Studio Tour 2024: Updated and New Synths 

Aw thanks so much Scott for the shout out!!! YOUR SYNTH COLLECTION IS EPIC xxxxxxxx

I've never commented about your hair as your content is so great and your hair is your business (and it was stylish in its own way). But the new hairdo is looking better indeed.

Didn’t even realize these kinds of possibilities for synth routing. Mind blowing.

Your new hairdo looks great! Love the studio tour update.

You hair was fabulous let it grow out again Scott!

Totally agree on the System-8 Native engine... and love the the ACB sound

it's not a studio............... it's a playground !!! wow !!! thank you for the tour.

Thanks for sharing an updated vid of your studio. Grabbed several tips for my home setup.

So nice man. Studio and the new look ma dude! Thanks for the walkthrough Scott. Your vids are top notch. I enjoy them all.

Love this tour of you very cool studio. Great collection of gear and a great utilization of the X32! Enjoying your channel very much!

Hi! I stumbled upon your channel while looking for information on synths, and I just had to hit the subscribe button immediately. I look forward to diving into your collection of videos and learning more. Thank you so much for taking the time to create these awesome synth videos!

Love the tour of your playground, I wouldn't leave at all, I'd have my bed in there, thanks for showing your fantastic collection❤ its all my dreams in one❤

Beautiful setup Scott! I wish I had a room where I could spread out like yours! Great haircut also 😉

Whoa! Love the new do! Super stylish

I started using the mioXL in my live rig and retired the MOTU MIDI Express. So far it’s been flawless and gets my stamp of approval. Thank you for the new video and cheers.

Great video and studio setup!

LOVE the Syntaur T-shirt! Nice 'toys'!

Really cool video! And very nice synth collection! My first synth was the Korg DW-8000, still have it and still love it.

Great overview, thanks. Lost my locks a couple of decades back (I am a similar vintage to you Scott) felt like I was "undercover" for years... The cat fluff is vey relatable, my semi feral calico, Lilly Mamslass (I inherited her from my Mum, she always said "whose ya Mamms lass?" so hence the full title ) is shedding like mad and I have dust bunnies all over. Of all your synths I don't know which tickles me the most... probably the Summit. I am a late developer re keys/synths so I soak it all up. I like ya stuff. 👍🖖

System 8 is awesome. Fantom is smooth and creamy but the System 8 has more of an edge to the sound and can get pretty wild and nasty with a couple of knob turns.

You are much more synth pop now, with new haircut! Great setup. Nothing missing... I am thinking since months to buy Hydrasynth Deluxe. Let's see...

Looking good Scott!

Lovely gear breakdown. All of it makes a lot of sense. My setup up is a 1/4 of your studio's size! Still, I appreciate the flexibility you have built into your audio and MIDI routing.

Wow. You look more GORGEOUS. Nice gear too.

It's always a pleasure to watch your videos and being bald I envied your long hair. Our choice of synthesizers is partly the same. I have the Hydrasynth (4 octave version), MicroFreak, System 8, Summit, JD-800, an Intellijel Atlantis (an SH-101 modular clone I bought because I missed my SH-101) and since two weeks a white Montage 6 (mark 1). I am planning to buy the MioXL as well.

Props that u have the summit it’s the one I have my eye on

Great video Scott and I would really like an in-depth video on the X32.

Very nice collection 👏.

Cool hair and awesome content!

