I've never commented about your hair as your content is so great and your hair is your business (and it was stylish in its own way). But the new hairdo is looking better indeed.
System 8 is awesome. Fantom is smooth and creamy but the System 8 has more of an edge to the sound and can get pretty wild and nasty with a couple of knob turns.
Love the tour of your playground, I wouldn't leave at all, I'd have my bed in there, thanks for showing your fantastic collection❤ its all my dreams in one❤
Great overview, thanks. Lost my locks a couple of decades back (I am a similar vintage to you Scott) felt like I was "undercover" for years... The cat fluff is vey relatable, my semi feral calico, Lilly Mamslass (I inherited her from my Mum, she always said "whose ya Mamms lass?" so hence the full title ) is shedding like mad and I have dust bunnies all over. Of all your synths I don't know which tickles me the most... probably the Summit. I am a late developer re keys/synths so I soak it all up. I like ya stuff. 👍🖖
It's always a pleasure to watch your videos and being bald I envied your long hair. Our choice of synthesizers is partly the same. I have the Hydrasynth (4 octave version), MicroFreak, System 8, Summit, JD-800, an Intellijel Atlantis (an SH-101 modular clone I bought because I missed my SH-101) and since two weeks a white Montage 6 (mark 1). I am planning to buy the MioXL as well.
Lovely gear breakdown. All of it makes a lot of sense. My setup up is a 1/4 of your studio's size! Still, I appreciate the flexibility you have built into your audio and MIDI routing.
I started using the mioXL in my live rig and retired the MOTU MIDI Express. So far it’s been flawless and gets my stamp of approval. Thank you for the new video and cheers.
Hi! I stumbled upon your channel while looking for information on synths, and I just had to hit the subscribe button immediately. I look forward to diving into your collection of videos and learning more. Thank you so much for taking the time to create these awesome synth videos!
Ginger red wig, Andy Warhall wig, Bavid Dowie wigs so hell with these goofballs. I'm grateful you take the time to help us make better decisions. A Merkin is what all those silly complainers need?🤸😹
NO, no questions, I understand your choices and your studio because mine is about the same, I just have the economy version :). Only difference is my 88 weighted key digital pianos since I perform solo piano the last 56 years. The synth part of my studio is my 35-year experimentation with sound design, recording engineering, and orchestration. It's 100% hardware using four 8channel analog mixers (32) subbed into 8 channels into a 24 track ZoomR24 hardware SD recorder. Three analog synths mostly just for building new synths into my Black Box sampler. The rest are digital synths with specific tasks (that they do best) assigned to them. For the past 15 years been recording Vangelis style, with a floor full of pedals, all in one take. Unlike Vangelis I use pattern sequencers and clips on the sampler for transitions and backing when two hands and two feet aren't enough. Sound and effects design, and pattern sequences, are made specifically for each song using: 1) Typical subtractive. 2) Yamaha DX FM. 3) Sample layers. 4) Acoustic instruments I play into a sampler for clips. 5) VAST/FM/KVA module design from the Kurzweil. All instruments positioned in a 7x7 foot space for live play. 1) Roland RD-2000 = pianos 2) Roland Fantom O6 = launching clips from the 4x4 pads 3) Roland JunoDS = Vocoder multi- layer internal Juno + Korg Triton. 4) Roland Gaia = complex textures and solo's. Huge stereo fields. 5) Yamaha DX = layered with Gaia for deep textures and evolving solos. 6) Yamaha MX49 = controller mostly for Gaia/DX 7) Roland E-A7 = pattern sequencer by creating my own styles. 8) Korg Krome = Alternative sounds for the pattern sequencer of the E-A7 9) Arturia MicroBrute = bass lines from the E-A7 10) Korg Minilogue = Solo from the E-A7 11) Korg Miniligue XD = solo from E-A7 12) 1010 Music Black Box = adding acoustic instruments like guitar played in for clips like chord progressions. 13) Korg Electribe2 = more drum options MIDI slaved by the E-A7 14) Kurzweil PC4 = VAST massive texture sequences layered with 4 Roland Boutiques. 15) Yamaha DGX-670 = piano solo's only. (THE incredible - editable digital I have waited for since the first digital piano made, the first true Dpiano instrument).
Don't listen to the trolls Scott. Hair looks great either way. I dug the 80s Richard Marx helmet and I also dig the tidied-up wave-pomp. Do what YOU like! Thanks for showing us around. Cheers.
Same for me with the polysix, bought it 1982 when I was in high school. I was choosing between juno 6, korg Trident and the polysix and it was the program memories and the price that did it.
Yeah, that piqued my interest as well. I'm betting it's a Moog Muse as well. Astrolab doesnt make much sense since there are already loads of videos on that thing, so certainly shouldnt be any vail of secrecy required for it lol.
I like your reasoning and that made it harder to avoid subscribing in order to prevent having GAS 😆 as we share similar sentiments about hardware. Yes your Colbalt can sound like the Juno though not quite the same murky flavor, nobody would care in a mix but the Juno itself is just so beautifully built and be it purely psychological, sounds just that tiny bit better than anything emulated. Nostalgia? Perhaps, Behringer has made it their #1 business. DM 12 desktop almost had me thinking that I could skip a Kiwi kit for the 106 and have a monster 106 but I have no space currently and talk about crappy keys, definitely a module for DM The Colbalt was disappointing for me other than the Kawai S5000 of the 90’s build quality. I ashamedly bashed it a bit and had to move on before updates improved it significantly. Fatar rules! Obviously the Opsix and Modwave are just modules which have those keys there for checking your pads while writing them.
