Bad Gear - Roland Phrase Lab MC-09 - Frankenstein’s Techno Lab???

[@thomasaustin8477]

Wake up babe, new AudioPilz video!

[@AudioPilz]

That's what I call a romantic relationship!

[@LooneyBinJim303]

I have just started this film and its got 303 comments lol

[@AT-eh2eo]

Hubba hubba

[@Stopinvadingmyhardware]

Don’t call me babe.

[@matthewlister3755]

That jam at the end was so late 90's and badass that by the end of the video I was wearing a pair of JNCO jeans and carrying a pair of glow sticks.

[@dan_rtype]

No one was listening to that stuff in the late 90s. The drum n bass maybe.

[@heavysystemsinc.]

@@dan_rtype Acieeeeed is timeless homie. Shit, New Order had an acid hit in 98!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! When stuff gets more 90s than the actual 90s;)

[@farquoi]

@@AudioPilz How much gear was used in the last jam? It wasn't just MC09, right? It sounds incredible.

[@jahreed]

Future Sound of Bad Gear!

[@fernandomercado5519]

What I’ve learned: gear can be bad, but a good musicians makes it shine.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!

[@ciatangallaghe2485]

Id read shine as shit

[@djindustrialcomplex]

This channel's so underrated

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Working on it;)

[@MouldySoul]

way to make us all feel more like hipsters than we already do.

[@matrix12x]

"When it comes to bad gear...Roland never fails to deliver." Truer words have never been said.

[@AudioPilz]

They never disappoint!!!

[@GizzyDillespee]

SP404MKII is still out of stock

[@mattb154]

That D'n'B track may be "just" a workflow study, but it sure packed in some good, genre-appropriate musical ideas. As much as I love the memes and the video editing, the consistent quality of the bad gear jams is astounding, and the best thing about your work.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!!!

[@ianmccoy13]

I see what you did there, making the intro sound cheesy and then blast off our faces with pristine production quality in your jams. Nice play, Pilz... Great work as always. Keep up the good work!

[@Yuzuki1337]

Classical Pilz :D I've learned to never judge these by the intro tune anymore.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Some instruments just don't work that well in the intro tune ;)

[@mrz80]

@@AudioPilz Still, enough gear does work that we must acknowledge the versatility of the tune itself. :D

[@vintageMIDI]

You certainly squeeze the best out of hated audio tools. That is perseverance. And ultimately why you succeed in this genre. Keep going!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! I will!

[@PodmornicaFTW]

Every bad gear episode is a weekly highlight for me. It's basically how I tell time at this point.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! The Bad Gearean Calendar ;)

[@lairdkilbarchan]

This is my highlight of the week. Danke, Kumpel.

[@AudioPilz]

Immer gerne ;)

[@troglodyte5991]

That last jam was insane! Good job.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@ZeriteI]

I was not at all prepared for how hard that track dropped at 6:53

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Gotta drop dat bass!!!

[@darfswifespeeholeburns2549]

@@AudioPilz Did you actually program that tune in the Phrase Lab or just use the sounds from a DAW? It's amazing.

[@AudioPilz]

@@darfswifespeeholeburns2549 all sounds are from the machine, both sequenced internally and in a DAW (and both at the same time;). I REALLY had to push things forward in the drum department

[@Robinbermann]

I just cant get enought of this series! Bad gear being revieweed with memes sprinkled in is just my jam.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Happy to hear that!

[@austinclark1505]

Every Friday, my girlfriend says oh it's the guy with the voice.

[@AudioPilz]

Ze Voize ;)

[@austinclark1505]

@@AudioPilz I live for Fridays. Thanks for all you do

[@bwgti]

He’s the loud German bald guy at my house. One day I will break the news he is Austrian.

[@EricBichan]

damn that last jam has got me wanting to watch Blade again

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, that's so 90s action movies!

[@WarrenPostma]

@@AudioPilz Damn that was good.

[@ishroyer222]

“You can bounce multiple tracks to one...” *with the wryest possible inflection* “...just like the beatles...” Man, your subversive humor is impeccable

[@kommissar.murphy]

I don't get it.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@Magnus_Loov]

Great work by AudiPilz. He's like the mailman, cause he always delivers! Fantastic work finding the right type of arrangement, style/genre and use of sounds for the main song custom written for the MC-09.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@ericw1908]

My first looper! The MC-09 is one of the only pieces of gear I regret selling. I used to midi sync a circuit bent 505 and spend hours recording drum loops into it. Thanks for another great video and nostalgia trip.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for watching! Bent 505 is the ideal complement!

