Your reviews and demos are second to none. This synth was created by a genius.

I love that any time I am thinking of getting a new synth I have this channel to turn to for helping me decide. Your videos are excellent and this one is no exception. Very helpful, thank you.

Your reviews are the absolute best source on YT. You explain things that other channels really don't understand and you do it in a coherent way. So many channels really don't understand the gear they are reviewing. I will probably never understand all the features in any synth, but I know I'll know more if I watch your videos VS someone else's channel, which are woefully inept to say the least. I've been using synthesizers since the early 1980s so got to own some pretty cool gear over the years. Although I can play them, I never understood the verbiage, and your channel fills in that void of knowledge.

AWESOME! Always love your intro and outros.

One of the best synths from the last 30 years ! Great review again!!! How can you dislike, loopop is one of the best !

Great info here!

@loopop

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Matt, and great sounds over on your channel!

@kray9438

3 жыл бұрын

If Matt’s checking this out, then I’m on the right path 🙌🏽

Super review, I like this synth very much. Thankyou Loopop.

Super, comprehensive coverage. Love your reviews - and the Oscilloscope displays :-) I've been following this synth for a few months and have ordered one (due mid-Jan). I love that it has no display yet manages to be very useable as well as, IMO, innovative in many areas. I will, finally, have to join you on patreon to get those presets :-)

@loopop

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

The color of everything is just beautiful, your videos just keep getting better and better honestly! You fill a spot that no one else does close to as well!

@loopop

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much - it means a lot coming from you especially in light of the pristine quality of yours!

In over 25 years of working with synthesizers, we rarely wanted to have one as badly as this! Wow, just wow. Last but not least - gorgeous demo as usual!

@Stadsjaap

3 жыл бұрын

This unit screams future classic

@Sinevibes

3 жыл бұрын

@@Stadsjaap Absolutely agree! It’s a masterpiece

@billB101

3 жыл бұрын

Can I ask why? Not trying to undermine your reasons here, just interested in what, for you, makes this so different from the other newer polysynths on the market?

@modmodell8897

3 жыл бұрын

@@billB101 Touch & play it once, hear it inside of a production and you will understand. It‘s quite a remarkable construction and the switches and sliders are extremely high quality. But most important thing is the outstanding sound, cuts thru every mix.

@Sinevibes

3 жыл бұрын

@@billB101 It is different from many synthesizers because you can see and hear the love and passion that went into making of this one. It sounds super super lovely with every move of every control, this is not a small feat. If you followed the path of this development, and heard the main creator himself speak about it, you would probably understand. And yes, the result is that this machine has incredible attention to detail, in and out, which you won’t see on synths which are made to fit a certain place in the market...

Thanks Loopop, your the best reviewer. Really helpful and well prepared presentation.

I love your ability to summarize for us laymen. Thanks.

Thank you a ton Ziv. I am loving this machine. First I almost skipped it because I thought its a Jupiter 6 knockoff. Oh, was I wrong. Then i used your pack for a competition. This is one of the most creative polis I ve ever played, and I have quite a collection in Prophet10 and REV 2, OB6, Hydrasynth, Wavestate... amnd some old romplers. This thing is so creative and hands on, perfect for the music I am working on.

Finally snagged one! Cannot wait.

As usual quality intro and outro

Thorough as always. Thank you Sir.

Very impressive. $2,800.00 online as of December 29, 2020 in pre-order. Seems to be of very high quality build complete with the Italian made Fatar keybed with aftertouch (these are the best I have ever felt). To put this into perspective, UDO Super 6 is selling today for one third of what it would have cost you had it been something that came out in 1985. And I may be under estimating that. Thank you for the review, which I'm sure you'd agree barely scratched the surface of its sonic capabilities.

@dmomcilovic9185

3 жыл бұрын

But three times the price of a deep mind 12

@SPAZZOID100

3 жыл бұрын

@@dmomcilovic9185 and for good reason!!!

