ROSEN SOUND - Synth Studio & Repair Shop Tour | Burbank, California
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.ค. 2024
- / synth4ever - An in-depth synth studio and repair shop tour of Rosen Sound (www.rosensound.com) in Burbank, California.
Founded and owned by Rob Rosen, Rosen Sound is a premiere synthesizer repair & restoration shop that specializes in servicing vintage analog synthesizers. They also offer synth rentals, custom synth modifications, on-site studio recording, and have various synthesizers and replacement parts for sale.
This in-depth synth studio and repair shop tour covers the history of Rosen Sound, synth restoration processes, various synths being restored in the shop, the "Cabin" recording studio and woodworking rooms, and Rob's favorite synths.
Rosen Sound provides both national and international synth repair and restoration services, and is well known for employing top technicians and servicing rare and difficult to repair synths. If your vintage synth is in need of repair, don't hesitate to contact them.
To learn more about Rosen Sound, visit them at:
www.rosensound.com
/ rosensound
/ rosen_sound
/ @rosensound
--
► Subscribe
th-cam.com/users/subscription_c...
► Support the channel (affiliate links):
Buy me a coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/synth4ever
Sweetwater US: imp.i114863.net/xA9nR
Guitar Center US: guitar-center.pxf.io/jrvXGP
Perfect Circuit US: link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/...
Thomann EU: www.thomann.de/intl/index.htm...
► Connect on social
Instagram: / synth4ever
Facebook: / synth4ever.music
Twitter: / synth4ever
Soundcloud: / synth4ever
► Listen to my music
Bandcamp: synth4ever.bandcamp.com
Spotify: bit.ly/synth4everSpotify
Apple Music: bit.ly/synth4everAppleMusic
TH-cam Music: bit.ly/synth4everTH-camMusic
Amazon: bit.ly/synth4everAmazonMusic
==========
TIMECODES
==========
00:00 - Intro
00:45 - History of Rosen Sound
02:32 - Synth servicing
03:29 - Yamaha GX-1
04:18 - Difficult repairs
05:45 - Yamaha CS-80
08:01 - Rob's favorite synth
08:26 - Synths for repair (Prophet 5, Jupiter 8, Arp Quadra, Yamaha CS-60)
10:05 - Waldorf Wave
11:06 - Rob's music
11:31 - What's next for Rosen Sound
12:00 - Custom modifications (Chrome Arp Odyssey)
13:24 - Woodworking and tolex room
14:13 - Yamaha Electone organ
15:04 - Modern synth repairs
16:38 - The Cabin recording studio (under construction)
17:45 - Employees
18:28 - Synths for sale
18:47 - Prophet T8, PPG Wave, Korg Polysix
19:06 - Roland Jupiter 8, Prophet 5, Roland Juno 106
19:19 - Oberheim Four Voice, Prophet 10
20:20 - Electrocomp EML 101, Kawai K3
20:38 - Oberheim OB-X, Roland JX-3P, Behringer Deepmind 12
21:14 - Oberheim OB-Xa, Roland Jupiter 4, Roland SH-5
21: 39 - 2x Prophet 5 (REV 1)
22:50 - Junkie XL's PPG Waveterm
23:05 - Contacting Rosen Sound
23:42 - Conclusion - เพลง
Rob is my hero.
9:49 Prophet-5 and ARP Quadra next door. Like Tony Banks, Genesis 1980. What a workshop!
Yes! Great workshop, knowledge and amazing gear.
To service a CS80 is not just a challenge, it´s an insane passion 😉
Rob is the man. Friendly, very skilled and a real synth enthusiast. And that Museum...
What an amazing shop! Never seen so many duplicates of rare pieces in the same place at one time!
Thanks Alex! Yea, my head was spinning... so many JP8s, Prophet 5s, Oberheim Four-voices etc... all at once! :)
@@synth4ever Always wanted to try a SEM based Oberheim. Only ever played the OB-8 and Xpander.
i dont mean to be offtopic but does anybody know a tool to get back into an Instagram account?
I stupidly forgot the login password. I would love any tricks you can give me!
@Leandro Marley instablaster =)
@Keagan Dylan Thanks so much for your reply. I found the site on google and im trying it out atm.
