Roland V-Synth GT - Synth UNBOXING & DEMO 🤯😱 Deal of the year? VSYNTH 

Thank you! :) I’m the same with my gear, I think they all have their place and applications, all just depends on what you want out of them, and then there’s certain synths that can do practically anything (with a little bit of imagination and preset tweaking) I think a perfect example of this are my presets for the Alesis Micron. I never expected a virtual-analog synth with only 3 basic waveforms (sine, triangle and square) to produce rich string textures, realistic choirs, majestic church organs, larger than life pads, even acoustic guitar-like plucked instruments…

Indeed! Thank you so much, new video coming soon :)

I’ve only ever heard people complain about things like Roland not listening to what people really want, and the subscription based vst bs… you basically never own the software…

@@ptr_new In fact you have 20 years of subscription with all the synths, sound packs (more than 8000 sounds) and constant updates before you hit the price tag of a flagship Fantom. I guess it is very good option... I pay for my mobile and cable internet more, seriously.

@@ptr_new But Roland actually listens to good ideas. You won't believe it, but the balanced outputs on the modern Fantom and Jupiter X were my idea after I complained about the low output gain problems of my D-05 minijack output long before these synths were released. I literally asked that every serious synth needs proper balanced outputs. Believe it or not, the wonderfull (but expensive) Jupiter Xm mini keys were born out of my complaints about the fragility of the JD-Xi cheap keyboard. Wait for the Boutique V2 line with the interfaces of the corresponding legendary hardware programmers (think D-05V2 with a PG-1000 interface), this is an idea I wrote to them recently lol. Of course, jokes aside, I do not think that Roland listens to me personally, but it is enough that they over time implement what people want

@@Acrimonious_Snake wow that sounds good actually, at one point even I considered going for the software as they have the JV-1080 VSTi, but after hearing what it sounded like I was like “naahh” and decided just to keep my hardware JV. They really f’cked up some of the presets in the software and they sound nothing like the originals. The software is good if you’ve never heard a real JV and have no comparison…

​@@ptr_new ​ I agree, I also noticed a difference between the hardware and software sound of the JV-1080 presets. Although I don't have a real JV-1080, I do have a set of factory JV-1080/2080 sounds inside my Juno DS. Using the 1080VST, I selected a number of interesting sounds, wrote down the names, and then loaded those presets into my Juno (from Roland Axial). There are all factory sounds 1080-2080 converted for Juno DS (also there are almost all of the famous Roland's expansion cards for DS and FA series for free, which is great). I agree there is something wrong with the JV-1080 VSTi, although it sounds good, but these sounds are much better on my Juno. Possibly because of modern wonderful Juno DS effects. I know that one of the most important features of the real JV-1080 was the 32KHz DAC, which produces that legendary unique sound. The VSTi sounds harsher, but hopefully Roland will add DAC emulation in future releases if we ask loud enough. Currently their JV and XV plugins are absolutely identical except that the latter has more waveforms and patches. But we all know that the overall sound character of these modules should be different, they had very different DACs.

Thank you so much for the kind comment, and yes, it’s a very inspiring machine, ridiculous amount of power in it! :)

Thank you for the kind comment :) And yeah, I know right! It looks like it’d never been played before me haha! Crazy how a 20 yr old synth can look like it’s brand new… you couldn’t actually see the condition properly in the advert’s photos so I just believed what the seller said in the “condition” field… glad I did! I can’t wait to explore it more too haha, I’ll be posting some proper videos soon :)

I know right! I think the V-Synth family is the best Roland ever produced! Such a versatile powerhouse with a huge sound :)

Bloody hell that’s a steal! What a deal, they don’t show up that cheap in the UK ever… very nice! What country did you buy it?

@@ptr_new Yeah. I’m in Finland and bought it locally from 150 kilometres away. The dude had it for sale for 1000€ at first but then he lowered the price about 100€ every week. I lost my nerve at 650€ and wondered why no one else had grabbed it before that. Feeling very lucky and happy.

It would’ve been a steal at 1000€, so I got a very very good deal.

@@AlfaAntikva that is incredible, very good score! Well done, you’ll have loads of fun with it! :)

Great price. Bought mine 8 years ago for 3500€.

Thank you so much! Very happy :)

Thank you! Oh yes words cannot describe, I’ve been wanting a GT for years but the prices were way too high for me, so when this came up I couldn’t believe it - had to go for it 😃

Oh yeah those wonky ones I cooked up real quick, some of the presets in this video are my creations playing around with parameters :)

💯!! I was thinking that, the V-Synth and GT both have awesome feeling keybeds, way better than most other keyboards, but I’ll say I also love the KORG Z1 keybed to bits! Very similar feeling to the V-Synth, maybe slightly heavier, it’s a joy to play

The way the box looked at the beginning, made it look like a fridge.😜

@@mybachhertzbaud3074 fridge by Andertons haha:D

Thank you ever so much! I’ll be sure to test it soon :)

Nice! It’s got tons of beautiful presets, but yeah one of the more striking ones is that Shaku sound, and I mean, it’s a powerhouse, with VariPhrase, the arsenal of COSM filters, FM, step modulator, arpeggiator, and all the hardware controls like the XY pad and the beams… it’s crazy how much you get! Also, I think you can turn off the D beam?

