Alesis Vortex Wireless 2 Unboxing
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- I got my hands on Alesis's newest keytar and I'm impressed.
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"We are the keytarist: We have ONE job, and that is to run around the stage and make the guitarist regret ever letting us get rid of our keyboard stands. That is our JOB. We are there to upset guitarists who are too full of themselves. Everything else is secondary." -Pink (2018)
You have produced what will likely become my favorite quote. I have an Alesis VW2 incoming next week myself, so I'm excited to take it for a spin and really enjoy it.
I wanted to buy and use a Roland AX-1 in a rock band, but the guitarist wouldn't allow it because it didn't fit the style of our music. In one of my recent bands I used to want to hang a Rock Band 3 Wireless Keyboard around my neck, but the guitarist wouldn't let it, so I put it on a keyboard stand like a regular keyboard.
@@kiskadar69oh why? It's time you need to hire an assassin.😂😂😂😂
Quarantine isn't gonna be good for my wallet.
I'm looking into buying a keytar for the first time and your videos are the only thing that has helped me decide on what model I want
15:43 Can I just say... this little speech has had a profound effect on me. I've built a few keytars myself, and never really taken to playing them live, they just hang up in my room and get played once a year. The guitarist/singer of the band I'm keyboardist for HATES keytars and is absolutely full of himself...
You have just single-handedly rekindled my love for the keytar and my drive to make the Syblade a viable product... and also to piss off my bands singer.
Much love, a new fan & subscriber x
You have so much character! I love your videos, keep it up!
I didn't think that there was anyone out there as krazay as I am... but then, highly creative people are a rare thing, indeed.
It cometh in the mail,
much bubble wrap to play!
God I love this box,
I shall hang it the wall today!
Oh look! it's an Alesis keytar,
A gift from a friend.
If I had a broken heart...
This keytar, it would probably mend.
Buttons change color,
to green when tapped.
Naw, neither my soul nor mind...
shall ever be trapped!
I dont know if you were trying to be funny in this video or not, but I watched every second of this video barely breathing 😂, love your quirkiness. You got yourself a new sub!
Blue is better than Pink
(Just kidding, I love your channel, I'm a fellow keytar enthusiast, Pink is dope as fuck)
Also I'm jealous, I have the Vortex 1!
Are u doing unboxing at a bunk bed? The ceiling seems so close.
Yep. It had a desk/storage area under, but I sold it to someone who lived in a studio and really needed the space
You are absolutely deserving of this. Youre representing keytars in a fun and intelligent way and everyone deserves a break or a winfall once in a while.
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I think it's probably easier in some ways to play the Keytar than the Piano because you don't always have to hunch over it alot, & it's way easier to carry with you as a pianist. Because it has less keys than a piano, this makes it easier for beginners to learn how to play the keyboard.
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I think it's probably easier in some ways to play the Keytar than the Piano because you don't always have to hunch over it alot, & it's way easier to carry with you as a pianist. Because it has less keys than a piano, this makes it easier for beginners to learn how to play the keyboard.
You got me interested in keytar! MS-1 owner day one today :) thanks for your videos and all the information!!!!
I've learned a lot from your videos don't be so hard on yourself :)
Hello, firstly, thanks for video. Does it have its own speaker inside? Can I use it without computer connection? I wanna buy new keytar, so I wonder really
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Thank you for this unboxing video. Two weeks ago, I was looking for options for an affordable keytar and ended up with the Alesis thanks to your videos. I just had a great jam session with my band yesterday with my Alesis keytar. I love that I can walk around and take some of the lead parts in the songs. My band loved it too but I noticed our guitarist kinda hated me a bit for it lol. I guess I'm doing the keytarist job right.
😂😂😂
0:58 "That sounded like a boxcutter falling to the floor"
1:09 "I think it's on the floor..."
1:24 "Called it!"
