Playing Other Instruments Through Your Synth - Daniel Fisher

[@MelloSav]

I just became obsessed with synths (particularly the Korg Minilogue) like a month ago and Daniel Fisher is like my cosmic Moses into the glorious land of spacey sounds

[@devtank]

HA I was just thinking the same thing. I wish he had his own YT channel.

[@neoaureus]

He is always parting the Red Seas !

[@graxjpg]

Check out Steve hillage, green album. Synth guitar wizardry. Mastery even.

[@rars0n]

Every synth should have an audio in. Just because.

[@sweetwater]

Hi Adam Baldwin. You've got my vote. Thanks for watching!

[@blaster3744]

I agree and i love the reason.. just because 😂😂😂 ❤

[@thesearethesuns]

Dude, you're so cool. I love your relaxed demeanor and your straighforward approach to making these informative videos! Thanks man!

[@sweetwater]

Hi thesearethesuns, You're most welcome. I'm fortunate that they let me ramble on about whatever I think would be interesting.

[@jessihawkins9116]

you have a man crush on him 😆

[@Ogma3bandcamp]

Wait, so the Minilogue has an audio in socket but not my Minilogue XD?

[@ToyKeeper]

Usually I just route other midi-capable instruments through my synth, with identical midi going to both devices simultaneously. This makes the synth's filters and effects trigger in sync with the notes from the other instrument. Optionally also run a sequence on the synth to do more interesting effects, but still synced up with whatever input is feeding into it.

[@mikedegrazia]

Awesome you made this because i was watching the Roger Lynn interview with Mitch and i had a eureka moment and here i am. Thank you Daniel for your expertise!

[@zachneagle4864]

3:50 is astounding

[@heldermartinovsky]

Hey!!!! The most short but also the most important video i was looking for!!!!!!!!! I was wondering how to use field recordings, instruments, etc, etc into the minilogue!!!! Have seen tons of videos and nothing... In just a few minutes you answered my questions in a simple, clear and objective way!!!!! Thank you very much!!! I´m following your channel now!!!!

[@djbowlz2128]

I'm new to synths and I never knew it worked this way. Thought it was just an aux in. I get it now! thank to sweetwater.

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

I always knew Daniel Fisher was a skilled keyboard player. Didn't know he also plays guitar. If I didn't already know what you can do with any of these synths with external audio inputs, this demo would have been real informative.

[@Zinfidel1]

An excellent analog synth for external instruments is the MS-20/mini with its External Signal Processor. It does track pitch..to the best of its abilities and has a bandpass filter, frequency to voltage converter, enveloper follower & Trigger Out which can be used to control the synth in various ways. Alison Goldfrapp used her voice to trigger the MS20 on 'Lovely Head' for a great effect. Another trick is to plug the MS20 into itself via the E.S.P. for screamy distortion.

[@sweetwater]

Hi John Doe, Agreed!

[@stephendoerges5073]

Thanks a lot I appreciate all the advice. I was so confused on all things audio in on my korg.

[@thepostapocalyptictrio4762]

One thing I like about my Grandmother has the “drone” setting in the VCA . It resolves the issues with hearing the Audio In, but I did wish it had an Envelope Follower( which I why I’m considering building an external box for it.

[@sonicase]

DAAAAAAAMNN DANIEL.... back at it again with the synth tips

[@BissiMusic]

thanks very helpful and good performance

[@patrickellis1981]

DeVante Swing from Jodeci was a master at this. Yes he used many boards, but those weird sounds would come from doing this right here!!!

[@setphaser]

Daniel fisher is gold!

[@neoaureus]

setphaser Hope you meant God

[@jonathancitrin4219]

THANK YOU SWEETWATER! This is very helpful.

[@ThinkerThunker]

Great post, cool sounds! But what does "Dry and processed" mean? I've got a Minibrute 2S, it's only got a 3.5 mm input jack. Will just any old 1/4 to 3.5 mm adapter work? Or do I have to be concerned about possibly damaging my synth with the wrong power amount going in? I'm a total newbie. Thanks!

