I’ve already got a Behringer 2600. After watching and listening to (all of) this, I was SO inspired, I immediately went out and purchased an SQ1. Congratulations on the best deployment of the 2600 I’ve heard on UA-cam thus far. Greetings from Oz 🇦🇺
You certainly got a new subscriber here!! For those in the know it's not exactly easy to create such a piece like you played on the fly! Beautiful performance! It's inspired me to break out some licks on my behringer crave and edge along with some digital delay, loop/Reverb/ drum machine and play my fretless bass along with some catchy creations that hopefully come my way!! Keep the jams comin you have talent my friend!!!
Thanks for the sub! Nathan! Yes a great goal to find that 'flow state' where you can literally keep creating cool music endlessly, you should have some good times on your synths and fx, and takes talent to play fretless bass too!
Glad you like it SV! Yes the SQ1 as a 2 channel sequencer, active step no less and you can play lead lines on it too (if you practise your twiddling!) ...
I am interested to know how you change the note pitches on the fly with the SQ1. I cannot see how this can be done as the pitch is set hit and miss with the knob above the button? Very good video and thank you.
Thanks Peter - the pitch changes are exactly that, twisting the knob very precisely or crudely ... it is quantized of course to a minor scale and the rotation can be controlled even more by reducing the voltage range (all in the sq1 settings) ... I usually use it in Gminor mode to get a non harmonic minor.
@@GaryHayes Thanks for getting back Gary. I have watched a few videos about Producing Berlin Schule and from what I gather I need three maybe four synths. I have two BARPS 2600s to provide the two voices and the bed. I have a Volka Kick to provide beats. I do not have a bass synth yet but I will need one with a sequencer. ( Well I have a Subharmonicon and a Lyra8 so basses on them would be powerful but hit and miss.) I was pondering on the El Capistan tape echo but the Korg NTS 1 is half the size and price. I need to go easy on size now. Does it have a good tape echo for Berlin schule do you think please?
@@petercane6376 Always hard to define Berlin School in terms of exact gear required as it spread from Tangerine Dream to Schulze and several more, and even they varied dramatically in gear use. I did a video 3 months ago that demonstrated gear required for say 70s TD, and you can see what I use there - ua-cam.com/video/7lGYb9RYv4w/v-deo.html&ab_channel=GaryPHayes
So glad you re-posted this, went to have another look last night but was disappointed that the session was taken down. Great work-flow and sounds. Still think the SQ-1 is a great piece of kit, and marry that to a Barp 2600, Assume. Great stuff Gary. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Glad you enjoyed it! Phil - yes wish someone had told me during the live that it was completely dry :) ... would have repatched it to the camera ... but good job I had a backup... yes the SQ1 a great little addition, the real intention is to use my Analog Four mk2 with it (4 CV outs and can route the audio of the bARP through it) which I tried yesterday and it is amazing!
Watching how you use the SQ1 is an education. I’m just getting into live jamming and using hardware sequencers and I’ve found watching this very helpful.
@@GR-uw7yc Yes I love the simplicity of the sq1 compared with say my eurorack sequencers, the active step though sets it apart, no other brands apart from Korg have that!
Hi please can I ask, is there a way to directly connect the Korg nts-1 to the 2600 or does there need to be a slightly more complicated connecting method. I’m saving for a B2600 and an NTS-1
Hi Rick - I generally use the NTS1 as a multi effects unit in rigs like this. But it can receive midi in for its internal oscillator as well ... the B2600 doesnt send midi of course so you would be limited to clock either way from NTS1 to B2600 vs notes ... although it appears to send midi out, it doesn't actually include the arpeggiated notes. Your best bet is simply to get a budget sequencer like the SQ1 or similar to send to both units - an SQ1 can send two separate midi channels one to each unit ...
@@GaryHayes ok thank you for your reply and good detailed info… can the NTS-1 be directly used with the 2600 for only it’s effects? If so would you have to route the stereo pair master output from the 2600 and use a cable that puts the 1/4” stereo pair jacks into a single 1/8” stereo Jack at the other end to go into the audio input of the NTS-1?
