That's it gattobus! I've had enough! You start with an incredible 5ths chord progression, then add an electro bass line that is pure lush synthetic greenery. Then comes in that edgy buzzsaw that fills your ear with deep harmonies and peaks, then oh damn, that lead, bright yet exquisite and understated smooth ear candy right there. Truly amazing artist you are. Here's the best part, Roland owes you a commission. I just purchased a SYSTEM-8. Serious. Wow, I'm excited!
A brilliant job showing off not only your musicianship, But also the amazing system-8. I have had my share of too many synths over the years and actually sold all but two…..the Waldorf iridium keyboard and My System 8. It just sounds so damn rich and a blast to edit. I’ll never let go
Looking for Roland Cloud sound demos led me here to this video, btw. This is ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL! I've looped thru it 3 times already with good earbuds in lol! Great work with these amazing sounds, and with this sexy demo track. Can't wait to explore more of your stuff!
You really are DAMN GOOD at this!!! I just watched your JD-XA video and was blown away, NOW THIS TOO!!! Amazing stuff and now, I'm a fan. I thought I was content with my Yamaha XF8, but now I realize it's time to "look outside the box." I'm liking the new Roland's for what they are and that is too make music, not just relish the sounds that came before them, but too add to them... Very good job my man and keep 'em coming!!! 🎹
hi Gianni. congratulations, you are programming for roland! you deserve all the success just for keeping us all entertained:-) great demo by the way Mick
Not sure yet but I'm thinking of it to replace my JP-8080. I *had* been in the market for a JP-8000 because I do like that sound, but wanted a keyboard version. This one sounds like it can do all that and more. Not looking to replace any of my analog Rolands with it, though. In any case, I like the sound here, but I can wait on this one for a bit.
Finally, a demo worth hearing. Sounds lovely. I still throw up a bit in my mouth every time I see those green lights. But you sir have won me over, it's a nice mid range board and I'm in the market for something along these lines. I feel like I've become a bit of an analogue bore, time to get something digital made this decade.
Jakub Radlak would you be so kind as to say why? I was looking towards a deepmind, came across the system8, now on the fence. Local guitar center had deepmind. Played it for an hour and was very impressed, but not so much by Behringer in general and also the fans. Have a 106 that I love but obviously stuffs come a long way. Also like the vocoder feature on the 8. How would you compare them?
Wonderful demo of the System-8. I'm sure Roland can thank you for a few sales. ;D I followed you to your Bandcamp page, and listened to your music. I don't know if "brilliant" is the right word for your music, but it's definitely stirring, moving, inspiring. But your two albums are a bit dark and atmospheric, almost new age sometimes. I'm hoping that you do an album or two with your new Roland toys, and swing the mood in the happier directions of your last few YT videos. I know you did 20 cover tunes, but the upbeat nature of that, and the thoughtful, less melancholy mood of your System-8 demo is more my style. I'm hoping that 2017 is an inspiring year for you, and I look forward to a few more albums this year. If they have pieces like this in them, I'll definitely buy them. Your previous two? Yeah... probably them too, when I get out of debt this year. ; )
I would like to know System 8's soft synth brass capabilities, how they compare to other Roland synth synth brass presets. And, also I am looking for the perfect synth strings. I want an instrument that can jump between presets without popping, or effect/level spikes.
I have actually had a Korg Kronos for a little while, but my favorite synth brass sound so far that I have played was on my old Roland Juno D LE synth. I know the older Juno analog synths also could be even better, and the JD Xi was similar sounding to my LE, but since Roland does not make the LE anymore, I was in the market for a proper up-to-date synth brass, but not Virtual. I am rebuying a Yamaha MX61, to be paired with my Kurzweil PC3A6, which can do nice synthbrass and synthstring sounds, yet I have not fully customized them as programs yet.
Great job! I love the System 8. You are very good at looping! I have the Boss RC-3, but I've only used it in a few of my songs. I usually use the MSQ-700 to write my songs. It's easier for me to just use the step sequencer then speed it up and solo over the top of it. The looper is awesome too though. You've got some great talent. I'm subscribed. Take care, Sam.
