ROLAND PROMARS MRS-2 Analog Synthesizer 1978 | HD DEMO

[@andyanderson6455]

Love the early Roland Synth this and JP4, oscillators fat and consistency even in their tone as you play up and down the keys-along with supreme filters. Doesn't sound cheap or plastic like many other synths. What a beast of engineering.

[@Chevytravelleruk]

Great demo... Love my Promars to bits... it is the very embodiment of the vintage Roland sound

[@erichkohl9317]

This looks like one of those rare hidden gems of a synth. Sounds great.

[@jamarimauricio6394]

InstaBlaster

[@lo-firobotboy7112]

Not hidden or unknown, just ridiculously expensive

[@blabla80music56]

To 6:19 jarre fx oxygene i love this synth !!

[@lo-firobotboy7112]

This is one synthesizer which I covet deeply. I'd love to have it or a Jupiter-4. Great instruments.

[@lo-firobotboy7112]

5 years later.....still want one!

[@christianperez1134]

Yo tengo uno $$$$

[@JoelBouchillon]

Very Nice. You scored on this one! Great sounding synth!

[@monguskooklord7867]

Rainbow bits, big silver knobs, sliders, pegs...old Roland panels are so pretty. This sound is monstrous too, another nice vid.

[@AnalogAudio1]

thanks! Indeed, it's a pleasure to work with it

[@archersutdios4371]

Butt Ass L

[@rainbowwalker2872]

Fantastic machines and videos! Thanks a lot!

[@AnalogAudio1]

thank you for watching!

[@helisoma]

this is so pure

[@AiynZahevSounds]

Sounds amazing.

[@KILLAGORILLA7000]

Great sounding synth

[@JeremyLeblanc]

Great work, as always. Thank you.

[@AnalogAudio1]

+Jeremie Leblanc thx!

[@theoliviaarchives4794]

Love the sound.

[@paul6925]

Came here because I just tried out the Roland plugin in Ableton. Love this synth for bass especially.

[@lundsweden]

The most important thing is that its Compuphonic!

[@wakerickman]

brilliant the 2 sub occerlaters make it a virtual 4 occerlater synth for my purposes. i love sub occerlates, there greatly underated.

[@Salvolama]

Spettacolare!

[@stefanpaulus7594]

Diese Phase habe ich leider verpasst, als die Rolands aus dieser Generation noch bezahlbar zu haben waren. Heute fast unbezahlbar, aber trotzdem ein schönes Gerät.

[@vinylarchaeologist]

Interesting how some of the panel design elements already hint at the JUPITER-8, including the font of the synth name 😊

[@AnalogAudio1]

It's very similar to the Jupiter-4, it shares the same technology. The Promars is the monophonic version of the Jupiter-4.

[@Kaufaudio]

Which filter does yours have? sounds great!

[@AnalogAudio1]

No clue...

[@SanderAnderon]

love your demos. Killer audio--hearing the occasional key presses makes me curious how you amp/record the room, thanks.

[@AnalogAudio1]

thank you for your feedback! Direct line recording adding a bit from original camera audio in the video mixdown

[@yvesbeaulieu4371]

I like its sounding!😃

[@MrMargaretScratcher]

Sounds very much like my Juno 6, only with 2 oscillators that can be detuned and 2 envelopes. Very nice though. Oh the Square flute sound at around 3 mins in is very SH1000. Nice early roland sound. .

[@AnalogAudio1]

yes!

[@WilliamHonda]

very good!

[@KristerNielsen]

That is one large piece of equipment. Sounds cool though.

[@ymotechnopopfan]

2:50 3:56 5:36 6:20 7:37

[@moogdome2562]

Saw Spandau ballet play one of these on Top of the pops.

[@RobertoGinsburg]

@moog Dome . Yes, and don't forget *The Electrofunk Group THE JONZUN CREW also* , they used along other weapons like Korg 900ps and Poly61, Minimoog, 2 Synare3 traps + acoustic drum, Roland SVC vocoder..

[@DonPedro6901]

Damn good! Crazy!

[@AnalogAudio1]

+DonPedro6901 thanks...

[@Psychlist1972]

Lovely

[@rockybalboa2526]

Hey, i sent you a message similar to thisone once before, but i never heard back from you! : / I wanted to know if you live in or around the NYC area? and if so, if you would like to talk more about possibly playing synth on 3 full albums of new dance /rock music with an 80s sound . And to hear about all the other opportunities im offering with that as well? Please let me know. Thank you

[@AnalogAudio1]

Hi, that sounds nice, but I live in Germany...

[@rockybalboa2526]

@@AnalogAudio1 ahhh shitzel! : P ok, so its not possible. But thank you for getting back to me anyway!

[@iamonfire501]

Classic 70s synth sound.

[@cyberfennek]

Roland should bring their true analogue synths back and forget those stupid workstations and those digital wanna be analogues with only 2 octaves or less.

[@devmiles]

Imagine if the Promars had 4 voices ...

[@AnalogAudio1]

this would be the Jupiter-4... almost

[@maccagrabme]

Looks good but for some reason the sound isn't doing much for me. I thought the plugin was average but it seems that its quite accurate sounding. Far prefer the sh101 tone.

