I don't care what anybody says, Roland has done an amazing job with these things. I've got the s-1 and, truthfully, it's my most used synth. I imagine that this one and the drum machine are equally useful. And the fact that Roland has given us the option to buy into a larger setup incrementally is an amazing benefit to any musicians who don't want to spend, or don't have, thousands of dollars to plunk down at a time. You can scale your setup one piece of equipment at a time, and at a pace that works for you. And at each stage of that journey, you've got very useful instruments with which you can do a lot of interesting music. I just wish that these had been around when I was starting out. My advice to any person who wants to get the most bang for their buck early on is to, at the very least, get the s-1 and then buy into the rest of them over time. As for myself, I had already purchased a Circuit Tracks and needed another synth to run with it. The S-1 fit that role perfectly. But if I had not owned the Tracks at the time, I might easily have gone with a DAW-less Roland setup and been very productive for a long time, maybe forever.
You touched on it a bit here, if you have a single chord (no variation on it) as your first and then the last chord in the sequence has variation then when it loops it forces the variation on to that first chord that didn't have it before. I also seem to notice it does that within the sequence, like if I had an 8 step sequence and step 5 had variation but then I wanted step 6 to just be a chord with not variation, the step 5 variation still carries over onto step 6 even though thats not what I want. How do we stop that? How do we just put a chord (no variation on it) into the middle of a sequence and not have it effected by the variation that came before it? EDIT- I see @hyperyt6730 figured out a way around this lower in the comments there, but there has to be a more stream lined version of just keeping your chord uneffected than that right?
Nice video, thanks ! I repost here a comment, for the "problem" you point at 21'20" (when the sequence restart with a step without style/variation on, it takes the last style/variation from prvious step, i.e. the last in your case), you can manage it like that : To do that you've to set a style/variation for the step you want "unchanged", but you've to choose the right one. And, it's cool because it exists: these are style 3 / variation 1 to 12, depending of the length (Beat parameter in menu) setting of your step. For example, if your steps length is set to 4 beats (i.e. 4 quarter note or one measure), you could use the style 3/ variation 2 if you want that the chord (or note) is "simply" playing for the length of the step, independantly of the style/variation setting of other steps. So, you can use for example these "standard" settings of style/variation for living a step unchanged, depending of your step length setting: Step length 8 beat (2 measure or 8 quarter note in 4/4): 3/1 Step length 4 beat (1 measure or 4 quarter note in 4/4): 3/2 Step length 2 beat (1/2 measure or 2 quarter note in 4/4): 3/3 Step length 1 beat (1/4 measure or 1 quarter note in 4/4): 3/4 Step length 1/2 beat (1/8 measure or 1 eighth note in 4/4): 3/5 Step length 1/4 beat (1/16 measure or 1 sixteenth note in 4/4): 3/6 For odd beat (triplet), see other variations in same style (n°3). More widely, I recommand to explore style 3 to 5 for different beat combinaison per step (see manual), according to your steps length, it's very fun, this little box is a beast :) Important: if you change the variation while playing a sequence, you've to restart the sequence to avoid strange behaviour.
Right on time! I bought a SP404 MK2 2 weeks ago and yesterday i received 250 euro's in giftcards from the shop i order from because i left them a review! already wasted 100 euro's on the official 404 travel bag, ripcord cable and rechargeable batteries.... leaves me with 150 left and dont know what to buy 😁 So i was indeed looking at these Roland devices and i must say they are a good candidate to be my next purchase!
My two last synth purchases -- neither recent -- were the J-6 and the JX-08, which means I'm feeling grateful for your recent posts. Thank you. You are a generous scholar.
Or to phrase it differently, you might get content out of showing how to connect the two units and how they represent three voices and how to use all three sequencers in conjunction. He said selfishly.