@SpaceDisco1

3 жыл бұрын

@@malcolmgerald Which is about 9000 pounds when you adjust for inflation. So about three times as much as the UDO 6, which is exactly what the OG poster said. Lel

@SPAZZOID100

Жыл бұрын

@@dmomcilovic9185 yes

I love this synth. This and the buchla command are the next two I'm getting!

Great Review Ziv..

First🤗waiting for this video. Sounds amazing, good work as always. Thanks and keep on❤

Everything else aside, it really is thing of beauty. Not many synths these days scream "play me!" like this does.

I did watch the intro at least 20 times, the sound and the chords are remarkable... still watching the intro. good stuff

@ekoboydj

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed so warm

@miendo

3 жыл бұрын

The chord progression reminds me of Daft Punk - Contact kzread.info/dash/bejne/fH1p0NGhZLLfiMY.html

"When Apple comes out with the next version of MacOS that breaks all your music software."😂

@TheScreamingFrog916

3 жыл бұрын

Sad but true, I have too much old hardware, with apps that won't work on the latest OS. Manufactures stop updating their apps, and you are stuck.

@BubbaSatori

3 жыл бұрын

32 bit apps still work on Windows.

@rars0n

3 жыл бұрын

Even back in the days of classic Mac OS, most people didn't upgrade right away for that exact reason. Even if the OS didn't completely break software, it just made sense to stay on the stable release while driver or other updateswere written for the new OS, which usually took some time. Edit: I am becoming increasingly less enamored with technology, and I've been a diehard ever since getting my first Pentium-100 computer as a kid and learning everything I possibly could. I'm sick of constant OS updates that often break basic features and I'm sick of the bloated nature of everything. My Windows computer has orders of magnitude more power than the lowly Mac Trent Reznor was using back in 1994, and yet so many CPU cycles are wasted on OS modules I'm not even using, like Xbox functionality, or stuff I don't want, like all the telemetry monitoring that is tied into Windows update. Imagine how much more useful modern CPU power would be if it it weren't constrained by modern software. I'm not even going to start on how much I hate modern smart phones and how quickly they become unusable. The thing is I'm MUCH more interested in using OLDER computer software and platforms like classic Macs and even the Atari ST because there's a lot of cool shit that you can do with these things, and you don't have to worry about them breaking functionality due to updates or other nonsense. I hate how quickly iPads become obsolete and how modern software forces you to use the latest crap MacOS and vice versa. I'm sure some people like the new stuff, but I feel like we've hit a hard wall years ago as to how functional the basic OS is. While it may not be entirely functional, at least with old hardware I know that I can fire up the old shit and it will still always work! Not today, not modern shit, with everything relying on an internet connection. The reliance on subscriptions and internet connections is making even "ancient" audio technology infinitely more appealing to me. I'd say the same thing about the gaming industry. For sure, there's a few games that pique my interest, like Cyberpunk, but most modern games don't thrill me like the classics do, and I already own them and can play them whenever I want, unlike a game that one buys off of the Xbox store or whatever, where they can just be removed and if you don't already have them saved, you're out of luck. Sorry for the rant.

@Denvermorgan2000

3 жыл бұрын

Yes Apple breaks your software but Windows makes your hardware useless.

@Aquatarkus96

3 жыл бұрын

@@Denvermorgan2000 IDK almost 10 years strong with the same hardware on windows...

I really love my Super 6 Desktop! best decision I ever made.

"Swivel Chair Anxiety" - Yes. Yes. I broke a key on an otherwise mint Oberheim Matrix 6 about 20 years ago. I've never allowed arm-rest-having chairs in my studio since then.

After watching this, my 'new synth budget' has just doubled. Totally sold on the Super 6.

I was so excited to see this at NAMM 2019, but the line to talk to the dude was so long I gave up. At any rate, this think is awesome!

I can't be alone in wishing you'd put your demo intros/outros into videos of their own.

@loopop

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! They’re available as patreon downloads and it’s comments like these that get them ultimately on albums/singles on streaming services (when I get to it!)

