Bad Gear - Roland V-Synth

[@AudioPilz]

Audiopilz: *slaps roof of YT channel* Full Tracks, Extended Jams, Sample Packs: www.patreon.com/audiopilz

[@SLAVE_to_PAIN]

Can you take a closer look at the Roland MV-1 Verselab or the Roland MC-909 please ? 🙏🫠

[@rextopher]

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[@benitoe.4878]

Learnings from this episode: 1) Roland CAN make bigger displays 2) They basically made an MPC ONE before Akai made one.

[@AudioPilz]

That sums it up nicely!!!

[@Jason75913]

"CAN make" *USED TO make 🫤

[@nicker1992]

Almost 100.000 subscribers!! Nice job AudioPilz😊 You deserve it, your work ethic is amazing.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!! Working on it!

[@howgill4829]

Thank you for making videos. I look forward to seeing what is next every Friday.

[@bugetraver]

Ist schon was in Arbeit, wenn die 100000 Abos geknackt wurden?? Kann ja nicht mehr lange dauern

[@OoblasSteakhouse]

Seriously thank you for continuing to make such high quality videos weekly; it’s incredible and very much appreciated!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for watching!!!

[@TheDungeonDive]

A sound designer's dream machine. One of the very best synths ever made.

[@AudioPilz]

👍👍👍

[@PierreRipplinger]

It should be possible for an electronics geek to replace it with a HDMI port to plug it to a bigger screen. It wouldn't enhance the resolution but could save your eyes.

[@jessihawkins9116]

@@PierreRipplingerno it would enhance the resolution

[@6581punk]

It's weird how the V-Synth keyboard costs less than the rack. I have both but the XT is worth about three times as much, I know the voice card is rare but that can't be the only reason why?

[@jessihawkins9116]

@@6581punk people don’t want more keyboards. I have seven. I don’t have room for any more so I only get rack gear now.

[@BrendonBrooks]

These episodes never disappoint.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@whahappend8222]

Unless you get easily butthurt and hung up on the term 'bad', and not the content of the video itself.

[@LadyParysatis]

@@AudioPilz Best synth channel 💚

[@PlugInGuruVideo]

I was lucky to be asked to make factory patches for the 1st version of the V-Synth even when I was working as a consultant doing voicing for Korg. It’s a great synth that does things that make it really unique in the landscape of all synthesizers.

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!!!

[@WackyJackyTracky]

Intresting! How does the VSynth compare to the Korg Radias?

[@WalterGalindo]

I regret so much not buying a demo V-synth that they had at a music store, I’ve always liked the design and the elastic synthesis stuff

[@AudioPilz]

It's quite a rabbit hole!!!

[@geoffk777]

I love my V-Synth XT. It's worth it for the Vocoder and D-50 modes alone, but the great thing about it is that the main synth just sounds unique and not like anything since. It's a great source of sounds that you just won't find everywhere else.

[@AudioPilz]

The vocoder is awesome!!!

[@MJanovicable]

@@AudioPilz Yeah, I have one, how did they manage to make a digital vocoder so great?

[@thelabby9998]

And legato mode isn’t (or wasn’t?) available in Ableton. More similar to kontakt but back in the day latency vs vsynth… epic win.

[@lookingforamuse]

This one is just taking the piss. Its quite possibly one of the best digital synths ever created.

[@AudioPilz]

The nation is divided on this;)

[@jriceblue]

The thing that makes Bad Gear really work is the fact that the internet is REALLY GOOD at hating on absolutely everything, no exceptions. ...Like you have done to this excellent video? ...Like I have done to your comment?!

[@kenzgbr]

Florian I already know you are a genius. But getting into this crazy OS to the depth you have, pushing it to its limits, writing and recording a banger and editing this video, all while talking to Nick and the guys over at SonicTALK in a single week leads me to believe that there are actually 1,024 clones of the original Florian, all set to sync in some future-retro de/reconstitution device every Friday at 14.00

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much but I just like coffee;)

[@stevenbakos]

SonicTalk was a great episode with Florian!!! 💜💜🔥

[@thebookkeeper3508]

That might be the most feature-rich synth I've seen reviewed on Bad Gear. Great range of vocoder sounds at the end there as well!

[@AudioPilz]

Agreed!!! It's jam-packed with stuff!!!

[@AndrewTSq]

I think the V-Synth is the top of Rolands synthesizers ever actually. It sounds so incredible.

