I wonder if OLA "the man beast" realizes he is the most famous/successful guitar play in the metal world right now. For real dude you are the real dude! We can see your dedication and hard work. Alaso that amp sounds amazing! 😭 😭 😭😭 😭
They need to make a 212 wet/dry power amp combo that would allow you to blend the two..that's the trick to getting a fat and tight tone imho. If your gonna have 2 amps in 1 why not be able to run them in a typical dual amp fashion
As a Randall Rm50 and RM4 owner, I can tell you there is nothing dangerous about them. The pre-amp modules slide in and out just like this one. This just looks like a mild refresh of the design. Egnater created the original design and had his own series of amps+modules that would also work in the Randall series (and vice versa). I am very curious if one of my Randall modules would work in this thing. Probably better not to try :) That might actually be dangerous.
Ola is talking about an earlier design that had cartridges *in* the amp. Randall modules are compatible with the Synergy amps, they are from the same designer, Bruce Egnater (and of course, the Egnater dual channel mods also work)
The original Randall modular MTS was a Bruce Egnater design, he had his own modular amps the M4 and he's a part of Synergy amps. I'm glad to see you demo these, I've been drooling over the Synergy stuff for over a year now.
Synergy is MTS compatible. If you have MTS modules you can use them on the Synergy chassis. You MIGHT be able to use the Synergy modules on the MTS chassis.
Conversely: You can't use dual channel modules on Randall amps (but you can on Egnater M4 amps AND you can get the Randall amps modded, not sure about the Randall RM4 preamp though)
I had a SYN2, an SLO module, and a TDLX module for a few weeks earlier this year (it was part of my phase-two testing of the guitar circuit I invented, and I returned them when testing did not turn out well). The Synergy system is great, and it works as it should (e.g. the Fender Twin channel of the TDLX has massive input headroom, as one would expect). I plan to order a SYN1 and a BMAN module in a few months.
Ya they all sounded similar.only few sounded different but not drastically.it didn't have huge difference like the real amps.anyway a nice try by synergy.all I can say is they sounds nice and quality
What the hell are you talking about with the Randall one being dangerous? They are the same design, the synergy modules are compatible with the Randall RM amps.
Quetzalcoatl the first generation was set up where the modules were non removable from the front. So you had to go inside the amp to change it. So he’s basically saying that the idea wasn’t very user friendly. The last generation Randall module had these same interchangeable ones. The first ones were more like something you could order from the factory. Like I wasn’t this clean channel, this crunch channel and this dirty channel.
Still 1600 for the head alone plus 400!each mod Randall had it around 900 for there head and 249 a mod but they were before there time ( a lot cheaper) good idea ....cut the price of the mods in half and I’d be down I’d buy one right now a head a and 2 mods right now for 2k shipped which is still high as F*#% for 2400 why not get a Kemper head and constantly have everything on in that head? Price doesn’t make sense for a kemper
You are the BEST gear reviewer ever!! Plus, you could make a Crate sound acceptable (pls don't, cuz then I'll want to buy one). This Synergy amp would be more interesting if it could combine the the preamp sounds. Otherwise I like my mess of different heads.
That Morgan module sounds killer. Absolutely slays the chime-y clean thing. That as my clean channel and the Friedman DS module as my dirt and I’ll be a happy, happy boy.
Despite trying to make them all sound the same. Amazingly they were not far off. Synergy should have sent them to someone else. The Morgan can get the cleanest tone you have ever heard. Think David Gilmore
I know there's a bunch of people not liking this thing, but for me this thing IS SO FUCKING COOL. Its literally like the amp is a gaming console and the preamp is the game!!! I freaking love it!! I hope to God this company gets a bunch of preamps, because I would love this! Im constantly trading in amps for new ones and this would fix it!!
