@12:42 begins the most instantly-understandable description of FM synthesis on TH-cam. Including all the dedicated "how FM synthesis works" vids I've ever seen. Well done sir, subscribed!
I love how this videos goes from being a road trip, FM lesson, a review, a travel show & and picker's video all in one. I also think the warning at the end is highly appropriate when talking about FM
Alex, YOUR videos were (are) a great inspiration, to up our production quality in a number of ways. I hope we can meet one day - there's just a lot of ocean in the way. Thank you!
@@Syntaur Thanks so much. Looking forward to your next adventures! A DX1 is super rare, so it was fantastic that you documented this. A friend has a DX5 which is still pretty cool, but the DX1 is the holy grail. I'm deep into an ARP documentary at the moment. A Chroma will be in it if course. Speaking of which, your expander and Synclavier was a great haul!
I was one of those who didn't understand FM synthesis no matter how much I dabbled with my DX7 plug-in. Now I understandit. THANK YOU SYNTAUR. Excellent content as always.
You seem like a great dad who balances his work, passion, and family very well, a while keeping so many old synths alive and breathing. Thanks for the fantastically educational and entertaining content. I’ll be sticking around!
Chuck is so cool, he is the most financially successful dude in music retailing and when I met him, I introduced myself and he said "oh yeah i know who you are", which for a guy who still lives with his parents was such a flattering thing to hear. Anyone who is iffy about Sweetwater should attend Gearfest and visit Chuck's annual house party. It's off the chain!
Thank you Syntaur, it is a rare treat to see the front panel in action. The still photos I've seen of this don't do it justice, and I didn't realize how much more information appears on DX1 compared to other Yamaha DX series. 👍
Everybody share this video all over social media once it goes public. Let's give this channel the audience it deserves! I remember hearing if you want you youtube channel to grow you should upload videos at least twice a week. Unfortunately this means that low-effort and low-quality channels have millions of subscribers. This which is the best youtube synthesizer channel I know of on the other hand seems to be hidden away by the algorithm. I wish amazon prime or some other network would pick this up and produce a season. Though I gotta say I like the style and tone as it is. Much appreciation and much love to you guys from Germany!
Unfortunately that's very much true. My own channel's grown far, far slower since I went from doing weekly or biweekly game reviews to detailed synth reviews every two months. YT's system is VERY rigged against long form content...
Mark Corrigan, interesting comments. I have a tiny little channel, so I cannot confirm nor deny anything about how TH-cam treats successful channels based on upload frequency. But after extensive testing of new and small channels, I was able to determine that frequent uploading and infrequent uploading both delivered the same mediocre view counts. Giving out likes and subscriptions also had the same lackluster results. Excluding virality luck (something I've never experienced) the only thing I found that brought new views was commenting under the videos of others. But I have also noticed that my latest new upload cuts the number of views accumulating for my previous upload, and actually kills the accumulation of views of all the older uploads. I find that just a little sad, and it's part of why, when I visit an unfamiliar channel, I scroll down the list of videos to look at some of their classics. I put a lot of effort into crafting my presentations and I wouldn't want them to be ignored forever just because they are "old" any more than I'd want a classic movie like Casablanca to be forgotten just because it is old and Bogart has passed. I'm guessing other creators feels the same way? P.S. Back on topic, I agree with you, Syntaur is a great synthesizer channel! 👍👍👍
This was my first time watching this channel and halfway through I actually thought, "man, this could be something on Amazon Prime or Netflix", it's so well done-such great storytelling, so glad to see others are having the same thought.
Wow...I just stumbled upon this channel (or TH-cam suggested it) and this is super impressive storytelling. Your love for synthesizers and for what you do is really coming through in the production of this and it's fantastic. It's damn near Netflix or Amazon Prime video ready. Finally, a reality TV show for synth nerds. So take these broken wings, plus my thumbs-up, and also my subscription. I can't wait to see what you do next.
Stumbled across this channel despite not being a keyboardist (though a drummer and a huge ELP fan). I really enjoyed your explanation of how FM synthesis works and the history of the DX1. You narrate very well and you're very authentic... and it looks like you have a close-knit family, which is such a blessing. Keep up the good work and I'll keep watching!
Great vid! One suggestion: When you're playing the keyboard and talking at the same time, the keyboard volume is mixed really low. I think most would prefer being able to hear the synth more clearly.
I think it's pretty obvious why it was mixed low, so you can hear what he's saying plus I can hear the synth just fine and I'm listening in the cheapest earbuds you can find online.
This video is about synth sounds. You can describe a synth sound in words, or you can play it and let the listener perceive it. But in this video we are sort of deprived of perception of the synth sound. Instead, we have to listen to verbal explanations.
@@bormisha the video is about synths history related knowledge and a classic synth, not "synth sounds" . Otherwise you wouldn't see so much B Roll and extra footages. There's plenty of other videos that showcase the DX7/DX5/DX1 sounds. There's a reason why this video has over 30min of content.
I could have guessed EMAX from that penguin dropping sticker. I was in a band with a guy who had one of those - and I distinctly remember it having a feature called a "Bird Run" which the manual stated was to get rid of "Gyroplasmic Perturbations" or something like that. I guess it was basically a two button reset in the event of a glitch, but it made a little animated emu run across the display. Maybe that's what laid the egg in the other machine?!