[@sweetwater]

Hi ThinkerThunker. By dry and processed, I meant that you're either running the external instrument directly into the Aux In jack, or are first going into a preamp and/or effects. A 1/4" to 3.5mm adapter or cable will work just fine. Aux Inputs are typically expecting a high input level, so you're far more likely to underdrive the input than overdrive it (and musicians have be overloading synths' Aux Inputs since the Minimoog back in the 1970s). Thanks for watching! -_Daniel_

[@markchristopher2signal2]

SWEETWATER is my store

[@netenemy]

Great demo! Keep up the good work.

[@JohnSmith-ut9ti]

Hell Yeah Never would have thought to do that. Thank you Daniel Fisher. Your awesome!

[@director2bob]

Very cool demo. I actually own a Sub 37 which I bought from Sweetwater. Tell Justin Dunbar I said hello. Question.....when you plugged the guitar into the sub 37 and kicked in distortion and delay, the guitar sounded very low compared to level of the synth. Is there anyway to raise volume of the guitar in the mix?

[@sweetwater]

Hi Bob. The Audio In jack, on synths that have them, are usually expecting a line-level signal or even a Eurorack audio signal (which is very hot). So it helps to have a mixer or a powerful Boost pedal to get your external audio source up to those levels. Thanks for watching! -_Daniel_

[@Asdrubale01]

The sound does not seem to come out clean - dirty noises are clearly heard. I think there is something wrong..(2:10 for example)

[@sweetwater]

Hi Salamone Impavido. The jam song that came from the mp3 player sounds exactly the same if listened to directly, without going through the synth. -_Daniel_

[@Laserturret]

Nice Video! I have the Korg MS20 Mini and today I am going to try to plug it into my bass amp, then play my bass through the synth. Not sure how the frequency tracking will pan out, looking forward to some sonic mayhem at any rate...

[@Chaun000]

We are trying to run our electric guitar through our KORG Monologue, but having a really hard time getting sound from the guitar to come through. We are only able to get a faint sound from the guitar when we press & hold a key on the KORG keyboard, but it looks like we should be able to process/hear sound from the guitar straight through...? We have the guitar plugged into the Line IN on the KORG and an output cable going from Line OUT to an amp (we also tried going through a small mixing board but had the same issue) We messed with all of the dials, knobs and levers on the KORG (Filter/VCO/Gain/Resonance/mixer, etc), while strumming the guitar with really no improvement to hearing the guitar through the KORG. ANY advice or suggestion? THANKS!

[@sweetwater]

Hi Chaun, Audio Inputs on synthesizers are expecting a very hot signal. If you put something after the guitar to bring it up to Line Level you'll have much more success. Also, make sure that you are triggering the envelope so that the Filter and Amp are opening. Thanks for watching!

[@havingagoodtime6687]

Did you figure it out? I'm trying to find out how to do the same thing. But I'm new to synths

[@BarbiieLici0us]

Omg, MP3 player… Well I also want to know if I put another pedal would it be at the end? Instrument-Moog-effect pedal ? Depend maybe a reverb before de moog and a delay after?

[@sweetwater]

Hi BarbieLiciOus. I would think of it as: Which effects do I only want on the Aux Input, and which effects do I want on both? -_Daniel_

[@dmullz100]

So I'm looking to create like podcasts, but I also want to Music to my songs. I'm a beginner and would like to know what kinda synth would be best for me. I wanna add like random excerpts from movies etc to my collaboration as well. Any help would be great btw, my buddy told me that the mini Nova is a good bet..

[@danogden4291]

What's the little yellow MacGuffin with the one cable that seems to be controlling both your MP3 and guitar inputs?

[@sweetwater]

Hi Dan. That's an mp3 player from a pre-iPod decade;-) Thanks for watching! -_Daniel_

[@isaacnoroncaasi]

Is the audio input on the Minilogue line level or instrument level? In case it's the former, what would be the best way to connect a guitar to the synth? Amp's FX loop maybe?

[@sweetwater]

Hi isaacnoroncaasi. Most Audio Input jacks on synthesizers are expecting line level (or even higher with Eurorack modules). For the video example I played the guitar through a distortion pedal that has a lot of Boost gain. Thanks for watching! -_Daniel_

[@BTsMusicChannel]

3:49 far out...i can imagine doing this on stage and people going "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH!"

[@AlexandreSoma]

It'd great if you could some more in depth of this one. It's amazing!!! :D

[@kevinlax9659]

Terrific video. Thanks for posting!