[@AudioPilz]

👍👍👍

[@issue1402]

you are wrong

[@23bit76]

​@issue1402 and you are right my friend ..congratulations 🎉

[@Sandelec-gm2cl]

Yes..but too modern. The oscillators is cold..and the filter too precise. May be it's made with analog modeling..?

[@maccagrabme]

It has a ton of low end, best I've heard in a digital synth.

[@DawlessHouseMusic]

"Classic" Bad Gear episode, finally.

[@AudioPilz]

It was about time!!!

[@DerekPower]

The OG Roland Fantom-X8 - the V-Synth's immediate peer - was my personal "achievement unlocked" moment. Absolutely no regrets.

[@AudioPilz]

These are super powerful!!!

[@agentooe33AD]

I had the Fantom S88 and the V-Synth back in the day. Sold them both to hop on the DAW in the box MO. I love my DAW and plugins, but man, I kick myself for selling my hardware synths, the V-Synth especially. Roland doesn't make keyboards like that anymore.

[@JasonOzolins]

I have one regret... I never got my Fantom X-8, because the guy who sent it was too trusting in how he attached the shipping label to the road case. Hope the mystery jerk at Star Track Brisbane depot (where the shipping label was swapped onto a small piece of metal crap which turned up at my place... then Star Track's "investigations" person tried to gaslight me that the crap could actually be what was sent; then her supervisor admitted it weighed into Brisbane as 45kg, and shipping was > $100) got some enjoyment from it. :^\

[@DerekPower]

@@JasonOzolins Ah hell =\

[@adamgh0]

I love that there's always a "Subscribe!" patch on every synth you review.

[@AudioPilz]

Gotta shill my channel a bit;)

[@Yobott]

coincidence?!?! I THINK NOT!!!

[@vjreimedia]

Bad Gear is this show that when it comes up, I realize I haven't done anything in the entire week and it is already Friday.

[@AudioPilz]

The weekend has just begun;)

[@AlistairMaxwell77]

I've had my OG V-synth for over a decade , its actually the oldest synth in my studio. Equal parts flawed and amazing . This and JDXA were the last real innovative synths roland made before they entered this corporate mass production digital retro era they live in now

[@AudioPilz]

The JDXx ones are super underrated!!!

[@tommy.countach]

@@AudioPilz i had a jdxa for two weeks ... imho the analog engine is pretty much useless, the digital stuff is great tho

[@embersandash]

Yeah, it’s my oldest synth as well.

[@MakeMagic]

​@@tommy.countach The analog engine was good for doing monophonic bass root notes below digital pads, I found.

[@Jonathan_Doe_]

Slapping the same processor in different things and limiting the modelling that each retro reissue can do… It’s just a pathetically blatant scheme after giving the world the V Synth that basically did it all. Meanwhile, Behringer straight up killing it with actual analog and hybrid clones of classics.

[@boedye]

Here's a suggestion for future vids: I'd be really interested in hearing if anyone actually utilized these synths in recordings. Like, what "bad synth" made it onto some album that everyone knows and loves, type of deal.

[@AudioPilz]

Great suggestion, thanks! I try to include that information if it's from a somewhat reliable source

[@kristianTV1974]

Back when Roland still had a competent R&D department.

[@AudioPilz]

They still have one?

[@mrz80]

I'm pretty sure they do still have an R&D department. It's just been shackled with unbreakable chains to the stupidest marketing department in the music industry.

[@gameon2000]

All I wanted for Xmas, was AudioPilz reviewing the V series goodness! ❤😊

[@arthurbiniss5432]

From a mathematical perspective, V-synths can be constructed by taking the limit, as the change in time approaches 0, of the ratio of 1/7 of a DX-7 with respect to the change of time.

[@AudioPilz]

#science

[@shaft9000]

whoa _dat's heavy, brah._ so #42 is no longer the universal answer, and today we are learning that "DX-7" _always was_

[@bldcaveman2001]

You really do spoil us... 3 cool tunes, amazing and entertaining editing, and really useful and in depth analysis of stuff you might wanna buy - all in about 10 mins.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@nickhenning]

Some interesting things you might not know.... The VC cards also hold the patch memories, so I can program the D-50 sounds on the V-synth (far easier than the D-50 and with better audio quality) and then plug it into my VariOS (there is an even weirder piece of Roland tech!) and it will play the patches exactly like the V-synth. The D-50 emulation is so complete you can even use a PG-1000 programmer on the V-synth or the VariOS. So there was a kind of point to Rolands madness at the time. In these days of endless emulations of old gear and the lust for 'analogue', which let's be honest all tends to sound a bit samey, regardless of the manufacturer, the V-synth stands out as a truly unique instrument. Yes it has many flaws but there is a reason no-one has made a VST to emulate it - it's utterly brilliant and really does not sound like anything else.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for the heads up!!!