Found and played a DX1 only once, back around 1995 or '96, at a place called Dan's Sound & Music in Dallas, Texas. I had no idea just how rare this synth was at the time.
NeuronalAxon - One can only guess. But if only 140 or so were ever produced-with fewer still working today-it makes me wonder how likely it is that I’ll see it again in some TH-cam video...if I haven’t already. Lol
Oh man! That is precious! 😱😍 I’d surely like one in my studio.... 🤑 But, I guess I’ll have to settle for my TX-816. Less space hugger, but just as much of a space heater! 😂
Hope to see more Synth Wzard episodes, these are wonderful! BTW, saw the Juno 107 synth for sale a while back on Reverb, I should have scooped it up!
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A Juno what?? 107? Explain..
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Ok you don't have to reply..found it on reverb - A life time chip!!! Did every 106 owner have to replace the chip!??? I DID!!! I remember that fateful day I ordered a chip from Ebay in 1999... my first ever ebay buy LOL. Got an asian repair shop to pop it in my Juno for $10 in east Vancouver. I was playing my Juno for a year without knowing why it sounded 'funky'. Syntaur has pulled out all the stops to make this amazing one-of-a-kind synthesizer! We've taken a classic Roland Juno-106, and added some very cool new features: Patch Sweep function that cycles through the eight programs in any bank at an adjustable speed, making for an animated barrage of sound Audio Input that lets you route any line-level audio signal through the Juno's silky chorus effect All-new Analogue Renaissance voice chips that will last a lifetime Standard AC inlet that uses a common IEC power cable Lighted clear bender, all new LEDs, chromed knobs and buttons, and custom panel graphics
That makes two of us. It makes one wonder how many other Synclaviers may be collecting dust in a basement somewhere. I had the pleasure of composing on one when I worked at Elias in NYC, but I seem to remember it being larger than what is in this video. Camera angle perhaps?
Holy Smokes! I did not realize how rare and expensive this thing was... A friend of mine had one of these things back in '86. We recorded one of my original songs on a 4 track, An Atari ST, the DX1, a drum machine I can't recall and my CZ1 in his bedroom! I feel very honored .... :-D
YES! So glad another episode is out, it's always the highlight of my week! Can't wait to watch it once the premiere starts! EDIT: It was even better than expected. Great work!
Pfft - they're still selling it. The RefaceDX is a 27 with filters essentially. 'Maybe' a 21 if you want to split hairs. (mine was a 27 too - adjusted for inflation it was only 800 less than a PolyBrute today in cost - which I just got this week)
That's exactly what I was thinking! I was expecting him to start quoting lines from Bad Santa, but you must admit he did a great Jimmy Stewart impression!
Wow, this episode is doing wonders to make my lust for an 88-key Rhodes Stage MkII piano look much more satisfiable. Polyphonic aftertouch is one of the things which make this model rare. My own choice for a synth with polyphonic aftertouch would be the Prophet T-8. I’d love to see if you Wizards could cover the TX-816 all on its own. Trigger it from the SY-22. Go figure, the K250 was intended to purposefully emulate a piano. One would almost dare to say that the synthesis engine was second priority to the sample-playback section.
In recent years, I have imagined what kind of a keyboard arsenal I would have tried to assemble for myself as a pro keyboardist in 1984. The mental picture I have assembled is a Rhodes Mark V, the T8 stacked on top of it, and a DX7 stacked next to an Oberheim Xpander on the T8. Supplemented in ‘86 by a Roland MKS10 piano module.
Hehehehehehehe, my aim would be both versatility and portability. Wouldn’t want anything that is “studio exclusive“. Did anybody tour with either of those models other than Sting?
Lovely to hear the ondes Martenot mentioned at 32:47 - if you ever need help finding one, drop me a line! I play the ondes and am always happy to chat. I've really been enjoying binging these episodes of Synth Wizards!
The mention of poly pressure and Ondes reminded me of something that might be interesting. The Audities Ondea supports poly pressure on MIDI. The keyboard vibrato also has a MIDI channel output, and if you have a MIDI sound module that can support dynamic bend scaling (or you can set up your patch to scale it this way), you can use the ring controller to pitch bend six octaves.
@@dale116dot7 Yeah, I haven't really gotten around to fully experimenting with the Ondéa's MIDI capabilities yet but the possibilities are pretty thrilling!
@@JoshSemans I use a Kurzweil PC2R and it listens to to bend range control. But when you change a patch that resets back so you have to resend the scaling. You can do that by pressing the ‘tune’ pushbutton with nothing playing. It also sends an ‘all notes off’ and does a VCO quick tune.
@@willfomes406 Ym2413 is a cheap FM chip used on devices such as Sega mk3 or msx Megadrive used the Ym2612 (more powerful, 6 voices with 4op each) Yamaha Dx1 used Ym2128 (and 2129 for egs), just like the dx7, but it had a pair of them (like Dx5) to reach 32 voices (6op each)
At 10:12 i suddenly feel like i'm watching a Dark 5 TH-cam channel video! Spooky! Great you were able to find, buy and sell such a rare synth! Well done!
