Golden Eye on Yamaha Electone HX-1

This video shows me playing Tina Turner's 'Golden Eye' on Yamaha Electone HX-1. Arrangment, registrations, rythm programming and sequence programming all done by me. Have fun!

[@anlynes]

I've had an HX-1 for over 10 years, and I never cease to be amazed at how flexible this instrument is. Nice arrangement. Great job.

[@Organsk8er]

This is awesome...and EXACTLY how the HX-1 was intended to be used and played. Bravo!!

[@Wynnterbabe]

WOW! I love James Bonds song! This one is one of my favorite so far! Gotta share this!

[@VeronicaMcCarrison]

Very good love the organ

[@BarryWarne]

Excellent programming and performance, arrangement.

[@installateur100]

Echt der Hammer was du da machst.Spiele selber auch Keyboard.Unglaublich was doch möglich ist.Mit anderen Worten: RESPEKT

[@naebeltistgallant776]

Da stimme ich dir zu.👍👍👍👍

[@bladewolling4947]

Very well done. My wife has been wanting me to sell my HX-1 because I haven't used it and still can't play it. I've told her that now that I'm retired, I plan to relearn organ again. Whenever I see a video like this, I'm determined to keep the HX-1 and learn how to play it. Thanks.

[@Tonneman]

Thank you for your kind comments. I wouldn't sell it if I were you. Although it's a bit of a touch cookie, it's an epic instrument to own. Have fun!

[@naebeltistgallant776]

Viel Spaß beim lernen.👍👍👍👍👍

[@ElectoneGuy]

HX-1 was so ahead of it's time (1986), it's ridiculous.

[@Valariemars]

Old video but man I love this and the movie thank you so much for making it

[@Tonneman]

Thanks, I appreciate it.

[@DaveSurreyUK]

Well registered, well arranged, well played, well video'd - an all round good job. It's easy to forget just how good the HX1 was. I remember seeing Max Takano and Chiho Sunamoto playing one years ago - it's a great instrument, but not as easy to play well as later instruments. 5 out of 5.

[@CharlesP2009]

Impressive. Most impressive.

[@ozjiaak]

You're right Dave, this is a great instruments, and Tonneman registering, and playing excellent. (I've also an HX1, and never to give up)

[@alexsanto]

Esse cara é bom demais! Parabéns pela performance.

[@Tonneman]

The organsounds are created by the (green) combination section. It turns the display into virtual drawbars.

[@Tonneman]

Interesting! The HX-5 has in fact complete different electronics than the HX-3 or HX-1. The organsound is one I created myself (user voice), and it's probably combined with a FM preset voice.

[@CraigSutMusic]

This is superb. An absolutely perfect recording of a great Bond Classic. Well done mate, absolutely nailed it.

[@adriaanlaurijsen]

have you seen Max Takano's tico tico on his Yamaha HX 1 ??? it's great from 1987 it's on youtube.

[@drepalla]

Really nice programming and performance, I enjoyed listening, thanks for sharing.

[@MusiSide]

Very good! That's the way how to play this magnificent organ. Brilliant register-handling. More of you on youtube?

[@spicyswiss33]

Wonderful interpretation on an icon organ!

[@dvamateur]

Beautiful instrument. I like the front panel, looks professional. I find oversized touchscreen LCD's very cheesy looking.

[@eifelblitz1970]

Hello Tonneman, very very good playing. 5 Stars! Great! A Wonderful Organ with a great Player! Grüße aus Deutschland Michael

[@waXsurf]

Very very very good! Perfect! It must be very diffcult to play that instrument. Am I right? OMG! My english is so bad ;-)

[@anlynes]

This was a well thought out and well executed performance. The HX-1 is still a great instrument, but needs some coaxing from the player to deliver its best. Tonneman appears to have put quite a few hours into this, and the result was great.

[@Tonneman]

The most of the time goes into programming the rhythm and rhythm-sequence. Then comes the registrations. The hardest part of the performance was to figure out how to play the most significant parts of the original with just 2 hands and a foot :-)

[@Tonneman]

You're right. Later Electones, like the EL-series are easier to sound ok. I owned an EL-90, but sold it because it bored me. HX is more of a fun-organ but it requires more creativity to make it sound right.

[@omara04]

incredible!

[@Tonneman]

Thanks Jan, soon, I will release a new HX-1 performance.

[@FabioBonino]

fantastic!!! great

[@tpmm1]

Fantastic! And such a great way to display your playing! Beautiful instrument, playing...! Everything is just as it should be! Even your arms! ;)

[@Tonneman]

Thanks, Glad you liked it!

[@IvanRTinkle]

Great performed!

[@bravotwozero007]

awesome mate

[@KeybOrgel]

Great work! Fantastic sound and playing! Why don't you make new videos?

[@MusiSide]

Very good played. The simpler, te better!

[@cisko3000]

Awsome arrangement! makes me wanna play the n64 videogame

[@Tonneman]

Stick onto that HX1 ! :-)

[@LuDoLusT]

Great. Good job

[@foolguy23]

Hey there Tonnema, just wanted to praise you on your skills and had a question for you. I just received the same yamaha electone and was wondering if you could instruct me on how you got that organ sound. It's for my church.

