Espen Kraft

Espen Kraft

A channel with heavy focus on 80s synth based music. Tutorials, demos and reviews.

Tonight | Espen Kraft

Tonight | Espen Kraft

Tokyo Rain | Espen Kraft

Tokyo Rain | Espen Kraft

Equalizer | Espen Kraft

Equalizer | Espen Kraft

Roland S-10 sampled bass

Roland S-10 sampled bass

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  • @markorendas1423
    @markorendas14233 сағат бұрын

    The doublestop rest note at 210 is a nice touch...'! Very well done ☆☆☆☆

  • @lamborghinimiura7625
    @lamborghinimiura76253 сағат бұрын

    I wasn't listening with my eyes. That's the overtone series produced by hardware.

  • @user-mo3dj1le8l
    @user-mo3dj1le8l3 сағат бұрын

    nice song Bytheway

  • @ScoopexUs
    @ScoopexUs3 сағат бұрын

    Agree with all the (in the end, minor - except the stupid "I am the only product that you own and I will be your sound card now, and I need drivers which will be dead in five years") annoyances of USB-powered smaller gadgets "instead of what we want". They should have perhaps have licensed the PC software emulation and put it in instead, if that accepts SysEx! :D I understand you had to struggle with things that are to be taken for granted in a new synth purchase. I wouldn't buy a new synthesizer that didn't have full-size MIDI in, out, and through, as well as a quality keybed. If we turn it around and really look at them as cheap gadgets, I think the Boutiques offer a lot, as long as you treat them as "what we got instead of rack synths which are the most sensible idea ever". If you have nothing and get two, you have two programmable synthesizers with knobs and faders. That's it - that's their best use. And it cost you $300 x 2 (more now because war). Still not for me, but I think that's a lot of fun for the money. The missing point for me was whether JX-08 accepts aftertouch in program parameters. I still don't know for sure.

  • @cortical1
    @cortical14 сағат бұрын

    Gold, Jerry! Gold, I say!

  • @ScoopexUs
    @ScoopexUs4 сағат бұрын

    Nice! Lovely synth and so simple that anyone can make sounds. Something to turn to, and have an hour of fun. Or five. <3

  • @johnfleming4276
    @johnfleming42767 сағат бұрын

    Great job, and nice textures in the ending too.

  • @BlackMan614
    @BlackMan6147 сағат бұрын

    OMG... I dodged a bullet when I almost bought one of these in '83. $2k (DX7 price) was a bridge too far for me back then, though I knew folks who bought "gray market" DX7s for like $1.4k. I later bought a TX81Z and it despite it being 1U and hard to program - it sounded great. IIRC, the DX9 was only partially programmable??

  • @EspenKraft
    @EspenKraft6 сағат бұрын

    The DX9 is a DX7 with 2 operators turned off in hardware. Fully programmable.

  • @prometheusuk9845
    @prometheusuk98457 сағат бұрын

    Impressive 😲

  • @PlayGameToday
    @PlayGameToday8 сағат бұрын

    Warm sound, like on DSP56300 Virus Ti emulator

  • @synthverkstad2093
    @synthverkstad20939 сағат бұрын

    It's a delight just listening to you fiddling around with these patches. Real music! PS: I'm also stuck in the 80s

  • @ScoopexUs
    @ScoopexUs9 сағат бұрын

    Cool stuff, and a raaaare PG-200. :)

  • @eatnobody
    @eatnobody10 сағат бұрын

    The overall demo and the music are fiine! Cheers

  • @user-ux2if2le1l
    @user-ux2if2le1l10 сағат бұрын

    The Jupiter 8 is my favorite synthesizer. I bought one 8 years ago and when I play it I feel like I can tear a wall down or soothe a baby to sleep. This pad is glorious. Sam from @machiwoomiapoo at work. Take care!

  • @iSirTaki
    @iSirTaki10 сағат бұрын

    what kind of effects are on the sound?

  • @EspenKraft
    @EspenKraft9 сағат бұрын

    Chorus, delay and reverb.

