YAMAHA SEQTRAK - 30 advanced tips and 5 things to know before you buy // Review & Tutorial

Get access to my exclusive In-Complete Book of Electronic Music Ideas, Tips and Tricks, on my Patreon:
► / loopop
Check prices here (affiliate links don't cost you more but help the channel):
► Perfect Circuit: link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/...
► Thomann: www.thomann.de/intl/search_di...
► Sweetwater: sweetwater.sjv.io/VmWOJj
► Amazon: amzn.to/3xdmgQm
Other places I hang out:
► Instagram: / loopopmusic
► Tiktok: / loopopmusic
► Facebook: / loopopmusic
► Twitter: / loopopmusic
► Web: loopopmusic.com
My music:
► Bandcamp: loopop.bandcamp.com
► Spotify: bit.ly/LoopopOnSpotify
► Apple Music: bit.ly/LoopopOnAppleMusic
Gear used in this video:
► The little red keyboard is QuNexus by KMI. Their K-Board is a cheaper alternative
► Minilab 3 from Arturia
► Wireless Bluetooth: CME WIDI UHost
► 3+3 USB MIDI interface: CME U6 MIDI Pro (you can use a simpler MIDI interface with only a single MIDI in and out of course
Cool Holographic scopes?
► The scopes I use aren't real - I use MOscilloscope and MAnalyzer by a company called Melda - they’re free with some limitations in the MFreeFXBundle.
TIMELINE:
0:00 Intro
1:05 Overview
2:40 Get a grip
3:15 Cheat sheet
3:30 USB MIDI
4:00 Velocity
4:55 Chrom drums
5:30 Mono sequencers!
6:20 MIDI CCs
6:45 Dongle anxiety
7:10 Bluetooth MIDI
7:25 MIDI settings
7:45 Be in GUI mode
8:40 GUI lock
9:00 Change defaults
9:15 Synth step seq
10:10 Advanced FX
12:10 Unlock 6 patterns
12:35 Temp save!
13:30 Fast params
13:45 App only stuff
14:00 FX 1 & 2
14:30 Trigger type
15:05 FX params
15:25 Synth LFO
16:15 7 sample tracks
16:55 FX strip secrets
19:20 Chord tips
20:30 Chord banks
21:00 Use the arp!
21:20 A faster Play
21:30 Fave shortcuts
23:30 Visualizer blues
23:55 Pros & cons
27:55 Outro
Submit review and video ideas here (sorry I don’t offer 1x1 sessions/setup/purchasing advice):
► Ziv (at) loopopmusic.com
NOTE: Occasionally I’ll try out affiliate marketing and include affiliate links. This means that I may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via affiliate links to stores like Amazon, Sweetwater, Thomann and others. The content of this clip is entirely my opinion, and was not paid for or dictated in any way by the company creating the gear. Without addressing the particulars of products shown here as they might be under NDA, gear shown on this channel may be either sent by the manufacturer, on loan for review or bought at a discount.

[@ohheyitskevinc]

When I first saw this, the phrase “at the first glance this is ticking all the boxes” came to mind, but it’s actually pretty good! Cheers!

[@TZerot0]

Damn, roasted

[@Thedrumsthebass]

lol Im sure there will be a bad gear episode soon

[@wireheadinstruments]

you've already heard the Seqtrak in today's intro tune...

[@trashcat3000]

they always tick all the boxes

[@roseutterback5755]

I’m not feeling it at all the sounds it makes seems weak idk I’d love to see this verse ko133 lol 😂

[@trevormalcolm4328]

I’ve watched a lot of SEQTRAK videos in the last couple of weeks, this is the one I’ve been waiting for until before I make my decision to purchase! Many thanks.

[@Cr4bma]

Been waiting for this one !

[@skyddsrum3350]

I was just about to comment the same thing🙌🏻

[@Garethduffy707]

Super video as always, waiting on mine from Thomann, really looks like incredible value. Can’t wait to dive in

[@lbarnett748]

I’m surprised I’ve actually bought a product before loopop gets to advertise it. Far out. Just in time for a great tutorial 🎉😊

[@RobinDupuy]

I was waiting for this one. I'm so glad you did this Review & Tutorial. Thanks 😀

[@MijkvanDijk]

Great tips and so much fun to watch! Well done!