It's been so long since I'd heard that song, I'd forgotten what the title was. Thank you for pointing this out, Eric Melton! Man, Mr. Mister had some great music. Broken Wings was one of my favorites.
Wow, this series should definitely be on TV! This is incredibly entertaining and very well put together. Well done, sir! (Yes, I've watched them all and was really excited to find another one released. (y) )
Thanks for this video! In fact, thanks for your company. I was recently able to order components from you to refurbish my vintage Juno 106. I also downloaded a DX1 emulator to my laptop and was having trouble understanding how the sound synthesis worked. After watching this, I feel a bit more confident in creating sounds with it.
I've been around a while...bought my first synth in 1981(an EML Synkey...I still have it!), and I learned more about FM synthesis watching this episode than I could ever figure out back then or since. Thanks for these videos...every minute is crammed with synthesizer awesomeness. Please keep them coming!
Blessedly for all the challenge we face, we live in a fantastic age of people bringing synthesis. I remember playing a DX1 in Goodmans, now in Japan this have given the desire to find other synths not so common in the US. Thanks Syntaur.
Dear Syntaur, You absolutely rock! I can’t believe I’m finding content so relative to my passions . Absolutely brilliant ! You cover the history, culture, mechanical, technical and practical examples all intertwined in a documentary style video . It makes me happy , thank you so much .
Around 5:40 when the guy starts playing "subdivisions" by rush I was like Fuck yea!🎹🎧💫😵👌😎👍 by the way.. I thought it was the Yamaha GX-1 that was yamaha's most expensive and biggest synthesizer¿?
The GX-1 was considered an organ by Yamaha. I have the FX-1 which was FM based coming out the same year as the DX-7. It’s considered an organ as well. The organs were called Yamaha Electones.
Why doesn’t this channel have more subs!! One of the best explanations and demonstrations I’ve found on TH-cam about FM synthesis. And some great humour to go along with all this information. Thank you for the great content!
The new Yamaha Montage that came out recently features 8-operator FM synthesis alongside the usual digital stuff, for the record. A review of that would probably make an interesting video, especially if you showed how the synthesis is actually done in the keyboard.
I never cared too much for synthesizers even though I listen to many very different music styles, many of which synths play(ed) a huge part in. Tonight I said to myself "I'm gonna watch something real quick on TH-cam while eating a pizza and then I'll switch to a Neflix series", clicked on a somehow random link and here I am, two hours later, binge-watching video after video of you guys and synthesizers, thinking "THAT'S AWESOME: I NEED ONE NOW!" every time a new machine pops up. So, congrats!
Your channel is literally the coolest. I've been waiting for a channel to be this awesome. You definitely know your stuff and I particularly loved that you interviewed Alan Palomo too. Lifelong subscriber, earned!
FM has different waveforms, originally they were mutations of sine waves though. Yamaha's type is actually called phase modulation. There are also FM synths that include subtractive synthesis as well.
Wonderful! What an absolute treat of an adventure in time and space and sound to uplift my spirits during the silent hysteria of Covid-19 lockdown. Fantastic synth. Now put a DX1 through a boutique distortion pedal (or two for stereo) with a touch of reverb and surely some fresh magic will emerge for 2020!
Holy Shit man you are just awesome I wish I could have worked for you and studied under you I always learn so much from your videos. Thanks for the content.
What if your buyer was Jimmy Stuart? Haha! FM synthesis really is something else. I got a TX81z that I got dirt cheap. I love using it for percussive bass sounds, though that may be due to my love of 80s industrial/EBM. :) Hope you enjoyed Chicago! The Baha'i Temple is such a wonderful place. Pass it every night on my way home from work.
Fantastic video. The extra warmth over the DX7 might be due to the XLR outputs? I let a DX-1 pass once when I found out the velocity of the keyboard only went up to 100 instead of 127. Now I'm kicking myself of course.
I bought a DX5 when it first came out. I've played hundreds of gigs, and it's still working PERFECTLY! Thank you Yamaha. (I unloaded my Memorymoog for about the cost of the roadcase I bought it with without regret because it wouldn't stay in tune.)
Actually, the Synclavier II generated most of its sounds with FM. The only thing additive was that the carrier tone was built up of sine waves by setting the levels of the harmonics. However, these were static (not counting the re-synthesis and timbre frames that came later). It was more like the drawbars on a Hammond organ. So, it was really like a 2-operator DX7 but with different waveform choices for operator 1.
The Monty Python audience clip at 13:11 was definitely cracking me up! As always, an immensely entertaining- as well as hugely informative- video! Thanks Sam for the vid and thanks Mrs. Sam for letting him have the van for a few days!
I love the Python old ladies! And thanks to Mrs. Sam and Sam-ette (Mary and Kayla) for going along on the trip - it makes it much more fun! Kayla used to be too embarrassed to be seen in that rusty, ugly van. Then we got her into it for a vacation/synth trip (when we got that CS-80), and she saw that it is so long that it's like a rolling hotel inside. For a long road trip, it sure beats a car!
Yeah, that van kind of takes me back to the old multi-day road trips in our family's Dodge Caravan- memories. It was a treat getting to see that DX-1 in action (and Carlos looked very much like the treat aspect was not lost on him either ;-) and I'm pretty floored at the Synclavier find! You can use the Thriller-esque sounds in it for the soundtrack to your upcoming horror film about the ghost in the synth van! Again, thanks for sharing, and thanks to the entire family (literal family and extended Syntaur family) for being good sports and making all of this look fun and easy!
