So PHILIPS Made A Synthesizer And You Didn't Even know?
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- Опубликовано: 6 июл 2024
- In 1986 I guess Philips decided to try and branch out into the synthesizer boom. The result seems to be this one of a kind FM groovebox walkman data synthesizer hybrid peculiarity!
And then I guess they gave up, hehe
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Damn it Simon, I can't stop looking at that paper...
I want to see Bad Gear make an episode on this thing !
it wasnt that bad, actually pretty ahead in time. none of the synths had a taperecorder build in lol. it was actually more like a composer machine than a synth if you ask me because i remember you could program entire songs with notes on it
That would be great.
@@Roensmusic Now i want to see it in Bad Gear too
@@Roensmusic I bet it was. At first glance, it's ticking all the boxes, for sure.
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It's not that surprising Phillips made something like that. They invented the compact cassette and the CD. And don't forget all of their weirder projects like the CD-i.
Squalala! We’re off!
I came to mention the CD-i...my friend had one - mostly terrible games, but there were a few that were enjoyable. My brother then got a Panasonic 3DO which blew it away....that was until PlayStation launched about a year later!
Also they produced cell phones
Laser disc
@@bytesabre nostalgic
This channel is great. Cool dude, doing cool stuff, and funny on top of it all. I like the projects, and the songs dude writes are great. his performances are entertaining too. Just all around great. Thanks Simon, if you're reading.
I read everything 😎 THANK YOU!! 😁😁🥳🥳
Awesome stuff Simon! I’m Dutch (and from Eindhoven, the hometown of Philips) so if you need a section of the manual translated I’d be happy to help you out if I can. Great video!
Philips original factory build was blow up by N@zI in WW2.
@@acasadosom I did a little low-effort research on wikipedia and there it says it was bombed by the british, probably because it was run by the Nazis at that point. Pretty interesting section, maybe i´ll dig a little deeper.
@@DerAykac Yes !! A little part os history, but so interessant...
As a Gen X'er, all I hear is the greatest sounds of the 80's. I love that machine!!
Dude, this is amazing! Definitely keeping my eyes peeled for one of these... great music too, looking forward to the next vid!
Phillips were a big name in consumer electronics in that era. most notably, the Philips CD-i (Videogame console/multimedia CD player) but also VCRs, TVs and all the other usual suspects. They tried their hand in everything.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philips_Computers
But now Philips is most known for Lightbulbs, Electric Razors, Vacuums, Electric Toothbrushes, TV's, Speakers, Headphones, and Baby Bottles.
@@michael1234252 You forgot MRI machines.
@@_DRMR_ Yeah but not every average person would know about the Philips MRI's. Hell I didn't know that they made them. At the same time MRI's aren't really being sold to the general public nor would anyone have the proper storage place in an average house.
You make beautiful stuff with with such limitations. A full album using just this synth might be your best move since the meowlbum!
This vid came out a month ago, but I procrastinated on watching until now.
Apologies for the delay, but your vid quality is as good and fun as ever
I have one and it is charming little box - completely different from anything else. I love how imperfect it's envelopes behave - you can tap it very fast, and make totally different sound out of it. I'm thinking about MIDIfy mine. From what I have read, it's simple 2 Op FM, so you should be able to cut some data traces, make switches on those cuts, to block data flow of one of operators, and therefore creating new patches when changing presets. If I remember correctly there is pdf Service Manual somewhere over the internet which would help i guess. Now, waiting patiently for your modification :). Have a good luck!
do the mod and film it and upload it to youtube. for science.
It sounds exactly like Yamaha 2op FM, which would make sense since they owned all the patents at the time. What with the drums being on a separate channel than the melody, I suspect this is a Yamaha YM2143 OPLL (it sounds exactly like the one I have too), which was used in the Sega Master System and MSX2+ line of computers, so you should be able to find documentation on how to change it's 1 programmable instrument and use the built in drum set online easily. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_YM2413
You should be able to get really close sounds using the OPL2 chip found in the Adlib/Soundblaster era of cards, but without the janky cheap ladder-effect DAC this OPLL uses.
Since these chips were used in open platforms (such as MSX2+) there's official programmer's documentation. Also SMS programming forums will have information. Some of it will be translated from Japanese though, so YMMV.
