Rhodes Chroma Preset Demos
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- Atlanta-based keyboard player and tech Eric Frampton demos the factory presets of his recently restored Rhodes Chroma.
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Produced by Pat Strawser and Eric Frampton.
Arguably the best analog poly ever made (WHEN IT WORKED) I have had the ability to A/B this with many other synths and just its saw-based pad alone blew everything else away- CS80, Oberheim 8 voice, Memory Moog, Prophet-5 , Jupiter 8, Voyetra 8. With their expander you had 32 audiophile-quality oscillators and it had balanced outputs, so panning each unit, you had true stereo heaven hugeness that blows away anything I have heard. Some of its special features were: wooden weighted keys, changeable signal-flow ( algorithm), assign anything and everything to the levers or pedals at the same time and bi-polar, poly after touch, poly glide(glissando) AND portamento, sequencing, splits. The best way to describe it is a polyphonic 2600 with memory and better sounding hardware, its patch matrix is virtually unlimited. If you buy one expect to pay a lot but they are worth it but you MUST check these things out: make sure all voice-boards are working and calibrated, has the updated power supply ( do NOT buy a unit with the original power supply) has the MIDI upgrade, none of the leaf-springs are broken on the tail-ends of any given key, all of the panel-membrane switches work, inspect the molex connectors(inside) for tears, the d-sub port works ( essential for expander). These are very old so its only logical to assume some things that came with the unit are no longer with it, but you should ask the seller anyway: Both manuals, control pedal, dual-brass damper pedal, ATA-flight case, facsimile parameter chart ( VERY useful).
K2000 can come close. Not so fast and not as fat. But still routing wise it'n no problem. Waldorf's also come close. And great demo!
The original power supply is fine if you install the CC+ computer board which drops the power draw dramatically.
Yes, you here that all the time...well...no you don't. It does sound great and fun to program too...um...oh wait. It's a great keyboard players synth(see jazz riffs and Herbie Hancock references). I'm sure the next keyboard they bought after the Chroma would be the DX7. For synthesists, not so much. I'd take my MemoryMoog over a Chroma any day.
Thanks! I agree with Madrrrrrrrrrrr that the K2000 and some of the Waldorfs can do what we're hearing. But neither the K2k nor anything Waldorf existed in 1982, which makes the Chroma a bit of a marvel in that way.
@@TotallyNuss herbie Hancock plays all those synthesizers
this is the video that sent me down the rabbit hole. the vision behind this machine is still so fresh and exciting. I am now in the process of designing a synth very similar to this. thanks so much for the inspiration!
PS: if you want to see the chroma in action, check out the video titled "herbie hancock & the rockit band - live in baden baden 1984"
I have Restored a Rhodes Chroma.
Lots of work but worth it.Now sold.
Bravo. Best Chroma demo I've seen and heard. Those wooden keys add a distinctive touch and feel.
Phenomenal synth that is very underrated. The Chroma is one of my favorite synths ever and rightfully so. Glad to see you own a Memorymoog and OB Four Voice too.
Dude you got some skill. This chroma is in good hands :)
This synth is fantastic and you make it shine ! Yes’ Its like having a Stradivarius. Thank you !
i have seen a lot of demos from a lot of keyboards and synths... this is by far the best i've seen... Great Great playing!
Man you can PLAY! That right hand of yours just shreds.
Thank you for uploading this video. Was a really cool overview from a synth that I haven't ever seen in person and don't know much about
Smooth playing skills, wow! And amazing instrument.
That "Herbie" sound at 1:12 is amazing (and your playing skill shows it off very well). I'd love to clone that one...
Amazing demo, thanks so much! 💜
dayyyuumm that first patch is really somethin special!!
the demo is great but pity you didn't run the instrument direct... honestly its blowing me away except for the tinniness, and yet I'm thinking it could well be simply the amp, room sound, and mic.
I agree, it's too bad we couldn't have DI'ed it. We did the best we could with what we had, which was a couple of iPhones.
Great! Please do one of these again with directly recording the audio output.
