Roland PMA-5 - "Pocket" touchscreen Sequencer - Mid 1990's era

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The final track is at 9:12 (from line input w/ slight mastering)
This is a (crazy) pocket sequencer that runs on 6 AA batteries and has full MIDI I/O! I decided to see what I could make on it using nothing but itself (as it's recommended to plug an "external keyboard" into it)
I attempted something with more of a modern electronic tip as it does have the GS sound set meaning extra drums, extra instruments and reverb / chorus effects :-) I thought I'd upload 10 minutes of the 11 - 12 hours it took me to make this little tune and so you can see some of the amusing frustrations along the way. It's by no means a full guide... just a little observational "pocket music" experience video.
Apologies for the occasional language - it was 1am by this point.

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28 сен 2024

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@draggonhedd 6 лет назад

Oh thats cool as hell. I love this weird 90s tech. Final track is pretty chill too. Nice job dude!

@SumiitMelekaar 4 года назад

U r a magician! Very patient and consistent. No wonder u make so good music with such small gadgets with limited ways to feed it. I wonder what u must be doing now with so much of technology around! Give us a tour of ur current gear and music too. Great!

@studiokadaver 6 лет назад

I remember seeing the display of this & spent hours drooling over the pamphlet

@CTRIX64 5 лет назад

So do I! Old Future Music mag.

@uvoikimovundutrauerblume3302 4 года назад

Respect for your patience .

@puddle_puddle 5 лет назад

90s tech was so damn cool.

@EricPalonen 4 года назад

I had this little beast before the DAW days and your track made me want to try your stem export workflow. With some subtle sonic shaping you made these sounds completely usable. I still have dozens of midi files I exported (well, recorded into cakewalk from the midi outs) that were composed entirely on it...this brings back all the memories. Great work!

@CTRIX64 4 года назад

Ohhhh Cakewalk (I used Home studio for a bit). Yeah - it's quite good when you can mix and eq out of the box.

@pekkatolonen8964 3 года назад

Just great! Im waiting for to get one from the post. Thanks!

@tweaklab 6 лет назад

Crazy stuff man. So groovy as always :)

@livvy94 6 лет назад

Makes me think of the Stylophone, but with MIDI support! I kinda want one xD

@GaitaPonto 6 лет назад

it sounds awesome. how many time did you spent learning how to deal with its UI?

@molowytch 5 лет назад

Awesome track!!!

@maxmatson1578 4 года назад

Stick track, bro!👌👍 You really got a lot out of that thing. For some reason, I can see Luke vibert using something like this? I know Vince Clarke used to live once.🎹🎧💫😵👌👍

@maxmatson1578 4 года назад

Sorry, I meant to say sick track.😅

@senhorlampada 6 лет назад

Dude... amazing!

@robertfapswell3719 5 лет назад

Dope AF

@gameon2000 3 года назад

Mori Kante "Yeke Yeke" hommage in the end.

@pitons1314 5 лет назад

I have one of these!

@Ryan-9000 6 лет назад

Sick

@wizards001 4 года назад

Are the pad sounds in gm? I have a Roland jd990 with the upgrade card, I wonder if the same sounds are in it. Liking the trance vibe

@gameon2000 3 года назад

Pads yes, but no, it's a SC-55 / MT-32 engine. Worse sounds out of the box than JD, but tweakable, as you can hear in the final track.

@charlesturner897 6 лет назад

Is this the same Roland that makes Roland DGA printers?

@CTRIX64 5 лет назад

Yup! Very different division of the company tho.

@1dolar1note1 6 лет назад

Nice

@vanzipper6486 10 дней назад

😮❤

@CyberCreeper22 4 года назад

and here I am on my op-z still confused... the op-z is straight forward compared to this

@0xssff 4 года назад

is that you breathing? or is it a sample? lol

@pepinillosazucarados6743 4 года назад

I COULD HAVE DONE THIS TRACK IN 5 MIN WITH MY WHITE YAMAHA MONTAGE !!!

@10kfreemen 2 года назад

Incred

@ThreeBeingOne 3 года назад

Nightmare fuel interface.

@cTrix 6 лет назад

hay man I'm struggling a lot to make content because when people search cTrix they are finding you not me ha because of this I might have to make a New account witch I don't want to do

@nkogliaz 6 лет назад

You're asking a channel that has over 24k subs (Yours has around 1k), as well as a music producer / artist (That has been around nearing around two decades at least), to change their name because you didn't take the time or consideration to look into whether or not the name 'ctrix' was in use? Good luck with that, lol.

@cTrix 6 лет назад

hahaha no I was saying I'm making a NEW channel so there is no confusion haha read

@CTRIX64 5 лет назад

@@cTrix I'll have to check your channel out man!! Funnily, I used to be "debug" but there were 100 other peeps, so I changed across to my demoscene handle to make it easier coz no one else had the name in 1998 :-P

@devjock 6 лет назад

When I was a youn 20 something lad, I went camping in France once, and I brought my RM1X, a small homemade adapter and several cordless drill batteries.. Let's just say we had sweet jams around the campfire. Whatever it is, if you can carry it, it's mobile.

