Bad Gear - Yamaha RM1x
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Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Yamaha RM1x Sequence Remixer. Is this 1999 dance-oriented groovebox a professional sequencer in disguise. Is it "The Raver"?
Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
01:06 Overview Yamaha RM1x
05:49 Hate
06:15 Jam 1
07:09 Jam 2
08:11 Finale
08:43 Verdict
09:41 Patreon Vocoder Shoutout - เพลง
Audiopilz: *slaps roof of YT channel*
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Thanks brother I was waiting for this one.
your patreon is how we can buy your music?, im always wondering about that?
@AudioPilz did your unit have replaced buttons, they look very white ? Mine have turned yellow and are a bit unreliable to press, have been thinking about trying to get the replacement pack of buttons and soldering them on
@@johangamb replace them, and be more careful with use in the future. These knobs are not made to get slammed with a hammer. No knob is , except arcade style buttons, maybe.
@@Projacked1 it's not the knobs that are the problem, they are fine. It's the black and white "key" buttons. It's a known issue, and definitely not due to abuse. I've barely used mine.
Every piece of equipment I have bought has featured on Bad Gear. It’s almost like a shopping channel for me.
i mean give him 3 years and you wont find a synth that wasnt featured here.
dude is gonna recreate the Telharmonium just to roast it in an episode.
Florian, mate.. How many hours do you have in your week? Procure obscure old kit - learn how to use it - bang out three tunes and a highly polished video with endless memes in it. What a talent!
Thank you so much! I was on a vacation this weekend too;)
@@AudioPilz you're amazing man, never stop
I have marveled at this too. Each one of these vids would take me roughly 12 years.
That's what I'm FKN Saying!!!!
@@SoundOfVinyl to be honest FL has more then 20 people.... if we don't then make me 21..... I absolutely love this piece, but I use more then the bs pre set patches.... I make my own....
Ain’t gonna lie..my heart sank when I seen the RM1x. This is the best hardware sequencer I have ever used. I still use it in my performances. I use it with my integra 7 and my motif xs rack live. Those drums are gritty. Throw the sounds through an analog heat and this thing rocks hard. Great jamz as always!!!!
Thanks! Certainly goes well with serious outboard!
Yeah I think as a sequencer it’s very hard to beat
Sometimes Bad Gear actually features bad gear...but not often!
There is no bad gear if it gets the job done.
I'm glad I've already hoarded two of them. Just don't ask how many QY70s I have.
RM1X was my very first piece of gear. After so many years, still my favorite one.
The sequencer is more powerful than many hardware sequencer that are sold today. You can make sound it great if you know which instrument can combine well with others. I used it last night to have 8 physical knobs midi controlling my Mpc One.
It's a great midi controller indeed!
I love this box. We had it in 99 and marvelled at the Chemical Brothers Setting Sun preset. I bought one a few years back but it didn’t suit my current workflow and the arpeggiator didn’t work, which kinda kills the vibe of this thing. I think it sounds great, but then I am 50 and the sounds have a place in a time when I was much younger and more hopeful.
I heard that preset and was afraid it would trigger copyright strikes;)
@@AudioPilz good assumption, especially in today’s DRM minefield
Throw it through some post processing... it sounds amazing. Love this box and still keep it in the closet.
Love this too....I had one.... it was about the work flow....the sounds were a contrast for me as a hip hop focused beat maker, so the marketing of “dance music “ didn’t put me off.... and I often resampled sounds and beats/grooves. It was as quick to navigate like a big QY70. This is a gem.
Up until I got this, all the keyboards I'd ever played had terrible built-in sounds and demos. It was all Casio keyboards playing 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go' with the "waw" sound for me. Then this came out and it sounded more like the Chemical Brothers and the Prodigy than they did. There were so many "patterns" and styles that more or less formed complete songs that I mostly just listened to it and twiddled a few knobs, as it was far too complicated for a newb like me to actually compose on it. I could never never make anything better than the presets, anyway.
