The Roland J-6 Synth & MPC ONE are a Problem!
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- Roland just released a $200 compact sized chord generator with Juno-6 sounds called the J-6. It's great but with the MPC ONE (and with a DAW) it's a whole problem! Love this combination to death. Let's take a deep dive into the features and what it can do with other stuff.
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0:00 Roland J-6 in action
2:32 Teenage Engineering joke
2:50 my first impressions
3:26 does it work in FL Studio?
4:04 does it work in Ableton Live?
5:01 The J-6 with other hardware
7:44 in depth
#Roland #AKAI #beatmaking
Let me know if want more information on this dope synth!
I would like to see how it works with the Masada chord packs! And cv gate?!
Compare it to other products, like the 101 and from other brands even to the sounds on the Maschine and MPC
Yeah please!
Yessir! I copped it off your vid for the midi implementation bro. Folks ain even paying attention. This saves so much freaking time, and has a great sequencer! For 200! Man I sold that Waldorf strechfeit easy. This is my new lead generator.
You be doin ya thing bruh...where you get ya sounds from...
The J-6 is insane. The fact that you can also use it with a DAW is crazy. I recently got a SP404MK2 and I’m looking to using the J-6 with it.
For the MIDI problem this may be the usual problem with mini jack MIDI that exists with 2 main standards (A/B) that have reverse polarity between tip and sleeve. If one unit is MIDI A and the other is MIDI B they can't link via mini jack. This of course applies also to the jack/din dongle cables, some are type A and other are type B. I became aware of this problem with the Polyend Tracker seemingly not sending midi to the KORG NTS-1.
I was gonna say exactly this. I have heard others say no issue with the J6 MIDI out jack… so I wonder if it’s a difference in the A vs B type 3.5mm adapters.
I think a lot of ppl don’t use the progressions in the Mpc. You can actually load in midi files and save them as new progressions. Once there you can reuse and change key. Just mentioning as it could save folks some coins...
That’s what I did with this device. I use the progression in the MPC. I just like generators too.
@@AveMcree I hear ya. It’s on my wishlist :)
how (where) do you load in the progressions?
Hey Ave great demonstration! People have to realize how helpful this new synth is from a midi standpoint, not just a sound module! Will definitely be picking this one up.
What a dope beat brother!!!Props from south west Poland!Magic!
Wow. I didn't realize how useful this could be for me until watching this video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!
Originally I only wanted the voice joint, but now I'm wanting this one as well. Thanks for the GAS Ave
A thing of beauty, will have to pick one up. Thanks for sharing Ave.
I'm liking that Spring Reverb on the snare, you got the Sailor Moon T-shirt for the Win, and bussin out the Zelda Link to the Past String Ensemble! My day just got a whole lot better!
Idc what people think but I love that cartoon as a child... lol
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I ordered all 3 yesterday after seeing your video. It just came in today. 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
The Roland J-6 immediately became one of my favorite musical instruments ever, and I haven't even used it yet. It sounds phenomenal especially for the type of music I write. I love all of its features too. You're gonna be hearing it (or at least its patterns) in a lot of my future work.
Nearly 10 years ago I was using an app called Suggester to generate chord ideas, and of course I use the MPC's progression tool. The Roland J-6 is the hardware I needed all this time. It's mind boggling how this device could have haters. Thanks so much for showing this off, Ave.
it's definitely getting use from me on a daily basis. The fact it's a MIDI controller with the same functions made my traveling easier.
@@AveMcree Right on. Its portability is fantastic. I'm really looking forward to your cookup streams with it.
@@isomatic thanks 🙏🏾
Gosh yes. This is the video I have been waiting on for the J6. Excellent.
About time Ave. I oiled myself up to watch this 2 days ago.
Subbed. You are a genius and I appreciate your work 👏🏻
Great video man :) Deff on the shopping list !
Stank face! Tight track bro. I was wondering how I could use the j6 with my mpc one and you convinced me. Thanks!
Great vid dude, checking this one out! (also thinking about getting an MPC One... your vids keep getting me stoked on that thing...)
Well, make sure to subscribe. I’m solely talking about mpc stuff on this channel
@@AveMcree Been a long time subscriber! Love your stuff man.
Ordered it right away to play with my MPC. Will hook up the JU-6a to JU-6 and get full sound design/knobs & faders. Amazing machine
Thanks for this I ordered this and the T-8 yesterday
I like this Ave!!! That beat u thew together is lit. I was makin the same noises that you were as you were adding elements. Lol them mms 😂 thats how u know..fire be lurkin. 🤣🤣🤣
Yooo! Hope you're fire extinguisher is close. Cause something's got smoke comin out. Keep up the great work and be safe bro!