Also, i think that due to the digital nature of the FPGA oscillators it is important to underline one feature that has not been shown here - if you press shift, and manipulate PW, you will dial in Drift mode, that is very similar to DSI/Sequential "slop". So you can have two very wonky oscillators. This does not apply to LFO 1, I think (maybe it does I will try now).

Very nice presentation!

This is a gorgeous synth that seems to have a similar layout of the prophet 12 when it came out. But as if a prophet 12 had a child with a Juno and then that child became a genius who decided to live without reverb his entire life. Build quality looks amazing. That blue color is fantastic. Great review. I’m going to hold off until they get the ecosystem a bit more stable and there are more users communicating with one another.

@greeksdorok

2 жыл бұрын

What do you mean live without reverb? Does the synth not sound good with rev?

@evanfrench

9 ай бұрын

@@greeksdorokno onboard reverb. Will sound amazing with external reverb.

Best review ever. I bought it. ❤❤

I love this thing… both sound and look

Most inspiring synth I've owned in +20 years of having many. This one is a keeper, what a great instrument! Great review as always @loopop

Lovely Review thanks Boss, really want one as I write this. You've heard that before. Best wishes sent.

The camera movement is making me feel like I do when I play Skyrim VR. Synth looks and sounds very nice. This and a Vermona 14 would do me thanks very much.

this sound excellent

Had my super 6 a week, it's hands down the best synth I've ever played with including all VSTs, Moog's and Viruses. It's so hands on and well thought out

@PluieDeLarmes

Жыл бұрын

I just received mine and it's definitely not as good as sequential or oberheim flavours. All sounds are kinda like fake, hard to describe it, there is no emotions. I sent it back.

@NuisanceMan

Жыл бұрын

@@PluieDeLarmes Yes. It may be a combination of analog and digital, but it sounds digital. There is an emptiness at the center of the sound.

@PluieDeLarmes

Жыл бұрын

@@NuisanceMan Exactly, my Peak is warmer and sounds more high res

@SPAZZOID100

Жыл бұрын

@@PluieDeLarmes Must disagree. It has just as much character as those.

@kierenmoore3236

Жыл бұрын

@@SPAZZOID100 🤣😂😅🥲

I like the digital OSC and analog filter synths. You get a lot of the benefits from digital while still getting that analog warmth from it!!!!! This synth is like a poly SH 101, Very Nice

@stephenroldan5107

2 жыл бұрын

Same thing i thought

Nice that you can sequence your own arpeggios - kind of like the Roland sh-32 I had a few years ago.

Cool videffects:)) it works, as always a clear like glass

Nice camera work with the keyboard detuning

great video as always Loopop. I think you might be the best reviewer around.

THAT OUTRO SOUND 🔥🔥🔥

I really. Really. Really. REALLY want one of these.

I’ve always liked the Arp/Roland approach to lots of sliders to control the synth, it’s very graphic to the shapes your creating. This has popular written all over it if the price is right.

Absolutely love your reviews. My wife doesn’t love you for fueling my GAS 😂

Thank you so much for another wonderful video review. It’s pretty $ but seems to give a lot. And yes, seems attractive to us old 80s Roland fans. 😂 I do want to evaluate vs. what you can get from a Rev2 and the new Arturia MiniFreak.

Holy fuck, that intro was awesome. This thing is crazy.

Amazing

What a beauty, thank you Loopop, perfect as always 👌👌👌

This video made me buying a Super 6!

I strongly believe Loopop was a world chess champion in a past life or still is in a parallel Universe...

@jurj4108

3 жыл бұрын

Wait... what? 🤔

YES!!!

JESUS THAT SOUND.this synth is amazing

Good review LP! I know why I don’t want it :) stranger things mode and color are nice.

Didn't expect you to review this one, but I am glad.

I get the impression you really enjoyed this one - the wee suppressed chuckles give it away. Tough question - does the synth warrant the price tag/represent value for money (subjective question I know). Cheers for another great video Ziv👍🏻

@loopop

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It is indeed a fun one. And yes it's totally subjective - my wife wouldn't spend a $1 on any synth...