These videos are phenomenal - and super entertaining (ok I’m a synth geek) thank you so much for preserving sound history and knowledge for future generations to benefit. I wish you were on TH-cam when I was a lucky kid reading keyboard mag with my Mirage Sampler and ESQ-1
Wooow!! What a great journey! I have a YC45D that needs the portamento spring replaced. Do you guys have photos of what those original springs look like? I see you got a YC30 with a similar strip on it.
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@12:42 begins the most instantly-understandable description of FM synthesis on TH-cam. Including all the dedicated "how FM synthesis works" vids I've ever seen. Well done sir, subscribed!
And Im so glad I found your reply with time stamp as I was clueless before.....:-)
imo it's on par with andrew huang's video on it
I love how this videos goes from being a road trip, FM lesson, a review, a travel show & and picker's video all in one. I also think the warning at the end is highly appropriate when talking about FM
This video was absolutely fantastic. Thoroughly entertaining and satisfying. Thanks for uploading!
Alex, YOUR videos were (are) a great inspiration, to up our production quality in a number of ways. I hope we can meet one day - there's just a lot of ocean in the way. Thank you!
@@Syntaur Thanks so much. Looking forward to your next adventures!
A DX1 is super rare, so it was fantastic that you documented this. A friend has a DX5 which is still pretty cool, but the DX1 is the holy grail.
I'm deep into an ARP documentary at the moment. A Chroma will be in it if course. Speaking of which, your expander and Synclavier was a great haul!
Getting a lesson on frequencys at midnight wasnt my plan, but I'm glad I got one. I dont know jack about synths, but this was really cool!
One sat in the music shop I worked at in Birmingham UK, unsold for almost 2 years. This back in 1988
Holy smokes, he's the sweetwater FOR SWEETWATER! Next level of gear quest. xD
Damn, you're right. Insane haha
"Oh, what car are you looking for?" LOL
Disappointed he didn't deliver a few bit-o-honey and red hots with it :)
@@Psychlist1972 LMFAO! That would have been perfect. Missed opportunity indeed.
So meta!
Only 15 minutes into this vid I realize I struck youtube gold.
Best random youtube find in months
Agreed
Totally. This is great. I look forward to watching the rest of the episodes.
@@st0rmchild I can't wait for a CS-80 episode!
15 minutes? dude, 2!!minutes in....
I was one of those who didn't understand FM synthesis no matter how much I dabbled with my DX7 plug-in. Now I understandit. THANK YOU SYNTAUR. Excellent content as always.
You seem like a great dad who balances his work, passion, and family very well, a while keeping so many old synths alive and breathing. Thanks for the fantastically educational and entertaining content. I’ll be sticking around!
Thank you!
Synth Wizards is the best youtube video series out there in the universe, I humbly submit.
Love your sense of humor. Its a cut above most YT creators in this genre.
Chuck is so cool, he is the most financially successful dude in music retailing and when I met him, I introduced myself and he said "oh yeah i know who you are", which for a guy who still lives with his parents was such a flattering thing to hear.
Anyone who is iffy about Sweetwater should attend Gearfest and visit Chuck's annual house party. It's off the chain!
I don't know you, but have hung out often with your parents.
I remember seeing Chris Lowe of Pet Shop Boys play a DX1 live on BBC Whistle Test. Didn't realise it was so rare to be honest. Great video!
Have you seen the recreation of that show that a guy from the UK and his son did? It's on TH-cam. They got the 2 Fairlights and everything.
@@NeuronalAxon Oh yes I remember that, very impressive! :)
Thank you Syntaur, it is a rare treat to see the front panel in action. The still photos I've seen of this don't do it justice, and I didn't realize how much more information appears on DX1 compared to other Yamaha DX series. 👍
First time ever a DX1, a Chroma and a Synclavier met in the same van. I suppose you drove carefully.
The van definitely doesn't look the part, on the outside =)
@@solhsa Any would-be thieves would be saying, 'Nothin' in that old thing of any value!'
@@Syntaur It would be funny if they did cos you actually had a fortune in your van!
Hire a security team if you're leaving that kind of haul alone in Chicago!
matszh Man I would love to get a Synclavier II. Just don’t have enough space.😣
Everybody share this video all over social media once it goes public. Let's give this channel the audience it deserves!
I remember hearing if you want you youtube channel to grow you should upload videos at least twice a week. Unfortunately this means that low-effort and low-quality channels have millions of subscribers. This which is the best youtube synthesizer channel I know of on the other hand seems to be hidden away by the algorithm.
I wish amazon prime or some other network would pick this up and produce a season. Though I gotta say I like the style and tone as it is.
Much appreciation and much love to you guys from Germany!
Unfortunately that's very much true. My own channel's grown far, far slower since I went from doing weekly or biweekly game reviews to detailed synth reviews every two months. YT's system is VERY rigged against long form content...