I refurbished one of these recently and rest assured, the built-like-a-brick-shithouse quality of the instrument is just as present on the inside. Infinite screws and metal spacers inside with plates and subassemblies that you could burgeon someone with. Good stuff, I never want to take one apart again.
Mine stays closed too;)
I had to go in there too, to replace the eprom ( a few times...)
Build like a tank. Casing and electronics inside: very well protected )
It even worked with a power adapter on the wrong voltage and even wrong polarity ( although sometimes it started behave strange , off course...)
Solid metal, they were 40000 belgian frank back in the day.
About a thousand euro, how much would that be today?
Good point, I always wanted to hit someone with it, since it was so hard to program😜
@@AudioPilz I have a RS7000, which is basically the same thing as the RM1X but on steroids, and I was thinking of taking it in for repair (doesn't power on, some keys are wonky and the storage needs upgrading), but this comment is making me rethink it. Shit's gonna be expensive!
Taking one of these apart is a right of passage.
Man I loved my RM1x, there was some amazing pads in that little box. Paired beautifully with my W-30. Man I miss my old trance days haha. Another amazing show man I love this series!
Thanks! Instant Trance flavor!!!
Yamaha rm1x fan here. I learned how to make electronic music on one. I bought one used right before ableton and laptops/midi controllers became the rage. So by the time I learned it inside and out everyone was doing shows with ableton live. It was cool because alot of people my age had never really seen anyone use grooveboxes at the time, so that made me stand out a little, but the dated sounds did become very limiting and frustrating. But I do love this machine. Its so much fun to write loops on. And actually song mode isn't that bad at all once you get the hang of it. I did buy ableton later on and I still use it, along with hardware and I must say, I'm glad I started out on something like this, instead of a computer. I feel like it helped me understand rhythm and things like call and response, and it also a good way to learn how to work with what you got. Which was good to know before I got into using DAWs. I sold mine later on while I was in art school. One of the only musical regrets I have ever made. I plan on buying one again. Too bad the prices went up. I bought my first one for 200 bucks. Now they start off around no less then 300-400. The sequencer on it is amazing.
Finally!
This and the Yamaha SU700 were my first gear purchases in 99/2000
the poor mans MPC, but in two boxes. Played a lot of shows with them, still have them both and use the SU700. Thank you!
It was about time!!!
For me,it were much more creative boxes than mpc
This was my first piece of hardware. I loved it and still kinda regret selling it. The sounds were terrible, but the sequencer is awesome.
Agreed!
Same here 😕
@@AudioPilz will you do a follow up episode with it’s groove sampler “partner in grime” the Yamaha SU700?
Well, programming a track and not being able to hear another track while doing so, isn't realy a sign of an awesome sequencer. What were they thinking?
I do use a lot till this day, but not for programming...
Yeah the sounds are super dated but some people can deal with that.
This was my first machine. Never liked its sound too much, but as a sequencer was great and learned a lot with it.
The sequencer is indeed pro
Same. Wish I never sold it. Would be nice to still have my first piece of gear from back in the day. Been meaning to rebuy one... some day.
Bought one 13 years ago after seeing Legowelt playing live with one. Been my main sequencer ever since. Love the midi delay, every synth seems to react differently to it, so many happy accidents.
Nice, I have to check out Legowelts work on it
I love this groovebox ❤️👍🏼 21 years and I still keep and using it
Nice!!!
The big brother of the Rm1x is the Yamaha RS7000. It has the same sequencer, a better sound engine closer to the Motif line, sampling, and the ability to add an expansion board that gives you individual outputs plus digital I/O.
That one is indeed very professional kit!
After watching the Pilz review lots of my early gear here, calling my trusted RS7000 professional (which I mostly agree with) makes me think that my later gear decisions haven't been that bad :). Top episode again.
Please do the Rs 7000 one day I’m dying for it.