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Hello could you explain how can we use S-1 or T-8 (bass) with J-6 in terms of using j-6’s 64 bar. You know s-1 is limited with 4 bar (64 step) and T-8 is limited 2 bar (32 step) so if we can use j-6 sequencer for writing T-8’bass pattern it would be very nice
Thanks for another great in-depth walk-trough video 🙏🏻 Tip: If you want to see what notes are in a chord, you can also select a Step and (temporarily) disable the CHORD button. The J-6 then lights the involved keys, but you should keep in mind the selected root key. This only seems to work with information in the Steps, so not when playing live. It also doesn’t show it in realtime when playing, you manually have to select each step. So yes, the Scaler app is better and richer, but then why using a J-6 anyway…? 🤷♂️ (except for demo purposes)
Thanks !!! I made one about the S-1 already. T8....maybe will not happen. Not a lot of interest and since I have to pay full retail price for the gear, it looks like a bad investment. But, if find a good used one. Why not ? . Thanks for the comment.
Thank you for this! Excellent! This device is exactly what I needed for a small simple sequencer with my looping setup. I've encountered one problem I can't figure out regarding Sounds associated/saved with a Pattern. All my Patterns have Sounds with edits to them, they are all recalled fine when I change from Pattern to Pattern. But if I'm on Pattern 3-1, then choose a different Sound, when I move onto Pattern 3-2 it does not recall the Sound I saved with 3-2. The fix is to reboot the unit and it's fine. For anyone, Is there a solution to this without a reboot? Thanks!
Is there a way to program a step to not follow the previous step's style/variation? For instance, no style/variation on a step after one with the function on.
To do that you've to set a style/variation for the step you want "unchanged", but you've to choose the right one. And, it's cool because it exists: these are style 3 / variation 1 to 12, depending of the length (Beat parameter in menu) setting of your step. For example, if your steps length is set to 4 beats (i.e. 4 quarter note or one measure), you could use the style 3/ variation 2 if you want that the chord (or note) is "simply" playing for the length of the step, independantly of the style/variation setting of other steps. So, you can use for example these "standard" settings of style/variation for living a step unchanged, depending of your step length setting: Step length 8 beat (2 measure or 8 quarter note in 4/4): 3/1 Step length 4 beat (1 measure or 4 quarter note in 4/4): 3/2 Step length 2 beat (1/2 measure or 2 quarter note in 4/4): 3/3 Step length 1 beat (1/4 measure or 1 quarter note in 4/4): 3/4 Step length 1/2 beat (1/8 measure or 1 eighth note in 4/4): 3/5 Step length 1/4 beat (1/16 measure or 1 sixteenth note in 4/4): 3/6 For odd beat (triplet), see other variations in same style (n°3). More widely, I recommand to explore style 3 to 5 for different beat combinaison per step (see manual), according to your steps length, it's very fun, this little box is a beast :) Important: if you change the variation while playing a sequence, you've to restart the sequence to avoid strange behaviour.
@@oudacide you're welcome :) the style n°3 is really handy for basic but essential operation like that. You can decrypt that in the manual page 34, but it's not really evident
Dude.. Someone has to say it.. You are a beast man 🙌🙌🙌You helped me alot when i started with my T-8.. THANK YOU 👍👍👍 I am learning Piano now and would like to ask what software you guys use to monitor the notes you play just like you are using in this video ??? I think this is very helpful
I have to admit. You are a wonderful teacher and artist...since Teaching is an art . With you to discover the j6 was and is a pleasure not a hazard. Thank you very very much. many regards from Chris Bunch of flowers music
can you tell me please why after I turn on the variation for one step he continues to all the other steps? not just one after step but for all the rest even that I turned the variation off in the other steps....thanks a lot
@hyperyt6730 (this person figured it out, this is his comment further up on this page) To do that you've to set a style/variation for the step you want "unchanged", but you've to choose the right one. And, it's cool because it exists: these are style 3 / variation 1 to 12, depending of the length (Beat parameter in menu) setting of your step. For example, if your steps length is set to 4 beats (i.e. 4 quarter note or one measure), you could use the style 3/ variation 2 if you want that the chord (or note) is "simply" playing for the length of the step, independantly of the style/variation setting of other steps. So, you can use for example these "standard" settings of style/variation for living a step unchanged, depending of your step length setting: Step length 8 beat (2 measure or 8 quarter note in 4/4): 3/1 Step length 4 beat (1 measure or 4 quarter note in 4/4): 3/2 Step length 2 beat (1/2 measure or 2 quarter note in 4/4): 3/3 Step length 1 beat (1/4 measure or 1 quarter note in 4/4): 3/4 Step length 1/2 beat (1/8 measure or 1 eighth note in 4/4): 3/5 Step length 1/4 beat (1/16 measure or 1 sixteenth note in 4/4): 3/6 For odd beat (triplet), see other variations in same style (n°3). More widely, I recommend to explore style 3 to 5 for different beat combinaison per step (see manual), according to your steps length, it's very fun, this little box is a beast :) Important: if you change the variation while playing a sequence, you've to restart the sequence to avoid strange behavior. 1
On 21:21 you explained that the lonely chord is overwritten by the variation step. Do you know a way that the lonely chord on step 1remains available? Thank you by the way for your deep dive into this chord synth. Your amazing!