[@hadror13]

As always. Excellent walkthrough

[@straighttalk2069]

No piece of kit (including this Seqtrak) in this digital era that we all live in, will ever convince me to memorize it's functions, when display screens of all types and sizes are cheap and common place.

[@skylermann]

As sick as it is - with all of the hidden functionality this may as well be a midi controller for the Yamaha seqtrak app lmao

[@thedarkglovemusic]

This by far the best review & tutorial of this machine. Thanks

[@pekkon]

Thank you loopop!!! Your comparison useful 24:20 ❤❤

[@illhellmuss420]

love this machine! great video!🧡

[@James-Deep]

Seems like Yamaha created a new way to offer the full menu diver experience.

[@andybside]

Oooh. Love the intro graphics😁

[@michael7018]

Thanks loopop. Great sketching tool. I’ve been thinking, I recently acquired a Vermona Perfourmer and I’m familiar with it but there hardly no review of that incredible analog synth. If you would review it that will definitely bring lots of value to the community that owns that synth. Personally, I’ve owned so many analog synths over the years including a Buchla Easle at one point and got to say this the best analog synth I’ve ever used.

[@ToreSG705]

Thanks! Very helpful! Loving the machine a lot! Having so much fun!

[@littleBIGsynths]

I LOVE SEQTRAK! It has its quirks, but I’m having so much fun with it! 😁👍 Anyways, extremely informative video as always! Thanks! 🙏

[@hydraulic_bat]

Thanks for the video. Im just lerning the SqueekBlock 😁

[@DeanBateman]

Great video breakdown of the seqtrak, would love to see some beat making tutorials too

[@theallseeingarmpit5519]

As a beginner in the electronic genre, this one may be a little too complicated for me. Solid tutorial, no BS.

[@vantadoro]

Thank you for this very useful video and your cheat list :)

[@nathankirklambo1986]

What a funny little machine. Very unique for the time. I like it!

[@OliverMooney]

First time I’ve had a piece of gear in hand in time for the Loopop review! Thanks for all the tips, I knew almost none of them and I learned a ton (like always).

[@loopop]

Great to hear!

[@noitnova]

Funny little thing. As always a great overview.

[@audeon_visual]

SOO many red flags. Good effort Yamaha. Great Video looppop!!

[@Digiphex]

Nobody does better synth bells and mallet type of sounds than Yamaha and your intro shows it.

[@gainofdysfunction4135]

Casio does.. and actually so does the Kawai K3 and the SC Matrix-6

[@sonfx]

Their mallets are always awesome

[@chasemormur]

Best video Ive seen yet!

[@hvhvgitaar]

The most valuable tip is obviously that you can slide a cheat sheet under it. Genius!

[@pascaljean2333]

To press the side buttons just use the ridge next to the buttons with the thumbnail, and press with the finger. Its actually a great design feature.

[@VJFranzK]

do you mean the "ridge"? interesting technique.

[@pascaljean2333]

​​@@VJFranzK Yes the ridge😅

[@mr-huggy]

All of a sudden Yamaha are nailing it.

[@bitspacemusic]

Not until they make something like this with full FM-X, without the samples. Just a desktop FM beast with hands-on control.

[@artephank]

Yet the sound shaping capabilities are disappointing. I bet they count on selling soundpacks. I hope one day they unlock the full sound engine edit, like roland did with mc101 but on the other hand, Yamaha is not actually known for adding new features after launch…

[@ktreier]

Yep, the FGDP50 is an example that’s awesome.

[@va941]

Misssssiiinnggg it bigtime for not having pads!

[@rorz999]

Hmm, I don't know. No screen, and I've heard the build quality feels cheap. Quite a few people have returned their units

[@elementlab41]

So informative as always. Would love to see you put the KO II through it paces, even if it's not on your channel. No one is a better teacher.

[@loopop]

Thanks - I might!

[@jean-fabricevernet8947]

I wonder what Loopop will be able to squeeze out of the KO2. My tips are sample in mono and at double speed as well as pray for an update with resampling. I'll be using mine with an external keyboard and some multitracking device on the side. Unless I end up going for Smpltrk to skip the attachments.