I loved the video :D
That glossy finish is gonna be so fingered up 😩
I cant find the program you suggested me for using the Alessis on a different video. I suck on youtube ;(
Hello, I loved your unboxing and demonstration video! Thank you for sharing this!
They sent you it for FREE???? Wicked!!!! I've just bought one and I completely didn't think about the colour !!!
Just snagged on off Amazon for just over $260
I'm looking to get my first Keytar, I noticed the Vortex 1 is $100 cheaper on eBay compared to the Vortex 2.
Should I get the 1 or is the price difference worth it for the 2?
I think the 2 is definitely better than the 1, but I don't know if it's $100 better. The main difference is that the 1 is not wireless, and it does not have the easy way to disable tilt. I know plenty of people who really like their vortex 1, but it's sort of universally agreed that the 2 was a good upgrade
Is there a vortex keytar that doesn’t have to be plugged in in order to create sound?
i got one of these things and i cant get a sound how do you connect this to both computer and amp of some sort?, my head is melted
The only problem I had with the vortex is that it felt like a Fisher price toy. :P Also the keys when pressed had that guitar hero flick that I absolutely hate it.
Make moar!
3:02 That's the Stand
very nice job i love you so much and may God bless you
alesis the best
My Vortex 2 arrived last night. It's so shiny. Like super shiny. Like far too shiny and it's just getting covered in fingerprints. Definitely going to have to recolour this thing in a cool 80s style.
I think I may have an addiction. I've just bought a Vortex 1 as well. It looks pretty awesome in white though, and the keypads are a cooler shape so I don't think I'll be painting it.
I am a synth player, and I have been thinking about learning the keytar. So this is the first video I come across, and I already want to go buy one right now
Don't buy it, it has a very bad manufacturing defect. When you play fast sometimes notes will stuck and play forever, you have to reset the main keyboard (if you switch off the keytar doesn't resolve the problem, notes will hang anyway). After 6 months, and after they identify the bug, Alesis still has not resolve it and they disappeared since 3 months...I bought and after 1 week I gave it back to the shop
rudess84 the notes sticking is part of how midi works, if the signal is bad (it's due to midi transmitting start and stop signals instead of continuous messages). I have thar problem with my broken az-1 because the cable 0ort is faulty. I'm sorry you had a bad experience with it, though! I hope you find a keytar that works better for you
Pink And The Keytar Cat Hi pink, don't you have this problem when you do a glissato?
This is awesome, thanks for the review! I have one of these on the way, but unfortunately the red version doesn't seem to be available till june =( Keep up the awesome vids!
This videos helps a lot
Also u can customize the color lights of drum pads. Cool no?
Does anyone know how to add the touch sensitive bar by the pitch wheel onto MainStage ?
Not off the top of my head, but I'll look into it. I usually assign all my controls in mainstage with the thing where you click to assign and then wiggle whatever you want to assign to that. But I'll get a better answer tomorrow for you.
very old guy btw
i wish i had a keytar :(
I love how every keytar player says the point of getting a keytar is to anoy the guitar player
I just told the guitar player in my band Im getting a keytar, and he asked if wouldnt a standing midi controller BE better or have more quality and Im wondering at what point that os actually a joke or not
Am way too sold on this one.
Hi Again, How good is the sound quality of the Yamaha if I'm not using a computer/synth? I'm new to all of this. I've played piano for many years but am not familiar with MIDIs, DAWs, synthesizers, etc., and want something that I can play for people w/o the accompanying sound equipment or a computer. I'm looking for a Kind of like a good-sounding keyboard - not a "kids'" one - that I can sling over my shoulder and play while I'm moving around . Any thoughts here? Thanks!
The SHS-500 has a speaker, but the speaker isn't loud enough and isn't pointed in the right direction for other people to be hearing you play with it. It works more like a personal monitor, so you'll still need some kind of amp or PA to play for people, even in small settings. The sounds are fine. There's 30 of them and about 17 are actually pretty useful. There's no individual string instruments and there's no organ sounds, so keep that in mind.
