate and then hook a key down with a plectrum - that's very authentic.

[@anthonydavid1965]

Molten Music Technology Okay thanks, I thought you’d actually used the hold function in this way at 9.57?..my bad I guess. Cheers

[@MoltenMusicTech]

@@anthonydavid1965 Yep, no, you're right, just tried it :D

[@anthonydavid1965]

Molten Music Technology Brilliant! thanks for responding.

[@r2worksee]

Thanks for the video! I’m new to modular. Does the VCF cv in mean that you can run an external filter? Or is this for modulation purposes?

[@MoltenMusicTech]

The CV input is to modulate the cutoff from elsewhere

[@r2worksee]

Molten Music Technology thanks!

[@divine1gore]

idk why you didn't use the pitch bender, would have made some of these patch tests more interesting to listen to

[@jellebolijnlive]

Awesome. This really inspires me to take a more deep-dive in not only the MS-1 but also my other synths! Better lock myself in this weekend... Also, what did you use for your reverb? Any different settings? Could you talk about that a bit more?

[@MoltenMusicTech]

It's just the Pico DSP from Erica Synths. I have it set on a hall reverb on an aux send from the mixer - nothing special or flash but it always helps soften sounds to my liking.

[@mbw4359]

Looking on how to use the ext audio. There's no one that has made a video on it and Behringer is NO help!

[@niknayme3754]

Missed the whole video sadly, your shirt sent me on very pleasant psychedelic trip....

[@xanfus]

I'm a total synth noob. I just received my ms-1 the other day, and I love it, but after hitting a few keys, it seems to change octaves on it's own. Is there a setting I need to fiddle with, or do I have a defective unit?

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Difficult to say - i'd play with it a bit more - try some of these patches and see if it's behaving in the same way.

[@crnkmnky]

sounds like some mischief that a slow square-shaped LFO might do?

[@damion2226]

Hi. I just got mine today- can you tell me please if there's a way to save sounds (not sequences) on the unit? I can't find anything about it in the manual. Thanks.

[@MoltenMusicTech]

No, there is not, it’s a proper analogue synth. Your best bet is to take a photo or write down the settings.

[@damion2226]

@@MoltenMusicTech Thanks.

[@andreadelmardj]

OMG, where can I get a shirt like that?!

[@monovibe5924]

Got a weird thing happening with mine. When I program a sequence using the step sequencer, the pattern plays back as though it's shuffled. When I store it and have switched the machine off and back on again, it's normal. ??????

[@MoltenMusicTech]

No idea, i've never stored a sequence - try asking some of the Behringer facebook groups

[@binaryfunction4233]

Hi, I would like some advice please. I have a small home studio for producing electronic music and would like to record some quality video clips using my Oneplus 6 smart phone but using a direct feed from my mixer. I have a Behringer XENYX X1622USB mixer where the master goes out to my monitors. I am thinking of buying the ZOOM H4n Pro field recorder and need to know a couple of things. Firstly, will I be able to record a direct audio feed in to my phone going from the mixer in to the ZOOM and then in to my OnePlus 6 smart phone. Secondly, if this is possible, are you able to advise on how to set this up from beginning to end please including what cables would be required, where and how to connect everything up.

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Nope, I’ve no idea mate 😀 good luck with that

[@crnkmnky]

Assuming the Oneplus 6 accepts USB Audio input, you can probably feed it that way, but I‘m not sure about which camera apps allow audio sources other than the built-in microphones. Get a USB cable which matches your phone’s charging port. The other end of it should match the USB out of your mixer or recorder. If you’ve got a Zoom recorder capturing the performance, why do you need an identical track on the video file? Record the live monitors with the phone’s internal mic, and synchronize with the Zoom recording afterwards. I’m not sure it’s worth the trouble of trying to feed all of this into an Android phone _and_ keep all of it in sync. Then again, video editing _is_ a chore… I wish you luck with pulling this off. 👍

[@binaryfunction4233]

@@crnkmnky Thanks for your reply and happy new year. I have finally managed to find a solution to my studio nightmares. I'm now using the iRIG2 to send audio directly to my mobile from an output on my audio interface and it works a charm.

[@crnkmnky]

@@binaryfunction4233 Happy New Year to you as well. Ah, I’ve been meaning to get an iRig! Definitely a better option if any livestreaming is on the agenda. Does it record in stereo?

[@CarolinaReaper17]

Can you tell me what connections he needs? Because I work with an Apple computer it's important for me to know

[@MoltenMusicTech]

I'm not sure this is the right video for this question? This video is showing you how to make 10 patches on a Behringer MS-1 synthesizer - no computers are involved and all you need is a pair of headphones and the synth.

[@stephaneparage2530]

15:11 intravenous de milo ?

[@marike1100]

I have this synth, it's great. A truly expressive little synth with very nice keys. Does anyone know why it's now called MS1? Legal issues? Anyway, cool patches, thanks.

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Yes, Roland said no to this and the RD8 using the 101 or 808 name

[@HalfGodHalfBeast]

i find noise is great if low pass filtered with an lfo or two as a sort of bed of waves. I'm giving away all my secrets here, well one of them anyway, lol.

[@HalfGodHalfBeast]

and then slowly add a bass drone to it, oh no, another secret out. You see what you do Robin, you get us sharing all our secrets, lol.

[@WizardOfTheKremlin]

hi, just got a used one, but in your video the green light is flashing, mines a sold yellow and my arp wont work, any ideas?

