I can't wait until I can get one of these in a year or two, fantastic instrument! I really hope keytars are making a comeback tbh, or at least enough of a comeback that I'll still be able to find a good quality one like this a few years down the road.
I have an AX Edge that I use to fill in bass for my band at church when our bassist is out. I love it! But I feel like I have soooo much to learn; this instrument is capable of SO. MANY. THINGS!
It really is! Sadly keytars in general are looked at as kind of gimmicky or a novelty, but we're glad to know that you've realized how amazing and flexible the instrument is!
That’s my keytar, I bought it from Long and McQuade after seeing this video, they told me it was from the inspiration center. It has a lot more pink foil on it these days 😂
I keep forgetting that Edge is equipped with gentle after touch. That’s one of his many awesome features that I didn’t take stock in when it went on the market.
Great keyboard. But instead of buying an AX, I had saved me about 1,000 dollars by taking one of my regular lighter horizontal keyboards, attached a guitar strap to it, and held it and played it like an AX. Same thing. I even created an upright stand for it, and mounted it on the stand vertically, like an upright base or cello while sitting. The AX is super, but a novelty way of playing a regular horizontal keyboard like a guitar.
I have been playing AX Edge for a while, my band and I use it, I mostly play it, but everyone has a chance. We have a Electric Guitar, Bass, Drums and then keyboard or Keytar
Hi Dustin and thanks for the demo. I am seriously planning to buy one. Question... The hold button that you use at 6:03, can you hold a sound, and then lay a totally different sound on top of that first sound? Thank you.
Я с 1997 года пользуюсь старым Roland D-20. Отличная станция с массой возможностей. Недаром его прозвали: мечта композитора. Но этот наплечный синтезатор я готов приобрести. Но сперва мне нужно на него заработать денег. Как заработаю сразу куплю такой синтезатор.
great video but just one doubt ..do I need passive speakers or active speakers to conect and play my Roland?? I'll appreciate someone reply me .. t-you =)
When I was child I wanted one of these ... but I did not know what it's name was ... :/ ... The instrument is the same one employed by "Melody" from SilverHawks XD
The power switch is on the back of the unit. Yes you will need a patch cable going from the AX-Edge to an amplifier (or a pair of headphones) in order to hear it, but it's not required to be able to turn it on.
For the sake of this video, the output of the keytar was split. One signal went to an amp for monitoring, and one signal went into our recorder. Yes, it can be connected to an amp or powered speaker.
@@stephin20 We'd recommend a keyboard amp like one of the Roland or Traynor amps found here: www.long-mcquade.com/departments/346/Keyboards/Amps/Keyboard_Amps_mixers_spkrs.htm
It cannot accept MP3 or WAVs as samples to perform with, but it does accept MP3 and WAVs to playback and play along to using the internal sounds. On Page 13 of the AX-Edge manual: You can copy an audio file (MP3 or WAV) from your computer to a USB flash drive, and perform on the AX-Edge while that audio file plays back. Audio files that can be played: MP3 Format: MPEG-1 audio layer 3 Sampling Frequency: 48 kHz Bit rate: 32/40/48/56/64/80/96/112/128/160/192/224/ 256/320 kbps, VBR (Variable Bit Rate) WAV Sampling Frequency: 48 kHz Bit Depth: 16/24-bit * For both MP3 and WAV, the only sampling frequency supported is 48 kHz. If your file has a sampling frequency of other than 48 kHz, use software on your computer to convert it to 48 kHz beforehand.