[@DNGMaestro]

Yes yes! We are getting closer to the Juno’s and Jupiter 8 episode!

[@AudioPilz]

CS80;)

[@DNGMaestro]

@@AudioPilz ahhh….yes…yes…the really bad gear!

[@YouBredRaptorsMusic]

I used to work at an upper scale commercial recording studio in Boston in the late 200_'s, and there was one producer that would bring in a V-synth GT for every session he worked. It made it's way onto all of his demos and almost of of his final tracks There is a LOT of top 40s hip hop and pop from that erra with V-synth on it. Hahaha

[@AudioPilz]

Nice insight, thanks!!!

[@SRDhain]

The original V Synth was one of several synths that i bought as a brand new product. It was so new, that there were no reviews in the press, the original O/S had stepping in the filters when sweeping with the onboard knobs, and the original manual mentioned 8 part multi timbrality, which never transpired on any o/s revision or product update (eg XT and the GT keyboard). I emailed roland about the original o/s, and within a month or two, they announced an o/s update for free download. After that, i used it heavily on many production and music library projects. Eventually, I sold it to Tony Allgood, who made Oakley Modular systems. As you've already mentioned, it had some UI quirks that sometimes meant odd delays in using it on the fly, but it was a brave move ( it used the variphrase technology they already had) and a great synth.

[@AudioPilz]

I assume it was quite a tough sell back then

[@SRDhain]

@AudioPilz i bought it as the touch pad, and the first dozen or so presets showed that it had a unique sonic stamp for the time. There were a lot of possibilities to shape & mangle the sound in different ways & it really stood out in a showroom environment sonically , yet never swamped a mix in the studio. Proof, if need be, that sound designers are the real kings and queens in synth manufacturing . Everything also sent out sysex, too, if i remember correctly.

[@gerardjohns8082]

Great video! I've owned 3 V Synths over the years... I sold my original V1 keyboard to buy the XT, but found I missed the hands on control. So I switched back and it's one of the few keyboards I would never part with. It's digital sounding for sure, but it's also powerful and unique. Even to this day there's nothing else quite like it.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!! Nice!!!

[@hawthorne3889]

Best music production related channel on KZbin.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@philtrickey]

I have a lot of synths but the one I use the most is my V-Synth GT. The sounds, versatility and performance flexibility are fantastic!

[@AudioPilz]

👍👍👍

[@WackyJackyTracky]

Is this better than the Korg Radias? They seem quite similar while the Radias has more dedicated knobs

[@christianvictor827]

My absolute favourite synthesizer! I'm stable in "bad is good land" apparently. 😄

[@AudioPilz]

😂😂😂

[@h2o1969]

I'm curious as to why. What about it makes it your favorite. It does not appeal to me, and I wonder what I missed with it.

[@christianvictor827]

@@h2o1969 Well besides from it being a pretty good VA I really really like its sample mangling capabilities. It sucks at being a regular sampler but for creative editing it's ace. Also the arpeggiator/phrase sequencer is very powerful.

[@zk351]

It's the sign that the weekend has arrived 😍

[@AudioPilz]

Have a nice one!!!

[@zk351]

@@AudioPilz you too ✌️

[@MephistoMods]

Almost 100K! You can do it! Great show as always

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Working on it!!!

[@rorz999]

This one product line I wish that Roland would bring back! It's funny how the display screens on their products have got almost progressively worse since then

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, that screen aged better than I had expected

[@rorz999]

​@@AudioPilzand now we're back to 4 digit displays!

[@treetopjones737]

@@rorz999 What more do you need for that menu diving "that we all love so much"?

[@Area51Resort]

Another great show, Thank you! Your writing, performing, music creation and analysis are all top notch! I am a great fan of your work and hopefully one day I can tell you in person at a KZbin convention. Please keep up the amazing work, you are very much appreciated!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!! Looking forward to it!!!