  • @DrBloom-uf1ni
    @DrBloom-uf1ni11 сағат бұрын

    Hi Esben, thanks for a great video. A simple question not addressed in the manual. you have your settings in the drop down menu and not only on the browser to the left - how do I make my TAL sampler do that? For now, I don't have any preset options in the dropdown menu which makes it a bit of a hassle :)

  • @EspenKraft
    @EspenKraft10 сағат бұрын

    Thanks! I use an old version I think. Ask them, they've made it. ;-)

  • @arakaneuman
    @arakaneuman11 сағат бұрын

    Jupiter 8 is a nice synth but I rather take a Jupiter x and throw in some other nice ones like the 3rd wave, obx8, Prophet 10 and Moog one than a 40 year old synth that will probably cost more than a Waldorf M, an oberheim TEO 5, a moog matriarch and a sequential pro 3 in repairs, ☺️. Nice mustache by the way, Norways answer to Swedish eurodisco superstar Günther.

  • @EspenKraft
    @EspenKraft10 сағат бұрын

    The Jup-8 is like the Ring of Power. One synth to rule them all.

  • @arakaneuman
    @arakaneuman8 сағат бұрын

    @@EspenKraft and one price buy 'Em All.

  • @neworder80
    @neworder8011 сағат бұрын

    Jupiter 8 the great n1

  • @samprock
    @samprock11 сағат бұрын

    First time I dig Jupiter-8 ❤

  • @Substance242
    @Substance24211 сағат бұрын

    If you stumble upon Alan Wilder somewhere in Norway, tell him we miss him. :-)

  • @EspenKraft
    @EspenKraft10 сағат бұрын

    I'll pass on the message.

  • @infindebula
    @infindebula10 сағат бұрын

    Is Wilder living in Norway?

  • @Substance242
    @Substance24210 сағат бұрын

    @@infindebula I noticed that in local depechemode cz/sk news, and quote from wikipedia "In May 2024, Wilder purchased a vacation property in Vestfold, Norway".

  • @connor_flanigan
    @connor_flanigan12 сағат бұрын

    (guy you "borrowed" this from) "when am I getting my keyboard back?" (Mr Kraft) "what keyboard?"

  • @EspenKraft
    @EspenKraft10 сағат бұрын

    I have dementia now.

  • @connor_flanigan
    @connor_flanigan9 сағат бұрын

    @@EspenKraft how did you get in my Victorola talking picture box?

  • @SarcasticTruth77
    @SarcasticTruth7712 сағат бұрын

    JP8 is nice, but, lest the gearsluts become too worshipful, let us remember, it has no velocity control over anything.

  • @EspenKraft
    @EspenKraft12 сағат бұрын

    Velocity is nothing. Status is everything.

  • @RayyMusik
    @RayyMusik12 сағат бұрын

    One of the very rare videos in which the JP-8 doesn‘t sound thin and tinny. I usually prefer the JP-6, but this patch is brilliant.

  • @infindebula
    @infindebula10 сағат бұрын

    I love my JP-6, but it is definitely more “thin and tinny” than the JP-8. I certainly can’t afford a Jupiter-8, but in the time I’ve spent with one I usually find myself dialing in the HPF to reduce its girth.

  • @mimoochodom2684
    @mimoochodom268413 сағат бұрын

    Beautiful work.

  • @SeverityOne
    @SeverityOne13 сағат бұрын

    Every time I see the asking price for a Jupiter-8, I know it's just too much for a synth. But every time I hear one, I can understand why some people are still prepared to pay that amount of money. Wonderful sounds, Espen.

  • @Sandelec-gm2cl
    @Sandelec-gm2cl12 сағат бұрын

    I am an Happy owner of the boutique version.😅 It's a bad choice remove it and the D-05 from production. I hope Roland make the Jupiter 6....

  • @SeverityOne
    @SeverityOne11 сағат бұрын

    @@Sandelec-gm2cl I got a D-550, of which I need to fix the screen. I was a bit too late to jump on the MKS-80 bandwagon, although it's not quite a Jupiter-8 in module form. But there's always the Jupiter-X, no?

  • @Sandelec-gm2cl
    @Sandelec-gm2cl11 сағат бұрын

    @@SeverityOne yes..the ACB technology it's fantastic. The D550's display you can change it..and I saw it in blue color.✌🏻 MKS80 it's too expensive.. and if it will broke in the future.. find the components is hard.

