Thanks…. More non the way. Next up will be dual oscilaltor tones … so intervals, sync, FM, detune then what next ?? Any suggestions welcomed. Thinking of stuff to do with the filter, risers and FX, etc .. maybe some other popular tones in particular.
Would like to see vids on using lfo on semi modular or fixed analog architecture. I want those bubbling synth sweeps. I do them every now and then but always seem to forget how I got there. Especially timed sweeps with arp or sequence
This video is so good. Not many people could do this video this well. It's like the SynthMania videos which are so refreshing just because he's a legit keyboard player who can actually play a little riff without splicing together 50 cuts. But then also actually making every patch. Seriously most people couldn't make this video without spending a week and doing it in Ableton.
Brilliant! And not for Jupiter only. Gives a very nice and inspirational view on synth options, not based on a synth, but on the principles. Go on with this series, please!!!
I always feel single oscillator synthesisers are often looked down on as lacking somehow, but there's an immediacy there that can't quantified (also love my MS-10 and Gnat for the same reason)
@@StarskyCarr Of-course I wasn't thinking. I love Sines, probably my favorite of their software synths, but running close to the Dreamsynth DS1. Mind you the Elka is impressive and I've not even bought the PS-3300 or the Harmonia yet......help....
Sine wave are hard to produce on an analog synth, but it is basic element in additive synthesis, organ-type sounds and also sine wave is oscillator for operators in fm synthesis, so with sine wave you can create practically anything. Maybe with triangle wave and lowpass filter you can cut harmonics to create more sine wave sound too, because sine have no harmonics.
Hi if you ever get your hands on a jen sx1000 please do a similar video, I had one 40 years ago then sold on ebay and sulked for about 10 years and bought another about 2 years ago , for a cheap basic synth I find it so much fun. This is a good video thanks
There's definitely something fundamentally different in the 4. I'm not sure but I believe it shares more in common with the 100M than with the later Jupiters? (3 years before the 8 and 5 years before the 6) ... there's little magical gremlins that do wonderful things inside a jupiter4 😊
Yeah it’s crackers. I even made a video of nothing but filter sweeps for a laugh. It got loads of claims, lots for the same bits from different publishers. I’ve even had one for a single tone. Some calibration CD or something claimed it.
@@elwhagenI think it makes some people a lot of money. If they auto claim 1000 little vids per day and each makes them only £1 per year (that’s about 300 plays) someone’s pulling £365k a year… and I bet the numbers are way bigger than that
@@StarskyCarr I understand they get a lot of money for claiming the copyright. Just don’t understand how the hell they are allowed by TH-cam to claim a filter sweep. It’s as generic as claiming the C4 on a Casio keyboard or as ludicrous as claiming I own the air that’s passed through my lungs.
Another wonderful video. I thought forget the Juno 6, this is my new favorite vintage synth then I saw the prices on Reverb and started laughing nervously.
Great video, thank you! Actually, there is a synth that weirdly has a pulsewidth parameter that works on a sawtooth waveform. I've seen this back in the day on the small line of Roland LA synths, the D5/D10/D20/D110. AFAIK that's because these synths can really only create a square wave and that is turned into sort of a sawtooth wave through a digital filter trick but you can still adjust the pulsewidth of the underlying square wave ...
Yeah the Juno 2 does it as well… and there’s another video in that ;) similar to a supersaw almost. And yes it’s something to do with DCOs using pulses to do everything. If you look at the comb shaped sawtooths on the alphas they’re the same as a sawtooth plus a square. Also the Pulse does loads of things when sticking to pulse only - again it’s DCO - but a monosynth that I think can do 8 voice unison (or something) all because of how it uses the pulse in the DCO circuitry.
Excellent video! Superb basic synth techniques explained really well. I had one of these in 1980, lovely machine. Sold it for a JP8 in '82 which I still have...but secretly I always preferred the JP4! No idea why.
Distopian Arpeggio was 70s synth perfection, sir. I think this is a good series, Starsky... there might not be enough quality basics tutorials out there for subtractive synthesis.