@@rickhopkinson There is a L and R output on top of the behringer so you can use a normal lr cable. Also I often feed a different osc into each of the LR outputs (along with the main mono mix) to create a stereo sound from the b2600
@@GaryHayes Thabk you for this info again, I’m trying to get my head round exactly what you mean, I’m a synth newby so the connection side of things is new territory for me but I’m diving in to learn
Also forgot to mention that I will be mounting this just off 90 degrees, vertically on a slim stand, to arrive so any flat gear can still work in front of it ...
@@gregmarshall1959 Which is why I mount mine vertical which gives it a 5" footprint and 19" wide ... using my black A4ii with it today in this config, super powerful combo with the 4 CV outs from A4 ... I suppose though it is all about having an unlimited analog classic in your arsenal is what you are after? For many not critical
@@GaryHayes I'll look forward to that jam!... I tend to keep my Moog's 32/Werkstatt as separate rig into A4 inputs. Thinking to swap Werkstatt (impulse purchase) out for the 2600 in due course. Thanks for all the inspirational set ups !
Great to see you with a new toy Gary ! 👏. Super jam so far (only 16mins in !). Love the setup. Great the way you play that SQ1 and the Arp oscillators and mods in real time, so skilfully and musically as usual. 👍
awesome. I still have the blue marvin here, still packed, had no time for it since summer last year and was thinking about selling because I have a lot of gear I got to like in the meantime like trackers, but this makes me think twice now. will try to copy the wiring with my arturia keystep pro, I think this should work. thank you
Yes if you have a lot of other gear the 2600 definitely gets pushed onto the shelf, mine does, but I have a go every few weeks, as it really is a powerhouse, wish the I/Os though were more, modern for sure
If you have other modular gear especially, it’s a fantastic source of unique modulations, cv and of course synth voice(s). I have mine installed right above my modular and Matriarch, and it gets used all the time. Great modules in there. Sample & Hold, Envelope follower etc.
Yes I tend to have all the mod sources I need in my main portable rack, which is in a different place each work - www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/2269295 also my Berlin school rack is self contained for that genre www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/2313784 so I prefer the Arp as really a standalone workstation really, using several sequences into the osc and internal mods for those ... just too big for a utility addon! @@sub-jec-tiv
Wow man, its pretty good how you use it. Saved the video to enjoy the sound, and thanx for the music. One q - it is possible to control each vco independantly, correct? So Icould have 3 seqencers and produce 3 different melodies. The rest is mutual of course, but 3 independant seqs for each vco is doable, rt?
Cheers thm - yes you can send external CVs to each VCO independently BUT and it is a big one, you have to do some big workarounds to get them to gate independently (filter and/or adsr), in otherwords they are all triggered using the same gate, but still investigating that as the 2600 does have two envelopes - here I am using two separate channels from the SQ1 and I often use two SQ1s in these types of 'low budget' jams to generate 4 separate sequences if I wanted.
@@TheScreamingFrog916 AFAIK that only relates to MIDI in as you can assign lower and higher notes to two Oscs - but you would still have the gate problem as even with MIDI the two notes would be coming in on one channel and one gate so to speak ... ? I do recall having two envelopes running off separate triggers on the real thing back in the day, must look deeper!
Hey, do you happen to remember how the original 2600 handled duophonic mode? It's pretty strange on the B2600 (ua-cam.com/video/8pKgQFLDAHg/v-deo.html). I'm just curious about how it was implemented in the original 2600 and have never found any documentation on it.
