Roland SC-55ST: $400 MIDI Music Powerhouse from 1993

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When it comes 90s PC game MIDI soundtracks, you can't really go wrong with a Roland Sound Canvas. And this lovely ST version of the SC-55 is a downright delightful choice! All those excellent SC sound samples in a clean, simplified package.
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@HattmannenNilsson
@HattmannenNilsson 4 жыл бұрын
This video made me realise two things: 1. I think I actually prefer the General Midi rendition of Canyon 2. You seem to effortlessly produce beautiful shots. Even the shortest cutaway is always beautifully composed. You've gotten to the point where I as a viewer don't even notice just how well composed and put together every video really is, because you've found your "look" and everything just melds together seamlessly. Your videos are always a joy to watch and a high-point of the week.
@LGR
@LGR 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Feels like I've found a nice groove over the past year-ish, so I'm glad it comes across on video 👍
@ocno
@ocno 4 жыл бұрын
@@LGR Sound is absolutely spot-on as well. The overall look is excellent, I love your videos more and more! Thanks for all the work
@mobydoux
@mobydoux 4 жыл бұрын
I agree.
@Dragonfire511
@Dragonfire511 4 жыл бұрын
Those are the reasons i suscribed to LGR. Plus is my favorite KZbin Channel.
@martomaster
@martomaster 4 жыл бұрын
I was just thinking how good even the shortest B roll shots are :D
@Richard.Linder
@Richard.Linder 4 жыл бұрын
I just love the absence of yellowing on these devices. Usually mixing a bunch diferent retro computer hardware results in a discordant mish-mash of beiges, yellows and tans. But in this setup of yours, it all just looks pristine.
@karlstenator
@karlstenator 4 жыл бұрын
Richard Linder there’s a way to treat yellowed plastics that can bring them up looking new. Can’t remember which channel I watched that on though.
@jerry855202
@jerry855202 4 жыл бұрын
@@karlstenator 8bit guy?
@karlstenator
@karlstenator 4 жыл бұрын
@@jerry855202 yah, I think that was the one.
@Vlad2319
@Vlad2319 4 жыл бұрын
@@karlstenator 8-bit guy and the process is retro-brite.
@MapleMilk
@MapleMilk 4 жыл бұрын
I need a vid on that Synth setup, LGR
@AthenaNova1
@AthenaNova1 4 жыл бұрын
He did a video on his setup in 2017, the title is "LGR - 486 Upgrade! Building a MIDI Mountain"
@gmp-aaron
@gmp-aaron 4 жыл бұрын
@@AthenaNova1 you know that this video is the setup for the 486 woodgrain pc. It is not NOT! the synth setup from 4:42 that he showed in this setup.
@AthenaNova1
@AthenaNova1 4 жыл бұрын
@@gmp-aaron That's a good point! There's a need for an updated setup video with his current gear.
@VenomRaven
@VenomRaven 4 жыл бұрын
"G'WHERE IS IT??!!??!!?"
@Gazdatronik
@Gazdatronik 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, he pulls back and displays that , and as a synth guy I'm like, WTF Clint give us some sugar.
@FlintG
@FlintG 4 жыл бұрын
Having something like this would have blown my mind as a kid back then lmao
@dans6127
@dans6127 4 жыл бұрын
It still blows my mind to hear some of my favorite classic games sound so good. So many memories but my PC never sounded even close to that good
@FlintG
@FlintG 4 жыл бұрын
@@dans6127 I wonder if it would make older game consoles sound much better though like maybe the super nintendo.
@starquake1565
@starquake1565 4 жыл бұрын
It would also have blown your savings.
@Bristecom
@Bristecom 4 жыл бұрын
@@starquake1565 Hey, it was the 90's... that's what credit cards were for! LOL
@ToolNoQuarter1
@ToolNoQuarter1 4 жыл бұрын
AlphaMax the super Nintendo has no Midi Output.
@OttosTheName
@OttosTheName 4 жыл бұрын
4:46 Please open that musical can of worms :D (maybe on blerbs)
@ebheron
@ebheron 4 жыл бұрын
I second this!
@kvnclay
@kvnclay 4 жыл бұрын
I third this!
@devospanko
@devospanko 4 жыл бұрын
Moar music! 4th!
