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@chriswareham
Ай бұрын
Me: "I'm thinking of going to Vienna for a weekend break and seeing the sights". My colleague: "Oh wow. What would be your first port of call - the Schönbrunn Palace, the Kunsthistorisches Museum"? Me: "Klangfarbe".
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
I think I need to send a screenshot;)
@patrickfitzgerald2861
Ай бұрын
On a more serious note, I visited Vienna in 2018 to see the amazing Bruegel exhibit at the Kunsthistorisches Museum. I intended to stay for three days, mainly because I don't much like big cities. Long story short, I ended up adding on another week to my visit because I enjoyed the place so much! Seriously, a big city with a wine growing district located within the city limits?!?! And if you don't know what a flak tower is, be prepared to see one of the most frightening buildings anywhere in the world. They absolutely REEK of evil!
@sub-jec-tiv
Ай бұрын
Only visited Vienna once, but i loved it so much. The people were so cool and friendly (and educated). It was a huge pleasure.
@djkanyon
14 күн бұрын
Klangfarbe is a Bad Gear Museum so each and every one of us just got to be there at least once in our lifetime.
@spahndirge
Ай бұрын
Has all of the aesthetics of a hospital waiting room.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Lol😂😂😂
@VestedUTuber
3 күн бұрын
So... basically a typical Arturia product.
@hellcoreproductions
Ай бұрын
Arturia laughing at Uli as they stuff clones of everything into one box.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Shots fired;)
@kacpersapija8111
Ай бұрын
"Haha" but but if Behringer did it, the price would be 5 times lower
@keomg4718
Ай бұрын
do you know that arturia at least pays licences right?
@kokakolagodcomp-vi2yv
Ай бұрын
😂
@MJanovicable
Ай бұрын
@@keomg4718 Prove it.
@alexgrunde6682
Ай бұрын
Saw the thumbnail and knew this episode was going to be an instant classic
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
❤️❤️❤️
@MrTomaat23
Ай бұрын
Every episode is an instant classic, except for when you own the specific gear, you just ignore those video(s) just like you do with the flaws of said gear.
@mrz80
Ай бұрын
@@MrTomaat23 I pay closer attention when it's gear I own (or plan to own - I've bought stuff because he covered it); I figure I'll learn stuff about how to get the most out of it.
@wrmusic8736
Ай бұрын
Finally the perfect bad gear. A rompler from '90s in 2024. Even Roland won't be able to touch this for years to come.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Word!!!
@HiGlowie
Ай бұрын
What about that one all $800 digital one voice beige synth that a bunch of sunthfluencers shilled for a few months back? That was definitely worthy of bad gear
@mrz80
Ай бұрын
And you thought the UI on the D-110 was bad!
@richardharris9708
Ай бұрын
A rompler like the FA-08/Fantom-8 has 128 note polyphony and changes sounds instantly. This is not really as good
@simonlockett9152
Ай бұрын
Bang on the money! Disturbingly many of the sounds are also more interesting
@mrhs5220
Ай бұрын
Well this didn't take long, and it absolutely deserves a spot here. Hardware manufacturers are going to keep trying to make hardware tied to a single-user license in order to make money off of the used market. The fact that Arturia is trying this again even after the failure of the Origin shows how convinced the industry is that there is gold in those hills. I hope consumers won't go for it.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
None too soon;)
@hydorah
Ай бұрын
What a bungle by Arturia. A playable, tweakable hardware VST host would be a dream. Instead they've made something Apple might have come up with
@HiGlowie
Ай бұрын
“Reddy? Grab yer gitar, got Yousician and let’s play” If I get that goddamn ad one more time lol
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Don't blame me;)
@birdie17uk
Ай бұрын
Adblocker for KZitem is your friend.
@miketschudi2687
Ай бұрын
The Adobefication of Synths!
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Nice analogy!!!
@UncleMilty
21 күн бұрын
If it’s real Adobefication they would make you pay monthly 😉
@miketschudi2687
20 күн бұрын
@@UncleMilty just wait.... it'll come!
