Breakdown of a track using the Roland FANTOM

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Produced in collaboration with F-Musiikki and Roland.
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0:00 Introduction
0:43 Main setup
3:41 Why so many keyboards?
4:46 Juno 60, Alpha Junos, TR-8S, TR-808
6:54 SE-02, JD-XA, JX-8P, JUPITER-X
9:57 Building the performance
11:32 Loop recording with FANTOM
16:36 CV control with FANTOM
18:05 Live performance
Kebu demonstrates how he recreated his track "Just Another Space Odyssey" using the Roland FANTOM as a centerpiece of his keyboard rig. In the end, he performs the track live.
Video production by Storia Productions & Aura Productions.
Music by Kebu.

[@Amathusukx]

It's like looking into the lair of the mad magician and seeing the genius evolve. Many thanks Kebu.

[@ProfMarc]

​Absolutely phenominal! I grew up listening to Jean Michel Jarre....KEBU is the 21st Century Synth Master, the music and technology is just outstanding....

[@wolfgangboettcher3126]

Richtig Gut

[@Turbosmurfen73]

Despite being a non musical person... or perhaps due to that I sit mesmerized during these very well produced break down videos. I'm totally in love with your compositions and hearing them build up is so fulfilling. Really! :)

[@kylestevens5835]

And of course that’s one of my favorite songs by Kebu always awesome to watch you construct your music it helps a lot so thank you can’t wait to see what you do next

[@toolman8269]

Really enjoyable to see the details that go into your performances. I like how you record the MIDI data and not just the audio so the results are variable. It's evident that it takes a lot of planning and forethought to prepare for a performance, but the results speak for themselves. Fantastic job!

[@DrGargani]

an incredible video, by an incredible artist, which shows, simultaneously, the strengths AND the weaknesses of the new Fantom: strength: it has, by far, the best user interface EVER, and if you are someone who uses your workstation as a master keyboard, instead of DAW, there is no other keyboard that comes close to how they designed the Fantom to smoothly operate and run OTHER keyboards and modules. Add to that , the looping architecture of the Fantom sequencer, you could then create masterpieces such as you have just heard. Weakness: THIS is the music, or type of music, it is designed to create, however, because of the lack of key elements such as limitations on sections and tracks, different key signatures, and lengths of measures per section, if you attempt to do this with various pop/rock songs, you will find that is not nearly as powerful in that regard. For example, try to do a cover of MONEY on the Fantom, where it jumps to 3 or 4 different time signatures within the same song, and you will come up empty. So: in regards to THIS style of music, you are indeed a genius and thank you for breaking down how you accomplished what you did.

[@colinrichards8423]

Such a humble and talented guy, awesome explanation, easy to understand. Thank you so much for your time and explanation of how you compose your music, the complex ways of timing and use of other sounds from different keyboards. Thank you. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🇬🇧

[@Nojmerk]

loved this! thank you Kebu!

[@EricZerbib]

Very well prepared and presented a good performance. thanks you so much kebu.

[@bennyturbo]

I have no idea how I discovered you or your music or your channel, I think it was like 7 years ago, but I'm so glad I did. In fact your music featured in my spotify end of year playlists every year as one of the most played! It's amazing how technical your work and these explanation videos are, and being a bit of a geek myself I find myself stuck to the screen watching your every move. Well done, and please keep going.

[@yveslambert8532]

Beautiful ! Great to have the possibility to learn how a song came together and excellently explained. Thx, Sebastian !

[@neonoize]

I'm speechless! You are a synth wizard.

[@TheYoisten]

WOW! Amazing video. Thank you Kebu!

[@russellsteel2346]

Well Kebu, gotta say its just a synth heaven in there, with a master to go with it, very inspiring, thanks for showing us all again

[@stevesouthall4948]

It’s so interesting to see how the track is built up 🎹🎹 amazing work, the wizard at his synths cooking up new sounds

[@hrodz6946]

You are great. I ran into one of your videos yesterday and I simply fell in love with your music.

[@andisantoso4155]

so peacefull, thanks

[@skypirate4806]

Great video, I love all of the music you do, they’re all very relaxing, and inspires me to try to do a synth track. Keep up the great work Kebu. 👍❤️

[@zsuzsaorban9113]

Absolutely amazing! Thank you! ❤️

[@zikerstu2]

You absolutely rock Doctor! Much love!

[@BassBajo]

That's was bananas. Completely amazing. Great video!

[@simple_waveform]

It was amazing! I can't stop watching and listening yor genius work!

[@SriharshaaPrabhakar]

Thanks a lot Kebu. So much to learn ❤️❤️

[@moonwalkdreamer]

I think that knowing all this technical terms and operations and programming skills and equipment particularities and combining all the little details in your process, it's an art form by itself besides the end product, the music. Thank you, I'm really happy I found you.

