The mk100 is no toy. This is a very skilful composition from someone who really really knows how to get the best from their equipment.

@alfonsemusic

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Charles. Yep, it's one of those keyboards from the 80s that transcends its size and appearance with plenty of potential for cool sounds.

You do a great job bringing these classic keyboards back into the light for people to gain interest in.

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Kenzie. I'm getting plenty of suggestions from people for keyboards to try, now, which is unearthing stuff I wasn't aware of myself (like this one...)

The second, "electro" part is really mad! 🤘🤘🤘

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thought it was time to add a little grit...! :)

These are so much more than just showcase videos, they're musical, innovative and well made. Great job!!

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! . :)

fantasticcc!!!!

the entire production is awesome

very very cool!

Excellent! 💯💯💯💯🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹😍😍😍😍😍😎😎😎😎😎😎😎👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

:) Thanks again, Aldean!

Wao impressive !

Excellent, as usual !

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

:) Thanks!

Amazing demo, loved it, specially the second part. You really changed my mind about these "toy" keyboards. :)

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Pedro. That's great - yes, a lot of them have very useable sounds, it's a case of finding out what each one is best at.

@f.d.3289

3 жыл бұрын

"You really changed my mind about these "toy" keyboards." Hehehe, another one converted to the Truth Faith :D

Always a big fan of your compositions. Good stuff! Nice tones out of that keyboard too!

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks :) Yes, plenty of inspiration to be had from this keyboard. Fun drums, great layering potential, all good stuff...

Simply beautiful. Great demo somg!

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marco :)

Great demo, great sounds :D

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Magnus!

Wow awesome as usual. You really have great talent and creativity. Love your channel.

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks again Johnny!

So well done... In both music and presentation :-)

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Juris! The robots had fun with this one....

Congrats! So far the best MK100 demo... Some years ago I vaguely remember having surprisingly read MK100's pre-FM sounds were generated more with analogue than digital components...

Yay, another great one :) It's always great to see what you get out of these lovely little beats. The MK-100 beats are just marvelous (I had loads of fun with that primitive realtime drum sequencer). And the pop organ is lovely too, I'm missing it a bit here :)

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks :) yep, a lot of fun to be had from this. I tend to gravitate towards more synthy sounds wherever I can, so the organ didn't make it this time around. I've been doing another track with this keyboard, though, and it makes for a good bassline on that.

Oh! I wasn't the expecting the robots 😂😂👏👏👏 .. The music was so good towards the end, they had to join in !

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Making robot jams is always the goal! Thanks for watching :)

@lochanjaykar

3 жыл бұрын

When the AI's take over, we know what to play! 😎🤘

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

@@lochanjaykar :D

I love my MK-100 too!!

👏👏👏 Fantastic !!

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

Beautiful performance I quite like mine as well

Brutal !!! el concepto creativo esta por encima del nivel!!! el concepto no es la marca ni la generación sonora..........el concepto es un giro linguistico!!

Excelente!!!!! Gran aporte los robots bailando!!! Felicitaciones!! Saludos desde Chile!! 👏👏👏✌️

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

¡Gracias! The robots were ready to hit the dancefloor...

Your videos are very necessary ! They show that it doesn’t matter your equipment as long you can go with creativity even playing with toy reputation that make them3rd choice for serious musicians, thx !

@alfonsemusic

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. You can find inspiration in many places, doesn't always have to be 'professional' gear.

@nicolabelle1415

Жыл бұрын

@@alfonsemusic absolutely ! That’s why I stop for a while economizing for expensive equipment and keep budget to collect minikeys like Yamaha pss360/ 460/390 for the moment until I find the one that really fits me after experimenting and playing, they all are quite fun to play and some have secret features to find👍

Holy crap hes back

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

:D Couldn't stay away...

Woo! Just pressed play...

I LOVE this song so much, it's one heck of a serious fun! That SYNTHE / SAX patch sounds almost like a CS01, so typical for years around 1980.

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks :) I've had my eye on a CS01 for a while, so that's good to know

"demo" is amazing as always. Robots doing the robot is bonus. Fanks guv!

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

'appy to oblige, squire! :D I need to find me some more robots, they're popular...

Nice graphics

I have the same Yamaha chorus pedal it’s a good one

@alfonsemusic

5 күн бұрын

Yes, I really like it - works well with keyboard sounds

It's a real banger. This is my favorite portasound track you have done yet. Do you post the audio for download? I would play several of your songs in my DJ sets if I had access to them.

@crasheffort

3 жыл бұрын

I see your bandcamp now, i'll be sure to pick them up.

