The RY30... the little drum machine that *to this day* keeps the music industries of Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador in business. Over 50% of groups here in Bolivia use the RY30 on a daily basis. Especially in cumbia Sureña, this thing is the king 🎎 Even if you have a machine that sounds like this (DD75, PSR sample set, DTX sample set, etc.) , you're gonna be producing hit music over here. EDIT: These same groups use the RY30 live, but only by playing preset patterns and improvisation with an adjacent Roland SPD series drum ( *another series of gear you should review.* ) Example: watch?v=oKTYOO50T2M
My main drum machine! Love it so much that I even wrote an editor for it to manipulate the voice settings. Full of cheesy but great 80s sounds, but capable of analogue sounding ones and weird digital blips.
It's MIDI implementation is also obtuse! The SysEx format is bizarre, and I had to reverse engineer a lot of it from an ancient editor for the Atari ST since Yamaha didn't document it.
Fun fact: Autechre released a single called 'We R Are Why' in '96 consisting of two tracks written entirely on the RY30. Great songs too! Always wanted an RY30 after that.
Can we all appreciate the awesome music videos AudioPilz puts together for the "Finale" tracks every time? (Oh, and since you were talking Yamaha groove boxes: You should try to get your hands on a Tenori On for an episode …)
If you ever come up with another channel on how you go about the music production that would be amazing. You are extremely talented especially since you can pull off amazing tracks with such random 'bad' gear. :)
After watching all of the past videos I finally get to comment on a new one before this channel gets picked up by Netflix or something. Like Top Gear that introduced Subaru Impreza WRX's to a generation that would never own one, this channel taught me about so many drum machines and grooveboxes.
This has been my main drum machine for the last 9 months or so. I really like working with it. It feels nice to the touch, the 'analog' kits sound good to me, as well as the real drum hits. Editing goes really deep, I've made some thunderous techno rumble by editing a cowbell.
I still clearly remember the lovely summer day around '92 when me and a mate from 6th form bunked off lessons for the afternoon to go into London, drink beer and play around in Denmark St with drum machines - I ended up taking an RY30 home that day. Great memory, and I would never consider it to be Bad Gear (tm)!
Yes! I did the same here in Glasgow with a daily trip to McCormack’s Music to ‘test’ the Boss 660 MkII. The guy in the shop was so bored with me until after playing with it for about 3 months I gave him almost my entire monthly pay packet at the time: £400 in crisp notes. He gave me a till receipt and 1p change. I remember staying up until 6am that day sitting up in bed with headphones on making every type of drum pattern imaginable at the time. I still have it and use it. I know it better than my kids. Here it is in action alongside 5 bits of gear previously featured here: th-cam.com/video/RLm27mvuSeo/w-d-xo.html
You're the same vintage as me then - I lusted after a second hand E-mu Drumulator in the Soho Soundhouse shop around '92. I was in their so often playing it that the staff must have thought I'd taken up residence!
The RY-30 was a game changing champion for me back in 1991. I could mimic break beats without actually sampling by tweaking and combinatng tones.. In Hip Hop and R&B..for me..it put me ahead of my competitors who didn't have drop boom from the bottom. The trick to better beats is mixing the kits...i just bought a new one last year.
For me the in the early 90s the analog kit was still relevant for hip hop. The preset 808 kick drum was actually very nice. And making new sounds (out of 2 base sounds) made exponential possibilities. If you can find the cards with external kits they had more focus on hip hop and rnb (they were very hard to find, even in the mid 90s on eBay). For well under $1000 this machine was awesome in 1992 and made this teenager feel like a pro :)
@@AudioPilz At the time I got introduced to it, I was still stuck on the sounds of the TR 626 and 808. It took me a few weeks to get adjusted to the texture and work flow. But what I found worked was putting the boom on individual out 1, all the kicks and snares on output 2 and the percussion thru L and R output.
Again a masterful video, well done. The RY30 cuts through the mix like no other drum machine I own. No need for eq or compression or transient designer plugins.
This is yet another great drum machine that comes to life with a modern sample card. The Sector 101 Wave Blade card lets you download any of the Yamaha cards or fill it with your own sound.
A few years ago I got in touch with the Sector 101 guy, who if I remember is over in Ireland. He said I could post all my wave cards to him, so he could copy the data and put on his website, plus he did not own all the cards himself. I never quite got around to doing this due to life problems, plus I was a bit nervous about if the cards were lost or stolen in transit etc.
@@AudioPilz Lmao! That reminds me of when I was a kid, I’d prank call the local Red Wing shoe retailer and ask if they had the new Nike Red Wings. The guy was always so confused and frustrated while trying to figure out wtf I was talking about. Good times.
A long time ago, I came to your channel for the gear. Now I hardly learn anything about gear because I can't stop laughing and need to re-wind and pause all the time for the pun-ishable ... _puns._ Keep up the good work, man!
Wow..! you've done it again...!!!!! Yet ANOTHER piece of retro kit I own...and have done so for many years... Worth it alone for the mod-wheel & the waveforms..!!! ...I forgot to mention the filter... and and and The tiny screen... I love it though, and like the Korg 707, I'll never let it go.... Thanks Audiopilz, you've done it again...
Your jams make me want to open a used car lot that specializes in 80's and early 90's cars, then flood the airwaves with incredible advertising. Yes, I have dreams, and I have ideas.
I recently felt in love with the 80/90's rom drummachine. Got a Kawai R-50E a few days ago, and the sound is supprisingly good to my ears. Super underated, those romplers should be valued correctly.