Bonjour Je suis très admiratif de votre travail réaliser Je débute dans le modulaire Je possède la même configuration que vous serait il ppssible de m'envoyer le plan du cablage détaillé pour relier les machinees entre ellses? meme simplement une photo du cablage en gros plan Je vous remercie par avance Christophe
Salut Christophe. Comme vous le savez, modulaire signifie que les patchs changent chaque piste, donc le patch ici est différent du dernier. J'inclus des "notes de mise à jour" dans mes morceaux précédents, ce qui donne une idée de ce qui se passe - mais y a-t-il quelque chose que vous voulez savoir spécifiquement, car la plupart de ce patch simple est séquencé à partir de Bloom ou d'un séquenceur aléatoire allant à deux synthés ? La zone la plus complexe est ma section supérieure droite patchée en permanence, qui envoie le master stéréo via le retard, le granulateur, le looper stéréo et la réverbération en tant que modules séparés
@@GaryHayes bonjour et merci pour votre réponse , en fait je voudrais juste savoir comment câbler les modules entre eux , behringer 2600 , Korg sq1 , Korg nts1 et le Korg volcan beat !!!
@@christophelanone2962 Oh pardon me, I actually thought this comment was for a different video!! From the description above "The single SQ1 will be providing lots of active step and live tuned sequencing (several sections ... ChA from SQ1 is going to Oscs 1 and 2 and ChB to Osc 3, also separate waves from Osc 2 and 3 are being sent to L and R channels independently in sustain mode of course, to give some width. I am feeding the vBeats into preamp and that is sent to VCF input on mixer - and of course to keep things small, a little NTS1 on delay and reverb. The master clock btw is actually the Sample and Hold clock on the Arp which gives me full flexibility to change tempos on the fly inside the Arp."
Great polymeter work!
cheers Schoon - next time some true polyrhythm!
I’ve already got a Behringer 2600.
After watching and listening to (all of) this, I was SO inspired, I immediately went out and purchased an SQ1.
Congratulations on the best deployment of the 2600 I’ve heard on UA-cam thus far.
Greetings from Oz 🇦🇺
Hey Paul - appreciate that v much! Hope it works for you, greetings from Oz too, Blue Mtns
Man, I listened to all of it. This must be the first time I've done that with a "dawless jam" video.
Hey thanks Andre - yes a lot of folk tell me to not put up long jams, but hey at least me and you listened to it :)
@@GaryHayes And me!
I really like long pieces, particularly while I'm playing poker. This one was particularly awesome :)
Interesting approach, good luck with your work! Sounds very promising to us.
Much appreciated!
You certainly got a new subscriber here!! For those in the know it's not exactly easy to create such a piece like you played on the fly! Beautiful performance! It's inspired me to break out some licks on my behringer crave and edge along with some digital delay, loop/Reverb/ drum machine and play my fretless bass along with some catchy creations that hopefully come my way!! Keep the jams comin you have talent my friend!!!
Thanks for the sub! Nathan! Yes a great goal to find that 'flow state' where you can literally keep creating cool music endlessly, you should have some good times on your synths and fx, and takes talent to play fretless bass too!
Well done. Sounds like Behringer did a great job. Great set. Perfect start to my bday. It's crazy how versatile the SQ1 is.
Glad you like it SV! Yes the SQ1 as a 2 channel sequencer, active step no less and you can play lead lines on it too (if you practise your twiddling!) ...
I am interested to know how you change the note pitches on the fly with the SQ1.
I cannot see how this can be done as the pitch is set hit and miss with the knob above the button?
Very good video and thank you.
Thanks Peter - the pitch changes are exactly that, twisting the knob very precisely or crudely ... it is quantized of course to a minor scale and the rotation can be controlled even more by reducing the voltage range (all in the sq1 settings) ... I usually use it in Gminor mode to get a non harmonic minor.
@@GaryHayes
Thanks for getting back Gary.
I have watched a few videos about Producing Berlin Schule and from what I gather I need three maybe four synths.
I have two BARPS 2600s to provide the two voices and the bed.
I have a Volka Kick to provide beats.
I do not have a bass synth yet but I will need one with a sequencer. ( Well I have a Subharmonicon and a Lyra8 so basses on them would be powerful but hit and miss.)
I was pondering on the El Capistan tape echo but the Korg NTS 1 is half the size and price.
I need to go easy on size now.
Does it have a good tape echo for Berlin schule do you think please?