[@MarcoPolux]

Daniel, you may have the best job ever! 👍

[@sweetwater]

"It's twew. It's twew!" -_Daniel_

[@amphitheatre]

as a guitarist with a s37, i've always wanted a video like this thank you! but i have always wondered about hot signals going into the sub. are you going straight into the audio in jack here with the guitar? hi-z signals seem mighty weak going thru mine (unless the ext. knob is at 9 or higher). what would you recommend? i've used both an external compressor and a DI box going in and it seems to work well but again, i worry about frying something :/

[@sweetwater]

Hi rss313, I was plugging the guitar directly into the AUDIO IN, then later with the FAT Drive in between. Both of your devices are line level or lower and won't cause any problems for the AUDIO IN. You'd hear undesirable distortion before you'd be causing any problems. Thanks for watching!

[@gtralive-2024]

rss313 -Thanks for asking that question

[@OurSoloSystem]

This is amazingly fantastic !!!! I’m going to try this with my one man band stuff!!!!! Time to get noisey

[@graxjpg]

There are some 70s records with organs and guitar through the ems VCS3 or the Synthi A filter, with fantastic results. Check out gongs Angels Egg to hear every instrument run through it.

[@drpatrickstacey7203]

Coool man! I tried out a minilogue today. The audio in Jack is mono. Is there a synth with stereo in ? Thanks

[@sweetwater]

None that I can think of at the moment. The old K-Series Kurzweils did if you had the Sampling Option.

[@chat-dmt]

You seem like the right person to ask as you have taught me so much already :) so first of all, thanks! I am having an issue with wrapping my head around the right terminology to use to ask/search this so bare with me. Probably easiest if i just describe my intensions. So, I have a monologue, and am thinking of adding a moog miniatur. What I want to be able to do is play the miniatur through the monologue, using the monologues keys and sequencer, however, still being able to use the monologue at the same time. Is this possible? haha, cheers, sorry and thanks!

[@bigbasil1908]

Hearing a guitar through a synth makes the electro harmonix pedals make a bit more sense. Iv'e got the Electro-Harmonix Attack Decay Tape Reverse Simulator pedal but wasn't really impressed by a lot of their other pedals. But they are good if your into the synth sounds. I have a minikorg S synth which I got from a friend recently and though more than half of the preset sounds are no good for me, it does have some good sounds that I can work with, plus I'm creating some new sound patches as I go along

[@heatherpruner2284]

I have a Matriarch, and have noticed a few musicians like Francesca Guccione run acoustic sounds through the Moog to use the delay, etc. I would love to do this with my flute, but can’t seem to find a video specifically for this kind of setup. I’m assuming it has to do with running a mic into the audio in and playing the acoustic instrument next to the mic??? I’m so new to all of this, so forgive me if it’s a dumb question.

[@SherwoodOzellaBurr]

thank you!

[@John-e4p1x]

Useful video!

[@tnfloose9023]

You could try using a daw to control the keyboard via midi while you play guitar. Maybe?

[@sweetwater]

Hi Tn Floose. You certainly can. Here's a video I made using that concept on an EHX H.O.G. 2 with MOTU's Digital Performer playing back multiple track of MIDI CC#s, and then playing guitar through that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJqtiqChYtWUrqM Thanks for watching! -_Daniel_

[@naxxer-nha]

Great video David!! you have a great tone to talk about...well...tones xD. Just found the channel, very informative. cheers!

[@sweetwater]

Daniel says thanks!!

[@naxxer-nha]

Daniel XD

[@vidanost1710]

That's sick.

[@tormentassolares22]

Daniel could you please enlighten ourselves (minilogue players) about how to make the guitar sound like that through the minilogue? i make the synth sound like that but the guitar won’t ever sound like that. i’m missing something here!!

[@sweetwater]

Hi Agustin, the key is that I'm independently processing the guitar with distortion (a Pigtronix FAT Drive) prior to sending it to the synth. Thanks for watching!

[@clownbabydragon]

It seems like from other responses that you have to put something after the guitar to bring it up to "Line Level" since the synths are expecting a "very hot signal... Also, make sure that you are triggering the envelope so that the Filter and Amp are opening..." as written by SweetwaterSound

[@Firebrand911]

@@clownbabydragon Put what inbetween though? What brings a guitar UP TO LINE LEVEL?