The Kawai R-50 series and R-100 are my favorite of the late-80s PCM drum machines. I prefer the sounds of the R-100 over something like the TR-707 any day. The UI would have been so much better with X0X-style step buttons but I usually just sequenced mine externally. I ended up sampling and selling mine, but use the samples I made in my TR-8S and Model Samples... they're the best sounds ever for heavy industrial/techno beats.
@@AudioPilz the most joy i get out of new old gear is cleaning it after a testrun. i was kinda amazed how dirty that looks. cotton stick and some wet cleaning towels/ wipes from you local cheap warehouse shop is all it takes. And then look at all that dirt that comes off. It's the least you can do if you get to try stuff on loan :D - ah wait, right, you already made the value bump. ok, i'll keep my peace 😇
@@kaarefestvog6540 people haven't had time to complain enough yet, except for the usual ones with those takt/tone boxes. Wait until someone claims it caught their studio cat on fire, first.
Thanks for the tip about dexed regarding FM synthesis, i just went full tardis and entered IK multimedia group buy and got myself couple fm emulation. No regrets here :D excellent episode once again, i was entertained beyond oblivion :D Ticked all MY boxes, great job ;) EDIT, still need to hear those JAMs from somewhere in streaming-universe, pretty please?
Had an RY , then upgraded it (I guess) to a RM50.. with RAM card and a few expansion cards.. Multichannel via Midi, Ram samples, and 6 Trigger ins.. Which a made a few loads up with Piezos, and trigger threshold options etc, Made out better than most! BTW.. The perfect module/machine for that 80's/90's Industrial bang.
@@AudioPilz I owned an RM50 for a few years. Better than the Alesis DM5, with more tweak. Very cool with a Pad 80 and some contact mics attached to random "mutated" Tomi robots.
I've been thinking of doing the same with my RM50, grabbing some cheap piezo trigger discs and soldering jack plugs on them. I was unsure of what to use as the basis for the kit, e.g. not gonna make a full size kit with stool, just do some DIY pads with foam and rubber etc to press with fingers.
@@acidtechno Drum module vs Drum machine... One, RY30 limitations within.... But, Portable/// RM.. With a sequencer.. Shit even Cubase 1 you had a Drum programming interface.. And a Mod wheel ... Hmmm... Sorry.. Did I miss your point? I didn't if you are talking a Box that does more than another box, where the other box does WAY MORE connected to another Box.... Just sayin
I love these old drum machines. Even the less famous, less intuitive, and frankly, sometimes crappy-sounding rhythm boxes often hide at least one or two interesting sounds or inspirational features.
I couldn't agree more that another Yamaha groove box is long overdue. Something as hands on as the RM1x and with the same sequencer but in a QY100 sized box. That's too much to ask but I can wish.
man the samples on the 2nd jam are DOPE! (do english speaking people still say dope?) I'd try to find me one of those before this video raises the price on the web.... shit too late.
Long time watcher, where do all the brilliant memes from your videos come from? They are always top notch! Also the RY seems perfect for my basement incel wannabe Skinny Puppy project 40 years later project.
Being a bit, uh, "wiser" than many of your viewers (I'm old, alright?!) I want to point out that where I lived, it seemed like late-80's/early 90's electronic instrument makers were divided out into the stodgy (Yamaha, which always made good enough stuff, but nobody ever found any of it sexy), the reliably slightly hip (Roland, Roland, Roland) and cutting edge (Alexis of course. They had the first 16-bit sampled drum machine with 'several' levels of velocity sensitivity, the first affordable digital reverbs and they invented and ruled the ADAT world, which nobody now alive remembers with fondness). It might have been the sellers, since the Yamaha kit was sold by a music "school" that was nerd heaven, Roland was in the better stores and Alexis was, like, "order it through a long-distance call and then wait for it to arrive in six to eight weeks." But yeah, all of that stuff seems intolerably complex to us now, because we have DAWs and instruments that have learned from DAWs. Speaking of which, how would a "Bad Plug-In" episode work? I didn't get with the DAW thing until my cassette multitrack bit the dust so I don't have a ton of nominees, but I'm guessing you could mine the ire of many a frustrated Producer Wannabe out there!
@AudioPilz off the top of my head... I use Ableton Live and find that many/nearly all Max for Live plugins use way too much CPU power to be useful. That seems to be a common complaint with many plug-ins, but there are also the ones that just don't deliver what they promise. I've found Factorsynth to be guilty on both counts, but since its use base is limited I doubt that one would make interesting content. Maybe watch White Sea Studios' "Snake Oil" series of videos for ideas?
The RX5 was such a killer, I can see where Yamaha was going with the RY30. Still, it fails to deliver the raw, intuitive energy of the RX5. I comment a lot about how your jams sound Plaid-esque, lol, but the last two jams were amazing and reminded me of Yello. :)
There is a way to perform spontaneous tweaks to the parameters targeted by the "mod-wheel," but there's a catch: you have to be using the machine essentially as a sound module. Incoming midi notes can be encoded with the controller messages that change the parameters, so if you use an external sequencer, you can tweak away while it plays back in realtime. Of course, there is another, even bigger caveat: when you're tweaking these incoming notes, you have to use an external controller. Each of these tweakable parameters has an assigned MIDI controller number. When the RY-30 receives one of these controller messages, it holds onto it and assigns that value to the next incoming note. The wheel on the unit itself doesn't transmit data when you move it. Rather it pairs a single controller value with the next note that gets triggered from the pads. The wheel itself doesn't affect the incoming notes. An example: If you want to tweak the filter on the snare, you'd assign an external controller to cc# 16 (which is the preassigned controller for filter cutoff) and trigger the snare externally while going to town on the fader/knob or whatever. Since the RY-30 will assign the value of the fader to the next note it receives, it's a good idea to assign the snares and the controller to a different MIDI channel than the rest of the drums. Fortunately the multitimbral architecture of the RY-30 makes that part of it simple.