NO, no questions, I understand your choices and your studio because mine is about the same, I just have the economy version :). Only difference is my 88 weighted key digital pianos since I perform solo piano the last 56 years. The synth part of my studio is my 35-year experimentation with sound design, recording engineering, and orchestration. It's 100% hardware using four 8channel analog mixers (32) subbed into 8 channels into a 24 track ZoomR24 hardware SD recorder. Three analog synths mostly just for building new synths into my Black Box sampler. The rest are digital synths with specific tasks (that they do best) assigned to them. For the past 15 years been recording Vangelis style, with a floor full of pedals, all in one take. Unlike Vangelis I use pattern sequencers and clips on the sampler for transitions and backing when two hands and two feet aren't enough. Sound and effects design, and pattern sequences, are made specifically for each song using: 1) Typical subtractive. 2) Yamaha DX FM. 3) Sample layers. 4) Acoustic instruments I play into a sampler for clips. 5) VAST/FM/KVA module design from the Kurzweil. All instruments positioned in a 7x7 foot space for live play. 1) Roland RD-2000 = pianos 2) Roland Fantom O6 = launching clips from the 4x4 pads 3) Roland JunoDS = Vocoder multi- layer internal Juno + Korg Triton. 4) Roland Gaia = complex textures and solo's. Huge stereo fields. 5) Yamaha DX = layered with Gaia for deep textures and evolving solos. 6) Yamaha MX49 = controller mostly for Gaia/DX 7) Roland E-A7 = pattern sequencer by creating my own styles. 8) Korg Krome = Alternative sounds for the pattern sequencer of the E-A7 9) Arturia MicroBrute = bass lines from the E-A7 10) Korg Minilogue = Solo from the E-A7 11) Korg Miniligue XD = solo from E-A7 12) 1010 Music Black Box = adding acoustic instruments like guitar played in for clips like chord progressions. 13) Korg Electribe2 = more drum options MIDI slaved by the E-A7 14) Kurzweil PC4 = VAST massive texture sequences layered with 4 Roland Boutiques. 15) Yamaha DGX-670 = piano solo's only. (THE incredible - editable digital I have waited for since the first digital piano made, the first true Dpiano instrument).

Congrats on the Captain Pike hair

I'm curious about the one hiding under the cover!

Same for me with the polysix, bought it 1982 when I was in high school. I was choosing between juno 6, korg Trident and the polysix and it was the program memories and the price that did it.

"I don't know why you would do that...but you could" Love that

Living the dream

Love the Polysix. I have one also with the Kiwisix upgrade. Like you I will never sell it. I also have a Roland Jupiter 80 and Moog Taurus pedals.

Excellent studio tour and never mind the hair, matters not!

Roland Fantom is my #1 go to synth but would also love to have a new Montage. Rompers are so much more today.

thanks for the video and insight to your studio setup :) makes me think how to improve on my setup. just one thing, maybe lock the focus on your camera while filming lol the auto focus was a bit distracting for me. (I've just subscribed)

I love my MioXL

Such a dream room 😂

X32 great choice for central control, Kebu also does same.

Nice hair cut mate. hahaha btw Yamaha is my number one then Korg and at last Roland. I have the Fantom 0 but the sounds sound like 20 years a go.

Don't listen to the trolls Scott. Hair looks great either way. I dug the 80s Richard Marx helmet and I also dig the tidied-up wave-pomp. Do what YOU like! Thanks for showing us around. Cheers.

Bello/Magnifico.😱😱😱😱😱😱👑🍾

Great video Scott, and nice hairdoe, makes you look younger and yet wise beyond the ears.. pun intended 😊

Love your channel Scott, and I've never had any thoughts about your hair. It's fine either way, or any way you prefer it. Really cool studio too. One thing, please use manual focus on your cameras because focus hunting is really distracting and bothersome.

Nice Studio Tour - thanks for sharing the update with us. :o) I would be curious about the cables you`re using - and how you made your run through the room (especially if you use any kind of snakes - and which brand has a wide enough splice for key-stands use).

Nice!

Great studio tour Scott. I am obviously super jealous of all your awesome synths and gear. Wish I would have kept some of the first synths I owned. (CZ 101) Sigh. Anyways, my question for you is about mixing. Headphones VS Studio monitors. Which one (for you) gets the best results? Plus, I am curious if you use a subwoofer with your studio monitor setup. Thanks Scott.

My students would say your haircut is "fresh". For the record I have never commented on your hair :). My studio is only 10x20. I am envious of your square footage!

Great collection and love your channel! The Montage is such a complete synth and fully agree on you there. Question, do you power down all the stuff each night and use some kind of central power distribution system?

Thank you very much! I'm curious to hear about your experiences with the Behringer mixers over time... I got an old second-hand Behringer mixer and it is of very poor quality, switches, potentiometers, sockets, all very flaky... The same experience I have with the DeepMind 12 and Odyssee from Behringer, it works (and is cheap), but all not very high-quality. Your cat is cute, mine was very hungry while I was watching, got a lot of meows in-between 😅. He must be patient, food is at six o'clock (and he got 10 minutes earlier today!)

ho cool style isn't it! I like your new hair style !