When I got this synth yesterday and browsed through the parched and heard the Edge Synth, I couldn’t restrain myself and play U2’s In The Name of Love guitar riffs.
Since I have both, I can tell you that they are completely different, but the keybeds are the same... The JD-XA is deep as hell and takes a long time to learn how to use properly, while the System-8 is pretty immediate but lacks the depth. If I absolutely had to pick one, I would probably get the System-8 as it offers some instant gratification, without any menu diving. It is just simply beautiful. With the JD-XA I would advise that you IMMEDIATELY remove every single of the abominable presets and start from scratch. There is not a single preset that is even remotely usable or that displays the sheer capacity of the synth. TBH, it is probably the worst set of presets ever programmed in synthesizer history. Whoever was responsible for them should never be allowed to touch a synthesizer again. As an excercise, start from a blank patch, open up something like Diva and try to recreate the programs. Since the synths are so different, you will soon end up with a full bank of unique, amazing and beautiful sounds, FAAAAR better than the presets.
To Thomas Kolb: thanks for that reply. I too am trying to decide which to go with. It seems like the JDXA can go much deeper into sound design but it is much deeper to learn. I guess the overall and most important thing is which one generally sounds better in your opinion?
Wow that sounds a lot like one of David Helpling's Ambient pieces from his more recent work! - nice job!!! I've been looking for a future replacement of my old Roland XV-88 synth (recently fixed some busted keys but I think it broke in the process, FML) - I've seen Jean-Michel Jarre sporting one of these new System-8 synths live in his Electronica tour (I saw it...freakin spectacular!!!) - and I'm loving it, but I'm thinking it might be too much keyboard for my needs - (I'm a Spanish guitarist that is quite influenced by New Age and Ambient/Electronic styles in some of my works) - I love Roland and have considered the Fantom series before... I'm guessing there is quite a learning curve for this System-8? compared to other synth workstations...
It's not just you. As wonderful as this and also the JDXA sound, I cannot get over the transformers toxic green thing or glassy glossy fingerprint magnet of JDXA. Nice demo by Gattobus of both great instruments. Aesthetics play a large part of my creativity, adjustable RGB LED's would have been a smarter move on Roland.
The System-8 is quite toned down. Because of the sheer size it is much less eye-burning as the System-1 with its brilliant green glow (which I actually like, but that's just me).
This is amazing, it sounds like Sonny Crocket from Miami Vice driving at night in downtown in one of those cut scenes from the show. I definitely want the system 8, but have to hold out until summer 2017. I have the jd xi and love it as well. Having a hell of a time building long compositions with it though. Not real clear on the connection between using favorites and saving of each part and where.
I'd love a comparison too.. i know that one is a hybrid and one is pure digital.. But i don't care about any of that. I'm not an analog snob. I only care how it sounds. They both sound great so it's a tough choice
First I was skeptical about the SYSTEM-8 and couldn't consider it as a next purchase. But the more I listen to it, the more I'm changing my mind. Still not a fan of the AIRA series' design at all (though being a TR-8 owner) but the sound is freaky awesome. Considering it's a 3 in 1, it might be a good investment.
That's it gattobus! I've had enough! You start with an incredible 5ths chord progression, then add an electro bass line that is pure lush synthetic greenery. Then comes in that edgy buzzsaw that fills your ear with deep harmonies and peaks, then oh damn, that lead, bright yet exquisite and understated smooth ear candy right there. Truly amazing artist you are. Here's the best part, Roland owes you a commission. I just purchased a SYSTEM-8. Serious. Wow, I'm excited!
A brilliant job showing off not only your musicianship, But also the amazing system-8. I have had my share of too many synths over the years and actually sold all but two…..the Waldorf iridium keyboard and My System 8. It just sounds so damn rich and a blast to edit.
I’ll never let go
Ogni volta che youtube mi propone questo video li ascolto con piacere.. È una demo del system 8, ma è anche un bellissimo brano di Gatto. Complimenti
sounds unbelievable. Great job. Exciting new keyboard for sure.
