Bad Gear - Waldorf Streichfett
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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 Roland Aira MX-1 Mix Performer. Is this digital mixer, home studio backbone and live performance centerpiece the final boss of Roland's Aira range?
Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
01:05 Overview Waldorf Streichfett
01:26 Strikefat??? Where does that name come from?
01:46 History of String Machines; How do they work???
03:16 Waldorf Streichfett - Structure
03:34 String Section - Waveforms, Octaves, Envelope
04:12 Ensemble Effect
04:28 Solo Section - Waveforms
04:58 Tremolo Effect
05:05 AD/AR Envelope with a twist
05:23 Splits, Multi mode
05:35 Effects section (reverb, phaser, animate)
06:05 Limitations, clipping, hidden gate
06:22 Patch memory, Connectivity
06:30 What else???, Pricing
06:53 Hate
07:18 Jam 1
08:12 Jam 2
09:01 Finale
09:33 Verdict
10:42 Vocoder Shoutout - เพลง
Audiopilz: *slaps roof of YT channel*
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hell yeah
Hehe. Andy thought she was immune to the slaughter, but she got SOLD too.
Awesome episode! When will we get the Aira Compact episodes? I love the T-8 (tiny hands help on that Roland hell machine) I wanna see you do a acid jam on this thing. Rolands newest creation of madness. I have have serious Roland episode withdrawal. I wanna see you play that crazy mini box! :D
No matter how bad the gear is you always manage to squeeze a banging tune out of it. Proof that its not the gear that matters, a great musician works with what they've got.
Thank you so much!!!
This guy is a legit fantastic musician I wish I was a quarter as talented
Didn't expect this one to show up in bad gear. To me Streichfett offers usable sounds and a well designed UI for a reasonable price. Rating: good gear, recommended.
You know the drill: one person's Bad Gear...
When he says bad gear, I think, "this is going to be great gear" LOL
A lot of my favorites, or on his list.
And I love it!
@@AudioPilz Is Anothers Great Gear
Probably a device that should never have appeared here as "Bad Gear", but what can you do when you're running out of really bad devices? 😉
The only thing more fun than listening to the jams is trying to catch all the random references and memes. Great job!
The big fin squid for page 2 of Google had me rolling
Thank you so much!!!
At first it is straight-up like 1973, Phaedra-era Tangerine Dream, but at the last track it sounds completely huge and like you said, VERY modern and in your face. I see this one getting a lot of use in current wave-ebm-influenced electro. Sounds great!
Yeah, I would recommend it as a drone machine!
Tangerine Dream 😻
7:21 I love that you labeled the function of each component. Very helpful.
It gets even weirder in jam 2;)
Waldorf put out some of the COOLEST gizmos. You should do an all-Waldorf jam with this thing, Rocket, and Blofeld :D
Great idea, thanks!
petition to have a waldorf day for the channel
@@shala_shashka with Quantum, Kyra, and Walforf M would be super ace!
I love my Streichfett. Haven't used it nearly as much as I should lately, but it's definitely got it's own character. That being said, I'm definitely going to invest in the Behringer Solina when that hits.
I really wanna know when it actually drops...
@@AudioPilz 2046 confirmed. I saw it on a YT video.
@@AudioPilz I got mine already, paid a Nigerian Prince a sum of money, he is going to send me one as soon as I can help him with some other funds.
It's a little complicated but I will be getting dozens and dozens of millions of dollahs.
It's coming out with the BS-80
@@dankeplace Allah favors the compassionate.
Delicious sounding machine, I own one! its such a rare pleasure to see gear you own featured on the show 🥳
Nice!!!😀😀😀
@Fauno-Holoperma that's what you get for going doing good gear rabbit holes!
Or maybe you're pioneering bad gear that hasn't yet been discovered?
Maybe both?
Dude, string synths are my favorite. I absolutely love the sound of them. I've been developing one in my spare time at work for the last few years.
Nice!!!
It's amazing how prolific you are and how much work you put into these videos (and trust me I know how much time it takes to record and edit one simple video). Full respect Florian!
Thank you so much!!!
Genau 😎👍🏼
I need this or something like this asap. It's cheesy but I just absolutely love those sounds. Hits me right in the nostalgia.