Thanks for the studio tour! Thinking about ergonomics, I was wondering how it works for you to have your computer/DAW away from your keyboards. When you record keyboards do you need to run back and forth between desk and keyboard for each take? When window shopping for desks so far I think the "AZ Studio Sit-Stand Studio Desk" would be really awesome.(youtube doesn't allow links, duh) I imagine having this with a Montage M8x on the shelf underneath. But in reality I'm sure the Montage would be too big and besides I don't have the spare money for any of this anyway.

- I always liked your hair, long or short. I wished I had hair like that. Or hair, lol 😀 - Nice studio tour. Nice setup.

Hahaha.... Well, you were starting to look like The Feral Kid from Mad max. I told Alex (Vulture Culture) he looks like Ming the Merciless... He actually took it as a compliment ... As he should.. That's a very modern, solid setup you have.

Great Studio!!!!.....My husband bought me my first syth Yrs ago the System 1.....baby of the 8.....since than .... MiniNova..... JDXI.....We are budget synthHedz.....as You can see. Your hair is still nice 🧟.....was joking on last comment....maybe.

Never change yourself to please others. Do it only to please yourself.

Love the studio tour and new hairstyle! 😎 Can't wait to see what your not allowed to show 🤫 Will you be getting the new Arturia Astrolab, would really value your opinion on that 🤔

Radio shack had some great shit. Great mixer

Aww, I liked the long hair! I would have just said “F” the commenters, wear your hair the way you want, proudly! Anyway, the new do is nice too. And nice studio. I look forward to when you’re allowed to reveal your secret piece of gear! And I’m a big MODX/Montage fan too.

I miss the hair! The audio system is as important as the synths themselves. I was wondering what you use if you get to that later or not. I have the Opsix or I let my brother use it, M8x, did have the Fantom but nothing else in common. I have the Oberheim OB-X8m reprise, Deckard's Dream MKII, Yamaha YC73 w/SeqTrak attached, Waldorf Iridium module with 5 engines, Osmose, Korg PA5x, Yamaha CP1 for sale. I don't really play all I have so I'll sell something if I'm not in love with it. I like all the categories including Digital Synth, Arranger, Stage Board & True Analog. Surprisingly the Yamaha SeqTrak adds a serious AWM2 selection with real FM for pennies with an app.

Fantastic setup! How do you monitor / what studio monitors you have and where are they located?

🥰How Good It Is To Have A Keyboardist Family🥰

I cannot fathom why in 2024 people aren't using a mio. I see people drawing midi schematics and writing dissertations on optimizing midi mergers... And I click one button and I'm done, so bravo on the XL.

Thank you for your tour, I found it very interesting! One thing I was wondering though, when you connect your synths to the X32 (which is via the patchbay if I recall correctly), do you connect them in stereo or mono (aka use 2 channels per synth)? I'm currently on the lookout for something similar and also found the rack version of the X32 very interesting but I also heard that Behringer will release a successor to the X32 (kind of a smaller WING version) sometime in the future. Didn't mind the hair at all by the way and I don't understand why this should be a reason not to tune in.

Thanks for the tour. Can we all just admit that the JD800 doesn't sound mighty at all? And oh, great hair!

Ginger red wig, Andy Warhall wig, Bavid Dowie wigs so hell with these goofballs. I'm grateful you take the time to help us make better decisions. A Merkin is what all those silly complainers need?🤸😹

I like your reasoning and that made it harder to avoid subscribing in order to prevent having GAS 😆 as we share similar sentiments about hardware. Yes your Colbalt can sound like the Juno though not quite the same murky flavor, nobody would care in a mix but the Juno itself is just so beautifully built and be it purely psychological, sounds just that tiny bit better than anything emulated. Nostalgia? Perhaps, Behringer has made it their #1 business. DM 12 desktop almost had me thinking that I could skip a Kiwi kit for the 106 and have a monster 106 but I have no space currently and talk about crappy keys, definitely a module for DM The Colbalt was disappointing for me other than the Kawai S5000 of the 90’s build quality. I ashamedly bashed it a bit and had to move on before updates improved it significantly. Fatar rules! Obviously the Opsix and Modwave are just modules which have those keys there for checking your pads while writing them.

You've got behringer patchbays I have tascam 32p to match my 388. 😊

I love your studio and all the synths. I wonder, other than YT videos, what is your main use of all these keyboards to make money? I also notice that other than the wavestate and opsix, you don't seem to have a Kronos or Nautilus among your boards.