@@petercane6376 Always hard to define Berlin School in terms of exact gear required as it spread from Tangerine Dream to Schulze and several more, and even they varied dramatically in gear use. I did a video 3 months ago that demonstrated gear required for say 70s TD, and you can see what I use there - ua-cam.com/video/7lGYb9RYv4w/v-deo.html&ab_channel=GaryPHayes
Amazing
Thanks Dr S!!
What an epic jam indeed. ARP is great but SQ1 was the star of the show. Amazing what you can do with this little box. 👍👏🙏
Cheers KenB - yes a little powerhouse when you push the sq1 for sure!
Great set. I'm glad to see you got the 2600. I have one myself and I love it.
Thanks 👍OB14 - yes a big beast relative to everything else I have, but I can certainly make itt work on a fixed rig I have
3:18 This is the sound of a laundromat 😂
That is exactly what I was going for! Level achieved!
Oh and hoped you listened beyond that as most of it is pretty melodic!
Sounds amazing - congratulations! And you seem to have mastered it very quickly!
Cheers Seb - yes like riding a bike this one, next video more advanced stuff! Enjoyed your NY under the bridge jam I just left a comment on!
Whoah ! Pt.5 - what a journey ! Thought someone had laced my evening cuppa listening to that 😂
haha Ken - must relisten, to that I try to vary sections as much as poss, although this could have gone to even further extremes for sure!
Very beautiful man, who knew that the korg sq-1 would make the 2600 sound so good. I guess I found my birthday present. Thanks !🍻
cheers mate - the sq1 is a pretty good tool with any sequencer-less synth :)
@GaryHayes just bought it from the local music store, with the intention of getting the 2600 next month, thanks for your creations !
So glad you re-posted this, went to have another look last night but was disappointed that the session was taken down. Great work-flow and sounds. Still think the SQ-1 is a great piece of kit, and marry that to a Barp 2600, Assume. Great stuff Gary. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Glad you enjoyed it! Phil - yes wish someone had told me during the live that it was completely dry :) ... would have repatched it to the camera ... but good job I had a backup... yes the SQ1 a great little addition, the real intention is to use my Analog Four mk2 with it (4 CV outs and can route the audio of the bARP through it) which I tried yesterday and it is amazing!
Same thing happened to State Azure.
Brilliant demonstration of both the 2600 and the SQ1.
Appreciate the listen G R!
Watching how you use the SQ1 is an education. I’m just getting into live jamming and using hardware sequencers and I’ve found watching this very helpful.
@@GR-uw7yc Yes I love the simplicity of the sq1 compared with say my eurorack sequencers, the active step though sets it apart, no other brands apart from Korg have that!
Hi please can I ask, is there a way to directly connect the Korg nts-1 to the 2600 or does there need to be a slightly more complicated connecting method. I’m saving for a B2600 and an NTS-1
Hi Rick - I generally use the NTS1 as a multi effects unit in rigs like this. But it can receive midi in for its internal oscillator as well ... the B2600 doesnt send midi of course so you would be limited to clock either way from NTS1 to B2600 vs notes ... although it appears to send midi out, it doesn't actually include the arpeggiated notes. Your best bet is simply to get a budget sequencer like the SQ1 or similar to send to both units - an SQ1 can send two separate midi channels one to each unit ...
@@GaryHayes ok thank you for your reply and good detailed info… can the NTS-1 be directly used with the 2600 for only it’s effects? If so would you have to route the stereo pair master output from the 2600 and use a cable that puts the 1/4” stereo pair jacks into a single 1/8” stereo Jack at the other end to go into the audio input of the NTS-1?
@@rickhopkinson There is a L and R output on top of the behringer so you can use a normal lr cable. Also I often feed a different osc into each of the LR outputs (along with the main mono mix) to create a stereo sound from the b2600
@@GaryHayes Thabk you for this info again, I’m trying to get my head round exactly what you mean, I’m a synth newby so the connection side of things is new territory for me but I’m diving in to learn
This is awesome! Did you work with the NTS-1 reverb instead of the one in the BArp2600, or did you combine both reverbs?