It's a realy cool Keytar (I own one of them since 1/2 year) and it is capable of extreme things. It's like four times my old Ax-Synth. How ever the Editor is just a joke!Who wants to program such a killer machine on an iPhone? I mean the iPad just magnifyes the iPhone version, but it is a waste of screen area. For just making a few adjustments or swaping sounds while you are on the road, the iOS App is OK and a not so bad idea, but if you are in your studio and want to make new sounds or make more dramatic changes to the original ones it is just useless. Even the AX-Synth had a decent editor for Mac or Windows. So to program that beast on an iPhone is just ridiculous. The app is slow, has always to reload information from the AX-Edge and features no Graphics (absolutely NO grapcics). If i have to adjust an envelope generator it is standard nowadays, that your editing is represented by a graphic, that shows which time or Level you are actually editing. Not so here!! you just get parameter names and numbers and should you really do something wrong... sorry no Undo!! Whilst the AX-Edge is more than four times the AX-Synth (which already was a killer machine) the editor is less than a quarter the quality of the editor of the AX-Synth. Sorry Roland, you can do much better! this editor is not worth to be called that way and does no justice to that otherwise awesome Keytar! So Roland here you didn't do your homework, in no way! Go back and give us a decent editor for Windows and Mac.
Check out 4:56 where Dustin talks about the dual displays. The large display in the corner is angled to face the player. It's not tilted up like the AX7 was, more like the bottom of it is recessed into the unit, which still makes it easy to see while standing and playing with a strap. That screen is just a simple LCD display to show the bank/patch numbers, just like the AX7 had. The screen that is flat is an additional screen that the AX7 didn't have, and it is meant for deep editing which you would typically do while the unit is horizontal.
You could, as in there would be little risk of damage, because bass amps are usually designed to handle the full frequency spectrum. The voicing might be a bit bass-heavy though. With some tweaking of the EQ, it'd work, just not ideal.
The sound you hear in this video is taken directly from the AX-Edge into our recorder (Zoom H6). We are not recording an amp, although Dustin is using a small amp to monitor his playing, but it's not being heard in this video.
I used this at a live gig last weekend in Miami. I shredded a 10 minute solo to close out the show. It was epic!!!
did you post a video anyplace? Would love to see it!
I'm going to need to see this
Adding myself to the list that want to see a video - I want to learn to play an Edge live in addition to my piano/keys
Sure, you did bud..
Prove it!! We want a video. ;)
Can't wait to write this off my taxes!
Nice gus J. reference there
Paul Clarke Gus Johnson reference. Awesome
God dammit
Ok gus johnson
😂
I have always wanted a keytar and watching this makes me want one more
YES YES YES YES
Keytar and anime weapon.
ClumzorZ I was just imagining Cloud Strife wielding this 🙂
Looks like a giant cleaver
And it came with Light and Dark variants
Velian Crowley's Duel Disk (Yu-gi-oh! GX)
Monster Hunter vibes
This is so much cooler than I was expecting
I am writing a novel and one of my characters has a keytar as a weapon. This is exactly how I imagined it!
yo i'd love to read that shit
Holy Shit
Keytar sword!
What is the name of your book?
@@spliffern2662 Roxanne wolf
Does this come with an anti-bully protection plan?
its one of those instruments that never really left the 80s
The own keytar itself is anti-bully protection, just swing it around like a sword
anti bully ? when i get this thing im going to need a way to keep all of the chicks away !
I got beat up just for *thinking* about playing the keytar.
@@PepperDeVillle lol warning: user may incure massive atomic wedgies from jocks wearing Letterman jackets
I can't wait until I can get one of these in a year or two, fantastic instrument! I really hope keytars are making a comeback tbh, or at least enough of a comeback that I'll still be able to find a good quality one like this a few years down the road.
They are! Especially now that there is a keytarist in the band Ghost.
its been 4 years. did you get the keytar
Did you get the keytar? Just curious... 😅
This thing is killer
that looks like the most fun room i've ever seen in my life 😧
We need more live keytar performers!
Buy me one. All I can afford is lousy alesis vortex.
@@donq2957 no
Funny you should say that lmao
I have a band, and I play this and keyboard
Getting mine soon!! YES more keytar players!
I've been wanting one of these for a couple of years now, I reckon it's time
We also reckon. Do it! 😁
You had me at "build in vocoder."