[@alexdbf2281]

Thx u so much kebu for this masterclass!!

[@nkronert]

Very nice! Thank you Kebu!

[@renatomaschettodesa729]

Kebu, great overview and lesson. And a beautiful song. My hero from my teen years was Jarre since seeing his 1986 concert in Houston, and now I think I have a new hero as an adult: Kebu. Great inspiration for me, thank you!

[@HEXhibitionist]

Absolutely brilliant performance! There are just a few individuals on this planet that can create musical pieces like this one.

[@stevemilker]

You are not only a talented musician but also a technologist and taking the hardware/software to the next level. Thank you I am a fan. The time spent experimenting to find the right sound and making it your own amazes me. I wish I could learn to play the keyboard or guitar like this. I only know how to play the trumpet 😆. I love the synthesizer, and when one of my favorite musicians Eddie Van Halen just passed away...I listened to the Van Halen song “Jump” over and over again. Eddie learned to play the piano when he was a kid and I always loved it when he would bring his keyboard talent to Van Halen music.

[@Alpha-Mango]

Great Show, Kebu! Very nice my buddy. Thanks

[@telmanzhhdankin733]

Roland tools are great. Thank you, Kebu, for an interesting story and a cool game. Success in your work.

[@colinrichards8423]

Absolutely amazing, Kebu is truly inspirational, the sounds he generates are out of this world. Absolutely brilliant. 👏👏👏👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@pyjama9556]

As someone who has always loved the likes of JMJ, YMO, KW, VG I have to say that they all make it look so easy. They are true pioneers, watching Kebu I truly believe he is one of the few taking that greatness into the future.

[@karimjibran]

Sooo amazing, one of my most favourite tracks from you 😍😍😍😍

[@TheC0G]

I love your music and your iconic influences. You are the next generation iconic synth performer! 😎👍🎹

[@spiesonmars]

Wow, that was really interesting to see how you go about creating your music live - thanks for sharing, it's a great track!

[@willortiz3547]

I agree with others that your genius is on full display with this video! I love what you do with sound! Will Ortiz

[@johnbeckett8367]

Great Sounds and Great Playing

[@MathHammer]

Everyone in my family loves your music, Kebu! It is really cool seeing how you put things together and changed some synthesizers to play the song using all Roland gear. I think I will use your point about using multiple synthesizers to get a good mix on my wife.

[@johanvancauteren6203]

truly impressed Kebu😊

[@pkgiedd]

THANK YOU for explaining all this to a profane and share your talent and beautiful music!!

[@hadiahmadi8010]

Greeting from Taiwan. Thank you. I am just speechless and cried. you will be always in the history. Your music is a gift that opens the door of relaxation and happiness to the mankind and all nature . Very efficient. All people who can be connected to your music can perform better in their life and experience better moments! Take Care KEBU.

[@juanmenendezvigil5584]

Bravo. Gran álbum " To Jupiter and back".Saludos desde España.

[@ubarhd1]

Fantastic review and demonstration of Synthesis and composition....amazing talent great performance 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Bartolomeusable]

Thank you! Nice to see the prominent role of the Fantom!! I have a lot of (Roland) stuff too, I will hook it up with the Fantom!! Thank you for the inspiration and the peek in your studio.

[@massi69]

Great Job Kebu...very emotional see you at work..

[@thesyagus2639]

Merci Kebu pour ce partage de son exceptionnel 👍

[@sevchyk]

Thank you, man. Your tutorial was really useful for the people.

[@sergicamposaviles5942]

awesome amazing, thanks for share how you do this lovely great music

[@kevincoffield1787]

Great stuff Kebu. Your music is fantastic, and it's very nice of you to share how you break everything down. I first started sequencing in 1989 using an Atari ST with Steinberg Pro 12 and a Yamaha PSS-790. 😂 The warmth of the classic Synthesizers tones are still incredible today. All the best. 👍

[@eljulogaming7515]

Omg ! This is what a call Talent... Awesome job Kebu !

[@johnbeckett8367]

GENIUS !!!

[@synthguy]

Fantastic video again Kebu, thanks for sharing this with us. Strangely enough I’m awaiting delivery of a brand new CD of ‘To Jupiter & Back’ which should be arriving soon. Your videos are a great insight to the workings of the synths (master & slaves), look forward to viewing more.

[@jonmaddison]

Proper geek out! Love it.

[@MikkelGrumBovin]

Excellent executed !

[@Moon-kr1pw]

Thank you, Master...

[@kelvinperez8845]

The Roland Fantom is a beast.

[@markmilliner7803]

Thank you so much Kebu for sharing all of this. This is very cool. I just wonder how to manage mistakes during a live session 😂. So many stuff to remind at live time! Very impressive

[@fabgroove]

Je ne me lasse pas de revoir cette vidéo… 👏👏👏👏👏

[@StefaanLesage]

Oh wow ! See ... it's videos like these that make me want to try things like this out myself!