@@AudioPilz Unfortunately, after the QY-700, 10 and 100, there was no more chord track feature. I don't know why Yamaha don't integrate the QY sequencer into the Motif/Montage.
@@ascarletheart2138 I wish I never sold mine
Have a feeling I will get into a lot of pieces of gear just because you make videos about them, watched your videos on Polyend Tracker, Arturia Microbrute and Drumbrute Impact, now I own all those, thanks to you 😆 this actually sounds sick, I kinda want one 😂
Happy to hear that! Thanks!
I love Arturia hardware so much
I've had my Rm1x for years and it is still in use in my setup right now. However, I use mine in a very different way from the way it is commonly used. Instead of using it as a groovebox and using it's onboard sequencer, I use my Rm1x as a midi sound module (along with other hardware) sequenced by an MPC. I've read a lot of people on the internet negatively criticize it's sounds. However, I find the sounds in this machine very useful for my music and have featured them in more tracks than I could ever count! It has literally been one of my go-to sound sources. I really like the bass and guitar samples as well as bass synth samples too because they fit well for the old-school type melodies and styles I typically use in a lot of my beats. The sound effects are cool as well.
The only thing I wish the Rm1x had was an additional set of outputs for routing any instrumental part I choose to another channel on the interface/mixer. That would allow me to run the bass parts separate from the other parts, thus making the mixing process easy. Just hearing some of the sounds in this video just reminds me of certain beats I've made ages ago with those same sounds!
This is an exciting piece of gear .
I hope you have more music including this piece . Cool episode 😎
Thank you!
The first jam is sublime. People can hate on the sounds but the character of this era Yamaha was second to none. I always wanted one but I need to get the data encoder fixed on my an200 first ;) Congrats on 100k Florian! well deserved
Just love all the videos and they really helped making quarantine more bearable. Thanks !
Thank you so much!!!
Waiting for this episode!! Thank you very much!!!
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The RM1x sounds range from useful to salvageable to just weird. (AnalogPd and SynthPad are truly magical.) For an *extremely* specific set of needs, the RM1x is everything you could possibly want.
The more oddball sounds are really usefull today
Muted guitar is always a banger.
Damn some of those pads are something else. Not a good something else either.
I'm glad you were somewhat respectful of this awesome sequencer. For those of us who've owned and used one or two of these over last twenty odd years. It is a unique phenomenon. And we like it that way. Lol. Thanks for taking a peek. 👍🏼
i was waiting for this, great review and top quality memes as always. thank you!
Thanks for watching!
YOU DID IT! YOU FINALLY DID IT!!!! My life is complete. Thank you!!!!!
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Programming midi on this thing is better than most DAWs still today. I learned my craft on this thing. I actually used this on a project still in 2012.
It can do most things DAWs can do midi-wise!
@@AudioPilz yes ofcourse, but 10x faster.
This brings back so many memories. This a Nord Rack 2 and a A5000 was my first studio back in the day. Actually played live a few times with that setup. Still the best hardware live sequencer i have ever used.
Nice early 2000 s setup!
Man, another great vid! Love, love the channel!!
Thank you!!!
I've been waiting for this for so long!
Thank you for your patience
Back in the day, when there were RM1X song packs floating around, there was one called "Pink Love" - in case the person reading this comment was the composer of that piece of music, I'd just like to say it was an audio sensation, thank you!
I'm intrigued - didn't find it on YT tho
The RS7000 GREATLY rectified the RM1x's shortcomings while adding some new ones (namely somewhat imprecise sample slice function, slow sample editing and saving). I'd love to see it's big brother featured here, especially a version with the OS update with the additional dual filters and step editing modes. Fantastic vid as usual, sir 🙏
Thank you!!!
Absolutely love the sounds in there!
90s AF!
Mate, I cannot understand why you have not got a million subscribers!? Top quality content. Thanks.
Thanks! Working on it;)
Thanks for driving up the price!!👌
And all your work on the channel!
Always a pleasure;) Thanks!
