@kaputasri Thank you! I agree, the touch sensitive keyboard and portamento strip developed by Yamaha back in 1970 remain as cool and innovative as ever!
@kaputasri Hi and thanks for the question. Mostly I change sounds (registration) on the fly -- changing combinations of registers (buttons, levers, switches). On the EX-42 you can also program three analog pre-sets which one can access either by pushing the buttons between the lower and upper (middle) keyboards, or via the toe pistons next to the expression (volume) pedal. Cheers!
@decatlon14 The portamento strip is in a sense its "own keyboard". It is independent and has its own tone generator. You don't have to be playing the lower keyboard and can play it alone. Cheers
that portamento strip was used in some other Yamaha models as well, such as in the portable YC-30, which was a beautiful upgrade to the famous and highly popular YC-20, which usually came in red color ... the latter model also came with an optional and portable 'Leslie' cabinet with only one rotating speaker but a great powerful and rich sound nonetheless ...
I could understand how you would be so attached to playing this baby that you wouldn’t want to eat or sleep. It is like the ultimate theater organ meets the ultimate synthesizer.
Indeed... one can start playing and realize hours have gone by very quickly. I've got a Yamaha CS-30 monophonic synth on top of the EX. The CS-30 is a monophonic powerhouse released at the same time Yamaha brought the other CS synths into the market: Below the CS 30 the CS 15 and CS 10, and the polyphonic machines CS 50, CS 60 and the massively awesome CS 80.
thank you for your great presentation sir! watched both parts and enjoyed it all! a little yet important thing you missed perhaps: those rhythm buttons on the left, although not many, they can be mixed and combined together, thus giving the player near-infinite number of mixed rhythms! besides, they're 'analog', which means when compared to the digital rhythms which modern day keyboards offer so many choices (hundreds even in the cheapest models!) and they are programmable as well in slightly more expensive models, but they are also limited to only a few chord positions ... while the analog ones in older organs like this one can let the musician play ANY positions and chord combinations, down to even a single note! you can actually play the rhythm accompaniment all by itself (without melodies) for hours at times and have quite a lot of fun! it's not the same thing with the present day digital ones unless you write notes on a computer and 'program' the instrument via the MIDI to do so for you ... a great option surely, which older organs didn't have, but that also means you can't play such complex chord positions live with the modern digital keyboards that are too limited in that department ... ideally speaking, a combination of both analog instruments like this and digital ones and computer programming is the best way to go! :-)
Thank you! Those percussive sound buttons are indeed great. You can also assign some of their sounds to the lower keyboard or pedals. Here's an example: th-cam.com/video/dOmqh0GUv6s/w-d-xo.html
... actually nothing on the EX-42 happens automatically, meaning no auto-accompaniment or bass and chord patterns, only the "beat box" plays its various grooves by itself if one so wishes. Everything on the EX needs to be played -- comping, bass lines, etc. Cheers
@@MiguelKertsman didn't know that about this particular Yamaha model but many other Yamaha models of the time did do that ... also, i remember of some Farfisa organs of the same time that let the player use the entire lower keyboard with the rhythm box and play chords, arpeggios, single note bass passages, maybe even double-notes pushed together if i recall it right and so on ... the three-notes and sometimes four-notes also worked! i remember i saw really good performances by some fine organists using those Farfisa models ... there were even some 'odd' very cheap organs at the time that gave near-full chord accompaniments using the rhythm box provided on the instrument ... (ever saw a really phony brand named Tiger perhaps? it sounded so weird when you played the same note on different octaves, as if only the volume of the sound changed instead of the real pitch going higher ... didn't feel right and actually hurt my ears at least ... but its accompaniment section worked with the chords ...)
@MiguelKertsman Thanks for clarifying that. Before this it seemed like magic to me. I think the ex -42 is better than the more newer models. Specially the vibrato keyboard pad and the strip where you can glide in between notes. Btw you are a great organists, melodies seem to overflow from your fingers. Keep up the great work.
Great vid, can you please explain how do you change the instruments assigned to the particular keyboard in the middle of the song? I'm not expecting a detailed answer. A simple on would suffice. Is it from the foot pedal?
