Exploring the Future Retro XS

[Lemure333]

are you using anything to sequence this or is it all through itself? Thanks in advance...best

[Passie808]

@Lemure333 The FR XS doesn't have a sequencer. I used it together with Logic and a Motu midi express 128 interface.

[Fnordblaster]

Awesome vid!

[Passie808]

@Fnordblaster Thanks

[CoolColJ]

kind a Korg MS20 sounding

[TheLimiter]

Excellent demo.

The siren is very close to the one we can here in Suspiria from Goblin.

I want one of this now !

[Hyper5nic]

Yay! Kraftwerk :-)

[immortalharneil]

Sounds a bit like Get Innocious by LCD Soundsystem at the start

[friendofCHAKA]

I don't care what people say i liked the intro. Could of been used for a THX intro at the movie theater.

[Desmaad]

Do you ever use the patchstrip on the top?

[Passie808]

@Desmaad Sometimes

[dcr207]

really guys, a nearly 40 second long intro on this video? you know the average watcher leaves a video if they arent captivated within 30 seconds right? k just checking

[dcr207]

really guys, a nearly 40 second long intro on this video? you know the average watcher leaves a video if they arent captivated within 30 seconds right? k just checking

[Passie808]

@dcr207 And yet > 3800 hits

By the way:

Have you seen the intro of Doctor Zhivago?

[dcr207]

@Passie808 hah, i didnt realize this was a classic feature film! thought it was an internet video, but then again i didnt make it past the intro so it could very well be!

[iawhiteleygray]

@Passie808 This isn't Dr Zhivago.

[synth77]

@Passie808 That just mean's someone came to see the xs and left.

[Tetsuoha]

@dcr207 future retro xs is not for average watcher.. ;)

[kr61ab67]

A very good demo, sir.

[petersedin]

@DJPeteJames hi pete! just buy a book with analog synthes explained for you and you will be up and running in no time!

[Passie808]

Thanks!

At the moment I don't have the time to make new video's.

An advice: keep experimenting. It's not easy like a Roland instant-beat-groovebox. it has a certain learning curve. The possibilities are only limited by your creativity.

You can find good information on the soundonsound site and electro-music forum

[Tarsick]

one of the best demos of the XS on youtube.

wish this was available when i purchased my XS.

the XS is a beast of a machine, I'll never get rid of mine!

spread the word. Future Retro's electro assault on the world is well under way.

[Passie808]

@Tarsick Yes. The Future Retro synths are so cool.

[hogberto]

oh bugger. now i'm going to have to buy one.

[ShakaCthulu]

Your demo structure is very tight. One of the best demos for the XS I've seen. Too many "experimental" type videos with synths like this. Most people want to know how something like this sounds in a compositional context, which you've given in spades.

This thing does Kraftwerk to the max. Sounds kinda like if Unicrom made a transformer out of a Sherman Filterbank, ARP Odyssey and SCI Pro-1. I'll never part with mine. Going to pair it with some modules for that more "retro" wooley sound.

[Passie808]

Thank you for your comment.

At the moment I'm working on a multitimbral piece with 22 XS tracks and one revolution track: Also Sprach Zarathustra.

[ShakaCthulu]

I'd really like to hear that! I love that piece, and hearing it on a synth would be interesting.

[theau61]

Amazing démo.

[Passie808]

Thank you : )

[inbetweenmovements]

very goog demo thanxs

[Passie808]

Thanks

[asynchronicity]

Great vid -- what are you using for effect processing?

[Passie808]

Roland VS-1824 mixer

[asynchronicity]

Never mind -- if i had waited until the very end I would have gotten the answer!

I wonder what this little monster would sound like processed by a Moog analog delay

[Passie808]

Very very fat.

[discotechwreck]

great video of the possibilities of this instrument

I really need to get my hands on one of these!

[Passie808]

Thanks.

Yes, it's a great synth.

[XHALE303]

nice tweaktoy, i like nobs ...lots of it ;)....

no presets? does that mean you can not save sounds at all,

or does the sequencer play your latest recorded filters?

[Passie808]

That's right. You can't save sounds, but you can write it on patch cards (like they did it in the 70's and early 80's)

There is no internal sequencer

[XHALE303]

Ok thanx....im producing 4 about 23 years now, also own(ed) a lot of 70s/80s gear, so im familiar with those ;)

[Thalassa77]

Nice demo :) , I've posted it on my blog switchedonsynthesizer.blogspot­. com