Uncanny, I only just fell down a Yamaha RY rabbit hole this afternoon after seeing a low bid RY8 on eBay, please do the qy70/100 "walkstation" soon 😉 Big problem with the early Yamaha stuff including these RY models are the soldered internal battery's . Not the qy70/100 though that is easily replaced. I have been saying exactly the same about the need for a new Yamaha groove box 😆 QY 900 sounds good !
Thankfully those batteries are lithium ones that rarely leak. I've replaced the soldered on ones in my RY and SY series stuff with holders that ease future battery changes
MY FAVOURITE DRUM MACHINE EVER!! Sadly I sold mine a couple of years back to a lucky guy in Paris. But I made damn sure I sampled the living **** out of it first. Still, sampled RY30 is not the same as the real thing.
@@AudioPilz One thing I wanted to add, is take one of the outputs and place it through the external signal processor on an MS20. I particular use a cymbal sample. The MS20 goes bananas, especially when driving the high pass with the resonance set to maximum. These two are a great combination for insane acid. Also the choke groups and the cymbals just hitting in random pitch settings can yield exceptionally funky results.
I like the sounds enough to put up with the limitations , but won't be looking for one . I might bite if I saw it at a yardsale. Fine job of showcasing the gear in those jams . Always a pleasure to experience your sounds , and video craft .
Nice Syntakt reference/ critique there! Clever. I appreciate all the entertainment. Thought I could comment after owning D-2, Ion, SP-808, Monologue, JD-Xi, rm1x, dr202, and EA-1. Thanks, and keep it up!
NOOOOOO! I love this damn machine so much, how dare you call it bad gear!? And just like everything else features on this page, now the RY30 is going to get more expensive.again.
I never saw the atraction. I owned some RX boxes when they were cheap as chips secondhand, and this thing doesn't really take that sonic set much further. The current price is rose-tinted nolstalgia driven, and certainly nothing to do with a groundbreaking feature set. Using it as an expander with a proper sequencer, while hurling torrents of cc and sysex commands at it might produce something out of the ordinary, but as a self-contained box of rhythm it's thin gruel.
@@AudioPilz With the box of Yamaha samples I've accumulated, I can probably recreate most of those in a bogstandard vst or hardware sampler, and have tweakable filter, pan and pitch per drumsound on top. Jomox, Elektron, and MFB (and Vermona to a lesser extent) have taken the concept of electronic drums as synths to a different level. I think I'd just end up being frustrated by the 90s era limitations
I get the impression that what you’d like Yamaha to build, AP, is a modified take on one I’ve mentioned on your channel before, the DTX Multi 12. The design of that pad places more emphasis on live performance than it does on sequencing, which is why I bought one in 2018 and have used it on nearly all of my solo tracks since. If Yamaha decided to take the innards of that module and put them in a different drum machine that emphasized sequencing over live triggering, it probably would fit the bill you mentioned at the end of this review.
This was great! Your ability to understand the ins & outs of the gear you feature is really admirable. I’m still hoping the Boss DR-5 will make an appearance in the near future. Such a killer drum machine with a typically difficult, frustration-inducing workflow. I just know that you’d understand it and would make some badass jams with it. Also, I’m currently awaiting delivery of a Roland MC-101. Thar be lots of great reviews regarding the small, yet mighty groovebox. But, there are plenty who are utterly dissatisfied with it due to the extensive menu diving, it’s only USB powered,, no external input source, and the inability to make new sounds from scratch. So, just presets and samples, and SD cards. It does comes equipped with more than 3,000 sounds, though. Nice! I know the MC-101 will suit my needs perfectly, but would still love to see you do a review of it. Is it worth the $549 price tag? Is it of the ‘Better Gear’ ilk? Or, is it just being outshined by its older sibling, the almighty MC-707? It does tick all the boxes at first glance.🤓
Awesome work as always. I guess back then the only visual interface the had was that two line lcd. As many have said, yourself included, painting your hallway through the letter box. You still made it sound good though.
Yet another outstanding showcase of putrid, much despised "classics" from yesteryear. Indeed, the RY30 offers possibilities beyond most ROMpler drum boxes of the time. I can't thank you enough for the entertainment your videos provide and I can't stop binge-watching Bad Gear. Thankfully, I've managed to avoid (or sell, throw up on, or have allowed to be stolen) most gear you cover but your skillful jams have an uncanny ability to make me crave the bad gear in question. I'm looking forward to when you cover some of the numerous modern day gear that falls spectacularly short of expectations. Much respect. x0x0x
This was my first drum machine. I created baselines with the flute pitched all the way down. And tbh i really dug the step sequencing. I loved that machine man!
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Audiopilz: *slaps roof of YT channel*
Full Tracks, Extended Jams, Sample Packs: www.patreon.com/audiopilz
The RY30... the little drum machine that *to this day* keeps the music industries of Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador in business. Over 50% of groups here in Bolivia use the RY30 on a daily basis. Especially in cumbia Sureña, this thing is the king 🎎 Even if you have a machine that sounds like this (DD75, PSR sample set, DTX sample set, etc.) , you're gonna be producing hit music over here.