You will need to plug the vortex into some midi device to get sounds. The best I've found for cheap and low-maintenance and easy to use is to use IOS garageband on iPad. Honestly, an ipad costs less than most DAW software so if you're not really planning on getting hecking into music creation on that level, I think ipad's easier to get running coherently and cleanly.
The sounds in the sonogenic really aren't special, though, and they're not incorporated into the hardware very well, so they feel clunky. I found that after a month or so, I still didn't have sounds that I wanted out of it (ORGANS) and had to start wirelessly pairing it to the ipad to get the same sounds, and at that point why was I not just playing the Vortex, which is a much better controller.
That's just my opinion but getting the vortex is like getting a piece of cake and then having to go find your own frosting, and getting the shs-500 is like getting a piece of cake that has frosting and also has chili sauce on it. You're getting more but it's not the more you want.
@@PinkAndTheKeytarCat Thanks very much, Pink. Can I connect the Vortex to an ipad, too, for simplicity's sake? Judy
@@PinkAndTheKeytarCat I see that you answered the question about the Vortex and ipad in your response. Thanks, again. Judy
i have the original wired white alesis vortex... it's badass
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Love the belt! :)
Awe man nerdy girls are the cutest!
I just got that one also its amazing
While waiting for my Vortex to arrive...(I'm actually a pedal steel player)..I've been using an Oxygen 49 in my band's performances..I'm excited...like you said..time to give the guitarist a fright as you can now move about and get from behind the keyboard stand! I've been watching ALL the various Vortex videos on YT....yours is best by a longshot..Alesis should hire you..good work..good info..great pro yet fun presentation
I was just about to search for a video about this thing, and then you upload one, ha! So if I'm correct, this thing doesn't have built-in sounds? I need an accordion sound haha. Cheers from the Netherlands!
Yep, it's just a midi controller. It comes with Ableton Lite, which has some pretty good instruments built in, you can plug it into GarageBand if you have a Mac or find another program for Windows, or you can buy a tone bank (I have the Midiplus MidiEngine, which is the cheapest tone bank on Amazon, and it works pretty nicely for what it is. It's got a sound they call an accordion but it's a bit eh) to run it through. I'm pretty sure Ableton will also let you take a recording of an accordion and turn it into a MIDI voice.
Oh, thanks for the heads up on buying a tonebank! I'm fairly new to midi/keytars so I'd never heard of those. Cheers! :)
Anything that says "GM compliant" has to have at least 2 accordion tones (#21 and #24, I believe). If it says "GM Class 2 Compliant" it's going to have at least 4 accordion tones (22.0, 22.1, 23, 24). What the tones are called and what they're supposed to represent is standardized, but what they actually sound like is completely dependent on the sound module you're using, so listen to some samples before you make your purchase.
I might actually review my little cheap sound box that I have, since several people have been interested in it and I find it quite handy to have around.
is there a software you need for the keytar when connecting it? or do you just plug the keytar in and start jamming?
You do need a software. It comes with ableton, so you can use that. There's a ton of software out there for MIDI keyboards, though
@@PinkAndTheKeytarCat could you give me some softwares you could recommend? Oh! And between the Alesis vortex and the Ax Synth Roland, which one do you think is better? I'm planning on buying one for Christmas :)
got mine when it wasnt available in stores its amazing !!
I saw you playing it on your channel! It freakin rocks!
Thanks !!
Anybody who shows that much enthusiasm over a musical instrument is A-fucking-OK in my book. Rock on!
I’m a keyboardist looking into getting my first keytar. I want 2 in reality. One for home and another one for traveling away from home (my job with the railroad) at the hotel. I’m not sure if I want an Alessis or a Yamaha SHS 10. Looking around still. The alessis looks very nice but how user friendly is it? The Yamaha has an integrated speaker that is just turn on and play. Any suggestions or advice ? TIA
Henrik Klingenberg of Sonata Arctica uses the earlier version of Vortex Wireless. Watching him play it live is really something to behold. :)
Loving your keytar vids!!!
