Synthetic Ensemble (Yamaha SK-20)

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The William Salmela Project: Synthetic (Analogue), Synthetic Ensemble

All sounds are from a Yamaha SK-20 synthesizer. Additional effects were used.
Video footage from actual recording session.
The SK-20 is my first analog synth and I have used it a lot for it's good sound. The synth is kind of versatile while not very deep programming-wise. There are organ, synthesizer and a very limited string-synth sections. Nice basic sounds are available but not any fancy modulation-stuff is possible. I had to make this piece before selling the synth - it has served me well on many albums. The piece is not the most original composition but it's good stuff anyway - and it sounds lovely analogue!


Effects:

Chorus: Boss RCE-10

Phaser: EHX Small Stone, Roland Phase II AP-2

Delay: Roland SDE-2000, Delay Designer (Logic)


TC-Electronic (Powercore) ClassicVerb, VSS3

For more information, please visit:

‪the-wsproject.com/‬

Пікірлер: 182

  • @rudolfkrebs2311
    @rudolfkrebs23113 ай бұрын

    Diese Instrument sind der absolute Hammer! Ich besitze einen SK50 D! Der ist so dermaßen geil, dass es nicht auszuhalten ist! Leider habe ich fast keinen Platz für das Ding! Das ist ein richtiges Flaggschiff! Und der Sound ist zum Niederknien!💪💪💪 👍😎🇦🇹

  • @kikimosaik
    @kikimosaik10 жыл бұрын

    I just realized that the SK20 is this video is the one I bought from you :) I fixed the loose key and removed a runaway screw that was safely living under the PSU board. Works like a charm and sounds like honey.

  • @abrahammarvin1647

    @abrahammarvin1647

    2 жыл бұрын

    I guess it is pretty randomly asking but do anyone know a good website to watch new series online ?

  • @tripplorenzo8452

    @tripplorenzo8452

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Abraham Marvin Flixportal :D

  • @patrikknoerr9777

    @patrikknoerr9777

    Жыл бұрын

    The first thing I thought when watching the video : "I hope he has fixed the key in the meantime"

  • @WilliamSalmela

    @WilliamSalmela

    4 ай бұрын

    Great! Do you still have it? (after 10 years...)

  • @kikimosaik

    @kikimosaik

    4 ай бұрын

    Yes @@WilliamSalmela

  • @SynthOSphere
    @SynthOSphere8 жыл бұрын

    One of the best synth songs on KZread. I keep coming back to it. Will have to do a cover of it one day...

  • @WilliamSalmela
    @WilliamSalmela11 жыл бұрын

    SK-20 can actually produce pretty complex sounds in realtime. You can layer strings, synth and organ all in the same time AND in addition you can get clean sounds from individual outputs for organ and synth/strings to be layered even further with some mixer. By clean sounds I mean the ensemble effect is applied only to the mixed output when it's on and not to the individual outputs. But you're right there's external effects and multi-tracking involved when the piece progresses.

  • @edgardvera3132
    @edgardvera31322 жыл бұрын

    Simply the BEST music video of the SK-20 ever created!

  • @tomasmellberg863

    @tomasmellberg863

    Жыл бұрын

    I agre

  • @Tjoppy
    @Tjoppy9 жыл бұрын

    This is a very beautiful piece of music! And I love the sound of that Yamaha! 👍

  • @cantarosinfonico
    @cantarosinfonico10 ай бұрын

    The synth is amazing for sure, but... man, your whole track is just pure ART!!! 💖💖💖💖 I don't care if is not the most "original" composition (whatever that means), the world just needs more music like this.

  • @halvardlund4782
    @halvardlund47824 жыл бұрын

    I do not know - if you understand how extraordinary this composition is.

  • @retrosound72
    @retrosound7210 жыл бұрын

    this is great!

  • @ChrisNova777

    @ChrisNova777

    6 жыл бұрын

    totally!

  • @dayone3156
    @dayone31565 жыл бұрын

    Man, this thing has some balls in the low end...Really falling in love with the whole sound. Might have to buy one now, so thanks a lot ;)

  • @marcgrauss3425
    @marcgrauss34252 жыл бұрын

    Very nice composition and quality production with this SK-20, congrats👏👏👏👏 I'll check your channel to listen more from you ! The SK-20 is the first synth I ever touched in 1981. It belonged to a friend on mine, who left it at my place during lunch. I composed my first synth piece during this lunch time. I published this song (re-made with VSTs) on BandLab some days ago and it has just been pinned as Trending for Classical Music 😂. I wanted to listen some SK-20 sounds to remind me these times and I could not imagine to find a more magnificient piece that what you did, thank you. ❤

  • @cristobalplatz
    @cristobalplatz12 жыл бұрын

    wow!! best SK20 demo i´ve heard, great sound, congrats!