Hahaha.... Well, you were starting to look like The Feral Kid from Mad max. I told Alex (Vulture Culture) he looks like Ming the Merciless... He actually took it as a compliment ... As he should.. That's a very modern, solid setup you have.
Aww, I liked the long hair! I would have just said “F” the commenters, wear your hair the way you want, proudly! Anyway, the new do is nice too. And nice studio. I look forward to when you’re allowed to reveal your secret piece of gear! And I’m a big MODX/Montage fan too.
My students would say your haircut is "fresh". For the record I have never commented on your hair :). My studio is only 10x20. I am envious of your square footage!
Thank you very much! I'm curious to hear about your experiences with the Behringer mixers over time... I got an old second-hand Behringer mixer and it is of very poor quality, switches, potentiometers, sockets, all very flaky... The same experience I have with the DeepMind 12 and Odyssee from Behringer, it works (and is cheap), but all not very high-quality. Your cat is cute, mine was very hungry while I was watching, got a lot of meows in-between 😅. He must be patient, food is at six o'clock (and he got 10 minutes earlier today!)
Great Studio!!!!.....My husband bought me my first syth Yrs ago the System 1.....baby of the 8.....since than .... MiniNova..... JDXI.....We are budget synthHedz.....as You can see. Your hair is still nice 🧟.....was joking on last comment....maybe.
thanks for the video and insight to your studio setup :) makes me think how to improve on my setup. just one thing, maybe lock the focus on your camera while filming lol the auto focus was a bit distracting for me. (I've just subscribed)
Yeah, I normally do, but obviously forgot for the shot where I was near it, causing the focus to hunt all over the place. I didn't realize it until much later when I was editing the video.
Great studio tour Scott. I am obviously super jealous of all your awesome synths and gear. Wish I would have kept some of the first synths I owned. (CZ 101) Sigh. Anyways, my question for you is about mixing. Headphones VS Studio monitors. Which one (for you) gets the best results? Plus, I am curious if you use a subwoofer with your studio monitor setup. Thanks Scott.
I'm virtually always mixing on monitors. I will use headphones if there is something buried that I can't make out, and then when I'm mastering, I'll listen on various different headphones (and in the car) to get an idea of what it sounds like in different environments.
Pssshhhh no way! The JD-800 is just a matter of having the right patches in it; those factory sounds don't come close to doing it justice. It's an absolute monster once you dig below the surface. Easily one of the best digital synths of all time!
No, the JD-800 definitely sounds huge. It punches through every mix, I find myself using it often because of that. There's a reason you heard it absolutely everywhere in the late 80's and early 90's.
Great collection and love your channel! The Montage is such a complete synth and fully agree on you there. Question, do you power down all the stuff each night and use some kind of central power distribution system?
I have UPS's on everything, and yes, everything gets shut off (individually) when not in use. Modern synths with computers in them don't always take nicely to being powered off unexpectedly.
@@ScottsSynthStuff cool, I have slightly more modest setup with 6 Roland and Yamaha keyboards (MODX7 but so want a Montage M). I run it all through a ART power distrubtion system and love the big red switch to power it all on. Not seen any issues with just powering things off but some synths might be more sensite I guess.
Love your channel Scott, and I've never had any thoughts about your hair. It's fine either way, or any way you prefer it. Really cool studio too. One thing, please use manual focus on your cameras because focus hunting is really distracting and bothersome.
Yeah I will normally lock the focus when I'm going in and out of frame like that, but I forgot this time, and didn't realize it until a couple days later when I was editing this video.
Thanks for the studio tour! Thinking about ergonomics, I was wondering how it works for you to have your computer/DAW away from your keyboards. When you record keyboards do you need to run back and forth between desk and keyboard for each take? When window shopping for desks so far I think the "AZ Studio Sit-Stand Studio Desk" would be really awesome.(youtube doesn't allow links, duh) I imagine having this with a Montage M8x on the shelf underneath. But in reality I'm sure the Montage would be too big and besides I don't have the spare money for any of this anyway.
I don't like my desk being really high (I use this computer a LOT) and having it too high makes my wrists sore. So I can't really have a desk that would fit a keyboard underneath it. For the most part, I use the Fantom-06 on my left for working with the DAW, but for recording, I have a two-bar count-in set up as default in Cubase - so I can hit record, move to whichever synth I need, and then play.
I cannot fathom why in 2024 people aren't using a mio. I see people drawing midi schematics and writing dissertations on optimizing midi mergers... And I click one button and I'm done, so bravo on the XL.
I lucked into a used one at a fantastic price about 4 months ago. Even though it’s overkill for my small setup I can no longer imagine not having a midi router of some kind (e.g. MioXlL, MRCC, RK-06, etc). Simplifies everything. Only feature it could add is a built in master clock.
Thank you for your tour, I found it very interesting! One thing I was wondering though, when you connect your synths to the X32 (which is via the patchbay if I recall correctly), do you connect them in stereo or mono (aka use 2 channels per synth)? I'm currently on the lookout for something similar and also found the rack version of the X32 very interesting but I also heard that Behringer will release a successor to the X32 (kind of a smaller WING version) sometime in the future. Didn't mind the hair at all by the way and I don't understand why this should be a reason not to tune in.