[@rochefsky]

Great video of course - you can sequence the drum take on the right side 7 pads btw

[@akdm82]

Mine is on order, now I want to see if I should cancel the order or not. LOL. I've been hoping you'd do a review on this.

[@vvlvmusic]

Having had the Seqtrak for about two weeks now, I still find some of the design choices baffling and convoluted. There is a lot of potential and fun stuff to discover, but Yamaha made it imo impossible to fully utilise Seqtrak's functions without a screen. Also that Play button the left side is driving me nuts. Worst place they could find and super unintuitive with it also turning off the device when you keep it pressed (but it's right next to the Page button that you need to keep pressed a lot of times). Still keeping it for now because I do want to enjoy this thing even if it won't let me some of the time ;)

[@sliceofsparta8985]

They gave it a screen via the app. Are there still screen-related shortcomings?

[@vvlvmusic]

@@sliceofsparta8985 I am using the app and it helps a lot, but it would be nice to access certain functions easier without the screen. Also the software feels very convoluted to navigate. Don't want to make it sound too negative, there is a lot to explore, some fun sounds and functions, but making your instrument fun and accessible is something they need to improve on.

[@VJFranzK]

Also, the Erase Button is by the Mute! what??

[@alexiwiedemann]

Very nice vid as usual. This is a nice way to approach to review a product. Kudos 🎉. I hope you do something similar with the EP-133, now that the dust has settled.

[@loopop]

Thanks! Yes I just might do that ;) I haven't explored it yet but yeah if I feel there's a good enough tutorial out there no point in adding another one to the internet.

[@alexiwiedemann]

@@loopop maybe something exclusive for the patreon community, not a need for a video, just your opinion and tips.

[@Mc13adGe12]

Great Video as always 👏 one addition: With the current firmware, you can now load your own sounds into the drum tracks, as well as one shot synth sounds and use them as MonoInstTracks. :)

[@joebaseballparks3189]

Not only is this the best look at the Seqtrak I've seen, it's one of the most useful looks at any piece of hardware.

[@loopop]

Thanks very much

[@gregkrukemeier2003]

Another stellar review. Holds a lot for such a small foot print. Seems to be a trend these days. An Enbodme ERAE II review when available would be cool. MPE and looks like something that can control a Eurorack environment as well. Peace...

[@vertigev]

Pretty impressive feature set for the price! Not a fan of the keys but still a very promising device.

[@lars-fenin]

if i need an app to program this properly plus the unusual workflow, and those tiny buttons (side) its nothing for me.. and what were they thinking with this adapter for midi in /out..? common ! only my 5 cents

[@andesneko]

That MIDI I/O is a huge concern.

[@draakisback]

I've been following the OP-1 for a while. As somebody who used to be classically trained in piano and self-taught with guitar / bass / bunch of other instruments, I wanted to get back into writing music and the OP-1 seemed pretty cool but I could never justify its price. When Yamaha announced this thing, I got excited because finally it felt like I could get something as an entry-level groovebox that I could just try out. The irony though is that I went out and bought a used synthstrom deluge from a friend of mine, and honestly I'm quite happy I did. I do absolutely have to thank Yamaha for putting this out, I wouldn't have thought to buy a groove box if it weren't for this thing but I don't think I'll be buying this because the deluge already does everything that this thing does and then some. I also happen to be a software engineer, and the open source nature of the deluge makes it a perfect piece of hardware in my mind. I do need to find a MIDI controller, I have been looking at the Linnstruments as something I might be interested in getting at some point, though they are quite expensive. Maybe I should just start with a simple MIDI keyboard instead of going all out.

[@opart]

OP-1 is a very different device, it is not a sequencer (but rather a 4 track with emulated tape) - it seems like Seqtrak is more comparable to OP-Z, both in price and function.

[@draakisback]

@@opart I mean sure, you're more or less right but they all attempt to fill the same niche as a portable means of composing songs. Obviously if I compare the feature set of the deluge to either the OP-1 or the seqtrak, there isn't really an contest there, but they are all grooveboxes at the end of the day.