RIGHT?
I SPLOOGED
@@Ashes2Ashes_Blush2Blush SAME
just found out this is an actual thing , and damn . guess what i want for my birthday now
Sooooooo happy I ordered one.😍
LOL!! ha ha ha!!
for your 80's cover band no doubt? got any funky pants?
@@Psyfonify I want to get one cause I want make my own synth or dark synth music
I have an AX Edge that I use to fill in bass for my band at church when our bassist is out. I love it! But I feel like I have soooo much to learn; this instrument is capable of SO. MANY. THINGS!
It really is! Sadly keytars in general are looked at as kind of gimmicky or a novelty, but we're glad to know that you've realized how amazing and flexible the instrument is!
The amount of features and tweakability makes it a ton of fun
That’s my keytar, I bought it from Long and McQuade after seeing this video, they told me it was from the inspiration center. It has a lot more pink foil on it these days 😂
4:18 Wow! I Love This Vibe 😍🎹🔥
Nice bouncy, rubbery Synth Bass sound. Definitely sounds like a Roland!
Thank you for the demonstration. It was clear, fairly easy to understand.
I truly love this instrument!
If this guy knew how to play cumbia on that keytar this review would've been a party 🎉
Why am I seeing this? Why is it satisfying!?!!
Awesome!!!
I'm glad there is a power supply as well as battery power
I keep forgetting that Edge is equipped with gentle after touch. That’s one of his many awesome features that I didn’t take stock in when it went on the market.
Great keyboard. But instead of buying an AX, I had saved me about 1,000 dollars by taking one of my regular lighter horizontal keyboards, attached a guitar strap to it, and held it and played it like an AX. Same thing. I even created an upright stand for it, and mounted it on the stand vertically, like an upright base or cello while sitting. The AX is super, but a novelty way of playing a regular horizontal keyboard like a guitar.
The black and red looks badass
this is the real key blade
I bought one a few days ago and can’t wait for it to come in!
No one gana metion that awesome bit that he made up at 2:55 and 3:05
I know it's fuckin amazing
The low notes remind me of King Kill 33° by Marilyn Manson
I love it - hope Roland don't discontinue it .... does this play percussion?
Bought 1 2 yrs ago and fabulous to play
I have been playing AX Edge for a while, my band and I use it, I mostly play it, but everyone has a chance.
We have a Electric Guitar, Bass, Drums and then keyboard or Keytar
i'm sold. god damnit i'm sold.
I think I would buy this just to learn Dream Theater solos on it XD
😂
I painted the blade black and added some LED-lights. Now its perfect!😎
I can imagine a light spectrum down on the plate jumpin when playing the keytar...🤩
Im so..JAZZED about this.
Heh..heh heh heh..
Thanks ill be here all week.😎
IMPRESSIVE
That looks pretty good.
TAKE MY MONEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
6:41 nice harp sound.
Hey!
It was mentioned that the pedal can be assigned to any parameter, so can you a expression pedal on it?
This is the coolest instrument ever but I don’t have that much money to buy this one
Dreams want to buy, reality needs money...
Beautiful
my classical pianist dream
That is a musical weapon!
Less talk, more play.
First of all great vids!! Would it be possible to make a vid or explain how to assign - 50 % to a note in a live situation? (Middle Eastern scales)
Absolutely, check this out: ruclips.net/video/uzYkBaDWX0k/видео.html
Does it have a present guitar tone? If so, is there anywhere I can find a recording of it being used?
love it!
K cool demonstration but WHO DISLIKED THIS
Kita Piano Holder Do you know where the piano house is sold?
A piano holder?
Instrument looks cool but can’t imagine liking any song that has those tones.
You don’t realize a lot of songs you listen to use those tones lol
@@aceofspadesdude lol
You'd be surprised how many European Power & Prog acts use tones like this.