[@lorkopl1]

WOW Amazing !!!!!

[@Organmusiclover]

Weer geweldig Ton. Een meesterstuk, die je echt heel goed hebt weten neer te zetten. 5***** van mij. Groeten, Jan.

[@ads086]

During the section where you used the pitch wheel, I would have assigned the second expression pedal for that, and I would have created a sequence for the right-kick button on the main expression pedal so you wouldn't have to manually change your registrations mid-performance

[@OrganRob]

Great playing and great sound, even by today's standards.

[@Nature__Nick]

Where and how do i get one?

[@airwavepaul]

And I thought only women could multitask!! well done sir.

[@adriaanlaurijsen]

Hello Tonneman, reminds me of the name: of an artist called " Haring " which is dutch and his parents decided to call their son " TON " (which means "barrel") So TON HARING (translates to "barrel of haring [fish] !! His parents had a strange sense of humor. But besides this, I just want to comment you for a job well done. As you now know, I also own an HX1 and have posted several songs on youtube as well and know how difficult it is to program this instrument, drums sequences and sounds. I made the mistake of "resetting" my instrument years ago and didn't realize that would change all the preset sounds that were altered by the former owner to the basic default sounds that weren't \ aren't all that great. I also had a pack that had the giovanni strings on them, but I accidentally erased that pack while trying to program some song...... booooohhhhhoooo I was so mad. Never was able to retrieve the sounds on that pack. Anyway it's getting to long of a story here. Job well done, Greetings from Adriaan Laurijsen from Salt Lake City UTAH, USA

[@stevetooze52]

A1 fantastic ,,,,,,,

[@markuk40tftc]

WOW JUST WOW

[@slomka01]

I just discovered your channel. How on earth do you have only 800 subscribers???? Those videos are 10 years old

[@Tonneman]

slomka Bad pr? Bad content? You tell me 😊

[@slomka01]

@@Tonneman Content is great!

[@migueluyaguarijuela7839]

Buenos días sr profesor donde compró ud ése instrumento musical maravilloso? Que año de fabricación será? Dónde venden ahora estos instrumentos musicales?, favor publicar la dirección del distribuidor y el precio del organo musical

[@lionellionel4722]

the performance is very good and i love this song. After your video, I have bought an electone HX1. Could i have arrange of your sheet with the registrations and the rythm and sequence programming ? Of course, i'm ready to pay you for that. I'm a frenche organ player and my english is not good.

[@Tonneman]

Hi Lionel, thank you for your response. I don't have the score/sheet of this song, since I played this by heart after analysing the original. And I honoustly don't know if I have stored the registrations, rythms and sequence on floppy or memory pack. I'm extremely busy re-arranging my home studio, so I'm short of time. But if I have some spare time, I will check if I stored this somewhere. However, I expect not to find it....

[@lionellionel4722]

@@Tonneman Hi Tonneman; Thank you for your fast reply. I'm really disappointed because i found your performance very amazing and I love your arrangement and the voices that you have chosen. Too, the bass are splendid... I hope that you could be found a recording on a floppy or a memory pack. Do you still play on your elctone HX1 ? Best regards lionel

[@Tonneman]

lionel lionel I’m currently experimenting with some synths, so the the HX is just sitting there. My next organ project will probably be on my EL90.

[@lionellionel4722]

@@Tonneman Hi Tonneman; Me too, I have an electone EL90, actually i have two organs at home, a EL90 and a HX1. I have bought (the last year) the HX1 long after my EL90. The two organs are different but about the HX1, I love the voices FM as well as the numerical effets that I find much better (delay,wah) and the keyboard's sensitivity. I think really that the HX1 is an amazing instrument but more complicated than the EL90.

[@mikosoft]

The amaizing part is the registration switching during the first verse. It almost made my mind explode trying to comprehend it.

[@Tonneman]

Danke!

[@blizzardhawk1]

Thumbs up!

[@alemanecolor]

aplausos.

[@Tonneman]

Sorry, I will not do Thriller on the HX1 ;-)

[@jukingeo]

Granted the presets do leave much to be desired when compared to today's instruments. But the HX-1 is built like a tank. I have one at my job and all the buttons and keys all function nicely and this is on an instrument that was built in 1987...in Japan. What I am getting at is that the new stuff sounds great, but your are luck if it lasts you 5 - 10 years. Besides the HX-1 has midi...so hook it up to a computer and use that as a sound source. That is what I intend to do.

[@migueluyaguarijuela7839]

Dónde venden estos instrumentos musicales??

[@marcbrasse747]

It's nothing new that presets are shaped by songs that where a hit when the instrument was being designed. No reason to complain though if that leads to such excellent sounds sets. But wait a minute! A quick check tells me The HX-1 is from 1987 and Golden Eye from 1995! Something fishy seems to be going on! :-)

[@Tonneman]

Thanks

[@fuzzysstudio7935]

Bad ass.......

[@Tonneman]

Well... it's not difficult if you know how to ;-) But that goes for everything, doesn't it?

[@redar7]

5* !

[@Tonneman]

Yep, you could buy a very nice new car for that money ;)

[@renelacasse5765]

Tonneman NOT REALLY I CAN BUY EX-1 FOR 100$ USD