@zapp442
@zapp442 4 жыл бұрын
Worms please!
@NordiusOfficial
@NordiusOfficial 4 жыл бұрын
Yes
@Birugiru
@Birugiru 4 жыл бұрын
Clint! Greetings from Osaka. I'll let you know if I spot any more Japanese Roland stuff :D
@ImeanFFS
@ImeanFFS 4 жыл бұрын
Even though modern PCs are far more pleasant to build and use, I have a soft spot for 90s PCs. Thumbing through Computer Shopper with it's adverts for clip art, dragging the crt monitor to LAN parties, the deafening sound of a dot matrix printer, the whooomp-click of de-gausing a monitor, cleaning mouse balls, memory managers, fan fold printer paper.....! Aaaaahhh! Those were the days!
@HappyBeezerStudios
@HappyBeezerStudios 4 жыл бұрын
Just last year I discovered how pleasant it can be to to proper cable management with those old ribbon cables. Yes I do have a bunch of round cables, but the flat ones can basically be folded and fit through the slimmest gaps. I don't want back the back breaking weight of CRTs or fondling mouse balls, but I do enjoy the POST beep of a proper speaker, reaction times of CRTs and somehow even managing base memory in DOS.
@frozenbean
@frozenbean 4 жыл бұрын
I had captions turned on, and the first thing I see is [thoroughly appropriate jazz]. Keep up the good work, Clint.
@alexsilva28
@alexsilva28 4 жыл бұрын
Damn it I keep forgetting to turn the captions on for these
@AaronOfMpls
@AaronOfMpls 4 жыл бұрын
:D Reminds me a bit of Technology Connections's outros -- "[ly smooth jazz]"
@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER 4 жыл бұрын
Dang that cowbell hits harddd!!!
@d2factotum
@d2factotum 4 жыл бұрын
It's weird to say, but whenever I hear music from this era being played through a Roland, it always sounds wrong to me--because whenever I was hearing that music back in the day it would be through the FM synthesis on a Soundblaster card!
@aceshighdueceslow
@aceshighdueceslow 4 жыл бұрын
I know the feeling, except instead of Soundblaster it was AdLib that I always had for DOS games
@MrBogfrog
@MrBogfrog 4 жыл бұрын
At the time I distinctly remember preferring my Gus Ultrasound or Soundblaster over MIDI, so I don't think it's just nostalgia. That old General MIDI sample set sounds just as clinical and boring to me now as it did back then.
@AaronOfMpls
@AaronOfMpls 4 жыл бұрын
I know the feeling, @d2factotum . We had an actual Sound Blaster 16 in our old 486 machine, and that sound still defines 90s DOS games to me. The Sound Canvas sounds _too_ good!
@JeremyLevi
@JeremyLevi 4 жыл бұрын
Coming from using an Amiga with decent sound capabilities for games to my first 486 with a SB2.0 I just assumed all PC MIDI sounded like absolute trash. It wasn't until years later that I realized it could sound decent, but only if you had the right (expensive) hardware.
@DukeNukem2417
@DukeNukem2417 4 жыл бұрын
3:18 = that "WOODGRAIN" wipe....XD Of course, the rest of the video is awesome as well. Kudos for yet another job well done!
@JohnSmith-xq1pz
@JohnSmith-xq1pz 4 жыл бұрын
Let's attempt to control ourselves now lol
@rambo8wradio
@rambo8wradio 4 жыл бұрын
lmao I missed that. Thank you.
@TheGuyWhoIsSitting
@TheGuyWhoIsSitting 4 жыл бұрын
DukeNukem2417 oh. I thought he did that wipe thing like he does on LGR foods.
@MrMortull
@MrMortull 4 жыл бұрын
*2020, still playing DooM2 with the D-buttons and Ctrl* ...This man is incorruptible...
@butre.
@butre. 4 жыл бұрын
if I'm actually playing the game I run it that way but i mostly speedrun it, using esdf and w and r for turn so I can sr50 more easily
@tithund
@tithund 4 жыл бұрын
I still do this as well, but I use the left ctrl and alt instead, seems weird to do it like in this video.
@lookoutpiano8877
@lookoutpiano8877 4 жыл бұрын
I prefer to use a racing wheel, myself.
