@@svenmify First I have to note that IMHO the age of such instruments does not correlate negatively with their versatility. If you however allege that differently for gear of the same age or older than DX200, you will stand alone beside a huge number of avid users of said gear. And, though this new Yamaha GB has a lot of functionality, I realize that it has less than some 20- or 30-year-old groovebox from Roland, Novation, Akai, Quasimidi and Yamaha themselves. What I meant with my comment is, that in terms of usability the DX200 is highly questionable (though on paper great), not shedding a very good light on Yamaha's ability to create versatile machines of that genre. So "Yamaha back in the GB game" is to be taken with a shovel full of salt 😏.
@@pontram I would say that in terms of sound quality, age does indeed not correlate to quality (except when it comes to digital emulation of analog gear, but in this case it’s FM anyway). The point I was making is that these devices are so far removed from each other in time that it’s most likely entirely different people that made it, they’re not necessarily comparable. Sure they might share some of the same DNA, but not finding much use for one 20 year old device from a company doesn’t necessarily mean you won’t like their new one. Doesn’t mean you will either, I just don’t think it’s an obvious conclusion (which you implied it being by saying “so” and then nothing). Couldn’t explain this with less words, sorry :)
Great to see Yamaha out with something fresh. I get the KO vibes here, which is fantastic to see that the majors are picking up on good ideas (and cannot help but laugh to see terms like "microtiming" -proper Yamaha). Kudos to Oz as well!
Great to see Yamaha doing stuff like this.This is right there in the electron model and novation tracks price range,also makes me think that Korg might have a new ekectribe coming soon.
Beats the convoluted designs by TE.. and how hard those things are to integrate into a larger setup.. I just got their OOM-16 sequencer for cheap though, and still need to actually put it to work and see how we get along. The seller included a huge PSU forcing me to figure out where to plug it in.. all my power strips are populated by wallwarts and cables already.
It was only a matter of time. TE is so innovative and make such beautiful products, but companies that focus more on quality than beauty just need to follow their lead and produce durable production copies of their products. Using SMD and micro computing technology, high volume production of these products is actually quite cheap to produce at high quality.
@@BenSudo-np7wg never even seen one of those before lol. I agree the design is better here. Straightforward and plain. I feel too many of TE's products are cryptic and once you read the manual decoding the symbols you can use it. Unnecessary hipster stuff.
@@playeveryday01 It's a tiny 4-track CV/Gate sequencer. I am trying to get it to trigger my Syncussion.. need to find more info online to program a sequence into it. The POM-400 and 170 are also very interesting albeit are reported to be rather fragile by some. Worth looking at Distrox I think that's his name) videos on those. TE is blowing out all that gear right now but I can't afford everything. The ST packs a lot of useful punch for the $$. The TE POMs are straight-up modulars that look great and sound great to my ears.
When I bought my Yamaha YC61, it came with stuck keys and hard to press keys on the upper half of the keyboard, and two switches on the interface where not operable. Went to the store for an exchange, and the second unit had similar problems. The third (and last that they had in stock) was OK. Apparently no quality control at all, if even basic things like keys and switches do not work.
Looks incredible. Would love if they allowed you to bounce all of the channels as stems for a daw. Mixing all of the stems in Ableton is a bit more ideal if using this as a sketching tool.
It seems you connect via USB Audio and print all stems to tracks in your DAW in one go 🤷♂️ not ideal considering Ableton projects can be exported these days.
In the video it says 'audio recording via usb-c' I don't think it's sophisticated enough to be spitting out multi-track, but I don't know about through the app. Will tell you soon!
If Roland can do it with the TR-9 and TR-8 which are tiny by comparison I see no reason why Yamaha can't deliver an update making separate audio channels over USB possible. I ordered the SeqTrak to go with my SixTrak but the consolidated audio out is a huge bone to pick indeed. And I may have to wait until I get it in my hands to find out if it can drive other instruments since there aren't any videos showing that it can. Nor do I understand if the internal synth and the DX can be edited in some way, if not inside the box, then at least via the software.. otoh it's not nearly as abstruse as the OP-6 - and it has at least rudimentary MIDI and audio implementation, unlike the OP-6 where you have to buy dongles to get those functions.
@@BenSudo-np7wg this will be my first groovebox, so I'll probably be easier to please, but it does sound like a super useful feature. I am pretty sure that the synths are deeply editable from the app. Watched all the vids on YT now. There is a British guy doing good demos
With the app it has a lot of potential to compete with stand alone sequencers, that coupled with everything else makes it great value. Ill wait for other review's before purchase
By far the most interesting groovebox-type product I’ve seen in quite a while. Stunning design, massive feature list, great sounds, and totally unexpected cool features like the visualizer. This is how it’s done! Well done, Yamaha. Ball’s in your court, Roland! 🔥
@@alexiwiedemann Let's hope they keep throwing us updates like Arturia is doing for the Microfreak. Sample editing would be a great thing to have on board, as well as multi-track recording over USB. I'd love to be able to tweak the individual tracks ITB.