@DoctorNemmo
Ай бұрын
When you follow a channel like this one, after a while, you can learn to tell when a musical instrument is able to stir the flames of creativity in the performer's heart. You can hear and feel how the instrument magically becomes an extension of the body and the mind of the player, granting them the ability to will their ideas into song and emotion. And for the person listening to that performance, time stands still, as they witness the sublime fusion of instrument and player, of man and machine, of spirit and matter. This, my friends, this is not one of those times.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Sad but true....
@DoctorNemmo
Ай бұрын
@@AudioPilz In this case, blame the instrument not the playa !
@AndyChannelle
Ай бұрын
I've had a Nest. That's definitely the same screen and ring.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Thanks for the heads up!!!
@eddievanheinous666
Ай бұрын
Everyone: Wow, a knob per function midi controller for Pigments would be amazing! Arturia: Here it is!! A..... 4 knob controller. That will be one kidney please.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
The tragedy!!!
@ADHDville
Ай бұрын
The Arturia vision for this keyboard was for a musician to make an album on it, and then go live and play it… but it fails in both applications.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Sad but true!!!
@electrosonicnebula
Ай бұрын
I'm guessing their vision was more like hey let's do like Teenage Engineering and make something totally useless that some rich dudes are gonna fall for instantly. Arturia does make very cool stuff otherwise though, maybe they needed a quick cash influx.
@sub-jec-tiv
Ай бұрын
@@electrosonicnebulaTBH i think it’s for "worship." The church market is huge. At least in the U.S.
@arnehurnik
Ай бұрын
Yeah, the idea is to have a compromise between a stage keyboard and a workstation. The issue being that both of those will have a massive amount of extra functionality depending on what you'll want to do on the fly at that moment and this is the common denominator of both.
@youtubevideos415
Ай бұрын
@@sub-jec-tiv Probably only in the US. In Europe i never experienced any sort of music in churches, other than people just singing. But there where never any sorts of instruments involved, other than maybe the church organ.
@donaldpriola1807
Ай бұрын
A THX 1138 reference is one of many reasons I watch this channel. :)
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Underrated movie!!!
@mycosys
Ай бұрын
Arthuria & the Knights of the Round Screen-Knob
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
@keithsquawk
Ай бұрын
@@AudioPilz it farts in your general direction (accuracy is promised later for a small-ish (well, not really that small) fee)
@mrz80
Ай бұрын
We are the Knights who say, "VCollection!"
@Positive_Tea
Ай бұрын
@@AudioPilzbrooooo 💀💀💀💀
@stickyfox
Ай бұрын
And I thought touch screens were as bad as it could possibly get. I guess voice control is next.
@elarielo
Ай бұрын
5:08 oh no, now you got me singing PRESET POLICE, ARREST THIS MAAAN 🎶
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
That one had me rofling
@wetwater90
Ай бұрын
Only a true knob twiddler would connect a Beatstep to an Astrolab.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
You mean "people who can't play";)
@mrz80
Ай бұрын
@@AudioPilz *gasp* My people! 😀 * * - I am after all a guitarist who generally knows which note is on which key, but expecting me to make them come out of a synth in a musically useful manner? You gotta be kidding me.
@unclemick-synths
Ай бұрын
@@AudioPilz I wish I couldn't play as well as you can't play!🥺
@kaitlyn__L
Ай бұрын
@@mrz80 have you looked into the Linnstrument? (I've been vaguely considering one even though I _can_ play keys, just because it's so much more like playing my bass.)
@Demotricus
Ай бұрын
🤭 You said knob..
@tomlavelle8340
Ай бұрын
Oh come on Florian! I love the Thermostat!🤣
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
A nice thermostat it is...
@sophiepooks2174
Ай бұрын
For the money would be nice if it doubles as a wall mounted panel heater too. The studio gets very cold in winter waiting for the presets to load.
@htechdance
Ай бұрын
Turn up the bass!!!
@lib747
Ай бұрын
If Florian's face was on the thermostat, I'd consider buying this insult of a keyboard. Strong brand Florian is!!
@mycosys
Ай бұрын
@@sophiepooks2174 Just get an intel CPU
@TheKonector
Ай бұрын
I wish there was a vst version...
