LISTEN TO GHOSTsTALKER - SYMBOLISM EP (2019) CREATED ENTIRELY WITH THE ROLAND JD-Xi & ELECTRIC GUITARS: ghoststalker.bandcamp.com/album/symbolism-ep-2019
my god is this the only proper video out there for making songs for the JDXI beginner. It baffles me how other jdxi tutorials failed to do this? THANK YOU!
I don't usually comment on youtube, but after sifting through a ton of videos that just are not very clear. I love the way you explain it in normal speak, at the end of the day some of us are musicians and not sound engineers!! Thanks so much this is fantastic!
I picked one up that's in excellent condition from my buddy for $200 and I'm excited to learn how to use it! I'm a drummer and I got a Roland TD-11K V-pad set and I fell in love with Roland ever since.
So I've had mine a few months now, and it's definitely my favorite. I got a JD-XA I like this so much. I might go as far as saying this X1 has become my favorite synth, and I have a lot of them...but this is the one ALWAYS play (even if for a few moments) when I'm in my studio. I LOVE it. This (and the XA) are the only two synths I own where I can make a true Dubstep beat soup to nuts (I don't use a DAW) so it's great not having to transfer everything over to a work station and then sequence it etc. On a side note I got the Microkorg over this as most people recommended it over the JD-X1. Listen, I love my Microkorg it's a lot of fun, blah blah blah. But it cannot even be compared to this. It ETHERS that the Microkorg in every single category. Not even a close. So if any of you don't like using DAWs., start with this, or the Yamaha MX. Trust me. I'm getting that FA next.
Just bought this, and as a guitarist, I was a bit lost to say the least. Watched a few YT tutorials, and they all left out certain steps - Luckily, I found yours', and it's just what I needed! I can now get started, and learn more as I go. Cheers.
That's awesome! I'm a guitar player as well and been trying to combine guitar parts with the JD Xi. My next piece of gear I'm thinking about getting is the Ditto x4 looper because you can send a MIDI sync to it, so when you loop a guitar part it lines up with your JD Xi loops. Traditional loopers without midi sync get off time by a millisecond. I did some experimenting on this video here: th-cam.com/video/rIEFYlVBzLU/w-d-xo.html
As a complete newbie, this was fantastic! You explained everything in simple terms, easy to understand. im probably going to listen to this a couple of times and make some notes too. I'm ordering my unit tomorrow!
@@ghoststalkermusic Hey Joey, Thanks again! I have my JD-XI and was able to create this whole piece plus some this afternoon. Hope you'll do more of these soon!
Awesome!! You've cinched my decision to get this little guy. (Echoing a lot of comments below.) Sweetwater is still selling this new in 2023. Although inflation is causing it to be listed at $599. I can probably talk them into knocking off a hundred bucks.
Hey, I saw someone comment on another video about the Tone edit menu. It is in the menu on this synth and there are a vast variety of extra controls to manipulate sound with there if anyone is interested. It is a little overwhelming tho as there is A TON more parameters than I originally had thought.
Holy shit this is the for "dummies" intro I needed. Helped me learn how to properly sequence drums. The sequence/looping parts was great too. I use pro tools so I'll probably compose and write to a sequenced beat and dub the other parts, throw guitar and voice in when needed. I've watched loads of videos and read the shitty manual and this 16 min video is by far the best. Thank you sir! Liked and subbed for doing the GAT DANG job other youtubers failed to do.
Fantastic tutorial my brother. I've only had this a few days but thanks to you I was up and running in no time and creating some mean beats (which I uploaded on my channel)
Before this video I was so confused by stupid professional to teach me to use This Roland......press tumb down and you are just so intelligent and the tutorial is so inderstanble......thank you I saw and I will see all your video to support you I hope to see more be this fantastic device by Roland
Very good tutorial!!! So easy to create music. And when you're finished with your four tracks, you can start wishing there were four more... I quess you could just buy another JDXI! Or record tracks one by one into a portastudio, that's another way of "getting past" having just four tracks. For some applications, four is enough of course. Seems like a great little machine, the JD XI. I know of no other mini synth that can do what it does.