@deathybrs 4 года назад

RM1x was a pretty good machine for such a thing, though to me, having owned one during its prime, you sound like you should still be a pretty wee lad.

@devjock 4 года назад

39 at time of me writing this comment..

@deathybrs 4 года назад

@@devjock Fair enough.... I was in my early thirties when I owned mine, but am only in my late forties now. Mine is actually still sitting next to my bed, I still drag it out to play with it, it's a FUN toy.

@devjock 4 года назад

Definitely. Mine developed a problem with the white keys though.. Unsure how to fix it. It's keeping me from jamming out with it. The sounds, effects and timing tightness were really great.

@deathybrs 4 года назад

@@devjock Dude, that sucks! Sorry to hear that. Might be worth taking in to a shop when you can spare the cash. I'm still tempted to try to get some of my more modern compositions loaded onto it just for fun.

@rodent2001 4 года назад

Great work and unbelievable sound from usual Sound Canvas engine

@braintrustbroker9255 6 лет назад

In this day and age, I didn't think anyone would want to use this strangely different sequencer. Your nice little video may have just saved a Roland PMA-5 from the trash! I was going to dispose of a NOS unit I aquired with issues a while back. Instead I upgraded the internal memory battery, and am now working on improving a screen contrast issue. Even have plans to add a backlight to make it the ultimate PMA-5. In a month or two when it's proven and ready I plan on selling on eBay. As for batteries: I would reccommend rechargeable lithium or just use the power supply.

@BradTheProducer 6 лет назад

This kind of device is what made me give up on making electronic music in the early 00's. I couldn't deal with the frustration of knowing what I wanted and not being able to get the device to play along. I'm just now starting to get back into it.

@graghamstaylor2341 4 года назад

I used to only input the Drum style track via the tiny screen on mine, & play all the other Tracks/ instruments on it from a velocity transmitting Midi controller, much easier & quicker & I got some very professional results out of my little PMA-5 back in the day, (I still have it but it's now in peaceful retirement, but this video has inspired me to try it out again!!)

@maspur100 4 года назад

The most things I loved from PMA5 is the workflow, uniqueness of styles, and the usability of the sounds in common musical setup. While some users complained about the learning curve, I found that after a while the PMA5 seemed to work in sync with my brain, so creating full finished music arrangement within a few hours was much-much possible, easily. Nowadays I’ve wandered among modern DAW’s, and still haven’t found the same thing in terms of power within simplicity such as this. Even from Roland. No subsequent products even matched the PMA5 system.

@gameon2000 3 года назад

True, I dig this tiny grooveboxes, never could get my head around any DAW except for recording and mastering.

@ProDigit80 3 года назад

Very cool, but even harder to do than trackers.

@tensortom5706 5 лет назад

Yamaha made (A long time ago) a pocket machine. I forget what it's called but it's awesome. This looks neat too.

@senhorlampada 5 лет назад

TensorTom the QY series... qy-10, 20, 70, 100

@CTRIX64 5 лет назад

@@senhorlampada I have the QY70 too ;-) SUper fun

@bloodyhell6378 3 года назад

I have a qy20 but the display died. Hoping to fix it someday.

@gameon2000 3 года назад

@@CTRIX64 what do you like better UI wise or sound quality wise? PMA-5 or QY70?

@MindGap-2020 Год назад

I've got one, still use it!

@i.AmHymn 4 года назад

Bought an original back...whenever it is they came out in the 90s...and made some BANGERS and luscious ballads on that baby! 🎧🎹 Over time the thing rusted out and won't come on! 😭 Luckily I backed-up everything to Sonar waaaay back when! 😎 Now, I'm finna order another one after all these years! 🎉🎊🥳 Oh chit, I've got to re-learn how to friggin' use it! 😲 Hymn

@flare242 3 года назад

Wow, i had no idea something like this existed. And i used pretty weird gear in my life. Cool video, thanks!

@joman66 4 года назад

You ever used a Roland qy700 debuglive? Been eyeing one for years but they're only really in Japan and never under $400.

@gameon2000 3 года назад

I used and loved ny QY70 (QY100 with 90% capabilities) until it smoked on me because a faulty power adapter. Bought now PMA-5 instead. Love it so far, but gonna buy a QY again, this time a QY100

@joman66 3 года назад

@@gameon2000 Nice! I have a QY300 now but with a bad floppy drive and it has been reset so there's no presets and I cant save anything to it right now ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EPNfvjyEc2g.html

@gameon2000 3 года назад

@@joman66 I' m just ended up having bought 2 PMA-5 for 150€ (in total!) - both in mint condition, with manuals etc. I guess, I'm good for now 🤣