[@dreamingone615]

DAMN!!! That last jam is a BANGER! Great deep learning video too.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you! Them algos certainly love eyeballs and dogs

[@MCBrainpower]

Another one ☝🏼 (DJ Khaled voice) 🔥

[@AudioPilz]

...and ANOTHER ONE!!!

[@DoctorNemmo]

He did it. That crazy austrian finally did it. This is a perfect MC-09 video, and you actually made it shine. Congratulations.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, got some help from Berlin. Thanks!

[@kevinbirge2130]

You make all of this stuff sound good. It’s always the workman, never the tools.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@Yuzuki1337]

Holy moly that weird acid preset sounds sooo good. Edit: Dude the filter sweep and video accompanying it at 6:05 sent me somewhere, cheers! 🤣 Edit 2: Yeah, the video for the "weird genre jam" didn't help either, now if you'll excuse me I'll stare at some still pictures that move somehow.

[@kelvint03]

the filter sweep is the phaser

[@AudioPilz]

Absolutely, there's some sound design goodness hidden in that cursed machine

[@kelvint03]

@@AudioPilz have you tried using the eq to make the kicks & snares sound better?

[@Yuzuki1337]

@@kelvint03 Thank you, I'm still too new to this to understand all the effects by ear. :)

[@Yuzuki1337]

@@AudioPilz That's the thing about most Roland gear I'd wager. No matter how user-unfriendly and stupid the device, there's probably some really good sounds hidden in there. :D

[@user82938]

You catch me off guard with the “ticking all the boxes” line every time and it makes me laugh out loud.

[@AudioPilz]

Always a pleasure!

[@CALITRIXfitness]

I LOVE old 90's early 2000's roland groove gear. I love this channel. and i love YOU sir hahaha. Another fantastic episode!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@MaximilianoSchneider]

Love this! This thing is amazing, is like making music with an Amiga 500, and the design, direct from the Buck Rogers TV show, is awesome :D

[@AudioPilz]

Yup, it's adorable;)

[@danieklerr]

Great video! I dug into the MC09 on my channel a while ago, exploring looper a bit and using it for something other than acid. I was surprised by how fun it was before I sold it. Love the last golden-era electronica jam. Cheers! 🍻

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@adavidalex212]

Whoa, the visuals on the last jam though. I tripped on my shoe laces and realised I wasn't wearing any shoes 😂

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@3D6Space]

Thanks dude. Because of your video here, I just ordered this Bad Gear - Roland Phrase Lab MC-09 - Frankenstein’s Techno Lab for $200 shipped, and it should be here late next week. I am your newest subscriber!

[@AudioPilz]

Happy to hear that, thanks! Have fun!!!

[@yoless42]

4:23 Wait a second.. no crash report from Ableton? Something must be broken!

[@AudioPilz]

That's how it looks when it crashes while crashing

[@Pedro_Dactyl]

Fridays are the best part of the week because my sub feed is blessed with Bad gear

[@AudioPilz]

Fridays are the best part of the week because I find great comments like this

[@yopdiesel80]

It's incredible how pricey these things can get nowadays... Few years back it was common to find them for under a hundred euros on ebay... (got mine for 50, mint in box in 2010). The looper is endless fun, but as said in this video, you need quite a lot of practice to kinda fully master the whole unit (looper/fx/synth/drums/sequencer) and it's not really worth the effort since the looper + FX are the best part of it. Endless layered cruchy sonic fun garanteed (it's lo-Fi but really, really addictively good!). Paradoxally, it's one of those units that one can have fun with after just a few seconds. I always thought that Korg should issue some Volca FX/looper using the same interface, it would fit so well in the series. I cherish this thing, plus it looks like Kitt from the Knight Rider TV series, so if you find one, then give it a go ! You may not regret it !

[@AudioPilz]

Damn, Volca looper should be a thing!!!