One thing i noticed about copying programs...when i copy programs i find i have less control over muting parts across repetitions. Parts which i mute always turn back on when it comes back to the 1. Even when i make changes to the copied pattern. Ive found that copying the sound only and just recreating the pattern on the next program allows me more control after i save it. Also, whenever you save a change to a program, you must have the fav button off and you have to reassign the program to that favorite. This will ensure your changes will be there! Thats been my experience.
thats why the jdxi is only a beginner synth, not much you can do about it. It is limited to its options when performing on the fly. Maybe time to extend ;)
@@ghoststalkermusic one thing I can't figure out thou is when you create a song with 3 or 4 sequences to the song.....I have seen people with them lined up on the first 3 or 4 buttons on the bank of 16.....how they assign each sequence to those buttons...how it's done...so confused
@@ghoststalkermusic you are a star....that is exactly what I needed....I couldn't figure it out from the manual...the manual is rubbish....thanks so much for your help 😁
Hello nice video, is it possible to build up odd tempos in the patterns length for exame 7/8 or 11/8 ? And can you modulate the sound of the snare for example using effects or changing the way it sounds out ?
Yo thanks! Appreciate that. I always feel like I could've filmed it a lot better, articulated my words better, and the list goes on and on. But inspiration hit and I just had to record whatever came out. I have a live stream set up now and will be doing mainly JD Xi workshops on this channel so I put more videos out there and stop over thinking. Cheers!
@@ghoststalkermusic do you know anything about using it with the DAW Cake Walk? That’s what I’m currently using and I’m pretty sure it will be fine with a usb to my pc but maybe you had any insight
@@jacobm3728 there is no way to export anything out of thd jdxi as a wav file. You pretty much can only record the output audio into a daw. You can connect it via usb and use it as a midi controller.
Hey, awesome video! I am pretty new to my new found love for synths, What did you use for audio on your synth? Did you plug it into a computer or an audio interface?
great explanation on how to start on jd-xi, ty sir GHOSTsTALKER I would love to see the process of creating known songs or tunes on this synth; as others mention in comments it is pretty overwhelming for noobs like me 🐵
You can only really do Patterns...rather than complete songs...ie: intro, verse, chorus, mid 8, verse...etc etc...if that is what you mean...jdxi and synths like it are only really Sketch Pads and not real sequencers
Can you also record and save more melodies... you have a nice melodie... but maybe you want to have more varations.... maybe you make a song with refrain and bridge.... you know what I mean?! So could you do that with the machine and also do that it comes right in order with the rythm... so after melodie 1 comes melodie 2... but without delay - all stays in rythm.... possible?
Thanks for your response. With the arpeggiator I changed some of the settings through menu and scrolled across to arpeggiator and changed the octave range to +1. I then have tried to do a base line similar to say Blue Monday FCDGCD and I reduced the tempo down as it was too fast, however when I played the rest of the tracks they were also reduced in tempo which I did not want. Is there a way for just the base to stay at one tempo using the arpeggiator while the rest of the tracks keep the same tempo?
@@nsera9462 To my knowledge there isn't a way to change the tempo for individual voices. Whenever you change the tempo knob it will change the tempo for all voices. For what you are trying to do you might have better results programing the bassline with the sequence mode or real time recording mode. I think by default the arpeggiator hits 16th notes, where the bassline for Blue Monday hits on 8th notes.
It's kept me from buying any other synths. For a complete beginner that is worried about price I would recommend the 'Akai Mpk mini Play' It has built in sounds + speaker and can work as a midi keyboard connected via usb.
@@gerthelberg4922 if you aren't worried about price then the jdxi is a great investment. I don't have any experience with anything else. The only other gear I have is a sp 404 sampler used for lofi hip hop beats I make for fun.
Great tutorial, thank you! Can you (or anyone) tell me what the "seq" bank is supposed to do? It's the bank situated between the Brass and FX selections on the big round wheel. Is that selection supposed to play phrases???? My JD-Xi does nothing... I can hear a sound being played, but it does not play any sequence or phrases. PLEASE HELP!