I’ve got a leave another comment, this time with a question What synthesizer model is propped on top? This monster already had me at hello, but the fact that you can safely stick something on top of it definitely makes it even more appealing.
yes, i'm curious about that synth and the other 'white elephants' in the room just as well ... they all look VERY special ones and not made by Yamaha necessarily! and this "monster" is both a beauty as well as a beast indeed! has had my eye (and mind and heart and ...) on it since the mid-1970s when i saw it in an international expo with a Japanese musician playing on it ... and man, he played this THING so GOOD i just wanted to drop and die!
Indeed... one can start playing and realize hours have gone by very quickly. I've got a Yamaha CS-30 monophonic synth on top of the EX. The CS-30 is a monophonic powerhouse released at the same time Yamaha brought the other CS synths into the market: Below the CS 30 the CS 15 and CS 10, and the polyphonic machines CS 50, CS 60 and the massively awesome CS 80.
Sure, here we go... that's the "Music Alchemy Set-up" -- which is too heavy to do live shows (my usual live rig includes a Hammond B3, Moog and Yamaha analog synths -- Yamaha EX-42, Yamaha EX-1, Yamaha C-60, Korg VC-10 Vocoder, Yamaha CS-30, Korg Trident, Roland Juno 106, Oberheim OB8, Ensoniq ESQ1. th-cam.com/video/GRZxpSUBY2c/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/pG0e8KVJpUM/w-d-xo.html
Miguel the portamento strip works once you do some slideing with the fingers? , or you have to be playing the lower keyboard in order to make it work? cheers
@kaputasri Thank you! I agree, the touch sensitive keyboard and portamento strip developed by Yamaha back in 1970 remain as cool and innovative as ever!
@kaputasri Hi and thanks for the question. Mostly I change sounds (registration) on the fly -- changing combinations of registers (buttons, levers, switches). On the EX-42 you can also program three analog pre-sets which one can access either by pushing the buttons between the lower and upper (middle) keyboards, or via the toe pistons next to the expression (volume) pedal. Cheers!
@decatlon14 The portamento strip is in a sense its "own keyboard". It is independent and has its own tone generator. You don't have to be playing the lower keyboard and can play it alone. Cheers
that portamento strip was used in some other Yamaha models as well, such as in the portable YC-30, which was a beautiful upgrade to the famous and highly popular YC-20, which usually came in red color ... the latter model also came with an optional and portable 'Leslie' cabinet with only one rotating speaker but a great powerful and rich sound nonetheless ...
@decatlon14 Thanks! I am shooting a demo video on the EX-1 this week and it will be up and running soon. Cheers!
I could understand how you would be so attached to playing this baby that you wouldn’t want to eat or sleep. It is like the ultimate theater organ meets the ultimate synthesizer.
Indeed... one can start playing and realize hours have gone by very quickly. I've got a Yamaha CS-30 monophonic synth on top of the EX. The CS-30 is a monophonic powerhouse released at the same time Yamaha brought the other CS synths into the market: Below the CS 30 the CS 15 and CS 10, and the polyphonic machines CS 50, CS 60 and the massively awesome CS 80.
@aramvrh We are planning to produce online tutorials later on, stay tuned... thanks!
FANTÁSTICO. VIVA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Obrigado!
@MiguelKertsman that is just sick !
Thanks!
Thats some really nice vintage gear!!!
fantastic ! Miguel could you also demostrate the EX 1 please.. great playing!
thank you for your great presentation sir! watched both parts and enjoyed it all!
a little yet important thing you missed perhaps: those rhythm buttons on the left, although not many, they can be mixed and combined together, thus giving the player near-infinite number of mixed rhythms!
besides, they're 'analog', which means when compared to the digital rhythms which modern day keyboards offer so many choices (hundreds even in the cheapest models!) and they are programmable as well in slightly more expensive models, but they are also limited to only a few chord positions ... while the analog ones in older organs like this one can let the musician play ANY positions and chord combinations, down to even a single note! you can actually play the rhythm accompaniment all by itself (without melodies) for hours at times and have quite a lot of fun!
it's not the same thing with the present day digital ones unless you write notes on a computer and 'program' the instrument via the MIDI to do so for you ... a great option surely, which older organs didn't have, but that also means you can't play such complex chord positions live with the modern digital keyboards that are too limited in that department ...