[@opart]

@@draakisback :) right, I think we are talking about different aspects - it's like me saying ukulele and violin are different instrument, and you are replying by saying that they are string instruments that fill the same niche ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@opart]

@@draakisback in any case, if you can get your hands on OG Op-1 for like $500-600 try it out, you can always get rid of it pretty easily

[@opart]

@@draakisback what I meant is that the process/results are VERY different on OP-1 (from op-z/Seqtrak/K.O.2 etc.) It is not a sequencer (although it does have few pretty limited sequencer engines), it does not have quantizing, and the sounds are committed the track without the way to undo or turn them off and on (unless you are muting the track). In a way it's somehow much more human experience, but much more imprecise too. In fact, if you play guitar or bass or anything else, you can lay it on one of the tracks as if you are using an old school 4track machine, and have other elements/synth/pads samples on the other tracks. If you want to do something similar with other devices then you would need a daw, where you can combine the live instrument track with whatever you do on the groovebox

[@zeeninetynine]

The track at the end of this one 🥰

[@michaelmourek3879]

Wow - nice job

[@MyNameJeff..]

Such a good review the GAS cloud above me vanished and I cancelled my preorder. This is a step in the right direction though.

[@HelicopterRidesForCommunists]

Looking forward to the “Bad Gear” episode about this

[@djbowlz2128]

I was really excited for this but after all the reviews I think I may wait for a opz field. Hopefully te are working on it.

[@akdm82]

Thanks. All in all, I think it is a great addition to my toolset. Especially for the money and size. Pros: 1. Yamaha sounds in a portable, battery powered "sound module" that they don't offer in any other way except their HW synths unless you buy the latest new Montage because you get the VST. 2. The app is available for phones, tablets, and computers, but you can use it without them for quick inspiration and melody/beat creation. 3. The built-in speaker and microphone are two things I wish my Roland MC-101 had. 4. The size. 5. The sheer number of actual controls 6. The price. At lest the $399 introductory price. I've heard it will be $599 later and I doubt I'd pay that much for it unless some future firmware updates add some compelling capabilities. But I'm getting mine now anyway. Cons: 1. I also wish it had velocity sensitive keys, but you can't have everything I suppose. Tat is the least favorite thing about my Roland MC-101 too. 2. I think they could have done a much better job with the keyboard beyond velocity sensitivity. Even something like the keys on the tiny little Korg Nano MIDI controllers would have been better for playing though I like the keys that are there for sequencing. Even the ones on the Roland MC-101 are better to me, though I haven't played the ones on the SeqTrak yet. Also, 7 keys for the synths? Seriously? I know you can expand it, but still. 3. Only 7 sample sounds per project? 4. Big miss on the samples not playing chromatically 5. Minor con: Even a tiny OLED screen would have been a huge help for knowing the names of presets or sample sounds. It's not like this thing only has a few sounds. It has THOUSANDS! I have to load the app to know exactly what the sound names are? 6. More patterns per track please 7. 8 more onboard projects please. 8. Longer samples please. Thanks again for the well thought out video, Loopop!

[@artephank]

What about sound editing capabilities? I was really pumped when I heard about it but then I read the manual and the sound editing capabilities (even on the app) seems pathethic at best. I wished for more power than opz but it seems it has even less (not to mention sequencer which is also quite simplistic, but might be a good thing if workflow is fun)

[@akdm82]

@@artephank I get what you’re saying and that is disappointing too. You make a good point. I hope they improve that in the app over time. I love how well the Roland MC-101 does that. As of the 1.8 firmware that device is super at sound design even if it is very menu divy. 😜I also have the Roland VerseLab MV-1 and want them to update that to have the same sound design capabilities of the MC-101 but in all three cases, the Seqtrak, the MC-101 and the MV-1, the number of sounds out of the box are pretty impressive. I think I used to spend more time trying to find or make the perfect sound but I’ve stopped that and worked more on making music with the sounds I have. I’m trying to anyway. 😜

[@MrTanukiD]

To be fair it was this that made me return mine. Shame really but the outside of the fm synth it's very difficult to get away from a GM soundbank vibe and i don't think that's the right pallette for a device like this. At least not for me.@@artephank

[@artephank]

@@akdm82 it took roland if I remember corectly like 2yrs to open up mc101. So perhaps yamaha has similar plans for future. On the paper this new yamaha grovebox seems perfect, but then those limitations will frustrate me to death like no adsr envelope edit? Only 7 samples? And only in drum mode. Using premade sounds is fun if those sounds are on the point. But rarely are. On the opz the number one feature I adore is random patch, which is instant creative booster. Also, it has not 7 but more like 20 samples per track (and additionally pitched samples track on synth tracks). Yamaha would frustrate me to death after this experience. I might get 101 one day though

[@andymm7658]

I think the pattern per track is brilliant, it gives you lots of combination possibilities in song mode. With other sequencers, if you only want to change a single track, you need a completely new pattern for all tracks. As far as I understand correctly, this is a unique selling point of the syntrak.