EDIT: These same groups use the RY30 live, but only by playing preset patterns and improvisation with an adjacent Roland SPD series drum ( *another series of gear you should review.* )
Example: watch?v=oKTYOO50T2M
Great insight, thanks!!!
Ok this piqued my interest
What kind of music? Latin?
@@AudioPilz you're a pretty cool guy. Like the soyboy from vsauce but for synths. Good video bro
@@rachelar Yes, especially Cumbia Sureña. I linked an example in my comment, copy and paste in your browser after TH-cam.com/
My main drum machine! Love it so much that I even wrote an editor for it to manipulate the voice settings. Full of cheesy but great 80s sounds, but capable of analogue sounding ones and weird digital blips.
I wholeheartedly agree. Is the editor available?
Ooh, editor? I don't like editors, but admittedly the RY30 is a bit more obtuse than necessary.
It's MIDI implementation is also obtuse! The SysEx format is bizarre, and I had to reverse engineer a lot of it from an ancient editor for the Atari ST since Yamaha didn't document it.
Is this an editor you can possibly share with other users?
Also interested in this editor...
Those live jams.....wow! Audiopilz with pedals just = AMAZING! Well done sir, great episode!
Thank you so much!!!
Inspired by Florian I made another one of those ALL THE PATTERNS videos - this time of the RY30! th-cam.com/video/aVtCQr4a-nI/w-d-xo.html
Nice, just left a like!
Fun fact: Autechre released a single called 'We R Are Why' in '96 consisting of two tracks written entirely on the RY30. Great songs too! Always wanted an RY30 after that.
Just hit play on this one, nice!!!
yeah, really nice track, thx a lot for the hint 🙂
Can we all appreciate the awesome music videos AudioPilz puts together for the "Finale" tracks every time?
(Oh, and since you were talking Yamaha groove boxes: You should try to get your hands on a Tenori On for an episode …)
Thanks! Tenori on? Yes, but it's a long story;) Working on it!
If you ever come up with another channel on how you go about the music production that would be amazing. You are extremely talented especially since you can pull off amazing tracks with such random 'bad' gear. :)
Great idea, thanks!!!
this series is how i know it's friday 🌞
TGIF!!!
Thank Gear It's Florian ;)
@@AudioPilz This Gear Is Fucked!
The first jam was drifting towards it already, then you just go full Front Line Assembly on jam 2. I love it.
Thanks!!!
Are you sure you mean FLA? What song? The closest song Jam 2 reminds me of is cubanate's "An Airport bar."
@@NunyaB1s Hmmm maybe I meant Front 242? I always get them mixed up... Either way I'll check out Cubanate; never heard of them, so thanks!
After watching all of the past videos I finally get to comment on a new one before this channel gets picked up by Netflix or something.
Like Top Gear that introduced Subaru Impreza WRX's to a generation that would never own one, this channel taught me about so many drum machines and grooveboxes.
Thank you so much!!!
Once again your demo tracks are stunning. ✨👌
Thank you!!!
I'm impressed by how you push the limits of the machine. Great job!
Thank you!!!
This has been my main drum machine for the last 9 months or so. I really like working with it. It feels nice to the touch, the 'analog' kits sound good to me, as well as the real drum hits. Editing goes really deep, I've made some thunderous techno rumble by editing a cowbell.
❤️❤️❤️Techno Rumble❤️❤️❤️
I just bought one for $360. I like it even though I am a guitar player.
You know Autechre made an entire EP using nothing but this drum machine. And it's a banger.
Wow! Of course they did. Hehehe. Did they circuit bend it?
No, I did not;) Great stuff, which album is it?
@@AudioPilz It's called We R Are Why, Are Y Are We? Vinyl exclusive from about 1996, only 3000 copies made I think.
I still clearly remember the lovely summer day around '92 when me and a mate from 6th form bunked off lessons for the afternoon to go into London, drink beer and play around in Denmark St with drum machines - I ended up taking an RY30 home that day. Great memory, and I would never consider it to be Bad Gear (tm)!
Tin Pan Alley!!!
@@AudioPilz Sorely missed, very sorely missed.
Yes! I did the same here in Glasgow with a daily trip to McCormack’s Music to ‘test’ the Boss 660 MkII. The guy in the shop was so bored with me until after playing with it for about 3 months I gave him almost my entire monthly pay packet at the time: £400 in crisp notes. He gave me a till receipt and 1p change. I remember staying up until 6am that day sitting up in bed with headphones on making every type of drum pattern imaginable at the time. I still have it and use it. I know it better than my kids. Here it is in action alongside 5 bits of gear previously featured here: th-cam.com/video/RLm27mvuSeo/w-d-xo.html
You're the same vintage as me then - I lusted after a second hand E-mu Drumulator in the Soho Soundhouse shop around '92. I was in their so often playing it that the staff must have thought I'd taken up residence!
@@chriswareham Soho Soundhouse ❤❤❤
Love my RM50 and was waiting for its (sibling's) Bad Gear treatment :) Didn't disappoint! Especially the cat riding the dolphin. Instant classic!
Thanks!!!
Really enjoying the trax in this episode. The 90s spirit must have awaken in you
Thank you!!!