Gattobus and Roland. Whats not to like eh? Outstanding work. The synth is really quite something. Those Roland cats know their game.
Looking for Roland Cloud sound demos led me here to this video, btw. This is ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL! I've looped thru it 3 times already with good earbuds in lol! Great work with these amazing sounds, and with this sexy demo track. Can't wait to explore more of your stuff!
You really are DAMN GOOD at this!!!
I just watched your JD-XA video and was blown away, NOW THIS TOO!!!
Amazing stuff and now, I'm a fan.
I thought I was content with my Yamaha XF8, but now I realize it's time to "look outside the box."
I'm liking the new Roland's for what they are and that is too make music, not just relish the sounds that came before them, but too add to them...
Very good job my man and keep 'em coming!!! 🎹
Yeah this is gorgeous, a great selling point for the System 8, and even the System 1 rack module! :D
That sounds wonderful!
Ok, this sold me on a System-8. Nice work.
great job!!! My first synth was A SH3A Roland in 1977 Ans this brings us back to the roots of synth sound design!!
THX!!
Beautiful. Just amazing!
hi Gianni. congratulations, you are programming for roland! you deserve all the success just for keeping us all entertained:-) great demo by the way
Mick
Hi Mick! Thank you! :-)
Your demo's are amazing! Thanks for sharing.
Stunning instrument and a beautiful piece, great demo
This is by far the best System 8 video on the web! Excellent job..
AM HERE IN 2022 LOVE IT 💋 😎!.
2024 He makes great demo's
Absolutly great sound and demo! Thank you! New Roland synths are amazing me high quality sound!
Absolutely incredible.
Consigliato da te, dopo 3 anni torno a farti i complimenti 🤟🎶💥
Synth magnifico ancora mi diverto a suonarlo
That was really nicely done. Thanks for posting.
Looks like you're in the market for a system-8 seeing you commenting on all these videos ;)
Not sure yet but I'm thinking of it to replace my JP-8080. I *had* been in the market for a JP-8000 because I do like that sound, but wanted a keyboard version. This one sounds like it can do all that and more.
Not looking to replace any of my analog Rolands with it, though.
In any case, I like the sound here, but I can wait on this one for a bit.
Absolutely stunning Gianni.
I have a system 1 and the controls are just so nice. S8 is definitely on my upgrade path. What a beast, and what a great layout :D
Great demo, and performance. It demonstrates how the synth is working. im weighting between System1 and System8. Thanks fopr this!!
Fantastico, davvero.
Bei suoni e gran gusto creativo. Tanto di cappello.
This tune its very soothing to listen to.
Sounds awesome. Definitely want one! Can't wait to hear the Juno!!!
woww, what a nice tune. I was into the music. Inspiring music
ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS !!
Ah enfin une démo live qui donne envie d'acheter ce produit, qui semble valoir le coups pour la scène!
Bravo, ça change de la soupe habituelle.
c'est de la démo avec des main compétente
Thanks for this... sounds fantastic, and great performance as well. The Roland System-8 definitely has me intrigued! :)
Lovely performance - kinda sells the System-8!
A beautiful and relaxing piece of music! And of course great sounds as well!
That was fantastic, especially the lead part. Bravo!
Do more system 8 demos pls. All of them have been excelent.
I'm here in 2039. I'm still listening to this.
Dude it's amazing!
This is the best VA I've ever heard by a good margin.
congrats gatto! beautiful sounds
Still in love with this track
This tune represents a moment. The System 8’s finest moment in my opinion.
love that first section you play.
WONDERFUL
Best System-8 sound demo ever!
Wonderful, thank you for posting
Truly enchanting! This synth is definitely on my list now. :-)
this is lovely man 👌✌
Finally, a demo worth hearing. Sounds lovely. I still throw up a bit in my mouth every time I see those green lights. But you sir have won me over, it's a nice mid range board and I'm in the market for something along these lines. I feel like I've become a bit of an analogue bore, time to get something digital made this decade.
beautiful sound and melody
Great performance! For me this is ultimate substractive polyphonic synthesizer. No need anything else. Much more versatile than DeepMind 12.