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks :) That would be cool if any would fit in your set. Let me know if there are any in particular you're after

@squishmusic

3 жыл бұрын

hey we ALL wanna hear and see that DJ set! =) VideoRecordMode-ON* :D

I've now secured myself a funky Music-Klavi (MK?) 100 synth just to have it sit alongside my PSS-580 and YS100 FM synths :D :)

@alfonsemusic

2 жыл бұрын

Nice move. That's a good combination.

Robo-Dance middle 8 - OUTTA THIS WORLD - great cute idea :D

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

They were ready to be let loose... :D

Definitely an underrated and not particularly well known synth this one. Probably Yamaha’s best pre-fm mini keyboard? ... and also allows saving of patches to tape. The space saving multi menu is pretty unique also. Not bad for early 80’s. What was you favourite thing about this keyboard Alfonse?

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely a hidden gem, with more hidden gems in that multi-menu - I've got another video coming up in a couple of weeks with more about how the menu system works. I'd say the best thing is the effort they put into making the sounds customisable in multiple ways, meaning there's plenty to explore before you feel like you've fully heard all its tricks. Those phasing layered "saxophone" and "synthe 2" patches were my favourite sounds, but I still kept finding more to play with right up until I sent it home... ;)

@WeeInnovate-uk

3 жыл бұрын

@@alfonsemusic Shame. ha ha ha. You will have to write a letter to santa! ;)

Cool track. I think you should make small albums, like the channel "Keen on Keys", as there is more to explore before you let go of these boards you get.

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

It's a good idea - coincidentally, I made another track with this keyboard which I'll put out in a few weeks, but you're right there's more mileage to be gained from some of them. Having said that, there have been a few where finding enough to inspire even one track felt like a miracle...

@kenzieprice6745

3 жыл бұрын

@@alfonsemusic I'm sure you could use a good challenge!

Very cool. Where do you keep all those keyboards!!?

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to say I have a keyboard lair somewhere with them stacked high to the rafters, but truth is I only keep a few of them long-term - and this one was a loan from a nice bloke called Chris...

@WeeInnovate-uk

3 жыл бұрын

...But only@@alfonsemusic could make them sound that decent. ;).

The drums sound like Gorillaz's man research. Cool synth!

i was so jealous of a schoolmate who got it. i had the ps-300😂😂😂

May you can help me. I have a mk-100 and when i turn it on the led‘s are on, i turn it on and i have no sound. We tried headphones but nothing works:(

was not that keyboard the rolls royce of all small keyboard in 1983?

Kraftwerk's eyes.

@Alfonse - anychance you can do a Jam on the YS100? I have one you can borrow...if you can get it from me, in Scandiniland :D

@alfonsemusic

2 жыл бұрын

Would love to - I'll have to keep an eye out, but I get the impression they're rare aren't they? Probably won't be passing your way any time soon, sadly, but appreciate the offer! :D

@squishmusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@alfonsemusic They are quite rare, and like all rare things, suddenly two show up at once. So I took TWO :D

@alfonsemusic

2 жыл бұрын

@@squishmusic nice work! :D

hello can you connect the yamaha mk-100 with yamaha fb-01 sound generetor?

@alfonsemusic

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Rocco - no, it doesn't have MIDI, so there would be no way to make it play the sounds of the FB01.

@squishmusic

2 жыл бұрын

well IIRC there is a tape-loop in/out on the MK100 so you could in theory feed some audio through this...not sure if you can add the chorus to it. I think this was for adding external FX to the MK sound..

@keyhoarder

Жыл бұрын

@@squishmusic i think it was for dumping the SEQ data, but not 100 percent shure

@squishmusic

Жыл бұрын

@@keyhoarder from muzines: [[Tape Interface i/o enables you to store sounds, rhythm patterns and chord melody sequences on ordinary cassette tape. . A tape recorder can be connected to the MK100 via the Tape In/Out jacks on the instrument's rear panel, and four of the Multi Menu push-switches take on the functions of Save, Load, Stop and Load OK respectively. Information takes about 80 seconds to be loaded, and LED indicators provide visual ]]- I havent tried but it but i wonder if it could also allow audio in/out and thus connect a external FX

Call me crazy (or stupid), but I kinda wanna see what you can do on either the DX7 or the CS-80

@alfonsemusic

3 жыл бұрын

Would love to get my hands on a CS-80...

Tomy dingbot

請问你的公司在哪，我怎样才可以买到货。謝谢

@alfonsemusic

Жыл бұрын

Hi. If you mean the music, it's available here: alfonse.bandcamp.com I'm not selling any keyboards at the moment. :)

Alfonse= Mniejszy Vangelis.