Love the studio tour and new hairstyle! 😎 Can't wait to see what your not allowed to show 🤫 Will you be getting the new Arturia Astrolab, would really value your opinion on that 🤔
The Astrolab is an interesting idea, but it seems primarily targeted towards live players - you can't do sound design, it's just a massive preset library with a few macro knobs. I'm also not thrilled with the screen-on-a-knob idea, which may look cool, but is terrible UI/UX.
I miss the hair! The audio system is as important as the synths themselves. I was wondering what you use if you get to that later or not. I have the Opsix or I let my brother use it, M8x, did have the Fantom but nothing else in common. I have the Oberheim OB-X8m reprise, Deckard's Dream MKII, Yamaha YC73 w/SeqTrak attached, Waldorf Iridium module with 5 engines, Osmose, Korg PA5x, Yamaha CP1 for sale. I don't really play all I have so I'll sell something if I'm not in love with it. I like all the categories including Digital Synth, Arranger, Stage Board & True Analog. Surprisingly the Yamaha SeqTrak adds a serious AWM2 selection with real FM for pennies with an app.
Nice plethora of synths! Well the only one I have in common with you is the Fantom 06. I love it -- personally I think it's the best "workstation" I've owned. I have the original GAIA. I'm not even sure if I'm going to upgrade to the new one. I'm not interested in the wavetable side of it -- and personally I think the original one looks cooler with its blackish livery.
Nice Studio Tour - thanks for sharing the update with us. :o) I would be curious about the cables you`re using - and how you made your run through the room (especially if you use any kind of snakes - and which brand has a wide enough splice for key-stands use).
Have a look at my original build video - I talk about them, and there are a list of the snakes I used in the video description: th-cam.com/video/fIY7g_wWquc/w-d-xo.html
My problem with mixers is that most of my synths ar stereo, so mixers ed up using two channels per board. That would give you 16 channels, whch is probably enough, but I have a bunch of racks, so I always run out of channels. I actually use a bunch of small mixers from Behrenger and Soundcraft that are mostly stereo, so it works out.
Fun! I understand the 106 thing. I pretty much just use one budget keyboard (Yamaha MX88) and everything else is plugins, but more and more I've wanted something like a 60 or a 106 because it's just so hands-on and intuitive. I wouldn't drop crazy money on a 1 osc synth, but I hear the Big B is making a clone and it'll be calling my name, I think...
The DeepMind is actually modeled pretty closely on the Juno 106, with added effects. That said, if you want a perfect, reliable emulation of it (and some other great synths including the Jupiter 8) a System-8 would probably fit the bill.
@@ScottsSynthStuff The System-8 is amazing, but out of my budget. I like the sub-thousand dollar stuff. I do have V Collection 9 and I like it a lot, but it'd be fun to have real sliders and knobs.
I noticed you had no Kurzweil. I was thinking about the PC4-7 Do you like Kurzweil? Also, What brand A- Frame stands are you using for your synths? Fantastic setup.
Can you do a video talking about Workstation keyboards as synthesizers? I recently tried out the JDXI after owning a Moog, and bought it because it's so fast to make patches, save them & the menu diving isn't nearly as bad as people make it out to be. I started just looking at workstation keyboards on youtube more in entry level like modx6 and 7. It seems they can do FM, subtractive, and all this stuff. What do you think of them in the context of making custom sounds patching and tweaking? The touch screen concerns me. And so does wondering if I have Gear Acquisition Syndrome.
As a person with very little hair, I can only think most of the hair haters were possibly...bald...? But, I have to say, your new lid is very impressive, indeed. OK, quick JD 800 question; your red glue vid inspired me to finally open mine up and get to work. A number of issues, but the last one I'm dealing with is the white touch sensitivity felt. Lots of red glue saturation spots. I've ordered the new felt strip you recommend ( red ). Thinking it might be better to just replace the whole strip. You repaired segments, not the whole strip. Was that simply because only a few spots required replacing ? You mentioned the touch sensitive strip is very delicate to be very careful with this operation. Just want to make sure I'm not going down the wrong road if I choose to replace the whole strip. Thank again for your videos !
I *think* I mentioned later that this did not work well. The aftertouch ended up being different on different keys, so after fighting with it for a while, I finally ended up just pulling up ALL the original felt, and replacing it with one large strip, which is probably what I should have done in the first place.
I love your studio and all the synths. I wonder, other than YT videos, what is your main use of all these keyboards to make money? I also notice that other than the wavestate and opsix, you don't seem to have a Kronos or Nautilus among your boards.
Make money? With music? Well actually I do, a little bit, I do some remixes and backing tracks for people, and of course this channel. But mostly it's just for the love of it. I think the Kronos or Nautilus would duplicate a lot of what I have with the Fantom and Montage (which already duplicate a bunch between them). I've used Yamaha for many years, I never got into the Korg workstation line.
Nice to hear your take on some of the gear in your studio. Only one small criticism; The camera's focus hunting is pretty annoying. Could you not just set focus, then turn autofocus off?
Yeah, I didn't realize I was going in and out of frame, normally I would fix the focus before doing that - I didn't realize it until a couple days later when I was editing the video. :(
I would love to have a JD-800, but Ive been scared away by the red glue issue. Now rhat the Fantom EX has a nearly perfect emulation, I don't feel like it's a high priority. I'm surprised tht you don't have any dedicated drum machines. If you're recording tracks, these are pretty convenient. ow do you usually do drums and rhythm parts?
Both the Fantom and the Montage have a tremendous selection of drum samples, and the Fantom has a built-in TR-Rec sequencer that makes drums easy to do - so I usually use one of them (usually the Fantom, actually).