Thanks for a proper MIDI implementation and documentation - I just looked up the manual and it includes everything I need, it's not like some of the 5-page-flyer a fancy Kickstarter project would consider "a manual" 😅
Very cool! Wish I was big-brained enough to ever make use of these minimal-interface units lol. Always impressed by the non-ADD types that can really study and understand all the features and button combinations.
I haven't watched the full video just yet, but you can connect your iOS device to it, and it has a live visual manual that interactively changes and shows you what the buttons you're pressing do
Waiting for Roland’s answer. Been wanting a jdxi 2 for years now. Mc101 was almost there but the hardware fell a bit short wasn’t exactly fun to sequence on. Sh4d is cool but a bit big. Also wish they’d bring back the Roland sound canvas for our video game nerds in boutique form. as for gripes with this. I wish every track after the 7 drum tracks could be selectable between synth, dx, or sample, instead of hard assigned. Or preset sound switchable per pattern how the mc101 tracks are. 1 track can be multiple sounds. I'll probably never use the sample track bc i have an op1 but still really cool. My portable synth collection is growing. Can't wait to see if akai makes one!
@@SonicVibe lol same. I have one parked on my desk. its the best thing the've made in a while. especially for techno and sound designing with knob per function and menus that aren't too crazy annoying like their flagship synths and stuff.
@@Max10_B agreed I was sad no song mode or unquantized but after I used it a bit it was really no big deal I build songs with the mutes and the drum machine is pretty good on its own and love the synth sounds and visual arpeggio I even like the key buttons
My most missed feature device was chord designer though. on the mc707 they really nailed it. I made my best tunes on it bc of it. You could dial in random chords and save them to a pad and not worry about theory so much so i got way better ideas once i randomly loaded in 10+ chords I liked and noodled to find a progression. kinda like sampling but with chord progressions
@@MM-ib6qh but nothing about sample editing, chopping and assigning to keys. Looks more like a samples as one shots than a real sampler like polyend tracker or ep-133 and the big ones like sp 404, akais or maschine
@@noisetheoremSo what's the point of this if I can just use a computer with Ableton or any other DAW? A surface control? There are way better and cheaper alternatives then.
I'm so excited for this. I only just started fiddling around with music production and this will be my first piece kd hardware. I just barely missed the window for an EP-133 (for better or worse). But with this en route i feel like I can patiently wait for T.E. to iron out their hardware issues while also benefiting from actual hands on practice. If only my poor eyesight could handle the lettering on the white and orange model 😭
Cool little machine, but I get confused about connectivity. If I want to play one of these live standalone without a laptop. Is the headphone output the only way to connect to a mixer? and if I connect a midi controller to the USB port, you'd have to rely on battery power?
Aarh yeah, you'd need a mixer. You can get some pretty small ones for not so much that are still portable. And then a cable that goes from 1 small stereo jack to 2 mono ones, unless the mixer supports small stereo input. But, I don't think that it would make any sense with headphones anyways actually, since the unit physically would need to have a dedicated output, that you could que tracks to. And this unit doesn't. But sure, if you'd want to have 2× Seqtrak for a dj-ing kind of thing, then a mixer with the function to only send the signal of one of the units at a time to the headphones out on the mixer, while also being muted from the mains would be ideal. Maybe if the mixer has an alternative output, or if you'd use a pair of auxes as the mains out, and using the sends to fade in and out. But then the mixer would probably not be one of the smallest. I guess you could get a USB adapter with multiple ins. Not sure if the unit could handle that though. Else you'd have to go with the regular small midi input. Might be some adapters for that. But yeah, for live usage it seems you'd need several solutions to get the most out of it. But it is a quite affordable unit that can do quite a lot.
An excellent, so thought through instrument. They dropped the screen for more control hands on. More knobs makes it so much more joyful to work with. Also the led system showing values on the right feels really smart. A lot of instrument for the money. I would like to see more daw midi tracking with it though. How to use it as a soundmodule.
Yeah I’m actually considering getting it as a sound module (for my dawless setup). I don’t need it since I’ve got a syntakt, digitone and mc707, so plenty of sounds at my disposal already. But we all know that pesky acronym don’t we?
@@BenSudo-np7wg tbh, I think that’s a cool feature. I don’t usually share my music (or finish it lol, never happy with the mix etc). But if I did, it’s nice to be able to upload to YT with some visualisations. Not sure how well that would work if I use a different sequencer tho. Guess I’ll find out at some point
@@svenmify Been trying to make the program work with other synths via MIDI but no success.. will have to wait until Tuesday when my SeqTrak arrives. That said, you can sync the ST to a DAW or even vice versa and that will give you the benefits of all 3 worlds: The DAW and whatever gear or plugins and efx you own, the SeqTrak itself and all of it complemented by the Visualizer.. it was the selling point for me. You can even import your own images and videos.
