This is how 1980s thought the future guitar would be
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- Опубліковано 3 сер 2022
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“Just imagine 2015, flying cars, jet packs, hoverboards, synthesised guitars.”
We already have all those except synthesized guitars, but we have synthesize programs though, so the past was technically right on this
@@TowaMidriffEnjoyer isn’t this a synthesized guitar?
@@TowaMidriffEnjoyer Moog guitar was ages ago
We have all these
@@DarthJynx115 Yup
@@TowaMidriffEnjoyer we don't have hoverboards. I can't believe people call those stupid things with wheels hoverboards they don't even hover
It seems like a boss battle in a Zelda or a Castlevania game, just incredible
It sounds strangely similar to the end boss theme in Super Mario 64
Kinda sound like it would be named
"The Aftermath Of The Last Battle"
if it was a game soundtrack
Came here to say it sounded a lot like Castlevania. So good
u like that stuff? check out Anamanaguchi... they've been ripping up rock/chip-tune for yeaaaars
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I legit wanna hear more of this guitar. This sounds amazing.
This is something that won't look out of place in Regular Show as a guitar to save the universe.
Oh no, he’s gone into lefty mode. He’s unstoppable.
What right mode wasn't his full power?!
The camera is reversed as if you would use ur front phone camera u can see it with the "casio" Logo
@@louisxvi6755 the guitar is upside down because it is made for right handed playing. The label will then be upside down too.
People saying this guy doesn't know about mirroring clearly don't know about jokes
r/whoosh
Can we get a long version of this, I have never heard anything like this and I'm in love with it.
I would really like more of this it should be in a game or something.
Did you skip the 90s? This is what games sounded like.
@@dylantaylor8389 You forget people have been born since 1999.
I also just discovered this piece. It is mesmerizing… i wish there was a longer version. Simply amazing.
tame impala used this to cover his "feels like we only go backwards"
@@thrashology he used this instrument or a close version of it. what is there to debate? I didnt go back to Tame Impalas video to check the exact model but its playing technology and general state of being is the same. So yeah.
U need to do a full song fr 😭✨that’s was magical
Please play more of this instrument! I love the way it sounds!
Unironically the coolest guitar ever made. Just this 30-second video alone has made me want one.
Too bad it's REALLY rare
It might be rare, but someone with enough experience could build their own similar one
Gave me the shivers listening to it. Sounds beautiful.
@@LordCuthachno way. It’s a Casio DG 20 dude. They are all over E-Bay etc. i got mine for $1100… though NOW isn’t the best time to buy anything really. Inflation and all
@@derfmode resellers would jack the price up that high regardless of inflation
This guitar was invented 42 years ago knowing one day someone would come along that would be able to fully utilize this guitar to its potential. That day is now here.
But it didn't make a lot of sense. I mean the point of the synthesiser was, to an extent, initially to sound like other instruments. In the end it wound up (because of limitations in the technology) that the synth became more of an instrument in its own right. Now it's perhaps as common for a modern keyboard instrument or DAW etc to be emulating one of these earlier synths than it is to be trying to emulate acoustic instruments. From that perspective though, a synth that's controlled like a guitar is not a guitar, but it has all of the guitars limitations when it comes to playing notes. Really you'd be better trying to emulate a guitar sound using a keyboard - adding whatever controllers you could invent to let you do slides, bends etc, than you would be trying to emulate the plethora of other instruments on a guitar. And that was the guitar synth's flaw. That and the fact that they'd made a product that appealed more to people who couldn't play the guitar but could play keyboards than it did to guitarists. Why would you learn to play the guitar if it ended up that you were more restricted in the parts you could do compared with the ones you could already play?