[@wakerickman]

i dont

[@thepanel2935]

I want to see the market in vintage synths go into a savage freefall. People are paying megabucks for 40 and 45 year old technology. It can be recreated on newer, better machines for a fraction of the asking price if you want those retro sounds.

[@AnalogAudio1]

Always the same discussions... the original analogs sound better than "recreations" by software or newer synths. These are the originals. Apart from that, you don't need to spend megabucks for a vintage car to drive, you don't need to pay megabucks for a Rolex to know the time. There will be no "savage freefall", since it's not the same.

[@thepanel2935]

@@AnalogAudio1 even Nick Rhodes said he is "all for moving forward", so I think this obsession with vintage Retro sounds will stifle advancement and 'new-ness'. And where are the spare parts for old machines that require repairs due to their age? Or MIDI connectivity? I already know that people appreciate these older products, but I will not participate. I was offered an original two-keyboard Prophet-10 for $2500 Australian ($1500 USD) and I sold my Jupiter 4 for $450 Australian ($300 USD), but this was all back in the mid 1990s when I was in my 20s and flat broke. (I couldn't afford the $2500 for the Prophet-10 and I desperately needed the money I got when selling the JP-4.) I would still choose to use a Rev 4 re-issue of the Prophet-10 than pay large sums for the original, despite what you say. Each to their own. If Behringer products are solidly made and cheaply sold, they will assist greatly, especially with re-makes of classic pieces of kit like the Linn Drum and DMX drum machine. The only problem is, Behringer will announce a budget re-make of classic items, but three years later, there is _still_ no sign of those things...

[@AnalogAudio1]

@@thepanel2935 Each to their own! :-) Buy what makes you lucky and what you can afford.

[@ymotechnopopfan]

0:54 pulse wave

[@KevinStCroix]

What sequencer is that?

[@AnalogAudio1]

Doepfer Dark Time

[@carcass2677]

that com truise sound

[@cornpopsandacid]

I'm in love

[@hfugmann]

I miss my Promars

[@nakedfaves]

+Henrik Fugmann So buy any of the 3 that are on Ebay as of February 20th 2016. There is currently no time limit on any of them.

[@AnalogAudio1]

+nakedfaves but these are quite expensive with more than 2000 $

[@nakedfaves]

+AnalogAudio1 Yeah, but if I had the money I'd buy one just for the looks. Imagine seeing someone play one of these in a concert where the venue is small enough that members of the audience can come on stage and get a photo of one with them standing right next to it. But then it's also the ease with which numerous sounds can be produced with less than 5 seconds on programming and knob manipulation. Man, I'd eat this up if I could afford to buy one.

[@erebousde]

Kann man den Promars eigentlich irgendwie mit dem Jupiter-4 vergleichen? Sehen auf jeden Fall sehr ähnlich aus...

[@AnalogAudio1]

+Millenium der Promars ist eigentlich ein monophoner Jupiter-4, aber mit 2 VCOs und CV/Trigger Anschlüssen.

[@dreco64]

Great ! I didn't know this Promars Model ... It seems really to be a pre-Jupiter machine ...

[@thepanel2935]

Around the same time as the JP4 an includes similar circuitry and parts.

[@Josue143803]

Where do you get these things?

[@AnalogAudio1]

+Josue143803 from Santa when I was good

[@nakedfaves]

+Josue143803 There are 3 of them available on Ebay right now. As of February 20th 2016 there is no time limit on any of them.

[@Josue143803]

+nakedfaves Why, thank you for telling me that! Let me see if I can get one...

[@synthesizerhome2041]

+Josue143803 2000 $ is quite expensive for a Promars, just sayin...

[@Josue143803]

+Synthesizer Home Well, I can't really afford that... Maybe there will be a better offer someday...

[@EduXicao]

6:12 This is Windows Pinball... lol

[@scottlarson1548]

Is there any synth that doesn't sound good with a lot of effects?

[@AnalogAudio1]

some sound excellent, others sound mediocre. Effects are like spices.

[@scottlarson1548]

@@AnalogAudio1 I can put just about any awful sound into a reverb effect and make it sound beautiful.

[@DonPedro6901]

who used this?

[@AnalogAudio1]

+DonPedro6901 Vangelis and Gary Numan

[@DonPedro6901]

Thanks, of course Vangelis!

[@nakedfaves]

+DonPedro6901 Also the 3 people on Ebay that are attempting to sell the ones that they have. As of February 20th 2016 there is no time limit on any of them.

[@soepil]

Also: Alan Wilder, Depeche Mode.

[@waskerbasket9601]

Dreams

[@saibot20194]

there are some gameboy sounds too

[@tedmich]

wow, I'm glad I just found one in the trash! Its NiCd battery puked all over the inside but its fixable. Memory feature sounds silly, as it disables all the knobs...LOL.

[@AnalogAudio1]

After the demo I threw it in the trash... So, you are the one who found it? :-D

[@tedmich]

@@AnalogAudio1 doubtful the one I found had waterfall bubinga end pieces.!

[@oryjen]

You should not use external FX on those vintage synths demos: It disguises their genuine sound character.

[@PaulusdeKenezy]

And Roland is sucks nowadays.

[@antonzigando150]

jesus christ use the pitch bend once in a while