[@mikehoran3323]

I have a Roland JD-XI. I'm planning on buying an Akai EWI 5000 in the not too distant future. Is there any way I could use the EWI to trigger the sounds in the keyboard thereby giving me a much greater choice of patches. Thanks, I appreciate your videos and the Sweetwater store.

[@sweetwater]

Hi Mike, yes, there is a way. Connect the MIDI Out of your EWI 5000 to the MIDI In of your JD-Xi. Thanks for watching!

[@somthin]

Wait - the input in the Sub 37 is mono, right? So how do I hear stereo delay?

[@brianrodman1033]

Project Morpheus the Flashback Delay (blue pedal) is stereo

[@warrenosborne1539]

I've thought of incorporating a Mother Moog into by Bass gig. Played for 66 years,, old timer any ideas?

[@jeredalmeida1880]

WOW! I've been playing for only 25. I have a Behringer Crave which has the same layout/circuitry as the Mother 32. Only it has the oscillator chip from The Prophet. Still an awesome synth with the bass patched through. AND much cheaper. I'd say take the plunge and get a Crave. You will not regret it.

[@thebbs5450]

Thank you, I also had this question... ;)

[@MadelnMachines]

I'm curious how you could recreate something like the prophet X routing something like Kontakt orchestra samples out of your audio interface and into a synth. Could you get a gate signal from kontakt to somehow trigger the synths envelopes as you play so it would sound natural like the samples were part of the synth?

[@sweetwater]

Hi MiM. Triggering the synth is the easy part. The easiest way would be via MIDI, but a Gate would work as well if your controller keyboard sent a Gate. The much bigger issue would be polyphony. It would be incredibly difficult to somehow get each note from Kontakt into a separate synthesizer, such that each note had its own Filter (with its own Filter Envelope) and Amp (with its own Amp Envelope). If you don't do that, you'll basically have a polyphonic synth (Kontakt in this case) with all of its simultaneous notes going to the same Filter (with a single Filter Envelope) then all going on to the same Amp (with its single Amp Envelope). It would then be much more like a Paraphonic synth than a Polyphonic synth.

[@MadelnMachines]

@@sweetwater Yes that's true. I'm kind of a bit uncertain of how paraphonic works differently. Not in theory, but in reality. I get that each voice doesn't have it's own filter or envelopes etc but since all the filters and envelopes are just copies of each other in a polyphonic synth what practical difference does it make? If you press a chord with all the notes at the same time would it make a difference? If you staggered the notes then would the new note fail to retrigger the envelope resulting in the latter notes having a shorter sound or be filtered in a different way (if there's an envelope modulated filter)? Thanks

[@sweetwater]

Hi again MIM, It's that, every time you hit a new note, all other notes that were currently sounding would get the same Filter and Amp effects triggered again.

[@matiasss550]

can you press any key just to play the entire song from the mp3 player thought the minilogue (without keeping a key pressed) and use the filter?

[@sweetwater]

Hi tasss550. The reason you need to press a key is because the mp3 is going into the Mixer, then Filter, and finally the Amp. The Amp is, by design, set to be silent unless the Amp EG (Envelope Generator) is pushing it above silence. (If it didn't do this you'd never be able to make a note stop.) So... the answer is: You always have to have the Amp EG up in order to hear any sound, whether it's the oscillators, noise, or an external mp3. Some synths have a Sustain Pedal jack that holds the Amp EG at the Sustain level, and some synths have a "Drone" switch that keeps the Amp EG locked on. The Minilogue has neither so you'll have to keep a key held if you want to hear the mp3 sound. Hope that helps. -_Daniel_

[@matiasss550]

Thanks for help ! I really appreciate it. I still believe it has to be a way. Pressing one key with some sustain, or starting a silence sequence, sure there is no alternative?

[@n0bf]

thanks for the info. have you tried the minitaur?

[@sweetwater]

Hi stephen, I have. (Check the Info below the video to see a list of other synths that can do this as well.) There's a cool trick (with the current update) that allows you to lock the Gate open: Hold GLIDE + VCA while turning SUSTAIN from min to max.To unlatch the Gate:Hold GLIDE + VCA while turning SUSTAIN from max to min. Thanks for watching!

[@n0bf]

I just installed the latest minitaur update and editor. i'll try the Gate/hold/Sustain idea!

[@musicisthebest674]

Great demo! Thanks!!