Cheers mate - Just the NTS1 FX as the internal one is quite poor and short decay ... glad you liked!
I’ve been considering a Barp2600. I’d struggle to fit on my music set up though. Love my SQ1 (which I got after seeing you use). Great jam.
Thanks Greg, yes I have tended to much smaller gear now, so not ideal form factor, but I am tempted to take it out into the wilds soon!
Also forgot to mention that I will be mounting this just off 90 degrees, vertically on a slim stand, to arrive so any flat gear can still work in front of it ...
@@GaryHayes It wont fit on my desk with all my Elektron gear and FX boxes ! (Time for a bigger desk !)
@@gregmarshall1959 Which is why I mount mine vertical which gives it a 5" footprint and 19" wide ... using my black A4ii with it today in this config, super powerful combo with the 4 CV outs from A4 ... I suppose though it is all about having an unlimited analog classic in your arsenal is what you are after? For many not critical
@@GaryHayes I'll look forward to that jam!... I tend to keep my Moog's 32/Werkstatt as separate rig into A4 inputs. Thinking to swap Werkstatt (impulse purchase) out for the 2600 in due course. Thanks for all the inspirational set ups !
Great to see you with a new toy Gary ! 👏. Super jam so far (only 16mins in !). Love the setup. Great the way you play that SQ1 and the Arp oscillators and mods in real time, so skilfully and musically as usual. 👍
Many thanks KenB - part of me getting used to it this jam. Already imrpoved since this one!
I got Grogu and astroboy next to mine! Excellent video!
Yes nice to have a real time audience :) Cheers David!
This is awesome. Great to see your approach. I think my B2600 needs a Grogu as well ;-)
thanks v much monodux! yes baby yoda is always around somewhere!
This is a great jam, my sq1 arrived in the week I can’t wait to get it hooked up to the 2600!
Enjoy! Ron - a great combo!
Very inspiring! Really shows what the B2600 sounds like. Makes me wanna go and compose with mine!
Thanks SCO - yes it can be a nice workstation. Check out my video from last week featuring it too!
I want a 2600 so bad it hurts.
I waited until it was a steal price! ... worth the wait. :)
@@GaryHayes the local market here moves slow, but there's some deals to be had! I'm going to have to wait!
Sounds magical. I love mine.
THanks Miller - yes going to be fun getting to know it again!
Hi Gary, I have a question... what's the little machine called on the right of the Korg SQ1?
that's the NTS1 - using it here as FX mainly
@@GaryHayes oh ok, sounds great 👍 Thanks
Lovely vibes with Berlin School touches throughout ✨☺️✨
Thanks again for the listen SD - can't seem to not do Berlin school nowadays!
awesome. I still have the blue marvin here, still packed, had no time for it since summer last year and was thinking about selling because I have a lot of gear I got to like in the meantime like trackers, but this makes me think twice now. will try to copy the wiring with my arturia keystep pro, I think this should work. thank you
Yes if you have a lot of other gear the 2600 definitely gets pushed onto the shelf, mine does, but I have a go every few weeks, as it really is a powerhouse, wish the I/Os though were more, modern for sure
If you have other modular gear especially, it’s a fantastic source of unique modulations, cv and of course synth voice(s). I have mine installed right above my modular and Matriarch, and it gets used all the time. Great modules in there. Sample & Hold, Envelope follower etc.
Yes I tend to have all the mod sources I need in my main portable rack, which is in a different place each work - www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/2269295 also my Berlin school rack is self contained for that genre www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/2313784 so I prefer the Arp as really a standalone workstation really, using several sequences into the osc and internal mods for those ... just too big for a utility addon! @@sub-jec-tiv
Gosh 58m - using SQ1 as lead - inspired ! 👏
Yes, really by accident in jams gone by, also doing similar things on my full modular setup, almost theramin -like in operation
Lovely. I can imagine the hours you put in to get to this level of operation - nice patching too.
cheers CT - I had just opened the 2600 the day before, but it is more about familiarity with synths in general!
@@GaryHayesI'm very happy to heard this words from you. Now I see the future in Synth more easily
Excellent!