[@agentvx8320]

Damn dude. Proper banger in this one. Nice job with the song visuals too.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@Jacksoni69]

Just found your channel, this series is brilliant! Now to binge all of it uh oh

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@danielleohallisey4218]

Friday meeting ran long. I finally announced, “Guys! It’s time for Bad Gear!!!!”

[@AudioPilz]

It should be part of the meeting!!!

[@pilleater]

There was an act in 2009 called "Technobox" that would use only the MC-09. Actually the guy was in a hardcore thrash band called 1991.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for posting, I have to check then out!

[@SchlesGames]

I never thought about it until today, but I could really use a "The Surgeon General Warns H(2)SO(4) Urban Decay Warehouse Generator Party Public Nuisance" synthesizer

[@AudioPilz]

It should be in every household!!!

[@pabloseven1]

amazing final jam!!!

[@awsomo900]

I died at "will behringer make a clone soon"

[@AudioPilz]

We need some Uli on that ;)

[@Jackwhoknows]

I think I might want to subject myself to this ersatz beauty. Those acid tones have a gnarled quality I find gorgeous.

[@artisan002]

Okay. To start with, the music you worked out of it sounded pretty damned good. But, I also suspect this is a nexus point between gear, talent, and determination. After that, I have to compliment all involved for the edits. Excellent work, particularly the Prince joke. LOL!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@UliAfroman]

Since a few weeks, every week I can't wait to see a new bad gear after I watched all the recent videos ❤️❤️❤️

[@AudioPilz]

So happy to hear that, thanks!

[@dylanleroysynth]

Nice! Never even see this model before. Great stuff per usual! Interesting Roland has the same general idea to this day with the MC grooveboxes and then now that MV-1 Verselab.

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! So true, made me think of the MV-1 too

[@fredh9808]

The behringer and cymbal jokes were lit af. And the final track/video, a total banger, re flashero

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@MeeperDude45]

Not to forget Myspace Tom, friend of all of us ;-)

[@RANDOMLOOPGENERATOR]

Totally cured me of ever going near one, having almost traded some gear in for one last year I'm glad I didn't. Great work as always my friend 🙂

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Not a keeper for me as well

[@dvdny]

6:30 - Quite possibly the best song ever composed on this albatross. Kudos!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you! Albatross is funny ;)

[@liudas5377]

Never heard of this box. Great job squeezing out the sounds on that last take. Good stuff!!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@endorphinsmusic]

Before a new bad gear drops, I always watch an oldie in anticipation.

[@AudioPilz]

That's the spirit! Thanks!

[@Plexyglazz]

That dig at Behringer… EPIC 🔥! 😂😂

[@AudioPilz]

They would certainly include USB and extended sampling time

[@SynthFelix]

My god, your videos are really cool! Thank you!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for watching!!!

[@johanmalm8378]

The video for the last jam was one of your best!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@HazyJ28]

This whole channel is an acid trip and I love it

[@AudioPilz]

Don't do drugs! ;)

[@clementdorient2849]

The damaged corner of your table drags all my attention. As said Mick Jagger, "Paint it black"

[@AudioPilz]

That's what my sister did in the 80s. Originally it's vintage Danish teak furniture

[@stuffnuns]

Love your intros, especially this one with MC-09 coming out of the grave. LOL.

[@AudioPilz]

IT'S ALIVE!!!

[@RAFAEL60160]

6:30 OMG this is so Daft Punky! Damn!

[@AudioPilz]

I'll take this as a compliment, thanks!

[@DJDigitalJosh]

I had 1, sold it, now I have a TB-3 & don't miss the 09 at all.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, UIs DID improve over the years

[@eyekillu2]

I love your videos, awesome stuff man

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@WarrenPostma]

The jam at 6:30 is THE BEST THING I ever heard on this channel. It's the awesome sauce.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@jonnycavell]

Friday evening is Bad Gear evening. Awesome channel, great editing and some very bad gear indeed.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@antoniovalladolid2642]

You have a great channel and you are an amazing musician.

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!

[@marcbrasse747]

"I am sorry Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that! Not even for the rediculous money you just spent on me!"

[@AudioPilz]

Look Dave, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over.

[@ArcAudios77]

Entertained thanks Florian, some decent sounding work with it in your hands. Take it easy, stay safe. Regards

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@MrMegaGin]

The song at the end is actually a banger

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@Jdinrbfidndifofkdndjoflfndjdk]

Where can we get it?

