Roland SH-4d live studio - One Synth Challenge

[@carlosvargas894]

Best SH-4D jam I've ever seen! Absolutely blown away by this incredible performance!

[@AlbaEcstasy]

Thanks!

[@billfusionenterprise]

be neat to see a jazz set be done by this

[@peterzwyer6084]

Great work, sounds fantastic, the music of Klaus Schulze or even Tangerine Dream comes to mind. Please more with this synth.👍👍👍

[@Statementdogorginal]

This synth wil get cult status like the 808 and 303. This synt is perfection! Best synth this decade under 1000 dollars🔥⭐️🙌

[@thekitchensynth]

I wondered if this might ‘Tangerine Dream’ in one box …and you just answered my question. Brilliant !👏

[@AlbaEcstasy]

Thanks!

[@nicolesoukalova]

Brillant Klaus Schulze-Style! Thank you!

[@graxxor]

Came for an insight into the SH-4D, stayed for the mesmerising performance. I love how you stuck with the panpipe-esque main instrument for the whole piece rather than "showboating" with a bunch of different patches. You are a masterclass in staying on the right side of "just because I can, doesn't mean I should" school of thought. I honestly want to say that I felt a touch of Vangelis in the cool, calm simplicity in the way your arrangement gently and naturally evolved, peaked and winded down. I'll be coming back to this for another listen, to be sure!

[@stofbug]

This 👍

[@Pulse2AM]

That first fader move, God gave you thumbs for that! 🤣

[@r.h.55]

Just got here by chance, and wanted to say this is an excellent demo of what this thing can do, outside of the usual (and to me, increasingly annoying) Dance and Techno demo's. It's like Tangerine Dream of the Franke,Froese, Baumann era and Klaus Schulze had a jam together. And all this coming out of this one little Roland box. No massive modulars necessary anymore 😉. If I didn't had so much gear already, I would buy one. Although, after hearing this, I may still be buying one anyway. Well done, Alba.

[@AlbaEcstasy]

Thank you very much for your kind words!

[@andywharam59]

Out of all the vids I’ve seen so far, this is the best performance from the HS4D I’ve seen & heard, it reminds me of the Pioneer of EM J.M.Jarre , brilliant!

[@AlbaEcstasy]

Glad you like it!

[@marcin27barcikowsky22]

I'd just like to join all great comments below...fantastic piece of true electronic music!! Excellent

[@AlbaEcstasy]

Thanks for listening!

[@PhilW222]

Great performance, all the more impressive that it is all from one box!

[@tombeton9300]

Your best track so far, smooth and groovy, all in one piece.

[@stonecastle858]

wow

[@Aleksandr-kc7dr]

Это интересно и удивительно красиво. Спасибо.

[@MadsThomsen]

Awesome! Can't wait to recieve mine in a few days.

[@uirareis4111]

I love this video and always come back s2

[@AlbaEcstasy]

Thank you!

[@_Rasdin_]

a wonderful piece of music. Thanks for sharing.

[@rodneilson5831]

Excellent, very Schulze sounding, more please 🙏

[@johnhart1479]

Absolutely fantastic!! Very Tangerine Dream 👏👏

[@AlbaEcstasy]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@KaeRZed]

Klaus Spirit ! Really great performance !! Now, I need having one.... 😅

[@osmancan6132]

wowww !!!

[@amb13nt59]

Amazing! Nice work!

[@kyudechama]

fantastic!!!

[@rexcellencemagee6729]

You know what? I have never tried the sh4d by itself! Awesome job! I always have it controlled with midi learn or something with the bluebox and blackbox. With the Drumlouge that combo with the microcosm and the lore works best for me. Wonderful job! I guess I need to pay more attention to what it can do on its own!

[@rexcellencemagee6729]

You were in the zone Alba! I’m so glad I came across your channel! I have modular, Kronos, nautilus, Integra 7, tons, but I think the SH4d is THE coolest synth to come around in a long time! With the S1 it is real inspiration. I can’t believe all the ideas KZbin has provided me! You may have seen the gentleman that took a Sony Walkman and ran it through the Crave, I took that idea and ran it through the Roland E4 into the S1, it’s a brand new concept of me so I haven’t got to SH4D yet. Let’s just say it’s an interesting idea! I especially liked your use of ambient sequencing! It’s really early here so I can’t go play and wake everyone up, but I’m going to play with these ideas today! Thank you Alba!

[@Musical.Maze.1]

Very good video, thanks!