The RY-30 was a game changing champion for me back in 1991. I could mimic break beats without actually sampling by tweaking and combinatng tones.. In Hip Hop and R&B..for me..it put me ahead of my competitors who didn't have drop boom from the bottom. The trick to better beats is mixing the kits...i just bought a new one last year.
Cool, I wasn't thinking of the RY30 as a hip hop machine!
For me the in the early 90s the analog kit was still relevant for hip hop. The preset 808 kick drum was actually very nice. And making new sounds (out of 2 base sounds) made exponential possibilities. If you can find the cards with external kits they had more focus on hip hop and rnb (they were very hard to find, even in the mid 90s on eBay). For well under $1000 this machine was awesome in 1992 and made this teenager feel like a pro :)
@@AudioPilz At the time I got introduced to it, I was still stuck on the sounds of the TR 626 and 808. It took me a few weeks to get adjusted to the texture and work flow. But what I found worked was putting the boom on individual out 1, all the kicks and snares on output 2 and the percussion thru L and R output.
@@thomasmatthews8873the boom?
Again a masterful video, well done. The RY30 cuts through the mix like no other drum machine I own. No need for eq or compression or transient designer plugins.
Thanks! It does take processing well tho
Yes it's clean percs can't be beat for a 90s box
This is yet another great drum machine that comes to life with a modern sample card. The Sector 101 Wave Blade card lets you download any of the Yamaha cards or fill it with your own sound.
Nice, I have to check that out!!!
Now if only I can find one...
A few years ago I got in touch with the Sector 101 guy, who if I remember is over in Ireland. He said I could post all my wave cards to him, so he could copy the data and put on his website, plus he did not own all the cards himself. I never quite got around to doing this due to life problems, plus I was a bit nervous about if the cards were lost or stolen in transit etc.
I was wondering if there's a card like the RX5USB for the RY30. Will keep an eye on this, would be nice to find one.
Thank you for honoring my favorite machine.
Always a pleasure
Why does Sweetwater keep hanging up on me?? I DEMAND an early preorder for this ingenious new RY-30 / AN1X / RM1X groovebox!!
Lol, imagine we would all call the local music tech retailers every day and ask for that new Yamaha Groovebox;)
@@AudioPilz Lmao! That reminds me of when I was a kid, I’d prank call the local Red Wing shoe retailer and ask if they had the new Nike Red Wings. The guy was always so confused and frustrated while trying to figure out wtf I was talking about. Good times.
Just in time, I finished the Boss MT-2 video and now I'm here for new old stuff.
Nice!!!
A long time ago, I came to your channel for the gear.
Now I hardly learn anything about gear because I can't stop laughing and need to re-wind and pause all the time for the pun-ishable ... _puns._
Keep up the good work, man!
Thank you so much!!!
Wow..! you've done it again...!!!!!
Yet ANOTHER piece of retro kit I own...and have done so for many years...
Worth it alone for the mod-wheel & the waveforms..!!!
...I forgot to mention the filter...
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The tiny screen...
I love it though, and like the Korg 707, I'll never let it go....
Thanks Audiopilz, you've done it again...
Thank you!!!
With 4 decades of music production experience, I have never used any of the Yamaha gear. This video makes me feel like I missed out.
That one is recommended, especially for people who are willing to put in the work
Oh, I'm in love with those old drum machines, great episode!
Thank you!!!
Your jams make me want to open a used car lot that specializes in 80's and early 90's cars, then flood the airwaves with incredible advertising. Yes, I have dreams, and I have ideas.
Let me know when you need the music;)
I recently felt in love with the 80/90's rom drummachine. Got a Kawai R-50E a few days ago, and the sound is supprisingly good to my ears. Super underated, those romplers should be valued correctly.
Agreed, big rompler fan here!
The Kawai R-50 series and R-100 are my favorite of the late-80s PCM drum machines. I prefer the sounds of the R-100 over something like the TR-707 any day. The UI would have been so much better with X0X-style step buttons but I usually just sequenced mine externally. I ended up sampling and selling mine, but use the samples I made in my TR-8S and Model Samples... they're the best sounds ever for heavy industrial/techno beats.
@@t.n.3819 I have cartridges for the R100 if you need
Ooh, the Kawai machines are the most 80's sounding ever. I looked forever for one with a good price, but lately I have given up.
@@RegebroRepairs there was a R50 online for sale today @ Netherlands.
friday 5pm is just perfect as a release schedule - enough work, it's the weekend!
Have a nice one!!!
Step Sequencing On this Thing Is Amazing!!!
I Love This Thing!
Amazing jams as always. Especially liked the first! This machine looks like it would pair well with a tracker.
Thanks!!!
Great video. Loved the jams. I honestly was supper impressed by the last one.
Thank you!!!
That thing sounds exactly like it looks. What a rare thing.
I didn't think it sounded so dirty;)
The faders look like they have ear wax.
@@willyum3108 - That's the secret sauce that the best technicians use to keep them smooth.
@@AudioPilz the most joy i get out of new old gear is cleaning it after a testrun. i was kinda amazed how dirty that looks. cotton stick and some wet cleaning towels/ wipes from you local cheap warehouse shop is all it takes. And then look at all that dirt that comes off. It's the least you can do if you get to try stuff on loan :D - ah wait, right, you already made the value bump. ok, i'll keep my peace 😇
When you run out of bad gear, you should do a top10 list of your favourite gear you've had on the show.
I don't think it will ever happen but great idea!!! Thanks!
I'm just waiting for when he gets around to the Syntakt.