[@Tomoroh_Hidari]

"You will need it, but it won't help you much!" - A sad truth about way too many manuals

[@AudioPilz]

Agreed! Roland is a specialist for that

[@ChrisCebelenski]

Hey, no boxes were ticked, no itches were scratched. It sounds bad, but at least it's expensive. The looper would be laughable, but they were serious. The "303" emulation makes my ears bleed, and no-joke made me jump and cringe when the video started. Somehow you managed to coax a produced track out of it that didn't need a roll of TP, and for that I salute you. Like the other MC says, "can't touch this". Nobody wanted to, and that era of Roland shite is gratefully over. Thanks for another great video!

[@AudioPilz]

Hey Chris! Yeah, that one is "special";)

[@23jackleeder]

No retro D-beam or vinyl simulator, but it comes with a menacing red led - awesomely bad-ass

[@AudioPilz]

The red LED really makes the product!

[@RCAVDH]

The jam at the end was amazing!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@senhorlampada]

Now you made me crave an all 90s Roland Gear Jam. It would be cool if you did one. And then made it sound modern 😅 That being said, gonna rewatch the rooftop video ❤

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Yeah, 90s Roland gear only jam should be a thing!

[@jofawe]

Best notification from KZbin this week! 😁

[@AudioPilz]

Happy to hear that!

[@CaptainAlbatross]

Awww yiss, another piece of gear I owned! No idea if it was just my unit but the sequencer was really buggy, had random dropouts and couldn’t hold time if it’s life depended on it. The synth could scream pretty nice though. Hooked it up to an Alesis Filtre and a BitRman, all dogs in the area responded once I dialled everything up to max. Pretty fun for my genre (hardcore).

[@AudioPilz]

I assume it's great for some proper hardcore!!!

[@abrasionequation4632]

Really like your work bud Thank you

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks for watching!

[@strelokknoize]

Oh memories. I've had one of these around 2005.

[@AudioPilz]

Nice!

[@internalreality]

lmao these edits always make me cry from laughter. love u

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you so much!

[@kelvint03]

here's a tip: use the lead synth to make your kick, by pushing the resonance high and applying filter envelope. you'll get a really deep kick.

[@AudioPilz]

Nice technique! Thanks for posting!

[@MarsHottentot]

First piece of gear in weeks where I have no G.A.S. whatsoever. No thanks! Awesome video, as always!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@codexmagic]

Owned an mc-09 for awhile now and when i heard the tb-03 i thought roland had repackaged the 09. The mc09 also has a vintage mode which limits the synth engine to just the knobs or 303 style. Sadly the accent only affects the note or step volume not the filter section. It does have a lot of different modelled sounds to use and edit. None of which were demonstrated. The 09 is a weird little guy. You will definitely need the manual.

[@AudioPilz]

True but the manual is SO BAD!!!

[@nachshonrorick]

Yes, the manual is actually incomplete!!! Missing actual info 😶

[@Zoie3x8]

6:30 *[The Surgeon General Warns; H2SO4 Urban Decay Warehouse Generator Party Public Nuisance] INTENSIFIES !*

[@hicknopunk]

Yes! Finally you got a Phrase Lab! 💖💖

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, I got a little help from Berlin❤️❤️❤️

[@hicknopunk]

@@AudioPilz Did you notice how playing say a bass line, capturing it into a loop, then layering the loop and the live gives you a fuller and interesting sound...when it should not.

[@dustincassidy]

Awesome, I didn’t know about this thing. Could you do the Korg Electribe 2 synth and it sampler model soon?

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! ET2 is moving up the list!

[@dustincassidy]

@@AudioPilz yay!

[@extralifedisco]

Now that you're back on Roland's case, I'd love to see an episode on the Gaia SH-01. They seem to be stacked 10ft high at guitar center whenever I drop in and I have never once seen one on a stage. Either they really screwed up the sound engine or there's some money laundering going on.

[@AudioPilz]

Great idea, Gaia is really interesting! The money laundering theory is valid!

[@dyF.6]

Great as always!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@bobz1736]

Entertaining review as always. If we 150 bucks I'd probably buy one, but not at current crazy prices. "Hello... is that Behringer?"