I think he'll drive it down!... it seems like mostly negative.
When I was building my first set up, I was having some MIDI integration issues, so I searched the words MIDI solutions and like magic my prayers were answered. Most web optimized company name in the business!!
Their stuff is rock solid!
I bought one when they came out and it's still sitting in my studio and has been all over the country with me and played at festivals in front of thousands. The onboard sounds aren't bad but where it really shines is as a sequencer. I used to ride out my entire 90-minute set in logic and then record it to the rm1x and break it into patterns. For since I used a virus and a Triton and an em1x.
i remember getting this in late 99 it was the centre of my production, knew it like the back of my hand, wish i never got rid of it. Hearing some of those presets hit the nostalgia button hard!
The RM1X, DX200, AN200, and the SU series samplers where representative of my favorite era of Yamaha. A shame they are nothing like that now.
I have the Big Daddy of the RM1X, the RS7000. I love that machine. I recently upgraded it with an SD/SCSI hard drive, so I can save all my sampling/resampling etc. I think if the RM1X could even just resample itself, it would be a lot more interesting machine. Either way, I highly recommend Rave Tracks' youtube channel where he makes some really nice stuff with the RM1X. Very inspiring stuff!
Thanks for the shout out Jeremy!
@@RaveTracks I love every single video of yours!
Love that channel!
Thanks, I've been waiting for this one!
Bangers for breakfast!
Mmmmmh, bangers...
i just recently found this page and its been my favorit thing ever since
So happy to hear that, thanks!
Been waiting for this one 😀
It was about time!!!
The jams in this episode were amazing. i love how the machine sounds.
Thanks!
Had this, loved it. Great sequencer!
Agreed!
Thank you for covering this piece of gear!
Thanks for watching!!!
You know this thing is destined for a shelf in my studio at the earliest opportunity...😁👍
Nothing collects dust quite like a 90s groovebox;)
@@AudioPilz - That's true, I think mine still have some ketamine inside
Someone needs to make a Delay Lama hardware version.
Lovely video as always Florian, still the highlight of the week :)
Thanks! Hardware Lama all day!!!
Another great video ❤️
Thanks!
Great video. Remember messing around with this when it came out. Was great for its time and still has some great sounds.
Thank you!!!
@@AudioPilz Welcome 🤝
that box is so underrated basically an rs7000 without the sampler
...or an QY700 with a smaller screen;)
Also without loop remix function i think, velocity sensitive pads and some other things from what I remember. And I don't think it is a bad gear.
Ahhhh the Rm1x🤘I played MANY raves with that sucker back in the 90’s/early 00’s. A solid sequencer and the sounds aren’t too bad either lolz
Cool! Ideal live rave machine!
Dang missed this one yesterday, anyhoo have a great weekend!
Same to you!!!
Didn't get a notification for this episode and I panicked that there was no episode this week :D thank you Florian and team for always ending our weeks on a high note!
Not sure if this thing is really big or just big by today's standards. I love learning about these pieces of gear I'm often not aware of, and hearing you make something amazing on the world's most hated audio tools like Jam 1 in this episode! Really great work
Thank you so much!!!
I bought one of these brand new in 2000 and I still have it. It was my first real sequencer and I used it with the Korg Electribe A and R. I loved it, especially pattern juggling and still pull it out from time to time for the nostalgia vibes and to get into that tracker editing mode.
I was wondering if it would show up here and am not sorry to see it again.
You just described my exact same set up in the early 2000's. I added a Roland XP-30 into the mix later on.
Certainly nice with a few 'tribes
Thank You. I am actually glad to still have mine and didn't make another mistake by selling it.
These are going to get more expensive for sure
you really do make everything you touch sound good!! i have one of these and i could never get through the crushing learning curve
It's powerful but definitely needs some attention. Thank you!!!
Hey man great vid! I use to use this all the time!!! So much fun!! Knobs slowly stopped working after about 10 years...
Thanks!
Nice!! This is almost Exactly like the RS7000!! Fun review!