They sound a lot the same, but the EX version lacks...punch and sparkle of the JD-800? Don't know what it is, but to my ear. the actual JD sounds better. Plus it has a massive panel of controls dedicated to its engine, where the EX is pages of menus and limited controls.
Thank you for chapter marks. Seems like your camera is seeking focus a lot, see section starting around 3:42. consider running the camera with a smaller aperture (higher number) and no autofocus. Should be able to keep entire depth of a scene in focus and avoid any of the seeking in your videos. Cheers.
Yeah, I will normally lock the focus when I'm going to be moving in and out of frame like that, in this case I just forgot. Didn't realize it until a couple days later when I was editing, unfortunately.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! 👶....When I found You ...I said WOW Thats Hott Hair!!!!....video You fixing polysiX.....Well.....NOW I just have to listen...instead of watch & drooling over You. You did make My Husband EXTREMELY HAPPY....He is No longer Jealous.😊
I am curious to know how you are dealing with the Midi Latency on the iConnectivity mioXL ? Do you always print your audio, some of us dont want to commit to printing audio, therefore keep everything in Midi domain like the old days and then print. I never had much success with Midi Usb timing, as no one writes drivers for it, unless you Logic which they still support their old Emagic box, but I am Cubase user for ages and do love Bitwig, where midi latency is adjusted on the fly as it pings the external gear and calculates the round trip. Thank You!!
Cubase does the same thing, for both MIDI and audio (interface) - it works out the latency. So I don't think about it, it just works. I do the same - I keep things in MIDI and then print the audio when I think I have it. But I keep the MIDI, so if I want to go back and change something, I can recreate it and re-print the audio again.
@@ScottsSynthStuff I never seen a video or anyone show how to work it out as fast as Bitwig does it automatically and its bang on, even when I put in the latency amount, still is never correct.
I think we all aquire tons of great gear that sits in rooms or maybe some kind of studio. Then we have the couple that we play out on when dealing with insufferable noisy lead guitarists and drummers, lol. They never appreciate the sounds we provide anyhow.
The Fantom and the Montage both can do far more than a stand-alone drum machine, and they have pretty much EVERY classic drum machine sample set in them. I've thought about a TR-8s, but 95% of what I would use it for, I already do on the Fantom (with a better UI).
@@ScottsSynthStuff I eyeballed the Korg KR-55 pro. A drummachine that can play samples of bars, not seperate kick,snare etc. samples stacked. Sounds really awesome 😎 On Krome I fiddled with miking of drums, really nice finetuning of sound.
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Aw thanks so much Scott for the shout out!!! YOUR SYNTH COLLECTION IS EPIC xxxxxxxx
Thanks Rachel! Love your work, and your album is wonderful. I bought my Microfreak because of Microfreaking Out! :)
I've never commented about your hair as your content is so great and your hair is your business (and it was stylish in its own way). But the new hairdo is looking better indeed.
Didn’t even realize these kinds of possibilities for synth routing. Mind blowing.
You hair was fabulous let it grow out again Scott!
it's not a studio............... it's a playground !!! wow !!! thank you for the tour.
Your new hairdo looks great! Love the studio tour update.
LOVE the Syntaur T-shirt! Nice 'toys'!
System 8 is awesome. Fantom is smooth and creamy but the System 8 has more of an edge to the sound and can get pretty wild and nasty with a couple of knob turns.
Love this tour of you very cool studio. Great collection of gear and a great utilization of the X32! Enjoying your channel very much!
Totally agree on the System-8 Native engine... and love the the ACB sound
Love the tour of your playground, I wouldn't leave at all, I'd have my bed in there, thanks for showing your fantastic collection❤ its all my dreams in one❤
Great overview, thanks. Lost my locks a couple of decades back (I am a similar vintage to you Scott) felt like I was "undercover" for years...
The cat fluff is vey relatable, my semi feral calico, Lilly Mamslass (I inherited her from my Mum, she always said "whose ya Mamms lass?" so hence the full title ) is shedding like mad and I have dust bunnies all over.
Of all your synths I don't know which tickles me the most... probably the Summit.
I am a late developer re keys/synths so I soak it all up. I like ya stuff. 👍🖖
So nice man. Studio and the new look ma dude! Thanks for the walkthrough Scott. Your vids are top notch. I enjoy them all.
It's always a pleasure to watch your videos and being bald I envied your long hair. Our choice of synthesizers is partly the same. I have the Hydrasynth (4 octave version), MicroFreak, System 8, Summit, JD-800, an Intellijel Atlantis (an SH-101 modular clone I bought because I missed my SH-101) and since two weeks a white Montage 6 (mark 1). I am planning to buy the MioXL as well.
You are much more synth pop now, with new haircut! Great setup. Nothing missing... I am thinking since months to buy Hydrasynth Deluxe. Let's see...
Beautiful setup Scott! I wish I had a room where I could spread out like yours!
Great haircut also 😉
Thanks for sharing an updated vid of your studio. Grabbed several tips for my home setup.
"I don't know why you would do that...but you could" Love that
Living the dream
Whoa! Love the new do! Super stylish
Lovely gear breakdown. All of it makes a lot of sense. My setup up is a 1/4 of your studio's size! Still, I appreciate the flexibility you have built into your audio and MIDI routing.
I started using the mioXL in my live rig and retired the MOTU MIDI Express. So far it’s been flawless and gets my stamp of approval. Thank you for the new video and cheers.