Jakub Radlak would you be so kind as to say why? I was looking towards a deepmind, came across the system8, now on the fence. Local guitar center had deepmind. Played it for an hour and was very impressed, but not so much by Behringer in general and also the fans. Have a 106 that I love but obviously stuffs come a long way. Also like the vocoder feature on the 8. How would you compare them?
Congrats!
You've done a great job.
Holy freakin' hell, man, that was an amazing demo!
Beautiful track...
Wonderful demo of the System-8. I'm sure Roland can thank you for a few sales. ;D
I followed you to your Bandcamp page, and listened to your music. I don't know if "brilliant" is the right word for your music, but it's definitely stirring, moving, inspiring. But your two albums are a bit dark and atmospheric, almost new age sometimes. I'm hoping that you do an album or two with your new Roland toys, and swing the mood in the happier directions of your last few YT videos. I know you did 20 cover tunes, but the upbeat nature of that, and the thoughtful, less melancholy mood of your System-8 demo is more my style. I'm hoping that 2017 is an inspiring year for you, and I look forward to a few more albums this year. If they have pieces like this in them, I'll definitely buy them. Your previous two? Yeah... probably them too, when I get out of debt this year. ; )
I would like to know System 8's soft synth brass capabilities, how they compare to other Roland synth synth brass presets. And, also I am looking for the perfect synth strings. I want an instrument that can jump between presets without popping, or effect/level spikes.
I have actually had a Korg Kronos for a little while, but my favorite synth brass sound so far that I have played was on my old Roland Juno D LE synth. I know the older Juno analog synths also could be even better, and the JD Xi was similar sounding to my LE, but since Roland does not make the LE anymore, I was in the market for a proper up-to-date synth brass, but not Virtual. I am rebuying a Yamaha MX61, to be paired with my Kurzweil PC3A6, which can do nice synthbrass and synthstring sounds, yet I have not fully customized them as programs yet.
Sono anni che ti seguo, e mi stupisci sempre! :)
Well deserved. congratulations
This is really brilliant and convincing me to just buy the damned thing already. Phenomenal videos.
Enjoyed your playing.
Nice work, sounds great. Bravo
this is so beautiful i teared up wtf
Sounds amazing!
This is really excellent!!!!
That was awesome
sounds fantastic!
wow this sounds pretry good! not to mention your playing!
Great job! I love the System 8. You are very good at looping! I have the Boss RC-3, but I've only used it in a few of my songs. I usually use the MSQ-700 to write my songs. It's easier for me to just use the step sequencer then speed it up and solo over the top of it. The looper is awesome too though. You've got some great talent. I'm subscribed. Take care, Sam.
Beautiful!
Great play👊👍👌
Looks great - sounds great!
Sounds much better than i thought it would :)
When I got this synth yesterday and browsed through the parched and heard the Edge Synth, I couldn’t restrain myself and play U2’s In The Name of Love guitar riffs.
Raymond Doetjes I enjoyed my S8 and moved it on. Fantastic synth but I rotate. I still come back to this track. The Edge patch I miss soooo much.
Very nice !
If you HAD to choose between the JDXA or the System 8, which would you choose? AND why? THX!
Get a roland System 8, the roland rep told me it has a much better keybed. Also you can always get a JD-Xi for cheap used
Uriel Ortega thx for the reply, my question was on the jdxA though :) which i went for because of the analog voicing.
Since I have both, I can tell you that they are completely different, but the keybeds are the same... The JD-XA is deep as hell and takes a long time to learn how to use properly, while the System-8 is pretty immediate but lacks the depth. If I absolutely had to pick one, I would probably get the System-8 as it offers some instant gratification, without any menu diving. It is just simply beautiful.
