Roland S -1 | Interstellar Tutorial | Sound design, pattern programming, & performance
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- Опубліковано 23 бер 2024
- A tutorial for how I created my Interstellar cover on the Roland S-1. The S-1 is a very capable compact synth that gives larger hardware a run for its money. It is battery powered, works great with MIDI controllers (I personally use it with an OP-Z), and most importantly sounds great. I created my Interstellar cover with solely the S-1, as well as many other songs, and I've yet to be let down by the sounds I can get out of it.
If you have any questions about the tutorial, please feel free to ask in the comments.
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My original performance: • Roland S -1 | Interste...
Timestamps:
00:22 Sound design
03:30 Notes and basic pattern
05:10 Programming notes into S-1
08:48 Performance
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Thanks for sharing, I learn more about this unit every time I pick it up. Been having a blast, amazing value for $200... (I'm guessing the bottom has fallen out of the Volca market!)
The tone sounds amazing!
Thank you!
Beautiful music and demonstration. Thank you so much!
Thank you - glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for this. Sounds great, and extremely helpful..
Glad it helped you! Thanks for watching
Only just got the S1 so it's all new to me, I'm going to have to watch the video a few more times, before it sinks in. Thanks for sharing.
Let me know if you have any questions!
THANK YOUUUU, it's very inspiring man
Glad to hear that! thanks for watching!
Excellent and very helpful - thanks very much.
Thanks for watching! Glad you liked it
thank your for sharing!!! this is amazing
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it
Bravo!
Never tried programming a pattern into mine- and now I’ve seen it done I probably never will. Life’s way too short…
It's not the easiest sequencer, but I don't mind it for simple things
ha ha
i tend to press record & play the notes in and hope for the best
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This is awesome, thank you for sharing this. I must try this as it's a beautiful piece. Not long had my S1 so very much a learner on it. It's great how you break down the settings and values.
Do you have or can you share any other pieces? 🔥💥🎛🎶🎹❤️
Hi, sorry I've been on vacation! I'm hoping to get more tutorials & jams out in the next week or so.
@markyounq No worries mate. I put your sequence into my s1 and it sounds great. So pleased with the turn out. Would love to do a few more. Thanks for sharing.🎶🔥🎹
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Thanks! Hoping to get some more videos out in the next two weeks.
Great demo....one thing though, sorry, the volume output on your vocals and s-1 is a little low.
Thanks & thank you for the input! I am far from an audio mixing master, so it's good feedback to get. Thanks for watching!
Just a heads up that your gain is very low. When you right click on your YT video on a pc and choose Stats for Nerds, it shows your db is around -18. You should shoot for as close to 0 as possible to be as loud as possible. Anything louder than 0 and YT may cut your audio and make it worse than when you started. I use Audacity (free on pc and mac) and "select all" for the track, then go to apply compression with makeup gain to 0 db and it's always perfect. If you get any clipping, you can then apply a limiter with soft clip.
Thanks - I actually boosted the gain right before exporting, but you're right it's still too low. I read that youtube normalizes things to -12, and tried to just get it in the ballpark of that. Thanks for the tips!
Are you sure it’s not in 4/4?
Something sounds off, both in this performance and my carbon copy here on my S-1. But I’m 99% certain this is in 3/3 (it’s basically a waltz!). Anyone have any ideas why some of the held notes sound truncated? Problem with the sequencer design?Still, really nice, clear explanation- really helping my exploration of this amazing little synth.
@@robertking9658 Waltz time is 3/4, not 3/3.
@@SpeccyMan oh duh, of course it is. I’m an idiot. Still, something sounded off - I need to try and replicate but with the extra hold.
@@robertking9658 I'm no expert, but I believe that the G-note that's played on oct-1 from step 12 should end at step 22 and not 23, because step 23 plays note C on oct0. I ended te G-note on step 22 instead and started playing the A-note on step 23 and it sounds correct to me.
Tempo is a little faster than the movie…
Sounds great. You might want to brush off or blow/vacuum your Unit; skin cells are distracting.
Thanks - I actually blew it off the night before, but couldn't find a good brush to get the stubborn ones off. I'll need to find a good travel brush for future videos.