Thanks!
This was a very good piece of kit. I shuffled all 16 tracks on this with live with a 5 part funk band. It's quirky, peculiar but it inspired and delivered.
Cool!
Quality jams as always. Especially jam 2, great atmosphere
Thank you!!!
Another fantastic vid my bro! +1
Thank you!!!
At the first glance Florian is ticking all the Alex Gopher doppelganger boxes.
I have a rm1x. Tend to agree with your review. Keyboard keys are a bit clunky too.
Great channel. Fully hooked and eagerly await each new video.
Thank you so much!
Of all my gear that got stolen, this is the one I miss the most I think. Finally got my hardware built back up to the point where it makes sense to grab one again, might have to pull the trigger. Such a good sequencer.
Extremely powerful for the time!
My wifes rm1x is really a nice Rave Maschine..i love the crazy breaks but its not Easy to Programm it .for me..you are a Real synth nerd ..thanks for this ❤🖖
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I remember back in 2003 when a friend of mine used it in a production: once tracked, mixed and mastered in protools the song sounded great
I just bought a qy70 the little portable version of the 700. When it's volca sized and battery powered you don't so much mind being limited an extended xg soundbank. It tickles all my foxes anyway. Also it was 100 quid .
Nice one!
does it require you to compose everything in C major like the qy10?
@@ultramouse yes if you want to make a new "style" however I have found that being less strict about the rule can throw out some interesting and quirky motifs I guess the "walkflow"is an acquired taste with all the 90s Yamaha sequencers.
@@ultramouse no, you can use other roots and scales, you can set per track what you think the input data was played in. I have both QY-70 and QY-100, former being more funky and lofi with a much better clap, latter being better for dance music and more hi-fi sounding with a guitar input. Check out Galcher Lustwerk, I think he used a QY-100 for a lot of his albums. I love both, best portable composers, I'm not even sure there's anything comparable today that is fully portable and so compact. Pro tip, buy a CBX-K1 midi keyboard to access and automate internal parameters like filter cutoff. It opens up the playability while also remaining portable.
It brings me back some memories. Couldn't really get used to it and sold it for 75euros around 10 years ago. Regret it now. My advice for young producers...Never sell your old gear.
Wise words!!!
Always knock it out of the park!
LOVE IT!
Thanks!
Got to admire your persistence!
Thanks!!!
I used the RM1x's sequencing and controller capabilities with a DJX2B. That combination compensated for every functional shortcoming the DJX2B had.
Nice technique!!!
I still have mine.
I need to find those Memorex floppy disks with sweet neon translucent cases to go with it.
It is a great sequencer! I loved this episode.
Thank you!!!
You are by far the best reviewer of gear there is :) i always love your progressive house demos
Thank you so much!!!
OMG I can't believe Delay Llama made an appearance in a Bag Gear video. These are so well curated.
Thanks!
I got a pristine ne from a friend in 2009 - quirky but sturdy and powerful
love the Delay Lama reference
I don't use it very much since the Electribe ESX/EMX are so much more fun :-)
Electribes are hard to beat for stuff like that
I welcome your obscure Twin Peaks reference. You are now above Alex Ball in my music TH-camr tierlist.
Thank you so much❤️❤️❤️
Awesome video as usual! I loved the second jam, and that ending song was just fantastic. Those sounds are so cheesy though, it certainly represents its time!
Thank you!!!
my first hardware sequencer! it's huge and heavy but holy crap do those keys suck, a few of those keys just don't work on my unit and some require significant force to press. i almost exclusively used it with an external midi keyboard because i was too scared to open it up and attempt to fix the keys themselves. i made several tracks with it some years ago but the only track i appreciate that was made on it was cheesy 2000s dance stuff which i guess is right up this thing's style. it was fun back then but ever since trying modern hardware sequencers i really don't have any patience with all its shortcomings: i.e. dated sound, menu diving and did i mention the terrible buttons?? i was looking forward to this one being covered on the show, thanks!