Props that u have the summit it’s the one I have my eye on
Hi! I stumbled upon your channel while looking for information on synths, and I just had to hit the subscribe button immediately. I look forward to diving into your collection of videos and learning more. Thank you so much for taking the time to create these awesome synth videos!
Wow. You look more GORGEOUS. Nice gear too.
Ginger red wig,
Andy Warhall wig,
Bavid Dowie wigs so hell with these goofballs. I'm grateful you take the time to help us make better decisions. A Merkin is what all those silly complainers need?🤸😹
NO, no questions, I understand your choices and your studio because mine is about the same, I just have the economy version :). Only difference is my 88 weighted key digital pianos since I perform solo piano the last 56 years. The synth part of my studio is my 35-year experimentation with sound design, recording engineering, and orchestration. It's 100% hardware using four 8channel analog mixers (32) subbed into 8 channels into a 24 track ZoomR24 hardware SD recorder. Three analog synths mostly just for building new synths into my Black Box sampler. The rest are digital synths with specific tasks (that they do best) assigned to them. For the past 15 years been recording Vangelis style, with a floor full of pedals, all in one take. Unlike Vangelis I use pattern sequencers and clips on the sampler for transitions and backing when two hands and two feet aren't enough. Sound and effects design, and pattern sequences, are made specifically for each song using: 1) Typical subtractive. 2) Yamaha DX FM. 3) Sample layers. 4) Acoustic instruments I play into a sampler for clips. 5) VAST/FM/KVA module design from the Kurzweil. All instruments positioned in a 7x7 foot space for live play.
1) Roland RD-2000 = pianos
2) Roland Fantom O6 = launching clips from the 4x4 pads
3) Roland JunoDS = Vocoder multi- layer internal Juno + Korg Triton.
4) Roland Gaia = complex textures and solo's. Huge stereo fields.
5) Yamaha DX = layered with Gaia for deep textures and evolving solos.
6) Yamaha MX49 = controller mostly for Gaia/DX
7) Roland E-A7 = pattern sequencer by creating my own styles.
8) Korg Krome = Alternative sounds for the pattern sequencer of the E-A7
9) Arturia MicroBrute = bass lines from the E-A7
10) Korg Minilogue = Solo from the E-A7
11) Korg Miniligue XD = solo from E-A7
12) 1010 Music Black Box = adding acoustic instruments like guitar played in for clips like chord progressions.
13) Korg Electribe2 = more drum options MIDI slaved by the E-A7
14) Kurzweil PC4 = VAST massive texture sequences layered with 4 Roland Boutiques.
15) Yamaha DGX-670 = piano solo's only. (THE incredible - editable digital I have waited for since the first digital piano made, the first true Dpiano instrument).
Great video Scott and I would really like an in-depth video on the X32.
Love the Polysix. I have one also with the Kiwisix upgrade. Like you I will never sell it. I also have a Roland Jupiter 80 and Moog Taurus pedals.
Congrats on the Captain Pike hair
Really cool video! And very nice synth collection! My first synth was the Korg DW-8000, still have it and still love it.
Don't listen to the trolls Scott. Hair looks great either way. I dug the 80s Richard Marx helmet and I also dig the tidied-up wave-pomp. Do what YOU like! Thanks for showing us around. Cheers.
Roland Fantom is my #1 go to synth but would also love to have a new Montage. Rompers are so much more today.
Bello/Magnifico.😱😱😱😱😱😱👑🍾
Never change yourself to please others. Do it only to please yourself.
Such a dream room 😂
Excellent studio tour and never mind the hair, matters not!
I love my MioXL
🥰How Good It Is To Have A Keyboardist Family🥰
Same for me with the polysix, bought it 1982 when I was in high school.
I was choosing between juno 6, korg Trident and the polysix and it was the program memories and the price that did it.
Great video and studio setup!
I'm curious about the one hiding under the cover!
Me too! The Astrolab? 😊
I have a feeling it's the new 8-voice Moog Muse 😬
@@ronenpeled6428 ooooh 🙃
Yeah, that piqued my interest as well. I'm betting it's a Moog Muse as well. Astrolab doesnt make much sense since there are already loads of videos on that thing, so certainly shouldnt be any vail of secrecy required for it lol.
I like your reasoning and that made it harder to avoid subscribing in order to prevent having GAS 😆 as we share similar sentiments about hardware.
Yes your Colbalt can sound like the Juno though not quite the same murky flavor, nobody would care in a mix but the Juno itself is just so beautifully built and be it purely psychological, sounds just that tiny bit better than anything emulated.
Nostalgia? Perhaps, Behringer has made it their #1 business. DM 12 desktop almost had me thinking that I could skip a Kiwi kit for the 106 and have a monster 106 but I have no space currently and talk about crappy keys, definitely a module for DM
The Colbalt was disappointing for me other than the Kawai S5000 of the 90’s build quality. I ashamedly bashed it a bit and had to move on before updates improved it significantly. Fatar rules! Obviously the Opsix and Modwave are just modules which have those keys there for checking your pads while writing them.
Hahaha.... Well, you were starting to look like The Feral Kid from Mad max.
I told Alex (Vulture Culture) he looks like Ming the Merciless... He actually took it as a compliment ... As he should..
That's a very modern, solid setup you have.
Looking good Scott!
Aww, I liked the long hair! I would have just said “F” the commenters, wear your hair the way you want, proudly! Anyway, the new do is nice too. And nice studio. I look forward to when you’re allowed to reveal your secret piece of gear! And I’m a big MODX/Montage fan too.
