Yamaha Reface DX [PERFORMANCE] | No Talking | 

Haha! You’re spot on.

It’s nice to watch sound demos with no talking, but that doesn’t mean that product presentations have any less value in them. When a host is presenting a product and talks about it, you get to learn many important things about the features of that particular product, which helps a lot because it makes it easier to make an informed decision on which product to buy. We don’t need to choose between A or B when it’s possible to have both. I personally enjoy watching both product presentations as well as sound demos. There is nothing really wrong about Sonicstate’s product presentations imo.

its not go see 8bit keys video

@@gorillachilla Hm, I have watched both the 8bit keys Reface DX review and this video, and I prefer DKS's demo. (Tho' if you want a review or to see what can be done with a drum machine and multiple tracks from the Reface DX, 8bit keys's review is better)

control it via midi with a bigger KB?

CubeRepublic Not a fan of doing that, especially for something that already has a keyboard on it.

@@EverettDudgeon138 yo dawg, I heard you like keyboards............................

CubeRepublic ;)

You mean a DX7?

tebogomotlhale this is digital and the dx7 was too

LOL, sorry i thought i was commenting on the other analog synth videos, the DX is indeed an FM synth.

tebogomotlhale i mean, idk the Volca FM does it pretty well, considering it has 6 operators and this has 4 so the Volca does sound closer. Theres a comparison of the Volca FM against the DX7 here on youtube and most patches sound pretty similar, especially the E piano

Sorry this is a 4-op synth not a 6-op synth like the real Dx7. I own the Dx7 and the dx7iiFD. This Reface sounds good but sounds are less complex (detailed) than the Dx7.

@@r3furbish3dbrain12 huge overrated difference, since this only helps to make noise, not complex sounds. The DX7 sounds richer -- there are comparison videos online, and I own a DX7 too. In fact just some weeks ago a guy wanted to trade his Reface DX for my DX7 MK1.

You can download the tx81z patches onto the reface using SysEx Liberian

I am gonna buy a secondhand DX tomorrow...they are coming up on the used market now, cheap.

@@johncollins5552 It's a good board - I've had mine since I posted that comment four years ago and it definitely captured the sound I was looking for.

With the cs you can’t save your sounds without soundmondo.. with DX yes

@@DKS-SYNTH-LAB Maybe you can help with some recommendations. I want something for a beginner and I am looking at 4 different Synths. Been looking at the Yamaha Reface CS and the DX but I am also checking out the KORG microKORG and Novation Mininova.

@@Zemtex47 well, the dx is the much different synth of four.. fm is a little bit difficult to program but on reface dx you have a good interface for program your sounds. With both CS and DX reface you can use Soundmondo for load and share sounds ( for Free). If you need an "analog style" synth go for reface CS (but you have to use soundmondo for saving and recall sounds). Korg microkorg is really good sounding synth with a shit key. Mininova is the same, good synth with super shitty keys (many mininova have broken keys after short amount of time). I love FM sounds but also analog sounds.. this is up to you! the basic of the basic is the Reface CS, i've not purchased the CS for the lack of internal storage and i've sold my reface DX only because i've montage as main digital synth. If you have other question, i'm here cheers Daniele

@@DKS-SYNTH-LAB Thank you so much for the quick reply and also the great info. I think I will make a decision for one of the Yamahas. I want to create my own sounds because that is what makes it interesting to me. I tried a friends Yamaha CP and it was great so I thought it is time for my first Synth. I love Synthwave and would love to experiment with that. You got a new sub! Thank you so much. Exactly what I was looking for. You saved me time thank you!

@@DKS-SYNTH-LAB I got the Yamaha Reface DX. Thanks for great information and advice!

Yes

I have a Reface CS and it works great as a MIDI keyboard. If you are a beginner you may want to look at the CS first.

If you want it as a midi keyboard, have a look at the Reface CS: lots of knobs!

@@holygeneration7 Which one do you prefer or recommend for a beginner? People usually tend to recommend the CS but I don't know, for me the DX looks more interesting

@@holygeneration7 Thanks! I just want to have fun by making some melody ^^'. I was looking at the volca fm too. I love the 80's vibe of these synth

All internal efx! ;)

@@DKS-SYNTH-LAB Wow! That's impressive.. great playing also by the way. I'm SO torn between getting this or the Yamaha Reface CS... but that slow attack pad that you play at at time mark 11:24 .. it seems that the Reface DX has a lot more going for it in regards to the versatility of sounds it can make.

I used to gig with a DX-21, and I'm pretty sure it had internal chorus, which I used at all times, in every song...

Only Fm into the reface Dx, no acoustic piano here, you can create an fm piano sound but not a real acoustic sound.. ;)

The CP reface has a hidden grand piano sound.