[@mike.thomas]

Excellent work! Mine just arrived today. This is definitely the best thing I have seen produced on the unit. At least I know what is possible, though I may never get to this point with it :-)

[@stofbug]

Amazing what you can do with just 4 synth tracks and a drum track. Such lovely Tangerine Dream vibes. Awesome 👍

[@karlsandham121]

Brill well done

[@eddy_sonik]

👍Thanks Alba ! 💙⚪❤

[@jonv2911]

Brilliant performance!! 👏🏻👏🏻

[@AviPFine]

beautiful jam - super inspiring

[@avace917]

This is excellent. I bought an Akai MPC One Plus 4 months ago to start my hybrid setup and I've been seriously eyeballing this as an expander module. Considering the fact that I already have some decent plugins in my MPC, 4 synth channels and an extra drum kit will work just fine

[@AlbaEcstasy]

Thanks! I think it would be a good addition to your MPC.

[@laurentbaloran9934]

Excellent, bravo !

[@antfactor]

Wow… So Klaus Schultz/Tangerine Dream reminiscent… 👌🏼🙏🏼 great work!

[@Rorschach760]

Love this performance, i got instantly Klaus Schulze vibes. Please more

[@uirareis4111]

So Beautiful!

[@kai-vd5485]

Beautiful❤

[@rexcellencemagee6729]

Hi Alba, once again fantastic job!

[@AlbaEcstasy]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@magevers59]

Very nice track and performance !

[@kafkawilde4604]

Brilliant dynamics

[@hallowedsound]

Amazing ❤

[@rottenandremixedrecords]

Hooked that machine up to ableton, it's a beast

[@nunomollc]

Nice realtime playing

[@TheFreeboop]

That sound fantastic!

[@SensationChaser]

Bombastic ❤❤❤❤

[@jedmarsillo]

Great jam! Not only did it sound awesome, It also looked fun to play. That pan flute sound you had on part 4 that you were playing in live was really chill.

[@-Ashunar]

Wow !!!!!

[@Sequence303]

Absolutely lovely that mate!!! Sold that to me without having to say a thing..

[@marcusfreeweb]

Keep it coming!

[@ifaber68]

Fantastic!!! Very Berlin scool style. Great live studio jam 😊👍

[@mushdath]

OMG! Is amazing!!! 😮

[@marinvalentin2498]

Briliant!

[@MassofWorms]

Killer

[@pavelignatyev7194]

Атмосферно)

[@frankwolter850]

Nice work! 😀

[@AlbaEcstasy]

Thank you!

[@alessandrogolinelli3185]

Fantastico 🙏❤️ grazie

[@SuperEgido]

¡Qué pasada! Es fantástico el partido que sacas a los sintetizadores. Gracias por estas demos tan interesantes y tan creativas.

[@JörgBrandt-x8c]

❤very good 😊

[@MLochMusic]

Awesome! JMJ quality!

[@sirdancelot1456]

The Dream is strong with this one.

[@SteveMc870]

This is really impressive. Sounds great, very much a Schulze vibe to it. Not surprised this is another Berlin School in a Box device, especially in your capable hands.

[@AlbaEcstasy]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@Raumfalle]

Love it 🔥

[@andywharam59]

A sterling performance sir, like others correctly pointed out, you made me think of the Master himself JMJ, Vangelis,T. Dream, it would be fantastic if you could do a rendition of Genesis, ie the Genius that is Tony Banks, on the lines of “In that quiet earth - Unique Slumbers for the Sleepers” that would be Epic!

[@wholesalemonkeyfarm]

Reminds me of old skool Kitaro

[@touchthatdial]

Outstanding… and I think all of this from just one pattern, right? Sounds dope.

[@davidrobertson4301]

I love this but not sure I would class this as a "one synth challenge" 4 synth channels plus percussion

[@TravisHi_YT]

It's one piece of hardware.

[@davidrobertson4301]

@TravisHi_YT but Roland call it four synths and a drum machine

[@Max-Zockerhoehle]

Getting vibes of the first Deus Ex game. ❤

[@massimoalessi1831]

👏👍

[@i.steiner3510]

mega geil

[@hughthemusicalengineer4365]

Amazing what can be done with just one pattern. The polyphony is great. I'm still finding the odd unexpected glitch when switching patterns while playing. I'm sure new firmware will just make this thing better and better.

[@AlbaEcstasy]

I too noticed that glitch that can ruin a session when switching patterns. For sure there will be an update that will solve that, update that will also - hopefully - will add new features!