Really nice built-in distortion fx on that microphone
my favorite sound, honestly
That is so damned cool! Thanks for sharing this information, Simon.
this thing was definitely too ahead of its time, you could see this being introduced now.
Phillips' slogan was 'simply years ahead'
See, here in the US, PHILIPS is known for LED light bulbs and they used to be known for TVs and stuff. Mostly electronics, but not vacuum cleaners or anything like that.
Yeah, in the UK they're known for a wide range of products - I believe they invented the compact cassette and the CD.
In the Netherlands Phillips goes from tv , fridge, television and even toothbrush and shaving machine. They make everything
Here in Brazil Philips was a big factory !!! Produces, Blender, Mixers, TV, Stereo, K7 Record and VCR, CamCords, Walkmans, CD Player and a Lot Gamma of stuffs
I have one, it was my very first electronic music instrument. I can explain GLING / SUPERGLING. I think in supergling you are supposed to program your accompaniment and play the melody yourself, and it will quantize the melody to sound right with the chords. Pitch quantization in 1986 🙂
You can also program the melody and the chords both in the sequencer, in Pro mode I believe.
I think the device had some incredibly cool features: nowadays you are lucky if your synth can do more than 64 steps of sequencing but this thing does a lot longer than that. Nowadays the steps of sequences are usually of equal length (and you have to use tie’s to get longer notes) but this thing lets you set a duration for each sequence step separately, in addition to ties to make them even longer. Also: you can see the entered note on the display.
Unfortunately Philips decided after a short trial on the Dutch market that the device was not the direction the company should move in and they stopped with making music instruments.
GLING! Perfect word for a concept that... was in much need of a brand new meaningless name that somehow sounds like... Gling.
I didn‘t know but now I know… And the more you know the less you don‘t know! You know?
I know
But the more you know, the more you know you don't know, you know?
@@aranmcfook9206 I didnt know that Armafuck
That track and vocal sounds like LCD soundsystem
Love your energy man. Reason I subscribed a while ago and love every video when I come across one
I can’t stop looking at that paper!
You start spitting better and more melodic bars at 7:50 by 'accident', than a lot of rappers on purpose in a studio.
Great video.
starting 'singing' at 8:01
@@spencersmallbridge1496 lmfao i cant believe someone else noticed that, i thought i was crazy replaying that bit a couple times
Bro that jam you made was epic :)
Sir, you are so funny! No bad thing! This day and age!👍❤️🙏
I've found noise in old stuff from the 80s or 90s is usually from a blown capacitor or two.
I can't stop looking at that paper. 😂
yo, this is so cool, just genius, especially the final result!!
My first mp3 player = from Philips.
It's a sexy, black and chrome, with USB cap, and ultra cool glowing green display. Have to manually skip, to the song you want. No navigation wheels, more like a pogo stick, but it gets you where you want to go.
Philips made the biggest multimedia installation called the Philips pavillion in 1957, it was really something
this!
I knew it’s about time you did this
I had one of these (I was 10 in 1986). Had completely forgotten about it until I saw it here. I'm pretty sure I had no idea what to do with it back then.
Philips made *everything*. Including the cassette tape!
I see your ready to make some bangers with the PMC 100! Cool piece of gear. 10:33 awe yeahhh
Thanks to your video i just picked this up!
Restrictions and limitations are where all great art comes from. I used to run the data recordings on tape for my tr707 through delays and stuff and got some pretty crazy results.
nice job, sounded great
it's a quirky box - I almost bought one a few different times but due to prices and varying conditions of different sale items made it a bit questionable but you got one in good shape
I already have some older digital stuff that has failed in one way or another, and I wasn't excited about getting more stuff that will break soon or already needs repair
looking forward to part 2
I have a strong feeling that you just did MORE with that little piece of shyt than anyone else who has ever purchased it since day 1 of it's release!! 😂😂😂😂... You literally maxed it out in 15 minutes - Amazing!!! Lmaoooo...
Whaaaat! This was amazing!
Its not the greatest synth
But the most beautiful synth i ever seen
Really
I would die for this synth
You can pick one fairly cheap online. I bought one in its box for 50 euros last year.
Don't die for it, just give it a kidney
@@DoctorNemmo left or right kidney
@@meinemudda3095 Deine Mudda would die for this synth.
@@meinemudda3095 You want to keep your right kidney, right?
That song was beautiful 🌊
what an interesting device. Like a vintage OP-1.
