Woody Synthesizer Evolution

Woody Piano Shack

"Join me as I share some stories about my own personal Synthesizer Evolution, the keyboards and synths that have meant the most over the last 4 decades and the musical journey that they helped to shape.

Synth Evolution - Oli Freke
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REASON BEATMAP Save The Incompetent Beat Maker?

Woody Piano Shack

"Walkthrough demo, tutorial and review of the groovy REASON BEATMAP player from PROPELLERHEAD REASON STUDIOS. This is a software rack device that will generate algorithmic drum patterns so will it help incompetent beat makers such as Woody?"

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The Spectrasonics KEYSCAPE CHALLENGE

video upload by Woody Piano Shack

"Challenge to play every single instrument in Spectrasonics KEYSCAPE, a massive sample library of pianos and most popular and obscure electro-mechanical/acoustic keyboard ever made, RHODES, GRAND PIANO, UPRIGHT PIANO, CLAVINET and more! Everything captured in pristine audio quality with no extra processing exported direct from my DAW.

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This Synth is Simply Padtastic!

video upload by Woody Piano Shack

"Demo of the exquisite pad sounds on the KORG KROSS 2 Synthesizer Workstation Keyboard. I'll improvise to the patches and presets as we explore them together, enjoying the piano, bass, drum and synth sounds. As typical for me, we'll throw a few obscure 80's riffs and melodies into the mix, see if you recognise any!"

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Hardware vs Software Synth Showdown with Woody & Espen Craft

Published on Apr 4, 2018 Espen Kraft

"Woody from the excellent channel "Woody Piano Shack" has thrown down the gauntlet! He's challenged me to make an original piece of music using my old hardware synths from the 80s which he will then try to recreate using software and emulations. In the box.

As I gladly accept these kinds of challenges, I've cooked up a track I think he'll enjoy recreating.
You can too as I've included the live stems for the track here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OjT...

For my version I've used the following gear:

Yamaha RX11 - Drums
Roland D-550 - Pads
Roland Juno 2 - Synth Guitar
Roland JX-8P - Poly synth
Roland Juno 6 - Bass (sampled in S-10 for MIDI sequencing)
Yamaha DX7 - Fairlight Flutes and Italo Poly synth
Yamaha TX802 - PPG Digital Guitar Bells
Elka EK22 - Synth bells

I play live on top of the sequenced synths controlled by the Roland MC50 sequencer."

Update:

Espen Kraft hardware vs software SYNTH SHOWDOWN!

Published on Apr 14, 2018 Woody Piano Shack

"Here's the result of the hardware versus software synthesizer showdown! in this video I'll share the track created using just free software VST plugins and Reaper DAW.

To recap, Espen Kraft composed and created a track on his vintage hardware synthesizers and drum machines .The challenge was for me to re-create it using just software."

Stunning ELECTRIC PIANOS on KORG NAUTILUS & KRONOS (Rhodes, Wurlitzer)

Woody Piano Shack

"Deep dive demo of the FENDER RHODES and WURLITZER electric piano sounds on the KORG NAUTILUS and KORG KRONOS. We'll play the pianos BARE AND NAKED without any effects to analyse and review the quality of the samples. Tutorial of the features and capabilities of the EP-1 sound engine..

Agenda:
► Initialize program
► Exploring the sampled pianos
► Using the Rhodes and Wurli tone controls
► Tweaking the samples
► Adding effects
► Lots of musical demo segments!"

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KORG i3 MUSIC WORKSTATION - Mega Tutorial & Demo

Woody Piano Shack

A quite comprehensive tutorial and demo of the KORG i3 MUSIC WORKSTATION, a new affordable, fun and friendly ARRANGER KEYBOARD:
After a quick unboxing I'll demonstrate the piano, other synth sounds, many of the styles and I'll show you how to perform and edit the sounds to your taste.
Stay tuned for a full review once I really get to know the keyboard in detail.


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Guy plays cheap synth by the ocean

video upload by Woody Piano Shack

"Making the most of a crisp and sunny midwinter day in Ystad, Sweden. The KORG KROSS 2 runs on batteries so why not? Demo and performance using the COMBI sounds of the PIANO category. Plenty of pads, drums and cinematic foorage of Skåne region of Sweden."

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KORG NAUTILUS More Astonishing Preset Sounds

Woody Piano Shack

"Demo of some incredible preset sounds of the newly launched KORG NAUTILUS Workstation Synthesizer. As I discover each preset, I'll play you play an ad-hoc improvised demo to showcase the sounds, new pianos, electric piano, organ, synth pads, bass, drums, found percussion and more!

See my overview video [posted here] for lots of talking and comparison with KORG KRONOS, if you want :)"

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YAMAHA CK vs STUDIOLOGIC NUMA X PIANO REVIEW - Feature Comparison

video upload by Woody Piano Shack

"Review and comparison of the YAMAHA CK SERIES (CK61 CK88) and the STUDIOLOGIC NUMA X PIANO 73/88 GT features and capabilities."

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FREE GEAR & PAID PROMOTION - What you need to know

video upload by Woody Piano Shack

No synth demo in this one, but I thought it would be interesting to some readers, and Woody is a supporting member of the site. Woody did not send this in. I am posting this one on my own accord. I usually stick to synth demos only, but I thought this was an important message for people viewing videos in general.