It does not play sequences. It's a collection of voices just like any other option on the wheel. They are mostly short stabby voices which work great with arpeggio parts.
Is there any possible way to do this with a verse chorus bridge etc on say something in this price range , jdxi ,mikfomorg etc I’m primarily a guitarist too
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LISTEN TO GHOSTsTALKER - SYMBOLISM EP (2019) CREATED ENTIRELY WITH THE ROLAND JD-Xi & ELECTRIC GUITARS:
ghoststalker.bandcamp.com/album/symbolism-ep-2019
Finally! A tutorial for people who are actually starting out. Thanks!
my god is this the only proper video out there for making songs for the JDXI beginner. It baffles me how other jdxi tutorials failed to do this? THANK YOU!
I was baffled too haha
I don't usually comment on youtube, but after sifting through a ton of videos that just are not very clear. I love the way you explain it in normal speak, at the end of the day some of us are musicians and not sound engineers!! Thanks so much this is fantastic!
Amazing!
I picked one up that's in excellent condition from my buddy for $200 and I'm excited to learn how to use it! I'm a drummer and I got a Roland TD-11K V-pad set and I fell in love with Roland ever since.
That's amazing. It's a great piece of gear to jam along to with drums! Also $200 is an incredible deal.
Yes thanks this is the only video I've found that is dedicated to how to put a song together
Finally got me making music rather than just staring at it.....thans
That's awesome. Can't wait to hear what you make!
So I've had mine a few months now, and it's definitely my favorite. I got a JD-XA I like this so much. I might go as far as saying this X1 has become my favorite synth, and I have a lot of them...but this is the one ALWAYS play (even if for a few moments) when I'm in my studio. I LOVE it. This (and the XA) are the only two synths I own where I can make a true Dubstep beat soup to nuts (I don't use a DAW) so it's great not having to transfer everything over to a work station and then sequence it etc.
On a side note I got the Microkorg over this as most people recommended it over the JD-X1.
Listen, I love my Microkorg it's a lot of fun, blah blah blah. But it cannot even be compared to this. It ETHERS that the Microkorg in every single category. Not even a close. So if any of you don't like using DAWs., start with this, or the Yamaha MX. Trust me. I'm getting that FA next.
This is excellent. Thanks so much for making something entry level.
Got my JDXI today, and now I know how to get started. Thanks.
I just bought mine and really this was the video what I needed. I watched tremendous amount of videos, but nothing for beginners. So thank you!
Awesome. Glad it was helpful!
You fucking rock thank you so much. Saved me HOURS. First synth. Just picked it up.
That's great to hear! It's my first (and only) synth too. I hope you have a lot of fun creating on it.
Just bought this, and as a guitarist, I was a bit lost to say the least. Watched a few YT tutorials, and they all left out certain steps - Luckily, I found yours', and it's just what I needed! I can now get started, and learn more as I go. Cheers.
That's awesome! I'm a guitar player as well and been trying to combine guitar parts with the JD Xi. My next piece of gear I'm thinking about getting is the Ditto x4 looper because you can send a MIDI sync to it, so when you loop a guitar part it lines up with your JD Xi loops. Traditional loopers without midi sync get off time by a millisecond. I did some experimenting on this video here: th-cam.com/video/rIEFYlVBzLU/w-d-xo.html
As a complete newbie, this was fantastic! You explained everything in simple terms, easy to understand. im probably going to listen to this a couple of times and make some notes too. I'm ordering my unit tomorrow!
Thanks for the kind feedback! You're going to have a lot of fun with JDXi.
@@ghoststalkermusic Hey Joey, Thanks again! I have my JD-XI and was able to create this whole piece plus some this afternoon. Hope you'll do more of these soon!
Awesome!! You've cinched my decision to get this little guy. (Echoing a lot of comments below.) Sweetwater is still selling this new in 2023. Although inflation is causing it to be listed at $599. I can probably talk them into knocking off a hundred bucks.
Hey, I saw someone comment on another video about the Tone edit menu. It is in the menu on this synth and there are a vast variety of extra controls to manipulate sound with there if anyone is interested. It is a little overwhelming tho as there is A TON more parameters than I originally had thought.