I like the orange and light grey one. Also without the screen, with the buttons on the side and mic/speaker, it kind of gives me diktaohone vibes, which I like. Overall I really like the UI and design of this unit :)
Yamaha knows what's up... grooveboxes may not be their main thing, but they know how to make high quality instruments for very reasonable prices. I'm mostly a guitarist (wanna-be synthesist) and I have a Revstar II... while I also have a Telecaster and a Flying V, I'll be damned if I don't end up reaching for that Revstar all the time. Oh and I have one of their portable amps too - a THR30-II - and I freaking love that thing! It might be an odd comparison to bring up their success in the guitar realm, but just to say, I'm becoming more and more of a Yamaha man and I'm def watching this one!
I've got to book a session with Sappo this year differently but it's great to see a real producer/engineer do a demonstration of DnB on a new product like the Yamaha Seqtrak. Never mind Jack. Better bring Sappo back another time lol.
reminds me of the electribe2 16 tracks, any combination of drums and synths, sampling, screen, effects, step time, real-time and on and on... and when you're done export to Ableton.
Yamaha definitely put a lot stuff into it. My head hurts from all the options and no display. Only time will tell if the usage became natural or one of those bundles of knobs that you need a cheat sheet for. I want the orange to go with my pumpkin.
No screen, no menu diving and quick muscle memory to learn this thing real quick. My kind of production workflow and without the achey eyes. I’m ordering this thing next week and I can’t wait. So exited. Aha I don’t mind using my phone as a menu screen to delve into it more as my eyes are use to that being on it a lot. Lol
@@coen8531 I kind of returned as the effects strip was fading on the plastic I could of kept but because of my OCD when I get new stuff I want it to keep it looking new as long as possible I was wiping it a bit too hard testing it’s durability but in an obsessive way. I could of kept and accepted it’s ware and just stick some clear tape on the fx strip. One issue I guess that stopped me keeping as well was the 6 patten per project limit or I’d of definitely kept. Was a bit gutted that I got rid of it in a way.
Ah.. that’s unfortunate. I’ve been diagnosed with OCD as well (don’t have fear of contamination), but I do understand how hard it can be. Hopefully you’ve got some gear you can enjoy!
@@coen8531 i do indeed. The new lofi12 xt is an amazing workhorse. And the elekrons which I’m aways hoovering dust off but yeah I love them plus I’m Awaiting for the new sonicware elz1 play to arrive since preordering around April time. But yeah mostly good.
Why? You can still make music without it. Everyone has a phone with a touch screen that is better than any screen yamaha or any other company could ever have.
Looks very intersesting. As i'm a hardware noob, i gotta ask: How would one go about integrating it into the workflow with your conventional DAW? I imagine myself sitting on the couch with the SEQTRACK and out-lining the basic elements of a track, maybe even fine tuning some elements and so on. As i'm a "Bedroom"-Producer that has worked almost exclusively in a DAW, i want to take that "sketch" or concept of the track i made into the DAW to edit, arrange and fully finish it. How would a beginner like me do that? Would you export loops? Stems of individual elements or entire patterns? Also, another question: I can record sounds form my other hardware piece, a synth, into the SEQTRACK, i know that much. Let's say i want to make a basic Tech House track. Would i record a single note from the bass patch i designed on my Synth into the SEQTRACK, then sample it there and build a Bassline from it and program a bassline? Does that work? Because i'm absolutely trerrible at actually playing keyboard, so recording the entire bass line isn't really an option. Also, would there be a way to create a sidechain-compression like / ducking effect "in the box"? A lot of what i make heavily relies on that. Probably with the motion recording, i'd guess? What i find very interesting about devices like this is that i feel like it brings back some of the 80s / 90s style production. Back in the day when everything was hardware based, people couldn't / didn't fine-tune and surgically clean up every single piece of audio in a track. And i feel like that gives a whole different vibe and soundscape.
Obviously taking a style page from the OP-1, but when charging a fraction of the price go for it! It's much more limited but for $300 it's an easy purchase.
Re: External MIDI keyboard control. The problem is that each drum is on it’s own separate MIDI channel. I have an advanced MIDI (DIN cable based) patch bay/processor, the MIDITEMP MT16X, that can split/distribute the input signal to the channels of your choice. I’m sure there are newer (and cheaper) alternatives. Working in the garden, it struck me: Why not make a MIDI-channel-splitter-rerouter-for-the Yamaha-Seqtrack. Small box, no power needed, like the Anatek Pocket Pedals. I would buy one😎 Any takers? I also have a slight problem reading the grey text on the black buttons, (I like Black) when they're not lit up. Just thought this was good to know, before pulling the trigger on this one, Otherwise I'm, so far, very happy with my unit.
“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” and all that - clicky keys from the OP1, sequencer/screenless pages from the OPZ… Looks really good though, love the minimal design and the two colour ways. Agree with a comment earlier that it’s a shame the text strip in the centre isn’t a screen - feels a bit too ‘fixed’ and un-updateable like this. Probably a lot easier to remember than the OPZ though! Wonder if TE will respond with a Field Z….?!