And I'm not that surprised that Phillips made it, they still make headphones and other audio gear. I mean, look at Yamaha, they makey music instruments and gear, but also motorcycles and boat motors
Philips also invented the Laser CD in the early 70s maybe late 60s.
They were criticised with the words “who will need all that memory storage?”
That interface though. It's more like an FM 303 lol
Let me add that I also really really want one, like now.
Yamaha started as an instrument company then were approached by one of the big Japanese car manufacturers (not sure which one, I'm not a car guy) to help tune their motors and exhaust systems because they were know for how well they could tune instruments and they took off from there. (For a motor to work at peak performance there's literally a harmonic resonance they're looking for.)
Fossil ancestor of Microfreak and Model:Cycles?
Man, I need that freaking final test song. So vibey AND CATCHY DA FUCK. THATS A BANGER AND U DON'T EVEN DROP IT
Interesting video! Thank you
I CAAAAN'T STOOP LOOKING AT THAT PAAAAAPER!!! AAAAARG!! 🤣
Love the stop looking at this paper paper, now I can't stop looking
Sounds like as Yamaha PSS-170. Drums patterns are same too.
Sounds like an OPL chip in it. Love it 😍
That guitar solo is wild!!
Was anyone else shocked when he said Phillips makes vacuum cleaners? Here in America I always thought of them as a home electronics company. Are they known for vacuums in Europe?
in holland they are known for lamps because that was their core business in the beginning. later the made all sorts of household electronic devices. These days medical equipment is their main business.
I know Philips for home audio, light bulbs, and healthcare equipment.
Ничего удивительного - у меня есть и пылесос Philips, и телевизор Philips.
Yes, vacuum cleaner's was one of their things but not the main business. Actually they have just been releasing a new direction in vacuum cleaners: the Philips 8000, which is a vacuum cleaner combined with a mopper.
They were and are also known for electric razors, and all kinds of household appliences. But mainly for media innovations.
I CAN"T STOP LOOKING AT THIS PAPER
I enjoyed how creative the vocals were recorded
i've always wanted this groovebox
Love this thing!
It’s my Gameboy synth, I have the super rare white edition and a circuit bent gray one:)
Ever since I noticed that paper, I can't BLOODY STOP LOOKING AT IT
I can't stop looking at the paper!
I've been looking for one of these for a while... maybe someday
Hey, dutchie here. I can help you out with the manual reading if needed
What a fun little thing!
Hmm, 1986 huh.
i wouldn't be surprised if this were an OEM application of Yamaha's CX5M sound module, a poly (don't remember the number of voices) with 4 operators per voice. Especially seeing the buttons on the right, which are mainly for sequencing etc.
Thats funny, because the CX5M sound modules had an, easy to fix but never done, bug in its' kernel in the built-in sequencer. So it seems Philips workaround for that was to add a tape recorder!
First time now i see the Philips thing, but it brings back a lot of good memories as well as frustrations on the CX5M.
This is the coolest synth ever! Didn't know it existed but now i really want one!
I have here a brand new in original box inc headphones and the cassette tape .
If you serious want one . Check out the second hand market places in Holland,Belgium and Spain
@@NTRSN-Archive Thanks!
Hi Simon,
I have PMC100 too.
Could you tell me if it's possible to play with the board on FL Studio on PC.
I have try but i have no sound...
Excuse me for my bad english
Soon
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Hey Simon,, i'm dutch,, and could translate it for you to english or perhaps in a few other languages like german or swedish,, i have seen this synth (ish) in stores when i was a kid so i unlike you stated in your title, i did/do know about it but never got my hands on it though,, would love to contribute to your channel since i lost all my gear and currently live at the salvation army,, hope to be able to buy a synth again soon but this seems like a nice project to keep me from becomming bored, seen most of the synth related youtube video's and kinda tired of only being able to do some window shopping on musicstore, thomann, bax, etc....
let me know if you're interested!
I simply refuse to stop looking at the paper!
Maybe you can't find a manual cuz it had a different name/model # depending on the release region?
Watching a lot of Techmoan, that's what I'd think.
That guitar solo bit was so reminiscent of the Sega Genesis/Megadrive. I wonder if there isn’t a YM2612 chip in there somewhere. Nice demo, man!
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I can't stop looking at the paper!!! 😂
thats 1 frickin cool synth!