Holy shit this is the for "dummies" intro I needed. Helped me learn how to properly sequence drums. The sequence/looping parts was great too. I use pro tools so I'll probably compose and write to a sequenced beat and dub the other parts, throw guitar and voice in when needed. I've watched loads of videos and read the shitty manual and this 16 min video is by far the best. Thank you sir! Liked and subbed for doing the GAT DANG job other youtubers failed to do.
Hell yeah! I appreciate that. Excited for ya!
Just bought a jd-xi and this video makes it so easy to get started. Thank you.
That's awesome! Glad the video was helpful.
Fantastic tutorial my brother. I've only had this a few days but thanks to you I was up and running in no time and creating some mean beats (which I uploaded on my channel)
Just got this yesterday.. Roland manuals suck.. your video helped big time!.. thanks man!
Thank you,much appreciated---that eased some pain in the membrane!
Glad it helped!
Before this video I was so confused by stupid professional to teach me to use This Roland......press tumb down and you are just so intelligent and the tutorial is so inderstanble......thank you I saw and I will see all your video to support you I hope to see more be this fantastic device by Roland
Thanks for the kind words. I'm glad the video has been helpful. Before I created I was frustrated with most of the videos I was coming across as well.
Best tutorial, especially for setting drums
Excellent video !!!!
A must for every newbie for this amazing little giant.
This was awesome! I just picked this up yesterday and this was really helpful. And the song you made was really good too lol
Wow a proper demo brilliant job
Great vid on jdxi fundamentals.Just got mine, so this vid is invaluable. Big thankyou..
Dude this video is awesome.
GREAT TUTORIL .. I HAVE THIS ON MY RADAR OF SYNTHS TO PURCHASE
Very good tutorial!!! So easy to create music. And when you're finished with your four tracks, you can start wishing there were four more... I quess you could just buy another JDXI! Or record tracks one by one into a portastudio, that's another way of "getting past" having just four tracks. For some applications, four is enough of course. Seems like a great little machine, the JD XI. I know of no other mini synth that can do what it does.
One thing i noticed about copying programs...when i copy programs i find i have less control over muting parts across repetitions. Parts which i mute always turn back on when it comes back to the 1. Even when i make changes to the copied pattern. Ive found that copying the sound only and just recreating the pattern on the next program allows me more control after i save it. Also, whenever you save a change to a program, you must have the fav button off and you have to reassign the program to that favorite. This will ensure your changes will be there! Thats been my experience.
thats why the jdxi is only a beginner synth, not much you can do about it. It is limited to its options when performing on the fly. Maybe time to extend ;)
@@sebastiandemske3934 got any recommendations for any other gear youve used with a jdxi?
Fantastic tutorial, thank you so much... Have a listen to Your silent Face by New Order!!
Hi thanks for the video. Really helpful. When I get it out of the box NOW I will know where to start!
Look forward to you next tutorial
This has been so helpful to get me going on the jd xi....been waiting so long to get one finally I got a nearly new one for 265 quid on ebay
That's a killer deal. Glad the video was helpful!
@@ghoststalkermusic one thing I can't figure out thou is when you create a song with 3 or 4 sequences to the song.....I have seen people with them lined up on the first 3 or 4 buttons on the bank of 16.....how they assign each sequence to those buttons...how it's done...so confused
@@davegill7614 they are using the 'favorites' feature. If that helps you get in the right direction.
@@davegill7614 th-cam.com/video/HFvKRqzUi0Y/w-d-xo.html
@@ghoststalkermusic you are a star....that is exactly what I needed....I couldn't figure it out from the manual...the manual is rubbish....thanks so much for your help 😁
Truly excellent demo video - thanks!
Seq228 patch with mod wheel at 30% on JDXi sounds exactly like Gary Numan's Polymoogs on "Cars".
I am def going to give this a try. I am a Numanoid after all.
Yes, also sounds like something Phillip Glass used in Thin Blue Line.
This is exactly what I was looking for.