Thanks for watching!!!
Thanks for this, was wondering about it (specifically for sequencing external gear)!
I replaced all my key buttons and then the screen faded so now it's a paper weight .
replace the tactile switches and all the encoders...
my screen has also faded but if you turn contrast all the way and leave it on in a warm room for an hour the screen warms up enough so I can use it. In winter it's more of a problem as it takes longer to warm up my studio but in summer it's visible within half an hour.
I chuckled out loud at the quick Fight Club cut in . Bad Gear is the warm little center that the life of this world crowds around , but also some of it looks the way Meryl Streep's skeleton would look if you made it smile and walk around the party being extra nice to everybody.
Either way Bad Gar Friday is the little scratch on the roof of your mouth that would heal if only you could stop tonguing it, but you can't.
Well put! Have a nice weekend
@@AudioPilz Same . Cheers !
I am a proudly owner of THREE Yamaha rm1x .... it´s a fantastic Machine!!!! And it can more than Techno ......
Wow, that’s quite a collection
I used to do tons of live sets using this to control all my gear back in the day. It's still in the loft with old tracks on it. Keep meaning to dig it out
Aside from the sounds being a bit mediocre i was seriously impressed when i got the RM1x back in the day. When the RS7000 came out i directly bought it and it became the audio and midi centre of my studio and livesets. Too bad Yamaha never released a follow up, it still has a following today.
Another piece of gear that I own! I could never figure out the interface and no one on here had any tutorials. I gave up on it and moved to the MC-303 because there was so many more videos covering it.
Check out Traxler Music on YT - great stuff!!!
@@AudioPilz was that the guy who made lots of tracks, but never explained how to use it? I remember there was a guy who was fantastic at the unit, but never did tutorials.
@@synthlord2368 He had 5 tutorials on the RM1X, but indeed they are rare on this unit.
Florian, where can we hear more of your music? I only recently discovered your channel and can't believe the amount of bangers you put in your demos. Everything is great, the visuals, the descriptions and of course the tracks. Great demo as always!
Thank you so much! Full tracks can be found on my Patreon (shameless plug;)
Been waiting for this episode since forever. Boxes ticked
It was about time
I recall being jealous of the techstep and gabber preset and shamelessly using them in "my own" livesets 😂
These two are fire!!!
There only reason to own one of these things
Need it just for those settings alone tbh haha
I tried to get into sequencing with this oldie.
But mostly use it as a midi sound source. To experiment with my yamaha refaces.
The CS is a nice receiver. The rmx does the hard work, while I can experiment and learn to tweak the CS
The CP piano can sound very NOT pianolike when the rmx feeds it. 😆
VERDICT: This man just gets better and better at what he does. His jams are top shelf.
Thank you so much!
In the process of bringing this baby back to life.
Awesome machine! The knobs and buttons are a weak spot tough.
The real power of it is the MIDI capability, crazy setup.
You're so good at the genre game at the end it's goddamn spooky bro xx
Thank you so much!!!
This looks amazing to me, I'm a sucker for dated 90s dance presets though.
I do think there's a gap in the market for a modern groovebox which has a focus on remixing. The closest I can think of is the Akai Force maybe.
90s dance presets all day!!!
I've got one, and it's sound is disappointing really, I wouldn't recommend one. Had it since launch haha. I don't think it quite has that desired 90's sound, it often just sounds cheap and cheesy.
@gridsleep I miss my TG33.... sold it many years ago, for way too cheap, when I relapsed... ugh say la vie
I love my RM1X!!
great video! I wish Yamaha made an updated version of the RM1x , The original version had a MIDI bug and could only be updated by changing the eprom chip.
Thanks! I'd get a modern Yamaha rave box in a heartbeat!
@@AudioPilz agreed. Even if it was just modernised version on rm1x.
You can still order the eeprom chip from a guy in the UK named Analogmonster.
refreshing and informative as always 👾
Thank you so much!!!