[@drstew1]

I bought this on one look .i have no idea how it works and it arrived this morning. Feb 21 2024.mine is the grey - orange i subbed so I’ll need to come back and follow your guide. 👍🏾

[@a2roland]

Thank You!

[@jantuitman]

I bought one as soon as I became aware it existed and I really enjoy it. By the way, thanks for the host port tip, I missed that reading the manual, and it is pretty awesome.

[@psiagarik]

Thank you.

[@michaelmourek3879]

Great job - I want to create my own samples -

[@priyanshupriyadarshi12]

I love how he says (Gui) editor GEE-YOU-AAI (Graphical user Interface)

[@loopop]

You should google "how to pronounce gui"

[@Crvmbs]

Would be so nice to have dynamic tutorial mode for every new synth

[@StopTheWorld.I.WantToGetOff]

Ah, it’s LAGAS time. Like regular GAS, but Loopop acquired.

[@Dolores5000]

New graphics are fantastic btw

[@loopop]

thanks it's SEQTRAK's visualizer

[@gainofdysfunction4135]

YES THEY ARE ! The ONLY reason I got this.

[@Manuality]

Great review/tut as always! I was skeptical about menu-diving and the dependence on the app; but just as a sound module this seemed like a great purchase. I now have this unit past 10 days and I can ASSURE YOU, this is as fun as it can get. The interface is VERY powerful and intuitive for everything that you would need to make music right out of the box (I made my first project within 30 minutes). I read NO manual to start. Of course, there are some shortcuts like how to start the metronome or check battery status that aren't obvious; but that much can be learnt or noted. App is a blessing, on top of the self contained box. TLDR - Anyone in two minds to get it - GET IT!!!!! Yamaha has got this right. (ONLY grip that it is flimsy for a portable device, but so are the competition TE products at a much higher price. Friend lost knobs and bent the fader on his new KO2 :p) I got a 3D printed case made for this and now I am taking this with me everywhere. Thank you for reading

[@suddenstRaik]

Thanks!

[@Hell_Inc]

if a hardware needs a companion app to fully work, it’s disposable once there’s no app support. it’s just a bad midi controller in reality

[@owlmuso]

Excellent video. Very informative, thank you. I can't believe you can only store 8 projects tho, that is extremely limiting and immediately hampers its use as a live sequencer. Its just wierd

[@JGlassy]

great video! What a dizzying collection of nice features and capabilities… but almost all of these are bizarrely offset by so so many barriers, limitations, or omissions. A lot of memorization, which is workable if used every day. But… if not? YT ‘Midlife synthesist’s’ 3 criteria for usability will bite you on this one-especially the ‘Return to play after a short absence’. Intriguing device but I’d wait for V. 2….

[@fsuchs]

Finally :)

[@willgavillan]

Thank you for this video, as this is first musical device I’ve tried, so any tips are very helpful. I was hoping I could use the usb out to feed my usb headphones, and take advantage of their built in dac/amp, but this does not seem to work.

[@GiorgioBertuccelli]

I see a 4 op fm synth. I hope they have a Lately Bass program

[@austinbru]

So clearly inspired by predecessors OP-1 and OP-Z, but absolutely SMASHES both devices in almost every single way, especially in price.

[@rkrehe20]

based on the sticky button problem ive seen many people post about and the various limitations, waiting for V2 sounds like the play here

[@chrisd5964]

Can’t help but think that a small LED display would have been better than a tinny speaker but looks great otherwise.

[@user82938]

The lack of full synth editor and lack of polyphonic sample playback are the things that make this a no for me.