  • @mikaelschloenzig9590
    @mikaelschloenzig95905 жыл бұрын

    This is soooo good William, classic gear in the right hands (yours) love it!

  • @jamesedinger4956
    @jamesedinger49564 жыл бұрын

    That's the nicest thing I've heard coming out of an SK20 that I can remember hearing...great job and great machine.

  • @RoomAtTheTopStudio
    @RoomAtTheTopStudio5 жыл бұрын

    This is actually one of my favorite performances from the SK series. Very inspirational to me. I had already Liked it!!

  • @kyriakosypodimatopoulos5278
    @kyriakosypodimatopoulos52789 жыл бұрын

    Bravo! I must say you make very nice synthesis with the sk-20!

  • @TommySasaki
    @TommySasaki11 жыл бұрын

    Amazing! Extremely beautiful soundscape you made.

  • @lonophonic117
    @lonophonic11710 ай бұрын

    This is great! I love your original composition from this synth and that it’s from one of Yamaha’s old iconic synthersizers before things like there flagship synths like the Yamaha CS80 and the Yamaha DX7! Very atmospheric and wonderful!

  • @gjc82071
    @gjc8207110 жыл бұрын

    Awesome!!! Really great piece! Probably the best SK20 demo I've yet heard! Very VERY cool! Fantastic! Amazing! Superb!

  • @gforce7four
    @gforce7four6 ай бұрын

    Gorgeous piece!

  • @tanassi1377
    @tanassi13777 ай бұрын

    Sounds beautiful!

  • @javiceres
    @javiceres11 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely lovely tracks!!

  • @tanassi1377
    @tanassi13777 ай бұрын

    Very sweet, love it!

  • @KristerNielsen
    @KristerNielsen6 жыл бұрын

    Excellent. This synth sounds great!

  • @gimmietheprize
    @gimmietheprize3 жыл бұрын

    That is soooo beautiful!

  • @mastercylinder1939
    @mastercylinder1939 Жыл бұрын

    I’ve said it before, your arrangements are sublime and inspirational.

  • @danthreepwood2760
    @danthreepwood2760 Жыл бұрын

    This is awesome on at least 10 different levels of ''awesomeness''. Nice job 👍👌

  • @marcbrasse747
    @marcbrasse7475 жыл бұрын

    You're really getting the best out of it. Well done!

  • @Scottzilla1970
    @Scottzilla1970 Жыл бұрын

    Wow that was really awesome!

  • @pieceworkstudios
    @pieceworkstudios Жыл бұрын

    So beautiful. I went and got my headphones. TV wasn't good enough. I love the sound of vintage string machines and this is a great one 👍

  • @robadlers6668
    @robadlers66683 жыл бұрын

    Nicely done sir! Beautiful sound creation and execution. :)

  • @phantasmodromeyannlatour894
    @phantasmodromeyannlatour8945 жыл бұрын

    Wow!! Beautiful!

  • @erwan-coic-film-composer
    @erwan-coic-film-composer7 жыл бұрын

    Always so excellent William !!! ;-)

  • @ianryan5727
    @ianryan572710 жыл бұрын

    what a wonderful sound, cheers!

  • @tareklule9249
    @tareklule92494 жыл бұрын

    I love your mastering that system

  • @user-jb9de2jo2h
    @user-jb9de2jo2h Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic!

  • @Hardts
    @Hardts6 ай бұрын

    So good! They didn't realize what they had back then.. Also this is a GREAT piece of music you've made here!

  • @eduardobricenooficial3636
    @eduardobricenooficial36368 жыл бұрын

    incredible song,nice,cool,deep,beatyfull,congratulations william

  • @yanmetcaluire
    @yanmetcaluire4 жыл бұрын

    Great piece of music .....well done !

  • @KaeRZed
    @KaeRZed9 жыл бұрын

    Really great demo !!

  • @tuboqueser
    @tuboqueser7 жыл бұрын

    Sounds amazing!

  • @Korgi_Polymer
    @Korgi_Polymer11 жыл бұрын

    So beautiful...

  • @bitley
    @bitley9 жыл бұрын

    Great. One of the best multi-tracked synth demos I've seen in quite some time. I also dabble with that from time to time btw. :)

  • @sauermusicDE
    @sauermusicDE6 жыл бұрын

    A very nice piece of music. For some strange reason it took me over 6 years to discover this track here on KZread.