  • @SeverityOne
    @SeverityOne10 сағат бұрын

    @@Sandelec-gm2cl All true and very valid points. I'll replace the display, but I have _quite_ a few repairs and updates to do: PSU of a TX802, probably the display of a Proteus 2000, high voltage on the headphones socket of a Morpheus, soldered ROM chip that needs to be socketed in an ESQm, and a Böhn Dynamic 12/24 that makes no sound.

  • @Sandelec-gm2cl
    @Sandelec-gm2cl10 сағат бұрын

    @@SeverityOne wow..the Proteus..😅 You have great instruments..✌🏻

  • @kierenmoore3236
    @kierenmoore323613 сағат бұрын

    So - those who know well - how close does Roland’s System-8/ACB get to the sound of a vintage Jupiter-8 … ? And what will the new ACB flagship synth be, and when is it coming … ?

  • @80ssynthfan48
    @80ssynthfan4811 сағат бұрын

    There are comparison videos on youtube.

  • @iSirTaki
    @iSirTaki10 сағат бұрын

    99%

  • @synthverkstad2093
    @synthverkstad20939 сағат бұрын

    Close enough!

  • @rhkavli
    @rhkavli13 сағат бұрын

    Now we only need the filming of Blade Runner III. The soundtrack is finished.

  • @jason.martin
    @jason.martin14 сағат бұрын

    sounds incredible ! wow

  • @MichaelBarmaley
    @MichaelBarmaley14 сағат бұрын

    that thumb is global synth's warming that's how in Norway will be in feature. Awesome and warm Jupiter

  • @EspenKraft
    @EspenKraft12 сағат бұрын

    I just went out to the terrace on morning and the scenery had totally changed from the next day.

  • @dankeplace
    @dankeplace14 сағат бұрын

    That thumb nail bro, would have been great if you were actually there lol.

  • @EspenKraft
    @EspenKraft12 сағат бұрын

    That's me right there man.

  • @dankeplace
    @dankeplace7 сағат бұрын

    @@EspenKraft even better!!!

  • @TheWings1993
    @TheWings199318 сағат бұрын

    It's weird but I came here because of Sting's song Shape of My Heart.

  • @QuantizStudioRecords
    @QuantizStudioRecords18 сағат бұрын

    I think this demo is with Limiter activated...not Compressor....This sound is transparent after with aggressive setting. It means that you can recover 2 3 4 dB much more at output....and you can t hear any distorsion after aggressive limiting process?

  • @PhatLvis
    @PhatLvis21 сағат бұрын

    A song intro can't be "iconic," nor can any Sound at all, for that matter. Only Imagery is iconic - i.e., a person or thing whose Image is famous, often with the connotation that is has become emblematic. (The word Icon, in orginal Greek, Means image.) In addition to being the most overused word on KZread, "iconic" is also the most MISused. Misusers seem to think the word means simply "widely known," "instantly recognizable," "memorable," etc. But just as flavors, scents, ideas, emotions, bodily sensations, et al. can't be iconic, neither can Sounds (songs, beats, bass lines, intros, etc.). No one (hopefully) would ever think to speak of "iconic ice cream flavors," the "iconic smell of sulfur," Marx's "iconic theories," the "iconic bliss of first love," or the "iconic pain of a toothache." Misusers do seem to understand intuitively that Iconic has some inherent relation to the human sense of sight - to the exclusion of the other senses referenced above. For some reason, though, misusers appear to unconsciously stipulate a special exception for the sense of Hearing - so that, in their minds, "iconic' can properly apply to the products of precisely Two human senses, namely sights AND Sounds. This error has become rampant due to the KZread Feedback Loop, wherein video-makers parrot and propagate eachother's mistakes. Indeed, if the word meant what misusers seem to think it means, we could call this common case of misuse an Iconic Linguistic Error.

  • @EspenKraft
    @EspenKraft20 сағат бұрын

    Too much talking man. Nobody cares. It's the music.