@dmer-zy3rb
@dmer-zy3rb 4 жыл бұрын
real pros used a flight joystick
@MrMortull
@MrMortull 3 жыл бұрын
@@incumbentvinyl9291 You're quite right about the arrow keys, I guess I've just been corrupted by consoles. As for keybindings... most sourceports I know of default to the now-standard WASD setup with mouselook by default.
@jesseeatsbrains
@jesseeatsbrains 4 жыл бұрын
4:43 HOLY SHIT PLEASE COVER THIS ON LGR! Fellow music maker here and would love to see what these old midi devices can do as far as music creation.
@AvengerDK
@AvengerDK 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah what The Hell. Almost rolled out of bed when I saw that setup. Need that video.
@SpeedySPCFan
@SpeedySPCFan 4 жыл бұрын
Not sure if you're interested in someone else talking about it, but I have an entire video series on my channel called Sound Profile that's focused entirely on that. I've covered most Sound Canvas models, the MT-32, the Yamaha MU series, the Roland JV/XV/XP synths, the Korg Trinity, Korg NS5R/NX5R, and soon enough, the Roland JD-990 and SD-90!
@HeadacheCentral
@HeadacheCentral 4 жыл бұрын
@@SpeedySPCFan Yes. Speedy's Discord server's chock full of old MIDI devices and new ways to take advantage of their potential.
@amber1862
@amber1862 4 жыл бұрын
Music producer and VST developer here: LGR please listen to this guy! :)
@TingFeng77
@TingFeng77 4 жыл бұрын
Check his Twitter, he has posted a few creations on there, but no in-depth talk
@StronkiTube
@StronkiTube 4 жыл бұрын
When I see "MIDI" in the title of an LGR video, I am instantly preparing myself to listen to canyon.mid.
@Chris_WG
@Chris_WG 4 жыл бұрын
I love it! So true! Nice StronkiVods!
@tomypower4898
@tomypower4898 4 жыл бұрын
StronkiVods bight white said yes
@reid3031
@reid3031 4 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to say thanks, Clint! Your MIDI tower video actually inspired me to hunt down an SC-88 for gaming and I've actually been using it a lot for music production. Wouldn't have done that without your videos!
@cubeflinger
@cubeflinger 5 ай бұрын
And that's why they've shot up in price 😅
@ezioauditoredafirenze8352
@ezioauditoredafirenze8352 4 жыл бұрын
"The fact that my impulse control is dangerously close to zero when it comes to retro Roland hardware from Japan" Priceless. Good one Clint 🤣🤣🤣
@azzajohnson2123
@azzajohnson2123 4 жыл бұрын
Ezio Auditore da Firenze his voice sells it!
@ShaneOzouf
@ShaneOzouf 4 жыл бұрын
Plus it was $40
@ezioauditoredafirenze8352
@ezioauditoredafirenze8352 4 жыл бұрын
@@azzajohnson2123 Heh. Indeed. 😄
@romajimamulo
@romajimamulo 4 жыл бұрын
4:50 wait you have a synth setup?
@AdventureVanMan
@AdventureVanMan 4 жыл бұрын
Maybe we can see/hear more about it here or on LGR Blerbs?? 👍
@dannowell269
@dannowell269 4 жыл бұрын
We NEED a video on this
@alextirrellRI
@alextirrellRI 4 жыл бұрын
The one time I went on Twitter and saw his page, he had a little video using it.
@jakethreesixty
@jakethreesixty 4 жыл бұрын
8:56 What Clint says matches perfectly with how Max's mouth moves
@tetsujin_144
@tetsujin_144 2 жыл бұрын
That's Sam
@eluzai
@eluzai 4 жыл бұрын
AHHHHGGGG, THAT'S THE NEW MINILOGUE! I'm freaking jelly man, with the new digital oscillator and sequencer and all.
@KrzysztofC-1
@KrzysztofC-1 4 жыл бұрын
1. Retro Man Cave interview: "The Voice of Duke Nukem, Jon St. John - Retro Tea Break" 2. Why there was no Monkey Island Theme?????
@dudowillowbottom8056
@dudowillowbottom8056 4 жыл бұрын
I played the hell out of Raptor as a child. Loved to hear the music in this setup. Thanks for that. 😊
@KalahiMd
@KalahiMd 4 жыл бұрын
Seconded.