Those sweeps reminded me of the Snowman mix of Stakker Humanoid. Nice straight forward and informative video, I have a Toraiz AS-1 and I'm jealous of those hands-on controls. :D
But what can you do with a sine wave? 😆 Cool stuff again, Starsky - I started synthing on a friend's Korg Poly-800 (longer ago than I care to remember), which was a b*gg*r to program, I wish he owned a Jup-4 instead :)
Hey Starsky, Just wanted to say I recently discovered your channel and really enjoying the content! You actually inspired me to purchase a cobalt 8 after watching your review video :D keep on doing what you're doing!
What a fantastic video, exactly what I've been looking for... not just a tutorial on what the knobs and faders are, but an actual masterclass on how to get your desired tones out of any given synth, and how to find the sweet spots in them. Thank you Matt! 🙏
You always make me grin when doing this sort of vid, the amount of snippets, whispers of decades old tunes that you slide in, really you are peerless in my eyes for this. Top job, I know I have said similar before but my statement stands. 🖖👍🎶💯
hey mr arr, i'd like to askl something. is there a way to get access to all those faceplate templates i see on your graphic animations all the time? i'm looking for classic drum machines and synth faceplate templates for hot rods. right now i need a drumtraks one for exmple. I'm searching for the best way to have access to originbal sized designs if there is that kind of data somewhere. So i tough i'de way to catch a recent post from you and ask you. thanks. love the channel your stuff is so revelant, especally those A vs B sessions...
I’ve no idea where I got them tbh. I’d send the files if I could remember where I’d stored them (I’ve tonnes of external backup drives due to the amount of data from recording for hours in 4K). I will have found them from googling something - though I do remember I came across the first ones accidentally and thought they’d make a nice backdrop. Sorry I can’t be more help. Maybe look for synth schematics (first thing that I’d try as that’s the terminology I’d use).
Haha… no it’s defo the one I just couldn’t quite dial it in - and should’ve played some string lines. Also doing it right after brass makes you hear the brass. Should’ve gone to strings first.
I hate synth brass so much that I had to learn it to demo the sounds ... honestly. My catchphrase when I was in school was "I'm not the brass section I'm a synth player". I've mellowed with the years though, and have to say I'm very impressed with all the synth brass tracks on Everything She Wants ;)
Haha… they’re plugins thrown in when editing the video. (Not sure if you’re joking or not - lots of people watch these at all different skills and experience levels). So it’s funny if you were being droll, but understandable if you’re new to this.
Sadly not being funny this time. I’m not new to synthesis by any means but am wholly unfamiliar with the JP-4 so genuinely wondered if it had a built-in spring reverb and chorus or something, especially as you mentioned the ensemble switch.
Omg dude, yes! More videos like this please, I’m utterly fed up by new gear videos we need more videos like this on how to actually use this stuff!
Couldn’t agree more
Yeah!
I could imagine in the days before presets having to dial in these sounds live quickly.
Thanks…. More non the way. Next up will be dual oscilaltor tones … so intervals, sync, FM, detune then what next ?? Any suggestions welcomed. Thinking of stuff to do with the filter, risers and FX, etc .. maybe some other popular tones in particular.
Would like to see vids on using lfo on semi modular or fixed analog architecture. I want those bubbling synth sweeps. I do them every now and then but always seem to forget how I got there. Especially timed sweeps with arp or sequence
thanks for this videos, they’re very useful for me as a beginner
Great, good to hear they’re useful. Its what they’re for after all 😀
I love how demoing the “funk bass” you instantly go to chameleon lol
What else 😂 🦎
This video is so good. Not many people could do this video this well. It's like the SynthMania videos which are so refreshing just because he's a legit keyboard player who can actually play a little riff without splicing together 50 cuts. But then also actually making every patch.
Seriously most people couldn't make this video without spending a week and doing it in Ableton.
Point being this is better than Bob Ross when you're stoned.
😂😂👍 that’s very nice of you to say so. I want to watch Bob Ross stoned now.
Brilliant!
And not for Jupiter only.
Gives a very nice and inspirational view on synth options, not based on a synth, but on the principles.
Go on with this series, please!!!
My favorite Jupiter 😊 Though my Jup50 is nice yet a completely different animal.