[@RegebroRepairs]

Roland: Look, a synth with a fancy display! Everybody: Ugh! Roland: OK, 8 char LCD forever then!

[@AudioPilz]

The Curse of Roland

[@entertaintech4374]

Gotta admit the Mc-101 is good gear, but it’s finicky user interface checks all the boxes 📦 😅 And we all just want to see epic AudioPilz jams on it 😁

[@AudioPilz]

Great suggestion, thank you!!!

[@Nik.leonard]

Even Nick Batt agrees on that.

[@poopoppy]

@@AudioPilz I second the request for the MC-101.

[@h2o1969]

Third, just for the jams, if nothing else.

[@cooptrol]

Yess!! One of my bought-and-swiftly-sold!!!

[@AlexBallMusic]

The V-Synth was the natural nemesis of the Wii-Synth.

[@AudioPilz]

Lol, so true!!!

[@DJ_TideWave]

Awesome episode! 😊 I had never heard about this synth before! Sounds great! 😊 Your jams are amazing as always! Always looking forward to Fridays 😊👍

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@arthurwilliams3479]

Excellent show as always, wish me luck trying to find a V-Synth. please increase the length of "The Woooorlds most hated audio gear" Each episode "woorrlddd" should get just a little bit longer until it is 5 seconds long eventually. Keep increasing like the price of synths on Reverb.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!! Great idea!!!

[@RockyMountainSounds]

The best is when you accidentally unplugged it and filled the screen with all sorts of fun! Well done!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@opensourceq]

i like how by the time the final song rolls around on each episode, between all the arranging and mixing and processing i could never guess which particular instrument is being showcased if it weren't in the thumbnail; it just sounds like florian making techno. this is a feature not a bug

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@Toolsquatch]

Oh my GOD the screen gags during the verdict are hilarious! Fantastic as always Florian

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@dodgingrain3695]

The v-synth is a 303 or 808 waiting to happen, the sounds are so distinct and odd. Someone will eventually find a way to make the varaphrase sound a thing. The sample manipulation is so out there that you can't always predict what your going to end up with from a particular sample after you start creating patches.

[@AudioPilz]

I'd say so;)

[@anthonyrothercom]

😂 great episode, the pause button to see all memes was my best friend. I owned a V-Synth rack. I sold it. I never regret it.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much, Anthony!!!

[@JeremiahTrue]

I remember when the V-synth was launched and they had a vocal track in their demo that was mind blowing for the time. I’ve always wanted the OG V-synth and if I can ever get one, I’m going to add it to my studio. This one doesn’t seem quite exciting but still looks pretty awesome.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, simpler times;)

[@thelabby9998]

Legatoooo modeeeee

[@agentooe33AD]

Been waiting on this. I miss my V-Synth. I still kick myself for selling it many years ago.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, I feel the same way about quite a few synths

[@kerzwhile]

My absolutely Favorite Roland product ever! Btw! Amazing job on this one! 😊

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@Alleroc]

I love the look of the XT so much

[@AudioPilz]

Classic!!!

[@crunchyfrog555]

A weird one. It does indeed sound very digital, but I do absolutely love how the mangled samples sound - Roland always seem to have a lovely set of FX to run through and it's the same here.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, FX are great on this one!!!

[@aalamood]

yet another wonderful review I was waiting for!!, I bought my v-synth-gt when the time they have release it in 2007 and I have it since then, from time to time I'm using it and every time its sound unique and special with rich capability for sound design.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!! Nice one!!!

[@DerekMarshall]

The Enigma flute lives

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, it just smells funny;)

[@helisoma]

Florian the way you cover so much detail and complexity in so little time make me think you should have been an aerospace engineer 😂😳😳😳...that second and final jam are just fantastic 😎👌🏻...and thanks for my first shoutout! 🤗...and guys the sheer volume of material offered in his patreon makes it a no-brainer

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@streetbobade]

Ive got a V-synth gt, I bought it new in 2008, I played with it for 2 days and didn't get on with it at all. It sat pretty much unused until the lockdown in 2020..... wow! I had some time on my hands this synth is so misunderstood. Its capable of producing just about any sound you could wish for. The sampling is amazing, not just the sound mangling, but the way in which the samples can be triggered. its a very unique instrument, one I shall be keeping hold of. This time next year there will be a boutique version!