[@MobileMusic]

*This is EPIC!!*

[@rufusdererste]

the Fantom is a Monster

[@spbigboyphillips]

Wow just Wow! You sir are a master on the synth

[@devnexen]

Nice to see the "magic" behind this great tune. The Fantom is awfully powerful.

[@willcoyote5414]

Thx for the master class and for the music too :)

[@hiteck007]

Thanks so much for this educational & instructional video, I learned heaps. I knew what I want out of a synth keyboard but my little Roland VR-09 can't do all of what I wanted but that Phantom you got there does all I want. The little VR-09 is good for a learner like me for now though.

[@philgitaar]

Thank you for this very interesting vidéo.

[@TheAndyland1]

Amazing

[@andywharam4846]

Thank you so much Kebu , you are the Electronic musician to be the up & coming Jean Michelle Jarre of the 21st century, JMJ would be very proud of you & would welcome you to be his advanced apprentice, I love ❤️ the fact that you have such a diverse and fantastic rig of Analogue synths, many by Roland, which when programmed & synced they sound Fantastic my friend!, I will continue to watch & listen to your brilliant talent on KZbin, I'm looking forward to welcoming a Roland Jupiter X or Fantom 61, to the rest of my bedroom studio gear, can't wait!🎹🙏🇬🇧

[@velikuparin483]

Good work 😊 sounds good.

[@mauricioperez7328]

Alucinante, increíble, mágico, espectacular, fantástico, creativo, maestro... Y podría llenarte un largo texto con más apelativos favorables... Nunca nadie se había atrevido y valga la redundancia desde aquellos vídeos de la BBC que explicaban que era un sintetizador cómo crear música vía midi y usando fantásticos aparatos para ello. Creo recordar que pocos vídeos de esta materia he visionado que sean tan claros y explícitos en lo que cuentan y que sean tan perfectos de entender de cómo hacer buena y sencilla música a la vez. Fenomenal Kebu.

[@dentonyou]

good evening dear kebu thank you for this great vidéo and for the very beautiful melody and demo at the end of the video have a nice evening take care of you see you soon

[@motorolaferrari4513]

Eres una maquina Humana que fábrica Melodías !!! Mil gracias por cada uno de los temas !!! Saludos desde Morelia Michoacán México !!!! Jamas dejes de producir Melodias

[@shanenolan5275]

This guys skills are mind boggling. His music is also outstanding.

[@anotherwolff3650]

This was so good :)

[@kdo34454]

Amazing 👌🎹🎶🔊😎

[@fabgroove]

J’adore revoir cette vidéo…. Merci… 👍👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

[@thxrush]

Phenomenal.

[@hayeye]

You are really very good! thenks

[@synthwave7]

Excellent Kebu - 4:22 - why analog synths sound so similar - now we know !!

[@Gw0wvl]

What's Not to like .... 👍👍👍 ... Brilliant as Always .

[@daztography1]

A modern day jarre...you are amazing!

[@SamuelKaruta]

thanks for all the tips ... i will still "try" to do it on the D50 but of course, much simpler ...

[@joshi1867]

Your Equipment. Just Wooow. Like your Music. Glad to found you on KZbin.

[@Renecenze]

Amazing! I watch this video again and again..for me is this some kind of white magic :-) thank you Kebu for motivation. Stay healthy guru! :-D

[@am0kmusic]

AWESOME! 💜💜💜

[@ASCarvings]

A very talented man.

[@planetaterra5233]

Ótimo vídeo😃

[@brianmohammed1790]

cool video kebu you are a cool guy making music

Wowww great thank you legend

[@kenb7540]

SO interesting 👏👏🎶

[@jeffreyeden9751]

Great ! I use only a four position Midi with my Korg Kross controlling the wavestate and Minilogue xd and Deepmind 12 but to do all my other sounds I am switching back and forth from one synth to the next. I do use a double looper but to see you using the Fantom in that way makes me want to re-think the way I am using mine. Fantastic job. Love your music, Rock on Kebu :)

[@AaaJiiKoo]

Amazing... hyvin sä vedät !

[@neyaskinalexandr]

Cool!!!!

[@EBMZEQUENZER]

Nice breakdown : thank you :-)

[@digitaldiezel5870]

Exactly! 4:00

[@alphasxsignal]

I sold my Kronos 2 88key for the Fantom 8

[@DKS-SYNTH-LAB]

Amazing!😎👍🏻

[@ednasdiscomachine6049]

Sponsored or not, that was terrific. #roland

[@GiovanniRG68]

What can I say ... GREAT

[@fabgroove]

GÉNIAL !!! Merci…