I conceived of such a system a bit more than six years ago; I prioritized a different concept, which I later reduced to practice such that it became a true invention, the electric guitar circuit I mentioned in another comment. By the time I finished that work, an Australian guitar company had launched a crowdfunding campaign for their independently-developed and objectively-inferior means of accomplishing the same goal; that forced me to abandon my work.
I'm more of a traditional Amp kind of guy but this is actually pretty fuckin cool. I know a lot of guitar players, myself included who always think and talk about combining the best qualities of 2 different amps they love. Mesa rectifier and Marshall JCM 800 always comes to mind
I feel like if i want tons of different preamps, i would want to store some presets of sounds that work for me per preamp ... but maybe that's just saying I would rather go for something more software based like a kemper / axe fx or similar ...
Which at least 99,9% of the users will not know because they hear it in Terms of difference to a modeling unit - it would at best be because they can see tubes in the little replaceable units …
I have some tube heads, numerous pedals even an GK 250 ML late 80s tranisistor Stereo combo which I love and an Axe FX. I just feel: If I want tons of different Amp sounds, maybe in a cover band situation or similar, I don't think swapping around numerous modules in between Songs and dialing up the right Sound is a very good option. To Play my stuff I am good with Clean / Rhythm / Lead base tones plus maybe 2-4 effects. I can do that with all my money going to the original manufacturer and none to Synergy … But I don't want to piss on it - it does Sound great (but if Ola can't manage that, there goes his revenue …) and if I decide I have to have a couple of those sounds with feel of a classic Tube Head, this Synergy might be something to look at.
I'm a user of the original MTS line and have a lynchbox with a few modules. They do sound great BUT the limitation will always be the power amp. It is better for some preamps than others. For example, the AC/Morgan stuff will sound better through EL84's and a diff power amp but hey its good enough. While many tube amps can be dialed in to sound the same, this stuff is no different. Great to have a ton of preamps but if you all make them sound the same, you probably don't need that many.
For me, the Soldano was best, the VH4 second and the Engl Savage 3rd place. All three sounded pretty fucking good though imho. Time to go look up Synergy amps...i'm hoping the prices aren't ridiculous. EDIT: Yeah, fuck that, the 50 watt head is $3300 AUD, the modules are $600 AUD each and their 2x12 cab is $1600 AUD...for a total of $6100! I could get a Mesa Boogie Mark V 50w combo for $4500... :EDIT
I currently am using a HX Stomp into a Blackstar amp using the 4-cable method. I'm wondering if (how?) I can put the docking station between my HX Stomp and the Blackstar so that I can have the following options: 1. Blackstar pre-amp with HX Stomp effects 2. Synergy modules with HX Stomp effects 3. HX Stomp amp modules and effects. (All using the Blackstar power section.) Haven't been able to find anyone doing this (or willing to explain how to do it.)
I should make a power amp/ dock thing that looks just like a… “popular Japanese video game console released in 1985” so it’s like you’re popping tapes in and out lol
That is a copy of a Randall MTS RM, which is and old model developed in 2002. So, I’m impressed by the fact that Ola is showing this as an innovation; when clearly it isn’t. Shame on your ignorance man 🙃
check out Billy Corgan's modules, i forgot where i saw that but hes got killer modules that actually look like Marshall, Hiwatt etc. i bellieve theyre the salvation modules, made in Poland or something. with the Randall head.
guys, dont be silly. if that amp modules sounded like the real deal, they woulnd't make the original ones anymore. it just give you a very rought idea about the real thing. you can hear that inherent voicing in all modules..
this is not new, randall did something like this before with the rm4, the difference is that now we have two channels per module, two gains and two knobs volume for each channel and this so good, randall moludes don't had this
CHINA CHINA CHINA CHINA...
Youre definitely sweet.
NUMBER ONE
Va-China!
Shiny shiny shiny. Have a great sexy time!!!
Ola is trafficking now? Hehe jk
Do you have to blow out the dust before using it, like the old NES Modules..?
...but more importantly, does it takes old NES modules?