This channel is making me wanna deck myself out in keyboards and keytars and play in a band. Like a main keyboard and a secondary keyboard and a Taurus-like keyboard pedals to play with feet and a keytar to solo on. 😎😎😎😎
I love they way you handled the unboxing lmao, subscribed. I just want to know, and if anyone else knows this please let me know, how heavy are the keys? because I have an alesis v25 and the keys on that are super fucking heavy and make my fingers hurt no matter how i set the velocity sensitivity.
This is EXACTLY what I'm gna be like. Not often I see another lass as excited by gear as I am :o)
I had a nightmare of a time getting my Alesis Vortex. It had been right around the time they discontinued the 1st gen wireless black model and hadn't announced the 2nd gen yet. I had ordered it from Amazon and after 4 months of waiting for it to be back in stock, dealing with the Alesis reps giving me the run around whether the product was discontinued or not, had to cancel the order and hunt it down on the used market. People on Ebay were literally trying to off them for like $600. I found a used one from guitar center for $200, get it after 3 weeks, the thing powers up but none of the keys work, LED inconsistently responsive. Send it back to guitar center and wait another 6 weeks. About a month later I see they were announcing the next 2nd gen.
In all honesty though, while the LEDS and sliders are really nice on the 2nd gen, I like the dedicated launch controls of the 1st gen a bit more.
"Our one job is to make guitarists upset." lol! I love you. Just convinced me THIS IS THE WAY!
Thanks a lot for your video. I've just bought a VW2 (not a Volkswagen !!). It's a little complicated to receive it because I live in a little french tropical island (Reunion Island) but, normally, I will receiv it next week. I'm looking for a good guitar lead sound (the same we can ear into other videos). I've bought this midi controller because I think it's very expressive. Have a nice day...
Nice! I just unboxed mine a couple days ago. Im new to keytars and your lessons helped me already! Will you continue those? Probably with some exercises? Anyway keep up your work and greetings from switzerland!
Your videos inspired me to buy a vortex 2, and to finally learn midi.
Thank you so much!
i love them i have 2 vortex 2 and adding it as a EXTRA mix need some help 4 finger cords to play or train my fingers to play standing up like your channel
Hey there! I’m totally interested in your CASIO AZ 1, any chance you would sell it?
Is this keytar suitable for a person who can play basic piano and has 0 experience with anything electrical.
How can be take the audio output...?then how can we change the sound?.did it have battery?
I'm currently doing everything I can to sell my Roland Lucina (it okay, but... Meh) so that I can get this bad boy ASAP! It's so shinyyyy
Sophia Niemand how much are you looking for? I might be interested
Hello! by ANY CHANCE do you know a good gig-bag for this keytar? I'm trying to get the backpack kind and its been very hard to find one.
ok I found one. "Charvel 299-1514-006 Deluxe Universal Gig Bag"
fits almost perfectly
HOLY BALLS IVE BEEN WANTING THIS KEYTAR FOR A WHILE AND NOW I NOW ITS SO WORTH IT ITS SO COOL
hey have you seen the red alesis vortex on thomann, i have bought the red one home
Overly excited people make me extremely happy
I’ve been waiting for this !! Thank you 😊
Yay, congrats on the new Keytar! Can't wait to see what you'll do with it! :D
I just got mine, I installed Ableton and all, but I can't get any sound out of it still. I'm obviously doing something wrong
Make sure you've dropped an instrument onto the track and armed that track (Ableton has a series of tutorials that I suggest you check out). There should be a little button of a piano keyboard on the top right. Select that, and then press some of the home row keys on your computer keyboard (A-L keys). That button should tell Ableton to use your computer keys as an instrument, so if that won't work, it's a problem with your Ableton settings and probably not your Vortex
amei o seu canal e parabens pelo o video !!
This is the 3rd time I'm watching this lol. I'm so excited for mine to arrive.