Mark Corrigan, interesting comments. I have a tiny little channel, so I cannot confirm nor deny anything about how TH-cam treats successful channels based on upload frequency. But after extensive testing of new and small channels, I was able to determine that frequent uploading and infrequent uploading both delivered the same mediocre view counts. Giving out likes and subscriptions also had the same lackluster results. Excluding virality luck (something I've never experienced) the only thing I found that brought new views was commenting under the videos of others.
But I have also noticed that my latest new upload cuts the number of views accumulating for my previous upload, and actually kills the accumulation of views of all the older uploads. I find that just a little sad, and it's part of why, when I visit an unfamiliar channel, I scroll down the list of videos to look at some of their classics. I put a lot of effort into crafting my presentations and I wouldn't want them to be ignored forever just because they are "old" any more than I'd want a classic movie like Casablanca to be forgotten just because it is old and Bogart has passed. I'm guessing other creators feels the same way?
P.S. Back on topic, I agree with you, Syntaur is a great synthesizer channel! 👍👍👍
TH-cam is driven by little kids, so most of the good content gets ignored
Rod Salka: Well if those little kids in the back seat down quiet down, we're gonna turn this internet around and go home. 😂😂😂
This was my first time watching this channel and halfway through I actually thought, "man, this could be something on Amazon Prime or Netflix", it's so well done-such great storytelling, so glad to see others are having the same thought.
Wow...I just stumbled upon this channel (or TH-cam suggested it) and this is super impressive storytelling. Your love for synthesizers and for what you do is really coming through in the production of this and it's fantastic. It's damn near Netflix or Amazon Prime video ready. Finally, a reality TV show for synth nerds. So take these broken wings, plus my thumbs-up, and also my subscription. I can't wait to see what you do next.
Don't forget, we have 7 back episodes for your viewing pleasure as well!
Stumbled across this channel despite not being a keyboardist (though a drummer and a huge ELP fan). I really enjoyed your explanation of how FM synthesis works and the history of the DX1. You narrate very well and you're very authentic... and it looks like you have a close-knit family, which is such a blessing.
Keep up the good work and I'll keep watching!
Great vid! One suggestion: When you're playing the keyboard and talking at the same time, the keyboard volume is mixed really low. I think most would prefer being able to hear the synth more clearly.
I think it's pretty obvious why it was mixed low, so you can hear what he's saying plus I can hear the synth just fine and I'm listening in the cheapest earbuds you can find online.
This video is about synth sounds. You can describe a synth sound in words, or you can play it and let the listener perceive it. But in this video we are sort of deprived of perception of the synth sound. Instead, we have to listen to verbal explanations.
Big agree
@@bormisha the video is about synths history related knowledge and a classic synth, not "synth sounds" . Otherwise you wouldn't see so much B Roll and extra footages. There's plenty of other videos that showcase the DX7/DX5/DX1 sounds. There's a reason why this video has over 30min of content.
I could have guessed EMAX from that penguin dropping sticker. I was in a band with a guy who had one of those - and I distinctly remember it having a feature called a "Bird Run" which the manual stated was to get rid of "Gyroplasmic Perturbations" or something like that. I guess it was basically a two button reset in the event of a glitch, but it made a little animated emu run across the display. Maybe that's what laid the egg in the other machine?!
Found and played a DX1 only once, back around 1995 or '96, at a place called Dan's Sound & Music in Dallas, Texas. I had no idea just how rare this synth was at the time.
Remember the price?
NeuronalAxon - Not the exact price unfortunately. It was quite expensive though. Probably close to $7,000 or $8,000 if I had to guess.
@@ryanfreer77 - Oof. Still quite a lof of money nigh on 25 years ago? I wonder who ended up with that one?
NeuronalAxon - One can only guess. But if only 140 or so were ever produced-with fewer still working today-it makes me wonder how likely it is that I’ll see it again in some TH-cam video...if I haven’t already. Lol
I saw the DX-1 in real by the introduction of the DX-7 in Belgium in 1983.A beauty
Oh man! That is precious! 😱😍 I’d surely like one in my studio.... 🤑 But, I guess I’ll have to settle for my TX-816. Less space hugger, but just as much of a space heater! 😂
GS-1, DX1 and TX-816 all in one room? Casiopea fan's dreamland. Cheers!
Your videos are mini-docs! So well put together AND educational! Good stuff!
I just discovered your channel, and I love it! It'd be so cool if this became a show on the history channel!
OMG this is the best and most understandable synth intro in a nutshell in youtube
There is a dx1 here in a synth studio in buenos aires! I play it every now and then. A trully magicall machine!
Congratulations on the video. We need more videos like this on TH-cam. I show a Yamaha DX5 on my channel.
I love this guy, such a superb communicator with an easy style!
Hope to see more Synth Wzard episodes, these are wonderful! BTW, saw the Juno 107 synth for sale a while back on Reverb, I should have scooped it up!
A Juno what?? 107? Explain..
Ok you don't have to reply..found it on reverb - A life time chip!!! Did every 106 owner
have to replace the chip!??? I DID!!! I remember that fateful day I ordered a chip from Ebay
in 1999... my first ever ebay buy LOL. Got an asian repair shop to pop it in my Juno for $10
in east Vancouver. I was playing my Juno for a year without knowing why it sounded 'funky'.