Or put your old Ocean Pacific Velcro wallet filled paper to keep the modules down hahaha
@@1thess523 OMG I have one of those wallets from when i was a kid. Still got it
@@1thess523 LOL
Soldano mod instantly sounded spot on! Slo 100 ftw!
Pretty cool Ola!!!! Top 5 Swedish People!
1. Ola Englund
2. Johan Hegg
3. Yngwie Malmsteen
4. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
5. Bjorn Borg
There's definitely nothing more stereotypically Swedish than the name Zlatan Ibrahimović.
@@mememem Zlatan Aint swedish tho, the name is not swedish ether
Zlatan is not swedish
He was born in Malmo?!
Zlatan is from Bosna...not from
Sweden
Yup , the Soldano or the Engle !! That is an awesome product !!
I wonder if OLA "the man beast" realizes he is the most
famous/successful guitar play in the metal world right now. For real dude you are the real dude! We can see your dedication and hard work. Alaso that amp sounds amazing! 😭 😭 😭😭 😭
Ola plays metal even on an AC30!
AC30's are fantastic for blending tones
Mike Soldano's the Man, but that Engl sounded pretty good as well.
its like the rebirth of the old randall MTS series, preamp modules, you need poweramp and you can change whatever preamp module you want
Great video Ola!!! Synergy does great stuff!
Really diggin' the look of the Poplar Solars! Amp sounds crushing, Friedman Module sounded the best in my opinion 🤘🏻
Well illustrated, briefly...
Ola makes everything Djent!
The friedman hbe modul is nice
Ola's standard riffing in gear reviews:
E (galopped) - B - A# - F# - G\F# - F/F#
PROVE ME I'M WRONG BITCHES
I'm impressed cheers ola
sounds okay
They need to make a 212 wet/dry power amp combo that would allow you to blend the two..that's the trick to getting a fat and tight tone imho. If your gonna have 2 amps in 1 why not be able to run them in a typical dual amp fashion
ripping it up
Nice project....
"Hi I'm Ola. Top 5 of all Swedish people"
AND YES THEY SOUND GREAT UNLIKE THE RANDALL KIRK HAMMETT SIGNATURE MODEL AMP WITH MODULES.
Hello Ola, do all swedes have lips that red? On serious note, your dB meter was of screen all the time :(
As a Randall Rm50 and RM4 owner, I can tell you there is nothing dangerous about them. The pre-amp modules slide in and out just like this one. This just looks like a mild refresh of the design. Egnater created the original design and had his own series of amps+modules that would also work in the Randall series (and vice versa). I am very curious if one of my Randall modules would work in this thing.
Probably better not to try :) That might actually be dangerous.
Ola is talking about an earlier design that had cartridges *in* the amp. Randall modules are compatible with the Synergy amps, they are from the same designer, Bruce Egnater (and of course, the Egnater dual channel mods also work)
@@JorisGriffioen Thanks for the explanation.
Dose it run it in stereo? :P
Physically changing preamps like that, seems very 80’s. Can it do MOOER? :P
When are we getting the Randall Century demo?
hey ola please demo the Friedman Butterslax
That into riff tho....
Top 5 Swedish people fo sho, haha
First four are the members of ABBA
What program do you use to record yourself when your coming up with riffs? or just when your playing around, diddling with stuff.
Do you need the syn 1 for the head or can you just use the modules in the actual head
Que timbre!!!!
The best amp you played other than your randall satan
What are you playing at 15:03 ? f*cking awesome !
Already on deep discount at Sweetwater.
The original Randall modular MTS was a Bruce Egnater design, he had his own modular amps the M4 and he's a part of Synergy amps. I'm glad to see you demo these, I've been drooling over the Synergy stuff for over a year now.
Synergy is MTS compatible. If you have MTS modules you can use them on the Synergy chassis. You MIGHT be able to use the Synergy modules on the MTS chassis.
Yes that is what i just said in my post before I saw yours. You can use the MTS modules in the synergy amps.
