That 1st wave scared the sh't out of me. I thought my mother was screaming... Not bad for cheap ear buds.
@mr_floydst
6 ай бұрын
Well, my apologies for that, then. ;-)
@bd594
6 ай бұрын
Your persistence of vision business card looks great.
@mr_floydst
6 ай бұрын
Thanks! :-)
@JDSoundsets
6 ай бұрын
Nice video as always, I have Seqtrak and enjoy it even if its a bit limited. The FM is based on the Reface I am told and prob why it sounds so good. I personally would of liked a Filter Env for the 'Synth' tracks or at least a one shot mode for the Lfo but it is what it is so..
@mr_floydst
6 ай бұрын
Thanks! I'm pretty sure some things can be added with Firmware updates, though Yamaha isn't exactly famous for providing new functionality after launch. Let's see!
@DetroitMicroSound
6 ай бұрын
@@mr_floydst So far, Sonicware has been slowly adding functions to it's earlier 8bit Warps, and XFM, but it takes them quite a while, because they are going nuts designing and bringing to market new products constantly. They have provided updates though, and they plan to continue to improve the earlier machines, they claim. I can say for sure, improvements, and bugs have been being worked out. Sonicware is accomplishing more than Korg or Roland recently were, until just recently when Korg flooded the market with mk2's, and such. Sonicware has accomplished huge things, for a tiny company.
@WyattLite-n-inn
5 ай бұрын
@@mr_floydstNo they’re not , lol. Great video though
@chinossynthesizer705
6 ай бұрын
I bought a kodamo essence fm mk2 for 1,000 you can still apply these techniques right i like old fm synthesis just sine wave based operators you also draw you can draw your own waveforms but i still preferthe original way. Love all your fm synthesis tutorial.
@mr_floydst
6 ай бұрын
Thank you! The Kodamo is a great synth no doubt.
@DetroitMicroSound
6 ай бұрын
I'm so tired of hearing people say Yamaha copied from TE on this. I'd sure love to know what you think of Sonicware's XFM. I use mine a lot. Great pad you created, btw! Sounds great! That's really only a tiny part of what it's capable of however. I'm sort of surprised you don't like it, tbh. It has a lot to offer.
@mr_floydst
6 ай бұрын
I know it's a superb box. But ultimately, I got into some kind of existential crisis or something, haha. I suddenly felt I can do all the things I can do on this box on all the other boxes I already own anyway (and propably better). It's not a dig at Yamaha who did an excellent job here, and certainly not one at people who bought this and are happy with it.
@DetroitMicroSound
6 ай бұрын
I hear ya. I have plenty of redundancy in my gear collection. 😄 It is fun to work with FM synthesis using different devices, because usually devices will have some of their own unique qualities which set them apart from the others in their same class. But some FM is quite different in it's concept, like In the case of Sonicware's XFM for example, where FM operators are used in a non-traditional configuration. You honestly should check out XFM. You might even love it like I do, in the end. @@mr_floydst
@unkleskunky
6 ай бұрын
Hi Floyd! Really enjoying your vids. Question, do you understand the interface with your *Seqtrack and * mini PC thoroughly? I understand the mobile apps are also pretty robust. I was introduced to Zynthian by your vids and I am wondering if a similar interface would be possible with their system. As it stands I am learning that the VNC and other methods can cause some trouble with Zynthian operation. I really think this accessibilty is really cool and would love to see it proliferate.
@mr_floydst
6 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, the Android app runs on a very small number of devices only, and not on my phone. Which is sad, I mean, what's the point here? Luckily, the Windows app runs on any PC. The app is quite powerful and in-depth, but feels sluggish sometimes and in some cases communicates it's submenus rather poorly. Regarding Zynthian, yes, they could go in this direction - but I'm not a Zynthian team member ;-) You could join their community to post some proposals...
@unkleskunky
6 ай бұрын
@mr_floydst Thanks for the reply. I am trying to slowly justify a purchase of the v5, I want one pretty bad and I'm trying to know why lol. I've joinded the forum and have received a bunch of response to my ignorant questions. Regarding Seqtrack, It was my impression this communication protocol is bt midi or wifi or both. Is that your understanding? I am more a tech consumer/ user than developer unfortunately. I am curious if Zynthian would benefit from a similar integration, freeing up compute for Zynth stuff? Or am I just wrong all around? Plus its just really cool. Thanks for the info.
@mksln
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for brilliant tutorial video as always! What oof! What a huge missed opportunity from Yamaha making you have to use all those awful touch screen dials when there's a whole bunch of lovely physical dials just sitting there on the seqtrak in front of you doing nothing!!
@mr_floydst
6 ай бұрын
On some screens, the UI will react to the knobs. That was just me using the touch screen because I got used to it. ;-)
@jarrydroland4965
3 ай бұрын
Hey Floyd: Can the operators be individually panned or is the pan knob a global pan?
@mr_floydst
3 ай бұрын
Hi, thanks for watching! You can't pan the operators individually. The panning is for the tracks of the SEQTRAK of which the FM synth is one.
@mh22xv
5 ай бұрын
What a delightful little screen you have going there 😮 what is it and how is it connected?
@mr_floydst
5 ай бұрын
Hi, this is a "higole mini pc with a touch screen", see my full video on this here kzitem.info/news/bejne/k2OFypp4o4lkhKA
@arcanics1971
6 ай бұрын
If only you'd captured the Doppler-ised siren sound from the start of the video too. But nice work as always!
@mr_floydst
6 ай бұрын
Yeah haha I forgot to edit that one out. :-)
@jarrydroland4965
3 ай бұрын
hey floyd - can operator volumes be mapped to velocity?