Syntaur has pulled out all the stops to make this amazing one-of-a-kind
synthesizer! We've taken a classic Roland Juno-106, and added some very
cool new features:
Patch Sweep function that cycles through
the eight programs in any bank at an adjustable speed, making for an
animated barrage of sound
Audio Input that lets you route any line-level audio signal through the Juno's silky chorus effect
All-new Analogue Renaissance voice chips that will last a lifetime
Standard AC inlet that uses a common IEC power cable
Lighted clear bender, all new LEDs, chromed knobs and buttons, and custom panel graphics
Nice to see all the Prophet! I have SN 114 of the Rev 1s. Unfortunately its been busted for about 25 years...
Damn...that's what I call a road trip! 👍🏻
I nearly coughed up a lung when that old guy opened the case and a Synclavier 2 was inside!!😱👍🏻❤
Ha ha ha!!!!!!!!
That makes two of us. It makes one wonder how many other Synclaviers may be collecting dust in a basement somewhere. I had the pleasure of composing on one when I worked at Elias in NYC, but I seem to remember it being larger than what is in this video. Camera angle perhaps?
Holy Smokes! I did not realize how rare and expensive this thing was... A friend of mine had one of these things back in '86. We recorded one of my original songs on a 4 track, An Atari ST, the DX1, a drum machine I can't recall and my CZ1 in his bedroom! I feel very honored .... :-D
YES! So glad another episode is out, it's always the highlight of my week! Can't wait to watch it once the premiere starts!
EDIT: It was even better than expected. Great work!
Love this story. Great fun and your production style makes for a warm and fuzzy feeling. Thanks so much for making our Sunday morning special.
when you played the dx1 it sounds like it came strait out of a Sega Genesis
The E-Ratic Commander That’s because the Sega Genesis also uses a Yamaha FM sound chip with the same sort of operator setup.
My jaw dropped at @4:44, then my heart stopped at @4:58. I'm currently commenting from beyond the grave.
I have a DX27
I guess it sounds like "I like turtles" in here :)
My first synth ever was a DX27. I could barely afford to even look at the DX7, and I never saw a DX1 in my little corner of East Tennessee.
Same here dude
Pfft - they're still selling it. The RefaceDX is a 27 with filters essentially. 'Maybe' a 21 if you want to split hairs. (mine was a 27 too - adjusted for inflation it was only 800 less than a PolyBrute today in cost - which I just got this week)
You missed the port labeled "octopus power".
Did not know Billy Bob Thornton liked vintage synths
Billy Bob Thornton supposedly has a phobia of old (antique) things.
That's exactly what I was thinking! I was expecting him to start quoting lines from Bad Santa, but you must admit he did a great Jimmy Stewart impression!
Talks just like him too. 👍
Wow, this episode is doing wonders to make my lust for an 88-key Rhodes Stage MkII piano look much more satisfiable.
Polyphonic aftertouch is one of the things which make this model rare. My own choice for a synth with polyphonic aftertouch would be the Prophet T-8.
I’d love to see if you Wizards could cover the TX-816 all on its own. Trigger it from the SY-22.
Go figure, the K250 was intended to purposefully emulate a piano. One would almost dare to say that the synthesis engine was second priority to the sample-playback section.
The T8 had a fantastic keyboard, apparently.
In recent years, I have imagined what kind of a keyboard arsenal I would have tried to assemble for myself as a pro keyboardist in 1984. The mental picture I have assembled is a Rhodes Mark V, the T8 stacked on top of it, and a DX7 stacked next to an Oberheim Xpander on the T8. Supplemented in ‘86 by a Roland MKS10 piano module.
@@Shred_The_Weapon - No Fairlight/Synclavier? Pssht! ;)
The Synclavier used the T8 keybed, IIRC.
Hehehehehehehe, my aim would be both versatility and portability. Wouldn’t want anything that is “studio exclusive“. Did anybody tour with either of those models other than Sting?
@@Shred_The_Weapon - lol, maybe Jean Michele Jarre, IIRC. They did look very cool on stage though. ;)
Wowzers, one of the greatest channels I've ever randomly discovered! Into the Synthmobile!
Lovely to hear the ondes Martenot mentioned at 32:47 - if you ever need help finding one, drop me a line! I play the ondes and am always happy to chat. I've really been enjoying binging these episodes of Synth Wizards!
The mention of poly pressure and Ondes reminded me of something that might be interesting. The Audities Ondea supports poly pressure on MIDI. The keyboard vibrato also has a MIDI channel output, and if you have a MIDI sound module that can support dynamic bend scaling (or you can set up your patch to scale it this way), you can use the ring controller to pitch bend six octaves.
@@dale116dot7 Yeah, I haven't really gotten around to fully experimenting with the Ondéa's MIDI capabilities yet but the possibilities are pretty thrilling!
@@JoshSemans I use a Kurzweil PC2R and it listens to to bend range control. But when you change a patch that resets back so you have to resend the scaling. You can do that by pressing the ‘tune’ pushbutton with nothing playing. It also sends an ‘all notes off’ and does a VCO quick tune.
25:03 could easily be a early 90's Sega Genesis game music. Nice to see the Yamaha legacy on the 16-bit console!
The Sega genesis used the same synthesizer chip as the DX1. The Yamaha YM2413 FM Chip.