Superb mate ...bought the T8 straight away ...now I am after a J6
Just copped one from from zzounds. This plus this MPC One....I got Ideas. Thanks for this video.
I never even thought sbout this gear until this video came on from the autoplay as i was researching roland juno synths. I cant believe i was sleeping on what is essentially a handheld battery powered juno 60 replica that specializes in chords and chord progressions, and has a sequencer for $200! I bought this instantly after seeing this vid! One of the best purchases ive made.
Dope demo, I just bought one today to use with my sp404mk2
Thank you for the amazing video! I have a silly, noob question. When you hooked up the J-6 to Ableton, did you have to run it through an audio interface or was it plug and play? I have one coming and wanted to know what all I need to get it working in Ableton Live.
Fire!!! Would be awesome to midi map them all, then create custom progressions 😆
I just ordered this rn thanks Ave Roland owes you commission!
Affiliate link in the description but that’s not important to me rn.😂
What's going Ave? You are always on point. Love your videos. I have both units and cannot seem to get it to work. What settings do you have each device set to. Please advise
You was definitely in the pocket with this beat 🔥🔥🔥🔥gosh man 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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I bought a chase bliss mood a few weeks ago and decided its more of a synth pedal so i picked one of these up to mess with the mood im super excited to see what type of sounds i can make
Great video after this I'm get'n one. Out of the 3 of them this is the one I was eye balling the most. Hey Ave where can I get those mmini-MPCs at? I been looking for them and now you got 3 of them.
This definitely made me want to purchase one! FIRE
That trs midi cable adapter thingy looks like the Arturia version? If so, you need the other version, like the one used by Korg, Make Noise etc….the formats aren’t compatible
As a keyboardist, I'm not mad at this at all!!
I have been INCORRECTLY judging the SOUNDS that it makes...nothing real special.
HOWEVER, I never thought of the CONTROLLER side of it!!
Well done, Ave. All the other demos I've seen don't really showcase THAT part.
I love atonal drone-y beats as much as the next guy (and I am a FUNK musician, so I'm real familiar with the ONE NOTE song lol), but Im all about anything that can help us sound more melodic and musical!
I can even see this little box enhancing MY CHORD PROGRESSION WORKFLOW... and I know ALL the theory... PROFESSIONALLY, Son!! LOL
Roland snapped
Nice one! I’ll be hooking my J6 up to my MPC One and trying this out. Should save on the battery too. Edit - tried it. Works like a dream. I put the audio mix out from the J6 to the audio in of the MPC One. So I get the MPC plug in synths layered with the J6 sounds. Nice one!
Just ordered one and waiting on volca fm2 to ship. Then going to run the J6 to the fm2 along with a Reface CP going to MPC live.
Luv it thank you 🙏🏽
I ran into the same problem with the midi adapters... those white and grey breakouts are from Arturia and won't work, but the one that came with the Moog Subharmonicon does. I don't know which is type A or B tho. But it defiantly works with my TR8S. Even the run button syncs up... the only thing I couldn't do is have it sync while the Moog Grandmother is daisychained between them. I think the synth doesn't pass through the clock while triggering the chords. Might try a sync out cable
Awesome video.
Wondering what type of trs midi adapter you used, there's type a and type b
Think this Roland stuff is TRS type A.
Fire! A problem indeed! I just bought the J-6. Gonna save up for the MPC live one of these days. Is the live 2 compatible with the J6?
Hey Ave, the J-6 seems to be a golden Cow for Roland. Anyway, my thoughts on the J-6 with the AKAI Force. 1) You have to be careful when controlling the J-6´s chord generator on akai´s plugin-synths with an other MIDI Keyboard, as the Force cant handle Midi-loops on it´s own. Sometimes Notes still get stucked. 2) When audio and MiDIoverUSB is connected to the force, you will get an ugly Noise, esp. when using any sort of Compression as FX. Use midi connection instead 3) It is nowhere specified, but you need the TRS Type A Adapter, like Korg uses it. Arturia, wrong!! (I also feel the title of the video is kind of click-bait, as there can be problems, for unexpierenced users. You dont mention any of them so far :( ) cheers thumbs up for your content
yes Arturia AND most Novation are wrong type, Korg is good.
Smooth brother!