[@AudioPilz]

I think it just didn't get the attention it deserved in the whole DAW revolution

[@WackyJackyTracky]

Yes the elastic sampling feature sounds awesome… but some people say it makes the source signal washy and dynamicless!?

[@thesesmallboxes]

What an epic episode! If Roland had used this as a sales ad, they’d have moved way more more of these!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@8-BitHeart79]

Cevin Key from SkinnyPuppy still uses the GT. The Vsynth is and always will be on my “need one” list. 😊

[@AudioPilz]

Still no sign of him - he sometimes hangs out here in the comment section...

[@TechnoShamanism]

This is the BEST synth related channel on KZbin, bar none. Fantastic work, Danke dir & weiter so!!! ❤🎉🎉🎉

[@AudioPilz]

Vielen herzlichen Dank!!!

[@magusreaver]

On of my favorite albums of all time Skinny Puppy - The Greater Wrong of the Right has the V-Synth's fingerprints all over it. It's such a cool machine. I've never found in good shape around me that I could afford. I keep hoping Roland makes a good successor with the time trippad.

[@AudioPilz]

Ah, I have to check that one out!!!

[@thelabby9998]

Tc helicon perform ve….

[@TylerInTraining]

I saw SP on their final tour a month or two ago, wish I could've gotten a better view of the work desk of synths that kEY had set up on the stage.

[@chillwalker]

4:11 Danke für den Lachflash der Woche. Den hab ich echt gebraucht, mein Lieber!!

[@AudioPilz]

Immer gerne;)

[@ThatJerseyBloke]

I totally understand this instrument making it to Bad Gear. Used to have an original V-Synth. I always felt like it was a waste of $2400. Never got along with it, sold it, and went back to a Roland JD-990 and Akai S-3000 sampler. I honestly never understood why I couldn't get along with it because at the time, it seemed like a great sample mangling machine but I always found myself actually putting more traditional instruments to productive use.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, it's one of the instruments that doesn't play along - you have to surrender to it

[@danm3570]

awesome, was curious about this one for a long time. Great techno jam at the end, that was cool you should release as a full song

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!! Shameless plug: full tracks can be found on Patreon...

[@Zebulon94]

The Vsynth is for me the last real synthesizer from Roland (well ok, there is the JD-XA which has its place too). I bought a VSynth GT (Dual engine, vocal processing integrated into the synthesis, articulation of the instruments, more polyphony and memory) somewhat compulsively about ten years ago and it has become one of my favorite keyboards. This synth has flaws but it allows you to do really original things in terms of sound design and it is unique in certain aspects. ! It's just a shame that Roland gave up development and updates.

[@AudioPilz]

Definitely a unique piece of kit!!!

[@MAZZI100]

Awesome and fun to watch as always!.

[@AudioPilz]

¡¡¡Muchisimas gracias!!!

[@omniphoriusvcf907]

Great vid as always. If you want to review the Sh-32 let me know, I have an unused/nos copy ready to justify its existence.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!! A very generous offer!!! Are you in EU?

[@inko_p]

🎉duuude.... Your uploads are just what my brains need!!! Please do consider making a video on how much effort it takes to make a bad gear episode! Always a pleasure!!!

[@1969mre]

Yes- a behind the scenes in timewarp

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!! Great idea!!!

[@DoctorNemmo]

I've had my original V-synth for a long time, and it produces gorgeous bass sounds. I recall showing it to a friend and she let out a excited whimper when she heard the bass through the monitors. That was... something to remember. Anyways, it's a great instrument. I don't like Roland these days, but the V-Synth stays. Oh, and Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran fame uses it during live shows. I saw it with my own eyes.

[@AudioPilz]

Wow, didn't know. Thanks for posting!!!

[@quietandpeacefulman]

Super! May I just compliment you on the production detail where you align the timing of ads to appear exactly at the end of the first jam. That is pro. These things don’t go unnoticed

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@Vim-Wolf]

I've looked at these and if I wanted Variphrase I'd use my VP9000 and if I wanted a D50 sounds I'd use my, well, D550. Or my D-05 which is actually pretty solid. Most of the rest is in my XV5080. 😁

[@AudioPilz]

Nice collection!!!