@@kaarefestvog6540 people haven't had time to complain enough yet, except for the usual ones with those takt/tone boxes. Wait until someone claims it caught their studio cat on fire, first.
The TD3 & Elektron, got to be your favorite Bad gear, since they appear almost every week in your jams. 😊
It's probably the stuff that lets me work the fastest!
Florian also seems to like the Microkorg alot too.
@@haze_productions9715 Altho it was featured, the Micro ain't no bad gear. Fun synth.
@@XHALE303 Most of this gear is only debateably bad. Misunderstood, outclassed, or outdated would be a better way to describe most of this stuff.
Nice coupling with tb3! Those drums with the acid sound sounded great!
Thanks!
Bought the RY30 in 1992 and STILL own it. All other gear from that time is gone.
Nice!!!
Thanks for the tip about dexed regarding FM synthesis, i just went full tardis and entered IK multimedia group buy and got myself couple fm emulation. No regrets here :D excellent episode once again, i was entertained beyond oblivion :D Ticked all MY boxes, great job ;) EDIT, still need to hear those JAMs from somewhere in streaming-universe, pretty please?
Thank you!!! Extended jams and full tracks can be found on my Patreon (end of plug;)
@@AudioPilz well see you there then!
1:43 I think that to use it for spontaneous tweaks, you have to clean the faders
😂
Awesome episode thanks :D
You can CLEANTHEM???😂😂😂
Could the dust in those faders have psychedelic properties?!
@@sportsfreundberlin that was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw it ! Plus there is enough for 3 people xD
Great as always! Thanks
Thank you!!!
Had an RY , then upgraded it (I guess) to a RM50.. with RAM card and a few expansion cards..
Multichannel via Midi, Ram samples, and 6 Trigger ins.. Which a made a few loads up with Piezos, and trigger threshold options etc, Made out better than most!
BTW.. The perfect module/machine for that 80's/90's Industrial bang.
Nice, I have to check out that one!
@@AudioPilz I owned an RM50 for a few years. Better than the Alesis DM5, with more tweak. Very cool with a Pad 80 and some contact mics attached to random "mutated" Tomi robots.
I've been thinking of doing the same with my RM50, grabbing some cheap piezo trigger discs and soldering jack plugs on them. I was unsure of what to use as the basis for the kit, e.g. not gonna make a full size kit with stool, just do some DIY pads with foam and rubber etc to press with fingers.
Ditto , ry30 maybe the best controller for RM50 . Pattern memory dah.
@@acidtechno Drum module vs Drum machine...
One, RY30 limitations within.... But, Portable///
RM.. With a sequencer.. Shit even Cubase 1 you had a Drum programming interface.. And a Mod wheel ...
Hmmm... Sorry.. Did I miss your point? I didn't if you are talking a Box that does more than another box, where the other box does WAY MORE connected to another Box....
Just sayin
Excellent video, as always.
Thank you!!!
The cheese and nibbles track is as good as its title. That is, truly immense
Thank you!!!
Nice jams Flo and nice machine!❤️
Thanks!
The dirt and grime around the LCD and the slider definitely tick all the boxes of a bad gear.
Yummy;)
Man your videos are so wholesome, I should send you my Roland RA-90 some day to go crazy with memes.
Thanks! I even got one of these here;) Not enough hate on the web tho
I love these old drum machines. Even the less famous, less intuitive, and frankly, sometimes crappy-sounding rhythm boxes often hide at least one or two interesting sounds or inspirational features.
I wholeheartedly agree!
Forgot about this drum machine. I had one 15 years ago for a little while. Again, you did a great job here !
Thank you!!!
Would love to see more beat boxes with an assignable mod wheel.
Maybe get a Beat Thang;)
Cheers Florian, pretty damned groovy. I feel a sudden need to get fresh at the weekend 🤔
Thanks! Have a nice weekend!!!
Thank you for another great Video!!! RY-30 is great for Industrial music!! that's a great Tune at 6:23!!!
Thanks for watching!!!
Glad I'm not the only one who got strong Industrial vibes from this one, 2nd Wave mostly but it's all good haha
You should be a sales rep for Yamaha because I keep developing a deep need to buy these things after watching your videos
Thank you so much!!!
I couldn't agree more that another Yamaha groove box is long overdue. Something as hands on as the RM1x and with the same sequencer but in a QY100 sized box. That's too much to ask but I can wish.
They completely left that field to the others
Never seen one of these before - sounds great! Love this channel
Thank oyu!!!
man the samples on the 2nd jam are DOPE! (do english speaking people still say dope?)
I'd try to find me one of those before this video raises the price on the web.... shit too late.
Thanks!!! Yes, it's quite a DnB beast!
Long time watcher, where do all the brilliant memes from your videos come from? They are always top notch! Also the RY seems perfect for my basement incel wannabe Skinny Puppy project 40 years later project.
Check out Synth Memes! on FB. Great stuff!
Being a bit, uh, "wiser" than many of your viewers (I'm old, alright?!) I want to point out that where I lived, it seemed like late-80's/early 90's electronic instrument makers were divided out into the stodgy (Yamaha, which always made good enough stuff, but nobody ever found any of it sexy), the reliably slightly hip (Roland, Roland, Roland) and cutting edge (Alexis of course. They had the first 16-bit sampled drum machine with 'several' levels of velocity sensitivity, the first affordable digital reverbs and they invented and ruled the ADAT world, which nobody now alive remembers with fondness). It might have been the sellers, since the Yamaha kit was sold by a music "school" that was nerd heaven, Roland was in the better stores and Alexis was, like, "order it through a long-distance call and then wait for it to arrive in six to eight weeks." But yeah, all of that stuff seems intolerably complex to us now, because we have DAWs and instruments that have learned from DAWs.