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂lol😂😂😂
@saulcross9690
Ай бұрын
LMAO 😂
@aguycalledbunny5186
Ай бұрын
righteous
@mycosys
Ай бұрын
BTW its not a home keyboard - its REALLY obviously a church keyboard
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
The Lord will strike you down for messing up the prayer section bc of the loading times
@keithsquawk
Ай бұрын
No self-respecting self-praising Pastor should be without one -as long as there is real gold trim.
@HiGlowie
Ай бұрын
I’ll take the worship players over the ambient lofi dawless succulent crowd anyday
@RaquelFoster
Ай бұрын
Everybody knows that devout Worship Leaders only use the Montage! And some Strymon pedals!
@emmafitzmaurice499
Ай бұрын
The patch will load when Jesus returns
@MalachiTheBowlingGod
Ай бұрын
0:55 A THX1138 reference? You've outdone yourself!
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Thank you so much!!!
@G.GordonMidi
Ай бұрын
“Spouse-friendly design” LMAO
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
😀
@AndyTanguay
Ай бұрын
Dear lord, that is DEFINITELY a gray market Nest.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂lol
@apolloc.vermouth5672
Ай бұрын
Probably handy if you've landed a gig on a hipster cruise ship...
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Yeah, they can't really fire you there...
@mrz80
Ай бұрын
@@AudioPilz Sure they can, but at least you'll only have the Astrolab and a keyboard stand to carry on your endless journey home from whatever random port they shove you ashore at.
@vjreimedia
Ай бұрын
As many people said: more than 10 years later they still can not do something better than the Virus Ti2. This keyboard is just a variant but it is not an evolution, it does not solve a problem. If you have a controller you can just bring your tiny laptop any way and run the same sounds with unlimited polyphony.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Sad but true...
@vjreimedia
Ай бұрын
@@AudioPilz It is pretty, is a conversation topic... but I already have a Virus Ti2 Whiteout keyboard and a Roland JD-800 for that.
@mrz80
Ай бұрын
@@AudioPilz Hmmm... can you find enough negative commentary on the Virus to justify putting it on the channel?
@StopTryingSoHard
Ай бұрын
I don't think this is in anyway intended to be anything at all like a Virus. That would have been an Origin (which was a literal contemporary of the Ti2.) This is clearly much more like modern interpretation of a stage piano.
@vjreimedia
Ай бұрын
@@StopTryingSoHard It could have more polyphony and a better interface. It si a and product even by 15 years ago standards.
@TheSciHi
Ай бұрын
As a humanity, we've come a long way with the design of multicookers
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
lol
@elliotl8830
Ай бұрын
I fell victim to all the hype and bought one. It's a good keyboard to always have set up for a drive-by-playing. There is a good variety of presets, but if you wanted to use it in a live setting you would need to do a lot of planning ahead on your computer. It's fun to split and layer different sounds, and is simple to navigate the menus, but the lack of UI edibility is definitely frustrating. The CPU limitation is very present. Some presets crackle if you play them too hard, which is why I would probably never use it live. I hope Arturia improves it with updates so I don't end up feeling like it was a waste of money.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
That sums it up nicely
@sub-jec-tiv
Ай бұрын
I love synths that can’t handle it when you play them normally! 😂
@synthshed
Ай бұрын
Must confess when I first saw these coming out I put one on pre-order - a few weeks later I came to my senses and cancelled. After seeing your video I’m glad I managed to overcome that particular attack of GAS.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
You dodged that bullet!!!
@mrz80
Ай бұрын
Sometimes the Bad Gear™ really *IS* bad gear.
@auxlen
Ай бұрын
The biggest statement in this video was the fact that there is empty space enough for a Elektron machine to sit on it and not block any knobs.
@sidsuperstar
Ай бұрын
Dear Florian. I would like to thank you for all the hard work and time you put on your videos. I suffer from severe depression, and I found that my mood changes ever time I hear “Welcomme to Bad Gear!”. Sincerely I appreciate it. Thanks again and keep the good work. Sincerely Sid PS Let’s do an episode if possible on the Alesis ‘nano’ synth line. I would love to watch an episode from you on the nanobass or nano synth!