@Sonyfreak
@Sonyfreak 4 жыл бұрын
You can get it on gog.com if you fancy another playthrough. :D
@MontieMongoose
@MontieMongoose 4 жыл бұрын
My my, marvelous MIDI music makes me merry!
@Chaos89P
@Chaos89P 4 жыл бұрын
Very merry.
@E5rael
@E5rael 4 жыл бұрын
I highly approve your message for having all the words start with the same letter. That alliteration really pleases my brain cells. ^_^
@marinacelada3246
@marinacelada3246 4 жыл бұрын
@@E5rael I think it was not casual.
@zackerypainter7881
@zackerypainter7881 4 жыл бұрын
You should make a video over your synth setup! At least a blerb about it!
@ClayMann
@ClayMann 4 жыл бұрын
I'd love that too. That brief glimpse, it looked amazing. I want to know all about it
@FoxerTails
@FoxerTails 4 жыл бұрын
I wasn't even aware Clint made music. Or at least interested in playing in general. I would love to see a video on it too.
@nequests
@nequests 4 жыл бұрын
Exactly this. DO IT.
@N64Guy
@N64Guy 4 жыл бұрын
I want a full video
@AndrewGistKlaxMaster
@AndrewGistKlaxMaster 4 жыл бұрын
LGR: Where canon.mid is heard more Than it was in the 90s. And also in better quality than most of us ever heard it to begin with.
@DarthTella
@DarthTella 4 жыл бұрын
8:16 Yes! Descent II! That game has some of my favourite music in it. Both the MIDI and the Redbook music are phenomenal.
@stevenclark2188
@stevenclark2188 4 жыл бұрын
Even the FM synthesis on Descent 1&2 was very good, you know given the synth soundtrack and all. I mostly played on a 16-bit Pro Audio Spectrum with the same OPL3 chip as the SB16 and Adlib Gold back in the day and it sounds impressive.
@joe--cool
@joe--cool 4 жыл бұрын
I guess Clint was only showing off the music. So I will forgive playing Descent with a mouse. This time.
@pedrodiegooro
@pedrodiegooro 4 жыл бұрын
I didn't know MIDI was a porn category...
@TechnicolorMammoth
@TechnicolorMammoth 4 жыл бұрын
Welcome!
@amiel3159
@amiel3159 4 жыл бұрын
Esto llegaba en la epoca de menem?
@IMN602
@IMN602 4 жыл бұрын
5:35 been laughing at that all day now " MMM. THAT SOUNDED GOOOD"
@CakePrincessCelestia
@CakePrincessCelestia 4 жыл бұрын
Groovy!
@KoutetsuSteel
@KoutetsuSteel 4 жыл бұрын
I thought for sure your next video was going to be a Sims 20 year anniversary video.
@LGR
@LGR 4 жыл бұрын
I've already done a retrospective on it, I still stand by it :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKTSk2Nsop6jlZY
@KoutetsuSteel
@KoutetsuSteel 4 жыл бұрын
@@LGRThat's true!
@zacharystorman2718
@zacharystorman2718 4 жыл бұрын
Clint!!!!!! We need a tour of yr synth station. My goodness.
@TechnicolorMammoth
@TechnicolorMammoth 4 жыл бұрын
At least an update, since it has grown since the MIDI mountain video back a few years ago.
@hunterdavis3003
@hunterdavis3003 4 жыл бұрын
Yes!!! Let’s hear some jams! Some industrial techno mixes!
@Cheesus_Chrisp
@Cheesus_Chrisp 4 жыл бұрын
I agree. Please, Clint... a vid on your synth set up.
@LGR
@LGR 4 жыл бұрын
@@TechnicolorMammoth It's unrelated to the MIDI Mountain, that's another beast entirely :) I just have more than one SC-55 mkII so there's one in each setup, heh.
@marinacelada3246
@marinacelada3246 4 жыл бұрын
@@LGR May I ask you one thing: hiw much do you think one of these Roland machines can cost now?
@fonesrphunny7242
@fonesrphunny7242 4 жыл бұрын
4:49 ... that looks interesting. Why haven'T we seen this yet?