What are your thoughts on the Juno-X? I am going for the Juno sound(s) but am still wondering if I should just get a System 8 or a 106.

Nice setup! I don't see any DSI synths or Moog ( not the beginner ), also no 3rd wave ?

Fun! I understand the 106 thing. I pretty much just use one budget keyboard (Yamaha MX88) and everything else is plugins, but more and more I've wanted something like a 60 or a 106 because it's just so hands-on and intuitive. I wouldn't drop crazy money on a 1 osc synth, but I hear the Big B is making a clone and it'll be calling my name, I think...

I noticed you had no Kurzweil. I was thinking about the PC4-7 Do you like Kurzweil? Also, What brand A- Frame stands are you using for your synths? Fantastic setup.

My problem with mixers is that most of my synths ar stereo, so mixers ed up using two channels per board. That would give you 16 channels, whch is probably enough, but I have a bunch of racks, so I always run out of channels. I actually use a bunch of small mixers from Behrenger and Soundcraft that are mostly stereo, so it works out.

Nice plethora of synths! Well the only one I have in common with you is the Fantom 06. I love it -- personally I think it's the best "workstation" I've owned. I have the original GAIA. I'm not even sure if I'm going to upgrade to the new one. I'm not interested in the wavetable side of it -- and personally I think the original one looks cooler with its blackish livery.

Cool setup! What's the 3 tier stand that the Montage and Summit are sitting on?

As a person with very little hair, I can only think most of the hair haters were possibly...bald...? But, I have to say, your new lid is very impressive, indeed. OK, quick JD 800 question; your red glue vid inspired me to finally open mine up and get to work. A number of issues, but the last one I'm dealing with is the white touch sensitivity felt. Lots of red glue saturation spots. I've ordered the new felt strip you recommend ( red ). Thinking it might be better to just replace the whole strip. You repaired segments, not the whole strip. Was that simply because only a few spots required replacing ? You mentioned the touch sensitive strip is very delicate to be very careful with this operation. Just want to make sure I'm not going down the wrong road if I choose to replace the whole strip. Thank again for your videos !

Curious if you feel the Fantom EX warrants keeping the JD-800? Does the JD sound same/better?

killer studio. no drum machines?

That hydrasynth sound big and analog. Hows the keybed on that thing. High end?

I am curious to know how you are dealing with the Midi Latency on the iConnectivity mioXL ? Do you always print your audio, some of us dont want to commit to printing audio, therefore keep everything in Midi domain like the old days and then print. I never had much success with Midi Usb timing, as no one writes drivers for it, unless you Logic which they still support their old Emagic box, but I am Cubase user for ages and do love Bitwig, where midi latency is adjusted on the fly as it pings the external gear and calculates the round trip. Thank You!!

Great tour ! Thanks so much - ( might have sounded better if you had huge hair !! ( only kidding - you SOUND awesome ! ))

I would love to have a JD-800, but Ive been scared away by the red glue issue. Now rhat the Fantom EX has a nearly perfect emulation, I don't feel like it's a high priority. I'm surprised tht you don't have any dedicated drum machines. If you're recording tracks, these are pretty convenient. ow do you usually do drums and rhythm parts?

You have two Technics 1210, the 1200s are the silver ones, no? Had both of them (black and silver), now there´s only one 1210 left.

Nice to hear your take on some of the gear in your studio. Only one small criticism; The camera's focus hunting is pretty annoying. Could you not just set focus, then turn autofocus off?

Scott, If you had only a Fantom08 or MODX+8 which would U go with (I'm a MODX owner)...

i thought you had a cs-80, also what chair do you have

What is that below the Fantom 06 and blurred out?

FANTOM 6 ! Yessss !

I’m really surprised that you don’t have a polybrute. It has its own soul.

What is your take on the JD XA vs JD800?

Can the Behringer X32 being used as a standalone DAW?

No Moog, Sequential or Oberheim ‘anything’??

Thank you for chapter marks. Seems like your camera is seeking focus a lot, see section starting around 3:42. consider running the camera with a smaller aperture (higher number) and no autofocus. Should be able to keep entire depth of a scene in focus and avoid any of the seeking in your videos. Cheers.

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What type of stands do you use?

Where's the Korg Poly800 and the 61 and I thought you like the 80's haha