Conversely: You can't use dual channel modules on Randall amps
(but you can on Egnater M4 amps AND you can get the Randall amps modded, not sure about the Randall RM4 preamp though)
I had a SYN2, an SLO module, and a TDLX module for a few weeks earlier this year (it was part of my phase-two testing of the guitar circuit I invented, and I returned them when testing did not turn out well). The Synergy system is great, and it works as it should (e.g. the Fender Twin channel of the TDLX has massive input headroom, as one would expect). I plan to order a SYN1 and a BMAN module in a few months.
Marcus The Vile I was wondering if there was some connection
Damn what's the riff in the beginning, or is it your own? Sounds really cool
+1
Exactly what i was about to ask
This totaly should make it onto the next haunted album!
The one at about 5:45 is D.N.R. off Testament's the Gathering album. Great song IMO. \m/ 8)
I’m glad I’m not the only guitarist out there that plays the same warm up riffs and licks all the time
Visceral Abomination the weird ones play different stuff for a warmup😂
Ola Englund "The Top 1 Sweede"
Ola Englund "The Math Teacher"
Ola Englund "The Wise One"
Ola Englund "The Seer of Sounds"
For some odd reason he left out:
Ola Englund "The humble Soul"
I think he said "see'er of sounds" lol
Man's got more nicknames than a Lord Of The Rings character
So cool, its like a physical tube version of an axe fx.
5:50 D....N....R!!!!!
Nobody busts that riff out! Thank you Ola...you are now Top 3 Swede to me!
Most of those High gain module sound too much alike to my ears .
Upgrade your headphones, monitors or whatev. All sound unique my friend
Ya they all sounded similar.only few sounded different but not drastically.it didn't have huge difference like the real amps.anyway a nice try by synergy.all I can say is they sounds nice and quality
What if we had Fortin modules?
Oh my god!
Salvation Audio can make you one
Or fortnite modules!!!
But then Fortin couldn't charge massive exclusive prices ;)
Robert Stankey the lifted Larry would
Be awesome!!!!!
SOLDANO sounded killer!!!
What the hell are you talking about with the Randall one being dangerous? They are the same design, the synergy modules are compatible with the Randall RM amps.
Quetzalcoatl the first generation was set up where the modules were non removable from the front. So you had to go inside the amp to change it. So he’s basically saying that the idea wasn’t very user friendly. The last generation Randall module had these same interchangeable ones. The first ones were more like something you could order from the factory. Like I wasn’t this clean channel, this crunch channel and this dirty channel.
Ola, you're so wise and beautiful
Synergy really should make some bass stuff, that would be awesome
Still 1600 for the head alone plus 400!each mod Randall had it around 900 for there head and 249 a mod but they were before there time ( a lot cheaper) good idea ....cut the price of the mods in half and I’d be down I’d buy one right now a head a and 2 mods right now for 2k shipped which is still high as F*#% for 2400 why not get a Kemper head and constantly have everything on in that head? Price doesn’t make sense for a kemper
You are the BEST gear reviewer ever!! Plus, you could make a Crate sound acceptable (pls don't, cuz then I'll want to buy one). This Synergy amp would be more interesting if it could combine the the preamp sounds. Otherwise I like my mess of different heads.
Anyone can make a Crate sound good. EQ is an important skill.
It's like an API 500 series lunchbox for guitar amps... I LOVE IT! Sounds GREAT too!
That Morgan module sounds killer. Absolutely slays the chime-y clean thing. That as my clean channel and the Friedman DS module as my dirt and I’ll be a happy, happy boy.
Bloody expensive though
a full setup of amp+preamp modules buys you a Mesa Mk V
Yeah, but then you're stuck with a Mesa MKV...
@@jessedelaney77 but that's all youd need though.
It would be cool if they got some mesa boogie and marshall modules
BOGNER!!
big mike * Yeah they got Bogner, but Marshall !
@@auntjenifer7774 synergy 800?