[@mpmansell]

Could you just send a MIDI on to a MIDI enabled synth just to keep the gate open with the envelope sustain? (before getting into all other sorts of fun MID sequencing could give you)

[@sweetwater]

Hi Mark, that is certainly one of the ways to keep the Gates open. Thanks for watching!

[@rb032682]

cool. nice demo

[@wolfereeno]

I'd love to know what other synths are good at doing this? Particularly ones that are modules only like peak, argon 8, crave, etc.

[@sweetwater]

Hi wolfereeno. It pretty much comes down to: Does the synth have an Audio In jack? Does the Audio In go through the Filter/Amp/FX? If both are true, then it's worth trying something through that synth. Thanks for watching!

[@zarrir]

Hi Daniel, good job. Did you try it with the Uno Synth?

[@sweetwater]

Hi Padre. The Audio In jack on the IK Multimedia UNO Synth is just a pass-through that mixes with the Audio Out jack. This allows you to mix multiple UNO Synths and UNO Drums down to one output jack. But it does not allow you to run external audio through the synth. Thanks for watching!

[@houmangf]

Is this the same idea with vocoder in vsts?! I mean is it possible to use this technic with vst's? And is it called vocoding?

[@elmortobeats5919]

I still dont get sounds from the keyboard i plugged in 😨

[@rockitlikeawolf]

This dude's got a really cool "Walter Sobchak" thing goin on, which is bad-ass.

[@Maintenancebay]

I was waiting for him to start relating to his experiences in Nam

[@alexandreisavirov8511]

HI Daniel, FOA, thanks for great video. I am thinking to get one. Just wondering if I can plug minilogue out into audio interface in, and audio interfaces out back to minilogue in. That way I am thinking to use minilogue krbrd to play virtual instruments on Logic pro and use minilogue features to process same signal. SO make a perfect loop with synth itself. DO you think that possible? no feecback or other issues? Thanks!!

[@kaitlynmoore9382]

What is the function of the MP3 player?

[@sweetwater]

Hi Kaitlyn. The MP3 player is being used as the External Audio source going into the synth's External Audio In jack. This lets the pre-recorded music be processed by the synth's Filter and Amp. The MP3 player is substituting for the guitar, which was previously plugged into the External Audio In jack. Thanks for watching! -_Daniel_

[@AlexandreSoma]

I have a Moog Slin Phatty. How could i have the same result with a guitar? Audio In? KV Gate? Both? Would i have to pre amp to signal or plug the guitar P10 plug direct to one of those Audio In and KV Gate? Thanks for the video!!! :D

[@sweetwater]

Hi Alexandre, Ideally, you'd run the guitar through a good overdrive, distortion, or boost pedal to get the signal strong enough to run into the AUDIO IN jack. Then you can either send a MIDI Note On or send a +5v trigger to the GATE IN jack. (It "might" work by just plugging a cable into the GATE In with the other end going to nothing.) Be sure to set your Envelopes to stay open so that you can hear the guitar. Thanks for watching!

[@MrBEnIbb]

Wow! Would it work if you have an envelope follower for the guitar and send the envelope in the vcf...?

[@sweetwater]

Hi Ben. That would work assuming that: 1) Your Envelope Follower has a CV Out. 2) Your Filter has a CV In. Thanks for watching!

[@ShaighJosephson]

Should do a vid on triggering the synths with MIDI equipped guitar... Kinda ridiculous to do it this way...

[@sweetwater]

Hi Shaigh Josephson. This video is about processing external audio using a synth's Mixer, Filter, and Amp, along with using LFOs and Envelopes to modulate the external sounds via those three modules. If a MIDI-equipped guitar is used to play the synth, it will simply sound like someone played keys on the synth; nothing from the external audio will be heard through the synth. I'll put a request on our wish list to do a video specifically about using external alternative MIDI controllers to drive a synth. Thanks for watching! -_Daniel_

[@oscarvch]

Can I plug the synth output directly to my tube amp or do I need a reamp box?

[@sweetwater]

Hi Oscar. I go directly from synths to amps, and to effects. The key thing is to start with the synth's Volume at about 50% and then go up, always listening for undesired (or desired) distortion. Thanks for watching!

[@THEWEIRDSISTERS69]

We plug them into tube amps all the time, just watch the volume

[@sadistksuffring1537]

What's the wiring set up look like? I've got an uno synth pro desktopand I've been messing with it, can I wire it in a way that it works standalone so I dont necessarily need my pc?