@@willfomes406 Ym2413 is a cheap FM chip used on devices such as Sega mk3 or msx
Megadrive used the Ym2612 (more powerful, 6 voices with 4op each)
Yamaha Dx1 used Ym2128 (and 2129 for egs), just like the dx7, but it had a pair of them (like Dx5) to reach 32 voices (6op each)
This is by far one of the best channels on TH-cam... entertaining and insightful... I’m number one fan
At 10:12 i suddenly feel like i'm watching a Dark 5 TH-cam channel video! Spooky!
Great you were able to find, buy and sell such a rare synth! Well done!
i think that song is called "the machine thinks"
I paid $5000 AUD for mine in 1992. Still got it.
Fantastic! Nothing like you guys on the synth world!
the explanation for fm has to be the cherry on top of another wonderful synth wizards!
Nice playing of “Broken Wings” on the DX7 and the Ensoniq Ts-10 Sam.
Thanks!
@@Syntaur That was pretty epic.
Agreed, that was a class act
It's been so long since I'd heard that song, I'd forgotten what the title was. Thank you for pointing this out, Eric Melton! Man, Mr. Mister had some great music. Broken Wings was one of my favorites.
Wow, this series should definitely be on TV! This is incredibly entertaining and very well put together. Well done, sir!
(Yes, I've watched them all and was really excited to find another one released. (y) )
In 40 years someone is going to make a similar video about hunting down a Schmidt
Tasty chips gr1
I bet OP-1s will be vintage one day. It's gonna get weeeird
Thanks for this video! In fact, thanks for your company. I was recently able to order components from you to refurbish my vintage Juno 106. I also downloaded a DX1 emulator to my laptop and was having trouble understanding how the sound synthesis worked. After watching this, I feel a bit more confident in creating sounds with it.
I remember listening to Herbie Hancock & Foday Musa Suso “village life”. In it Herbie was listed as playing the DX1.
Village Life is an excellent album. I have very fond memories of that, living in Japan when it came out.
Vincent S. I have that excellent album too.
I've been around a while...bought my first synth in 1981(an EML Synkey...I still have it!), and I learned more about FM synthesis watching this episode than I could ever figure out back then or since. Thanks for these videos...every minute is crammed with synthesizer awesomeness. Please keep them coming!
Second episode for me and I think this may be the start of a beautiful thing lol. This puts me into one happy place.
Blessedly for all the challenge we face, we live in a fantastic age of people bringing synthesis. I remember playing a DX1 in Goodmans, now in Japan this have given the desire to find other synths not so common in the US. Thanks Syntaur.
Thank You for your explanation on what is FM.
Dear Syntaur,
You absolutely rock!
I can’t believe I’m finding content so relative to my passions . Absolutely brilliant ! You cover the history, culture, mechanical, technical and practical examples all intertwined in a documentary style video .
It makes me happy , thank you so much .
Around 5:40 when the guy starts playing "subdivisions" by rush I was like Fuck yea!🎹🎧💫😵👌😎👍 by the way.. I thought it was the Yamaha GX-1 that was yamaha's most expensive and biggest synthesizer¿?
as soon as I saw the moog pedals I thought "yeah, this guy likes Ru"-- *play's subdivisions* "yep, thats right"
The GX-1 was considered an organ by Yamaha. I have the FX-1 which was FM based coming out the same year as the DX-7. It’s considered an organ as well. The organs were called Yamaha Electones.
@@montruo000000007 Yeah, the Oberheim and the Taurus had me thinking "I bet this guy likes Rush" and then it was confirmed.
Why doesn’t this channel have more subs!! One of the best explanations and demonstrations I’ve found on TH-cam about FM synthesis. And some great humour to go along with all this information. Thank you for the great content!
Synclavier I definitely want to see!🎹🎧💫😵👌😎👍🙏✌
I think we all do. Their next video - please!!!!
Agreed 100%!
Dear Sir, you have a stellar presentation, delivery, and tonailty of voice!
The new Yamaha Montage that came out recently features 8-operator FM synthesis alongside the usual digital stuff, for the record. A review of that would probably make an interesting video, especially if you showed how the synthesis is actually done in the keyboard.
Doesn't sound as good as dx7 on the fm side
This keyboard is massive, looking at the guys sit at it and reach forward you realize the depth of it.
Great stuff guys. Love to watch this. Just got my first vintage thing, a K2000 v2 ;-)
Randomly watching this video and then they pull in to New Braunfels TX. My hometown born and raised 1974. Now living in South Florida. Cool video
you should definitely make the next episode about the Synclavier!
Oh so nice. I just got interested in synths. Got my gear from Sweetwater. Then found this channel. So cool.
25:51 “Wendy?...Is the water warm enough?” 😁 👍🏽 awesome vid. Awesome synth, awesome fm synthesis class.
I never cared too much for synthesizers even though I listen to many very different music styles, many of which synths play(ed) a huge part in. Tonight I said to myself "I'm gonna watch something real quick on TH-cam while eating a pizza and then I'll switch to a Neflix series", clicked on a somehow random link and here I am, two hours later, binge-watching video after video of you guys and synthesizers, thinking "THAT'S AWESOME: I NEED ONE NOW!" every time a new machine pops up. So, congrats!
Dude plays Subdivisions. I like him already.