[@PeterJensen7]

The point of DAWless is "I'm just having fun with toys, I'm not even considering this a 'sketchpad'" Otherwise you'd use the DAW, maybe with an MPC or Maschine if you like groovebox workflow. You would want to start with the sound you were going to use in the environment you were going to complete the production in. If traveling, you would take the laptop and a small keyboard or substantial groovebox like the Maschine. You probably won't use analog anything other than maybe a microphone. If playing live, if you have any sense at all you would mime to pre-recorded tracks rather than hope a MIDI sequencer doesn't fail in the middle of a song, otherwise you'd be actually playing the parts live on your Nord or MicroKorg etc. with the band. So a gadget like this is just for fun, you might fiddle with it a few times in a cafe or something but it won't attract mates, just nerds and thieves. In the hotel room, OK, but may as well just use an app and a small controller, as this will want not only the app and controller but this device as an awkward intermediary anyway. So I don't see any specific use for this, it's digital just like the app, the app is overall vastly easier to get around other than a handful of functions, if you really value hands-on you'd get a more substantial groovebox/keyboard, ... I mean these are cool toys, maybe with some unique sounds, but don't really make any practical sense and you have to love nerding out with them enough for the few times you'll actually use them. I congratulate the 3 or 4 people in all of history who actually did start a track on one of these small grooveboxes that people paid to hear later. Everyone else should get back to work, we have AI to compete with.

[@UnpopularOpinion42]

Really wish it had the multi-outs per track over USB 😢 maybe in an update 🤞

[@gainofdysfunction4135]

Roland sure did it in the RD-9, which is really tiny. AND they even included a few audio outs as well.

[@TelephoneNinja]

Really cool! But honestly a small screen (like on Elektron devices) would elevate it to a much higher usability level + would probably make it truly standalone (not requiring the app to make full use of all functions). Screens are not expensive these days...

[@marco.rosano]

Interesting and well done as usual. Please check your mic sound.

[@loopop]

Thanks - in what way? I didn’t really do anything different in this one

[@marco.rosano]

@@loopop I am just trying to help, in this video the sound has less mid/hi freq and more low/mid than usual, it's difficult to understand what you are saying. Maybe the mic position was not ideal. You can eq the audio recording. But this just a detail, you work is amazing as usual.

[@loopop]

@@marco.rosano yes of course I appreciate it as help and just wanted to understand the issue since I didn’t do anything different

[@matstjean]

Nice intro! IMO, looks cool but not enough to remplace something in that range of groove box. Secondhand Digitakt, opz, PO2 and circuit can do near better for cheap 😊

[@benpollard6335]

Nice

[@michaelmourek3879]

You are #1

[@rodolpheponthus2948]

Thank you Sir for this excellent tutorial. I'm impressed how you assimilate things each time 👍👃. This device is a beast in a beetles body. Much too powerful for the UI. Would they have put a screen and more knobs, it would have been Yamahas RS7000 mk2.. what a waste. I really think the smartphone culture, has deviated to the electronic music instruments.. small and dispensable.. This or the Roland MC101? I really like the Yamaha sound, less cheesy and in someway much more versatile than Korg or Roland. More professional.. And the FM engine, sampler, AW synth engine, with more generalist sounds is something unique in a one Groovebox.

[@bhaireddy7972]

I have been looking for a sound module and it has been difficult to find anymore. I might get this just for a portable sound module.

[@MikeFelkerVideos]

Bought one. Enjoying it but when recording from a external keyboard controller the first note gets cut off. This needs a metronome and a count in desperately. Love the sounds. Paired it with a Novaltion Launchkey Mini Mk3.

[@rakdurrre]

Knowing Yamaha's way of designing their music instruments, I thought the side buttons were there for hand-held live performances. I know, it sounds crazy, but think about it. The problem with this would be the knobs being inevitably inadvertantly activated.

[@m0nkmaster]

Any idea how to connect a Bluetooth MIDI controller to it natively? The manual claims it's possible and there is an option for it in the Seqtrak app's Midi settings -> Advanced. But I can't work out how to do it.

[@va941]

Waiting for a pro or mkll until I get on this train 😂

[@mhanson]

I want that small keyboard 😱

[@Asmuk]

Thanks for the video. Is it possible to use the Seqtrack as a sound module? Also, is it possible to kind of layer sounds? For instance, using a controller + midi splitter, then control channel 8 with a sound, and 9 with another one?