Pretty sure the 800 module stands for Marshall JCM 800
They have a Plexi and JCM800 module as well as multiple Marshall Hot-Rodded amps in the form of Soldano's and such.
I think this is the first time Ola's sound is a little different, I like it!
Despite trying to make them all sound the same. Amazingly they were not far off. Synergy should have sent them to someone else. The Morgan can get the cleanest tone you have ever heard. Think David Gilmore
Riff and lyric from:
Act I: Scene Two: II. Strange Déjà Vu
Sang av Dream Theater
Thanks! Couldn't remember this.
I know there's a bunch of people not liking this thing, but for me this thing IS SO FUCKING COOL.
Its literally like the amp is a gaming console and the preamp is the game!!! I freaking love it!! I hope to God this company gets a bunch of preamps, because I would love this! Im constantly trading in amps for new ones and this would fix it!!
Similar solution for changing pickups would be nice.
Vadim Hochlov This is actually a really good idea. Would love to see such a system. Quickswap Pickups.
I conceived of such a system a bit more than six years ago; I prioritized a different concept, which I later reduced to practice such that it became a true invention, the electric guitar circuit I mentioned in another comment. By the time I finished that work, an Australian guitar company had launched a crowdfunding campaign for their independently-developed and objectively-inferior means of accomplishing the same goal; that forced me to abandon my work.
Gibson and EMG both have products like this
We need an amp dialing blueprint
All the Ola settings
And then we can dial our amps like Ola
Because who wants to sound like themselves nowadays.
BeardedDanishViking
No one but me, really
I’m More original than you think 💭
I totally feel ya tho, bro, I feel the same way
@@Khazandar sometimes you need a guide or starting point.
kevinerickson84 or sometimes you just like Ola and wanna have fun with his setting for a bit
I'm more of a traditional Amp kind of guy but this is actually pretty fuckin cool. I know a lot of guitar players, myself included who always think and talk about combining the best qualities of 2 different amps they love. Mesa rectifier and Marshall JCM 800 always comes to mind
I started singing “ back on my feet again” too hahaha
it goes
1. Ola
2-5. All 4 members of ABBA
You missed the main of them - Soldano!
ah, no, there it is.
my god.. im in love with this product...amazing video!!
I feel like if i want tons of different preamps, i would want to store some presets of sounds that work for me per preamp ... but maybe that's just saying I would rather go for something more software based like a kemper / axe fx or similar ...
But with this you get an authentic tube sound
Which at least 99,9% of the users will not know because they hear it in Terms of difference to a modeling unit - it would at best be because they can see tubes in the little replaceable units …
I have some tube heads, numerous pedals even an GK 250 ML late 80s tranisistor Stereo combo which I love and an Axe FX. I just feel: If I want tons of different Amp sounds, maybe in a cover band situation or similar, I don't think swapping around numerous modules in between Songs and dialing up the right Sound is a very good option. To Play my stuff I am good with Clean / Rhythm / Lead base tones plus maybe 2-4 effects. I can do that with all my money going to the original manufacturer and none to Synergy … But I don't want to piss on it - it does Sound great (but if Ola can't manage that, there goes his revenue …) and if I decide I have to have a couple of those sounds with feel of a classic Tube Head, this Synergy might be something to look at.
b a d s o y * What do you mean, " with Kemper the manufacturer gets nothing" I don't get it that is why I ask ?
b a d s o y * That sounds like a cool cool amp.
The SYN 1 might have the first analog cab sim that sounds good to me. Wow.
do they make a Peavey Transtube module?
Ola Mathlete
11:08 is the Soldano SLO module. Sounds tight.
Man, that slo module makes me miss my soldano slo 100 :’(
Why did you sell such a great amp?
you play some sick riffs in this video, damn it!
I don't see the Engl preamp on their site. What's up with that?
He said it was new and he might be the first to play it.
The best way to change your sound on the fly. Sounds great! The Soldano preamp is the one I prefer the most.