Takes a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
Love this place...great people
Yea, it's a great shop!
What a great tour of a very familiar place. :) Rob and his excellent team -- Mike, Eli, Spencer, Cesar and crew -- have worked on over 20 of my classic synths. Some of them are super rare and valuable, some of them are odd and obscure but important to me. The guys continue to do outstanding work on everything they touch. Go here with confidence!
Its fascinating to see these boards being restored, especially considering the prevalence of software and how expensive vintage analogs have become. Cool shop!
Yes, it's important we keep these vintage machines alive as long as possible. Shops like Rosen Sound will help us all enjoy their sounds for years to come.
That CS80...it's nuts.
Yea, I was really taken aback by how much wiring and components are in the CS-80... no wonder it weighs 200 lbs! It's such a beautiful instrument and feat of engineering.
@@synth4ever I shudder to imagine what the insides of the GX1 look like!
That's super cool, seeing the inside of that huge open synth was crazy. I really appreciate people saving old synths, it seems like a tough but fun job.
Great video! Very good of Rob to give you his time :)
Great philosophy behind choosing to work with analogue synths. That really resonated with me. Hat's off to you! Very impressive guy/company.
Love these tours.
Thanks, glad you liked it. More to come!
Holy CS80! What a piece of electronic art. You are the man Rob!
great content looking forward to the next upload
Thanks a lot! There will be other studio tours posted in the future.
Came a cross your channel a few years ago, and came back down memory lane for some of your music, and found this. A nice surprise. I don't know much about synths but fascinating all the same.
Thank you TinyMaths for your interest in my music and channel, I appreciate it! Yes, synths can be quite mysterious at times, but its great to learn more about how they work from techs like Rosen Sound and others.
Now THAT is a cool place to work!
Only if you enjoy being yelled at by your boss every 5 seconds
I wouldn't hesitate to buy a synth from these guys. Obviously they have the skill and respect for the gear to earn the customer's confidence. What a dream shop!
It's an incredible shop and they definitely know their gear!
Great video. 👍 Have a nice day 🙂🎶🎵🎹
Thanks much!
Awesome 👍👍Thank you for sharing 👍👍
Thanks for watching!
Excellent video great job
Thank you!
Awww you quickly passed over the MG-1! That humble little monster was built in the Moog factory.
just bought a cs50 from rosen :) there were so many cool synths there i felt my dna unraveling
Congrats on the CS-50! It's a fantastic shop, so much vintage goodness everywhere. Hard to stay focused or keep DNA under control. :)
Very cool. I was fortunate enough to work at the old Guitar Center in downtown san jose during the rise of the analog synths. Played all the early MOOGs, Roland, ARPs, Oberheims, CS80s and many others. An opportunity came up to buy one of the last Prophet 10s before sequential closed shop. Needs some voice work again and probably some other stuff, as it has been sitting in its case for almost 20 years now. I am afraid to find out the cost though.
I lived on a busy street in Hayward back in the 80s that would have stop and go commute traffic especially on a warm friday afternoon. I had programmed that beast to sound like a war from hell with choppers, spiraling bombs, machine guns, rockets, and explosions. Through my 2000 watt power system I would crank it out the window towards the street. Should have seen everyone looking out their windows to the sky. We could not stop laughing as we waited for the next group of cars to come to a stop.
That's quite the story, thanks for sharing! You are lucky to have had access to so many great synths over the years. :) Hope you get your Prophet 10 back up and running again.
Awesome video!! Thank you soooo much for sharing! Very cool! A+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Thanks, my pleasure. It was great to visit.
The cabin could have been a nice chamber. That reverb sounded dark and amazing.
Nice to hear about Rosen. I noticed their awesome synth demos recently and it was clear they know how to program and show off analogue synths...great stuff!
Absolutely, fantastic shop and professionals all around!
Analog Synths: The only subset of keyboard work where you could work with people who appreciated it. ; - )
Hehe... :)
Got me feeling jealous
Lots of classics there!
TWO Rev1 Prophet-5 s! 12,000 bucks on the top one. Gorgeous. What a bargain!🤪😋😊 21:40
Yes, super rare and amazing condition. Both beautiful!
that oscillator sync sweep at 8:29 is fucking knargly
Now that this video is 4 years old, is there any more info on that GS-1?