Speaking of which, how would a "Bad Plug-In" episode work? I didn't get with the DAW thing until my cassette multitrack bit the dust so I don't have a ton of nominees, but I'm guessing you could mine the ire of many a frustrated Producer Wannabe out there!
Great insight, thanks! Bad Plugin - do you have any suggestions?
Bad plugins. Awesome idea.
@AudioPilz off the top of my head... I use Ableton Live and find that many/nearly all Max for Live plugins use way too much CPU power to be useful.
That seems to be a common complaint with many plug-ins, but there are also the ones that just don't deliver what they promise. I've found Factorsynth to be guilty on both counts, but since its use base is limited I doubt that one would make interesting content. Maybe watch White Sea Studios' "Snake Oil" series of videos for ideas?
Wonderful as always. I liked your homage to the 'Puss' game in the end video. That game was utterly mental.
Thanks!!!
The RX5 was such a killer, I can see where Yamaha was going with the RY30. Still, it fails to deliver the raw, intuitive energy of the RX5. I comment a lot about how your jams sound Plaid-esque, lol, but the last two jams were amazing and reminded me of Yello. :)
Thanks!!! The RX5 is legendary!
There is a way to perform spontaneous tweaks to the parameters targeted by the "mod-wheel," but there's a catch: you have to be using the machine essentially as a sound module. Incoming midi notes can be encoded with the controller messages that change the parameters, so if you use an external sequencer, you can tweak away while it plays back in realtime. Of course, there is another, even bigger caveat: when you're tweaking these incoming notes, you have to use an external controller. Each of these tweakable parameters has an assigned MIDI controller number. When the RY-30 receives one of these controller messages, it holds onto it and assigns that value to the next incoming note. The wheel on the unit itself doesn't transmit data when you move it. Rather it pairs a single controller value with the next note that gets triggered from the pads. The wheel itself doesn't affect the incoming notes.
An example: If you want to tweak the filter on the snare, you'd assign an external controller to cc# 16 (which is the preassigned controller for filter cutoff) and trigger the snare externally while going to town on the fader/knob or whatever. Since the RY-30 will assign the value of the fader to the next note it receives, it's a good idea to assign the snares and the controller to a different MIDI channel than the rest of the drums. Fortunately the multitimbral architecture of the RY-30 makes that part of it simple.
Thanks for the heads-up!!!
Oh yes I’m going to try this with the squarp pyramid soon as I can
Uncanny, I only just fell down a Yamaha RY rabbit hole this afternoon after seeing a low bid RY8 on eBay, please do the qy70/100 "walkstation" soon 😉 Big problem with the early Yamaha stuff including these RY models are the soldered internal battery's . Not the qy70/100 though that is easily replaced. I have been saying exactly the same about the need for a new Yamaha groove box 😆 QY 900 sounds good !
It's magic;) Great suggestion, thanks!
Thankfully those batteries are lithium ones that rarely leak. I've replaced the soldered on ones in my RY and SY series stuff with holders that ease future battery changes
amazing as always! thank you for the hard work!
Thanks for watching!!!
MY FAVOURITE DRUM MACHINE EVER!! Sadly I sold mine a couple of years back to a lucky guy in Paris. But I made damn sure I sampled the living **** out of it first. Still, sampled RY30 is not the same as the real thing.
Agreed, it loses the magic
@@AudioPilz One thing I wanted to add, is take one of the outputs and place it through the external signal processor on an MS20. I particular use a cymbal sample. The MS20 goes bananas, especially when driving the high pass with the resonance set to maximum. These two are a great combination for insane acid. Also the choke groups and the cymbals just hitting in random pitch settings can yield exceptionally funky results.
2 pedals, a TB3 and a Drum Machine.
What more do you need!
Another fat slice of the bad gear cake, goes down a treat!
Thank you!!!
Sliders: PLEEEEEASE CLEEEAEEN USSSS
I was afraid the RY would fall apart
"Just put all that old stuff in a new and shiny box." YES! YES! YES!
I'd buy that in a heartbeat!
The 80s never die!
Seems like they're back with a vengeance atm;)
I like the sounds enough to put up with the limitations , but won't be looking for one . I might bite if I saw it at a yardsale.
Fine job of showcasing the gear in those jams . Always a pleasure to experience your sounds , and video craft .
Thank you!!!
Those dirty sliders hurt my feelings.
...and that was after cleaning;)
@@AudioPilz 🤣 Still great content. As usual.
Brings back memories.
My first "band" was a Yamaha RY-10 hooked up to a DIY distortion pedal.
❤️❤️❤️Simpler times❤️❤️❤️
these sliders are bio-hazard material
It's held together by dirt;)
Nice Syntakt reference/ critique there!
Clever. I appreciate all the entertainment.
Thought I could comment after owning D-2, Ion, SP-808, Monologue, JD-Xi, rm1x, dr202, and EA-1.
Thanks, and keep it up!
Nice! Stick around!
NOOOOOO!
I love this damn machine so much, how dare you call it bad gear!?
And just like everything else features on this page, now the RY30 is going to get more expensive.again.
You know the drill, one person's Bad Gear...