That is why guitar synths really got nowhere. Plus, the technology has not been easy to develop, i.e we've had decades of digital pianos each perhaps sounding better and improving on the earlier ones, but we really haven't reached the point yet where the digital version is as good as the acoustic version. It may have a ton of advantages in terms of size, weight, cost...but it's still lacking...in spite of trying various methods to create the sound, synthesis, sampling and physical modelling. If we assume the latter is the technique that will eventually reach that goal of being able to create digital saxophones, guitars, pianos, drums and all the other variety of acoustic instruments, it's still likely to be more versatile to use that technology in an instrument that has an interface that is closer to the keyboard than one like a guitar. Albeit you might argue that slides, bends, the way performers on wind instruments blow etc cannot be performed on a keyboard I think it more likely that a controller of some kind could be used than you'll ever get around the limitations of the guitar in terms of the notes you can physically play and how it works. So all that would leave is performers who wanted a guitar that makes funny sounds and there really were not enough of them. The guitarists that pushed the instrument in terms of technique and music were not, in the main, interested in using them. I think Alan Holdsworth was a fan but he's not nearly mainstream enough to have driven sales in the way that, say, Vai or EVH have sold super strats and valve amps.
It's a cool idea, don't get me wrong.. but it's woefully unnecessary.
I've seen some guitars where someone installed a pedal-circuit inside of it, which is also cool, but at the end of the day getting different sounds/tones on the fly is waaay easier to simply just use traditional pedals on-the-floor that can do the exact same thing. And you can switch FX without having to take one of your hands away from playing.
A certain Chinese company tried, except they terribly failed, as they mainly wanted to make a guitar for beginners...
Real guitarists say "keep the synthesizer on keys" use pedals.
The feeling that this little song gave me was so good... really a shame it wasn't longer.
I will keep this video in my heart forever.
Thank you very much for this!
love when he quotes his other songs. you can tell there's a little "I miss you" in there
It'd be interesting to see and hear him playing "I miss you" with it
it’s his signature 7th chord with a hammer on loll
0:24
@@stella4913 a seventh chord and hammer on that many guitarists play… as if this guy made it up 😭
@@goldflo91 I don’t think it could be as you cannot tap on this guitar and that’s pretty fundamental to the composition of ‘I miss you’
Would love to be proven wrong though
They actually had a guitar pretty much exactly like this in the 80s. It was called the synthaxe. Legendary jazz guitarist Allan holdsworth was known for being a fan of this instrument. I would highly recommend his music.
Super-interesting, mentally stimulating and unique, without perfectly fitting into the "jazz fusion" box. Incredible tones and harmonies that aren't always so familiar. I found interest when Tosin Abasi of Animals as Leaders mentioned him as a huge influence.
Allan's the man!
They also had a guitar EXACTLY like this in the 80s... Because this is a Casio DG-20. Which came out in 1987.
@@davetraintrain huh didn’t know that
@@davetraintrain haha i was finna say that, the point of the video is that it’s a futurized guitar from 1980😂
The fact the 80s are starting to turn 40 years old makes me old and sad
40 years and we still aren't close to matching this futuristic design. So cool looking.
Can we just get a whole album of you playing that guitar?
A cover of a NES/SNES song would be SO SICK on that guitar, the tone sounds perfect for it.
pretty much!
its straight-up megaman. so sick
Ask and you shall receive: These guys were great to hear live! ua-cam.com/video/o09vYKn3h0I/v-deo.html
Maybe play an actual NES or SNES before saying this ok you got me I give up... hopeless...
Are you familiar with Anamanaguchi
i just come here once in a while and listen to this like 50 times. then i go, and a few months later im back. im an addict.
0:33 why would you stop such beautiful music 😢
Things is, this is digital, and anything remotely frettd registers a note at full volume. So the amount of precision this video must have taken is beyond impressive!
Except it records MIDI and the recording would be unbelievably simple to clean up.
@@mosley3485 Sure, but I doubt Ichika is cleaning up his audio much beyond maybe basic sound quality concerns. We've seen live video of him playing and I'm not aware of any evidence that he's a fraud so it seems like a weird conclusion to jump to, just because cheating would be easy doesn't mean everyone is cheating.
What’s the instrument called?
@@jeremyjoyner9796 Casio DG-20
I really doubt he takes the time to clean audio up substantially just to dupe a few people on the Internet into thinking his playing is better than it is, he doesn't care enough to do that.
I've played that guitar and heard many people try to play it. You have to understand how hard it is not to feather unwanted pressure pads on the frets and the lack of dynamism on transition from note to note to fully appreciate the genius on display here. That being said the music stands alone as beautiful.
what the name of that guitar please if you dont mind sayin
Casio synthesizer guitar
thanks
😀😁🤣
@@popeman4371 it's a Casio DG-20 digital MIDI guitar; Wikipedia says from 1987 (but it doesn't have its own article, yet).