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I'm not a fan of the trend that the OP-1 started. I don't want my musical devices to be fragile pieces of plastic even if there are features exploding out of the minijacks. Oh and the minijacks...I hate them! Give me real MIDI ports! It's like everybody wants to be Apple, but people don't want to use adapters and dongles to interface with the rest of their gear. It's just yet another part that can get lost or broken. I'd gladly take a slightly larger, more rugged design that has all of the appropriate (full-sized) ports. I will at least give them credit for not making me sell my first born to afford one of these the way Teenage Engineering does.
@@unknownmusicman Yeah I know what you mean. To be fair to TE I’m not sure they’re massively concerned about their gear fitting in with other music gear - I think they just make what they wanna make. Some people like it, some don’t. I have the original OP1 and OPZ which I love more for the enjoyment of using them than the sound they output! This new Yamaha looks like it’s trying to do both - decent sound plus some beautiful product design. Definitely won’t be for everyone but can see it finding an audience - like they mention in this video, for people to write sketches and ideas to flesh out later. And maybe that’s enough.
I don't like play button on the side. You always have to hold the unit with your other hand when pressing side button unless they are very easy to press.
If you’re using the sequencer to control an external synth, can the resample feature still be accessed? (Can you grab a sample in real time and assign to a button as a loop?)
I'm honestly pretty impressed by this. Glad Yamaha is getting back into the groove box game.
Still have my Rm1x...and now this, soon.
Hm hm, I rarely use my DX200, so...
@@pontramyou rarely use a 20 year old groovebox? What information exactly do you think that’s relaying?
@@svenmify First I have to note that IMHO the age of such instruments does not correlate negatively with their versatility. If you however allege that differently for gear of the same age or older than DX200, you will stand alone beside a huge number of avid users of said gear. And, though this new Yamaha GB has a lot of functionality, I realize that it has less than some 20- or 30-year-old groovebox from Roland, Novation, Akai, Quasimidi and Yamaha themselves.
What I meant with my comment is, that in terms of usability the DX200 is highly questionable (though on paper great), not shedding a very good light on Yamaha's ability to create versatile machines of that genre. So "Yamaha back in the GB game" is to be taken with a shovel full of salt 😏.
@@pontram I would say that in terms of sound quality, age does indeed not correlate to quality (except when it comes to digital emulation of analog gear, but in this case it’s FM anyway).
The point I was making is that these devices are so far removed from each other in time that it’s most likely entirely different people that made it, they’re not necessarily comparable. Sure they might share some of the same DNA, but not finding much use for one 20 year old device from a company doesn’t necessarily mean you won’t like their new one. Doesn’t mean you will either, I just don’t think it’s an obvious conclusion (which you implied it being by saying “so” and then nothing).
Couldn’t explain this with less words, sorry :)
Honestly, this came out of no where, from all the companies...never would have guessed yamaha would be the one to snatch would be TE customers.
Yamaha started making grooveboxes decades ago, they just haven't made one in a while
@@leftovernoise yes?
Yamaha from the top rope outta nowhere!!
Hooray to the designer! Man... you deserve an applause!
Great to see Yamaha out with something fresh. I get the KO vibes here, which is fantastic to see that the majors are picking up on good ideas (and cannot help but laugh to see terms like "microtiming" -proper Yamaha). Kudos to Oz as well!
Great job Oz, you're a natural in this format.
Great to see Yamaha doing stuff like this.This is right there in the electron model and novation tracks price range,also makes me think that Korg might have a new ekectribe coming soon.
Yes a new electribe would be about time. Still have my ES-1 on my desk. My very first machine.
I bet you this won't arrive broken brand new out of the box. The design of TE with the quality and durability of Yamaha.
Beats the convoluted designs by TE.. and how hard those things are to integrate into a larger setup.. I just got their OOM-16 sequencer for cheap though, and still need to actually put it to work and see how we get along. The seller included a huge PSU forcing me to figure out where to plug it in.. all my power strips are populated by wallwarts and cables already.
It was only a matter of time. TE is so innovative and make such beautiful products, but companies that focus more on quality than beauty just need to follow their lead and produce durable production copies of their products. Using SMD and micro computing technology, high volume production of these products is actually quite cheap to produce at high quality.
@@BenSudo-np7wg never even seen one of those before lol. I agree the design is better here. Straightforward and plain. I feel too many of TE's products are cryptic and once you read the manual decoding the symbols you can use it. Unnecessary hipster stuff.
@@playeveryday01 It's a tiny 4-track CV/Gate sequencer. I am trying to get it to trigger my Syncussion.. need to find more info online to program a sequence into it. The POM-400 and 170 are also very interesting albeit are reported to be rather fragile by some. Worth looking at Distrox I think that's his name) videos on those. TE is blowing out all that gear right now but I can't afford everything. The ST packs a lot of useful punch for the $$. The TE POMs are straight-up modulars that look great and sound great to my ears.
When I bought my Yamaha YC61, it came with stuck keys and hard to press keys on the upper half of the keyboard, and two switches on the interface where not operable. Went to the store for an exchange, and the second unit had similar problems. The third (and last that they had in stock) was OK. Apparently no quality control at all, if even basic things like keys and switches do not work.