@Handheldsounds

3 жыл бұрын

In my opinion it is well worth the price. I owned several Polys over the years and I'm sure this one will stay. It covers a lot of ground and pairs well with other synths.

Great video as always. It helped me put my head around some of the great features on my Super 6. I am wondering if your Super 6 MOD AMOUNT knob feels loose like mine? It is the only endless encoder on this synth and not sure if this is normal based on the encoder they decided to install in it. Otherwise, all the other controls are SOLID and I really appreciate the weighted feel of the sliders!

@loopop

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yes it does but not in a way the makes me concerned, but you should contact the company to make sure. In general I've seen indeed that endless encoders are more wobbly than pots

@grid-station

3 жыл бұрын

@@loopop Thanks for the quick reply. Yes it seems to be a high quality encoder and I confirmed that the base of the encder is not moving, just the extension of it moves a bit. I also hope they figure out a way to make LFO1 a MOD SOURCE in a future update and agree that HOLD should not add extra notes during ARPs

If your a Roland fan you'll love the bender.......how rude lol!! 😁

The best reviews always

Future classic!

I have the desktop version, any advice for learning the interface? I can take an init patch and tweak from there but I really want to work with Manual mode and sometimes even finding a basic sine wave is challenging. Any advice or Is it better to just stick with the init patch like I’ve been doing and go from there?

Thank you for making this tutorial. Im new to hardware synths. To get around the usb over midi issue, do you (or anyone else) have any recommendations on setup/connecting to my PC DAW?

@loopop

3 жыл бұрын

Sure - for now just use a USB MIDI interface, and use MIDI coming out the MIDI out port

Great review! This is one of the most unique sounding synths ever. I'm in high hopes that Binaural Oscillators become the norm for future synth architecture endeavors.

I feel you on the screen though, they just really wanted the "modern classic" feel imo. I agree with you though

Great review for a great synth!

My favorite synth I own

@Blackeyedangel

3 жыл бұрын

I just purchased one. How are you feeling about it several months later?

Awesome innovation here. I wonder why it took so much time to synth makers to design stereo oscs

THANKS LOOPOP! Great review your's ROCK and inform 😂👍👍👍. George Hearn's PASSION shines through his WORK!

Funny this comes up in my feed next to Accept Metal Heart

I WANT THIS IN RED!! Ferrari Synth! Hopeful they'll make more colors.

The implemented HOLD mode is useless! I wrote to U.D.O to add the "standard way", but I get no response..

This thing sounds awesome, and I love the possibilities that an FPGA design provides!

I've recently tried a Matriarch and a Super 6, as that was what I'd narrowed my choice down to after a long procrastination as there are some great synths out this year and my current keyboard has been hammered over the years. My wife has a Summit, which by the way is ace. I like the Matriarch, but the Super 6 sounded amazing, even in mono mode it was really chunky with lots of heft as Nick Batt would say. The controls are, how should I say it 'alternative', but they seam to lead you down different avenues to explore. It is very hands on and the keybed was also lovely to play with a very nicely balanced after touch. The arp hold mode was a bit odd, though I understand that is going to be just one of the arp modes. Overall I'd say it is a very organic synth. Only problem is the Matrirach is in stock, but I have a wait for the Super 6 until after Christmas. Mmmmm, a wait it is then......

@IanWaugh

3 жыл бұрын

I have a Grandmother. Couldn't quite manage a Matriarch at the time and I didn't want the extra keys on a mono/para keyboard. But I sure would have got one if I had had the £££ :-) However, the Grandmother is brilliant altho, of course, not poly. My Super 6 is due mid Jan. What I'm saying is that you won't go wrong with either but BOTH gives you the best of both worldds :-) Depensa qhat you want them for.. If I had neither, I'd go for the Super 6 and then add a Moog when I could. Good luck!