I couldn't stop looking at that paper
Enjoyed the tune
I don't care what anyone says, I like the quirky sounds it produces. I would defiantly rock that.
I won't stop looking at that paper
Sounds like the same FM chip from the Yamaha PSS-480. Interesting little box.
Very neat synthesizer.
perfect Magpie Pedals demo input at 10:33
That thing sounds exactly like my old Adlib soundcard. I still have it, but there is no way to use it anymore.
Nice!! I can't wait for part two!!
Cool little machine
this is sick
2:05 I really want to hear the rest of that Tocatta and Fugue demo. It sounds funky!
Gotta rewatch this cause I just kept looking at the paper.
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Simon.. that jam at the end could have been on any Atom & His Package record back in the day.
I’ll translate the Dutch manual for you if you want
Puik plan ouwe
Original MicroFreak. Very interesting and hilarious Thx 🙏🏼
No I won't stop looking this wall!
A london accent seemed to come out when you sang today!
Square wave synth in an interesting package!
Better yet, it's an FM synth !
FM radio, lol!
Hey Simon! Actually, in NL in the 1950s Philips had a research lab where they were experimenting with electro-acoustic and electronic music and synthesizers.. you should check out Kid Baltan and NATLAB, his real name is Dick Raaymakers actually made big history in terms of the creation and development of electronic music and actually started a whole a study in The Hague which is now called ArtScience but when it started out they called Sound and Vision. Check it out, I am sure you will be very pleasantly surprised!
Dick Raaijmakers (Maastricht, 1 September 1930 - The Hague, 4 September 2013), also known as Dick Raaymakers or Kid Baltan, was a Dutch composer, theater maker and theorist. He is considered a pioneer in the field of electronic music and tape music, but has also produced numerous musical theater pieces and theoretical publications.
Raaijmakers studied piano at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. From 1954 to 1960, he worked at Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. in Eindhoven in the electro-acoustic field. Under the pseudonym Kid Baltan, a anadrome of "Dik Natlab" - Raaijmakers' nickname, he realized three tests of popular music with the help of electronic means. in the world). This work has been collected and re-released under the name Popular Electronics. Early Dutch electronic music from Philips Research Laboratories, 1956-1963. From 1960 to 1962, he was affiliated with the University of Utrecht as a researcher. From 1963 to 1966, he worked with Jan Boerman in a self-established studio for electronic music in The Hague. From 1966 until his retirement in 1995, he worked as a teacher of Electronic and Contemporary Music at the Royal Conservatory (The Hague) and from 1991 as a teacher of music theater at the interfaculty of Sound and Vision of the Royal Conservatoire and the Royal Academy of Visual Arts.
I was looking at the paper on his left for almost the whole video XD
*angrily stares at paper*
Now make a complete album using only this and nothing else
Again you managed to make something out of that old Beast. I wonder what you could do with an C64 and Mssiah or SID-wizard..
Btw: Vacuum cleaners? Don't you remember that Philips made HiFi-Systems and not the worst, all the 80s and into the 90s? They even made a game consoles and home computers in the late 70s and early 80s. :)
I wish I had one of these at 8 years old
It would have been totally sci-fi!
This one has been a fascination for me for a couple years
Impossible to find😅
They kind of come and go on the dutch market every now and then
There's one on ebay now for about $230. Ships from germany
@@Old_Man_Jay way overpriced. they go for about 50-70 euros in holland.
@@endorphinsmusic what the hell? 👀
The sounds are YAMAHA OPL2 or OPL3 sounds from the YAMAHA PSS/PSR series keyboards of 1986. The drums are FM as are the sounds. Shame the keyboard is not very playable. I did see a Radio by Sharp that came with button keys and sounded similar. The Phillips is much nicer as it is LCD laden polyphonic FM arranger with a data cassette built in. Very nice find my friend!
It appears to be an YM3526 or OPL (the first one).
@@LenweSaralonde Ah ok! So the Yamaha PSS270 or PSS470 keyboard brain! It would be nice to have it retrofitted to midi input to control all those tones, and hidden synth parameters. And of course, avoid playing the awful flat keyboard lol!
@@pianokeyjoe Yup. The PSS-270 was my first keyboard ever. I was caught off guard by the sounds coming out of this thing.
very kewl
I can't stop looking at that paper!!!!!
Where can I buy such a paper?!?!!?!? I need it!!!!