My students would say your haircut is "fresh". For the record I have never commented on your hair :). My studio is only 10x20. I am envious of your square footage!
🤣 my studio must be 5x7 if I just move this stupid bed out of the way 🤣. Envy to you 🥳
Thank you very much! I'm curious to hear about your experiences with the Behringer mixers over time... I got an old second-hand Behringer mixer and it is of very poor quality, switches, potentiometers, sockets, all very flaky... The same experience I have with the DeepMind 12 and Odyssee from Behringer, it works (and is cheap), but all not very high-quality.
Your cat is cute, mine was very hungry while I was watching, got a lot of meows in-between 😅. He must be patient, food is at six o'clock (and he got 10 minutes earlier today!)
X32 great choice for central control, Kebu also does same.
Radio shack had some great shit. Great mixer
Very nice collection 👏.
Great Studio!!!!.....My husband bought me my first syth Yrs ago the System 1.....baby of the 8.....since than .... MiniNova..... JDXI.....We are budget synthHedz.....as You can see. Your hair is still nice 🧟.....was joking on last comment....maybe.
thanks for the video and insight to your studio setup :) makes me think how to improve on my setup.
just one thing, maybe lock the focus on your camera while filming lol the auto focus was a bit distracting for me. (I've just subscribed)
Yeah, I normally do, but obviously forgot for the shot where I was near it, causing the focus to hunt all over the place. I didn't realize it until much later when I was editing the video.
Great studio tour Scott. I am obviously super jealous of all your awesome synths and gear. Wish I would have kept some of the first synths I owned. (CZ 101) Sigh.
Anyways, my question for you is about mixing. Headphones VS Studio monitors. Which one (for you) gets the best results? Plus, I am curious if you use a subwoofer with your studio monitor setup.
Thanks Scott.
I'm virtually always mixing on monitors. I will use headphones if there is something buried that I can't make out, and then when I'm mastering, I'll listen on various different headphones (and in the car) to get an idea of what it sounds like in different environments.
Cool hair and awesome content!
Great video Scott, and nice hairdoe, makes you look younger and yet wise beyond the ears.. pun intended 😊
Nice hair cut mate. hahaha btw Yamaha is my number one then Korg and at last Roland. I have the Fantom 0 but the sounds sound like 20 years a go.
Thanks for the tour. Can we all just admit that the JD800 doesn't sound mighty at all? And oh, great hair!
Pssshhhh no way! The JD-800 is just a matter of having the right patches in it; those factory sounds don't come close to doing it justice. It's an absolute monster once you dig below the surface. Easily one of the best digital synths of all time!
No, the JD-800 definitely sounds huge. It punches through every mix, I find myself using it often because of that. There's a reason you heard it absolutely everywhere in the late 80's and early 90's.
Great collection and love your channel! The Montage is such a complete synth and fully agree on you there. Question, do you power down all the stuff each night and use some kind of central power distribution system?
I have UPS's on everything, and yes, everything gets shut off (individually) when not in use. Modern synths with computers in them don't always take nicely to being powered off unexpectedly.
@@ScottsSynthStuff cool, I have slightly more modest setup with 6 Roland and Yamaha keyboards (MODX7 but so want a Montage M). I run it all through a ART power distrubtion system and love the big red switch to power it all on. Not seen any issues with just powering things off but some synths might be more sensite I guess.
Love your channel Scott, and I've never had any thoughts about your hair. It's fine either way, or any way you prefer it. Really cool studio too. One thing, please use manual focus on your cameras because focus hunting is really distracting and bothersome.
Yeah I will normally lock the focus when I'm going in and out of frame like that, but I forgot this time, and didn't realize it until a couple days later when I was editing this video.
Thanks for the studio tour! Thinking about ergonomics, I was wondering how it works for you to have your computer/DAW away from your keyboards. When you record keyboards do you need to run back and forth between desk and keyboard for each take?
When window shopping for desks so far I think the "AZ Studio Sit-Stand Studio Desk" would be really awesome.(youtube doesn't allow links, duh) I imagine having this with a Montage M8x on the shelf underneath. But in reality I'm sure the Montage would be too big and besides I don't have the spare money for any of this anyway.
I don't like my desk being really high (I use this computer a LOT) and having it too high makes my wrists sore. So I can't really have a desk that would fit a keyboard underneath it. For the most part, I use the Fantom-06 on my left for working with the DAW, but for recording, I have a two-bar count-in set up as default in Cubase - so I can hit record, move to whichever synth I need, and then play.
I wasn’t going to be rude. Much better!
- I always liked your hair, long or short. I wished I had hair like that. Or hair, lol 😀
- Nice studio tour. Nice setup.
I cannot fathom why in 2024 people aren't using a mio. I see people drawing midi schematics and writing dissertations on optimizing midi mergers... And I click one button and I'm done, so bravo on the XL.
I lucked into a used one at a fantastic price about 4 months ago. Even though it’s overkill for my small setup I can no longer imagine not having a midi router of some kind (e.g. MioXlL, MRCC, RK-06, etc). Simplifies everything. Only feature it could add is a built in master clock.
FANTOM 6 ! Yessss !
ho cool style isn't it! I like your new hair style !
Thank you for your tour, I found it very interesting!
One thing I was wondering though, when you connect your synths to the X32 (which is via the patchbay if I recall correctly), do you connect them in stereo or mono (aka use 2 channels per synth)?
