Thanks for comment 👍 Yes, totally agree! And the VR760 too (maybe my favorite among the old machines - feel free to see my videos here with the VR760 -).
I almost got one of these but opted for the E-MU B-3 Rom instead, probably a bad move but price was an issue for me then. And I was thinking all-in-one for portability.
I have one of these Rolsnd Vk8m and i just bought a VK-7 yesterday July 6th 2023 for 680 with RV1 pedal. And its my bottom manual and my hammond XB2 controls my vk8m both have independant Neo Ventialor Mark1 and 2 amd Leslie G pedals B3 central in my rig 07/06/2023 this year yes no vst no daw i use a Korg D3200 multitrack still. Im oldschool😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤cheers thanks for the demo. I bought my VK8m bc of u thank you reverb is a must i also use my Hammond XK-1 in my rig
thanks a lot for your comment! I'm old school too 🙂 (I bring Hammond and leslie, when there is room enough on stage 🙂) example 🙂: th-cam.com/video/Me_qmrfHgPc/w-d-xo.html
I love the way you play. Your awesome. I not only an organ keyboardist, i also am a guitarist, bassist, and drummer and a singer im a Jamaican American who loves classical rock ,jazz reggae, gospel, blues amd many genre that uses a Hammomd C3 B3, A100 T, H, all series of the organ including all my clonewheels which i have a ton Korg CX and BX3 both analog and digital models. My favotite Organ player is you. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💯💯💯
@@danaowens30 thanks so much for your kind words! I love to play drums and bass too (feel free to see my One Man Band videos), but obviously I'm not a pro... I'm not a musician in general 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@marcoballa you still are my inspiration and love how u rocked this VK8m . I love Roland products. I dont use drum machine nor do i use appegiators either. Sounds to computerized and not a real feelin. I use metronome but thru feeling and that is pure natural. Like Bob Marley does everything raw from scratch i do it to with analog sounds. My VK-7 and 8 and 8M sounds warm and lush. I use a Peavy kba15 that i modifyed to sound a tube amp in and out to the PA recorder. Sounds sweet
ciao, grazie a te per essere passato da qui 🙂 sui controller midi sono poco aggiornato... l'ideale sarebbe qualcosa con tasto "waterfall" per la migliore esecuzione organistica, ma di fatto non credo esistano in produzione controller con singolo manuale con tale meccanica. sul mercatino dell'usato ogni tanto appare una STUDIOLOGIC VMK161 Plus Organ che era perfetta per lo scopo. oppure prendi un Numa Organ 1 usato (circa 400 euro). con doppio manuale il top è il Crumar/GSi DMC 122: www.genuinesoundware.com/?a=showproduct&b=42 oppure con meccanica non waterfall ci sono mille prodotti di cui non conosco caratteristiche specifiche. in generale meglio se (per eventuali sviluppi futuri - anche per pilotare plugin su pc -) ci sono 9 fader, pulsanti e potenziometri vari da assegnare alle varie funzioni e ingresso per pedale espressione (esempio il classico dei classici, Roland A-800 Pro).
@@marcoballa For 3 1/2 pounds it as a great sounding real organ . I'm very pleased with mine and wouldn't sell it for 4k .Paid 775 and it is worth it.36 easily programmable presets . the demo doesn't do it justice. I will never sell mine.
Good afternoon. Is it possible to split the keyboard and set a different preset for each section. I have a Novation midi keyboard. Does it allow you to divide the keyboard into zones and set each zone to its own midi channel? Thank you.
ciao! sorry for delay (I do not receive notification for some comments...) I do not have this instrument at the moment (I just used it for this demo). as I remember, yes, you can save presets with settings for each section. concerning zones/split, it receive midi informations, so I guess it depend on the master midi keyboard you are using.
not comparable to new generation clonewheels... overdrive and chorus are not "correct"... leslie sim is "strange"... but... it has a really personal and effective voice (not similar to a real hammond in any way, but it has its own very precise personality!).