Man that's dope as heck !!!
I had two of these DG-20s. And they are awesome. While some of the sounds are cheesy, others are usable. The downfall of this instrument is note recognition on the fingerboard. I am shocked at how fast he is playing and the DG doesn’t seem to have a problem keeping up.
I have an MG510 :-)
Judging by how spotless it is, it has probably been refurbished and upgraded
@@wyster14 it’s a possibility, but based on my experience, unlikely. The instrument tracks poorly for one. And on certain presets you can’t even play other notes or strings until the previous notes/strings stop sustaining. But that isn’t even the biggest problem. Both of the DGs I owned (which were each in excellent overall condition) had various dead spots on the fretboard, meaning you couldn’t play certain notes (like a dead key on an old synth). I took both of them to two reputable vintage musical repair/electronics shops here in L.A. Neither tech could find a solution to repair or mod the board to have it be fully functional. So, I eventually (and sadly) let them both go. And now I have a more modern guitar synth set-up.
It must be modded. Then again, its in japan. Those ppl are awesome w electronics… im sure someone was able to mod or upgrade it, especially for ichika
@@RasTex512 ???
This needs a full length release… its too good to only be 36 seconds. Please make it longer. I saw someone on Facebook share a story w a version that is slightly longer and recorded at a different angle. Hope it turns into something.
So good!
Amazing!
Love how you always find a beautiful way to incorporate dissonance, and the way music is formed in your mind. Always a treat to hear what you come up with
Knowing that there is pretty significant input lag(I forget the term but a time difference between hitting notes and the sound playing) with these old midi instruments makes this even more impressive.
Delay is the word you are searching my guy, didn't know that there was a delay, it makes it more interesting
@@deimosa.rottenheart1036 yes and no, latency is what I was looking for. Thank you though I wouldn't have remembered to put it 😄
@@44CoReY44 oh wow, I didn't knew latency was something even out of gaming, something new learned, have a great day
@@deimosa.rottenheart1036 same to you!
Nah man it is all about interface. With good audio interface you can play anything.
ive been wanting to get one of these for a long time now, i just like it
Lovely as always
Love the fast content! Keep up the great work!!! 👍
really cool stuff
this suprised me with how it sounds. Fasinating
This has a beautiful sound please do more with this instrument .
Love to see more of this crazy Casio guitar ❤️
Spectacular my good sir.
Sounds great
Please do more videos with this instrument! This is definitely going to be my ringtone
my spine is tingling
release a song like this and i will cry my eyes out
i love it
PLEASE make more music with this guitar, it sounds so lovely
I'm going to need more of this.
It's impressive how music advanced so much, and in a really good way, i wish i could say the same about cars, everyone though that they could fly in a few decades lol
Music advanced a lot but if you think about it, instrument have been kept almost the same for 40 years or more
They can fly, if you go fast enough and have a sheer enough drop. Only works once though
@@orinblank2056 that's not flying! that's falling with style :)
@@SSSleeplesss nah man, that is flying
Music got way worse and technology is getting dystopian. And nothing is affordable anymore.
This man's discipline & dedication to his craft is a work of art. His arrangements are like photos or poems, trying to encapsulate infinity within these fleeting moments we label as "Time."
While I do believe they provoke thought I also think you might be reading into it a bit much
@@chillrendbeats LMAO I agree
Touch grass dude, you're highly romanticizing this
His music is good
But it's literally basic Jpop chord progression and melodies
Ichika is all about technique
but his music is in the same vein of the japanese compositional style
Literally nothing new aside from the mind boggling technique
And ps I am an Ichika fan but I'm being honest here
As long as we generate comments for the algorithm, idrc. As for touching grass, lemme run to my mom and let her know someone is making fun of me on the internet implying I don't have a life outside the internet.
To actually address the comments, forgive me for being high af and just saying what I felt in the moment. Idk, his stuff is therapy for me. Felt like sharing.
Anyhoodles, lemme get my vitamin-D deprived skin some much needed sunlight and touch grass for the first time, because I never would have done it had you guys not so humbly corrected me from the errors of my ways.