[@ivanh2674]

Thank you, a very strange device, sometimes it infuriates with its subtlety, but you showed that it can sound wonderful.Please tell me is it possible to do unison on it?

[@AlbaEcstasy]

Thanks! As far as I know, it doesn’t do unison.

[@ivanh2674]

@@AlbaEcstasy thanks

[@camidelaigua]

🔥🔥

[@paulhannell500]

Fantastic - shame we can't share patches !

[@AlbaEcstasy]

Actually, it is possible, but you have to replace the all the patterns and patches with the new ones…

[@paulhannell500]

Thx - sounds like a full sysex dump.

[@MrKKmusic]

Holy sh*t - my doesn’t sound like that

[@Michel-r6m]

Very nice, as in the comments mentioned a JMJ vibe. No idea whom that is 🤣

[@mutinyz]

would've been nice to see you program it as you went along

[@AlbaEcstasy]

Roland SH-4d - a 17' Random Jam from Scratch kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6K8n6J9l5lrjs0

[@缪羽]

PART 4！

[@ricardopineda8224]

Great work!!! I have a question, sorry but I don't know any about synth music. Did you use just this Roland SH-4d for make this beauty music? or Did you work with another music generator device? Thank you.

[@AlbaEcstasy]

Thanks! As in the title, is just the SH-4d.

[@ricardopineda8224]

@@AlbaEcstasy Thank you, great work.

[@tomfenn7149]

All that is needed now are some Mellotrons, and you are Tangerine Dream.

[@bill77]

That was a great performance! Thank you for that. Have you used the SH-4d at all with a DAW? Or just as a standalone device? I'm on the fence, thinking that the sound quality seems good but not sure how much sound design possibility there is or how easily it fits in to a DAW workflow. Any insights..?

[@AlbaEcstasy]

Thank you! No, I am only using (my instruments) it as standalone. But the DAW integration is good and you can record all tracks separatelly via USB. CC-ing the parameters, externally, also will work.

[@baczorek]

Wow

[@cemski]

Greetings from Tangerine Dream - Ricochet :)

[@intrascendente]

Wow…

[@illumina3942]

On 2nd synth part you seem to have 2 sequences going, how on earth did you do that? Wonderful, inspiring performance.

[@AlbaEcstasy]

Thanks! That’s easy: I recorded the notes of the high register, and overdubed a bass line on the low register of the same part.

[@illumina3942]

@@AlbaEcstasy did not know you can do that, noted...thanks

[@tomfoolery4077]

do you find any issues with there only being quantized recording? especially with this style of music?

[@AlbaEcstasy]

Not really, after decades of using different synths and sequencers you get used to deal with particular features.

[@richardbates1]

Great performance. Great sound. Did you create the patch 3-11 or is this a preset patch that comes with the SH4-D?

[@AlbaEcstasy]

Thanks! All patches you hear are custom made. Cheers!

[@richardbates1]

@@AlbaEcstasy Great sound design and sequencing design.

[@marcusfreeweb]

Who could have guessed it is doing the Klaus Schulze quite well? In your hands.

[@Blackcastle01]

tangerine dream 2.0

[@缪羽]

PART 4 which preset？

[@AlbaEcstasy]

All presets you hear are custom made.

[@sentokan]

Great! Did you own a MC707? If yes, how do you compare it soundwise? Thanks!

[@AlbaEcstasy]

You can do a lot more with the MC-707 (I don’t have it)(but I have the Jupiter Xm wich has the same engine). The sound of SH-4d reminds me of the SH-32, a bit gritty, but it mixes well with the ZEN-Core. But I like more the SH-4d vs the MC-707 just because its look: A LOT OF KNOBS! 😅

[@ElektronicCricket]

This synth must have real keys and a pattern/ song mode … nice sounds … your jam is more in the direction of “Kitaro “ especially in the beginning …

[@triqueb6066]

Someone pls cut most epic dune scenes on this

[@domklein]

Primo

[@peterfuzz3887]

RIP Klaus Schulze

[@technodrone313]

technically that thing is 30 synths tho.

[@AlbaEcstasy]

4 bazillion synths!

[@sergemassa2937]

Terrible, great sound. You're really "Good " ...... Thanks Alba.

[@Jason75913]

Very cool performance, man But using a groovebox, groovesynth, rompler, or workstation should be considered cheating for "one synth challenge". 🤣