Looks incredible. Would love if they allowed you to bounce all of the channels as stems for a daw. Mixing all of the stems in Ableton is a bit more ideal if using this as a sketching tool.
I guess no reason you couldn't record solo channels into your DAW to achieve the same result. Bit more time consuming, but not impossible.
It seems you connect via USB Audio and print all stems to tracks in your DAW in one go 🤷♂️ not ideal considering Ableton projects can be exported these days.
In the video it says 'audio recording via usb-c'
I don't think it's sophisticated enough to be spitting out multi-track, but I don't know about through the app. Will tell you soon!
If Roland can do it with the TR-9 and TR-8 which are tiny by comparison I see no reason why Yamaha can't deliver an update making separate audio channels over USB possible. I ordered the SeqTrak to go with my SixTrak but the consolidated audio out is a huge bone to pick indeed. And I may have to wait until I get it in my hands to find out if it can drive other instruments since there aren't any videos showing that it can. Nor do I understand if the internal synth and the DX can be edited in some way, if not inside the box, then at least via the software.. otoh it's not nearly as abstruse as the OP-6 - and it has at least rudimentary MIDI and audio implementation, unlike the OP-6 where you have to buy dongles to get those functions.
@@BenSudo-np7wg this will be my first groovebox, so I'll probably be easier to please, but it does sound like a super useful feature. I am pretty sure that the synths are deeply editable from the app. Watched all the vids on YT now. There is a British guy doing good demos
With the app it has a lot of potential to compete with stand alone sequencers, that coupled with everything else makes it great value. Ill wait for other review's before purchase
I have full desk of Elektron boxes and other stuff, but this is a very cool device!
Shane is very caring of his people extremely loquacious and articulated, none the less quite intelligent, a leader. Cheers.
Another beautiful device with a mystery for an interface
Jack is cool, but you're also a joy to watch. Thanks so much mate, cool instrument
Thanks!!❤
By far the most interesting groovebox-type product I’ve seen in quite a while. Stunning design, massive feature list, great sounds, and totally unexpected cool features like the visualizer. This is how it’s done! Well done, Yamaha. Ball’s in your court, Roland! 🔥
Just need to have kinda sample editing using the app or by ear using auto choppiing
@@alexiwiedemann Let's hope they keep throwing us updates like Arturia is doing for the Microfreak. Sample editing would be a great thing to have on board, as well as multi-track recording over USB. I'd love to be able to tweak the individual tracks ITB.
The Visualizer looks like a Grand Slam to me. Total Game changer. Wonder how many other companies will try to emulate that now.
YES! Been holding off on buying a Wavestate for years because I only wanted a module.
buy the wavestate too you will love it!
1000 thanks to Yamaha's team for this! Please keep this project up! personally is the device i would like to have! A blind keyboard player!
Thanks for a proper MIDI implementation and documentation - I just looked up the manual and it includes everything I need, it's not like some of the 5-page-flyer a fancy Kickstarter project would consider "a manual" 😅
there is no midi out...
yes there is,,,, included adapter with midi in/out DIN connections in the box @@BASILEMOJO
To be honest this seems really good value for money from Yamaha which do release quite expensive products. Quite impressed.
Very cool! Wish I was big-brained enough to ever make use of these minimal-interface units lol. Always impressed by the non-ADD types that can really study and understand all the features and button combinations.
Helps when your hyperfixation is minimalist blooping boxes.
-ADHD Type
least this has a lot of visual feedback
I haven't watched the full video just yet, but you can connect your iOS device to it, and it has a live visual manual that interactively changes and shows you what the buttons you're pressing do
My ADD means the only thing I can do competently is use things like this.
@@DominicMGeehan I need "my hyperfixation is blooping boxes" on a tshirt 😂
Waiting for Roland’s answer. Been wanting a jdxi 2 for years now. Mc101 was almost there but the hardware fell a bit short wasn’t exactly fun to sequence on. Sh4d is cool but a bit big. Also wish they’d bring back the Roland sound canvas for our video game nerds in boutique form.
as for gripes with this. I wish every track after the 7 drum tracks could be selectable between synth, dx, or sample, instead of hard assigned. Or preset sound switchable per pattern how the mc101 tracks are. 1 track can be multiple sounds. I'll probably never use the sample track bc i have an op1 but still really cool. My portable synth collection is growing. Can't wait to see if akai makes one!
Agreed
agreed but love my SH-4d
@@SonicVibe lol same. I have one parked on my desk. its the best thing the've made in a while. especially for techno and sound designing with knob per function and menus that aren't too crazy annoying like their flagship synths and stuff.
@@Max10_B agreed I was sad no song mode or unquantized but after I used it a bit it was really no big deal I build songs with the mutes and the drum machine is pretty good on its own and love the synth sounds and visual arpeggio I even like the key buttons
My most missed feature device was chord designer though. on the mc707 they really nailed it. I made my best tunes on it bc of it. You could dial in random chords and save them to a pad and not worry about theory so much so i got way better ideas once i randomly loaded in 10+ chords I liked and noodled to find a progression. kinda like sampling but with chord progressions
Thumbs up for Mr. Oz! Doom metal and Techno, best regards from Germany!