ideally speaking, a combination of both analog instruments like this and digital ones and computer programming is the best way to go! :-)
Thank you! Those percussive sound buttons are indeed great. You can also assign some of their sounds to the lower keyboard or pedals. Here's an example: th-cam.com/video/dOmqh0GUv6s/w-d-xo.html
... actually nothing on the EX-42 happens automatically, meaning no auto-accompaniment or bass and chord patterns, only the "beat box" plays its various grooves by itself if one so wishes. Everything on the EX needs to be played -- comping, bass lines, etc. Cheers
@@MiguelKertsman didn't know that about this particular Yamaha model but many other Yamaha models of the time did do that ...
also, i remember of some Farfisa organs of the same time that let the player use the entire lower keyboard with the rhythm box and play chords, arpeggios, single note bass passages, maybe even double-notes pushed together if i recall it right and so on ... the three-notes and sometimes four-notes also worked! i remember i saw really good performances by some fine organists using those Farfisa models ...
there were even some 'odd' very cheap organs at the time that gave near-full chord accompaniments using the rhythm box provided on the instrument ... (ever saw a really phony brand named Tiger perhaps? it sounded so weird when you played the same note on different octaves, as if only the volume of the sound changed instead of the real pitch going higher ... didn't feel right and actually hurt my ears at least ... but its accompaniment section worked with the chords ...)
yes, lots of models have those features, not the EX 42 nor the other pro electones from that time. Cheers @@dadautube
nice. Great sound and great playing.
Thanks very much
@MiguelKertsman Thanks for clarifying that. Before this it seemed like magic to me. I think the ex -42 is better than the more newer models. Specially the vibrato keyboard pad and the strip where you can glide in between notes. Btw you are a great organists, melodies seem to overflow from your fingers. Keep up the great work.
Great vid, can you please explain how do you change the instruments assigned to the particular keyboard in the middle of the song? I'm not expecting a detailed answer. A simple on would suffice. Is it from the foot pedal?
4:45 can you please do a tutorial on that, it sounds amazing
Many thanks! Appreciate the suggestion we'll consider making it available on sheet music and perhaps add a tutorial. Cheers
I’ve got a leave another comment, this time with a question What synthesizer model is propped on top?
This monster already had me at hello, but the fact that you can safely stick something on top of it definitely makes it even more appealing.
yes, i'm curious about that synth and the other 'white elephants' in the room just as well ... they all look VERY special ones and not made by Yamaha necessarily! and this "monster" is both a beauty as well as a beast indeed! has had my eye (and mind and heart and ...) on it since the mid-1970s when i saw it in an international expo with a Japanese musician playing on it ... and man, he played this THING so GOOD i just wanted to drop and die!
Indeed... one can start playing and realize hours have gone by very quickly. I've got a Yamaha CS-30 monophonic synth on top of the EX. The CS-30 is a monophonic powerhouse released at the same time Yamaha brought the other CS synths into the market: Below the CS 30 the CS 15 and CS 10, and the polyphonic machines CS 50, CS 60 and the massively awesome CS 80.
Sure, here we go... that's the "Music Alchemy Set-up" -- which is too heavy to do live shows (my usual live rig includes a Hammond B3, Moog and Yamaha analog synths -- Yamaha EX-42, Yamaha EX-1, Yamaha C-60, Korg VC-10 Vocoder, Yamaha CS-30, Korg Trident, Roland Juno 106, Oberheim OB8, Ensoniq ESQ1. th-cam.com/video/GRZxpSUBY2c/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/pG0e8KVJpUM/w-d-xo.html
@@MiguelKertsman great! you're a true pro! :-)
Miguel the portamento strip works once you do some slideing with the fingers? , or you have to be playing the lower keyboard in order to make it work? cheers
Fantastic !!!
Like the fact that you would rather play, than go to the beach :D
xoxo
:-) Cheers!
I need this lol
4:40 symphonic rock...watch them fingers go 😀
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Ese òrgano con otra caja de ritmos màs moderna, sonarìa mejor, la caja de ritmos suena X, saludos
An analogue organ??!!
Completely, purely analog!
@@MiguelKertsman INCREDIBLE. Have you heard Mr Clare Fisher play this organ on "GUARABE" track. I think you will like it! ;-)