@LGR
@LGR 4 жыл бұрын
Haven't had a reason to show it on LGR yet :) There's a bunch about it on my Twitter though.
@romajimamulo
@romajimamulo 4 жыл бұрын
@@LGR blerb it please
@phazonlord0098
@phazonlord0098 4 жыл бұрын
Make some videos about that glorious setup on Blerbs then!
@aziztcf
@aziztcf 4 жыл бұрын
@@LGR What the hell is that oscilloscopey CRT and why do I need one now?
@IIIJFRIII
@IIIJFRIII 4 жыл бұрын
Lol it looks like something from half-life, minus the music keyboard.
@steamedauroraborealis8208
@steamedauroraborealis8208 4 жыл бұрын
8:56 I like how your voice syncs up with Sam's mouth.
@gamer199x
@gamer199x 4 жыл бұрын
I'd be really interested in a video on your synth setup.
@ion-shivs
@ion-shivs 4 жыл бұрын
I’d love to know how many people actually owned these MIDI devices back in the day... In my circle of friends that had PC’s in the early 90’s, (about 5 of us...) it was a big enough spend to finally get a Sound Blaster. I don’t think any of us even knew what these Roland MIDI devices were! I never fully understood what they were until recently. I don’t remember them advertised or seeing them in stores... And at those prices, nobody I knew would have been buying them if we did.
@trevor_mounts_music
@trevor_mounts_music Жыл бұрын
Yeah....not once have I ever seen one of these in the wild. Not in the 90's/2000's, not ever. Even my dorky ass uncle who worked at best buy and lived in front of his PC didn't have one, and he had EVERYTHING! 😂
@theboshua
@theboshua 4 жыл бұрын
what's the best electronic music hardware manufacturer of all time and why is it roland?
@rommix0
@rommix0 4 жыл бұрын
and why is it also Korg?
@trainingtheworld5093
@trainingtheworld5093 4 жыл бұрын
And Yamaha..XG is their special standard.
@u0aol1
@u0aol1 4 жыл бұрын
Well hello there, this little sucker is going to be my afternoon nap video.. Afternoon naps are good. Update: I went driving instead of napping. Driving is also good.
@heliosss69
@heliosss69 4 жыл бұрын
ok
@1-ZombieMad
@1-ZombieMad 4 жыл бұрын
Swedish fan from 92. You are THE Best. I Love watching your vidios. Make me warm inside when i see all thes nice things from before and some things that i played when i whas a kid :)
@ahandsomefridge
@ahandsomefridge 4 жыл бұрын
Ahh the sweet soothing Roland sounds from the 90s. How comforting.
@josephgospa4031
@josephgospa4031 Жыл бұрын
I didn't know Roland MT-32 or SC-55 exists, despite seen them quite a few times in setup of a few FPS game like Doom, Doom2, Duke of Nukem, Rise of Triad, Hexen, Heretic and Shadow Warrior. I've never seen them in any PC stores in my country or city, otherwise I'd have bought both despite its obnoxious high price. I did, however bought a SB16/Waveblaster that changed the whole PC game sound scenario for me, after listening to a PC compudex expo with Doom game that blew me away, right after that bought Sound Blaster AWE32, and filled it out with optional RAM. Those were the days of pure hardware/software innovation in the early PC gaming days. I did spend quite some big bucks with SLI Voodoo2 video card configuration and Sound Blaster AWE 64 sound cards using top of the line Intel Pentium II CPU in 1998.
@PastoKage
@PastoKage 4 жыл бұрын
Beside missing the opening theme of Monkey Island, this is a neat video indeed.
@TheOnjLouis
@TheOnjLouis 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve got a Roland SC88ProST that I’m looking to sell if anyone wants it. And a Korg (yes I’ll put money in the swear-box as necessary) X5DR as well. I love both units but they need to go to a new home, where they’ll see more use than I’m currently giving them.
@Breakbeats92.5
@Breakbeats92.5 4 жыл бұрын
I had a Roland XP-60 workstation to start off on. In terms of pre set sounds, Roland can't be beat.
@peanutismint
@peanutismint 4 жыл бұрын
Your synth setup looks great! Have you ever done a video on it? I see a lot of equipment I know/like.
