Bad Gear - The Original Boutique

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"Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. Roland is inarguably the greatest synth brand in history but even die-hard fans like me have a hard time dealing with the miniscule displays, buzz-killing menu diving and product philosophies that seem like they were conceived after a 72h non-stop bender.

Today we are going to talk about the MC-202. This 80s analog synth and sequencer not only might as well be the secret lovechild of an SH101 and TB303, it also appears to be the root of all the aforementioned evil.

Thanks to Philipp of Feedback Underground Studios for giving me access to his beautiful artifact. Serious requests are welcome to: fbugs@gmx.at

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:53 Overview Roland MC202
00:58 Synth Engine, Similarities to the Roland SH-101
01:41 Why the Sequencer is worse than the Roland TB-303
02:17 Workflow
02:53 2nd Sequencer Lane
02:59 Lack of Memory, Tape Backup
03:12 Connectivity, Limitations
03:46 Patches
04:08 Differences to the Roland SH101
04:20 Mods, Bends
04:49 Pricing, Thanks!!!
05:00 Hate
05:29 Jam 1 (I have no Idea what I'm doing!!!)
06:20 Jam 2 ( Elektro Funk )
07:25 Finale ( Downtempo Trance )
07:57 Verdict"

Roland Boutique SH-01A Synthesizer - Rare Blue LTD ED with K-25M + Boutique Bag

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"YOU GET

- Roland Boutique SH-01A synth in limited-edition Blue finish

- K-25M keyboard with new wood end cheeks. The original metal side panels are packed inside the bag in case you want to change back to using them

- Original Roland Boutique bag with inner sleeves and accessories bag

- USB cable (non-original, but the synth may not have included one)

- Original SH-01A manual and paperwork

- Original SH-01A box"

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🐋 Roland JX-10 (Super JX) 🐋 🎧 (no talking) 🎧

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"This is a video demonstrating the sounds of the Roland JX-10 also known as the Super JX.

When I first heard this synthesizer I was blown away by the warmth of the sound. And to be honest, it still does. Once in a while I turn it on and indulge myself in its analog richness. I gives me strong associations with the Twin Peaks series, which I am a big fan of. It has a lot of cinematic qualities not present in other synths and it can even do some other nice stuff too. Released in 1985, this was the last analog synth from Roland until they recently released their JD series.

Thanks my love for playing so beautifully."

0:00 Pads
6:57 Brass
10:48 Bass
11:41 FX
15:41 Clavecimble
16:27 Hollow pads
19:36 FX

♫ Jamming With a Bunch of Synths ♫ ----- (138)

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5U Modular (Synthesizers.com, STG Soundlabs, Synthetic Sound Labs)
Akai MPC X
Behringer 2600 (ARP 2600 clone)
Behringer Kobol Expander (RSF Kobol Expander clone)
Behringer Model D (Minimoog 2016 reissue clone)
Behringer Pro-1 (Sequential Circuits Pro One clone)
Behringer RD-6 (Roland TR-606 clone)
Behringer TD-3-MO (Devilfish modded Roland TB-303 clone)
Casio CSM-1
Clavia Nord Wave
cre8audio East Beast
cre8audio West Pest
Erica Synths Syntrx II
Elta PF-3 Stereo Multimode Filter (Formanta Polivoks chips)
Eurorack Modular (2HP, Behringer, Expert Sleepers, Intellijel)
Korg Delta
Korg Mono/Poly (x2)
Korg SQ-1 (analog style sequencer)
Ladyada Xoxbox (Roland TB-303 clone)
Landscape Noon
Make Noise 0-CTRL (analog sequencer/touch keyboard)
Moog Source
Roland CM-300 Sound Canvas
Roland P-330 Piano Module
Simmons SDS-V
Studio Electronics Boomstar 5089 mk1
Yamaha CS-15

10CC I`m Not In Love ~ Vintage Synthesizer Recreation ~ RetroSound

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One of my favorite tracks from the 70s.
I`m Not In Love by 10CC from the album The Original Soundtrack (1975)
Written by the band members Eric Stewart and Graham Gouldman

Featured the Yamaha Reface CP with phase shifter, Roland M-VS-1, Logan Vocalist for human choir sounds, E-MU Emax SE additional choir sounds and Moog Minimoog for the bass and bassdrum

This cover song series contains my own recreations of my favourite songs from the last 50 years. The original music from which I take inspiration belong to their respective owners. I recreate tracks only for personal passion and to pay homage to these tracks.

My intention is not to create covers that sound exactly like the original (if you want to hear identical sounds, please listen the original). It's more of an inspiration with my sounds from the old synthesizers from the past and of course the great appreciation for the original performers and producers."