I must get my JP-4 fixed. Great video. Thank you
This one's just back from some intensive care.
Who did it for you please? My local tech has retired
I use Soundservice near Leeds. Highly recommended
@@StarskyCarr Thank you. I will give them a call
There is a copyright on a five second tone?😮
I have to edit stuff down for the final video, but always have to upload versions first to check then edit if necessary. It’s a real pain.
that arpeggio sounded a bit clockwork orange
Jeeeez... this copyright claims thing is really out of hand.
I always feel single oscillator synthesisers are often looked down on as lacking somehow, but there's an immediacy there that can't quantified
(also love my MS-10 and Gnat for the same reason)
This is fun series, looking forward to 10 things to do with a sine wave.
Well there’s always cherry audio’s sine! That’s got about 100 things you can do with them 😀
@@StarskyCarr Of-course I wasn't thinking. I love Sines, probably my favorite of their software synths, but running close to the Dreamsynth DS1. Mind you the Elka is impressive and I've not even bought the PS-3300 or the Harmonia yet......help....
@@StarskyCarr Yes, but we want the Starsky Carr experience
Sine wave are hard to produce on an analog synth, but it is basic element in additive synthesis, organ-type sounds and also sine wave is oscillator for operators in fm synthesis, so with sine wave you can create practically anything. Maybe with triangle wave and lowpass filter you can cut harmonics to create more sine wave sound too, because sine have no harmonics.
That Jupiter 4 is drool-worthy. What a neat synth it was.
i am just about to recomend this channel to every guy who is starting his journey. wish i have seen such in the past
Thanks.. that’s quite a recommendation!
Excellent - and by far the best Jupiter, too.
Shhh… the JP6 might hear you.
Hi if you ever get your hands on a jen sx1000 please do a similar video, I had one 40 years ago then sold on ebay and sulked for about 10 years and bought another about 2 years ago , for a cheap basic synth I find it so much fun. This is a good video thanks
There's definitely something fundamentally different in the 4. I'm not sure but I believe it shares more in common with the 100M than with the later Jupiters? (3 years before the 8 and 5 years before the 6)
... there's little magical gremlins that do wonderful things inside a jupiter4 😊
@@tweakingtuesday1743yeah the voice boards are properly old school. They look like something from an electronics class.
That fast-LFO modulated pad brought me right back to Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime" 😖 oh dear
New stage name Manuel Sweeps lol
This is one nice sounding synth. Great. Now I have GAS for a J4, not so good.
Saw is to synth as distortion is to guitar!
I really don't understand how you can get in court for using a synthesizer like the chemical brothers for example
Are there really people claiming copyrights for a filter sweep? That's hilarious.
Yeah it’s crackers. I even made a video of nothing but filter sweeps for a laugh. It got loads of claims, lots for the same bits from different publishers. I’ve even had one for a single tone. Some calibration CD or something claimed it.
Hilarious but annoying - it's like claiming copyright on an acoustic guitar strum!
@@StarskyCarr It’s truly screwed. I have no idea why YT doesn’t do anything about it. Only makes them look like fools.
@@elwhagenI think it makes some people a lot of money. If they auto claim 1000 little vids per day and each makes them only £1 per year (that’s about 300 plays) someone’s pulling £365k a year… and I bet the numbers are way bigger than that
@@StarskyCarr I understand they get a lot of money for claiming the copyright. Just don’t understand how the hell they are allowed by TH-cam to claim a filter sweep. It’s as generic as claiming the C4 on a Casio keyboard or as ludicrous as claiming I own the air that’s passed through my lungs.
6:01 - " A modern day warrior, mean, mean stride; Today's Tom Sawyer, mean, mean pride".
LOVE this series, so damn helpful!
Perfect! A Roland Cloud comparison will be great! Thank you!
It’s on my list!
Another wonderful video. I thought forget the Juno 6, this is my new favorite vintage synth then I saw the prices on Reverb and started laughing nervously.
Dreadbox Nymphes is a good option.
@@subschnee4573 Thanks! Yes, love the Nymphes but will be getting Sequential Take 5 soon to take care of all the polyphonic business.