@bentsound
@bentsound 4 жыл бұрын
Everyone of these things I've ever seen was so yellowy-brown with smoke and or UV damage. That thing is extremely pristine!
@jorgensoderlund6772
@jorgensoderlund6772 9 ай бұрын
Im a proud owner of the same SC-55ST except it's dark grey, it's still pristine and working infact it's hooked up to my Sound Blaster Xi-Fi Fatal1TY with the breakout box. It's quite the little machine.
@DarkZenith
@DarkZenith 4 жыл бұрын
You made my day with this video. Other than sam and max i knew and played through every game you demonstrated today. thank you LGR.
@cbmsysmobile
@cbmsysmobile 4 жыл бұрын
Ahh I always remember not being able to afford a MT-32 or SC55 back in the day. The closest I got was using my Soundblaster AWE32 in MT-32 emulation mode. Had to have 2Mb of RAM installed even to do that. And it didn't work with most games due to incompatibilities in the AWE implementation of MT-32 over General Midi
@mr-meek
@mr-meek 4 жыл бұрын
7:18 ROTT has the best OST ever.
@IDHLEB
@IDHLEB 4 жыл бұрын
It's criminally underrated.
@0neDoomedSpaceMarine
@0neDoomedSpaceMarine 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing game with excellent music. Lee Jackson was actually doing the music for ROTT while also doing full time customer service at Apogee.
@IMN602
@IMN602 4 жыл бұрын
Civ11 uses ROTT music in EVERY video
@tgcv4444
@tgcv4444 4 жыл бұрын
Indeed.
@ianweber9248
@ianweber9248 4 жыл бұрын
I keep forgetting Descent II has MIDI music, I’m so used to the Red Book tracks from my CD version :P
@tuncgurses
@tuncgurses 4 жыл бұрын
Oh my god when i saw Raptor, i cried. I played that masterpiece so much back in the day...
@jmcminn1076
@jmcminn1076 4 жыл бұрын
I ordered an SC-55 in the day and they ended up sending me an SC-88VL instead (which looks like it’s the same as your SC-55 physically anyway) But interestingly, my SC-88VL is white instead of black. Loved that thing for old games/midi.
@Spiegelgeist
@Spiegelgeist 4 жыл бұрын
Gonna humbly and sincerely request you make an in-depth video about your updated MIDI setup, it looks amazing! P.S. 8850s are indeed big!
@rojovision
@rojovision 4 жыл бұрын
I've been considering buying one of these to supplement my CM-64 which I got for its CM-32L capabilities. I've been using the Yamaha MU50 for general midi. I like the way it sounds, but more options to tweak audio experience on a per game level is always nice.
@NilsLorvick
@NilsLorvick 4 жыл бұрын
That Descent II music is pure MIDI awesomeness.
@gorak9000
@gorak9000 4 жыл бұрын
Heh, I always wanted an SC-88, but had to settle for an SC-55mkII the school had, and the band teacher let me borrow for quite a while (like a couple of years). Never used it for games though, but rather for generally better midi synthesis. I was really into sequencing music from sheet music into midi and then playing it back. Ah the things I wasted my youth doing... When I actually had to return the SC-55mkII back to the school, I really missed it, but they were freakishly expensive back then, so I could never justify getting one (and high speed internet was just starting to be a thing - there was no e-bay yet). I used to stare at the pictures longingly in the Roland (later Edirol) catalog.
@DaveFu
@DaveFu 4 жыл бұрын
"In a world where people hate paying more than 300 for a GPU......there was......"
@naddydatty
@naddydatty 8 ай бұрын
The best part of my more-than-tedious workday is taking a moment to relax and get a nice dose of LGR. Thanks for the quality content, Clint. I need to get off of my butt, hunt down a Roland module and tracker my little heart out.
@SoleaGalilei
@SoleaGalilei 4 жыл бұрын
The montage of different games proving once again that you have impeccable taste!
@BobM925
@BobM925 4 жыл бұрын
Aww man I love my MIDI. Wish I could get hold of some Roland MIDI goodness but for now I'll stick to CoolSoft Virtual MIDI Synth. Does the job and warms my nostalgia well enough
@RudeMyDude
@RudeMyDude 4 жыл бұрын
please do a vid and your synth setup, from what i've seen on twitter, that rack is insane!