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
I feel you and thank you so much! Great suggestion, thanks!!!!
@sidsuperstar
Ай бұрын
@@AudioPilz thanks for taking the time replying Florian!
@raul0ca
Ай бұрын
The Astrolab is the nicest hardware dongle ever
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Heavy too;)
@JoeJohnston-taskboy
Ай бұрын
Thanks, Florian. I just learned about "Dungeon Synth." Solid STEM content right here.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Always a pleasure;)
@3D6Space
Ай бұрын
It's like the smart fridge of keyboards. Buy the upgrades, or your frozen food thaws out.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Lol, true!
@synthshed
Ай бұрын
So funny. Clever keeping the visual gags so short that we have to watch again in slow motion 😂
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
I have no idea what you're talking about;)
@synthshed
Ай бұрын
@@AudioPilz haha!
@Studio_4to1
Ай бұрын
Every time there’s a Bad Gear video, the whole world stop spinning for a split second, markets drop down a point, people take a bow. Oh. And what a lovely french accent. This is the only YT channel worth our collective time. Period.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
❤️❤️❤️
@snakeindigo7085
Ай бұрын
I can't believe the plastic film was still on the circular display! :-O
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
#plasticfilmp*rn
@vjreimedia
Ай бұрын
@@AudioPilz Florian, you took its virginity away.
@sub-jec-tiv
Ай бұрын
Klangfarbe: "well i guess this is a ‘used’ unit now… 😂
@KingzofSwing
Ай бұрын
They pulled a Teenage Engineering move
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
True!!!
@mrz80
Ай бұрын
TE hee hee
@SuperChaoticus
Ай бұрын
Knobs are too big. Unless you're reaching for tweezers, it isn't T.E.
@enochroot9438
Ай бұрын
For all your VST in a box needs we present the disASterLAb!...complete with a ring doorbell display so you can watch your front door whilst playing at home! ....Disclaimer: the lack of knobs may lead to Knob twiddling withdrawal symptoms
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
I'd buy that for a $!!!
@sub-jec-tiv
Ай бұрын
This synth would just lead to me twiddling my own knob in frustration.. and i don’t need any more reason to do that, certainly.
@SeverityOne
Ай бұрын
As a concept, I think the AstroLab is actually very good. It is meant for performers. Not even 'Alleinunterhalter', because it lacks the auto-accompaniment and multitimbrality. Arturia are also very good at making desirable products, and I think they know what they're doing. However, it is not an instrument for the typical synth-head, who freaks out more about features for maximum expressiveness. If you got a bunch of people jumping up and down, nobody is going to care about your polyphonic aftertouch. The impression I get is what most people dislike about the AstroLab is that it isn't the instrument they want it to be.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
You have a point here!!!
@dalewheat
Ай бұрын
Come for the memes, stay for the jams. Oh, and the visuals. They’re great. Oh, and the production values are top notch. Oh, and the humor. Gotta love the humor. Oh, and the delightfully cynical perspective. Some much to love! Keep up the good work!
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Thank you so much!!!
@ar_xiv
Ай бұрын
your videos really work out my j,k,l, comma, period, left and right arrow keys
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Nice technique!!!
@nativeMusic92
Ай бұрын
Nice you mentioned Boards of Canada on that thing, true Kings.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Legends!!!
@MorwenWhyte
Ай бұрын
Put glasses on the mid panel guy at 9:03 and it's Nick Batt.
@mudi2000a
Ай бұрын
When I read Most expensive home keyboard of all time I thought you had the Yamaha Genos 2 in the show.😊
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
I think you could actually survive in a real band scenario with a Genos2;)
@mrz80
Ай бұрын
@@AudioPilz I think the Astrolab would work live, but only if you were in a slavishly devoted cover band who had to be note- and timbre- perfect every song, every performance. Any expectation of on-stage musical inventiveness goes right out the airlock without a spacesuit.
@desktorp
Ай бұрын
0:23 "When you get to the end of a bad gear video and none of your memes were used." and 2 memes later is mine
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Thanks for that one!!!