Snow Flakes are Dancing is Isao Tomita on MOOG 3 p
" memory mode could not due " at 4:24 that piece you played is really expressive. Excellent work. The music scene is in complete drought of that . Can you suggest where viewers can learn that style chord progression and scales? Im really tempted to sample that motif /phrase onto the mpc very well played! Have you any records out?
Great great chops !!! And the Croma us nice to…
Sounds so cool man!
Great demo! @7:13 very cool
I don't know what to make of the Rhodes Chroma ... the exterior is beyond nice, and the possibilities are over the top, but like the first DX7, apart from a few classic sounds it's pretty much useless, unless you really dig into the programming part. Very metallic sounds, like the Ensoniq VFX, Prophet VS, Elka Synthex or PPG Wave ... but that was the ideal back in the 80s :)
Blimey! How did u get that gong sound at the end? I want to try it on my midi Chroma. Its just like the one Tangerine dream used from a Synclavier! This was at start of Exit album on Kiew mission, programmed in the studio--not sure if they played a recording or sampled it to play live? But to think that complex sound can come out of an essentially analogue keyboard----wow!
That organ sound at 6:35 almost sounds like Van Halen’s 1984.
Let's hear you play Starship's - We Built This City.
Why always compare it to "Memoog"? Not just feature- even soundwise I´d place Chroma above the machine beside. In general moogs are excellent & made history by good reason but still are almost worshipped a little too much. If I´d to select between any moog (even a model 55) or the Chroma guess what I´d take?
We'd just finished going through the Memorymoog, so as best I can figure that was still on our minds.
Behringer are you listening!
Wow that sounds nice. How similar was the Chroma Polaris? Was the Polaris a scaled down version of this? I played a Polaris back in the 80's (considered buying it) but I don't recall it being as impressive as what we hear here.(but then that was a while ago) ;)
The Polaris has some interesting things going on of it's own, but a full-on Chroma it definitely is not.
Has anyone figured out how to achieve that Herbie synth? Ive got Chromatix and is fairly programable. I assume I could could close to that by tweaking some of the sounds they've got on there..
Fantastic
Great demo. More herbie patches please
oh cool, it's rare to see one with aftertouch
Great demo - funny ol beast though
Thanks! Yeah, it's an odd beast for sure.
6:45 similar to the first user sound I created on my Minilogue last year
What is that white rack that is only half populated with modules? It almost looks like something from 7th Circle.
How close does it get to Tony Banks famous Quadra sounds? After all its ARP & more complex.
fantastic instrument - but sooooo rare here in austria
Vieleicht der beste Synthesizer aller Zeiten 🎉😂
What other analog synths are 1) velocity sensitive, 2) pressure sensitive, 3) poly-pressure sensitive? The only one I can think of is the Prophet T8...
Yamaha cs 80!
lqr824 newsflash: most keyboardists don't use aftertouch.
lqr824 There's a new analog polysynth called the Parva. It may not sound as great as the Chroma, but it still has its modern and cool character
ummmmmmmmmmmm , well im the exception that proves the rule, i always use after touch for vibrato, if no after touch then its mod controler , never do manuel vibrato with pitch controlers ! ok cheers
I have it on good authority this keyboard was used on the Donnie Iris song 'Do You Compute?"
dat low end @ 4:22
Camera mic, total no-go. Haram!
Was ROCKET performed on a Chroma? Thanks.
There are multiple Chromas (and Chroma Expanders) in live videos from 1982-84 of the band performing it, and the famous video of Herbie working with Q in the studio has the Chroma right smack in the middle of things along with the Fairlight. So take that as you will...
monsterjazzlicks yes along with a Fairlight and Oberheim. But the main riff is Def a Chroma
So how does this synth work? Analog?
Yep.
use a di box!! super rare units butchered by mic!!
bro need more meat and potatoes and less fizz :-) :-) :-)
the sounds are so nasty
No good sounds
Record the audio DIRECT next time. This sounds awful.
That's because you need to clean your ears. Need a Q-tip?
Thanks, totally put me off buying one, it sounds horrible, we are so lucky synth technology has come such a long way and become a lot cheaper since this dinosaur was made.
Too much talking
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