I'm currently on the lookout for something similar and also found the rack version of the X32 very interesting but I also heard that Behringer will release a successor to the X32 (kind of a smaller WING version) sometime in the future.
Didn't mind the hair at all by the way and I don't understand why this should be a reason not to tune in.
You got it - for the synths with stereo output, they take up two channels, and mono output synths take up one channel.
Love the studio tour and new hairstyle! 😎 Can't wait to see what your not allowed to show 🤫 Will you be getting the new Arturia Astrolab, would really value your opinion on that 🤔
The Astrolab is an interesting idea, but it seems primarily targeted towards live players - you can't do sound design, it's just a massive preset library with a few macro knobs. I'm also not thrilled with the screen-on-a-knob idea, which may look cool, but is terrible UI/UX.
I miss the hair! The audio system is as important as the synths themselves. I was wondering what you use if you get to that later or not. I have the Opsix or I let my brother use it, M8x, did have the Fantom but nothing else in common. I have the Oberheim OB-X8m reprise, Deckard's Dream MKII, Yamaha YC73 w/SeqTrak attached, Waldorf Iridium module with 5 engines, Osmose, Korg PA5x, Yamaha CP1 for sale. I don't really play all I have so I'll sell something if I'm not in love with it. I like all the categories including Digital Synth, Arranger, Stage Board & True Analog. Surprisingly the Yamaha SeqTrak adds a serious AWM2 selection with real FM for pennies with an app.
Nice plethora of synths! Well the only one I have in common with you is the Fantom 06. I love it -- personally I think it's the best "workstation" I've owned. I have the original GAIA. I'm not even sure if I'm going to upgrade to the new one. I'm not interested in the wavetable side of it -- and personally I think the original one looks cooler with its blackish livery.
Both GAIAs have their strengths and weaknesses. I *almost* ended up keeping the old one, and I suspect one day I'll be sorry I sold it. :)
I can relate to that!@@ScottsSynthStuff
Nice Studio Tour - thanks for sharing the update with us. :o) I would be curious about the cables you`re using - and how you made your run through the room (especially if you use any kind of snakes - and which brand has a wide enough splice for key-stands use).
Have a look at my original build video - I talk about them, and there are a list of the snakes I used in the video description: th-cam.com/video/fIY7g_wWquc/w-d-xo.html
My problem with mixers is that most of my synths ar stereo, so mixers ed up using two channels per board. That would give you 16 channels, whch is probably enough, but I have a bunch of racks, so I always run out of channels. I actually use a bunch of small mixers from Behrenger and Soundcraft that are mostly stereo, so it works out.
Fun! I understand the 106 thing. I pretty much just use one budget keyboard (Yamaha MX88) and everything else is plugins, but more and more I've wanted something like a 60 or a 106 because it's just so hands-on and intuitive. I wouldn't drop crazy money on a 1 osc synth, but I hear the Big B is making a clone and it'll be calling my name, I think...
The DeepMind is actually modeled pretty closely on the Juno 106, with added effects. That said, if you want a perfect, reliable emulation of it (and some other great synths including the Jupiter 8) a System-8 would probably fit the bill.
@@ScottsSynthStuff The System-8 is amazing, but out of my budget. I like the sub-thousand dollar stuff. I do have V Collection 9 and I like it a lot, but it'd be fun to have real sliders and knobs.
You've got behringer patchbays I have tascam 32p to match my 388. 😊
Nice!
killer studio. no drum machines?
I noticed you had no Kurzweil. I was thinking about the PC4-7 Do you like Kurzweil? Also, What brand A- Frame stands are you using for your synths? Fantastic setup.
Hi Scott great video as usual. Quick question what is the brand and model of your 3 tier keyboard stands
It's in the description of this (and every) video! :)
Can you do a video talking about Workstation keyboards as synthesizers?
I recently tried out the JDXI after owning a Moog, and bought it because it's so fast to make patches, save them & the menu diving isn't nearly as bad as people make it out to be.
I started just looking at workstation keyboards on youtube more in entry level like modx6 and 7. It seems they can do FM, subtractive, and all this stuff.
What do you think of them in the context of making custom sounds patching and tweaking?
The touch screen concerns me. And so does wondering if I have Gear Acquisition Syndrome.
Fantastic setup! How do you monitor / what studio monitors you have and where are they located?
Great tour ! Thanks so much - ( might have sounded better if you had huge hair !! ( only kidding - you SOUND awesome ! ))
As a person with very little hair, I can only think most of the hair haters were possibly...bald...? But, I have to say, your new lid is very impressive, indeed. OK, quick JD 800 question; your red glue vid inspired me to finally open mine up and get to work. A number of issues, but the last one I'm dealing with is the white touch sensitivity felt. Lots of red glue saturation spots. I've ordered the new felt strip you recommend ( red ). Thinking it might be better to just replace the whole strip. You repaired segments, not the whole strip. Was that simply because only a few spots required replacing ? You mentioned the touch sensitive strip is very delicate to be very careful with this operation. Just want to make sure I'm not going down the wrong road if I choose to replace the whole strip. Thank again for your videos !
I *think* I mentioned later that this did not work well. The aftertouch ended up being different on different keys, so after fighting with it for a while, I finally ended up just pulling up ALL the original felt, and replacing it with one large strip, which is probably what I should have done in the first place.
@@ScottsSynthStuff Thanks Scott !