@xisotopex
Ай бұрын
that chord pad @01:22 wow that really took me back to a better time in the late 90's and early 00's
@treffkiraly
Ай бұрын
that was my favorite too
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Classic!!!
@nolyspe
Ай бұрын
Love to see the DR-5 make a cameo at 6:30 . I bought it after seeing your Bad Gear video ;)
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Nice!!! Classic unit!!!
@saulcross9690
Ай бұрын
On a serious note, you could buy a laptop with better performance, an Arturia Keylab 61, Arturia Minifuze 2, and Arturia V-collection X for around £200 more, and then gave significantly more power, plus all the benefits of Astrolab. WTF were Arturia thinking?
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
True!!!
@Gerald_Daniel
Ай бұрын
Somehow I suspected Astrolab to be on your table. "The keyboard doesn't react to MIDI properly.- What does Arturia expect me to do? Actually play it? Award worthy lines! No lubricant reminiscent to astro lab's name appears to me yet but this time's suggestion: Soma '"The Rumble Of Ancient Times", an 8 bit desktop synth indeed named that way (& located at Klangfarbe).
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Great suggestion, thank you!!!
@johantorneheim1384
Ай бұрын
Astrogl*de
@johantorneheim1384
Ай бұрын
Rather play with myself, than using Retardia Astrogl1d3. Give me a Keylab mk3 with PolyAT and alot is forgiven!😅
@Gerald_Daniel
Ай бұрын
@@johantorneheim1384 🤣That's true!
@horizontalblanking
Ай бұрын
Came for the review… stayed for the Astroglide reference. Well played Sir, well played.
@unclemick-synths
Ай бұрын
1:19 that's great idea including a thermostat to switch on the air conditioning when things get hot in the studio! ❤
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Lol
@aloraliquid
Ай бұрын
When I first saw this keyboard.. I knew you were going to cover it on the channel… But this soon?!?! Impressive!!!!!! *checks thermostat while playing*
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Direct to Bad Gear;)
@mrz80
Ай бұрын
It was pretty quick, but not quite as quick as the Gaia 2 😛
@aloraliquid
Ай бұрын
@@mrz80lol no kidding 😂
@FunkyHP
Ай бұрын
Mr. Florian, what about Maschine Plus? We DEFINITELY need it on the show😄
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Great suggestion, thank you!!!
@robbiewabisabi
Ай бұрын
It is a gorgeous form factor, and being able to use software like Pigments without a computer is very exciting. I have been an Origin user for 14 years now, and once the loading time is finished there is no hiccup when loading different patches. Cheers!
@danielleohallisey4218
Ай бұрын
It scares me that I instantly got the “four, yes four” reference from Star Trek, TNG. Does this mean I’m irretrievably geeky?!
@treetopjones737
Ай бұрын
Preferable to being one of those Star Wars guys who camped out on a sidewalk "to be the first to see it."
@cyshtoph
Ай бұрын
There is Arturia Microfreak, Arturia Minifreak and then there is this Arturia freak. I see a pattern here.
@mrz80
Ай бұрын
Arturia FreakLab!
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
You had me at Freak;)
@artisan002
Ай бұрын
Ha! I can only imagine Timbaland is looking at this thing and yelling about how he did it first. Lovely jams as always, and top tier jokes throughout.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Thank you so much!!!
@mwmfl8960
Ай бұрын
I was initially fond of this instrument because of the concept and then I got deeper into the the specs and found out about the drawbacks, so my findings match those here in this video. It's like one of those GM/GS sample-based instruments from the 90ies. For playback useful, but not for anything else.
@chriswalton720
Ай бұрын
So basically this is a Roland Juno DS-61 with more bougie design, aftertouch, and some nicer sounds, but less polyphony and twice the price tag. And the Juno actually has some onboard programmability if you’re willing to menu dive.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Lol
@phelper4554
Ай бұрын
Can’t wait to so these thing going on sale 😂 must be approximately half a year 😂
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
I'd say Spring 2025 the latest...