[@sweetwater]

Hi SadistkSuffring. The UNO Synth Pro Desktop doesn't need a PC to run. To run it standalone, just give it USB power using a phone charger or a power bank (used to charge phones). -_Daniel_

[@sadistksuffring1537]

@@sweetwater I'm sorry, I should've been more specific. I meant while running the guitar through it can you do it standalone?

[@Chicagomatic]

Daniel is the DUDE!

[@supercommando440]

I connected a Roland jdxi (audio out) into a MicroKorgS (audio in), with speaker connected to the Korg. When I hit the keys on the Roland, the signal just goes thru the Korg and out the speaker. I didn't have to kit any key on the Korg. I assume this is because the Korg has a "global" INPUT option for "Audio In - Thru" set to ON. I didn't try it with Audio In Thru set to OFF. I'm a total newbie and didn't realize I had to press a key on the Korg, to hear the Roland. The Audio In Thru setting is nice. I can play the Roland thru the Korg and play the Korg simultaneously while not affecting the Roland sounds. Is this typically how this stuff works?

[@supercommando440]

BTW, I've been trying to play the Roland thru my MatrixBrute the same way but the brute has NO "Audio In Thur = ON" setting. I was told by Arturia I have to "root the Audio In to one or the two filters". Not exactly sure what that means. And they also said I have to "open the VCA to let the sound pass through". For a beginner, I'm a bit lost on what exactly this means. I need BEGINNER instructions.

[@supercommando440]

hmmm, at about :30 sec into your vid, you mention "it doesnt exactly work that way". Welll.... as I described above it actually DOES with the setup I described, with the only adjustment required after plugging in the audio out/in wire is setting the Korg Audio In Thru = ON. Simple as that. So the question for my setup; is this unique to the MicroKOrgs? It's a lot more simple on that synth, versus, say, my matrixBrute for which I haven't been able to get a peep from the audio input source. Here, I've learned I actually have to press a KEY on the matrixBrute and then make some other adjustments I still haven't wrapped my head around (see my previous comment).

[@clownbabydragon]

interested to hear a response on these q's

[@johntylerreardon417]

I can't get my bass to make any noise through it. Are there specific features I need to adjust to make it audible?

[@sweetwater]

Hi John. A key has to be pressed (or a Gate turned on for the Amp Envelope) in order for sound to get through. -_Daniel_

[@BenjaminBeak]

Bruh this is a good look for you

[@jumpingman8160]

A couple of questions: Is it possible to have the pure guitar signal going through the Synth with no filters and whatnot being applied? Is it possible to play through the synth with the guitar with no need to keep a key triggered?

[@ash13liv]

Keeping the LP filter completely open with 0 resonance might be enough to get a clean signal. For not wanting to press keys, switch on the Arp/Sequence with Latch mode on. Also, switch off the oscillators if u just want the guitar sound. hope this helps (with ref to the sub 37)

[@amphitheatre]

yep, that works too but really theres no need for the arp, you can just hit latch (on the moog anyways)

[@jumpingman8160]

Thanks a bunch!

[@sweetwater]

Hi David, there are two buttons called LATCH ON, one each for the FILTER and AMP Envelopes. They hold the Filter and Amp levels to whatever is set by the SUSTAIN knob of each Envelope. Thanks for watching!

[@jumpingman8160]

Thank you kindly.

[@zirpbeats2142]

lmao i think c minor is everyones go to chord on the keyboard

[@SpeccyMan]

Nope, mine is G minor.

[@hoomanganjavi4314]

A minor. No mucky muck with any black keys...

[@owenbush2991]

My go-to is c major 7

[@remotegod255]

Damn I know I'm happy when I get full-body goosebumps from a filter being opened up

[@cody42693]

*Lowpass filter sweeps are life*

[@Tuxedo__flask]

Oh man! I wish this existed on the XD! Sad day. Great video

[@marvinkmooneyoz]

which synths can do like a freqbox, and have the synth oscillators follow the pitch of in incoming signal?

[@sweetwater]

Hi Jonathan, that would be the Korg MS-20 Mini Analog Synthesizer: www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MS20mini

[@TheOriginalMack]

Is there a way to input a guitar into a synth that does not have an input? Say the Deepmind 6 for instance.

