dear matt, as i recently discovered your channel one thing came abundantly clear.... make a whole, better yet a 3 piece album with you playing around like this on different synths, samplers, anything you want. and nobody else but you... you have such a nice balance between skills an soul. my hats off to you.
that's what i told him last time he uploaded...make an electronica album...program some drum loops and voila...an instant classic. everthing he plays is gold...i like what you said about skills and soul...very true!!
I’ve had my V Synth since it came out in 2003. It has such a great sound. No VST can match it. The effects are killer. Jay B has made some amazing patches for it too. Plus, you can load samples into it and tweak them that way too.
My dad has one of these from his days as a musician. Today I was messing around with some electronic music and he was so happy that Im dwelling into music that hes gifting me the synth. Super excited to start messing around on it
One of the most versatile digital synths, a true chameleon. The ability to timestretch and morph sounds in real-time gives you tons of sound design flexibility. Great demo!
@@cuerampart2886 Thank you so much! I have 5 V-Synth videos on my channel, just search for V-Synth once there and they will show up. If I get time in future will be sure to post more. But of course, thank you to Matt for also showcasing the power of this exceptional synth.
Mine has recently had some kind of breakdown, just out of the blue it goes into a loop of changing patches and just freaking out, no idea what has gone wrong, tried a factory reset but no difference.
@@lardosian sounds like it. every digital synth I’ve owned (Roland, Yamaha) either lost patch memory or started acting wonky. simple repair, maybe worth talking to a tech to get their opinion.
@@swancakes Thanks, will look into it, it's a huge motherboard inside it, I wouldnt have a clue where to start. I have a novation drumstation that's a bit wonky as well, might need a battery also!
I'm agree! Matt, like other top musicians perfirmances so good, that any patches sounds really good. If I would play same tones, they would sound horrible 😫
I love your playing Matt, thank you so much. I'm another lucky V-Synth XT owner. The built in samples, D-50 and vocoder are fantastic, and have just discovered can add samples from computer, downsampled to 8 bit.
Hey Matt, thanks for all the videos you post. I can’t play at all but just love the sound of synthesisers. It’s great to hear all of these instruments in this format!!
I just received a Nord Modular G2 (same age as the V-Synth), and in terms of versatility and digital grit, I think it’s very impressive. By the way I love this channel, thank you Matt!
Recently got the vsynth and I'm happy it's a sound of its own and that's why I bought it. the D-beam the Time Trip pad are very interesting. I love how simple it is to edit the sounds. I love how it looks like a d50 tank!
The original V synth was one of the few times i was an early adopter of the tech. The v1 software wasn't the best; the filters had audible stepping and there was anomalies in the thing in general, including some lacklustre sounds out of the box. Some months later, Roland did an OS revision, which fixed a lot of things (except the multitimbrality mentioned in the manual, which never materialised) and it became a beauty. I used it on all sorts of things, from library stuff, to pop bits. The sequencer in it is fun, and useful too. Thank you for uploading this. It makes me harken for one again.
Love the Alesis andromeda A6 too.. rich sounds indeed. And true analogue. Peculiar thing this but I still have the Vsynth however sold the A6 about 10 years ago Both were used regularly in the studio and on most tracks together but the music I produced was a little harder. I bought them both at roughly the same time in 2001 after seeing them demo’d in Miami ( winter music conference ) I,later saw you using the A6 at a Manchester gig in 2008 I think Great job Matt
I will NEVER sell mine, nor the vocal modeling and D-50 cards. Nothing sounds like it and nothing can mangle or magically transform samples like it can. Can cover so many bases, but you're right about the encoding - does something very special to the sound - makes simple noises come across as forlorn or lonely - or massive and weirdly organic.
True. For every recognized hardware classic there is at least one synth that was a gem in it's own but never got the recognition it deserved. Ever heard of the Technics WSA? Like most 90ties virtual modelling synths (Yamaha VL1, Korg Prophecy / Z1). It was so far ahead hardly anybody got it. After these acoustic modeling ventures the V-synth was the only next conceptual step ahead and only now it has been surpassed by the Waldorf Quantum, I suppose. Real breakthroughs at best seem to happen once in a decade.