Anything with horrid noises is right up my street! Cheers!🖤
Decent size without being too small!
Good point, makes it more useable and accessible. I wish TE would take note
With an absolute legend that is Sappo
Great review! Does the sampler have variable speed playback?
OK looks like the sampler has pitch, at least in the software UI 👍
@@MM-ib6qh but nothing about sample editing, chopping and assigning to keys. Looks more like a samples as one shots than a real sampler like polyend tracker or ep-133 and the big ones like sp 404, akais or maschine
Love it, OG in the house, thank you Yamaha.
I wonder how project switching works. If you’re doing a set, is there a long load time between changing songs?
it's also very powerful and really really cool ;)
Multiple key combinations and no screen.
It is ticking all the world’s most hated audio tools boxes.
Can't wait to see it end up in a Bad Gear episode.
The screen is any device you already have. You can use your phone, ipad, computer...whatever
exacxtly .. andriod phone or tablet, iphone phone or tablet, mac or windows pc... FREE program to manage/edit @@noisetheorem
@@noisetheoremSo what's the point of this if I can just use a computer with Ableton or any other DAW?
A surface control?
There are way better and cheaper alternatives then.
@@DonLuca27 some people don't want to sit behind a desk after a day at the office
I'm so excited for this. I only just started fiddling around with music production and this will be my first piece kd hardware. I just barely missed the window for an EP-133 (for better or worse). But with this en route i feel like I can patiently wait for T.E. to iron out their hardware issues while also benefiting from actual hands on practice.
If only my poor eyesight could handle the lettering on the white and orange model 😭
At least there won't be any reports of failing faders on the Yamaha.. since it doesn't have any.
I'm buying this just so I can play with the dancing crocodile!
Tell Yamaha they've got ANOTHER SALE!!
It sounds great. But the user interface seems to hinder the flow when you often need to combi-press and double-press.
Cool little machine, but I get confused about connectivity. If I want to play one of these live standalone without a laptop. Is the headphone output the only way to connect to a mixer? and if I connect a midi controller to the USB port, you'd have to rely on battery power?
Aarh yeah, you'd need a mixer. You can get some pretty small ones for not so much that are still portable. And then a cable that goes from 1 small stereo jack to 2 mono ones, unless the mixer supports small stereo input.
But, I don't think that it would make any sense with headphones anyways actually, since the unit physically would need to have a dedicated output, that you could que tracks to. And this unit doesn't. But sure, if you'd want to have 2× Seqtrak for a dj-ing kind of thing, then a mixer with the function to only send the signal of one of the units at a time to the headphones out on the mixer, while also being muted from the mains would be ideal. Maybe if the mixer has an alternative output, or if you'd use a pair of auxes as the mains out, and using the sends to fade in and out. But then the mixer would probably not be one of the smallest.
I guess you could get a USB adapter with multiple ins. Not sure if the unit could handle that though. Else you'd have to go with the regular small midi input. Might be some adapters for that.
But yeah, for live usage it seems you'd need several solutions to get the most out of it. But it is a quite affordable unit that can do quite a lot.
it’s really nice. well done. please per track stem export tho. it’s really nice tho, awesome job yamahuh
Got mine. Incredibly addictive.
Impeccable presentation. I will buy this
Yeah dude keep em coming! Loving the videos, anything to do with the app (and specifically samples) is most appreciated 🔥🙏🏽👍🏽
I want to hear the synths and know how much I can change them? Also can you make tones from scratch
Excellent presenter.
Can’t wait for this to be on Badgear channel 😊
"At first glance this is ticking all the boxes"
@@chrisdavies9143 what about samples editing? Chopping and assigning chops to keys/“pad”. This is my only unticked box
Can you integrate it Witt your DAW? It seems great
Interesting to hear sounds from the synth engine in it
The OP-z grew up so fast 😋
But honestly, it looks quite nice. Would have liked a keyboard layout though
An excellent, so thought through instrument. They dropped the screen for more control hands on. More knobs makes it so much more joyful to work with. Also the led system showing values on the right feels really smart.
A lot of instrument for the money. I would like to see more daw midi tracking with it though. How to use it as a soundmodule.
Yeah I’m actually considering getting it as a sound module (for my dawless setup). I don’t need it since I’ve got a syntakt, digitone and mc707, so plenty of sounds at my disposal already. But we all know that pesky acronym don’t we?
@@svenmify Yeah but now you also get video capabilities !
@@BenSudo-np7wg tbh, I think that’s a cool feature. I don’t usually share my music (or finish it lol, never happy with the mix etc). But if I did, it’s nice to be able to upload to YT with some visualisations. Not sure how well that would work if I use a different sequencer tho. Guess I’ll find out at some point
@@svenmify Been trying to make the program work with other synths via MIDI but no success.. will have to wait until Tuesday when my SeqTrak arrives. That said, you can sync the ST to a DAW or even vice versa and that will give you the benefits of all 3 worlds: The DAW and whatever gear or plugins and efx you own, the SeqTrak itself and all of it complemented by the Visualizer.. it was the selling point for me. You can even import your own images and videos.