If you a musician program your own you turd
Oh shnap.. may have to get one of these bad boys
Thing looks like Pyramid heads Great Knife from Silent Hill
Hi Dustin and thanks for the demo. I am seriously planning to buy one. Question... The hold button that you use at 6:03, can you hold a sound, and then lay a totally different sound on top of that first sound? Thank you.
Does this come with a mullet?
Я с 1997 года пользуюсь старым Roland D-20. Отличная станция с массой возможностей. Недаром его прозвали: мечта композитора. Но этот наплечный синтезатор я готов приобрести. Но сперва мне нужно на него заработать денег. Как заработаю сразу куплю такой синтезатор.
does connecting to Bluetooth play music on my phone or any of my soundbar?
Where is the "UNISON" Button? It is mentioned in the manual but don't see it on the synth. Thanks!
It's on the back of the neck! Check out 4:48.
Just got one! How do you turn off the constant echo?? Every sound I try has an echo/reverb
THIS SHIT IS TERRIBLY AMAZING
Can you download the super-natural sounds from the AX SYNTH??
No, both the AX-Synth and the AX-Edge have a built-in sound engine that cannot be uploaded or downloaded to or from either unit.
Wish had one of those to make an awesome sounds so I can groove or boogie.
Can we use it to arpeggiate? 🤔 thinking of buying a keytar and I'd need to play Muse songs with it!
Bliss, Stockholm syndrome i see you!
Just a question-> Can I use the Edge model like a Master Keyboard with 16 midi channels control like the model AX7 do ?
great video but just one doubt ..do I need passive speakers or active speakers to conect and play my Roland?? I'll appreciate someone reply me .. t-you =)
Active speakers. There's no amplifier built into the AX-Edge (or most keytars or keyboards).
Why they thought we wouldn’t want a black ax-edge with the traditional colored keys absolutely baffles me.
Looks a great product, but the sounds I've heard from it so far haven't been special enough to persuade me to get one...
Roy Naidoo their sounds haven’t been great since the Fantom X
yea its far too bulky too, the ax7 was the best keytar
Reckon it's got the sounds, portamento and easy patch changes to get a decent version of "Frankenstein" out of it?
When I was child I wanted one of these ... but I did not know what it's name was ... :/ ... The instrument is the same one employed by "Melody" from SilverHawks XD
I recommend, thanks, ;-)
Does it support the use of Talkboxes
Am i the only one that think this keytar look like a giant sword ?
I mean, it is called the AX-Edge.
What is price of this keytar 😊
Our price is currently $1349.99CAD. www.long-mcquade.com/117114
how do i turn the keytar on ? do i need all cables and a keytar
amplifier to be able to turn it on?
The power switch is on the back of the unit. Yes you will need a patch cable going from the AX-Edge to an amplifier (or a pair of headphones) in order to hear it, but it's not required to be able to turn it on.
Does the keytar have back up percussion?
Supports samples wav?
Mine arrived today
Awesome, have fun!
do you know if you can lock up the neck controls?
What is the keytar connected to? Can it connected to an amp or speaker?
For the sake of this video, the output of the keytar was split. One signal went to an amp for monitoring, and one signal went into our recorder. Yes, it can be connected to an amp or powered speaker.
@@longandmcquade So for performances on stages, do you recommend using a speaker or an amp?
@@stephin20 We'd recommend a keyboard amp like one of the Roland or Traynor amps found here: www.long-mcquade.com/departments/346/Keyboards/Amps/Keyboard_Amps_mixers_spkrs.htm
Sooooo the keytar still exists?
Listen to Néstor en Bloque playing his Keytar
Can this simulate hammer ons and pull offs?
I NEEEED IIIIT OMGGGG
Getting New Jack Swing Vibes.
How heavy are these Keytars ? Looks heavier than the regular bass guitar.
The AX-Edge is about 9lbs. The average weight of a Fender P-Bass (for example) is 8 - 9lbs. So pretty much the same weight!