@@technoxkft.5660 ciao! According to my tastes (but it is not a matter of personal tastes, if the reference is my C3 hammond the clone should sound as close as possible to it, not to "personal tastes" 🤣😁), the best tone generator is the HX3. It's the best sounding with a real leslie (ALL other clones, with a real leslie, reveal some "digitalness", the HX3 does not). With internal leslie simulator HX3 (also included in UHL and MAG organs) and Mojo61/Mojo Classic are great 👍
Ciao, I did not use a pedal in this test. According to user manual, the unit receive midi message for rotary speed. So you can use a pedal switch on your master keyboard 👍
per caso hai provato il Viscount expander? Ci sto facendo un pensierino dato che sullo yamaha cp88 i suoni di organo sono proprio da pronto soccorso :)
Ciao! Provato il Legend, che ha lo stesso suono (trovi mei video qui). Niente male, ovviamente 😁 Ora è uscito anche expander del Crumar Mojo, e quello suona proprio bene (suono del Mojo61 qui nei miei video)
@@BADDying se scorri i video qui trovi il Mojo61 (il modulo expander suona così - ovviamente io "tiro" sempre verso il rock -): th-cam.com/play/PLUhtZPy6198LgDHLOMAZRon6V0X2WbqZP.html [Il vecchio Mojo non ha questo generatore]
Ciao Marco. Ho saputo di alcuni amici che sono riusciti a montare su vecchi modelli digitali i software di organo più recenti . Secondo te è possibile farlo con il Vk-8M
so che XB2 suzuki, con l'apposito kit HX3, può diventare un clone con uno dei migliori suoni attualmente in circolazione (ma non è software, occorre installare una scheda nuova e bypassare totalmente la vecchia generazione). solo modifica software non saprei (sai dirmi di che modelli si tratta?)
@@marcoballa mi pare abbiano modificato un Numa Organ, inserendo un software completamente diverso dall'originale . Inoltre hanno modificato qualche resistenza per renderlo piu' aggressivo.
Plenty of clean organ sound on youtube 🤣 On this channel you will find only the rock organ/leslie sound (but this is also the Jimmy Smith sound) 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Seriously speaking... Leslie saturation simulation is THE POINT, for old and new clonewheels, so in my videos you will mostly hear that. How the keyclick changes, how frequencies change, how chorus reacts, etc. The aim is to compare to a real vintage tube leslie at a "good" volume 😁🤣
@@marcoballa OK I see what sound you like from an organ. Wasn't trying to be ignorant. Just a comment. I Like the Billy Preston sound and Walter Wanderley and Don Muir sound. Thats all. Few use it. cheers
I still think this old thing kicks ass…easy to operate quickly and is built really well. Thx for the vid.
Thanks for comment 👍
Yes, totally agree!
And the VR760 too (maybe my favorite among the old machines - feel free to see my videos here with the VR760 -).
Il migliore ancora oggi!
diciamo che se preso al costo "giusto" è un ottimo compromesso (poi quelli che suonano bene sono ovviamente altri, ma sono anche più costosi 🙂) 👍👍👍👍
A blast from the past-Roland VK-8! I remember when it appeared almost 20 years ago. Nice playing, thanks for the upload.
thanks to you, as always :-)
Damn that's cool. Great versatility and it's TINY. Completely makes sense for touring bands or to add into EDM set with synths
Yes, great value for the price 👍
Thanks for comment!
Great Job. Thanks for posting this. I learned a few things about this I didn't know before.
thanks to you for comment!
Good demo!
thanks!
I almost got one of these but opted for the E-MU B-3 Rom instead, probably a bad move but price was an issue for me then. And I was thinking all-in-one for portability.
Thanks for comment!
EMU B3 is still a great sounding module! 👍
I have one of these Rolsnd Vk8m and i just bought a VK-7 yesterday July 6th 2023 for 680 with RV1 pedal. And its my bottom manual and my hammond XB2 controls my vk8m both have independant Neo Ventialor Mark1 and 2 amd Leslie G pedals B3 central in my rig 07/06/2023 this year yes no vst no daw i use a Korg D3200 multitrack still. Im oldschool😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤cheers thanks for the demo. I bought my VK8m bc of u thank you reverb is a must i also use my Hammond XK-1 in my rig
thanks a lot for your comment!