[@MoltenMusicTech]

No, sorry. Try updating it with the Behringer synth app and ask around on the Behringer MS-1 facebook pages

[@WizardOfTheKremlin]

@@MoltenMusicTech I did and its not fixed it, people reporting this issue from 2 years ago. Sucks :(

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Then I’d return it. Sorry I can’t be any help, I’ve not had the problem on mine.

[@WizardOfTheKremlin]

@@MoltenMusicTech Hey, I got it working, not sure what happened but its working! :D Thank you for being polite to answer my questions. Subbed! :)

[@youaintseenmeok]

Part 2 . 😀👍🏻

[@marmalademeadow1241]

is there a difference in the MS-01 and MS -101, cause mine doesn't sound like this :/

[@MoltenMusicTech]

No differences, no

[@mpmi7588]

Am I wrong in thinking that this can be done with any mono synth ? They're starting to all sound the same to me give or take a square wave, etc.

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Sure, synthesis has been the same since the 70s. Bit like guitars really but we do enjoy finding our own way with them 😀

[@KaeRZed]

In theory, you're right. But, especially regarding VCOs and VCFs, the resulting sound won't be the same depending on the synth : for example, the same settings on a Neutron and a 2600 will not sound identically. In fact, what you're saying about synths is like saying that all guitars have the same sound because they all have 6 strings... ;)

[@mpmi7588]

@@KaeRZed i get it.

[@Nala239]

Whenever you say sine you mean triangular . Can’t see a sine wave on that synth. Beautiful patch Tyrells tears.

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Yes, yes I do

[@Purrevill]

Dig the shirt bro.

[@GrootsieTheDog]

Are patches saved with sequencer parts or are there seperate banks?

[@MoltenMusicTech]

You can't save patches, you have to write them down or make a video!

[@SYNTHGURU]

just to let you note that the 3rd waveform itsn’t a Sine but Triangle 😊

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Yes, sorry, i keep saying the wrong thing

[@MRGO0OSE]

Is this going through a reverb of sorts?

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Yes

[@voodoohex72]

does this synth have patch memory?

[@MoltenMusicTech]

No

[@longcat]

its a triangle wave isn't it? not a sine wave... great sounds anyway x

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Yes indeed, my bad

[@SuckeroftheYear]

[@wallsmash]

I wish if someone would demonstrate the musical ability of this keyboard rather than just sound modulations.

[@jhdrummer4815]

Why are you calling the triangle wave a sine?

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Because I'm an idiot

[@KaeRZed]

​@@MoltenMusicTech : a "lol" button is missing in KZbin. Even if it's a triangle and not a sine, the resulting sound of these both waveforms is very similar... A bit more harmonics for triangle...but not so much ! :o)

[@medusaspupil]

I'm back in the 80s

[@MoltenMusicTech]

work it baby

[@medusaspupil]

@@MoltenMusicTech Hey Robin, I have a question. Is it possible to play the theme of " Stranger Things" with this MS-101? and if so , can you play it for us?

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Yep, I think so. Stranger Things has sort of ruined the synth arp for everyone.

[@medusaspupil]

@@MoltenMusicTech Cool !!

[@medusaspupil]

@@MoltenMusicTech Have you seen the new opening credits for "American Horror story 1984" ? I think a synth 80s wave is approaching. 1984 is the Future....

[@stuartwilliams7371]

Not bad for someone who claimed it sounded”Plastic”🙄

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Rollin' my eyes right back at ya fella. If you look into the context of my seemingly infamous "plastic" comments it wasn't a criticism, it was an attempt to articulate what it was about the SH-101 that gave it that distinctive sound, that particular quality. That quality in a discussion i had with Noir-et-Blanc Vie and Divkid came up as being described as bouncy, or balloon like or plastic and that seemed to fit. Of course some people take that to mean that I was saying it was a bit cheap or Fisher Price or something when that wasn't the intention at all. These patches exhibit plenty of the bouncy, rubberised plastic quality to which i'm referring. I hope that clears up any misunderstanding for you :D

[@stuartwilliams7371]

@@MoltenMusicTech Hi ,no misunderstanding, I knew what u meant, no probs, I think I may of worded it wrong?? Anyways, I think they are great, I have the grey original and bought one of these as a back up just in case and tbh, can’t really notice anything different between the two so very happy with a reasonable priced back up, and to have both playing together is a lot of fun.

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Coolio :D

[@kraftyhandz]

Nice hands.

[@MartinYamMoller]

Your shirt👌where can I purchase such brilliance? I'm serious

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Joebrowns.co.uk

[@jeffreynelson9917]

Bruhhh how can i record my own synths song like this into pro tools or fl studios

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Plug the outputs of your synths into the inputs on your audio interface - hit record!

[@sheshaman]

Dude! In few sentences, because I only have a few minutes before the auction ends... What's the fukcing difference between MS-101 and MS-1 ???

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Nothing! Same machine, different name for legal reasons.

[@christopherrusch]

this isn’t helping me save money thats for sure

[@jsb1418]

Min 5

[@jsb1418]

Min 15

[@mrfeenix1]

Moist lol funny

[@keyboardresource]

The SH-101 was boring monosynth with no save locations (like most of the other synths that Behringer has replicated). I'd like to see them clone an SCI Prophet-5 or Yamaha CS-80.

[@crnkmnky]

Baby steps…

[@KaeRZed]

Like most of the other synths of the "first" analog period... Memories and polyphony came a few years later... Ok... The SH-101 was one of the last monosynth and, when it was released, there were already lots of poly synths on the market... But defining it as 'boring' is quite harsh... :o)

[@happylittlesynth]

@@KaeRZed All you can do is laugh a little when people are that frosty/cynical about gear or other artists, really.