[@Vim-Wolf]

@@AudioPilz Ah, the thing with working from home during covid was that it was easy to have Reverb and eBay open in another window :)

[@mixn5919]

4:11 Thank you for this!! I used to know a guy who had the keyboard version of the V-Synth, but never spent anywhere near enough time with it to figure out the interface. Seems really powerful though! You got a really wide range of sounds out of that thing!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@brucebennett5338]

I have the 1st gen V-Synth and love it! The formant correcting pitch shift/timestretch is fantastic!

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!!!

[@mothretramusic]

With the D-Beams! Seriously, Roland could have included the D-Beam sensors on the XT, and that would have been perfection. After all, the XT has rubber feet and it tilts, so the Beams could very effectively be used on a table-top/gig setting and/or in a rack, tilted upwards to the artist...but whatever Roland! I love my XT.

[@_rootsman]

i love your channel, really enjoy your videos and am constantly amazed at the level of production you put into them. but i have to say, out of everything you have covered (so far) i have never wanted something more than you have made me want a V-Synth... that thing sounds amazing!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@heavysystemsinc.]

Looks like a wild good time digging into the V-Synth universe of possibilities. However, I have two other universes I've been trying to map and they come first!

[@AudioPilz]

That universe was mapping me;)

[@pukseli2270]

I think this episode had the best jams ever! Really well done, thanks! Im hoping some more semi modulsr for the show! Behringer neturon as the lone original behringer would be neat

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@Jxnxdoe]

Didn’t even know this synth existed 😮 could be worth looking into early 90s workstations microtuning/user scale settings in the future

[@AudioPilz]

Great idea!!!

[@illustriouschin]

There's a lot of surprisingly good sounds in this unit particularly the vocal effects, I kinda want one!

[@AudioPilz]

Vocoder is top notch!!!

[@cravensean]

This is not going to be a useful comment. But have you noticed how Ron from Sparks has his keyboards labeled RONALD rather than ROLAND?

[@AudioPilz]

I'd do the same if that was my name;)

[@nexuzeb79]

AGAIN! What a finale (and video of course..)!!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!!!

[@SisterRose]

You should get a bunch of these 00s synths and make Frutiger Aero music with it for a special

[@AudioPilz]

Great idea, thanks!!!

[@Johnsys359]

Ah Future Music Magazine. I always looked forward to my subscriptions of FM, Keyboard, and Electronic Musician.

[@AudioPilz]

These covers had a questionable impact on me as a teen;)

[@MrPokerian]

V-Synth can't be that bad considering it's still one of Richard Barbieri's go-to synths!

[@AudioPilz]

There's some truth to that!!!

[@budgetkeyboardist]

Truth. Richard Barbieri is AMAZING!!!!

[@shaft9000]

He may be using it as a MIDI controller for rack-mounts and VSTs. Every UI do-dad on there has easily assignable CCs.

[@huntergalloway3944]

Don’t lie, you totally only got one because cEVIN Key has one of the keyboard versions in his live set up! I had no idea they made a rack version, it’s awesome!

[@AudioPilz]

The rack version is much recommended!!!

[@AndrewTSq]

Skinny Puppy is one of my fav bands :D Did not know they had this incredible synth, but the sample mangling is really skinny puppy :)

[@budgetkeyboardist]

I seriously would like one of these, but used prices are pretty silly.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, these prices are quite hefty

[@FluxSynth]

The techno anthem is probably my favorite song from this series to date, NEED FULL TRACK

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!! Shameless plug: full tracks are available on Patreon;)

[@ptr_new]

If you take your time to program it, you can get some insane sounds out of it :)

[@AudioPilz]

True that!

[@MichaalHell]

My biggest ”WTF are you doing Roland” is that they have This (STILL) state of the att sampling technology (Vari-phrase) and they just let it lie in a corner and rot. A dedicated vari-phrase sampler with the capacity of current technology would be amazing!

[@AudioPilz]

The question is if they can still access it in a functional way

[@keithsquawk]

Anything with shed-loads of LFO's can't be that bad.