  • @elonthebass6870
    @elonthebass68704 жыл бұрын

    brought a tear to my eyes man damn u

  • @KAGerby
    @KAGerby12 жыл бұрын

    Wooooow what a cool piece of music and sound !!

  • @hotfirecaster
    @hotfirecaster Жыл бұрын

    Great synth, great sounds, great music, great musician! 😊

  • @DayAntilles
    @DayAntilles11 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff. I love one-synth demos!

  • @Valler2661
    @Valler2661 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome sounds!! 👏👏

  • @vieuetcon
    @vieuetcon3 жыл бұрын

    Awesome track.

  • @WilliamSalmela
    @WilliamSalmela11 жыл бұрын

    The chords in the beginning are made with sound layered with SK-20 in realtime. However there are some effects involved. SK-20 has only ensemble and tremolo effects built in, so if I remember correctly I layered mixed output (with ensemble on) with clean separate output that ran into an external chorus unit (Korg SDD-1200). Quite possibly there's also the Roland SDE-2000 delay in the signal chain as I use it all the time. Later added some reverb, naturally.

  • @user-sk7sm1wm2t
    @user-sk7sm1wm2t3 жыл бұрын

    прекрасный синтезатор.... звучит потрясающе, конечно!

  • @mansurgabdullin8830
    @mansurgabdullin88302 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful.

  • @gjc82071
    @gjc8207110 жыл бұрын

    I don't know what to say. This is really excellent, amazing, superb, great.

  • @Lasse_Viklund
    @Lasse_Viklund6 жыл бұрын

    Very good song! This video made me buy a Yamaha SK50d so I could get all the beautiful sounds.

  • @PC0067
    @PC00674 жыл бұрын

    Excellent!!!!

  • @Sonikbytes
    @Sonikbytes11 жыл бұрын

    Love it, love it!

  • @junglajuan
    @junglajuan8 жыл бұрын

    the flame of atention my friend, very niceee

  • @MrGiloine
    @MrGiloine7 жыл бұрын

    Great performance and nice synth !

  • @aangtonio5570
    @aangtonio55703 жыл бұрын

    Awesome demo and I love the music. Good work! 😊 Is the music yours? It reminds me a lot of Vangelis and Jarre. Are your music on Spotify?

  • @Electrodefender
    @Electrodefender7 жыл бұрын

    thumb up for this machine and you good playing!

  • @Lasse_Viklund
    @Lasse_Viklund9 жыл бұрын

    Super nice music! Nice synth also!

  • @szintidoktor1846
    @szintidoktor18468 жыл бұрын

    Cool! Congrat!!!

  • @joaosousaramos3272
    @joaosousaramos32727 жыл бұрын

    Amazing!

  • @RGAF1987
    @RGAF198710 жыл бұрын

    I see you have rearranged some of the caps for the sliders. This video has inspired me to play my SK20 more. This is a good video.

  • @DadoSimicStudiostriver
    @DadoSimicStudiostriver7 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful!

  • @davidgeppert5763
    @davidgeppert57636 жыл бұрын

    Klange zum träumen. Herrlich!

  • @TheCymbalProject
    @TheCymbalProject3 жыл бұрын

    sounds great

  • @josehidalgo6232
    @josehidalgo62329 жыл бұрын

    I bought the Yamaha SK20 today, thanks to your video I've seen in quality and sound thank you very much for the video I join your channel. Greetings from limache, (chile)

  • @louierubio

    @louierubio

    4 жыл бұрын

    how do you like it?

  • @Donetur

    @Donetur

    3 ай бұрын

    @@louierubioI own one and I love it. It has this vintage vibe from the 70s no modern synth can give.

  • @louierubio

    @louierubio

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Donetur thank u!

  • @maxamills1929
    @maxamills19297 жыл бұрын

    Definently Jean Michael Jarre like in sound! Nice video!

  • @vocalpro
    @vocalpro5 жыл бұрын

    This is great!

  • @mdsysltd5573
    @mdsysltd5573 Жыл бұрын

    This sounds very heavenly.

  • @LouisSerieusement
    @LouisSerieusement7 жыл бұрын

    it was wonderful, I really, really like your analog jam

  • @WilliamSalmela

    @WilliamSalmela

    7 жыл бұрын

    Merci beaucoup.

  • @11sequence
    @11sequence8 жыл бұрын

    Wow! I could never get my SK20 to sound that great. I miss it. Great song, great demo!!