[@sweetwater]

Hi Aaron. It would take someone very skilled at altering the circuit board. But there are a lot of synths that do have an audio input. Just make sure that it's not just a pass-through to the Main Outputs, and that the external audio truly does get inserted pre-filter. Thanks for watching!

[@TheOriginalMack]

@@sweetwater ah I see. I was hoping there was some trick I could do with midi. Maybe, using a midi pickup as the input?

[@MRGO0OSE]

How do you program the sub 37 so the ext in signal effects the filter?

[@sweetwater]

Hi Cam. If you're wanting to have the amplitude of the external audio push the cutoff frequency of the filter, you'd need a device that has an Envelope Follower with a CV Out (such as a Moogerfooger MF-101 Lowpass Filter or Korg MS-20). The external audio would go to both the EXT Audio In *and* the Envelope Follower. The CV Out from the Envelope Follower would go to the FILTER CV In of the Sub 37

[@MRGO0OSE]

@@sweetwater thank you!

[@jdavis417]

♫..."So now I'm alone Now I can think for myself About little deals and issues And things that I just don't understand"...♫ ;)

[@rexterrocks]

''About little deals and S U's.... It's a reference to his ex g/f Su Wathan

[@liselottefrejdig2869]

I tried this with my new Gibson but it didn’t work. I have the Sub 37, Eventide Space, Gibson Les Paul and a Spider 15W.. How to connect them properly?

[@sweetwater]

Hello, Liselotte! Thanks for reaching out. Check out minute 2:32. You will not hear any sound until you trigger on your synth. It is going through all of the circuitry, but you will not hear anything until a key is triggered. Feel free to reach out to me directly if you want to discuss it a little more. Thanks for the interest! Alex Campos, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, [phone] (call or text)

[@dutchbeef8920]

Its all about the envelope

[@MissAndDie96]

I'm having a hard time getting this to work through my XW P1. How do I navigate through the menus to get this to work?

[@sweetwater]

Hi RiffPower2112, I don't have access to an XW-P1 right now but, if memory serves, when you're in the Solo Synthesizer area that lets you choose the Solo Synthesizer Tone Configuration, choose the (5) External Input Sound Block. That Block uses Mic In and Inst In instead of oscillators. Hope that helps!

[@TommyVarekai]

will this work on a Roland Gaia SH01 too?

[@sweetwater]

Hi Tommy, the1/8" stereo EXTERNAL IN jack on the GAIA doesn't feed the synthesizer components. Instead it was designed to allow background audio to pass through to the OUTPUT jacks all the time. It does have a useful Center Cancel feature though, which helps to remove vocals from pre-recorded songs. Thanks for watching!

[@TommyVarekai]

thanks heaps! :) appreciated

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

This video reminds me of that 1970/1983 documentary, Discovering Electronic Music, in particular the part where he talks about a synthesizer being used to change the sounds of other instruments: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5iZp3yIosuihKs

[@kaitlynmoore9382]

Can you play this without a computer?

[@sweetwater]

Hi Kaitlyn. A computer was used only to edit the video segments together and to upload the video to KZbin. (And, of course, the computer you used to watch this video;-) Thanks for watching! -_Daniel_

[@RaglansElectricBaboon]

sah-weet!

[@josiahluck4385]

Sounds like Gallops with the guitar/filter combo

[@foodstampz]

wow

[@reason2910]

5:50

[@owenbush2991]

Why not just tape down the key?

[@sweetwater]

Hi Owen. There's a company out there that sells metal weights (in various colors) that are designed to hold down one key. Thanks for watching! -_Daniel_

[@tyspellman5537]

If anyone is struggling with getting audio to process through their Sub 37, this Moog vid might help... kzbin.info/www/bejne/moSrfaGkmcZjfaM

[@nikolaineumann6298]

Does a Cry baby pedal have enough juice to push the signal thru?

[@rars0n]

"Director of Product Optimization" That's a very nice way of saying "making gear sound good." Don't get me wrong, I love Daniel's synth demos, he's one of the better demonstrators and does a good job of making stuff sound good. I just have to laugh a little at that title though, because it sounds like PR speak.

[@nozkaGaillard]

This sound like Perturbator

[@gyangarciaavila9416]

Did not know that guy but shit is goood

[@MrHomyachek]

A lot of chatter and a little game!