@avace917
Ай бұрын
This really could've been cool but saying they dropped the ball would be a serious understatement. They should've been $1000 at the most. I'm sure it'll drop sometime soon like what happened to the Akai Force
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Waiting for the blowout sales;)
@cloudseer
Ай бұрын
Should be free with an eye watering subscription
@avace917
Ай бұрын
@@cloudseer had they made it multitimbral and added more controls, I think this would've been better received
@xisotopex
Ай бұрын
dude that use of picard being tortured is next level sublime.... I dont remember the episode exactly but they tortured picard to the point where almost saw what wasnt there....
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Yesss , FOUR lights;)
@Individual_two
Ай бұрын
That Turd Polisher effects pedal looks amazing! I need to check that bad boy out!
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
I want it soooooo bad
@treetopjones737
Ай бұрын
Perfect to use with a $40. electric guitar.
@electrosonicnebula
Ай бұрын
They missed the opportunity to make a board with loads more controls, two versions of the keyboard, fast loading times, an onboard multitracker and make it so people just download the virtual instruments they need at some sort of reasonable price.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Agreed!!!
@TobyBorrow
Ай бұрын
VST in a box, this has been going on now for decades. The difference here is a highly priced VSTs in a box
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
True that!
@mrz80
Ай бұрын
At least if the "in a box" part of "VST in a box" is a laptop, I can also use it to track expenses and watch Bad Gear videos between gigs.
@TobyBorrow
Ай бұрын
@@mrz80 watching bad gear through that clicky watch face screen would be unique
@bsbazzman
Ай бұрын
This one isn’t even vsts in a box though unless you cough up the extra money to get the V collection. It’s demo versions of vsts otherwise 🤡
@annother3350
Ай бұрын
you guys!! - you could say any digital synth from the dx7 onwards is a vst in a box!! - although this actually is
@64north20west
Ай бұрын
I love the mass number of sounds you can get out of this thing. Especially, if you have all of their plugins in the collection. I will stick with my hydrasynth to avoid the cost and the bugs, tho. Thanks again for another epic episode of bad gear.
@DLM_DLM_DLM
Ай бұрын
I wouldn't want to be stuck on a gig and be limited to the sounds in analog lab... This whale is gonna flop, and they're gonna be forced to include the licenses for v-collection to sweeten the deal. That is, unless all the yuppies take the bait and keep the price high.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Hydra is awesome!!!
@odiroot
Ай бұрын
Would really love to see Deepmind 12 here. But I understand why that's challenging.
@vadimmartynyuk
Ай бұрын
It's an excellent keyboard in the right hands
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
👍👍👍
@joonglegamer9898
Ай бұрын
It's like a minimalist clone of Akai MPC Key 61 but with a better keyboard and worse everything else, and no sampling, editing and pretty much everything else. I want to love it, and I'm sure it has it's niche use, but the ARM and Loading times seem eerily familiar to me (An Akai MPC Key 61 owner who is already painfully aware of the non-streaming-sample-loading times) so My electronics background is kind of suspicious of them probably using a similar architecture with the similar limitations. Ok I'll show myself out now...
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@muzikman2008
Ай бұрын
Exactly my thoughts 😎👍
@6581punk
Ай бұрын
The MPC Live, Key 61 etc are all using an ARM design which is quite old now. It's noble of them to keep updating the firmware and developing the ecosystem but they would be able to do a lot more if they moved to something newer.
@static-san
Ай бұрын
Yep. It's a performer's keyboard. For someone who doesn't want any other gear on stage. And loading times can be worked around if you're in a band. Loading times have always a bit of an Achilles heel with Arturia, TBH. All their VSTs have that problem, so I'm not surprised this has it.
@DLM_DLM_DLM
Ай бұрын
Loading times can be worked around in a band? I don't care about loading times in my daw, on stage in another story. I guess have the guitarist play chords while we wait indefinitely for the next patch to load 😂 Better to get a used XP-50 or a Triton ftw
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
👍👍👍
@anizothenoob
Ай бұрын
0:54, haha the french version of thank you :)
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Enchanté!!!
@Eisenwald64
Ай бұрын
A hardware synth with a mobile app is a slight red flag; what happens when the app and/or plugins get discontinued?