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It's not perfect but it hits the spot if you want a nice sounding synth-string. It can really inspire with every tweak.
The between pics and videos you use are hilarious especially In context with what you’re saying . good stuff
Thank you!!!
Спасибо за доктора Ливси! Ты - лучший )
Всегда приятно
Another great vid! This doesn't sound that bad honestly, though it's quite limited. Love the humor as always man.
Thank you so much!!!
Did you catch the Hannibal joke? 😄
I've seen this thing listed on music merchant websites and never gave it a second glance, now I want one. Thanks Audiopilz!
Thanks for watching!!!
I love my one , I own it since approx. 1 year and you can sit and tweak and play for hours . It does sound wonderful. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching!
fullbucket has some really nice (and free) plugins that can do good emulations. The Deputy (good Solina amongst other things) and Nabla have different flavours, and their TRICENT is also really good.
Ah, I have to give them a shot
@Mister Scoops I have a 'Fett too, but for in the box stuff the Deputy does a fine job. The sweeping between instruments is what makes the Waldorf fun, plus I really like the reverb.
their Korg Sigma plugin also serves as a good ARP Pro Soloist VST, oddly enough
Love Fullbucket synths
Great video, thank you. I love the form factor of the Streichfett and Rocket, and have been after a 2nd hand 2 pole for absolutely ages. I wish Waldorf would have produced more little synths like these, they're a lot of fun.
Thank you so much!!!
It's a great box! I love this digital sound so much. It's so unique. And the internal reverb is amazing.
Really liked the reverb too
Wonderful episode, bro. Might have to grab a Streichfett after all. (The Behringer Solina shipping in 2046 meme was not lost on me, as I def want that one as well) 🎻💓
Thank you!!!
Thanks! I enjoy all your Bad Gear videos so, so much. I figured it was time to actually show my gratitude. Thanks, doode! :)
Thank you so much for the support!
How do you put these videos out so quickly with such clever writing and editing? You are an absolute mensch.
Just a little nerdy;)
Enjoying your "Bad Gear" reviews so much, I had to subscribe.
You make learning about these things, so much fun.
Thanks, and best wishes for your continued success.
Thank you so much!!!
Thanks for this video. I appreciate the rabbit hole you took us down. I've always been curious about string machines but have never really looked into them.
Thanks for watching!!!
This was epic! You just keep getting weirder and more thoughtful in your summations🙏
Thanks!!!
Viewer: You're the weirdest guy on TH-cam!
@@AudioPilz Thanks!!!
I've coveted a vintage string synth for the decade. I looked at the Streichfett a few times but was never quite sold. This video makes me want to have a another look. That said, I've been very happy with my Behringer VC340 and vintage Yamaha SK20.
Fellow SK20 owner here. Those two presets we have in there are purty cool lol, but i've also wondered about this Streichfett for quite a while. Glad to see AudioPilz's take on it -- I don't need any more synths these days but it really is nice to see how tweakable it is, as well as the wider range of tones than i'd imagine.
@@keykrazy Very true.
As for the SK, I feel like if it had some kind of connectivity it would be a much better known synth. I've only had mine for a few months and have been surprised at how much you can squeeze out of the polysynth section. I like to push mine through a handful of cheap guitar pedals.
You might want to wait for the Behringer Solina then. Their clones usually are quite good, affordable and an exact copy but with one or two additions that are very welcome.
I have a Crumar and love it. This machine is too thick and the effects don’t really emulate the detuning on a string synth. I had planned on buying one of these when it came out until I heard it.
Certainly no substitute but nice instrument still
A person located in the USA can always order from a place like Thomann. The savings can offset the shipping considerably and the price for this dude converted to US dollars is below the threshold for duty fees. Similar for the Blofeld desktop.
Great idea!
Thanks for this! I look forward towards your videos every week 😎
Thanks for watching!
I find it interesting whenever you review something I actually own. I've had mine since they were released and yes it can sound a bit thin. But if I turn the volume down low and stack it with a string sound on my Prophet 08 it sounds more like an effect and you can get some epic strings happening especially if turn the registration knob slowly while playing chords.
You had me at Prophet 08;)
I had mine backing my Nord Drum 3P, it worked out great.