Awesome!
thank you for this video lmao, lays out everything very simply in a super useful way that a lot of people just don't do
thanks I just pick one up and you have explained it so very well that I think I kinda understand... I am ready to try it out thanks again!
That's great! I'm glad the video was helpful. What I went over is only the tip of the iceberg of what it can do.
Finally watching this video with the synth in hand
There comes a time where you must close your eyes and use the Force.
@@ghoststalkermusic hellllll yaaaa. i keep having something going and then i switch banks on accident and then its gone lol
@@jacobm3728 that's the worst. Still make that mistake some times.
@@ghoststalkermusic do you have like Spotify or anything where I can find a lot of your music?
@@jacobm3728 I'm slowly building my catalog here:
open.spotify.com/artist/2ohOhxiArMG2QinDNOP1q7?nd=1
This is a damn good tutorial, and a damn good piece of kit. thank you so much!
Thanks! I feel like I watched so many good and bad JDXi tutorials and needed to make one that covered the really important things in under 20min.
Nice job on this video! Thank you
Excellent video! Much better than powering through the manuals.
I've powered through the manuals and so many garbage tutorials so others dont have to suffer like I did. Glad it was helpful!
Excellent. Tutorial for beginners...just what I needed.
Thanks for making this very helpful video. Much appreciated
Glad it was helpful!
Hello nice video, is it possible to build up odd tempos in the patterns length for exame 7/8 or 11/8 ? And can you modulate the sound of the snare for example using effects or changing the way it sounds out ?
I love this video. Idk how many times I’ve watched it
Yo thanks! Appreciate that. I always feel like I could've filmed it a lot better, articulated my words better, and the list goes on and on. But inspiration hit and I just had to record whatever came out.
I have a live stream set up now and will be doing mainly JD Xi workshops on this channel so I put more videos out there and stop over thinking. Cheers!
@@ghoststalkermusic for sure I’ll try to pop in next time you are live streaming. I’m about to buy a jdxi
@@jacobm3728 awesome! It is well worth the investment.
@@ghoststalkermusic do you know anything about using it with the DAW Cake Walk? That’s what I’m currently using and I’m pretty sure it will be fine with a usb to my pc but maybe you had any insight
@@jacobm3728 there is no way to export anything out of thd jdxi as a wav file. You pretty much can only record the output audio into a daw.
You can connect it via usb and use it as a midi controller.
Thank you!!! Very helpful 🤘🏻🎶
So helpful, thanks. Nice tune too.
Very nice tutorial! Thanks!
Great tutorial. Big help. Thanks!!!
Glad it helped ya!
Thanks for this buddy!
you da man ghost talker 😎
Посмотрел много видео - это самое простое, понятное и доступное! Спасибо!
Я рад, что это было полезно! Я делаю больше видео в будущем. благодарю вас.
Excellent tut, thank you!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This definitely helped me a lot ! Thank you
Nicely done. Very helpful. Thanks! 👌
Glad you found it helpful!
@@ghoststalkermusic:
All the best ! 🎵 🎼
Exactly what I needed, thank you.
Simple and effective, thank you
This was incredibly useful, thank you.
Glad it was useful!
Thnx. Any way to make Depeche Behind the wheel? 🙏🏼
Brilliant thank you, saved for later!
Thanks man, this was awesome
HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE HUGE THANKSSSSSSS 💋
Huge Welcome yo!
Good tutorial!
Thanks a lot, that was a very helpful and explanatory video!! And I like the song ;)
Hey, awesome video! I am pretty new to my new found love for synths, What did you use for audio on your synth? Did you plug it into a computer or an audio interface?
Thank you for creating!
Great tutorial. This was extremely helpful..... thank you so much!
Dope I can’t wait to get one
I got this yesterday, thank you bro
You the only one who has helped me thank you !!!!!!
Happy to help!
Thanx.How to transfer the saved song to computer
great explanation on how to start on jd-xi, ty sir GHOSTsTALKER
I would love to see the process of creating known songs or tunes on this synth; as others mention in comments it is pretty overwhelming for noobs like me 🐵
You can only really do Patterns...rather than complete songs...ie: intro, verse, chorus, mid 8, verse...etc etc...if that is what you mean...jdxi and synths like it are only really Sketch Pads and not real sequencers
thank you very much for your time, great tutorial
Extremely helpful thank you
Great Videos Thanks
You're welcome!
finally i'm in! thanks!