I do this from time to time works pretty well

Yes its marvellous treated this way. The lack of 5 octaves with those tiny keys is annoying..But play this with a quality controller keyboard. And you will really love it. When you can get those lower bass notes and the higher ones too. The real power of this little gem will come through. For example. If you want to play JUMP with one of the brass patches. To capture it properly you need to get those gritty resonating lower notes with your left hand while playing the main riff with your right hand. And you cannot do that on this small awkward keyboard. With 49 keys. So a quality 61 note controller or even a 61 notes synth. Is the ticket to really enjoying this little gem. The same with the REFACE CS. With a full sized keyboard its magic.

you got me thinking... I have a heavy weight 88 Casio Privia PX-5s... think it'd work with it?

@@holygeneration7 I keep going back between the DX and the CP... truly both are amazing, thx for your response.

As a non keyboard player who operates his synths via sequencers,I wonder why companies don’t build them as modules in the first place. Everyone hates small keys. My fingers aren’t particularly chubby, but I’d hit two keys at the same time on a regular basis.

It is sort of a dark brown/maroon.

I've always seen it as a cool (tinted slightly blue) gray color. But upon investigation, it's aubergine'ish.

No! Only internal sounds and EFX!;)

It's connect for aux

Preset sounds and other free sounds from soundmondo!;)

Actually a macbook pro 15” ;) but yes, you can use a mac mini ;)

Hi. Im using a muscled 2019 Mac mini (highest processor available, 64go ram) and it’s perfect for electronic music

Learn to play in C#, fool.

Yes its sweet isnt it. On the lower notes you get that classic resonatong analogue like sound. Tweak it can sound like an OBXA. And instant JUMP.

Nope, monotimbral

PhilPegassoslim69 yes and yes

unfortunately with reface DX you only have 4 operators instead of 6 like DX7, you can recreate sounds like DX100, DX11, DX21, DX27 and DX9 for example, so the sounds are not exactly the same of a DX7, but surely you have a small synth with also great sounds ;)

the 90% yes! the other 10% are available on Soundmondo for free!

***** OK, thanks

The synth guitar with delay around minute 5.20 Is ir a factory patch or is it from soundmondo?

Yes. There is an app / site, Soundmondo, which acts as a patch librarian, beyond the 24 patches you can edit and save directly on the synth.

Yes

DKS SYNTH LAB woop woop dat mean no req plug in. Thx you

Hi, for controlling VST with an external keyboard, you need an USB cable or midi cable (with midi interface for connection). ;)

Midi .......get a audio box that has midi as well like a presonus audio box

You cannot control a VST plugin with an audio signal. You need to connect a MIDI cable from MIDI OUT port on DX to MIDI IN on a MIDI interface that should be connected to a computer, which is supposed to run your VST plugin inside a DAW.

no

There are some converted factory presets here: refacedx.martintarenskeen.nl/ He made software to convert them too, but you have to install Python to use it, apparently.

@@TooSlowTube amazing resource

Yes

Then you can buy WAVES Electric 200 piano plugin and/or a Electric piano 88 and you'll get all the el.pianos from Rhodes ect, that are actually present on the other reface CP if I'm correct and save yourself ton of money while having the best of the Reface - DX and the other el.pianos too.

yeah but you'd have to buy a computer

The additional parameters and effects make up for that. You will think this is better than 6 op and certainly much easier to program. Two bits of advice though turn off those awfull onboard plastic sounding effects. And put this through a quality multi effects processor a DECENT CHORUS. Then you will love it even more.

PROJECT DX I don’t think the built in effects are that bad. Not as good as a $200 pedal but for some built in effects, at this price, they’re quite nice.

I used to have the DX-21, which was 4 operators and it sounded HUGE live...

T.I.N Mateus unless you don’t want all that and don’t feel the need to or can’t spend $1500 lol. Get real.

All on board sounds.. some sounds are imported (for free) from Yamaha Soundmondo

some. the DX7 is a 6-operator FM synth. the reface DX is only 4-operator, so it doesn't have quite the same level of control.

@@ChamiCh feedback on individual operators makes up for this quite a bit. not the same, but comparable in many ways

@@zackhartmann it's worth noting that the feedback controls on each operator aren't "real" feedback, but rather a waveshaper. What I mean is, if you set a feedback level, and then hit a note at different velocities, you should hear different waveforms at different velocities as the effect of the feedback is higher or lower -- but on the reface, the waveform is always the same (based on the feedback level you set), and only the level increases/decreases with velocity. This makes it less useful than the classic FM feedback mechanism, BUT having it on all four operators gives you more options at your disposal. In other words, there are things the DX7 can do with its feedback that the Reface cannot, but there are also things the Reface can do with its *waveshaping* that the DX7 cannot.

quack stk it's a little over $200 now. At first, yamaha wanted 600 but I guess they're not selling fast enough.

jaybeetdown where can I get this for 200

@@jaybeetdown Hi, I bought one for $300 from Gumtree. Unbelievable, time passed sooo quickly...!