  • @RoseRelisnot
    @RoseRelisnot23 сағат бұрын

    Someone make a retro style vocaloid song with The Voder

  • @MrSpasticdancer
    @MrSpasticdancer23 сағат бұрын

    i love how you use all the advanced modern synthesis features but still everything you touch turns into 80s. those synthetic physical modelling twangy sounds are especially stirring

  • @EspenKraft
    @EspenKraft7 сағат бұрын

    That's my thing. ;-) Cheers

  • @vdublu909
    @vdublu909Күн бұрын

    Great video as always Espen. I'm a big fan of this song. Would love to hear your take on Everything She Wants. Another classic George Michael track, which I believe was also created using only the Linn Drum and a Juno 60.

  • @EspenKraft
    @EspenKraft20 сағат бұрын

    Thanks! It sure was.

  • @slapassound
    @slapassoundКүн бұрын

    Awesome!

  • @antoniodbo
    @antoniodboКүн бұрын

    I love my Alpha Juno-1, it's always the one I don't plan on selling. I have a 20+ minute video playing it on my channel for anyone interessed.

  • @donkeyadaml.
    @donkeyadaml.Күн бұрын

    Great performance 👍👍👍 Have a wonderful day 😉 Greetings 😎

  • @RussellAlanMoore
    @RussellAlanMooreКүн бұрын

    Hi Aspen, I just ran across this review of the M3R (I also have one also). Great job. I really believe you can make anything sound good! 🙂

  • @EspenKraft
    @EspenKraftКүн бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @Banoffeeee
    @BanoffeeeeКүн бұрын

    In ableton it takes way too long to open the plugin...I bought it but this has become an issue...as I reopen the vst often and it waste a lot of time just loading...I'm using a very powerful computer too 96gb memory m2max

  • @sojourner-kl6ei
    @sojourner-kl6ei2 күн бұрын

    zero change between bypass and 'IN" engaged.

  • @waskerbasket9601
    @waskerbasket96012 күн бұрын

    Great tracks

  • @EspenKraft
    @EspenKraftКүн бұрын

    Cheers!

  • @willemclaesen5983
    @willemclaesen59832 күн бұрын

    Hello Espen Are you using TRS or TS cables? I keep reading you need TRS but does it really matter?

  • @EspenKraft
    @EspenKraft2 күн бұрын

    The common thought is you should not mix balanced and unbalanced on the same patch bay. I'm using TRS yes.

  • @IvarFritjofHansen
    @IvarFritjofHansen2 күн бұрын

    some alan parson vibes here:)

  • @IvarFritjofHansen
    @IvarFritjofHansen2 күн бұрын

    Very good song and arr:)

  • @jessihawkins9116
    @jessihawkins91162 күн бұрын

    I have the PG-300, PG-800 and PG-1000 😌

  • @Jovilary
    @Jovilary2 күн бұрын

    Makes me wanna shake my ass, good!

  • @cortical1
    @cortical13 күн бұрын

    One of my favs. Memorable, hooky melody but not boring. Great middle section. Lots of subtle hidden gems throughout. Impeccably recorded and produced, as always.

  • @fochtyu2694
    @fochtyu26943 күн бұрын

    After trying all 6 sound sets in VST, I find it hard to understand why this synth receivs high praise. It's good at thin/airy type of sound, and 'Fantasia' type of pad, but horrible in almost everything else. It's good to have ring modulation, resonance, glide, but those features cannot really save the sound itself. Factory preset has several nice sounds, but the other 5 sets are pretty forgettable.

  • @EspenKraft
    @EspenKraft2 күн бұрын

    I guess you're not from the 80s? ;-) If you'd been there and been a synthesizer user or enthusiast at the time you'd understand why this made such an impact. In my custom made patch bank for it I've ditched all the PCM samples and gone for the virtual S+S structures where the D-50 also excel. A feature many patch banks, even at the time, seem to miss. However, if you're making more modern types of electronic music the D-50 will not be the right choice in most cases. If you're making 80s inspired synth music, like I do, the D-50 is mandatory.

  • @fochtyu2694
    @fochtyu26942 күн бұрын

    @@EspenKraftI am certainly aware of impact of DX7, D-50, M1, and Wavestation around that era; but for me D-50 & M1 are transitional, while DX7 & Wavestation live on. That said, maybe you can make a video comparing VA on D-50 with, say, Alpha Juno.

  • @EspenKraft
    @EspenKraft2 күн бұрын

    We all have our favorites for sure. ;-)