Come for the sleeper synth tutorial, stay for the Ableton wizardry. Didn't realize how easy it was to make a sample synth in Ableton, might have to bail on kontakt

@TheOrphicCreative

5 ай бұрын

Definitely a lot easier than Kontakt, although you don't have quite the same level of tunability and control though. But it's perfectly fine for the vast majority of synths I make

I'm selling my Montage so I can start saving for this bad boy!

Another informative and inspiring video, great stuff. I’ve just bought a vss 200 so it’s very useful to find this before it arrives to see what it’s capable of. I’ve just subscribed 🙌

Awesome channel I love it! I have the VSS-100 and it's hugely nostalgic for me as I grew up with that machine👍🤗 Cheers from Stockholm Sweden

@TheOrphicCreative

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! Glad you're enjoying the content ☺️

@ The Orphic Creative You forgot to mention that in Single Fingered mode, pressing a black key and a white key to the left of the root note will give you a minor seventh chord. 5:57

Making this video must have taken a ton of time! I have a VSS-200 but still learned a few tricks here, so thanks :)

@TheOrphicCreative

Жыл бұрын

Haha, yeah it took me nearly 6 months to get it finished, but I did move house as well so I suppose that's ok! Glad you enjoyed it

Very well presented, thanks. Nice track at the end. I had a VSS-30 and SK-1 in the day. Fun keyboards and a bit different unlike most you see today.

@TheOrphicCreative

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it ☺️

Fantastic use of the VSS-200! Few little secrets about that gadget (I have one too!) - If you hit voice bank and overwrite at the same time you can layer multiple fm sounds together -If you try do this with 04 while you already have a sample, it won't work. Instead you can switch to another sound and play something and it'll sample that! (can make some chord stabs that way) -If You hold C#3 while sampling you can make longer samples! Up to 3.5 seconds but lower quality. This is actually a feature from the Vss-30 as well! It takes some practice cos sometimes it just flat out doesn't work. Normally it samples at C4 but holding any key lower than that will assign it to that key I have all the VSS instruments and both the 30 and 200 have found themselves in several songs (the 100 isn't as good, I might sell it)

@TheOrphicCreative

Жыл бұрын

Ooh nice tips, thanks! Will definitely give those a try. At some point I am keen to do a mod to access some of the other features from the VSS-30 like the arpeggiator and the preset sounds. So a follow up video will be in the works at some point 🙂

@mikethebloodthirsty

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips... I knew about the c Sharp trick but not the other ones.

@r.pneumo7337

2 ай бұрын

Can you plug/use your own microphone for sampling? Or get samples from other external sources?

Definitely looks like the VSS-200 has so much more to offer than the VSS-30 … maybe this will be reflected in the 2nd hand prices eventually. Guess these all have circuit bending potential?? The beauty of these beasts over many other samplers is the ease with which you can create so many fresh ideas with 3 button presses! … and layer them down in a composition b4 you get bogged down and bored by technical hindrances … once whacked thru an effects box and Ableton(if you can afford it - and traverse that learning curve) … the sky is the limit.

@TheOrphicCreative

11 ай бұрын

Yes, they definitely have circuit bending potential, in fact I've seen a couple of examples. Both the FM and sampler chips can be manipulated. And because the front panel has lots of space, there's plenty of room for switches and sockets

While looking at some low-fi sampler keyboard options... I was put off the usual Casio SK-1 or SK-5 as well as the Yamaha VSS-30 due to silly prices for what you get. Then I found out about the VSS-200. Just pulled the trigger on one. Your video certainly helped with my decision making. Cheers!

@TheOrphicCreative

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun with it. Definitely a bit of a hidden gem in all the crazy prices.

grew up with one of these bad boys. didnt know any of these features just used to make fart noises in the mic. which it was pretty good at.

I had a vss 200 when I was a kid,I use to oversample voice 70 about 5 times and allocate it to bass on disco auto accomp and then just play bass riffs it's how I learned my chords u can make a bass sound out of the xylophone voice

@TheOrphicCreative

6 ай бұрын

That's cool! Gonna try these ☺️

How do you mean the VSS 30 has no rhythm generator? Sure it does. And the edit capabilities for the samples is pretty huge compared to the SK-1

@TheOrphicCreative

Жыл бұрын

It has an arpeggiator, but no drum sounds. This is fine but not so useful when trying to use it to make a complete track with only its sounds. Yes, the sample edit capabilities are more advanced than the SK1 - they are the same on the VSS-30. I talk about this for quite a while in the video 😊👍

Is possible to store the samples U make???? or is like the SK1?

@TheOrphicCreative

9 ай бұрын

No, unfortunately they will be wiped when you turn the power off, like the SK1. The only way to save them would be to record them to some kind of tape machine or digital recorder, then resample back onto the keyboard from there.

@alvaritorebelde4163

9 ай бұрын

@@TheOrphicCreative Thank U very much!!!! U are a genius!!!! Thanks for your videos!!!!

@gameon2000

5 ай бұрын

​@@TheOrphicCreativeI heard, if you put AA batterries innit, it keeps the samples even after you turn it off

@TheOrphicCreative

5 ай бұрын

@@gameon2000 Interesting! I'll have to try that

@gameon2000

5 ай бұрын

@@TheOrphicCreative Yeah, but only some models. Also Casio SK-5, but allegedly not SK-1 (so I heard, as I don't have any of these) but it is perfectly thinkable, as I had a german Casio (Hohner branded) back in 1989 and it was much bigger, but could be battery powered.

vss 200 sells for ridicules prices now too because the cats out of the bag about how much more capable it is than the 30 😪

sounded great until you put it in reaper or whatever, then it started sounding like total ass.

@TheOrphicCreative

4 ай бұрын

Lol. Thanks for your insightful comment