I saw a review where this doesn’t accept mp3s or wavs ?
It cannot accept MP3 or WAVs as samples to perform with, but it does accept MP3 and WAVs to playback and play along to using the internal sounds. On Page 13 of the AX-Edge manual:
You can copy an audio file (MP3 or WAV) from your computer to a USB flash drive, and perform on the AX-Edge while that audio file plays back.
Audio files that can be played:
MP3
Format: MPEG-1 audio layer 3
Sampling Frequency: 48 kHz
Bit rate: 32/40/48/56/64/80/96/112/128/160/192/224/ 256/320 kbps, VBR (Variable Bit Rate)
WAV
Sampling Frequency: 48 kHz
Bit Depth: 16/24-bit
* For both MP3 and WAV, the only sampling frequency supported is 48 kHz. If your file has a sampling frequency of other than 48 kHz, use software on your computer to convert it to 48 kHz beforehand.
So... How did turn it on again???
Est-ce que ce Keytar est autonome comme le Yamaha Sonogenic SHS-500RD??
reminds me of regular show..
15TEEN yess
Meu sonho era ganha um desse seria odia mais feliz da minha vida
It's a realy cool Keytar (I own one of them since 1/2 year) and it is capable of extreme things. It's like four times my old Ax-Synth. How ever the Editor is just a joke!Who wants to program such a killer machine on an iPhone? I mean the iPad just magnifyes the iPhone version, but it is a waste of screen area. For just making a few adjustments or swaping sounds while you are on the road, the iOS App is OK and a not so bad idea, but if you are in your studio and want to make new sounds or make more dramatic changes to the original ones it is just useless. Even the AX-Synth had a decent editor for Mac or Windows. So to program that beast on an iPhone is just ridiculous. The app is slow, has always to reload information from the AX-Edge and features no Graphics (absolutely NO grapcics). If i have to adjust an envelope generator it is standard nowadays, that your editing is represented by a graphic, that shows which time or Level you are actually editing. Not so here!! you just get parameter names and numbers and should you really do something wrong... sorry no Undo!! Whilst the AX-Edge is more than four times the AX-Synth (which already was a killer machine) the editor is less than a quarter the quality of the editor of the AX-Synth. Sorry Roland, you can do much better! this editor is not worth to be called that way and does no justice to that otherwise awesome Keytar! So Roland here you didn't do your homework, in no way! Go back and give us a decent editor for Windows and Mac.
they should have tilted the screen up like the ax7 , so its facing the player
Check out 4:56 where Dustin talks about the dual displays. The large display in the corner is angled to face the player. It's not tilted up like the AX7 was, more like the bottom of it is recessed into the unit, which still makes it easy to see while standing and playing with a strap. That screen is just a simple LCD display to show the bank/patch numbers, just like the AX7 had. The screen that is flat is an additional screen that the AX7 didn't have, and it is meant for deep editing which you would typically do while the unit is horizontal.
Looks like the main patch (only) numerical LED display is tipped but I agree, as per my AX-7
I sold my bass. Kept the amp. Can I play this thru a bass amp?
You could, as in there would be little risk of damage, because bass amps are usually designed to handle the full frequency spectrum. The voicing might be a bit bass-heavy though. With some tweaking of the EQ, it'd work, just not ideal.
Wow
Somebody get the full song for what he played begining at 00:01
Dustin probably just made it up on the spot!
@@longandmcquade damn thats cool
does it have a built in speaker?
No, not built in. It has 1/4" outputs to connect to an external amp and a headphone output.
Do they still have the shity ribbon controller that goes out on the Roland ax traditional and needs fixing every couple on years?
what kind of amplification use you on this video please ?
The sound you hear in this video is taken directly from the AX-Edge into our recorder (Zoom H6). We are not recording an amp, although Dustin is using a small amp to monitor his playing, but it's not being heard in this video.
@@longandmcquade thank you for the information the sound is excellent congrats (y)