Bro was smoking the good goop when he wrote whatever the fuck this is💀
I remember seeing those in the Price Club stores during the Christmas seasons back in the 80s. I still want one.
Absolutely fantastic. I need that
THIS IS HONESTLY SO COOL
When they designed and made this instrument the engineers had no idea it would have this brilliant player
The last half sounds like it would be played over an Ace Attorney character's sad backstory, which is precisely the genre of music I need more of in my life
This sounds so BEAUTIFUL!
i love this
They just need to make an updated version of this thing. So cool.
I remember in 1985 I went into a music shop in Virginia and saw these things. It was pretty impressive at the time.
Too bad it’s extremely rare nowadays :/
I need a longer version of this 😩😩
THAT IS AMAZING
That sounds so nostalgic. I remembered the tunes Trains would play in Tokyo whenever they reach a station.
The old school game vibes from this are so fun.
Beautiful! That thing looks like hell to play!
Need more of this in my life
I remember those. The Casio was the real deal midi guitar but Kawasaki made a cheaper version with strings only where you plucked and neck was all buttons but had a built in drum machine with a few beats and tempo knobs. You can still get 1980s Roland 808 drum sequencers or a virtual one for the classic 80s pop sound.
This actually seems more like a guitar that would be made IN the 1980's, considering the angular design, use of plastic and the synth elements, and subsequently remembered as an icon of the 80's
it was
That is sick!
A Back to the Future style of guitar, people would be playing it while floating on a floating skateboard.
Living in the future in the 80's was so much better than living in the future now.
If you want a vision of the future, just imagine a song being played repeatedly on an instrument that does exist forever.
I... LOVE this thing.
This sounds so cool :D
My dad had one of these when I was growing up, really surprised you got such a good response out of it - always found the strings to be very inconsistent
Damn I want a full version of this it just sounds so good
This is sending shivers down my spine
Anything you touch turns to gold.
Do you think you'd ever make a mini-album on Spotify for all the digital guitar melodies you've done so far?
I actually have this exact "guitar" sitting in a closet at my parent's house from when I was a teenager. I could never get it to sound that good, but then again I didn't know what I was doing back then. Maybe I should ask them to send it to me...
fck man this is so stunning
This sounds really good.
Damn. I can imagine a synth album like this for DnD.
Vamos
you could do an entire solo album with this thing and I'd buy it
Had one of these a while back. Just trying to get it to realise a string was plucked was a challenge so this is pure godliness here.
That thing is AWESOME!!!
If this is a part of a song, somebody clue me in, it sounds so good
same here!!
you know, i’m glad it didn’t end up like this, although this sounds sick, nothing can beat guitars we have now!
Electric guitars haven't really changed fundamentally since 1951 when the Telecaster was released. Only the auxiliary gear has developed.
Sounds like the chime from those old clocks that would do a cute little performance when it hit the hour
I loved that
I can't stop listening to this, it's like a serotonin package! It makes all the funky brainwaves go "weeeeee!"
I remember those. I worked in a music store during that era. Made by Casio. They tracked a guitarist's playing better than their competitors.
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that sounds freaking cool
i love it
I wish they made this with 7 strings and a really good modern tone that you can tweak. I'd buy one right now. Imagine having to NEVER change your strings again, or mess with an amp. Unfortunately, if you snap one of those strings...you kinda ruined it.
The Casio DG-20 from 1987 is a MIDI guitar with untuned nylon strings. It has whatever tone the synthesizer it's controlling gives it; its built in synthesizer has 20 preset sounds according to a good article about it on MyRareGuitars.
They were kinda right?
'The future' is vague and undefined.
NOW is the future of 1980.
That guitar exists even in this type of format, therefore, they were right.
Sweet! ❤
Pretty amazing sound.
That’s awesome
As somebody that was born in the 1990S...I find this very appealing.
🎶 Beautiful 🎶
It's beautiful
POV: you just inserted super hang on into your mega drive and selected a song
honestly this would make an awesome tool for scoring something like a silent hill game, it’s so cold and dissonant yet the melody’s possible on it would bring that necessary melancholy to the table. It would be genius
Wow, that was dope
We're still not ready for this
0:07 sounds like a phone alarm lol
good music skills btw, keep it up!