Roland Jupiter 6 Analog Polyphonic Synthesizer SN 280731

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Roland JX-1 Performance Synth - realtime tweaking on a 90s Rompler. The best of „both worlds“

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"The the Roland JX one is a 90s romper built as part of the JX series. This synthesiser gives the user a lot to control in their play mode but it is not a workstation and does not have a lot of ability to truly create brand new sounds effectively you are able to tweak the presets to come up with some pretty good useful sounds this has been used by many, techno and trance artist over the 90s as a nice entry synth and also a real usable playable instrument for those that may be more likely to be focused on DJ activities while making music."

Roland Jupiter-4 SN 861554

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"This unit had been in use by our customer until we bought it. It had been serviced by another tech in the recent past, but we still had to pay our tech for the 15 hours of highly skilled labor required to get it up to our standards (including fixing a problem the previous tech didn't fix right), and now it's ready for its next happy home. As you can see from the pics, it appears as though someone replaced the original wooden sides with new ones.

Someone previously replaced a bunch of the original screws with some strange ones, so we had to waste an hour disassembling things and putting in new screws of the right type. Techs, please don't do this! Don't misplace the originals / order the right screws when you do so you don't make more work for the next tech who's got higher standards."

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Roland Jupiter-8 w/ Custom Wood Side Panels

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"100% functional Roland Jupiter 8!

All faders recently lubricated and are working great. Custom walnut sides.

This one sounds exceptional."

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Roland Juno-106 61-Key Programmable Polyphonic Synthesizer + SKB SN 489462

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"Just got back from serviced from Allen of Synthspa, invocHere what was done : General repair for the circuit boards. New battery in CPU, update panel board with 4052’s, and refresh solder joints. Install pins on voice chips for easy replacement, install sockets for easy removal.

All the sliders pots are new. vca/vcf/vco chips are also new. One slider cap is missing. Power cord included.

Synthspa loaded their 'soup-up' J106 Sounds on their board. We can load the original factory sounds if you prefer

NOTE: The top foam of the SKB case needs to be pulled out in order to close the case. I’m also selling the 106 without case on a separate listing."

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Roland TR-808 SN 031172

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"This is the legendary masterpiece TR-808 (Yaoya), of which only 12,000 were manufactured from 1980 to 1982.

The previous owner purchased it for home work, but it was used less and less from around 1985, so it was stored at home."

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Roland MC-202 MicroComposer w/ Original Box

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"Incredible synth in MINT condition!

This is a museum quality MC202 with original box.

Only selling this because I have two of these plus an SH101.

MC202 is the most buttery and beautiful sounding monosynth out there. Alessandro Cortini has created an entire album with just this machine."

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Joystick sampling? #stazma #synth #eurorack

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intellijel Planar 2

Filter Friday: Roland CR68 and Mutron III

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"Every day is filter Friday here!"

HWJ Weekend Challenge - Alarm (rarely used gear) - quite rough :-)

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"Sylphyo (PhysMod) wind controller and RC-505

very rough, one pass due to time constraints :-)

at least one sound here is a bit like an alarm sound, YMMV"

Retroaktiv MPG7 Review & Demo // Why you'll want an MSK-7

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"Retroaktiv have done it again, this time with a SuperQuartet/MPG-7 programmer that can also be used with your 106, or as a MIDI controller for whatever really... MIDI CC assigning means you can use it with pretty much anything.

It comes with all the usuals Retroaktiv extras, like patch saving (10 banks in here) plus setup saving... which saves patches independently of the stored patches.. so all-in-all you can save thousands!

Its got the amazing patch generator.. you can set it to generate pads, basses, pianos, strings, FX etc and control what parameters are used.

There's also assign slots to control up to 3 parameters at a time with either MIDI CC or aftertouch.

This massively opens up the MPG-7 - if you've got one you'll want one of these."

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Roland TMC-6 Drum Trigger Midi Converter

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Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer

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"Vintage Roland Rhythm Composer. Fully functional and sounds awesome. Everything is working as it should. This one has a standard 3-prong IEC so you don't need to use the hard-to-find 2-prong power cables with it. Classic techno / house / hip-hop / electro drum machine, nothing is quite like the original TR909. Includes Roland M-64C memory cartridge with original box."

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Roland D-550 LA Synthesizer Sound Module SN 857798

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Casio RZ-1 + Yamaha RX11 + Roland TR-707 - 80s Super Drum Machine (live Jam / no Effects)

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"3 classic drum machines from the 80s played at once! Music starts at 0:15!"