With the JD-XA I would advise that you IMMEDIATELY remove every single of the abominable presets and start from scratch. There is not a single preset that is even remotely usable or that displays the sheer capacity of the synth. TBH, it is probably the worst set of presets ever programmed in synthesizer history. Whoever was responsible for them should never be allowed to touch a synthesizer again.
As an excercise, start from a blank patch, open up something like Diva and try to recreate the programs. Since the synths are so different, you will soon end up with a full bank of unique, amazing and beautiful sounds, FAAAAR better than the presets.
To Thomas Kolb: thanks for that reply. I too am trying to decide which to go with. It seems like the JDXA can go much deeper into sound design but it is much deeper to learn. I guess the overall and most important thing is which one generally sounds better in your opinion?
I went with the system 8, just ordered it today! Thanks for the input.
Wow that sounds a lot like one of David Helpling's Ambient pieces from his more recent work! - nice job!!!
I've been looking for a future replacement of my old Roland XV-88 synth (recently fixed some busted keys but I think it broke in the process, FML) - I've seen Jean-Michel Jarre sporting one of these new System-8 synths live in his Electronica tour (I saw it...freakin spectacular!!!) - and I'm loving it, but I'm thinking it might be too much keyboard for my needs - (I'm a Spanish guitarist that is quite influenced by New Age and Ambient/Electronic styles in some of my works) - I love Roland and have considered the Fantom series before...
I'm guessing there is quite a learning curve for this System-8? compared to other synth workstations...
Great!
Good Lord, this gives me chills.... Sounds like a freakin' Tycho song
Great demo... !
Well done! Aesthetically, I wish the LED colors on the Roland AIRA line could be changed without physically replacing them. But that's just me.
It's not just you. As wonderful as this and also the JDXA sound, I cannot get over the transformers toxic green thing or glassy glossy fingerprint magnet of JDXA. Nice demo by Gattobus of both great instruments. Aesthetics play a large part of my creativity, adjustable RGB LED's would have been a smarter move on Roland.
Rgb LEDs would have dramatically increased the street price. Lights can be dimmed or turned off and no glossy surface on system8
Brandon Ryan It's still acid toxic green
The System-8 is quite toned down. Because of the sheer size it is much less eye-burning as the System-1 with its brilliant green glow (which I actually like, but that's just me).
RGB would be GREAT!
great !
very inspiring.....
this is good stuff
good work!
Beautiful music and performance, and yes this thing sounds fantastically good. Stupid good.
Roland: WHY NO POLY AFTERTOUCH?
please make more demos!
felicidades bien merecido!!!
This is amazing, it sounds like Sonny Crocket from Miami Vice driving at night in downtown in one of those cut scenes from the show. I definitely want the system 8, but have to hold out until summer 2017. I have the jd xi and love it as well. Having a hell of a time building long compositions with it though. Not real clear on the connection between using favorites and saving of each part and where.
You're SO cool! Awesome stuff!
very nice. this and the other roland
I think you sold me a System 8
Very Marc Melià like ... gorgeous.
Excellent! Would love to see a video on the differences between the JD-XA and the System-8
Arnold Cardenas totally different synths.
Yes, but I also would like to see a comparison video, because Gattobus makes everything sound amazing!!
I'd love a comparison too.. i know that one is a hybrid and one is pure digital.. But i don't care about any of that. I'm not an analog snob. I only care how it sounds. They both sound great so it's a tough choice
Awesome!
Based on Röyksopp's Sordid Affair? Sounds great.
Love it!
Nice!
How many people have bought these instruments including the JD XA because of Gatobus? The other demonstration don’t cut it
That patch at 2:30 made me piss out of my eyes
In a good way
sounds like the lead synth in Passport's Ataraxia
Great performance. I think I will exchange my asr 88 to roland. Greetings from Poland from michejda 01
First I was skeptical about the SYSTEM-8 and couldn't consider it as a next purchase.
But the more I listen to it, the more I'm changing my mind.
Still not a fan of the AIRA series' design at all (though being a TR-8 owner) but the sound is freaky awesome.
Considering it's a 3 in 1, it might be a good investment.