"This is a very important topic and I would appreciate it if you watched the video. An explanation of YouTube policies regarding paid promotion, sponsorships, product placements and how I am applying the rules to my own channel. I would like to be as transparent as possible with my audience so I appreciate your time to watch the video, thanks!"

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KORG NAUTILUS KRONOS CX3 - The Best Hammond Organ (on a synth)

Woody Piano Shack

"Demo and review of the CX3 Sound Engine on the KORG NAUTILUS and KORG KRONOS which emulates the HAMMOND B3 ORGAN and LESLIE ROTARY SPEAKER.

Agenda:
- Introduction to CX-3 sound engine
- History of the Korg CX-3
- Performance controls
- Tone editing
- Organ vs piano playing technique
- Use of expression pedal
- Comparison with stage keyboards
- Dedicated Hammond organ clones
- Playing favorite preset sounds"

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KORG NAUTILUS YAMAHA MODX Back To Back DEMO pt2

Woody Piano Shack

"Enjoy the fabulous sounds of the KORG NAUTILUS and YAMAHA MODX Synthesizer Workstation played back to back. In this video I tried to find less synth sounds and favoured acoustic sounds, piano, organ, orchestral, strings drums and more. When I found an inspiring preset I improvised the first idea that came to mind. See my previous video for more of the electronic and synth sounds.

Coming soon, my review and comparison of the NAUTILUS vs the MODX. I hope this video is helpful if you are choosing to purchase one of these as it demos the sound character and quality of each keyboard."

Part 1 here. Additional demos here.

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KORG M1 FOR NAUTILUS - Best Of Famous Sounds

video upload by Woody Piano Shack

Korg have released an official sound library "M1 FOR NAUTILUS" for the KORG NAUTILUS Workstation Synthesizer. Let's play the most iconic preset patches and sounds, Organ, Piano, Brass, Bass and those epic pads. WOODY PIANO SHACK:
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Four Cheap Alternatives to the New ROLAND JUNO-X

video upload by Woody Piano Shack

"The newly released ROLAND JUNO-X SYNTHESIZER is a wonderful instrument but may be priced out of reach for some musicians. Allow me to present four cheap and excellent hardware and software alternatives for getting the classic analog ROLAND JUNO-106, JUNO-6 and JUNO-60 synth sounds. I'll play for you some demos of the pads, strings, bass and brass."

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Greatest Software Synths Of All Time

video upload by Woody Piano Shack

"Here are the most important, iconic and influential software sunthesizers of all time. I'll demo them all back and present some information about each. These are the synths that defined the sounds of new musical genres and revolutionized the music industry. All the synths we talk about today are softsynths, virtual synthesizers in software VST plugin format for running in your DAW for music production."

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Curse of the DX7 (feat. THRILL, RISE & HIT, PRIPYAT PIANOS, NORD LEAD)

Woody Piano Shack

"Shorter remake of my original Halloween Special 'Curse of the DX7'. Apologies if you've seen the original before, but that was 40k subscribers ago who may have missed it, for what its worth! :)

Featuring soundtrack by NATIVE INSTRUMENTS THRILL, NATIVE INSTRUMENTS RISE & HIT, PRIPYAT PIANOS and NORD LEAD A2 playing Stranger Things theme song cover."

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HAMMOND ORGAN DRAWBAR Tutorial and Must-Know Settings

Woody Piano Shack

"Tutorial explaining how the mysterious drawbars work on the HAMMOND ORGAN B3 and many other models, keyboards and clonewheels like the Nord Electro, C2D, Hammond SK and organs from Viscount and Crumar.

I'll then share some of the most common drawbar settings and registrations that all keyboard players need to know, Jimmy Smith, Full Drawbars, Gospel and more.

We'll use the YAMAHA YC61 and GG AUDIO BLUE3 VST software organ for this demo." MORE WOODY PIANO SHACK
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Wondrous Ambient Synth Drones and Atmospheric Soundscapes

video upload by Woody Piano Shack

"One hour of beautiful ambient evolving synth drones and atmospheric ambience sounds. Nice for soothing relaxation, sleep, meditation, therapy or just listening to and enjoying. Everything generated using NATIVE INSTRUMENTS REAKTOR SPACEDRONE, part of KOMPLETE.

00:00 Drone 1
05:00 Drone 2
10:00 Drone 3
15:00 Drone 4
20:00 Drone 5
25:00 Drone 6
30:00 Drone 7
35:00 Drone 8
40:00 Drone 9
45:00 Drone 10
50:00 Drone 11
55:00 Drone 12"

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YAMAHA YC61 vs VISCOUNT LEGEND Organ Showdown

video by Woody Piano Shack

"Let's play the YAMAHA YC61 and VISCOUNT LEGEND LIVE back to back to enjoy the sound of the HAMMOND ORGAN and LESLIE ROTARY SPEAKER emulation on the stage keyboard and clonewheel organ.
The sounds on the Yamaha are the same on the newly announced YC73 and YC88.
We'll demo a variety of sounds and drawbar settings. Please see my other videos for review and more playing!"

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