To do that you've to set a style/variation for the step you want "unchanged", but you've to choose the right one. And, it's cool because it exists: these are style 3 / variation 1 to 12, depending of the length (Beat parameter in menu) setting of your step. For example, if your steps length is set to 4 beats (i.e. 4 quarter note or one measure), you could use the style 3/ variation 2 if you want that the chord (or note) is "simply" playing for the length of the step, independantly of the style/variation setting of other steps. So, you can use for example these "standard" settings of style/variation for living a step unchanged, depending of your step length setting: Step length 8 beat (2 measure or 8 quarter note in 4/4): 3/1 Step length 4 beat (1 measure or 4 quarter note in 4/4): 3/2 Step length 2 beat (1/2 measure or 2 quarter note in 4/4): 3/3 Step length 1 beat (1/4 measure or 1 quarter note in 4/4): 3/4 Step length 1/2 beat (1/8 measure or 1 eighth note in 4/4): 3/5 Step length 1/4 beat (1/16 measure or 1 sixteenth note in 4/4): 3/6 For odd beat (triplet), see other variations in same style (n°3). More widely, I recommand to explore style 3 to 5 for different beat combinaison per step (see manual), according to your steps length, it's very fun, this little box is a beast :) Important: if you change the variation while playing a sequence, you've to restart the sequence to avoid strange behaviour.
If each of the steps are 4 beats how do i put the chord on the 3rd beat not the 1st? They all seem to start on the 1st beat. I want to make Dub type chords but can't seem to work out how to put them anywhere but on the one.The Manual is not the best.
Additional note: SHIFT + FILTER adjusts resonance & SHIFT + ENVELOPE changes the length of the envelope attack.
I don't care what anybody says, Roland has done an amazing job with these things. I've got the s-1 and, truthfully, it's my most used synth. I imagine that this one and the drum machine are equally useful. And the fact that Roland has given us the option to buy into a larger setup incrementally is an amazing benefit to any musicians who don't want to spend, or don't have, thousands of dollars to plunk down at a time. You can scale your setup one piece of equipment at a time, and at a pace that works for you. And at each stage of that journey, you've got very useful instruments with which you can do a lot of interesting music.
I just wish that these had been around when I was starting out. My advice to any person who wants to get the most bang for their buck early on is to, at the very least, get the s-1 and then buy into the rest of them over time.
As for myself, I had already purchased a Circuit Tracks and needed another synth to run with it. The S-1 fit that role perfectly. But if I had not owned the Tracks at the time, I might easily have gone with a DAW-less Roland setup and been very productive for a long time, maybe forever.
I was thinking the same. Pretty clever move from Roland.
You touched on it a bit here, if you have a single chord (no variation on it) as your first and then the last chord in the sequence has variation then when it loops it forces the variation on to that first chord that didn't have it before. I also seem to notice it does that within the sequence, like if I had an 8 step sequence and step 5 had variation but then I wanted step 6 to just be a chord with not variation, the step 5 variation still carries over onto step 6 even though thats not what I want. How do we stop that? How do we just put a chord (no variation on it) into the middle of a sequence and not have it effected by the variation that came before it? EDIT- I see @hyperyt6730 figured out a way around this lower in the comments there, but there has to be a more stream lined version of just keeping your chord uneffected than that right?