It the Pilz with another great video, nice!!!!
Thanks!
I never saw the atraction. I owned some RX boxes when they were cheap as chips secondhand, and this thing doesn't really take that sonic set much further.
The current price is rose-tinted nolstalgia driven, and certainly nothing to do with a groundbreaking feature set. Using it as an expander with a proper sequencer, while hurling torrents of cc and sysex commands at it might produce something out of the ordinary, but as a self-contained box of rhythm it's thin gruel.
I was surprised how unique some of the sample combinations sounded
@@AudioPilz With the box of Yamaha samples I've accumulated, I can probably recreate most of those in a bogstandard vst or hardware sampler, and have tweakable filter, pan and pitch per drumsound on top.
Jomox, Elektron, and MFB (and Vermona to a lesser extent) have taken the concept of electronic drums as synths to a different level.
I think I'd just end up being frustrated by the 90s era limitations
@@secretelitemusic My Yamaha MU100R modules have those features for the drum sections. Also velocity controlled filtering.
Thanks for another great video. I hope the mad professors at Yamaha R&D are listening to your suggestions 👍
Thanks for watching! Hope dies last;)
Fürst! 🐰
Noice!
Quality episode as usual top tier stuff mate
Thank you!!!
Dude, those first few jams were amazing electronic industrial experimental cheeeeeeeese 🤗 LOVED IT
Thank you!!!
I get the impression that what you’d like Yamaha to build, AP, is a modified take on one I’ve mentioned on your channel before, the DTX Multi 12. The design of that pad places more emphasis on live performance than it does on sequencing, which is why I bought one in 2018 and have used it on nearly all of my solo tracks since. If Yamaha decided to take the innards of that module and put them in a different drum machine that emphasized sequencing over live triggering, it probably would fit the bill you mentioned at the end of this review.
Great idea, thanks!!!
And thank *you,* AP. Now, if only someone had a line of connection to Yamaha’s research and development -
Love your video intros bro. 🙌🙌🙌🙌
Thanks!
"Nice, new Bad Gear video!"
(Legs fall asleep on toilet from watching 3 in a row)
Everytime.
Cheers!!!❤️❤️❤️
fantastic! when does the yamaha ry30 album dropp?
Thanks! Presumably 2030;)
I love my RY 30…there are some sounds that sounds like that snare is going to pop through your speakers! Love it!
Unique sounds!
5:28 good lord that’s great. Ridiculously punchy and perfect aggressive 4x4
Thanks!!!!
That peaks and limit snippet made my day
That one had me rofling too!
I'm sure it's been said before, but I love the mini-psychedelic-retro-meme-based-adobe-premier-plugin-grab-bag-mtv-video section of these videos.
Thank you so much!!!
Thanks for this drum machine history lesson.
Always a pleasure, thanks for watching!
Is there an 'original' version of the theme tune? Loved the cats riding dolphins btw :)
Yup, it's on my Patreon (and accessible for non-Patrons too)
That tune @7:20 had serious Dwayne Rudolf Goettel vibes!
Great Yob!
Thanks!!!
This was great! Your ability to understand the ins & outs of the gear you feature is really admirable.
I’m still hoping the Boss DR-5 will make an appearance in the near future. Such a killer drum machine with a typically difficult, frustration-inducing workflow. I just know that you’d understand it and would make some badass jams with it.
Also, I’m currently awaiting delivery of a Roland MC-101.
Thar be lots of great reviews regarding the small, yet mighty groovebox. But, there are plenty who are utterly dissatisfied with it due to the extensive menu diving, it’s only USB powered,, no external input source, and the inability to make new sounds from scratch. So, just presets and samples, and SD cards.
It does comes equipped with more than 3,000 sounds, though. Nice!
I know the MC-101 will suit my needs perfectly, but would still love to see you do a review of it.
Is it worth the $549 price tag? Is it of the ‘Better Gear’ ilk? Or, is it just being outshined by its older sibling, the almighty MC-707?
It does tick all the boxes at first glance.🤓
Thank you so much! The newer MCs are totally moving up my list
that first jam track is perfect ❤️
Thank you!!!
Awesome work as always. I guess back then the only visual interface the had was that two line lcd. As many have said, yourself included, painting your hallway through the letter box.
You still made it sound good though.
Thanks! I found it to be quite intuitive to use after a while. Especially the macros work great
Yet another outstanding showcase of putrid, much despised "classics" from yesteryear. Indeed, the RY30 offers possibilities beyond most ROMpler drum boxes of the time. I can't thank you enough for the entertainment your videos provide and I can't stop binge-watching Bad Gear. Thankfully, I've managed to avoid (or sell, throw up on, or have allowed to be stolen) most gear you cover but your skillful jams have an uncanny ability to make me crave the bad gear in question. I'm looking forward to when you cover some of the numerous modern day gear that falls spectacularly short of expectations. Much respect. x0x0x
Thank you so much!!!
This was my first drum machine. I created baselines with the flute pitched all the way down. And tbh i really dug the step sequencing. I loved that machine man!
Nice technique!!!
Great video, as always. However, that dim LCD display on the RY-30 has seen better days. My eyes are still recovering from seeing it...
Thanks!!! Yeah, that one's a challenge
The jams are legit good. 👏🏻
Thank you!!!
I appreciate all your witty hard work. The peaks & limiter clip had me 🤣😂🤣and as a Miami 🐬 fan, I ❤️every moment of their appearances. 👍🏽
Thank you!!!