@ryanpwm-oldaccount5923

3 жыл бұрын

I own a Matriarch and would never consider this over that. The only reason people are interested in this synth is because it costs a lot of money, but I don't see at all where it's special enough to command that price. This synth sounds good, but I'm trying to wrap my head around whats so great about it. They also use a bunch of technical terms in the website to make it sound cooler, but like, it's not. Basically, they sampled some fgpa oscillator at a crazy high sample rate, and then put imo limp Juno filters on it, and then make a big deal out of it being stereo. They make such a big deal out of the stereo in non standard terminology, that it's borderline suspicious. "In Binaural mode, the Super 6 features a true stereo signal path in which the instrument’s twelve voices are twinned to form six stereo ‘super’ voices. Consequently, the left and right channels - and each of the player’s ears - are assigned their own complete synthesizer voice. " Yeah guys, we get it, stereo spread the oscillators, UNISON, like every synth that has a spread control. For a digital synth, 6 unison voices per L/R isn't that crazy. You can get 16 left and 16 right with Serum. I still think a programmable midi keyboard running Serum standalone on a mini computer would be a better synth. I think this was a digital synth made in the most analog way, but by someone who knows a little about analog electronics but nothing about DSP. Like, if you're putting a computer in there to run the oscillators, just do it. No one need 50MHz oscillators. Most songs are just fine with 48khz oversampled to 1Mhz. 100% matriarch all day every day. And you can do two voices left two voices right with the matriarch. I would struggle to see why anyone would buy this over an OB-6 or Prophet rev, or matriarch, possible novation summit. It just sounds so much like a regular soft synth. Ask me any questions about the matriarch I'd be happy to answer because it's a synth I will never ever sell. I also own an OB-6 desktop. I do videos and stuff too so I'm not past making a video showing the matriarch do stuff for my channel.

@IanWaugh

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryanpwm-oldaccount5923 That's what's so great about our little music business - there are synths to suit everyone's tastes and preferences.

@fattyboombatty7736

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryanpwm-oldaccount5923 Go try it. Honestly, it sounds great in real life. I'm not a fanboy of any particular makes. I do have a Moog Sirin and my wife has a Subsequent 37 at her studio. One thing I really don't like about the Matriarch is the hidden settings, it is really horrible. Matriarch sounds good, so stick with it if you enjoy it. It's a personal thing, I just liked the sound of the UDO.

@SPAZZOID100

2 жыл бұрын

@@ryanpwm-oldaccount5923 no Juno filters on this. And yes, binaural mode is fantastic.

oh yeaaah

The hold behavior makes more sense for a sustain pedal, but not for a button on the panel and especially not for holding an arpeggio. Maybe there has been some confusion there? Does it hold only the arpeggiator or also non-arpeggiated chords?

@loopop

3 жыл бұрын

You're actually exactly right - when you press the sustain pedal, the hold button lights up, and indeed the sustain pedal behavior should be like that. I think they should decouple the two

25:15 is that Radiohead? =D

Reminds me very much of the Jupiter 6

thx

This clearly aspires to be a modern take on the Jupiter 8. The Jupiter 8 has the same sort of binaural out-of-phase stereo LFO sounds in unison and layered modes. And the panel layout is virtually the same (as mentioned in the video). I think the filter on the Super 6 is very weak though compared to the vintage Rolands.

@bobcatt2294

3 жыл бұрын

May I ask, do you have the UDO? This would help to better validate on your statement of weak filters on the UDO compared to that of the Jupiter 8. As far a aesthetics, I think the Jupiter takes the lead.

@Bananskuden

3 жыл бұрын

@@bobcatt2294 I don't have the UDO but I do have the Jupiter-8. I tried the UDO and I like it. I just don't think its strength is the filter. I'm probably biased.

still best sound demo udo...

I really hope they make a desktop version of this with MPE.

@b.r.8647

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! They for sure need a desktop version with MPE, I would love to play my Seaboard with this. I would lose my mind! I will be un-patiently awaiting for the desktop version.

@RezaMatix

2 жыл бұрын

they just released a desktop version

@imaginat1on382

2 жыл бұрын

@@RezaMatix THANK YOU KIND SIR!! I foresee an empty wallet in my future.