I love string synths, one of my favorite synths ever is the Trident, which is essentially a Polysix packaged with two flavours of string synth. I really like the direction you went with these jams, they ressemble the kind of music I usually listen to a lot!
Thank you so much! I really have to check out a Trident
@@AudioPilz It's a beautiful sounding thing. A good friend of mine used to have the Trident MkII and the analogue flanger makes the "Trident sound" in the same way that the chorus makes the "Juno sound".
It is massive though. Invest in a small crane before you get hold of one.
Funnily enough, I think of the Polysix pretty much in terms of being a string machine.
Aaaahahaha! Jean-Michel Jarre's head popping up by the Eminent! I'd kind of forgotten how fond he was of the Solina. By the midway point in this piece I was reminded of how much Isao Tomita also used string synths in his electronic classical works.
Love the work of both!
@@AudioPilz Same. I grew up on them, Tomita in particular. Tangerine Dream and Art of Noise, too.
The clap sync at 9:13 in the finale is transcendent 👏
Thank you!!!
It's one of my favourite hardware synths, the first instrument where I eventually bought a second one after breaking the first (and I still have the first one in case one day I find the time to fix it).
I have played a good bit with various string machine emulators and even got the Behringer's VC340 to get closer to "the real thing" and the thing about vintage string machines is they are often way more impressive to listen to, then they are to play. They are kind of a one trick pony, usually having one or two good, full sounds but the other sounds feel just like a cut down version of those good ones. And there is probably a bunch of bands from the 80s who have used that one good sound to death, so don't expect to sound original ;)
For that reason even if Streichfett doesn't sound exactly like the analogs, for me it actually wins on tweakability. If somebody likes the string machine sounds (like me) and likes tweaking the sound and making it "yours", they will probably like Streichfett more than an actual vintage string machine.
What other Waldorf do you plan to have next on the show? Maybe Pulse 2? (nah, just kidding, I think it flew too much under the radar to be actually hated)
Mmmmmh, Pulse 2? Let me take a closer look;) Thanks for the suggestion!
@@AudioPilz @Tomasz Mazurek The Pulse 2 deserves to be hated for its display alone. :D Other than that it's quite a decent synth I guess.
Funny you mention the "one trick pony" argument. I just wrote a reply arguing the same thing. That is: the Streichfett may be cheesy, incomprehensible in it's settings and unclear about what actually happens under the hood but a one trick pony it is not. Turn a knob a little bit and you've got completely new cheesy 70's phaser fest. ;)
Your brief histories of synths and other gear are awesome. More please!
Thank you!!!
AudioPilz presents Favorite Gear -Streichfett
Why always favorites used to remember so dearly? :,(
One person's Bad Gear...;)
Music for the ears yyyet again! And Soviet cartoon "Treasure Island" in the end ! Sweet!
Thank you!!!
Damn....That thing sounds 100 X better than I thought it would. And I'm a BIG fan of the Rocket and Two-Pole.....Waldorf did a really good job with that underrated product line.
Agreed, not like the originals but nice sounds
@@AudioPilz Makes me think they should try a "Mark 2" version of the line. (Even though I HATE "Mark 2" editions. It's like a big F.U to those who bought the originals) ...Y'know...Make the Two-Pole stereo, give The Rocket a proper attack knob....
Pick up a Streichfett if you can. I always think I'll use it one way on a track, and then it ends up surprising me with something fresh and unexpected.
@@inthefade After hearing this, I just may do that. I always assumed it wasn't for me.
I love my streichfett. It can generate some really silky sounds, and gives off an interesting tone to compositions.
I enjoyed it quite a bit
Jam 2 was giving me some Jean-Michel Jarre vibes. Didn't know if anyone else thought this. Great episode as always! :D
Thanks!!! Yeah, I was listening to some Oxygene recently;)
@@AudioPilz I actually have been as well. It was pretty fresh in my memory haha
Absolutely love your videos man. So well put together!!! 👊🧡👍 was wonering why I wasn't getting more... changed notifications to ALL ;)
Thank you!!!!