Loving this series! 👏
Lots of great tricks here! Loving this series, really inspires creativity.
Great video, thank you! Actually, there is a synth that weirdly has a pulsewidth parameter that works on a sawtooth waveform. I've seen this back in the day on the small line of Roland LA synths, the D5/D10/D20/D110. AFAIK that's because these synths can really only create a square wave and that is turned into sort of a sawtooth wave through a digital filter trick but you can still adjust the pulsewidth of the underlying square wave ...
Yeah the Juno 2 does it as well… and there’s another video in that ;) similar to a supersaw almost. And yes it’s something to do with DCOs using pulses to do everything. If you look at the comb shaped sawtooths on the alphas they’re the same as a sawtooth plus a square. Also the Pulse does loads of things when sticking to pulse only - again it’s DCO - but a monosynth that I think can do 8 voice unison (or something) all because of how it uses the pulse in the DCO circuitry.
A master in the art of teaching..
God this synth sounds incredible. I really should have got one when they were under £1500
I sold one for £100!! 🫣
Funkier bass sound😂😂❤
please make one for sine wave
This series is such a great idea!
Brilliant really helpful
Hey Starsky, don't forget hoover is all about saws
Things to come…
JP 4 the best Jupiter!
Sawer toof
Back to thr basics. Excellent. Thanks..
You're welcome!
That computerized phonic thingy sounds quite sweet, doesn't it? :-D
If you have a sawtooth you should go to the dentist!
make an appointment for 2:30
Excellent video! Superb basic synth techniques explained really well. I had one of these in 1980, lovely machine. Sold it for a JP8 in '82 which I still have...but secretly I always preferred the JP4! No idea why.
Jupiter 6, Jesus, I'd never get anything done ... Except Jupiter 6 stuff!
Distopian Arpeggio was 70s synth perfection, sir. I think this is a good series, Starsky... there might not be enough quality basics tutorials out there for subtractive synthesis.
Those sweeps reminded me of the Snowman mix of Stakker Humanoid. Nice straight forward and informative video, I have a Toraiz AS-1 and I'm jealous of those hands-on controls. :D
But what can you do with a sine wave? 😆
Cool stuff again, Starsky - I started synthing on a friend's Korg Poly-800 (longer ago than I care to remember), which was a b*gg*r to program, I wish he owned a Jup-4 instead :)
Excellent video....your thought processes give a strong insight into why you are doing things. 😎👍
100% agree!
Hey Starsky,
Just wanted to say I recently discovered your channel and really enjoying the content! You actually inspired me to purchase a cobalt 8 after watching your review video :D keep on doing what you're doing!
I find this videos amazing!
Would be nice to shortly show the final result in 2 or more synths when finishing to patch
Just when you think that you have gotten every possible sound out of your trusty old Juppie 4. :)
Great compilation of basics and ideas for those who need it. Also reminds me how good is to keep things simple.
I love making unison sweeps on my polybrute, sounds graaaaaapppee
Man, I am in love/awe with these videos. My eyes are glued to the envelope shapes. Thank you for doing these.
Thanks so much for all your content. It is always informative and ( for me ) educational. Thanks from a fellow synth lover. Mick
What a fantastic video, exactly what I've been looking for... not just a tutorial on what the knobs and faders are, but an actual masterclass on how to get your desired tones out of any given synth, and how to find the sweet spots in them.
Thank you Matt! 🙏
Loved this, really educational and helpful. Thank you!
Doing what with the strings? A loose chug? Lol. Nice video as always dude
You always make me grin when doing this sort of vid, the amount of snippets, whispers of decades old tunes that you slide in, really you are peerless in my eyes for this. Top job, I know I have said similar before but my statement stands. 🖖👍🎶💯
As an owner of the excellent Roland Jupiter 4 as well, I will definitely give this a try.
Great stuff . Really enjoying these vids. And the Jupiter 4 - I want one!
ahhhh the Jupiter 4 😍....@5:53 holy m....😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
brother. I love your videos. I've been watching you for a long time, but it's time to write this. awesome information. only you dive so deep
Cheers … glad you did.
great sounding synth !! super rare as well
Thanks!