I'm old school too 🙂
(I bring Hammond and leslie, when there is room enough on stage 🙂)
example 🙂:
th-cam.com/video/Me_qmrfHgPc/w-d-xo.html
I love the way you play. Your awesome. I not only an organ keyboardist, i also am a guitarist, bassist, and drummer and a singer im a Jamaican American who loves classical rock ,jazz reggae, gospel, blues amd many genre that uses a Hammomd C3 B3, A100 T, H, all series of the organ including all my clonewheels which i have a ton Korg CX and BX3 both analog and digital models. My favotite Organ player is you. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💯💯💯
@@danaowens30 thanks so much for your kind words!
I love to play drums and bass too (feel free to see my One Man Band videos), but obviously I'm not a pro... I'm not a musician in general 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@marcoballa you still are my inspiration and love how u rocked this VK8m . I love Roland products. I dont use drum machine nor do i use appegiators either. Sounds to computerized and not a real feelin. I use metronome but thru feeling and that is pure natural. Like Bob Marley does everything raw from scratch i do it to with analog sounds. My VK-7 and 8 and 8M sounds warm and lush. I use a Peavy kba15 that i modifyed to sound a tube amp in and out to the PA recorder. Sounds sweet
Ciao Marco, grazie per il video, mi puoi dare un consiglio di un modello di tastiera muta da abbinare al VK-8M?
ciao, grazie a te per essere passato da qui 🙂
sui controller midi sono poco aggiornato...
l'ideale sarebbe qualcosa con tasto "waterfall" per la migliore esecuzione organistica, ma di fatto non credo esistano in produzione controller con singolo manuale con tale meccanica.
sul mercatino dell'usato ogni tanto appare una STUDIOLOGIC VMK161 Plus Organ che era perfetta per lo scopo. oppure prendi un Numa Organ 1 usato (circa 400 euro).
con doppio manuale il top è il Crumar/GSi DMC 122:
www.genuinesoundware.com/?a=showproduct&b=42
oppure con meccanica non waterfall ci sono mille prodotti di cui non conosco caratteristiche specifiche.
in generale meglio se (per eventuali sviluppi futuri - anche per pilotare plugin su pc -) ci sono 9 fader, pulsanti e potenziometri vari da assegnare alle varie funzioni e ingresso per pedale espressione (esempio il classico dei classici, Roland A-800 Pro).
Grazie per le informazioni!
WOW! Excelent 🎉
thanks for watchin'!
i wish roland would make a rack version of this.
so what is your di box or amp and mic used in the demo?
Ciao!
Thanks for comment 👍
No DI or amp here.
Just the L/R VK-8M output directly connected to video-camera "line in"
I so want one of these.
is this still a great buy in 2021? At the correct price, yes! 😁
@@marcoballa For 3 1/2 pounds it as a great sounding real organ . I'm very pleased with mine and wouldn't sell it for 4k .Paid 775 and it is worth it.36 easily programmable presets . the demo doesn't do it justice. I will never sell mine.
I have one listed on reverb so I can use the money to buy a Hammond. Now I think I’ll remove it from Reverb.
Good afternoon. Is it possible to split the keyboard and set a different preset for each section. I have a Novation midi keyboard. Does it allow you to divide the keyboard into zones and set each zone to its own midi channel? Thank you.
ciao!
sorry for delay (I do not receive notification for some comments...)
I do not have this instrument at the moment (I just used it for this demo).
as I remember, yes, you can save presets with settings for each section.
concerning zones/split, it receive midi informations, so I guess it depend on the master midi keyboard you are using.
I always loved the VK-8 sound! What do you think about this VK-8M? Thanks!
not comparable to new generation clonewheels...
overdrive and chorus are not "correct"...
leslie sim is "strange"...
but...
it has a really personal and effective voice (not similar to a real hammond in any way, but it has its own very precise personality!).
See also my VR760 videos here, a taste from the past :-)
@@marcoballa Marco, which is the best new generation clonewheel in your opinion ?