Sold my Rocket, but can't make myself sell this guy. Sure, you could probably get the same effects from a VST, but the idiot-proof layering + reverb + chorus brings me back every time. Specifically, in your rocket/digitakt jam, you absolutely nailed what's fun about the Streichfett. Love me a big knob that goes crazy places.
I liked the UX quite a bit!
I like that in-depth history walkthrough a lot. Thanks. You could do it often :)
Thank you!!!
There was so much history in the first few minutes I feel like I've traveled to a different timeline.
Also so glad to see the rocket make a comeback!!
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Any time i want to have a reference about any gear even unknown for me like this machine,i always choose Bad Gear,great video,and great intro like always.Btw,i think this is a powerful machine in a small box,liked a lot.
Thanks!!!
Awesome. If you do live shows, you ought to make DVDs. It finally struck me how good of a musician you really are!
Thank you so much!!!
I enjoyed that, I will endeavour to seek one out and treat myself. Your tracks also inspired me to listen to some vintage J M Jarre, life is good again. Thanks!
Have a nice weekend!!!
Sehr gelungen, wie immer.
Deine Videos sind sehr durchdacht, gut aufgebaut, äußerst interessant, informativ und musikalisch top.
Vorschläge für Bad Gear:
Doepfer MS404
Doepfer Dark Energy
303 Tracker (Amiga)
Korg Gadget (Switch)
Digitech GSP1101
TherapSID (MK I)
PS: In der Beschreibung steht noch der Text von Roland Aira MX-1 ;)
Besten Dank!!! Die MS404 hab ich sogar hier.
Hey I got one of these! Mostly wanted something dedicated to pad/drone FX and it does those really nicely so, job well done for that. I wasn't looking for any specific vintage sound, just wanted the little loops and bleeps I sometimes throw together for effects assets and bgm to be a bit more filled out.
It's definitely not an all purpose device, but I don't think I'll regret getting it.
Agreed, great for drones!
Waldorf is one brand that seems to know what it is doing when it comes to defining what a synth should sound like as an instrument.
My ego brain says- give me a synth with infinite capability and I'll figure out how to get the sound I want. While the rest of my brain says- just give me instruments that sound good. Then they get into a big argument about the best way to get the sound of acoustic instruments while I glitch out imagining I'm firing sparks from inside a Tesla coil.
Waldorf's products are definitely innovative and their outside the box designs fetching the prices they do is probably a good indication of their value.
When I'm ready to get back into synthesizers, and get my brain melded with a new piece of gear, I'm hoping for a Studiologic Sledge 2.0 which has a Waldorf sound engine.
I really want a Sledge too!!!
That last jam was amazing!
Thank you!!!
And...yet another HIT VIDEO! Good work.
Thanks!
wow, respect for Teasure Island
The OG Gigachad!!!
great video as always ! tbh i really liked the sound but against VSTs or other string machines i doubt it fights the (US) price
Thanks! Yeah, the $ price is quite hefty
One more sensational episode, superb editing skills and tempo. By the way, buyed a WS brand new unit a year ago and i'm happy with it.
Thank you!!!
Finally the Streichfett! Thank you!
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Great content as always. As a writer, I am just curious if you are so natural in writing such fat-free, concise voiceover or if you actually write the first draft and then build points/reduce it to the final version. (And if the delivery efficiency is a conscious decision in the whole process?) Frankly, when I want to see a thorough review I will watch Loopop if I want a deep dive into the sonic abilities of a machine I will watch Starsky, but I watch you mainly because of how well-written and executed your content is. Big fan here, wish you the best in the future.
Thank you so much!!! I have a background in business training, presentation and classical theatre - that helps a bit. There are some corrections but I try to nail it in the first draft.
@@AudioPilz You have a great talent, putting your skills to use, for these videos. Your fun personality, brings sunshine to any subject.
О, Остров Сокровищ! Как же я люблю Bad Gear
Спасибо большое!!!
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shiiiit, i didn't even know this existed! i just knew of captain vrungl and that was one of my favourites from my childhood. so imagine my surprise at seeing the same animation style but from a cartoon i didn't yet know
@ there are third one made in the same style 'Доктор Айболит'.
I love this little synth. It has so much character.
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Superb as always!
Thank you!!!