@peterb8015
@peterb8015 4 жыл бұрын
As it was cheap and available in my country I went for a Casio GZ-50M which does very much the same thing but in a package that looks like an external amiga drive case, which I like. A lot. Thanks for the midi love Clint.
@anilingus
@anilingus 4 жыл бұрын
Step one: Upvote. Step two: Watch the video.
@Ganjabeard5000
@Ganjabeard5000 4 жыл бұрын
CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT YOUR SYNTH SETUP???? PLEASE!!!!! lol it looks amazing!
@bigperfect
@bigperfect 4 жыл бұрын
5:43 "digital ROM-based sampler, or Rompler" I can't believe this is an actual term
@ChristianKoehler77
@ChristianKoehler77 4 жыл бұрын
It is. The term was commonly found in 1990s keyboard/ synth magazines.
@GeneralSnus83
@GeneralSnus83 4 жыл бұрын
For those of you that are looking for an SC-55, you can also try for the SC-155.This is the tabletop version, which occasionally is dirt cheap.
@nintenalex
@nintenalex 4 жыл бұрын
The synth bass is awsome on Vikings. Like your synth setup. Great to see its Y2K compliant.
@jhamm15
@jhamm15 4 жыл бұрын
You should review the Kyrandia series from Westwoods studios, they had pretty good MT-32 and GM music in Kyrandia 1 and 2. Kyrandia 3 went to cd-rom audio. Fun games too!!
@toxictrumptube7763
@toxictrumptube7763 4 жыл бұрын
USB: „Midi what??“
@xnonsuchx
@xnonsuchx 4 жыл бұрын
I have a Roland JV-1080 (2U - dual-height, full-width rack unit) that can sometimes be found for as little as US$40-50 ($80-100-ish is more avg., I think, w/o expansion cards) and makes a great General MIDI unit.
@poikochan87
@poikochan87 4 жыл бұрын
3:18 WOODGRAIN? :D
@briangriffin5701
@briangriffin5701 4 жыл бұрын
If your electronics were in fake woodgrain in the 70's you were a straight pimp.
@JFinnerud
@JFinnerud 4 жыл бұрын
A somewhat ultimate midi solution in those days would have been the GS-500 which packed both a CM-64 and GM/GS in the same unit
@LittleRichard1988
@LittleRichard1988 4 жыл бұрын
I have already worked out that sounds like the alto saxophone are in fact the same samples from the likes of the Roland S-550, U-110 and U-220. But the SC-88 Pro uses many remastered versions of those same samples but with slightly more nuance like breathe noise and even different velocity expressions like growls as GS variations. This is still the one of the best saxophone sounds you can get out of a sound module and still just as useable in modern music productions ( you can really enhance the sound with EQ and reverb ).
@GeoNeilUK
@GeoNeilUK 4 жыл бұрын
I really want to see you use this with an Atari ST (or Falcon) I don't know how popular the STs were over there (I hear they were more popular than the Amiga was in the UK, certainly way more popular than the ST was in the UK) but the ST certainly made regular appearances on Top Of The Pops in the early, pre Britpop, 1990s! Also, did you see Retro Man Cave's interview with Jon St John, the voice AKA Dke Nukem himself? It would have been awesome to have heard you do a Duke-off on a Brit's KZbin channel!! MIDI was at rhe same time better and worse than Paula IMHO. Paula used samples (even if they were 8 bit and hard panned to one audio channel) a Paula-like sample powered sound processor combined with MIDI would have been based!! ◀ Look at me, in my 40s trying to talk like ver kids, I'm even using emojis, like them young'uns an'all!!
@YourFoxFriendYT
@YourFoxFriendYT 4 жыл бұрын
Hey LGR I suggest to look at the Hypnospace Set for oddware, it’s a cool piece of tech that was shut down in 2000 but there’s a fan revival project so can you maybe check it out? I’m mostly asking because this device reminds me of the hardware that was in the set.
@skanes709
@skanes709 4 жыл бұрын
You make synth music!? Would love to see a video on that setup and hear what you can do with it. That setup must be able to pump out some chiptuney goodness ^_^
@demogorgonzola
@demogorgonzola 4 жыл бұрын
5:15 Putting SC-55ST on a pedestal... a well deserved place ...with two speakers to match - the Roland Trinity! ...and with Nukem above... Holy cow! So help me Duke... :)
@Danish19223
@Danish19223 4 жыл бұрын
4:46 - sees KRK reference monitors and Audio Technica headphones.... I see you're a man of culture as well.