Best thing Yamaha have made since the rm1x
So..motif level acoustic sampled instruments?
YAMAHA went all in the Torso T-1 idea of user interface
would like to see a side by side comparison between this and the op-z
Will indeed be one of my first videos 👍🏾
I think we'll see a lot of these soon
@@KptnHaddock_ definitely
Specially sample editing
Looks like a device straight out of Star Wars!
I like the orange and light grey one. Also without the screen, with the buttons on the side and mic/speaker, it kind of gives me diktaohone vibes, which I like.
Overall I really like the UI and design of this unit :)
is it possible to adjust the brightness of the LED backlights?
Yamaha knows what's up... grooveboxes may not be their main thing, but they know how to make high quality instruments for very reasonable prices. I'm mostly a guitarist (wanna-be synthesist) and I have a Revstar II... while I also have a Telecaster and a Flying V, I'll be damned if I don't end up reaching for that Revstar all the time. Oh and I have one of their portable amps too - a THR30-II - and I freaking love that thing!
It might be an odd comparison to bring up their success in the guitar realm, but just to say, I'm becoming more and more of a Yamaha man and I'm def watching this one!
Nice little scratch pad, with great feature, well thought out and limitations, which all good instruments should and do have.
I've got to book a session with Sappo this year differently but it's great to see a real producer/engineer do a demonstration of DnB on a new product like the Yamaha Seqtrak. Never mind Jack. Better bring Sappo back another time lol.
Big up Sappo!💡🎥🎬🎤🕺🏿
reminds me of the electribe2 16 tracks, any combination of drums and synths, sampling, screen, effects, step time, real-time and on and on... and when you're done export to Ableton.
BRAVO YAMAHA.... Bravo!!!!!
It looks so similar to my IK Uno Drum machine the way it works . This looks a great upgrade to follow
Does it have time stretching and pitch shifting for the samples?
I doubt it's going to replace my Mpc mate
Looking for something like that. At least like you have on the ep-133
😂😂😂
Thats really nice yamaha
wicked!
Seems good and it's got eleven parts per track. Pretty decent!
Wicked!
Oz unleashed 😎 350 clams for this is pretty decent. Teenage Engineering should learn from this. Agree a screen would have been great.
Great take, What is the gear behind you? Looks like maybe an old Yamaha or pioneer integrated amp but can’t tell.
Vinyl rig
Time to trade in the EP-133.
I'm glad I cancled my KO2 order when all the problems came out.
Atleast with Yamaha you can expect a somewhat reliable quality
Still missing sample editing here on this device vs ep-133
Woah! Looks dope
Yamaha definitely put a lot stuff into it. My head hurts from all the options and no display. Only time will tell if the usage became natural or one of those bundles of knobs that you need a cheat sheet for. I want the orange to go with my pumpkin.
No screen, no menu diving and quick muscle memory to learn this thing real quick. My kind of production workflow and without the achey eyes. I’m ordering this thing next week and I can’t wait. So exited. Aha I don’t mind using my phone as a menu screen to delve into it more as my eyes are use to that being on it a lot. Lol
And do you like it so far?
@@coen8531 I kind of returned as the effects strip was fading on the plastic I could of kept but because of my OCD when I get new stuff I want it to keep it looking new as long as possible I was wiping it a bit too hard testing it’s durability but in an obsessive way. I could of kept and accepted it’s ware and just stick some clear tape on the fx strip. One issue I guess that stopped me keeping as well was the 6 patten per project limit or I’d of definitely kept. Was a bit gutted that I got rid of it in a way.
Ah.. that’s unfortunate. I’ve been diagnosed with OCD as well (don’t have fear of contamination), but I do understand how hard it can be. Hopefully you’ve got some gear you can enjoy!
@@coen8531 i do indeed. The new lofi12 xt is an amazing workhorse. And the elekrons which I’m aways hoovering dust off but yeah I love them plus I’m Awaiting for the new sonicware elz1 play to arrive since preordering around April time. But yeah mostly good.
@@lbarnett748😂😂😂
i would have preferred a screen instead of the speaker... for sample editing and all that good stuff otherwise pretty cool...
I think this they were going after the TE OP-Z, but if it does well they might make a full fat one with a screen and extra features that's like $799.
Why? You can still make music without it. Everyone has a phone with a touch screen that is better than any screen yamaha or any other company could ever have.
Get a 2nd hand iPad and mount it to it easy
na, too clunky the little speaker is useless, would have been nice with option to use .
@@michaelmarchei8539
Is it a TE spoof?
Will there be sound packs for this? Couldn’t find any info on that.
Looks interesting. Does it have an APP that can be used on iOS etc?
yup
not to mention: this is really powerfull ;)
so 8 voices on fm and 128 on the synth engine. Does it have polyphony on samples?