What are the 25 presets for? Can you program program changes for pads in 1 preset, drums for pads in another and DAW track selection on another to switch between sounds while playing?
Btw it's me who asked the question. Wrong account though.
Yep! You can change what notes or patches or channels they transmit on. You can also change the color, so sometimes I'll have the same presets settings with different colors and then change the color just for extra OTT drama
felicitaciones, tocas en alguna banda amiga?
your so spunkyyyy i love ittt
very smart review... i really like it...
can someone please buy me one. unboxed ok
Have the hanging notes been fixed yet?
ohh man i can't wait till i have saved up enough money to buy one of these!!!
Get it for 13 bux a month from guitarcenter dot com before January ends! Ordered mine!
Would you recommend this keytar still?
krazykarl9 definitely! It's really nice to finally have a keytar that's from this decade and that interfaces well with computers
Hey, thanks for this. How does this keytar compare to the Yamaha SHS-500 you reviewed on 5/10/19?
If you're only going to buy one, I absolutely recommend this one over the -500. You get a much more usable instrument with the Vortex. The sounds in the Sonogenic aren't worth the downsides of the actual controller.
@@PinkAndTheKeytarCat Thanks very much!
@@PinkAndTheKeytarCat Hi Again, How good is the sound quality of the Yamaha if I'm not using a computer/synth? I'm new to all of this (played piano for many years but am not familiar with MIDIs, DAWs, synthesizers, etc.) and want something that I can play for people w/o the accompanying sound equipment or a computer. Kind of like a decent keyboard - not a "kids'" one - that I can sling over my shoulder and play. Any thoughts here? Thanks!
was wondering how much delay there is on the octave shift. Is it fast enough to switch back and forth while playing?
Thatguy12455 no delay at all! It's great!
Awesome!
Can it be connected to the amp directly without computers
Not directly to an amp, no. You need some kind of midi module. The cheapest one I've tried is the pianobox mini GM module
Wooh just got one a few days ago! Still learning all this midi stuff and how to use it but it's fun.
It took me a few tries before I found a program that works for me with the MIDI stuff. Someday, I'll have enough money for Logic, or for a computer that has enough storage for Ableton, Garage Band, Mainstage 3, and iMovie all at once, but that day's not today.
@@PinkAndTheKeytarCat I hope you'll get that someday then!
thanks for reviewing
please, show how to use the "live 10 lite"
This video is pretty helpful--> th-cam.com/video/7QKY3wFEx7g/w-d-xo.html
I am in a furious and jealous rage that someone is your sugar Daddy and its not me.
wow!!~~~alesis vortex 2
When I realized you were binging the keytar videos I was just waiting for you to get to this one :)
@@PinkAndTheKeytarCat I already did. I've just bought alesis vortex 2 two weeks ago.
@@PinkAndTheKeytarCat I've being playing piano since I was 9 years old. Now it's already more than ten years. Now I am more into playing with a live band or jam with others. Piano or Synths are both too heavy and inconvenient to carry with. Keytar is the best inst for keyboardist to live with. For those Roland keytar synth, I just don't need its internal sounds. They were so redundant and crappy ever since I've learnt MIDI and VST. I could get literally any kind of high quality software instrument sound with a MAC or PC. No way to waste money on keytar nor keyboards' speaker neither. Coz those speakers are useless and cheap. If i need a good speaker, I can always buy one and connect to it. I won't live with my keytar speakers. It just makes the keyboard heavier and gets me fatigue. Thus, Midi keyboard is the best and the future. Alesis vortex 2 is the best one and the most stylish available on market.
What exactly is the purpose of the little pads up by the sliders.
You can program them to be drums, or to play specific samples when you tap them. Basically, just think of them like velocity-sensitive buttons that can do whatever you tell them to.
Also I read this in the tone of Arthur Weasley saying, "What exactly is the purpose of a rubber duck?" and it made me smile. Thank you for that.
Pink And The Keytar Cat Good to know and you are most certinly welcome for the amusement.