[@AudioPilz]

They are more or less littered all across the engine;)

[@Kirurishii]

Highly enjoyable vid once again! The Vari-range from Roland. I've played the V-synth years ago when I purchased the VariOs from a guy. The synth was an upgrade for him. I liked the sampling tools from that VariOs, a very decent try to close the gab between pc and outboard. Connecting the gorgeous red unit to a pc with USB and a Midi IO. Software on the computer gave access to the vast set of tools to do amazing things to a sample of max 90 stereo seconds! It had everything which otherwise requiered a monster PC to get things done, granuling, pitchcorrection auto-tune like features if you got into it. With the loading of different firmware it turned into an amazing Jupiter or TB303 emulator, like the Vsynths did, for the vocoding and D50 mentioned card was needed though, but didn't miss that much. I still have 2 VariOs ready to connect to a WXP computer. I learned that pretty much all the features from the VariOs are found inside the V-synth, although I reckon it takes more effort to apply all these sample goodies using that screen. But Roland did something almost right there 😊 Would you like to try out a VariOs, mr Pilz? I could send you one for the fun of it. There's plenty hate for this to go around making it a Bad Gear thingy 😊

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much for the offer!!! Are you located in EU?

[@Kirurishii]

@@AudioPilz Netherlands 🙂

[@alistairfletcher6187]

Lemme thru, I gotta see this

[@AudioPilz]

😀😀😀

[@andrewross1809]

Once worked at a now long gone (but at the time much loved) music tech store in the naughties, and remember this well as it never sold. Great synth when you dig a bit.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, these were sitting on the shelves like crazy

[@nictrax]

Do you remember the VariOS?

[@AudioPilz]

The red rocket?;)

[@nictrax]

@@AudioPilz Yesss! 😁

[@MichaelCoombes776]

I suggested it last week, hope to see it here.

[@nictrax]

@@MichaelCoombes776 Good isea. I still have one but I have no idea if the software runs on windows now lol

[@MichaelCoombes776]

@@nictrax IME Windows makes a point of trying to be as backwards-compatible as possible, eg FireWire is still handled fine with a PCIe card. Might still work.

[@gregthesquare4]

Great to see Hainbach in a meme! Thanks for all the great work!

[@AudioPilz]

He would definitely make a toilet stall sound great!!!

[@SmallWorldBigThings]

Apparently I didn't pay enough to Nick... so again this is not MC-101. Let's see how bad (or good) is Roland V-Synth....

[@AudioPilz]

The answer is: YES!!!

[@SmallWorldBigThings]

@@AudioPilz I didn't know this synth... and I like it! Only two oscillators and only 24 voices of polyphony is a little limiting (especially with multitembrtality) - but overall it is really interesting digital synth.

[@Geepstar]

You can say a lot of things but this is actually the first time your show makes me wanna buy this. It even sounds great on my tv. 😎

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!!!

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

Speaking for all Satanic pyschopaths, I deeply resent the implication that we understand FM synthesis in any meaningful way. 😈👿👹

[@AudioPilz]

It's easy, we don't;)

[@poofygoof]

the question is whether FM synthesis understands US. all of this programming we do with FM is really just an attempt to communicate with the alien intelligences that contacted Chowning so many decades ago.

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

@@AudioPilz Speaking of satanic Florian, how about a review of the bizarre and oh-so-much-fun Roland GR-55 guitar synth? Now that thing is truly some BAD gear!

[@mikeklubnika]

7:48 by far one of my favourite jams

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@KeirMurphy]

I nabbed a V-Synth XT for only £700 a few years back to replace my JP-8000 that I didn't have space for. I really considered the JP-8080 but the V-Synth does all of that and more. However, I find it way less immediate than the JP-8080 and it isn't menu diving in the normal sense that's the issue. You can pick a menu and most common controls automap to the bank of 8 potentiometer knobs. It's more the synth engine that's not as immediate to edit in the sense of being able to visualise what you want the sound to be and create the basics in seconds. This is not necessarily a negative - it is way way deeper than the JP I mentioned. So... I've tended to use the Novation Peak for workhorse stuff and the V-Synth when I want to make something a bit more "different" and can invest the time.

[@AudioPilz]

Wow, great find!!!

[@pshealy69]

First!

[@alistairfletcher6187]

Damn you

[@AudioPilz]

Congrats!!!

[@ryansmith8782]

Bruh.. you guys are going to fast, you need to slow down. Is what I tell my guys when they are doing good.

[@SlaserX]

It feels to me like the V-Synth is Roland's last premium synth. Nothing else since has the level of functionality. I still want one

[@AudioPilz]

I really enjoyed System-8 tbh

[@dynasoftbg2571]

At the age of fiftyseven, I love these old Roland sounds so much. Think I've got to re-activate my MC909.

[@AudioPilz]

MC909 is a classic!

[@isaiahchacon2878]

Great work as always! What an interesting synth for sure

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!