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
They're certainly gonna open source it...NOT!!!
@cloudseer
Ай бұрын
Yeah see the Bluetooth Nikes
@SuperChaoticus
Ай бұрын
Version 2 for $2400 will come out just in time.
@dreibel
Ай бұрын
That’s something that Yamaha does with their edrum kits - the iOS apps wind up being discontinued, and if you have one of those kits, it’s either do a lot of button pressing combinations going in blind to change parameters, or finding a used Android device to use as an interface because it’s still possible to find the Android equivalent online. It’s too bad as the apps make editing those a breeze.
@tarvitz
Ай бұрын
It not being able to sustain notes after changing patch is oddly pathetic for something at this price point, my mid-2000s yamaha clavinova can do that, not to mention, load its sounds instantly
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
It is but as soon as you hit the first note your sustain is gone;)
@tarvitz
Ай бұрын
I know, that's what I meant
@lewisd56
Ай бұрын
Midi controller + Lenovo legion go (screen only) + analog lab license = perfect cheaper alternative. It really is mad that the astro lab is so expensive when you can literally get a better experience for significantly less money.
@c.augustin
Ай бұрын
"Since the DAWn of software instruments …" I can see what you did there! 😁
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
😀😀😀
@Shaderdiceblock
Ай бұрын
Why does this remind me of a MPC one oh wait because it’s basically a DAW in a box
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
If it only was a DAW...
@Shaderdiceblock
Ай бұрын
@@AudioPilz yes if only
@SlyHikari03
Ай бұрын
Ive played one, its very nice. I can see why people could hate on it tbh.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
👍👍👍
@DeKoepi
Ай бұрын
That was a GAS killer! :) I'll stick with the Minifreak. Way better price point, real great sounds, and I'm not even over the "let's use the preset sounds" phase yet. :D
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Way to go!!!
@frenchy1138
Ай бұрын
I love Arturia gear. The Polybrute, Minifreak and Keystep Pro are foundational to my studio. I'm not much for VSTs these days, but Arturia stuff is an industry standard for a reason. I do not know why they would make this thing. What is it for. Who is it for. Why does it cost so much.
@Shampoid
Ай бұрын
Why of course, I'd love to have to pay a kidneys worth of cash to use a dust collector!
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
It's the way!!!
@treetopjones737
Ай бұрын
"We'll sell you a keyboard 1/16 the size for the same price." - T. Engineering
@duckchukowski
Ай бұрын
Florian getting so mad he starts defocusing
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Yes, ran out of batteries (literally) and forgot to refocus;)
@brumd
Ай бұрын
Arturia does a lot right imho, generally speaking love their products (I own the Minibrute 2, Drumbrute Impact, KeyLab Essential 61, Beatstep Pro, Audiofuse 2, Spark LE, V Collection & the FX collection, and use them a lot), but yeah.. I can see why the AstroLab isn't very well received by many (and no, it isn't on my wishlist). I guess that if they would have included the V Collection, then people would start complaining that they already have a license and don't want to pay for it again.
@LB-pp7pu
Ай бұрын
I particularly enjoyed the final analysis of the product in this episode, academic!
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Thank you so much!!!
@djshire1984
Ай бұрын
What an absolutely unacceptable UI. All that wasted space that could've had knobs or sliders or something!
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Agreed!!!
@mrz80
Ай бұрын
(*looks at Astrolab*) (*looks at Keylab*) (*looks at Astrolab*) (*looks at Keylab*) (*shakes head and walks away*)
@EHiggins
Ай бұрын
They need to upgrade that display to a peephole
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@sophiepooks2174
Ай бұрын
Or a detachable smart watch, really had high hopes 😂
@Beatprisoner
20 күн бұрын
Wie immer großartig! Deinen Kultstatus hast Du echt zurecht.
@AudioPilz
18 күн бұрын
Vielen herzlichen Dank!!!
@andimcc6131
Ай бұрын
If I'm just gonna be running VSTs on ARM64, then what I really want is just a straight up Android tablet with physical jack plugs built in providing AC and DC-coupled sound interface channels (so I can run VCV Rack on the tablet and integrate it directly with a real modular synth rack). This is probably just me though (any reasonable person would just buy an iPad).