Damn, you bodied teenage engineering? You got balls, sir! Respect!
They bodied themselves with the op-1 field
Great vid- looks & sounds dope! PS there’s two TRS to DIN standards: type A & type B. Wonder if you have the wrong type
Thanks for the info! Perhaps I did use the wrong kind of wire for this device.... I hope so
@@AveMcree I was thinking the same thing. The ones that came with my novation controllers work with my SP404MKII. Wondering if those work with the J-6.
Yeah, I think Arturia uses the type B and most other mfgs use type A. It looked like the one you tried was Arturia (Grey try plug) probably came with Beatstep Pro.
Yup The AIRA Compact / Roland uses "Type-A".
I need one! Such a sick beat at the beginning!
Thanks
Roland and Korg and my fav Behringer sure are the value kings!
Thx for this ave. Answered all my questions. Way more in depth than everyone else. The others look like gimmicks but the j6 looked like a truly useful device and you just proved that. My understanding is that it’s transposable over midi too. This thing is so under the radar atm.
Don’t sleep on the T8 though. Probably the best deal on a drum machine.
@@AveMcree T8 is too redundant where the J6 is actually something quite new on the market, at least at that price and ease of use. You might be using wrong kind of trs midi break out cable as there are two competing standards: Type A and B. The new Roland Compact's are Type A. Arturia and most Novation both use type B so what most people have lying around. I've read in forums that peeps got theirs working well with a Type A din while still having sync issues over usb midi.
What do you think of the Theoryboard as a chord generator? Plus will you be doing some more verselab videos and perhaps try it with the J8?
woooooo im copping!! thx!!!
Not going to lie: I want ALL their new, small, toys... Boss included. Good stuff!
Who are you telling??? I ordered the T8 not to long ago.
@@AveMcree Oooh, tell me you will have it in time for NAMM. Haha.
@@VIRALBEATS360 jam at namm
Man my first piece was the Boss 770. Best drum sounds I've ever heard
Question? I can’t get midi out of the J-6
I checked cables
I checked channels
Any suggestions?
This helped me make my purchase today. I was considering the JU-06A, but for the price and features, I’d be a fool not to try this first.
Link to the gray midi cord running from the left side of the j-6?
Roland will forever be the best they been they sound of our life from hip hop house to drum n bass and so on.big up ave ima bout to order mine now.
Yeah I keep forgetting myself
I really wonder why when you mute the pads in pad mute, it immediately cuts off the reverb tail of the sound/pad you are muting, but if you mute the tracks, the reverb tail will still play through when you mute the track 1, 2, 3, etc with the 16 sounds...Does anyone know if there is a way to allow the reverb to continue on pad mute even after muting a sound? This is really weird why one does it, and the other doesn't?
I want both of them to allow the reverb to continue. I really don't like how the pad mute cuts off the reverb or delay of the sound immediately when you mute it. I know it sounds like complaining, but any other synth/drum machine that I have used let's the reverb continue or play out after muting? I'm so used to it, and it just doesn't sound right cutting the sound's reverb off...SBN RESONATE
How’s it goin man!! I have been using My Mac for Click tracks, I would use GarageBand to loop them, they are only about 6 to 10 seconds long. I transferred them to the MPC one via usb. All I wana do is load them (which I did) and loop them and use them like I did with my Mac, I don’t need to edit or cut them… just wana load them, loop them and save them. How do I do this? When I load them, I think they are loading as Samples, I’m completely new to MPCs in general, any help you can give me would be awesome! Great Vid by the way!!
I’m older lol so my 4 track HS days o we but I did try and make beats a few years back and bought a Arturia Micro and a Volca Beats and it was like my 808 lol… Real talk your beat is nice too! I rock with just two modules myself. I rock with ya Ave’
Do you think the J-6 adds a lot compared to the great scales, chord progressions and arpeggiator modes already built into the MPC itself? Seems a bit overkill to sequence all that separately when the MPC already does this itself to some degree.
Yep similar results with mpc built-in progressions are likely possibly with practice. I found quicker results by hooking up the J6 🎛️
That intro beat 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
Ayo 2:42 😂😂😂…. Another dope beat vid…. Might snatch one of these up…ha
I know you've had comments on midi types, 1010music blackbox to the J-6 has the same breakout issue A to B... they work fine, you just have to find the correct breakout cable for the synth you're using.
I wish they would label the bloody cables, or standardised! Aesthetically they look the same... so it's an easy mistake to make.
