This is by far the best SK50D demo on youtube.

Best Yamaha SK video out there.

no words for this... Dangerous, overwhelmin', what a machine, what a sound!! Great play also, thanks for wonderful demo!

What a beautiful instrument... and you're giving it a great workout with this jam!

How does this only have 240 likes? Great demo vid. 🎹

CS80 aspects and more. That alone lends itself to a hugely expressive, joyous piece of apparatus to express one's inner prog. No wonder the big bucks needed and rare opportunities to obtain. 😮

I just purchased my 2nd Yamaha SK30!! Yes, as childrenoflaudanum stated, this synth is the most under-rated analog synth. Although it is not programable and does not have MIDI, it does have lots of KNOBS and is great synth to play and tweek--all in real time. This synth is probably the last big completely analog monster synth that Yamaha made before the production of the completely digital DX-7.

Nine years on and this is still an exceptional performance on the SK50D.

@radlers

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Luke! I'd like to do a follow up to this...

@RoomAtTheTopStudio

5 жыл бұрын

@@radlers I'd love to see and hear it

@RoomAtTheTopStudio

5 жыл бұрын

@@radlers I'm still waiting for the follow up with great interest :)

@robadlers6668

5 жыл бұрын

@@RoomAtTheTopStudio Heh... Studio is in non-operable condition at the moment. Hope to get back to videos / demos / songs in the fall. I have to hold myself to this now. :)

@robadlers6668

3 жыл бұрын

I still need to follow up on this... I've been pondering a tune for this. I never really highlighted the String section yet either. How to come up with another totally live / improve piece to follow this one up. Hmm....

Very Tony Banksy. Great stuff!

Excellent, as always, Mr. Radlers! Listening to your music is akin to time travel ... enables me to float to another dimension.

I seem to be late a decade, or so here on this channel. Here are some very interesting videos to find , I must say

@robadlers6668

3 жыл бұрын

I have to get back to it. Have some more to post. Thanks!

Wow, that was totally watchable. One of the best synth demos I've seen on KZread. Well done! Great playing, cool song. Nice :)

I never forget at around the dawn of the internet... I put up for sale a Leslie speaker, I had no clue what is was for even, other than I knew it was a speaker, it was in piss poor water damaged condition. Yet at the time someone drove from NYC to Pa. and handed me $800 bucks gladly for it, something that looked like firewood to me and he RAN with it like he had just struck GOLD.. Now I wonder, what in the hell rarity did I find and gave away for nothing ...

Thanks Super cool.. Well done.

Watched all your SK-50D demos, really interesting and inspiring! Watched them because I was looking for one, and just found one, now waiting for answer from the seller... I also have the CS-40M, I see you have that one too. Great synth, with a personality and sound unmatched by any other synth-company, really fund of it! And for what I can tell from your videos, the SK-50D would be a perfect partner! Thanks a lot for posting your experience with this great instrument on youtube, brilliant!!!!

@radlers

8 жыл бұрын

+Stefaan Stuart If you get a Leslie speaker to go with it... that much better! Very underrated instrument as far as I'm concerned, hence, my videos.

That's it, and layering of it over the poly synth section I believe. The vintagesynth site has the suite of SK keyboards with feature differentiation explained.

@LucBenOuiLuc You have a hold switch that will keep the oscillator going at the last note you held. It's a great trick! Pedals I have with this keyboard are: - two Yamaha analog volume pedals for string volume and poly synth brilliance - one damper pedal (on/off) for portamento - one damper pedal (on/off) for sustain - Leslie pre-amp combo pedal for the Leslie speakers.

Great work Rob!

Yamaha has always been ahead of their time, especially with their keyboards.

That sounds awesome Rob.

A brilliant track! Well done man. Reminiscent of Deep Purple and classic electronic music all at the same time. I enjoyed this a lot.

i have sk20...and...i never imagined that such a keyboard existed, congratulations!! form méxico!!

GREAT demo.

This synth was such a treat to work with! It was love at first aftertouch 🖤 The solo glide is so inspiring. We actually just released a Kontakt version of this vintage beauty for everyone to enjoy now! More info about that on my channel if you're curious.

@paulgiovanatto5884

5 жыл бұрын

Looks amazing! Grabbing a copy now that it's on sale!

I have a Yamaha SK50D that was given to me, by my wife’s uncle. Him and his wife (both musicians), played gigs, for years. He played flute, and sax, and she mastered the keyboard, as well as taught. She passed away, last year, and David (her husband) Gave this to me. He knows I am very well versed in electronics, since it does need repair. He said that one day she was playing it, then stored it away for a while. When she went to play it again, she got a single tone out of it. A technician looked at it, and thought maybe it was the power supply. I checked all of the power supply voltages, and they seem fine. I really would like to get this going. I also have the BP2 bass pedals, and the FC-3A foot controller. I was able to download the service manual, owners manual, and all of the schematics, from the internet. I realize how rare this Symphonic Ensemble is, and it would be cool to play around with it! Do you have any insite on what the problem could be that I am having, or possibly aim me in the right direction for parts (NOS of course), that may be available? Very nice playing, by the way! That Leslie, is sweet!! Thanks, Doug

@robadlers6668

3 жыл бұрын

Doug, sorry I'm replying way too late to this. I have a Facebook group for the SK Series. Someone brought up that very question recently. Have to check if that's you or not. I don't have the answer as to why that is yet. Thanks for the compliments!