@robinr22
Ай бұрын
It's a £1.5k keyboard.... with 8 notes of polyphony?? Wtf Arturia...
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
In a worst case scenario that's true...
@mrz80
Ай бұрын
It's essentially an ARM SBC running something like Analog Lab under linux (something you can't do with REAL Analog Lab V on a REAL computer, but I digress...) so processor resources are on the skinny side. Tho that's not MUCH of an excuse, 'cause Roland and Waldorf had been cranking out boxes for decades now that can do dozens of voices across multiple parts, with better UIs.
@inversion66
Ай бұрын
@@mrz80 And the Korg Kronos series run on Intel Atom processors. The Modwave and other units of that generation run on a Raspberry Pi. Which are absolutely fine for those instruments because they use custom designed software, not a rework of something originally designed to run under Windows that needs to be able to deal with random combinations of CPUs, audio interfaces etc.
@montazownianr1
Ай бұрын
Casio Privia Pro PX-5S anyone? Marvelous piano keyboard/synth with 256 notes of polyphony. And 4 layers of sounds...
@roland4507
Ай бұрын
das ging ja schnell.🤣
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Mussja, ne;)
@thirstyCactus
Ай бұрын
the virtual analog patches sounded like 1997 VA. nice job guys.
@renemunkthalund3581
Ай бұрын
I have an overly complicated washing machine designed by the same person.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Lol
@daccrowell4776
Ай бұрын
Try loading the Sound Easel VST. The "component level modeling" on that is SO realistic that it tossed my 32-core Xeon machine into some ugly conniption fit. ...and, weirdly enough, Arturia tried to push that fact on me by saying that the fact that the Easel VST is flipping out on a relatively powerful machine is a testament to just how precise that modeling IS. Mmmmmno.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Great plugins indeed
@lairdtomfrenchelectromusic2545
Ай бұрын
"Merci beaucoup" ! Your French is impeccable! :) Excellent video as usual, but, this machine leaves me hungry ... I'm looking forward to the test of the STVC from Waldorf, Florian.😀
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Thank you so much!!!
@zurlocker1
Ай бұрын
Great video! I was very excited about Arturia's Astrolab when it was announced. So I bought an Arturia Keylb Essentials Mk III 61 key MIDI controller which comes with the Analog Lab 5 software which works great with Logic Pro. Now I've sold my microKorg-S, WaveState (buying the plugins instead) and I've got a nice consistent workflow. Maybe if the full V collection upgrade goes on sale for $199 I would consider buying that, but for now it's fine.
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
Thank you!!!
@stopmikeandjim3196
Ай бұрын
You started working on this as soon as it was released, didn't you?
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
I actually had all the hate I needed within 2h after its release
@user-wb5cf4tu3d
Ай бұрын
Wow! Actual bad gear!
@AudioPilz
Ай бұрын
;)
@MatthewChristianMurray
Ай бұрын
I have the Arturia KeyLab 88 II. Fully weighted, piano-style keys with velocity and aftertouch. Comes with Analog Lab V and a variety of modeled physical keyboard instruments which all sound good. The Arturia software doesn’t play nicely with Apple DAWs so I seldom use those sounds even though they’re nice. The firmware is a little buggy at times but I love the heavy weighted keys so much that I don’t even mind.
@UncleMilty
21 күн бұрын
Is your Mac old? I used to have problems but that went away when l upgraded my 10-yr old machine to a new model. 😊
@MatthewChristianMurray
19 күн бұрын
@@UncleMilty - surprisingly, no! It’s a mid-2021 with 32 gigs of DDR4 RAM, a 4TB SSD, and an M1 Max processor with 10 cores. Arturia software just doesn’t like to play with Logic Pro or GarageBand, for whatever reason.
@dreikelvin
Ай бұрын
You will never run out of Bad Gear as much there are german "Keyboards" mag issues from the last 30 years
@armignac
Ай бұрын
Great Meme Usage as always. Weekend has officially started
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