As a very happy teenage DJX owner, I would have loved this back in 99
Once you get off the preset grooves and start programming your own the game changes. Save your tunes as midi files and mix them with modern kit ... Be warned, killer sounds evolve.
This is a powerful music making tool once you learn programming and multi track sequencing on it. Take your ideas saved as midi to your DAW and/or hardware and make something outstanding.
Yeah, it's super powerful
I'm really glad you featured the BLEEP preset. That's one of the most beautiful presets I've ever heard, and on the day I got the RM1X (2001), I probably played with that one pattern for hours, lol. I sometimes miss mine, but only the sequencer. Tell me, is the sequencer really the same in the QY700? Thanks, and great episode.
Thanks! It's missing a few features like the chord track
The QY 700 has both a pattern mode and a linear song mode and allows to record pattern progressions into the song mode, like Ableton in a 90s hardware way.
Also, I noticed that the RM1x suffers an audible delay when switching patterns containing XG program changes (but it's fine with manually inserted "regular" pattern changes) - this did not happen to me with the QY 700.
The RM1x song mode is quite simple and rigid, much worse than the QY 700.
The QY 700 also has two pairs of midi jacks and features 32 + 16 simultaneous channels (32 linear + 16 pattern mode) IIRC whereas the RM1x has 16.
It even has a piano roll mode for editing.
The main downside of the 700 vs RM1x is the lack of realtime controls, no potis or mute/solo buttons (have to use cursor buttons in menu), no arp and no midi delay.
I own a QY 70, QY 700 and an RM1x. I keep them even though I never use them, it's quite irrational. I do like their concept of phrases and there is something about the build of the hardware I like (especially the PC-like keys of the 700) . I wish it was possible to hack and reprogram their firmwares to add modern features (entering record mode without stopping playback would be amazing).
@@GearAddict90210 .. I appreciate the reply. On the RM1X, within one pattern, you can trigger 16 phrases, as you already know. You can also set the resolution at which the phrases are triggered, with regard to the tempo of the pattern. 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 etc. Is this possible also on the QY sequencers? Is this possible on the QY70/100? Thank you!
@@danieklerr On the 700 there are only 8 instead of 16.
I am not entirely sure but I think you can not retrigger the phrase in a quantised fashion like you describe on the QY 70 or 700.
You can only change the play rate AFAIK.
@@GearAddict90210 Cool to see your exp with the QY's.
Mind sharing which sequencers you prefer now?
Been waiting for this one...
This sounds exactly how a hangover feels.
Lol
I wanted one of these SO BAD when I was a kid, until I used one at the local music store and realized how incredibly limited my creativity would be using it as my sequencer.
That sequencer has quite a learning curve
@@AudioPilz once you get used to it you can record a lot quickly. I think I had two disks full of user presets and songs. I liked how when you max out the polyphony how it would pick and choose what sounds it would mute would make interesting variations on its own. Paired mine with a Roland 808EX and MC-303. Fun times.
That 505 reference hit home, so hard. 😆
Sad but true!!!
@@AudioPilz Not to forget the sloppy pot securing, which I also had to fix. Great vid as always btw. :)
I got this one a while ago, it was my 1rst groovebox.
First when i got it, i hated the sound, stored it in the closet, came back to it 6 month later, read the manual and started loving it.
Don't get me wrong, the sounds were not great, but it was super fun to use.
I played my first ever live act on this machine, built the whole thing on ableton, using the machine as an expander, imported the midi file, done
Nice!!!
The RM1x was a part of my live setup for "trancy" gigs with an SU700 and a Quasimidi Sirius in the early 2000.
I remember it was quite easy to use and to play live.
I still have it on a shelf but I don't use it anymore.
As you have already reviewed the Sirius now you've to find an SU700 and deal with its terrible loading time😁
(Actualy I remember mine was full memory packed and I loaded all the samples I'll need for my entire set before with a Jaz drive)