Roland SE-02 : Guided tour of synthesis + review (no spectrum analyser) 

The best in-depth tutorial of this synth I’ve found! Thanks

Great coverage! Just what I was looking for.

This vid is great, fantastic overview. Got mine 3 nights ago, and after messing around with it for two nights this was very helpful to understand everything

Thanks. Great introduction and overview for the se-02, and also a good basic course on the functions of a synthesizer.

Thank you! for this and your other videos, they have been a great help with this and the TR-08 and i have gotten a lot further in 3 short weeks since i got mine, I still need to hook up a keyboard controller and also use my old SH-101...good times ahead!

I see your videos all the time very very interesting thanks for the tutorial of the Se02 great I learned a lot of this video thanks 👍🎼

This is fantastic, so much information.

New subscriber. Love your videos. Down to earth communication. Great channel!

Excellent Video! 😎

Great overview, thanks for your work putting it together

The small knobs are iffy but then you can store sounds. This and a used KingKorg are hot stuff.

I’m referring to Edgar winters Frankenstein. mainly the part after the drum duel. One oscillator is modulated by the other (supposedly) to get a fourth interval that flutters back and forth almost like an arpeggio. Thanks for your reply. I am doing this song in a cover band and really want to get these parts down

thanks! really helpful tutorial :)

Nice detailed demo. Yet, watching you turn the knobs, you can see them wobble - they look kind of flimsy. Looking forward to a demo of the sequencer along with the song mode!

Great review! Love mine.

Great review

nice review after the firmware update I have one on the way :-)

super review! :) thank you!

What would you recommend to pair this with to create very interesting arps? I really liked the arp knob in system-1 from the reviews, but maybe there are standalone devices for that?

Hey Nu-Trix! I've been thinking of buying this because not only is it a great instrument of its own, but also because of it's midi out capabilities. I usually run my iOS centric setup on an iPhone XS Max, and although eventually I do plan to get an ipad pro, at the moment I'm waiting for the new one to come out to see if it is a substantial upgrade. On the meanwhile, and given that I've wanted a Minimoog-like device since like forever (too bad Behringer's clone does NOT have midi out), this one has always been at the top of my list eventhough I prefer the Behringer's sound. Do you think this is a convenient unit to map different iOS synths' parameters to? or is it too much of an inconvenience to use in this way? Are the knobs infinite or do they have a range??? Or whatever the right terminology for that might be lol! To me, it's like.. .I can spend 20 minutes mapping everything I need to knobs that make sense on this unit, and then simply use that to control my gear as opposed to having to use a tiny screen. I can deal with this for recording, inputing sequences and stuff, but I think it would be very pleasing to at least be able to output the task of sound design to an actual interface and better if it makes sense with it (as opposed to like a general midi keyboard with a few knobs which after a while I always forget what they were even supposed to be doing). The only problem I think I have with it now that I have the money to buy it and am therefore researching more about the topic, is the whole need to supply power. You do mention it cannot run on a battery, but could I use an external battery to power this? or is this also part of the batteries that simply won't be able to provide the required power? It wasn't very clear to me if if couldn't run on an INTERNAL battery simply, or if it really is just THAT demanding. I'm not sure but if this whole battery pack thing could be done it would be a blessing because the unit is so tiny and convenient, it seems like a perfect portable solution to interface with my iphone. Plus, the added sequencer really is appealing to me and by far a more convenient thing to have than slightly better sounding Minimoog sounds (Behringer's clone). Using some Bluetooth midi adapter you can find on Amazon for like 40 dollars, it makes for a very compelling little device to control my gear. Hell, even without the bluetooth midi it would be a massive upgrade as far as I can tell. By the way, I actually know about you since not too long ago and am subbed because I saw your iOS content! I was pleasantly surprised when researching about this to find a video about it done by you. Instant click! Gotta thank you for your in-depth review of Jim's Groover Rider GR-16. It is by far one of my favorite music apps and I post-poned buying it for a really long time until your review pushed me over into actually doing it. Now I use it all the time even though I HATE relying on non-AUv3 workflows generally. Not gonna lie though.. if it were AUv3 as Drambo it would be even better, but it's amazing nonetheless. Anyway, cheers man! Really nice video!

Thanks for covering the SE-02. How about the video on the v1.1 firmware they just released, and an update on the boxes that the new features tick? (keyboard input on sequencer, PWM LFO depth etc...). Would be nice to have your overall opinion on this synth considering those latest improvements. Also would like to know your opinion on the Filter stepping polemic on this product, does it really matter?

Make video with Elektron Digitakt please !

Please show how to get sounds for Frankenstein. How do you modulate one oscillator to get a wavering of a fourth.

Anyone know if it's possible to run a SE-02 off of a power bank (battery pack) with usb to 9v adapter? It'd be nice to use this on the bus (commute). Great video by the way!

Thanx a lot for that review. If you would compare it to the old SE01 what would you say?

Hi there thank you very much for this nice video. I have an ealier model the XP-50 and I would like to understand from bottom up how to use it to compose in a Logic pro. Do you know if there is a tutorial on it?

If you cover all the synth parts I guarantee you will get back big responses from your subscribers. Also Pink Floyd sounds on their hits would be fabulous. I’d be willing to pay you to program sounds I need for the cover bands I play in.

I was wondering if you can run the output of the TR-09 into the input of the SE-02 and somehow add fx to the 09’s sound. Is that possible?

Nice job mate, just grabbed one for 200$ and tripping out! Cheers.

What I see is a nice sounding little synth machine that just cries out, "I'm a Sequencer Not a Lead Mono" As that, she don't need no pitch or mod wheels, most keyboard controllers have the wheels if you want em anyway. As far as the Release, i don't need that on a sequencer, lead synth yeah for sure.

Too many ads!

So many ads on your video...I ended up stopping watching it way before the end

Get some sleep bro.