Was just thinking how there needs to be longer, more in-depth tutorials for the J-6. Thank you!
Thanks very much, loving your work
Nice video, thanks !
I repost here a comment, for the "problem" you point at 21'20" (when the sequence restart with a step without style/variation on, it takes the last style/variation from prvious step, i.e. the last in your case), you can manage it like that :
To do that you've to set a style/variation for the step you want "unchanged", but you've to choose the right one. And, it's cool because it exists: these are style 3 / variation 1 to 12, depending of the length (Beat parameter in menu) setting of your step.
For example, if your steps length is set to 4 beats (i.e. 4 quarter note or one measure), you could use the style 3/ variation 2 if you want that the chord (or note) is "simply" playing for the length of the step, independantly of the style/variation setting of other steps.
So, you can use for example these "standard" settings of style/variation for living a step unchanged, depending of your step length setting:
Step length 8 beat (2 measure or 8 quarter note in 4/4): 3/1
Step length 4 beat (1 measure or 4 quarter note in 4/4): 3/2
Step length 2 beat (1/2 measure or 2 quarter note in 4/4): 3/3
Step length 1 beat (1/4 measure or 1 quarter note in 4/4): 3/4
Step length 1/2 beat (1/8 measure or 1 eighth note in 4/4): 3/5
Step length 1/4 beat (1/16 measure or 1 sixteenth note in 4/4): 3/6
For odd beat (triplet), see other variations in same style (n°3).
More widely, I recommand to explore style 3 to 5 for different beat combinaison per step (see manual), according to your steps length, it's very fun, this little box is a beast :)
Important: if you change the variation while playing a sequence, you've to restart the sequence to avoid strange behaviour.
Thank you, this works, it's just wild you have to do that just to make you chord uneffected by the variation.
Right on time! I bought a SP404 MK2 2 weeks ago and yesterday i received 250 euro's in giftcards from the shop i order from because i left them a review! already wasted 100 euro's on the official 404 travel bag, ripcord cable and rechargeable batteries.... leaves me with 150 left and dont know what to buy 😁 So i was indeed looking at these Roland devices and i must say they are a good candidate to be my next purchase!
Woowww. Whats the name of the shop?
Exemplary job..My cup runneth over at 69 years young..Praise God. thank you
Glad to hear you liked it. Thanks for the comment :)
My two last synth purchases -- neither recent -- were the J-6 and the JX-08, which means I'm feeling grateful for your recent posts. Thank you. You are a generous scholar.
Or to phrase it differently, you might get content out of showing how to connect the two units and how they represent three voices and how to use all three sequencers in conjunction. He said selfishly.
Hello could you explain how can we use S-1 or T-8 (bass) with J-6 in terms of using j-6’s 64 bar. You know s-1 is limited with 4 bar (64 step) and T-8 is limited 2 bar (32 step) so if we can use j-6 sequencer for writing T-8’bass pattern it would be very nice
Finally !! Yeeeesssssss thank you very much, your work, dedication and talent is incredible and inexhaustible.😃
Thanks for the comment bro !!! It is always nice to hear the work helps people. Love the comment. Thanks
@@XNBeatsMusic
Thanks for another great in-depth walk-trough video 🙏🏻 Tip: If you want to see what notes are in a chord, you can also select a Step and (temporarily) disable the CHORD button. The J-6 then lights the involved keys, but you should keep in mind the selected root key. This only seems to work with information in the Steps, so not when playing live. It also doesn’t show it in realtime when playing, you manually have to select each step. So yes, the Scaler app is better and richer, but then why using a J-6 anyway…? 🤷♂️ (except for demo purposes)
Thanks this was the best tutorial on this in my mind, not boring, very helpful, any chance you going to do one on the Roland S-1 and the T8?
Thanks !!! I made one about the S-1 already. T8....maybe will not happen. Not a lot of interest and since I have to pay full retail price for the gear, it looks like a bad investment. But, if find a good used one. Why not ? . Thanks for the comment.
This was pretty informative, thank you. I've ordered one and am now looking forward to trying it even more.