  • @adamwordsworth6732

    @adamwordsworth6732

    8 жыл бұрын

    Very nice track. Yes, you other SK owners can get a nice fat sound like this. I have found that to get a fuller sound on my SK20, what helps is: 1) Set up your preferred levels of organ + strings + poly 2) Take the mixed output into one channel of a mixing desk 3) Take the dry poly-synth into another channel 4) Apply external echo, delay, reverb etc as you please to the *mixed* out signal from the SK 5) Apply ensemble on the SK to the poly-synth 6) On the desk, bring up the dry poly level (which doesn't get ensemble effect added) above the mixed level This is to get the advantage of the ensemble (nice washy effect of the strings) without the 'phatness' reducing side-effect it has on the poly. I hope this makes sense... but essentially what I am getting at is that the separate poly output does not go through the ensemble which cuts out a lot of the crisp fat tones. So just combine that with the mixed output (which also has the poly with, if you choose, ensemble effect added)

  • @TeeBee303
    @TeeBee3036 жыл бұрын

    Love the broken key

  • @johnstarcluster
    @johnstarcluster10 жыл бұрын

    awesome!!

  • @alexub9yuf925
    @alexub9yuf9258 жыл бұрын

    That's cool!!!! Sound is like Latvian band "Zodiaks". "Zodiaks " uses Yamaha SK50D and ARP Omni...

  • @frederikfusionaar1580
    @frederikfusionaar158010 жыл бұрын

    Phat Demo! Thanx! I wanna have this SK

  • @JohnLRice
    @JohnLRice11 жыл бұрын

    Great job on the track! :-)

  • @The.Foolosopher
    @The.Foolosopher5 ай бұрын

    This goes so hard.

  • @gus6183
    @gus61832 жыл бұрын

    Acojonante Maravilloso

  • @brajtnerinjo
    @brajtnerinjo10 жыл бұрын

    very nice indeed

  • @SynthAddict
    @SynthAddict8 жыл бұрын

    nice work, man I just got one of these and I plan to use a similar workflow, but I have to up my game after seeing/hearing this :-)

  • @romlijaya8584
    @romlijaya85842 жыл бұрын

    Ini sngat menakjubkan Sya suka sekali

  • @StephanS
    @StephanS7 жыл бұрын

    Wow... very nice

  • @synthnuts4747
    @synthnuts47473 жыл бұрын

    Nicely done!!! (radlers - SK50D dude here)

  • @oldboymusique3543
    @oldboymusique35432 ай бұрын

    отличный синт!

  • @JohnLRice
    @JohnLRice10 жыл бұрын

    I'm back for another listen! :-)

  • @reneotten2288
    @reneotten22887 жыл бұрын

    Awesome

  • @ArrayzableMusic
    @ArrayzableMusic6 жыл бұрын

    Epic!

  • @akaflk
    @akaflk11 жыл бұрын

    it's a pretty awesome beast - and you managed to get some amazing sounds out of it in this! impressive - there's a lot here that i haven't managed to milk out of mine but your video inspired me to attempt to copy some of your setups and see what other sounds i could find. cheers!

  • @moogdome2562
    @moogdome25625 жыл бұрын

    Wow this is amazing. I used to drool over this synth when it first came out, saw pictures in Electronic and music maker magazine. Bet it weighs a ton, but what a great thick sound. Wonderful.

  • @BarryWarne
    @BarryWarne11 жыл бұрын

    nice sound out of that SK, and nicely played. These SK's are sadly overlooked.

  • @WilliamSalmela
    @WilliamSalmela11 жыл бұрын

    The sounds in the intro logo stuff are from a Roland RS-505 Paraphonic, but all sounds in the piece are from SK-20.

  • @GraceNotesRecords
    @GraceNotesRecords7 жыл бұрын

    Amazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @devicefactor2290
    @devicefactor22907 жыл бұрын

    fucking amazing

  • @ChrisNova777
    @ChrisNova7776 жыл бұрын

    awesome demo - you are selling me on one of these!! :o

  • @graphene1487
    @graphene14872 жыл бұрын

    We're not worthy! We're not worthyyy!

  • @djlaroccadavid5135
    @djlaroccadavid51356 жыл бұрын

    bravo ;)

  • @GoldenDeathMusic
    @GoldenDeathMusic10 жыл бұрын

    Nope,Brock Davisson, the one on sale in Columbus is mine. Still not sure if I really want to sell it though, especially after listening to this demo.

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