@doug900S

3 жыл бұрын

@@robadlers6668 thanks for replying! It is sitting waiting for me to come back to it. Sometimes it’s better to take a fresh look at it. I hope it’s not a custom Yamaha chip, that will be very hard to find, I’m sure!

Nice video of the Yamaha sk50d Rob

@1980sCoverband Whole heartedly agree! Apparently the organ module is FM synthesis, which some of that tech wound up in the DX series. It probably borrowed from the GX series organ. It's really taught me a lot about live synth performance and modification. Still my most favoured keyboard in my collection.

Never know this SK50 would give such a great sound!!! Thank you, yeah, gives a sound like Ekseption!!!!

That was a true delight!

Now we're talking! boss!

Mesmerising - I so miss my old studio now. And yes I did have a CS40M which this sounds very similar too. Alas that has all gone.

Very, very cool. THANKS.

I have one of these... with the bass pedals too!

This is wonderful Rob!! can you tell me which song you are playing? I am slowly going back to analog hardware and just picked up a SK-30 to add to my CP-35 , Akai AX-60 and Roland MKS-50. I love your playing , please do more on the SK-50 your videos are so informative and inspiring!

Thanks. And I'm in for a set of pedals as well. Hardest find for me yet. Contemplating building my own. Schematics shows it's not much to do.

@MegaJavierazo Cheers! Enjoy! Wonderful machines...

@IHaveSynthed Thanks! I improvised up a tune for this video based on some experiments I had been playing around with before shooting the video. I have plans for more videos. I also have an AX-60, coupled to the S612 sampler. It's a strange combination I still need to explore some more.

Nice!

Great sounding synth! To my ears, this has some things in common sound-wise with the CS series and the late 70s organs yamaha was producing around this time. Pretty rad to hear it through a leslie in the room tho. Nice demo! The "bloop-bleep" type modular synth guys should do a little more prep and make videos as watchable as this.

I have a copy I bought from Yamaha. It's a big manual with large schematic drawings. Would be nice to make into a pdf, but would take some effort. Yamaha may have something to say about that as well. It didn't cost much. See if your local Yamaha music service center can make you a copy. And thank you for your kind words!

Super!!!

@IHaveSynthed I like the piece alot hope you expand on it. i'd love to hear more, perhaps a concept album somewhere down the road somehow when i listen to it its seems like it could evolve that way.? :D So no kidding you have The Akai combo, Sweet i just bought the s612 and drive on eBay should be comming in a couple days. I still need to track down a 13 pin cable unless i was lucky and the guy found his and included it. I would love to share thoughts on the combo when i get set up.

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@Geeljasjes Thanks! Those guys are a hard act to follow. Now I wonder if ELP or The Nice ever did a show with them...

The only thing missing is the ribbon controller on top and it would beat a CY45D instantly. I wonder if the doepfer r2m ribbon added in combo with the midikit could do this.

Buenos días sr zukito, dónde compró ud ése instrumento musical maravilloso? Favor publiquen la dirección del proveedor

Part of it yes. The SK30 has the solo synth section, which at 8:20, I just routed to the bass section of the keyboard. The only thing the SK30 can't do is the bass timbre addition.

fucking great jam. srs. thanks for posting.

My first synthesizer was an Alesis QS6. I sincerely wish my first synth could’ve been something like this (though I was born in 1980 and would’ve likely been too young). None of it is preset, is it?

@FlametopFred I'm pretty sure Yamaha cross pollinated techs between machines at the time. The organ engine is FM synthesis based from what I have read.

I looked there but it was not too specific. The knobs on an sk 30 suggest it does some dual detuning of the poly section to create a a fatter sound. Vs makes no mention of it

Great

Hi Rob. Thanks for these demos. One question: is the string section capable of that very thick, chorused sound you get out of, say, a Crummar, Roland RS, Solina, etc? In the few demos of the SK50D I can find, I don't hear that sound. Thanks!

@radlers

10 жыл бұрын

bigjoescientist I haven't got to that demo yet! I believe I can yes, but every old keyboard had it's own unique tones in that regard. I have to get on that demo... it's the last one of the set!

@dudewhosaysarrh

9 жыл бұрын

I guess it is I own a sk20 which has basically the same sound engine minus the monosynth, aftertouch and the second manual. If you route the string and poly synth through a vintage style analogue phaser you get that typical 70ies Jarre- esque sound , when you route the ogan section through a valve distortion you can instantaneously switch between, a swirling string soundscape and a heavy Jon Lord type prog rock organ.

@RoomAtTheTopStudio

5 жыл бұрын

@@dudewhosaysarrh thanks for the tips. I knew about the phaser but the distortion trick is one I'm going to try

cool. The bigger SK series would have been a great extension of the E-70 and D-85 family. A shame Yamaha did not pursue that a little further - - including adding midi to that in 1984 or 1985. That would have turned the tables. On something. Not sure what, but it would have turned the tables. Great bass out of that.

Nice, very Wakeman-y...;^D

Off topic what does the sk 30 have over the 20 besides solo

In a way this is the continuation of the Electone E-70, but in portable form. I think ?

at 8:20 can you do that with a SK30???

how much does one of these go for cause they are rare and i have one

@PaulTheSkeptic

6 жыл бұрын

How much you want for it?

sounds very similar to E-70

hm, I wanted to hear just sounds of sk5, but,sorry, I dont have time and stomach to listen your...hm...

Wow, great instrument, sound, playing and demo!