The BOSS RPS-10 is a crazy noise machine!!!

The BOSS RPS-10 is a hidden gem. It seems quite basic and unassuming, but it is hiding a dirty secret.... it's a glitchy noise machine!
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[@waltrohrbach2459]

Still got one of these from the late 80s. Apart from the interesting experimental stuff, thx - this is a decent 800 msec digital delay and a Octaver 1up or 1oct. down range /Harmonizer. It is also able to do nice chorus/ flanger effects. So quite versatile and good quality. BOSS/Roland was neither cheap nor "faulty", even, or especially not in the 80s. Also got 2 RCL-10 Compressor/Limiter of the same series, that still work fine.

[@squirrelvalhalla9386]

So nice, I just ordered one from Japan. The sound of the low sample rate AD convertor + pitch shifting is astonishing.

[@TheUnperson]

I love it.. I really wanna get the RDS 10 ~ it’s a bit rarer and more expensive too!

[@GNeuman]

Love the end bit... Didn't know the chief engineer from the Enterprise was an electronic ambience musician too.. 👍😁

[@TheUnperson]

hahah that would be my dream job! :D

[@willfarrell5317]

Loved the modulation with the drums. Top idea - gonna see if I can do this with some other gear, these little boss units aren't cheap anymore! Cheers.

[@Decoy303]

They are actually pretty affordable on Reverb, however this and the overdrive units are priced the highest but for clearly good reasons.

[@Decoy303]

Just ordered one. Gonna chain it to the Alexander Pedals Marshmallow with audio coming from the Volca FM to get weird with.

[@exploringaudio1999]

Just seeing this now, love this thing! Awesome video!

[@TheUnperson]

One of my favourite ever pieces of gear!

[@corradomorgana]

Bought a 2nd hand one in 1992 as a student. Used to play my geetar through it and modulate the pitch with a sequence from an earlier Yamaha PSS-480(?). Great fun.

[@TheUnperson]

Bet that sounded mental! Love those old fm keyboards too :D

[@DriftPirateD]

Just picked one of these up tonight and I’ll definitely be testing this very setup out with my PSS-270

[@TheUnperson]

I hope you enjoy it! It’s so good for coming up with song ideas :D

[@DriftPirateD]

@@TheUnperson after a week of owning the thing it has taken pride of place in my effects chain! It's the ultimate ambient machine

[@TheUnperson]

DriftPirateD amazing! Yea I love how unpredictable it is ☺️

[@BrandonZeeb]

I enjoyed this video immensely.

[@TheUnperson]

cheers man!! :D

[@easytoassemble54321]

Cool video. Got myself one of these earlier this year (as well as a Yamaha Portasound, too!). Pretty cool box. The white whale for me though is the Boss RSD-10 (sampler-delay) which has a similar trigger-in function. Those are pretty hard to find. Autechre used these boxes quite extensively on stuff like Chiastic Slide (by cranking up the feedback on 100% wet signal, and sampling the recirculated chaos)

[@TheUnperson]

Thank you Luke - I'd never heard of the RSD-10 but now i realllly want one haha! :D

[@unexpectedbowtie]

I've got one of the RSD-10s... but I'm not sure how best to use it. Any tips welcome!

[@easytoassemble54321]

@@unexpectedbowtie Drum machine to trigger-input is pretty fun. You end up with delay patterns matching a drum pattern (instead of straight sequence of delays). AFAIK, you can ALSO alter the pitch of the delays via the pitch input.

[@reazallykhan8614]

I got the rsd10 and rsv10 that’s the reverb one ...

[@Rxke]

It's one of Autechre's secret weapons. IIRC they crosspatched it with an RSD-10

[@TheUnperson]

The RSD is on my wish list ~ pretty hard to find!

[@lundsweden]

Another really characterful delay worth checking out is the Ibanez DE7, a very ugly pedal IMO but is really unique sounding. It's a digital delay, so you might say so what, right?! But, it has a wonderful sounding echo mode (tape emulator) and a totally unique analog diode filter that distorts in the most pleasing way with high feedback settings. It's still quite affordable too, it's about 20 years old, so not that cool... yet!

[@TheUnperson]

Good to know!! I love quirky delay pedals and will keep my eye out for the DE7! (I don’t think it looks too bad btw lol)

[@shoseinen]

This is fantastic!

[@TheUnperson]

thank you! :)

[@brettlemmings]

beautiful! ❤ ive got two of these, 2 x RSD-10's too. i'll keep them to death of course 😉

[@TheUnperson]

Oh man, I’m pining for an RSD-10!!

[@maffstenning9627]

Ace video mate, thank you 🙂 Subscribed 👍

[@TheUnperson]

Cheers man!! ☺️

[@unexpectedbowtie]

Nice hearing another Scottish accent on gear. I got one of these ages ago but never really explored the input weirdness. I didn't even think of using a Euro oscillator/sequencer for the pitch. This is great. Just what I was looking for. I wonder if CV could be sent to the HOLD input too. Hmmm.

[@TheUnperson]

ooo that's a great idea about CV into the HOLD input - gonna try it today! :D

[@Yotunen]

That would require some sort of switch, from what i know of this function on the other units from the series. A relay of sorts, maybe, hooked to a gate output of your modular.

[@TheLordcasio]

Blue faced MXR Pitch shifter…check it out.

[@elmosexwhistle]

I just managed to buy one for a decent price 😊

[@TheUnperson]

Yasss! Endless fun :)

[@elmosexwhistle]

@The Unperson I put a Casio single finger chord through both the audio and keyboard control inputs and listened with glee at what happened 😂

[@jimmyblack6401]

Very cool . ACID anyone ?

[@jimmyblack6401]

Just bought one from Ebay Japan .. has its box too 😊

[@TheUnperson]

Nice!! Japanese box?

[@jimmyblack6401]

@@TheUnperson Yes, and BTW NO import duties from Japan . . already . . rock on Brexit

[@TheUnperson]

Jimmy Black oh nice! Time to check out eBay japan!

[@unexpectedbowtie]

@@jimmyblack6401 Was that because of a specific Japanese trade deal, or did you just get lucky? I can't see any specifics which suggest the former. If there is, I'll be buying some more stuff from Japan!

[@jimmyblack6401]

@@unexpectedbowtie Not sure, probably just got lucky. I buy lots from Japan, sometimes I get a duty invoice, other times I don't.. I'm pretty sure from tomorrow trade with Japan should be '' free-trade ''

[@lundsweden]

All the cheap, faulty gear of the 80s now loved for their faults!