The most awesome thing for me is sending Midi out to any synth, playing chords through them .....(Non mono synths)
Does it works? I'm thinking about to use it on a Pro800
yes, the "keyboard" you see on the screen is MIDI sent by the J-6 through the DAW and catching it on SCALER.
@@XNBeatsMusic 💘
Thank you for this! Excellent! This device is exactly what I needed for a small simple sequencer with my looping setup. I've encountered one problem I can't figure out regarding Sounds associated/saved with a Pattern. All my Patterns have Sounds with edits to them, they are all recalled fine when I change from Pattern to Pattern. But if I'm on Pattern 3-1, then choose a different Sound, when I move onto Pattern 3-2 it does not recall the Sound I saved with 3-2. The fix is to reboot the unit and it's fine. For anyone, Is there a solution to this without a reboot? Thanks!
This is the best explanation of the Aira J6 to be found in RUclips. Awesome work! Muchas gracias!
This has been super helpful. Really clearly explained. Thanks ! 🙂
Glad it was helpful! cheers !!!
Is there a way to program a step to not follow the previous step's style/variation? For instance, no style/variation on a step after one with the function on.
To do that you've to set a style/variation for the step you want "unchanged", but you've to choose the right one. And, it's cool because it exists: these are style 3 / variation 1 to 12, depending of the length (Beat parameter in menu) setting of your step.
For example, if your steps length is set to 4 beats (i.e. 4 quarter note or one measure), you could use the style 3/ variation 2 if you want that the chord (or note) is "simply" playing for the length of the step, independantly of the style/variation setting of other steps.
So, you can use for example these "standard" settings of style/variation for living a step unchanged, depending of your step length setting:
Step length 8 beat (2 measure or 8 quarter note in 4/4): 3/1
Step length 4 beat (1 measure or 4 quarter note in 4/4): 3/2
Step length 2 beat (1/2 measure or 2 quarter note in 4/4): 3/3
Step length 1 beat (1/4 measure or 1 quarter note in 4/4): 3/4
Step length 1/2 beat (1/8 measure or 1 eighth note in 4/4): 3/5
Step length 1/4 beat (1/16 measure or 1 sixteenth note in 4/4): 3/6
For odd beat (triplet), see other variations in same style (n°3).
More widely, I recommand to explore style 3 to 5 for different beat combinaison per step (see manual), according to your steps length, it's very fun, this little box is a beast :)
Important: if you change the variation while playing a sequence, you've to restart the sequence to avoid strange behaviour.
@@hyperyt6730 awesome. I wish this was in the manual. Thanks for figuring it out and sharing. I'll try it out later and report back.
@@oudacide you're welcome :) the style n°3 is really handy for basic but essential operation like that. You can decrypt that in the manual page 34, but it's not really evident
@@hyperyt6730 this works! Thank you so much!!! 😊
Dude.. Someone has to say it.. You are a beast man 🙌🙌🙌You helped me alot when i started with my T-8.. THANK YOU 👍👍👍
I am learning Piano now and would like to ask what software you guys use to monitor the notes you play just like you are using in this video ??? I think this is very helpful
hey, thanks for the comment. Nice to hear it was helpful. Scaler is the plugin I am using. I go through the DAW when I record the videos.
this absolutely amazing!
Hoping you'll do one on mc-101 ?
Man you are the best. Thank YOU a lot.
The best tutorial on YT
🥰😍🤩
sei confusionario
So cool explanation! You just sold a Roland J-6, with that tutorial, thank you a lot for cutting it out for a newbie! Keep it on!
I have to admit. You are a wonderful teacher and artist...since Teaching is an art . With you to discover the j6 was and is a pleasure not a hazard.
Thank you very very much. many regards from Chris Bunch of flowers music
I would like to ask you where I can download a keyboard as seen in your video compatible with Ableton Live 11 and J-6 thanks
Big thx for this enlightenment! ....Roland has to pay you
Amazing quick deep dive! Thank you!!!
Awesome vid again, thx
Thanks you. They really knocked it out of the park with this one and the S-1.