Wow… thanks to you too! 😀
Love it when you add some effects as this really demonstrates what’s possible. More of this please. Great content 😀👍
hey mr arr, i'd like to askl something. is there a way to get access to all those faceplate templates i see on your graphic animations all the time? i'm looking for classic drum machines and synth faceplate templates for hot rods. right now i need a drumtraks one for exmple. I'm searching for the best way to have access to originbal sized designs if there is that kind of data somewhere.
So i tough i'de way to catch a recent post from you and ask you. thanks. love the channel your stuff is so revelant, especally those A vs B sessions...
I’ve no idea where I got them tbh. I’d send the files if I could remember where I’d stored them (I’ve tonnes of external backup drives due to the amount of data from recording for hours in 4K).
I will have found them from googling something - though I do remember I came across the first ones accidentally and thought they’d make a nice backdrop.
Sorry I can’t be more help. Maybe look for synth schematics (first thing that I’d try as that’s the terminology I’d use).
8-thirty: africa. great content, thanks a lot.
Enjoying these matey and look forward to the next on the 6
I’ve learned a lot from this video. Thanks again.
These are awesome videos! Can't wait for the J6!
Wish I had a Jupiter 4 that one of my favorite
Thank you sooo much for your help and knowledge
Very good video! Thanks for this ❤
Damn, I know that song at 30 seconds. What's the name!!?!?!? lol
I was hoping someone could tell me 😂😂
@@StarskyCarr I think it's on one of my old German hard trance CD's lol. Guess I better that playing some now... 😂😂
We Come One, Faithless.
@@Darkmouse20001 YES!!! That’s it, was totally slipping my mind!
@@Darkmouse20001 excellent thanks.. I thought it was Faithless but couldn't remember which track.
Wow, it sounds so tasty.
Great stuff😊🎹
Top notch work as ever, Mr C. Despite the presence of synth brass and Toto..... 😊
haha.. it couldn't be helped. I'll have to learn some other 80s brass parts. Does anything by Kajagoogoo spring to mind?
10:18 😮
Am I correct in assuming the sawtooth is not the best choice for strings?
Haha… no it’s defo the one I just couldn’t quite dial it in - and should’ve played some string lines. Also doing it right after brass makes you hear the brass. Should’ve gone to strings first.
I noticed a little bit of the bladerunner theme when you switched to the brass bit
You did 😉
0:55 Sonicstate mating call......
😂😂
Can’t do an 80’s brass patch without playing a little Toto
I hate synth brass so much that I had to learn it to demo the sounds ... honestly. My catchphrase when I was in school was "I'm not the brass section I'm a synth player". I've mellowed with the years though, and have to say I'm very impressed with all the synth brass tracks on Everything She Wants ;)
@@StarskyCarrhonestly Vangelis brought brass patches to another dimension
"Tante Leen - Aan De Amsterdamse Grachten" - only thing you need to understand accordeon ; - )
My father had an accordion. If only I'd have listened!
@@StarskyCarr I grew up playing it. Not a great social asset, but in this safe zone I'll admit I really enjoyed it : - )
@@Goettel😂
Great series. Thanks!
Thanks for watching, glad you're enjoying it.
Saw wave is the best wave
It’s my favourite 🤩
9:20 Nice, some "Everything she wants" from Wham 😅
do you own a cr78 ?
Unfortunately not.
@@StarskyCarr I feel sure Gary Numan was amongst the most famous people to use one
What a lovely sounding filter!
Are these all the effects heard built-in?
Haha… they’re plugins thrown in when editing the video. (Not sure if you’re joking or not - lots of people watch these at all different skills and experience levels). So it’s funny if you were being droll, but understandable if you’re new to this.
Sadly not being funny this time. I’m not new to synthesis by any means but am wholly unfamiliar with the JP-4 so genuinely wondered if it had a built-in spring reverb and chorus or something, especially as you mentioned the ensemble switch.
@@peterkenney9158ah no worries. I should’ve been clearer in the vid.
@@peterkenney9158It does have a built-in stereo chorus/ensemble, which sounds amazing. But that's it for on-board fx.
It sounded remarkably pleasant straight out of the box, but that Eventide reverb was epic.