I'd want the extended range Wave and the PPG!
SSSSUPER cool
Thank you, glad you liked the tour.
Bet you know Eric from Spectrasonics? 😉👍🏼🎹❤️
Fantastic! I wanted to do this job in Italy where I live, but it's not the right country... :-D
Hehe... maybe someday? :)
Maybe... :-)
Well, that explains why a CS80 costs so much money back in the day... I have never seen so many parts inside a synthesizer, I thought a Jupiter 8 had a lot, this is crazy. I would not want to own this as it would cost a fortune to keep it maintained!
Yep, the CS-80 is a marvel of engineering, it is so organic and expressive and this gives us some insight into why.
May I live there?
I want that yamaha gx1
Wouldn't we all. :)
22:55 ... is this a sampler? )) Wow )) I thought it was a Microwave ... in the literal sense .. not from Walforf )) .... Or some comic model in the form of a microwave with a hint of the wavetable synthesizer of the same name ))
👍😁🇨🇦
hahaha the anime screensaver
202upper left inside door
Chow..
“I am not into eurorack”....me neither.
What's the issue with Behringer? They are bringing vintage analogue synths to the masses instead of it being in the reserve of the rich cork-sniffer collectors....
Well, Behringer is relieving a lot of the market pressure that drove up prices of analog synths and their maintenance over the last two decades. Great for musicians, bad for people who sell synthesizers at a premium, like our friend here. I suppose the fear is that as the modern, reliable clones roll out, the market for the originals will become smaller, driving down prices. But who knows? Perhaps there will always be people willing to spend $20,000 on a CS-80 when there is a $1,200 alternative. Time will tell.
@@skaneverdies I'm also very interested to see how the vintage synth market unfolds; there seems to be a mixture of animosity, contempt but also neutrality towards what Behringer are doing but there does appear to be agreement that vintage synth prices won't be affected. However, according to Ebay the prices for original Odyssey's appears to have tanked....
To be brief but concise, we can’t support Behringer in respects to their tactic of suing our friends and community members for their opinion based on tangible evidence. To do your own research, google “behringer sues dave smith employee” and decide if this is the type of company you would like to support.
I think their model D was great and I know for a fact people will still pay big for the real deal no matter how close Uli’s clones get. I’m not scared at all. It’s like saying people will stop paying for bmw’s if the newest Kia can go 0-60 in the same amount of time.
Thank you
Rosen Sound thanks For replying.....as a European, the lawsuit that Behringer brought against DSI does seem over-reactionary and harsh. Perhaps more surprisingly are you American guys who are so offended by this;after all, it's the US that leads the world when it comes down to suing organisations/ people.
Having said that, I truly admire Dave Smith, Tom Oberheim and of course the late, great Dr. Bob and Alan Pearlman. True innovators who led, and still lead synth design.
However, personally I can only applaud what Behringer are doing; democratising the vintage analogue synth sound. This can only be a good thing. I hope also this development doesn't hurt your business; indeed I think you are right, there will always be a section of people with the money to afford the vintage equipment and I'm sure they'll take the elitist stance....it's human nature...
Good luck, long may your businees continue, it's fantastic to see skilled work still being done in the US and Europe. God knows, my technical career has been torpedoed by outsourcing to cheaper labour countries but hey, you know what this whole argument boils down to? One word; Capitalism.
An Ambient Cyborg it’s beyond over reactionary or harsh. It’s simply an easy way for them to bankrupt someone and attempt to ruin them for calling them out as copy cats.
If you support that type of company under the basis of “hey! It’s cheaper! And I can afford it!” that’s fine.
I’ll disagree, and not just cause I can afford them or I deal vintage gear. It won’t affect me.
It affects the people and families of those who truly innovate. That’s why we can’t have nice things.
11k for a PPG WAVE😂😂😂. BRO WTF
4K MAX
4k was the price in 2013, here in the US almost never seen anymore for sale.
Lukcook djurasic incorrect
These days, $10-12k is what a PPG Wave 2.2/2.3 will fetch in the open market. And they're generally for snaggle-toothed, unmaintained ones with the usual plethora of issues. If you can get a Wave for $4k in *any* condition, good for you!