Wow I have never heard fm synthesis sound so warm thick and fat. Great audio and great story. Definitely worth the driving!
Wow, can't believe I haven't seen this channel until now! Really great stuff :D
Your channel is literally the coolest. I've been waiting for a channel to be this awesome. You definitely know your stuff and I particularly loved that you interviewed Alan Palomo too. Lifelong subscriber, earned!
I didn’t know Billy Bob Thornton was a synth geek! Seriously though, great video, I subscribed instanter!
Well, the real Sam Mims is much too handsome - it would just be distracting to viewers. So we got Billy Bob to play him, lol!
FM has different waveforms, originally they were mutations of sine waves though. Yamaha's type is actually called phase modulation. There are also FM synths that include subtractive synthesis as well.
I remember Minoru Mukaiya used to play DX1 and GS-1 in some of the albums of Casiopea.
Kevin Macload is secretly behind the music of every TH-cam video featuring any elements of 70s-90s nostalgia
Fantastic video and Broken Wings sounded great!
Wonderful! What an absolute treat of an adventure in time and space and sound to uplift my spirits during the silent hysteria of Covid-19 lockdown. Fantastic synth.
Now put a DX1 through a boutique distortion pedal (or two for stereo) with a touch of reverb and surely some fresh magic will emerge for 2020!
May the TH-cam algorithm gods ever smile upon you, synth wizards. Sub’d.
This guy gives you what you didn’t even know you needed in your life. Love it
Holy Shit man you are just awesome I wish I could have worked for you and studied under you I always learn so much from your videos. Thanks for the content.
What if your buyer was Jimmy Stuart? Haha!
FM synthesis really is something else. I got a TX81z that I got dirt cheap. I love using it for percussive bass sounds, though that may be due to my love of 80s industrial/EBM. :)
Hope you enjoyed Chicago! The Baha'i Temple is such a wonderful place. Pass it every night on my way home from work.
I was going to say the same thing about Jimmy Stuart! I was waiting for a pooka reference x'D
Fantastic video. The extra warmth over the DX7 might be due to the XLR outputs? I let a DX-1 pass once when I found out the velocity of the keyboard only went up to 100 instead of 127. Now I'm kicking myself of course.
The 1/4-inch outputs on the DX1 sound great also!
Wow - when was that?
That's one synth you don't want to drop what a beast, and the client had been looking for the DX1 since 1984 just incredible
Moving synthesizers across state lines is a federal synthesizer crime
Fan of Slugbug - Linear Narrative?
Only if it's for immoral repurposes.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
808 State.
it can't be a crime when you have the FSI officer in control
I bought a DX5 when it first came out. I've played hundreds of gigs, and it's still working PERFECTLY! Thank you Yamaha.
(I unloaded my Memorymoog for about the cost of the roadcase I bought it with without regret because it wouldn't stay in tune.)
This Episode: How FM synthesis works using a Yamaha DX1
Next Episode: How additive synthesis works using a NED Synclavier
:)
+1
Actually, the Synclavier II generated most of its sounds with FM. The only thing additive was that the carrier tone was built up of sine waves by setting the levels of the harmonics. However, these were static (not counting the re-synthesis and timbre frames that came later). It was more like the drawbars on a Hammond organ. So, it was really like a 2-operator DX7 but with different waveform choices for operator 1.
The Monty Python audience clip at 13:11 was definitely cracking me up! As always, an immensely entertaining- as well as hugely informative- video! Thanks Sam for the vid and thanks Mrs. Sam for letting him have the van for a few days!
I love the Python old ladies! And thanks to Mrs. Sam and Sam-ette (Mary and Kayla) for going along on the trip - it makes it much more fun! Kayla used to be too embarrassed to be seen in that rusty, ugly van. Then we got her into it for a vacation/synth trip (when we got that CS-80), and she saw that it is so long that it's like a rolling hotel inside. For a long road trip, it sure beats a car!
Yeah, that van kind of takes me back to the old multi-day road trips in our family's Dodge Caravan- memories. It was a treat getting to see that DX-1 in action (and Carlos looked very much like the treat aspect was not lost on him either ;-) and I'm pretty floored at the Synclavier find! You can use the Thriller-esque sounds in it for the soundtrack to your upcoming horror film about the ghost in the synth van!
Again, thanks for sharing, and thanks to the entire family (literal family and extended Syntaur family) for being good sports and making all of this look fun and easy!
Great vid of FM!!! Now i understand FM syntesis!!!
This is like the best reality show I can think of. Love the clav sound at 25 mins.
Man that was just flat-out cool! Thanks for sharing this!
These videos are phenomenal - and super entertaining (ok I’m a synth geek) thank you so much for preserving sound history and knowledge for future generations to benefit. I wish you were on TH-cam when I was a lucky kid reading keyboard mag with my Mirage Sampler and ESQ-1
I got this in my recommendations. Instant sub with notifications on
Wow, what a rare find... I'm sure the new owner is quite happy with his "new" DX1 (thanks for sharing the story....)
wow you got a synclavier - it did all the sounds to @soft cell - tainted love@... can you guys reproduce it?
Great vid for the DX
Wooow!! What a great journey! I have a YC45D that needs the portamento spring replaced. Do you guys have photos of what those original springs look like? I see you got a YC30 with a similar strip on it.