This looks dope!
Amazing. A bigger version with a fill width display please (a bit like Ableton Push 3)…
To edit samples and chopping 🤗🤤
Looks very intersesting.
As i'm a hardware noob, i gotta ask:
How would one go about integrating it into the workflow with your conventional DAW?
I imagine myself sitting on the couch with the SEQTRACK and out-lining the basic elements of a track, maybe even fine tuning some elements and so on.
As i'm a "Bedroom"-Producer that has worked almost exclusively in a DAW, i want to take that "sketch" or concept of the track i made into the DAW to edit, arrange and fully finish it.
How would a beginner like me do that? Would you export loops? Stems of individual elements or entire patterns?
Also, another question:
I can record sounds form my other hardware piece, a synth, into the SEQTRACK, i know that much.
Let's say i want to make a basic Tech House track. Would i record a single note from the bass patch i designed on my Synth into the SEQTRACK, then sample it there and build a Bassline from it and program a bassline? Does that work? Because i'm absolutely trerrible at actually playing keyboard, so recording the entire bass line isn't really an option.
Also, would there be a way to create a sidechain-compression like / ducking effect "in the box"? A lot of what i make heavily relies on that. Probably with the motion recording, i'd guess?
What i find very interesting about devices like this is that i feel like it brings back some of the 80s / 90s style production. Back in the day when everything was hardware based, people couldn't / didn't fine-tune and surgically clean up every single piece of audio in a track. And i feel like that gives a whole different vibe and soundscape.
Well it is kinda Ableton style sequencer there?
That's pretty cool innit
Are there cv in and outs ?
Unlikely
Sappo legend.
Can you record your guitar licks into it for a mix as well?
Obviously taking a style page from the OP-1, but when charging a fraction of the price go for it! It's much more limited but for $300 it's an easy purchase.
Ahahahahaha... "I've been quite of a Jedi on it!"
My seqtrack keeps playing a note when connected as slave over midi,even when I stop it,how do I fix this?thanks
This actually seems really cool...
So, when will we be expexcting a Behringer version?
The roland version teenage engineer version the akai version the native instrument version and a korg version and a moog version would be killer
when is this releasing?
available now.. should ship in a few days
Evolution of the DJX - Nice one!
Very powerful
Re: External MIDI keyboard control.
The problem is that each drum is on it’s own separate MIDI channel.
I have an advanced MIDI (DIN cable based) patch bay/processor,
the MIDITEMP MT16X, that can split/distribute
the input signal to the channels of your choice.
I’m sure there are newer (and cheaper) alternatives.
Working in the garden, it struck me:
Why not make a MIDI-channel-splitter-rerouter-for-the Yamaha-Seqtrack.
Small box, no power needed, like the Anatek Pocket Pedals.
I would buy one😎
Any takers?
I also have a slight problem
reading the grey text on the black buttons,
(I like Black) when they're not lit up.
Just thought this was good to know,
before pulling the trigger on this one,
Otherwise I'm, so far, very happy with my unit.
This is what OP-Z should have been from the very beginning
Má to baterky? Funguje to bez kompu?
“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” and all that - clicky keys from the OP1, sequencer/screenless pages from the OPZ…
Looks really good though, love the minimal design and the two colour ways.
Agree with a comment earlier that it’s a shame the text strip in the centre isn’t a screen - feels a bit too ‘fixed’ and un-updateable like this. Probably a lot easier to remember than the OPZ though!
Wonder if TE will respond with a Field Z….?!
Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I'm not a fan of the trend that the OP-1 started. I don't want my musical devices to be fragile pieces of plastic even if there are features exploding out of the minijacks. Oh and the minijacks...I hate them! Give me real MIDI ports! It's like everybody wants to be Apple, but people don't want to use adapters and dongles to interface with the rest of their gear. It's just yet another part that can get lost or broken. I'd gladly take a slightly larger, more rugged design that has all of the appropriate (full-sized) ports. I will at least give them credit for not making me sell my first born to afford one of these the way Teenage Engineering does.
@@unknownmusicman Yeah I know what you mean. To be fair to TE I’m not sure they’re massively concerned about their gear fitting in with other music gear - I think they just make what they wanna make. Some people like it, some don’t.
I have the original OP1 and OPZ which I love more for the enjoyment of using them than the sound they output!
This new Yamaha looks like it’s trying to do both - decent sound plus some beautiful product design. Definitely won’t be for everyone but can see it finding an audience - like they mention in this video, for people to write sketches and ideas to flesh out later. And maybe that’s enough.
I don't like play button on the side. You always have to hold the unit with your other hand when pressing side button unless they are very easy to press.
Yeah the side buttons are definitely gonna be this things biggest problem
take a drink everytime bruh says 'cool'
Or 'wicked'.
Is the black Yamaha tag sticking out from back of unit just a branded SD card?
If you’re using the sequencer to control an external synth, can the resample feature still be accessed? (Can you grab a sample in real time and assign to a button as a loop?)
Ill just have to buy both of em