@@technoxkft.5660 ciao! According to my tastes (but it is not a matter of personal tastes, if the reference is my C3 hammond the clone should sound as close as possible to it, not to "personal tastes" 🤣😁), the best tone generator is the HX3. It's the best sounding with a real leslie (ALL other clones, with a real leslie, reveal some "digitalness", the HX3 does not).
With internal leslie simulator HX3 (also included in UHL and MAG organs) and Mojo61/Mojo Classic are great 👍
@@marcoballa Thanx for the answer.
Que pianos usas hermano con teclas rigidas
Ciao,
Here I used a hammond skx
Can a foot pedal control the Leslie speed?
Ciao, I did not use a pedal in this test.
According to user manual, the unit receive midi message for rotary speed. So you can use a pedal switch on your master keyboard 👍
per caso hai provato il Viscount expander? Ci sto facendo un pensierino dato che sullo yamaha cp88 i suoni di organo sono proprio da pronto soccorso :)
Ciao!
Provato il Legend, che ha lo stesso suono (trovi mei video qui). Niente male, ovviamente 😁
Ora è uscito anche expander del Crumar Mojo, e quello suona proprio bene (suono del Mojo61 qui nei miei video)
@@marcoballa allora mi metto a ravanare tra i tuoi video :)
@@BADDying se scorri i video qui trovi il Mojo61 (il modulo expander suona così - ovviamente io "tiro" sempre verso il rock -):
th-cam.com/play/PLUhtZPy6198LgDHLOMAZRon6V0X2WbqZP.html
[Il vecchio Mojo non ha questo generatore]
@@BADDying qui invece il Legend (stesso suono del modulo):
th-cam.com/play/PL8FF953A913FB334D.html
Domani lo provo....ahahaha!!!
😮😮😮eu queria um mas impossível de achar é muito raro e quem tem não se desfaz
verissimo, também na Itália é difícil trovarlo
amazing =)
old instrument... still sounds "good" (considering its age) 👍
Hey I’m back again just to listen that thing sounds so cool =)
@happyfarmer6823 🤣🤗❤
Ciao Marco. Ho saputo di alcuni amici che sono riusciti a montare su vecchi modelli digitali i software di organo più recenti . Secondo te è possibile farlo con il Vk-8M
so che XB2 suzuki, con l'apposito kit HX3, può diventare un clone con uno dei migliori suoni attualmente in circolazione (ma non è software, occorre installare una scheda nuova e bypassare totalmente la vecchia generazione).
solo modifica software non saprei (sai dirmi di che modelli si tratta?)
@@marcoballa mi pare abbiano modificato un Numa Organ, inserendo un software completamente diverso dall'originale . Inoltre hanno modificato qualche resistenza per renderlo piu' aggressivo.
@@gliufrate ok allora è semplicemente un upgrade del sistema
@@gliufrate Gioele è un mio caro amico!
Nice
Thanks for comment 👍
Sti cloni mi sembra che suonano tutti uguali in linea di massima 😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
A 8:51 sento odore di stagnazione 😝
:-)))))
ew it sounds so muddy.
old generation... :-)
thanks for comment!
Jesus . Enough of that overdrive. We know it's there. Get to the good organ sounds . Not everybody loves distortion. Thanks for the demo tho
Plenty of clean organ sound on youtube 🤣
On this channel you will find only the rock organ/leslie sound (but this is also the Jimmy Smith sound)
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Seriously speaking...
Leslie saturation simulation is THE POINT, for old and new clonewheels, so in my videos you will mostly hear that.
How the keyclick changes, how frequencies change, how chorus reacts, etc.
The aim is to compare to a real vintage tube leslie at a "good" volume 😁🤣
@@marcoballa OK I see what sound you like from an organ.
Wasn't trying to be ignorant. Just a comment. I Like the Billy Preston sound and Walter Wanderley and Don Muir sound. Thats all. Few use it. cheers
@@mymymymy6 thanks! Yes, Billy Preston sound is a great reference for me too 👍👍👍👍
Roland’s unusable, unnecessary and meaningless D-Beam, which is no good for anything... Never, no one used it, except demo videos on TH-cam. :-))
i used it sometimes with the spring reverb
D-Beam is so janky as hell to operate. It's a cool idea, but the functionality feels more like a bad prototype.