This is going to be so useful as I'm just starting out. Very well explained.
Thankyou. Subscribed 👍
Awesome, thanks for subscribing!
Great tutorial! Thanks
- Great! Thanx 😀 !!
Can you also record and save more melodies... you have a nice melodie... but maybe you want to have more varations.... maybe you make a song with refrain and bridge.... you know what I mean?! So could you do that with the machine and also do that it comes right in order with the rythm... so after melodie 1 comes melodie 2... but without delay - all stays in rythm.... possible?
Great!
Thanks! Really helps out.
Thanks for doing ths video. I am actually considering purchasing the JD-Xi, and this is a great starting point.
Glad the video was helpful! I've been composing on mine for the past three days straight or so. I've definitely gotten my money's worth out of it.
Thanks for your response. With the arpeggiator I changed some of the settings through menu and scrolled across to arpeggiator and changed the octave range to +1. I then have tried to do a base line similar to say Blue Monday FCDGCD and I reduced the tempo down as it was too fast, however when I played the rest of the tracks they were also reduced in tempo which I did not want. Is there a way for just the base to stay at one tempo using the arpeggiator while the rest of the tracks keep the same tempo?
@@nsera9462 To my knowledge there isn't a way to change the tempo for individual voices. Whenever you change the tempo knob it will change the tempo for all voices. For what you are trying to do you might have better results programing the bassline with the sequence mode or real time recording mode. I think by default the arpeggiator hits 16th notes, where the bassline for Blue Monday hits on 8th notes.
Thanks, appreciate your thoughts. I will go into the arpeggiator and set it to 8th notes and see how it goes.
You missed a perfect opportunity to RickRoll as a test that it’s actually on. No wait, that was probably a good thing that you didn’t.
Well explained method for starting up on this. Thanks man. Beats me reading the owners manual 🤹♂️
Owner's manual? You mean that useless piece of crap?
Yes I gained nothing from the manual...very poorly written in my opinion
Thank you that was perfect✌️❤️🤘
Is this synthesizer worth it for beginners? Been looking at alot of synthesizers,this is a good brand at good price
It's kept me from buying any other synths. For a complete beginner that is worried about price I would recommend the 'Akai Mpk mini Play' It has built in sounds + speaker and can work as a midi keyboard connected via usb.
@@ghoststalkermusic not worried about price... i wanna get this one or the NI komplete kontakt s49 with the NI Maschine... good combo?
Komplete Kontrol.. sorry.
@@gerthelberg4922 if you aren't worried about price then the jdxi is a great investment. I don't have any experience with anything else. The only other gear I have is a sp 404 sampler used for lofi hip hop beats I make for fun.
@@ghoststalkermusic i would love to have been able to afford a Fantom 6...
Great video 👍
thank you sir , you explain everything perfect god bless
Glad it helped
Just got my mixer so I can finally utilize her! Been too long since I released any music
Do I have to use the drums can I just record the synth or the affects using the keys and can it hook up to speaker
Thank you for this review!
Great tutorial, thank you! Can you (or anyone) tell me what the "seq" bank is supposed to do? It's the bank situated between the Brass and FX selections on the big round wheel. Is that selection supposed to play phrases???? My JD-Xi does nothing... I can hear a sound being played, but it does not play any sequence or phrases. PLEASE HELP!
It does not play sequences. It's a collection of voices just like any other option on the wheel. They are mostly short stabby voices which work great with arpeggio parts.
@@ghoststalkermusic Okay, thank you for your quick reply, I REALLY appreciate it! I bought this used and was thinking it was broken 😬
Good tutorial, catchy tune!
my tap button is never blinking does it not work or do i have to go in the settings
Is there any possible way to do this with a verse chorus bridge etc on say something in this price range , jdxi ,mikfomorg etc
I’m primarily a guitarist too
Thx really helpful :)
Epic tutorial 😎✌️
Thanks, very helpful.