I was wondering if there is a way to add distortion! 🤘
these guides are great id love to see one for the Behringer RD-9
how do I add a scaler like you did??? Thank you
Thanks for this tutorial. Can you please do the JD08 Roland boutique
Thanks for the comment. Alright I'll add the JD08 to the wish list and see if I get one at a good price.
can you tell me please why after I turn on the variation for one step he continues to all the other steps? not just one after step but for all the rest even that I turned the variation off in the other steps....thanks a lot
@hyperyt6730 (this person figured it out, this is his comment further up on this page)
To do that you've to set a style/variation for the step you want "unchanged", but you've to choose the right one. And, it's cool because it exists: these are style 3 / variation 1 to 12, depending of the length (Beat parameter in menu) setting of your step.
For example, if your steps length is set to 4 beats (i.e. 4 quarter note or one measure), you could use the style 3/ variation 2 if you want that the chord (or note) is "simply" playing for the length of the step, independantly of the style/variation setting of other steps.
So, you can use for example these "standard" settings of style/variation for living a step unchanged, depending of your step length setting:
Step length 8 beat (2 measure or 8 quarter note in 4/4): 3/1
Step length 4 beat (1 measure or 4 quarter note in 4/4): 3/2
Step length 2 beat (1/2 measure or 2 quarter note in 4/4): 3/3
Step length 1 beat (1/4 measure or 1 quarter note in 4/4): 3/4
Step length 1/2 beat (1/8 measure or 1 eighth note in 4/4): 3/5
Step length 1/4 beat (1/16 measure or 1 sixteenth note in 4/4): 3/6
For odd beat (triplet), see other variations in same style (n°3).
More widely, I recommend to explore style 3 to 5 for different beat combinaison per step (see manual), according to your steps length, it's very fun, this little box is a beast :)
Important: if you change the variation while playing a sequence, you've to restart the sequence to avoid strange behavior.
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On 21:21 you explained that the lonely chord is overwritten by the variation step. Do you know a way that the lonely chord on step 1remains available? Thank you by the way for your deep dive into this chord synth. Your amazing!
To do that you've to set a style/variation for the step you want "unchanged", but you've to choose the right one. And, it's cool because it exists: these are style 3 / variation 1 to 12, depending of the length (Beat parameter in menu) setting of your step.
For example, if your steps length is set to 4 beats (i.e. 4 quarter note or one measure), you could use the style 3/ variation 2 if you want that the chord (or note) is "simply" playing for the length of the step, independantly of the style/variation setting of other steps.
So, you can use for example these "standard" settings of style/variation for living a step unchanged, depending of your step length setting:
Step length 8 beat (2 measure or 8 quarter note in 4/4): 3/1
Step length 4 beat (1 measure or 4 quarter note in 4/4): 3/2
Step length 2 beat (1/2 measure or 2 quarter note in 4/4): 3/3
Step length 1 beat (1/4 measure or 1 quarter note in 4/4): 3/4
Step length 1/2 beat (1/8 measure or 1 eighth note in 4/4): 3/5
Step length 1/4 beat (1/16 measure or 1 sixteenth note in 4/4): 3/6
For odd beat (triplet), see other variations in same style (n°3).
More widely, I recommand to explore style 3 to 5 for different beat combinaison per step (see manual), according to your steps length, it's very fun, this little box is a beast :)
Important: if you change the variation while playing a sequence, you've to restart the sequence to avoid strange behaviour.
@@hyperyt6730 Thank you very much, I needed that information!
5:10 You missed the shift functions in filter and envelope....
Oh crap. Thanks for the heads up.
If each of the steps are 4 beats how do i put the chord on the 3rd beat not the 1st? They all seem to start on the 1st beat. I want to make Dub type chords but can't seem to work out how to put them anywhere but on the one.The Manual is not the best.
Use 4 steps per beat so you can place notes on 1/4 step.
@@girlinagale I was so frustrated I bought a Korg SQ-64 and just use the J-6 as a sound module but thank you for your reply much appreciated 😎
Cool!! está buenísimo!!
Cuando me libere te chiflo y hacemos lo que hablamos :)
Very clear and usefull : great job ! Would you do the same for the Roland T8 😊?