[@loopop]

yes you can

[@micemincer]

two more days and I get mine - I wonder If I can hook it up with ep133

[@amconsole]

The SEQTRAK can do so much more than Your typical battery powered sample player sequencer, but it's a pain to remember all the button combinations. Only having 8 slots for projects is limiting as well, and I would like to be able to set the synth sequencer as default option. Other than that, if paired to the app, it's an incredibly powerful and fun groovebox. For the price it's unbeatable.

[@BlanketHamlet]

Hello:) It is possible to copy synth pattern from bar 1 into bar 4? Or copy kick from page 1 into page 2 for example. I didnt find a way how to do it. Thanks:)

[@gainofdysfunction4135]

A popout brace thingie at the bottom to angle it for easier use would have been nice. Roland has something similar (no idea what it's called) that works with their boutiques so they are easier to use that way.

[@loopop]

You can get various stick-on legs on Amazon

[@gainofdysfunction4135]

@@loopop Or on Aliexpress (cheaper) but I get the idea.. will try that !

[@user-jq9pf4tc1s]

I bought a Tr6s recently and so wish I knew this was going to be launched… Yamaha has nailed it with this product..

[@rorz999]

I'd rather have the TR-6S tbh. Great little drum machine

[@user-jq9pf4tc1s]

@@rorz999 I love my tr 6s but song mode on tr6s is meh and can’t play keys like the seqtrak especially while travelling.. I use maschine Mk3 most times.. I like the flexibility of the seqtrak..

[@rijksvoorlichtingsdienst4427]

Tr6s can actually make music. This is just a cheese box

[@VJFranzK]

@@rijksvoorlichtingsdienst4427 I love my TR6, but it's harder to write melody parts on it than SqT

[@VJFranzK]

Q: Can you add FX (like delay) to the audio in? (For vocals or other synths) It looks like a nice / small package

[@VJFranzK]

Yes, Franz - The Master Effect applies to the Audio In and everything else! BUT you can't (yet?) add a specific effect to the Audio In only. I used it to sing my lyrics! See some demo's on my channel.

[@damelos4039]

Great video. Lose dongle......I'm sure the fine folks at Yamaha will send you another one at a fairly high price. LOL Thanks for the workaround suggestion.

[@Sound.b581]

Love mine but there are a few things i would loved to see added. It says it has 2 AWM Synths but they are more like a rompler/Preset player since you can't change the sound with adsr or Choose waveforms and i hope that will change since we have a editor for it. I also hope they will add a mode so we can Choose between USB or Battery Power since it only relies on the Battery power to work now and when that Battery is dead the product will be useless. Being able to change midi Channels for different tracks would also be great.

[@st4t1c93]

Take notion that the build quality is as cheap as it can get. Returned mine immediately.

[@user82938]

Does seem like toy quality.

[@MyNameJeff..]

Dang. That’s so disappointing. I preordered in January. Still waiting, but I’ve heard this a lot.

[@MarkoDeLaVoota]

I healed myself from G.A.S 10:41 , too old for this

[@brianwetherell8982]

Great indepth reveiw,can this be powered by power bank?

[@loopop]

Thanks and sure but note that is has an internal rechargable battery so you don't need a power bank unless you need more than 4 hours (per Yamaha specs, I didn't test it)

[@unknowncorners]

I have one but I wonder if Bluetooth is not working on some of these units or maybe it needs the latest iPhone/ipad… shows up in the app but clicking on it does nothing … ready to ship it back 🤷‍♂️

[@daneguitarist1]

if this was the only thing on the market in its type... i think it would be cool but knowing there is an sp404mk2 or ... geeesus allllll of the other boxes.... i feel like this is a new device that has a huge learning curve when we all probably have selected our groovebox of choice already i do kind of like the look, but... i feel like this is a big hassle to learn at the moment

[@user82938]

It made me want an Electribe EMX-1.

[@joeyrest5856]

Nice sounds, many interesting parameters and very good that you can really produce samples. However too complex learning curve and the lack of a screen is unforgivable. It is appreciable the portability but too functions assigned to few buttons and keys.

[@straighttalk2069]

I will never understand why some companies think screens are not required, Yamaha should know better. I would never buy a useless piece of kit like the Seqtrak while laptops and plugins exist.

[@MyNameJeff..]

Finally