I'd complain that you didn't get nearly nerdy enough, but the Stringers are almost an endless history lesson with regards to music, electrical engineering, and culture. Seriously, if you're even slightly electrically aligned, reading about how divide-down synthesis works, and why these digital and analog approximations rarely ever sound right... it's a fascinating journey, leading me to start collect these divide-down oscillation devices. Alas, since the Italians never were known for their build quality, many of these units may never be repaired again. I have an Elka Rhapsody that has a shorted out transformer, and a crumar (branded Univox when sold domestically in the states, amusingly enough) that has a few bad chips. All unfortunately unobtanium, leaving me as one of the few curators of their magnificent legacy on the history of music.
Probably a little pretentious. I just like Tangerine Dream 🤣
Nice collection!!!
@@AudioPilz HAH! I forgot to finish my thought. The Crumar is a Compac Piano. Not a string synth, but basically a super thin, pinky sounding synth not unlike a Nintendo or something. Edgar Winter is most famous for using it, with many advertisements in magazines at the time featuring him and his Crumar. It's not a great synth, honestly, but they're still able to be had for less than $300.
Loved your jams with the Streichfett though! Very inspiring, hearing those sounds used on something you wouldn't dig out of your granddad's record collection hahaha.
I have a Crumar Performer sitting in its case in the closet. It needs to be fixed but I'll probably never do it but I don't want to sell it, either.
This synth nerds is the reality. As lustful as these old stringers might appear, pushing up a fake demand (prices) these units do fail. I repaired one recently, was lucky and found a chip replacement. It's easy to have a non-working (and un-repairable item) - check on ebay, people selling non-working, "for parts only" - units where many of the unobtainable parts have been salvaged.
I recall that Waldorf did go the extra length to emulate the divide-down synthesis on this machine.
Curious about your video editing since it's so much better than the last season of Rick and Morty, do you do it all alone? And please tell me you are having fun since your videos are so rich with to me at least hilarious humor.. Again, kudos to you for putting a smile on my face every time I see a new thumbnail of Bad Gear popping up on my youtube on sad and boring days!
Thank you so much!!! Yes, that's all done by myself and yeah, I'm having tons of fun...
@@AudioPilz it takes me back to 2008/9 when half the videos on TH-cam were like this and weren’t churned out daily 👍 big respect, I know too-well the ritual of editing a 10 minute video for 6 hours, just getting things frame perfect and synched to the music. (Though by the end of my time I could get that to half or less.)
Hey! Thanks for doing this YT channel!
Love it
Thank you so much!!!
I was quite literally yesterday thinking of getting one of these. You have uncanny timing.
Yeah, just like Uli Behringer;)
@@AudioPilz And in 5 years when it comes out I'll probably get one of those lol.
I always had kind of a soft spot for these, I am so glad that I eventually got one.
The Streichfett may be really cheesy, but as you all know: In the end everything is a lot better with cheese.
Mmmmh, cheese...
Waiting so long for B's 'Solina' replica, I bought this and I'm glad. Epic sound everywhere and instantly. It does what it does well alone, plus a synth section! Bonus 👍 I will buying B's aforementioned version too. Just love that sound 🙂
Yeah, sometimes you just have to get both;)
ur editing is next level on this one!
Thanks!
I've seen a lot of videos on synthesizers and Equipment but you are so underrated I don't know why I didn't subscribe to you earlier keep up the good work good content
Thank you so much! Stick around!
I Don't Think I'd Buy One Of These But You Made It Sound Great In Your Demo Tracks . I Will Always Love This Channel . Thanks And Best Wishes Always .
Thank you so much!
I thought it sounded decent but once you turned up the reverb i was blown away! Especially in the jams, they were very nice!
Also, i laughed way more than i should to the image at 5:15
Thank you!!!
Excellent finale BTW!
Thanks!
Jarre's face (happy birthday, btw) popping up for split second was pure gold!
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I have rocket, 2 pole and streichfett and i have to admit they are great machine. For the genre of music i make (harsh noise) the 2 pole is perfect, but it's very dirty and acid
Ah, and it clips a lot :)
I really want that one!
@@AudioPilz it's a little bit overpriced on reverb (only one available 320€) 😬
I have two Streichfett's. I use one in each speaker.