Great video! I really like that you talk about the character of the synth in relation to the encoding - it's such a weird process that back in the day was revolutionary, but the more I play with mine, the more I think that the sound it generates is akin to coveted sound of 12 bit samplers.
Don’t forget the D50 and Vocoder add-on cards as well! I use mine with the arpeggiator and touch pad to do “On the Run”. Easier to program than most digital-screen synths. The action is also good, although I feel guilty using it as a MIDI controller. Nice video, man. Off to dig mine out.
I am hearing some old ultravox and simple minds sounds from the 80s and its bringing back some great memories. Now I know how they got that sound great playing great video thank you.
Hi Matt Always a pleasure to hear your clips I wait with anticipation what you will do next.. Could you do a demo with the A6 Andromeda I have seen you use it on previous gigs
Superb sounds amazingly played. And you right the V-synth is been under loved when came out! I always regretted that I couldn’t afford it at that time.
I knew this synth was going to be a classic the first time I saw it 2 decades ago. It has its own character and it sounds great in its own way. I have never owned one but I will soon or later for sure. It is on my list.
My hero Richard Barbieri used this keyboard throughout porcupine tree, that patch at 6:30 sounds like something he would use haha. Need Matt Johnson, moody jazz fusion record now though!
Beautiful music, thanks for sharing. The sound of the synth reminds Jasper Van't Hoff in the album with Archie Shepp especially the song ''contracts''... But it was already before I heard the tune a sound seemingly familiar, does it have a name, a precise origin ? Of course I remember it too from the music of Jamiroquai. The sound seems alive (or human) in the beautiful 'Half the man'
Matt- Will you be able to compile the best of your RU-vid synth sessions as a proper mixed/mastered album release on itunes or bandcamp? This is fantastic stuff! Thanks again for sharing your vintage keys collection/talent/skills/knowledge/etc. with the world.
PLEASE make a proper video about the Andromeda A6, it's becoming my absolute dream synth and there's way too little out there on them of good quality. :)
Of these two synths the one I'm glad I own is the Andromeda. I'm all for cool grainy low fi digitalness. I have an Emax 1 and an ESQ1. I know old digitals and analogs are a different story, but here the Andromeda is just upstaging the V Synth in every way. Oh yeah, very cool look on the Black Andy. Those leds probably really pop!
Matt..I was just going to figure out who you were,because I loved the keys from PArliament,Jamiroquai,and Zero 7.You're like the first guy to rock out the VSynth,instead of just sitting on a patch,and not really getting busy with the sampling engine.I got hooked with your band since "Emergency On Planet Earth',and I was just blown away..
Got the vp9000 now love it, definitely as you say ‘strange in a good way’ tempted by the vsynth but just run out of space.🤦🏻 So have committed to getting deeper into the synthesis part of the ensoniq asr10 it’s so much deeper than the boom bap machine I thought it was ! I reckon you’d really dig the ‘trans waves’ possibilities getting great sounds out of it & if you can get the waveboy effects disk 👌 Would love to here what a real keys player could do with it 👍
I have one, but haven't pulled it out in a while. I got one along with a Korg Karma because the two together had phenomenal options to do crazy stuff as I learned from the saleperson in the music store where I bought it from his demos.
I’m lucky enough to have a V-Synth XT (with the D-50 expansion card) in my collection. Underestimated as you say :) Almost as rare as my Fizmo, with the same kind of digital edge.
This intro I could say is a homage to your contribution to Jamiroquai. Thank you for the inspiration for this piece I wrote for Street Fighter V “Zeku's Theme”: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-twoOZHLFpiY.html
Very nice work, must feel great to be a part of a legendary game like Street Fighter. I'm a big fan of Nobuo Uematsu by the way, i'm sure you are well aware of his works!