@@ptr_new no, I don’t think so….tell me if you know how to…

@@keykiyox come to think of it, you can only turn it off for individual patches, not altogether… not sure how though I just know the initial patches have it turned off

@@ptr_new yeah, right now mine is in a warehouse, so I can’t tell exactly, but thought D beam is always lit…….only we can set it not affecting a patch, perhaps…. I dug up Access Virus TI Snow the day before yesterday and now I am concentrating on it lol

@@keykiyox very nice! But yeah I think you can only really do that, no way to completely turn it off, just basically need to never put anything on top of it haha

Thank you so much :) I can only recommend it, it’s a very powerful machine (both the original and GT) check out some of my demos with the original, it’s a beast of a synth: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2UDqTE9iOuQ.htmlsi=T-qyksuc3MXfgEUW ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-i0IwkvY0ypU.htmlsi=90FJwF4Pk5akEENo ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7Tq1r3qo3fY.htmlsi=BHZ2gX3xE0G3gOFb ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GYDcmu89XTA.htmlsi=CShZxKmu1UkNWaX0

These are awesome demos! You really showcase it's prowess with your sound design and playing. I want all of your soundbanks, but I gotta get a V-Synth first lol.

@@Alwreck_1111 thank you! :) and yeah, what an incredibly powerful and versatile synth, one of my absolute all time favourites (along with the Kurzweil K2661 and Alesis Micron) and in my opinion the absolute best digital synth Roland ever created

Absolutely loving it so far :D such a beast! Thank you :)

Thank you, there’s gonna be even better ones in the next video! :) wow, that doesn’t sound good, so you’ve run diagnostics, calibration and factory reset and still? Cool cat btw!

Thank you I really think so, it’s literally like new, completely immaculate… and a powerhouse :) very happy!

Thank you :)

Sounds awesome, there’s loads of presets in there, and soon I’ll be making some more custom ones ;)

I know yeah, it has its drawbacks but also advantages, I like them both and will probably always keep the original as well :) great synths!

It has an arpeggiator and a step sequencer with 4 tracks for each tone, and tempo syncable envelopes & LFOs for every aspect of the sound, and the loops can be tempo synced too with VariPhrase :)

💯 agree, it seems that nowadays instrument makers are not very inventive or imaginative - not a lot of new interesting stuff coming out, just remaking / rereleasing old stuff. We live in the age of remakes, sadly… I do think the V-Synth line was Roland’s absolute best! Worth getting one! more videos coming soon ;)

@@ptr_new ,yes, clearly. Roland is always more or less out of the crowd compared to its competitors. Behringer, even if it also surfs on the clones of some brands, also stands out, by their affordable prices and by their phylosophy. 🙂 Come on, I'm subscribing to follow you.

@@lairdtomfrenchelectromusic2545 thank you! :) and yeah I guess as businesses, they’re just trying to make money however they can, some paying less attention to what their customers actually want than others… I still think Roland makes incredibly great products, they last forever, I’ve had my JV-1010 for about 13 years, no issues - and two V-Synths - also no issues, both fully functioning and in immaculate condition :) they’re good products, even if a bit pricey…

@@ptr_new , the quality of the time is not too much the same nowadays. Built to last. Well, I also have a Roland, the Jupiter 80 for 13 years too, still functional and very robust. I also had the X5 DR from Korg that I sold a long time ago, it experienced accidental falls from the height of a synthesizer on a concrete floor during rehearsals, it suffered the shocks without flinching and was still functional. I regret this expander because it really had huge sounds for the time (if I'm not mistaken, I bought it new in 1997)...

@@lairdtomfrenchelectromusic2545 Jupiter 80 eh, that’s nice! If I ever bought anything other than the V-Synth I would have gone for the Jupiter 80 :) good choice there! Also, poor X5DR, haha, I have one myself and love the sounds to bits! It has my all time favourite String sound! (Layer Str) I made a whole track with my N264 (which is basically a repackaged X5D) check it out it’s in my videos

I know right haha I reckon it’s the most innovative & interesting synth Roland ever created - their best in my opinion! They sell for pretty high prices nowadays, I’ve waited almost 4 years to get a good deal cause I wanted a “like new condition” one for a good price :D

@@ptr_new same here! waiting on some flagships to drop in prices!

@@djkanyon what are you after?

@@ptr_new og King Korg or maybe if i'm lucky Elecrtibe EMX

@@djkanyon not bad, the king korg is sorta like a newer triton isn’t it

What are they doing now? But yeah I do think that the big well-known companies kinda started producing more and more re-hashed products after the early 2000s… and nowadays it’s straight up re-releases - nothing new, nothing innovative, just remakes and rereleases… just like the films coming out nowadays… and even music (so many remakes and covers and sampled stuff on the radio…) It’s the age of unoriginality we’re living in sadly 😕

Oh and of course the subscription based money grabbing is also pretty nasty, not owning what you pay for… but the customers allow it.. they are willing to pay for it, so the companies see it as “tactics working ”