Nice technique!!!
I liked the editing. Good content.
Thank you!!!
Damn, this is your best video yet!
Thank you so much!
Another quality bad gear episode brilliant.
The streichfett sounds great and really gives a good string/organ mix I would consider getting one but only because my eminent 310 takes up so much space I’m the studio.. or perhaps not… I can’t stand my minimoog on a streichfett 👍☢️
Thanks! Lol, Minimoog on a 310;)
Behringer has now made a clone of the solina string ensemble
Honestly the 359 is worth it for the FX alone the phaser sounds 🤌🤌🤌
Yeah, that one is really tempting!
I think my uncle may have the arp version of the solina string ensemble he does have yamaha cs80 korg ms20 mini moog and an Roland mc9
And korg ms2000 a korg x911 yamaha fb01 akai s6000 and casio fz1 sampler
And has yet to make the bcr32
The keys on your Oxygen8 look somewhat like my 54 year old teeth after half a dozen bong hits. That controller can legitimately be called wintage at this point. :) Love your vids! They make my Fridays.
Thank you!!! That Oxygen has seen things;)
Ach nein! You're dissin' the Streichfett?? I think you have as much fun making the video as actually playing with the "Bad Gear".
Unglaublich! Can't believe this thing came out in 2014. Think I got mine in 2017, and I was fairly impressed, especially given the price (I had a decent discount). My only real complaint is they missed a BIG chance to let people use it as an effects unit with an audio-in option. Danke for the background on the string machine as well. Didn't realize die Niederländer had a hand in this string machine idea seeing light. Und ehrlich gesagt, hab nicht gewusst du kommst aus Österreich. Cheers!
Prost!!!
0:55 Yes. That is 100% accurate.
#science
Great episode, I was fascinated by it upon its release but actually never saw it in action. I appreciated the history and German lesson as well ;)
Thank you!!!
Oooof, now that is one gorgeous-sounding piece of gear: hadn't heard of this one!
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I think you have reviewed everything I own as bad gear. I love it. I look forward to the next!
😀😀😀Congrats!!!
I found one of those Eminent organs with the string section in it in a thrift shop a few years back, When I came back a day later with transport to pick it up all the knobs sliders and tabs on it were gone 😞.
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I have watched this like 4 times and it is still funny.
Thank you!!!
I love mine. When I got it, the first cord just gave the biggest smile.
Cool!!!
🤔 Wait-- IS the entire intro tune a metaphor??
...Oh man, I've NEVER been this late to a Bad Gear upload (argh...life), only to find the most beautifully esoteric vocoder shout-out ever! 🤯 Thank you, kind sir!
No worries, thanks Rocco!
Thinking of the effort put into these videos I feel bad watching them for free.
Thanks!!! Feel free to become a Patron - great additional content!
The only man on the internet who can pronounce Streichfett.
I'm pretty sure Hainbach could nail it;)
9:02 how, just how.... did you find this Soviet animation movie!???? Really cool. I can't believe))) and great review (as usual)
Thank you!!! That one is trending atm
Next vid, please use The Three Robbers animation for your later jam expo. Loving your work😉
Great idea, had the book as a kid!
Your references are so inteligent. The one of Uli as Mr. Crowley is deep
Thank you!!!
This is superb. You are a gifted informational gag fest. Bravo!
Thank you!!!
I just traded a TB303 for a Streichfett betting this video will make the value skyrocket!!!
Great deal;)
love the nod to JMJ 👍
also, my weekend is full of me installing vsts to a new laptop. including 'cheeze machine' (and possibly, 1,000 others that I can't be without)
it's a bank holiday weekend here in the uk, but I only have plans to drill a stripped screw out on yet another laptop.
Nice, loved Cheeze Machine!!!
Best video to date...damn I love this channel.
Thank you!!!
While I don't see the appeal for the "classic use case" (given that string libraries are a thing now), the alternative use you showed first was _awesome!_
Thank you, great episode again!
Thanks for watching!
The yellowing of the key on the Oxygen is insane
I told it to quit smoking sooooo many times;)
Thanks for the review. I didn't get one because Nick Batt said tons of other synths can do the same thing.
Thanks!!! He does have a point there