Nice setup! I don't see any DSI synths or Moog ( not the beginner ), also no 3rd wave ?
I would love a Prophet X, but now it's discontinued...I think the Summit covers a LOT of the DSI ground. I would LOVE a 3rd wave, but $$$$$
I love your studio and all the synths. I wonder, other than YT videos, what is your main use of all these keyboards to make money? I also notice that other than the wavestate and opsix, you don't seem to have a Kronos or Nautilus among your boards.
Make money? With music? Well actually I do, a little bit, I do some remixes and backing tracks for people, and of course this channel. But mostly it's just for the love of it. I think the Kronos or Nautilus would duplicate a lot of what I have with the Fantom and Montage (which already duplicate a bunch between them). I've used Yamaha for many years, I never got into the Korg workstation line.
Nice to hear your take on some of the gear in your studio. Only one small criticism; The camera's focus hunting is pretty annoying. Could you not just set focus, then turn autofocus off?
Yeah, I didn't realize I was going in and out of frame, normally I would fix the focus before doing that - I didn't realize it until a couple days later when I was editing the video. :(
I would love to have a JD-800, but Ive been scared away by the red glue issue. Now rhat the Fantom EX has a nearly perfect emulation, I don't feel like it's a high priority.
I'm surprised tht you don't have any dedicated drum machines. If you're recording tracks, these are pretty convenient. ow do you usually do drums and rhythm parts?
Both the Fantom and the Montage have a tremendous selection of drum samples, and the Fantom has a built-in TR-Rec sequencer that makes drums easy to do - so I usually use one of them (usually the Fantom, actually).
I’m really surprised that you don’t have a polybrute. It has its own soul.
No Moog, Sequential or Oberheim ‘anything’??
Curious if you feel the Fantom EX warrants keeping the JD-800? Does the JD sound same/better?
They sound a lot the same, but the EX version lacks...punch and sparkle of the JD-800? Don't know what it is, but to my ear. the actual JD sounds better. Plus it has a massive panel of controls dedicated to its engine, where the EX is pages of menus and limited controls.
Thank you for chapter marks. Seems like your camera is seeking focus a lot, see section starting around 3:42. consider running the camera with a smaller aperture (higher number) and no autofocus. Should be able to keep entire depth of a scene in focus and avoid any of the seeking in your videos. Cheers.
Yeah, I will normally lock the focus when I'm going to be moving in and out of frame like that, in this case I just forgot. Didn't realize it until a couple days later when I was editing, unfortunately.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! 👶....When I found You ...I said WOW Thats Hott Hair!!!!....video You fixing polysiX.....Well.....NOW I just have to listen...instead of watch & drooling over You. You did make My Husband EXTREMELY HAPPY....He is No longer Jealous.😊
haha it was already cut when you sent your last comment, I had to bite my tongue. :)
@@ScottsSynthStuff You look Great!!!!!❤️🔥
What are your thoughts on the Juno-X?
I am going for the Juno sound(s) but am still wondering if I should just get a System 8 or a 106.
I am curious to know how you are dealing with the Midi Latency on the iConnectivity mioXL ? Do you always print your audio, some of us dont want to commit to printing audio, therefore keep everything in Midi domain like the old days and then print. I never had much success with Midi Usb timing, as no one writes drivers for it, unless you Logic which they still support their old Emagic box, but I am Cubase user for ages and do love Bitwig, where midi latency is adjusted on the fly as it pings the external gear and calculates the round trip. Thank You!!
Cubase does the same thing, for both MIDI and audio (interface) - it works out the latency. So I don't think about it, it just works. I do the same - I keep things in MIDI and then print the audio when I think I have it. But I keep the MIDI, so if I want to go back and change something, I can recreate it and re-print the audio again.
@@ScottsSynthStuff I never seen a video or anyone show how to work it out as fast as Bitwig does it automatically and its bang on, even when I put in the latency amount, still is never correct.
Cool setup! What's the 3 tier stand that the Montage and Summit are sitting on?
It's something I actually made out of a couple different On-Stage stands and some accessories. I've got links to it in the video description.
I think we all aquire tons of great gear that sits in rooms or maybe some kind of studio. Then we have the couple that we play out on when dealing with insufferable noisy lead guitarists and drummers, lol. They never appreciate the sounds we provide anyhow.
Where's Nord Synthesizers?
No drum machines at all?
Yeah, MC101 and TR-8s are pretty reasonably priced.
Every one of these synths could be used as a drum machine
The Fantom and the Montage both can do far more than a stand-alone drum machine, and they have pretty much EVERY classic drum machine sample set in them. I've thought about a TR-8s, but 95% of what I would use it for, I already do on the Fantom (with a better UI).
@@ScottsSynthStuff my thoughts exactly. Love the videos my friend. Keep up the passion to explore electronic music! Long live the Oscillators!
@@ScottsSynthStuff I eyeballed the Korg KR-55 pro. A drummachine that can play samples of bars, not seperate kick,snare etc. samples stacked. Sounds really awesome 😎
On Krome I fiddled with miking of drums, really nice finetuning of sound.
You have two Technics 1210, the 1200s are the silver ones, no?
Had both of them (black and silver), now there´s only one 1210 left.
Nope, they are black SL1200MK2's. I bought them new in 1987 or 1988 if I recall correctly.
You will now have to maintain your new cool haircut …gees imagine how many Behringer units you could buy instead.
Where's the Korg Poly800 and the 61 and I thought you like the 80's haha
I actually did a restoral video already on the Poly 800!