In his latest video, Alex Ball takes an in-depth look at the classic Roland System 100m synthesizer from 1979.
Ball demonstrates four patches and then explains the modules involved in creating each patch.
Topics covered:
0:00 Intro
0:44 Patch 1 Drum n Bass (Demonstration)
1:44 Patch 1 Drum n Bass (Explanation)
4:04 Patch 2 Rate Speech (Demonstration)
4:39 Patch 2 Rate Speech (Explanation)
6:01 Patch 3 Jupiter 100m (Demonstration)
7:11 Patch 3 Jupiter 100m (Explanation)
8:00 Patch 4 Dial-Up (Demonstration)
9:30 Patch 4 Dial-Up (Explanation)
14:12 Outro
Modules used:
110 VCO / VCF / VCA
112 Dual VCO
121 Dual Filter
130 Dual VCA
131 Output Mixer
132 Voltage Processor / Mixer
140 Dual Envelope / LFO
150 Ring Mod / S&H / Noise / LFO
165 Dual Portamento
172 Phaser / Audio Delay / Gate Delay / LFO
182 Sequencer
184 Polyphonic 4CV Keyboard
191-J 5 module case with multiples
Ball has shared more info on the System 100m at his site.
If you’ve used the Roland System 100m, leave a comment and share your thoughts on it!
? I’ll build a Behringer System 100.
I had two of them. They sounded thin. Good for bleeps and weird noise, but I never found them to be musically inspiring in the way a Minimoog is.
Way too thin in its sound… little to no bottom end
What kind of crappy laptop speakers are you guys listening to this through? Try listening through some decent monitors or headphones. Plenty of bottom end.
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