@mr_floydst
3 ай бұрын
Yes, that's possible. (Think of this as a Reface DX in another enclosure)
@james9789
Ай бұрын
I liked that pad you made well doneits a powerful piece of kit.Could I compose say some pads and drums then plug my electric bass guitar in accessing the effects say reverb play bass along to the synth drums back ground?
@mr_floydst
Ай бұрын
You should be able to do that if you put a mixer / preamp between your bass and the seqtrak. Please read the manual to verify this. :-)
@james9789
Ай бұрын
@@mr_floydst I do use a pre amp ,thanks for your time appreciated.
@synthebo
6 ай бұрын
😍😍😍😍😍😍
@pongtrometer
6 ай бұрын
Great overview Floyd, Can samples or live audio input used as carrier waves in FM synthesis
@mr_floydst
6 ай бұрын
Thanks! No, that's not possible, unfortunately.
@pongtrometer
6 ай бұрын
@@mr_floydst what environment would I need to use samples or incoming audio to be a carrier wave for a pseudo FM synthesis.
@garyleaver7747
6 ай бұрын
It looks like it has some differences from the Reface DX. It looks like it has some different effects.
@mr_floydst
6 ай бұрын
That's correct - it has much more effects to choose from and can use more of them simultaneously. You really get a lot for your money. Thing is I had to admit to myself that it really doesn't add anything to my current setup.
@NatLifeSounds
2 ай бұрын
So how do you think is is limited of compare to other FM synths and Reface?
@mr_floydst
2 ай бұрын
This is a repackaged Reface DX with a ROMpler and drum computer and sequencer and additional effects "tacked on". So it's quite the opposite of a limitation ;-) Yet somehow, it didn't "gel" with me. I think I disliked the fact that you need a tablet/phone to use its full potential.
@NatLifeSounds
2 ай бұрын
@@mr_floydst so with app it use a full capabilities like Reface DX or still limited?
@mr_floydst
2 ай бұрын
@@NatLifeSounds Not only can you use it's full synth capabilities, you can even access much more effects to enhance your patches.
@NatLifeSounds
2 ай бұрын
@@mr_floydst what did you meant?
@mr_floydst
2 ай бұрын
@@NatLifeSounds The Reface DX has 6 effects: Chorus, Flanger, Reverb, Distortion, Phaser, Delay. This box here has (I hope I remember correctly) over 30 effects you can use as you like. So the overall answer to your question is you are not limited in creating sounds compared to the DX, it's the opposite. You're getting much more. Only drawback is you have to bring your own screen.
@em-ink
4 ай бұрын
Can you use the Sqtrak as a midi controller for Ableton?
@mr_floydst
4 ай бұрын
I can't answer this with certainty as I never used Ableton - but the SEQTRAK is sending MIDI data that you can map to any function that's MIDI mappable.
@firstnamelastname8197
6 ай бұрын
Hey that FM engine looks EXACTLY like a Reface DX! Sadly it seems that it doesn't accept SysEx...
@mr_floydst
6 ай бұрын
It's the same thing, but the effects section is better. You can use more effects at once and there's a much larger selection of effects at hand.
@hikari_no_yume
6 ай бұрын
The SEQTRAK does support SysEx, and I think all the FM parameters can be edited with it, among many other things. There just isn't a third-party editor for it yet, and AFAICT it doesn't use the same SysEx format as the Reface unfortunately.
@hh-ob5bo
6 ай бұрын
Did yamaha do a good job floyd!?
@mr_floydst
6 ай бұрын
Yes, they did. It's a great sounding groove box / synthesizer / sampler with a lot of useful functions. It also has a lot of potential upgrade opportunities... But playing around with it for some time, I realized I just bought it to buy something and I really, really don't need it ;-) Especially as I already have a Reface DX in my collection.
@Sound.b581
Ай бұрын
@@mr_floydst I don't get why they named the Awm 2 tracks Synth 1 and 2 since they are only a sample/preset playback engine with very little options to shape the sound. It sounds great and i like the sounds it has and it gives me sounds that i don't have on my MC-101 with no overlap but i wish that they where honest about the 2 "Synth Engines" since they are not synths at all.
@RealisticExpectations
6 ай бұрын
Which screen is that?
@mr_floydst
6 ай бұрын
It's a "Higole Mini PC" (see kzitem.info/news/bejne/k2OFypp4o4lkhKA )
@wul01
6 ай бұрын
I’m afraid imho Yamaha have taken a massive step backwards with this toy ….compared with the rs7000 or even the qy20 , there’s no comparison.
@mr_floydst
6 ай бұрын
I think it's targeted at another market segment. Compared to the QY series, it's a more hands-on approach to creating music (the QYs can't live loop, you have to stop the sequencer to make bigger edits). The RS7000 was super expensive when it was released, this one is relatively moderately priced. But yes, as a song writing tool, it's limited. It's more of a musical sketch book.
@Gainn
6 ай бұрын
They could shrink an entire EX5 engine and sequencer into a box around this size.
@mr_floydst
6 ай бұрын
They could. This box can do much more than what's shown in this video, there's a sampler and two AWM synths in there as well (plus a not-so-bad sequencer and effects section).
@jzno
6 ай бұрын
Teenage Engineering BS, imho 😂
@mr_floydst
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching, though. :-)
@April480p
4 ай бұрын
It's one of the cheapest grooveboxes you can buy, comparing it to TE garbage is way too harsh.
@prologodesigns3381
5 ай бұрын
where i can buy that screen,monitor, tabler or whetever it is? tnx
@mr_floydst
5 ай бұрын
Here's a video on that PC: kzitem.info/news/bejne/k2OFypp4o4lkhKA Search for "higole mini pc"
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