@detalite
@detalite 4 жыл бұрын
Recently i bought white Roland SC-88VL. Because it was white.
@utubewatcher806
@utubewatcher806 4 жыл бұрын
when gaming was about the sound quality not the graphic quality..
@RaPtOr9600
@RaPtOr9600 4 жыл бұрын
7:17 LGR don't let Civvie 11 figure out where do you live, he will stay forever
@KerryWano76
@KerryWano76 4 жыл бұрын
OMG! Rise of the Triad! Most people I talk to have never even heard of this game.
@skydwellingmusic
@skydwellingmusic 4 жыл бұрын
I want something like this just to mess around with composing music with those sounds in a DAW
@ryosat
@ryosat 4 жыл бұрын
i wonder if LGR has seen the floppotronc duke theme?
@mykie242
@mykie242 4 жыл бұрын
Just happened: l have canyon.mid (opl3 version) set as my phone's ringtone... As it started playing in the first act, I got a phone call
@karcio123456
@karcio123456 4 жыл бұрын
I'm glad that your MIDI tower is Y2K compliant
@TubbyJ420
@TubbyJ420 4 жыл бұрын
10:30 I know Doom is before WASD & Mouse became standard, so there were a lot of ways people controlled FPSs and other 3d games. Heck, i used to play Carmageddon 1 with a flight stick and then Carma 2 with the numpad. But that is a pretty unique method you're using on Doom 2. How did that come to be your choice of keys?
@tithund
@tithund 4 жыл бұрын
These are just the standard keys to control the game. Most people use the left ctrl and alt, but it will work just fine on the right side.
@Nik-ff3tu
@Nik-ff3tu 4 жыл бұрын
Man the soundtracks were so awesome back then
@alextirrellRI
@alextirrellRI 4 жыл бұрын
Overall great video, Clint! I can't help but notice all the detail you've put into it. There's so much love and care in the way you present everything. I've often wondered if the fully featured models got any real use in studios--they are certainly presented that way.
@makaylaserniotti1474
@makaylaserniotti1474 4 жыл бұрын
You could say you're giddy for MIDI, Clint
@lalalaLaFlex
@lalalaLaFlex 4 жыл бұрын
Spent this whole video thinking "what?!?! no Doom??!!?" Glad i stayed till the ending! ;)
@renerebe
@renerebe 4 жыл бұрын
IMHO PC grey is rather boring, the black version or fully features sound canvas looks way, way better.
@radiozelaza
@radiozelaza 4 жыл бұрын
Raptor music is just terrible. And damn, I thought the game ran at 60fps, but noooo. My memories are all wrong.
@SuperFromND
@SuperFromND 4 жыл бұрын
sweet jiminy christmas please make a video about your synth setup
@moshspeggeti
@moshspeggeti 4 жыл бұрын
I have those same Roland Studio Monitors at 3:58! Found them at Goodwill for like $5 a few years back.
@P5ychoFox
@P5ychoFox 4 жыл бұрын
“A lack of controls.” Just like Clint when browsing eBay Japan for Roland tech.
@taylorsharp7252
@taylorsharp7252 4 жыл бұрын
I always love the parts of these videos where you just let the music play for a bit. Could we get a video of just a midi playlist of some of your favorites? Maybe on lgr blurbs?
@TalynWuff
@TalynWuff 4 жыл бұрын
5:15 "Duke 3D Theme TRIUMPHANTLY plays again".
@XaviarCraig
@XaviarCraig 4 жыл бұрын
Hey LGR, Any opinion of the SC-88 Pro?
@radiozelaza
@radiozelaza 4 жыл бұрын
lucky I had GUS which could emulate Sound Canvas for like $150
@AmyraCarter
@AmyraCarter 4 жыл бұрын
Looks like something I'd enjoy just having right underneath the speakers I currently have.
@TheGameBench
@TheGameBench 4 жыл бұрын
Okay... that's it. I'm buying a pair of MA12's and an SC55.
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