Thank you! Cheers!
Wow man, its pretty good how you use it. Saved the video to enjoy the sound, and thanx for the music.
One q - it is possible to control each vco independantly, correct? So Icould have 3 seqencers and produce 3 different melodies. The rest is mutual of course, but 3 independant seqs for each vco is doable, rt?
Cheers thm - yes you can send external CVs to each VCO independently BUT and it is a big one, you have to do some big workarounds to get them to gate independently (filter and/or adsr), in otherwords they are all triggered using the same gate, but still investigating that as the 2600 does have two envelopes - here I am using two separate channels from the SQ1 and I often use two SQ1s in these types of 'low budget' jams to generate 4 separate sequences if I wanted.
@@GaryHayes got it, thanx for the info
Could you do it in Duophonic mode?
@@TheScreamingFrog916 AFAIK that only relates to MIDI in as you can assign lower and higher notes to two Oscs - but you would still have the gate problem as even with MIDI the two notes would be coming in on one channel and one gate so to speak ... ? I do recall having two envelopes running off separate triggers on the real thing back in the day, must look deeper!
epic is the right word. fantastic.
Cheers marie!
Wonderfull Thank’s to you
Thank you too Joe!
A master at work, thank you!
You're very welcome Jonarmand!
Superbe!
cheers GDF
Awesome!
Glad you think so Joshua!
Pt18 - trippy ! 🙃(fm ?)
Haha and, you got as far as Pt18!!
beautiful =)
Thank you! Cheers! HF
Wonderful! Looking forward to more ...
Thank you! 24x7 more to come!
Hey, do you happen to remember how the original 2600 handled duophonic mode? It's pretty strange on the B2600 (ua-cam.com/video/8pKgQFLDAHg/v-deo.html). I'm just curious about how it was implemented in the original 2600 and have never found any documentation on it.
Bonjour
Je suis très admiratif de votre travail réaliser
Je débute dans le modulaire
Je possède la même configuration que vous serait il ppssible de m'envoyer le plan du cablage détaillé pour relier les machinees entre ellses? meme simplement une photo du cablage en gros plan
Je vous remercie par avance
Christophe
Salut Christophe. Comme vous le savez, modulaire signifie que les patchs changent chaque piste, donc le patch ici est différent du dernier. J'inclus des "notes de mise à jour" dans mes morceaux précédents, ce qui donne une idée de ce qui se passe - mais y a-t-il quelque chose que vous voulez savoir spécifiquement, car la plupart de ce patch simple est séquencé à partir de Bloom ou d'un séquenceur aléatoire allant à deux synthés ? La zone la plus complexe est ma section supérieure droite patchée en permanence, qui envoie le master stéréo via le retard, le granulateur, le looper stéréo et la réverbération en tant que modules séparés
@@GaryHayes bonjour et merci pour votre réponse , en fait je voudrais juste savoir comment câbler les modules entre eux , behringer 2600 , Korg sq1 , Korg nts1 et le Korg volcan beat !!!
@@christophelanone2962 Oh pardon me, I actually thought this comment was for a different video!! From the description above "The single SQ1 will be providing lots of active step and live tuned sequencing (several sections ... ChA from SQ1 is going to Oscs 1 and 2 and ChB to Osc 3, also separate waves from Osc 2 and 3 are being sent to L and R channels independently in sustain mode of course, to give some width. I am feeding the vBeats into preamp and that is sent to VCF input on mixer - and of course to keep things small, a little NTS1 on delay and reverb. The master clock btw is actually the Sample and Hold clock on the Arp which gives me full flexibility to change tempos on the fly inside the Arp."
@@GaryHayes thanks you so much for your explanations , I'll do that this weekend.
Maravilloso trabajo Gary!!!
Many thanks Luis!!
Awesome!
Thanks! Michael
👏👍😍😍
Thanks massim!
really good!
Thank you! Cheers US!
@@GaryHayes how can I contact you in private? FB page?
🙌
Thanks Luxas!
Excellent!!!
Many thanks! MR - appreciated