You played DNR, same song you played on the Randall module amp video. I was hoping for bald Britney Spears
I'm a user of the original MTS line and have a lynchbox with a few modules. They do sound great BUT the limitation will always be the power amp. It is better for some preamps than others. For example, the AC/Morgan stuff will sound better through EL84's and a diff power amp but hey its good enough. While many tube amps can be dialed in to sound the same, this stuff is no different. Great to have a ton of preamps but if you all make them sound the same, you probably don't need that many.
For me, the Soldano was best, the VH4 second and the Engl Savage 3rd place. All three sounded pretty fucking good though imho.
Time to go look up Synergy amps...i'm hoping the prices aren't ridiculous.
EDIT: Yeah, fuck that, the 50 watt head is $3300 AUD, the modules are $600 AUD each and their 2x12 cab is $1600 AUD...for a total of $6100! I could get a Mesa Boogie Mark V 50w combo for $4500... :EDIT
I currently am using a HX Stomp into a Blackstar amp using the 4-cable method. I'm wondering if (how?) I can put the docking station between my HX Stomp and the Blackstar so that I can have the following options:
1. Blackstar pre-amp with HX Stomp effects
2. Synergy modules with HX Stomp effects
3. HX Stomp amp modules and effects.
(All using the Blackstar power section.)
Haven't been able to find anyone doing this (or willing to explain how to do it.)
I notice the preamp module is solid state? SO this is a really expensive and space occupying modelling amp? No thanks.
I dunno, I wish I was in the room, to me they all sound like a budget VST, probably totally acceptable and awesome through a PA though.
I mean $399 for the Mark IIC+ module, or $2999-$3499 for a Mesa Mark V/JP2C? Yeah, f*** Mesa Boogie, I'm buying that module all day long
I should make a power amp/ dock thing that looks just like a… “popular Japanese video game console released in 1985” so it’s like you’re popping tapes in and out lol
That is a copy of a Randall MTS RM, which is and old model developed in 2002. So, I’m impressed by the fact that Ola is showing this as an innovation; when clearly it isn’t. Shame on your ignorance man 🙃
I only hear a single Key... Chunk Chunk Chunk Chunk... This grossly under sells the capabilities of the designers circuits..
What are your most difficult licks or solos to play?....I'm sure people have already asked you....if it's been a bazillion people,, I apologize...
Top 5 Swedes:
1. Nicklas Backstrom
2. Ola Englund
3. Yngwie Malmsteen
4. Dolph Lundgren
5. Erik Karlsson
Umm...Pontus Norgen
$400 a module 🥴🤨
Seymour Duncan did it before Randall. Back in the 80's
check out Billy Corgan's modules, i forgot where i saw that but hes got killer modules that actually look like Marshall, Hiwatt etc. i bellieve theyre the salvation modules, made in Poland or something. with the Randall head.
Damn, those riffs!
An idea copied from Seymour Duncan Convertible amps in the eighties......?
guys, dont be silly. if that amp modules sounded like the real deal, they woulnd't make the original ones anymore. it just give you a very rought idea about the real thing. you can hear that inherent voicing in all modules..
Great video Ola!!Synergy amp' s hit the Mark with this concept!!
this is not new, randall did something like this before with the rm4, the difference is that now we have two channels per module, two gains and two knobs volume for each channel and this so good, randall moludes don't had this
Hot damn.. These are unreal
🤯🤯🤯🤯
What the fuck did i just see Ola the Swede turning volume down??!?!?!?
i really hope that these things eventually become as modular as modular synths, then each person's tone will be more unique than ever
My top 5 Swedes (in no specific order)
> Ola Englund
> Johan Hegg
> Björn Ulvaeus
> Mikael Åkerfeldt
> Pewdiepie
Ola, when you make a review of anathing I want to buy it. Is a luck to my girlfriend that i'm poor
Which Song you Play at: 0:25. clean notes After The distortion Riff are from another world