That's fire,I just purchased the J-6
Brilliant!
“I’m gonna go over here and mess with this knob”.. 🍰🍦💰Ave man, you are the best.
Lol thanks for watching
Is the polyphony still limited to 4 when using it as a midi controller to controller am external synth?
Cool Vid! Yeah, I was thinking of buying the J-6 and/or the E-4 Voice Tweaker. Looking at the vid, I can't tell if you're one huge dude, or if the J-6 is just redonkulously tiny! 😂
6’6” 240 but it’s pretty small
Haven't been too impressed with Roland lately but this is NIIIIICE.
I'm impressed by this gear 👏👏👏
lol me too!
Maaaaannnnnn I want the vocoder one fam. They all look pretty fire tho.
I can see you singing with it 😂😂😂🍀🍀🍀🍀
Has anyone seen if Roland updated the ability to use 3.5mm to 5-pin midi out? I'm gonna buy it if it has that. Need it for my hardware synth so I can pair them both with the sp404 mk2 so I can go dawless!
I gotta get it!!!
Loved the video, that's a thumbs up from me. First upvote after 30 comments! WTF people. How is there 30 comments but 3 views on the video. Y'all crazy
If I already didn't have the mc101, I would've jumped all over the j6. Roland's aira gear was already heavily slept on IMO, but hopefully this causes more ppl to check out their other groove boxes
Ave that is the coldest ring I've ever seen bro
I had worse issues with mine today. I wanted to control the j6 with the mpc. The midi cable didn't work at all. Usb c caused it to glitch when certain notes were pressed. It held up long enough for me to sample it into my mpc. Is there a way to save the chords in the j6 as midi progressions in the mpc?
I had the same issues and was about to send my J6 back as faulty. I then tried the T8 and had similar issues using USB midi with my MPC One (running 2.11.3). I’ve ordered Roland BOSS Bmidi-5-35 3.5 Mm Stereo Jack / Midi, Angled 3.5 Mm Trs (Male) To 5-Pin Midi (Male) though it’s 5ft long! Hope this works.
As an MPC Live 2 owner, I want this and the E-4, and I'll have a mobile setup that can do about anything
I don't have anything constructive to add, but, you're awesome man!
I tried connecting and assigning the midi track. But I’m not getting any sound 😢
Yo what’s good bro
What speakers 🔊 are you using?
Some Samson joints. I rarely use them for videos. I wear headphones.
I just ordered the little machine. In Germany, however, 229 Euros, it doesn't matter. I'm looking forward to experimenting with it on the MPC, thank you very much. Good idea.
I’d pay $300 for this and still be happy. I seen it’s sold out again
I'm always looking for chords that aren't forbidden, it's not that easy, maybe the little machine makes it a little easier? I'm surprised.
Feeling it
Can I control it using the midi input? For sampling making keygroups?
Yeah, either by midi or usb
Wow fluffy Beat mate❤🔥
🔥🔥🔥
hey mcree! can you charge the batteries on the j6 from the usb out on a mpc live 2?
yes
That thang sound good !
Roland is killing the game. There was a time when I had given up on them, but ever since they dropped the new Fantom and the Jupiter-X its felt like Roland is under new management!! I don’t know what TE is thinking…maybe they only need to sell less than 500 units to make a profit.
Roland is on a tear. I haven’t talked about Roland cloud yet.
Dammit Ave!!! 💸💸
Moment of silence for Teenage Engineering... LOL that killed me :D
I use my j6 wilth the novation circuit rhythm for chords i either sample it or i record it over the beat through the tascam multitrack
Damn that synth sounds pretty nice !
Absolute carnage
Holy smokes! 👍
I thought MPC already had a chord (and scale) mode - What's better about the J-6's chord/scale mode? (Trying to avoid indulging my gear addiction... haha)
You’re correct but the mpc doesn’t interface with daws w/o the software.
I had the same question. It looks like it may have a few more variations but overall, the MPC covers at least 90% of what this thing is doing.
Roland Dropping some Fire Again 🔥⚜️
Their last couple of releases been pretty strong imo
For $349 there’s the Isla instruments Kordbort
Have you tried it with the live 2?... im sure it works just the same...thats a cool little machine for 2 bills
Yeah it’s the same workflow
Yes 3,5 mm midi out works perfectly fine! Roland uses 3,5 mm Type A which now is standard… Still some like Arturia and Novation uses Type B…
Yo you super nice with it bro. My name is Chris by the way
Thanks again Chris