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@Kizunaut]

"You can bounce multiple tracks into one, just like the Beatles" :D

[@AudioPilz]

That's how they did it ;)

[@reytunezbz]

Ahh! Oh no my one weakness! Memorization! It's a monster! Nice one as usual the acid so dirty no reaction sequence can purify it.🤣🦠

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks! Dirty AF!!!

[@mrCharlesG]

The Synth Whisperer strikes again! Nice acid grooves!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you, always a pleasure

[@Moon-kr1pw]

Verdict: This channel is very cool!

[@AudioPilz]

Thank you!!!

[@dannydr]

Man, I love me some Bad Gear on Fridays!

[@AudioPilz]

Happy to hear that!!! Thanks!

[@dannydr]

@@AudioPilz no, thank You, Florian 🙏🏻

[@pizzagogo6151]

Ha ha ha, who’d by dumb enough to pay for that plastic piece of a fake 303/909......Oh yeah I did 😳, still own it actually- no idea why? But for no apparent reason I sort of like it 😊 Thanks for covering this it was fun!

[@AudioPilz]

Always a pleasure, thanks for watching!

[@jordimoraguesmassanet1179]

Man, that urban decay generator whatever party was amazing!

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!!!

[@sinistar99]

6:41 "Hey why are you jumping around with glow sticks and a neon binkie? Sir, this is a Wendy's!"

[@AudioPilz]

😂😂😂

[@bigsby19]

Got to love that dirty Acid. Sounds great!

[@AudioPilz]

Super-dirrrrrrrty!!!

[@pmratpoison]

the last jam reminds me of parties i too young to go to at the age of 13

[@AudioPilz]

I won't tell your mom ;)

[@2point7182818284590]

I think the mentioned MC-101 deserves an episode, too

[@respectfulremastersbymetal8336]

OK, so what is the real genre for that final track? I'm new to this and that is the kind of sound I really like.

[@AudioPilz]

Let's call it full on acid techno;)

[@respectfulremastersbymetal8336]

@@AudioPilz Noted. Time to go down the rabbit hole...

[@DerAykac]

That intro was....something. EDIT: But that Drum and Bass workflow-study! Sheeesh

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, works great as a loop sampler. Thanks!

[@RandomNoiseMusic]

wow, I was convinced I knew all of Roland's groove boxes, first time I'm seeing this oddball...

[@AudioPilz]

It's a weird piece of gear!

[@frostwise87]

standard like the video during the opening credits

[@AudioPilz]

Thanks!

[@SmokeyJ628]

As an owner of several Roland products, truer words have never been spoken: "As we are talking about a more or less vintage Roland product, the user manual is paradoxical. You will need it but it won't help you much."

[@Gainn]

Best use for Roland manuals: propping the back end up so you can see the text better.

[@AudioPilz]

Yeah, they hired the cream of the crop for writing them back then

[@georgimmanuelnagel6603]

Back in the days this was the first electronic instrument that I bought. I was 17 or so and had absolutely no money, but I wanted to produce Techno and I wanted to use hardware. I read the specifications of this thing and thought "oh it is ticking all the boxes, it has everything thats needed to produce a track for an affordable price". So I saved up money and bought it. But even back then, when I had no real knowledge about music production, it did not take me long to understand that the unit is more or less useless. You can not tweek the preset sounds and the sequencer is also very limited. And the looping function is also not really useful, if you actually want to produce real music. The good thing about the unit is the oldschool sound. The presets are the typical run of the mill 90s Techno sounds and they were already outdates when the thing was released. But I just love these sounds and I still do. For about a month or so I had fun to play around with this groovebox. Yes, the Acid-Synth sounds powerful, also the filter and generally if you love this style of oldschool sounds, it makes a very good impression at the first glance. The signal that comes out of the box is also quite phat. It is fun to play with it for a while. But soon you will realise that you can actually only play presets. So I sold the unit after only one month. So, would I love to have this groovebox in my hands and to play around with it fulfiled with nostalgia? Yes! But the unit costs more today, than when it was new. I would not buy it for 300 bucks, because soon it will only sit on the shelf and collect dust. I think it is more like a toy and not a real musical instrument.

[@AudioPilz]

It is really toyish

[@FrancescoBruno832]

Need to know where you take the visuals..are amazing!!

[@AudioPilz]

Some generic Deep Dream footage found on YT. Great stuff!