Jomox Alpha Base please !

I remember when I 1st started watching this channel, you'd end the session with naming some alternatives based off of price, sounds and features to whatever you reviewed. I'm just curious as to why you don't do that anymore.

@loopop

3 жыл бұрын

Because I'd always regret not including every thing that's available... there are too many synths out there. I did however mention the polybrute here in a couple of contexts here

@mpmi7588

3 жыл бұрын

@@loopop understood. That was one of the highlights for me personally because you'd mention a product I didn't know was available. But I get it as far too many products to mention. Maybe the top 2-3 products in that field? Idk. Thanks man

When you started demoing DDS1 is when I started drooling. Those waves sound sooooooooooo good.

Did you.. Play 'Underwater' by Porches during the sequencer section?

@loopop

3 жыл бұрын

No it's my own piece

Obviously very Roland inspired but I like it!

It reminds me so much of my Jupter-6 with Europa. But its so much more with the mod matrix, the digi waveforms and the true Stereo path. But With the Multimode Filter the Jupiter wins I have to say...they took the Jupi 8 as an inspiration there sadly. Ah yes - and the Jupi6 Europa has a chord mode. :P You can even arpeggiate/sequence the chords.oh well and Bi Timbrality I forgot. But 2-4 voice splits arent that great anyway...:D

this synth is GODLY if only i had money :(

does someone know an external "state-variable SEM-Filter" (Oberheim/OB-6 like) to process the "UDO Super 6" through?

@szymeklawik7636

3 жыл бұрын

Analogue Solutions Mr Hyde

@szymeklawik7636

3 жыл бұрын

Or the Analogue Solutions Nyborg24

@newignis

3 жыл бұрын

Check the AJH Gemini 2412 dual VCF

Does anyone know any vst thats reach close to this synth ?

hey, im looking for a new polysynth. i got a minibrute 2s and a deepmind 12.would this fit in or should i go for a polybrute or rev 2?

@loopop

3 жыл бұрын

Please make that decision for yourself and don't let anyone do it for you (after watching my videos of course!)

@sicknotelvd

3 жыл бұрын

i watched them. usually i would go to a dealer and try it out, but here is everything closed because of covid.

I don’t know how much more expensive this is compared to the Polybrute but my ears tell me to go with this one.

@WxkR

3 жыл бұрын

Of course, my wallet has a different opinion.

@pablumpicasso9207

3 жыл бұрын

Polybrute is $2500, Super 6 is $2800

@Heathcliff_hensel

3 жыл бұрын

Really. I like the tone of tje Polybrute much better.

@eventualinfinity3862

3 жыл бұрын

I’m with you. I like this more than the PB as well.

@jumpingman8160

3 жыл бұрын

the PB has more going on compared to the S6

whats the name of these nice browncolored oscilloscope plugins in the top of the video ?

@loopop

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, I use MOscilloscope and MAnalyzer by a company called Melda - they’re free with some limitations in the MFreeFXBundle. Occasionaly I’ll use scopes by VCV

Polybrute ou UDO SUPER 6 je trouve le super 6 bien meilleur sur le plan sonore y a pas photo.les filtre Analogique et le filtre c'est carrément autre chose. dite moi votre avis .

25:10 he makes a deadmau5 song with one note in 5 seconds ha

@SyncdAlien

3 жыл бұрын

Heh, yeah. Very nice!

@ubahnrider1337

3 жыл бұрын

reminded me of pyramid song by radiohead

Having an older parent that rewatches a lot of 80’s TV shows I’ve noticed that the accompanying soundtracks are synth heavy atmospheric and at times very weird (frequently jarring). I can only imagine the TV producers of yesteryear using this synth... hooo boy! They’d have FUN.

A good synth but why they show it early stage. Make it ready Version 1.0 and than update it like the Access Virus from 1.0 to now 5.7

When are you going to review the jdxa

@sariorodriguesable

3 жыл бұрын

Ps great review.... Ssss