ZYNTHIAN in 2022: The best DIY groovebox

#ZYNTHIAN is a powerful #synthesiser workstation / groovebox for your #RaspberryPI, and the November 2022 update only made it better. This video is an incomplete and subjective look at some of the things I liked, but you should get a good impression what's possible here. Table of contents:

00:00 intro
00:10 there was an update
00:56 hardware needed
01:26 software installation & setup
02:44 creating a drum track
02:58 adding a chain
03:55 adding a sequencer / a clip
04:40 adding a bass track
05:35 important things to consider
05:55 track and sound overview
06:41 color coding in the step sequencer main screen
07:14 mixing your track live using the sequencer
07:24 there's also an arranger (song mode)
07:39 demo 1
08:36 demo 2 (live sound tweaking)
10:08 MOD UI - virtual pedal board demo
11:05 conclusion, demo 3
13:32 bye-bye

Links & resources

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Here's what I have in my setup at the moment. Want to have that, too? Please use the followings links and support me:

MPC One, Novation PEAK, Reface DX, Strymon Nightsky, Strymon Volante, Strymon Iridium, Zoom MS 70 CDR, Korg NanoKontrol 2, Korg NanoKey, Akai EWI USB, Zoom R24, Zoom H5, Yamaha MT7:

Some bands / artists I've been following for a long time are (among others) Massive Attack, Pink Floyd, Pet Shop Boys, Archive, A-Ha, Yes, Porcupine Tree, John Mellencamp, Jean-Michel Jarre, Metallica, Peter Gabriel and Perturbator. So my music will kind of sound like those (without ever reaching the greatness of those artists, of course). :-)

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#ZYNTHIAN is a powerful #synthesiser workstation / groovebox for your #RaspberryPI, and the November 2022 update only made it better. This video is an incomplete and subjective look at some of the things I liked, but you should get a good impression what's possible here. Table of contents:

00:00 intro
00:10 there was an update
00:56 hardware needed
01:26 software installation & setup
02:44 creating a drum track
02:58 adding a chain
03:55 adding a sequencer / a clip
04:40 adding a bass track
05:35 important things to consider
05:55 track and sound overview
06:41 color coding in the step sequencer main screen
07:14 mixing your track live using the sequencer (demo)
08:22 demo 2 (live sound tweaking)
09:55 MOD UI - virtual pedal board demo
10:52 conclusion, demo 3
13:19 bye-bye


Links & resources

[zynthian]

Hi Floyd! Congratulations for the excellent video and thanks a lot for promoting zynthian project! A little tip: when using a bare-bones zynthian like this (no encoders, only touch/mouse interface), it's very very useful to enable the "on-screen" buttons in the webconf's the UI-options. Your UX will improve quite a bit!! ;-)

[pabloresa]

I've been using zynthian for almost two years now, and I find it maybe the best promising linux music hardware tool... specially in education. Learning, playing and enjoying electronic music is very easy with this little gadget! Great video, as always!

[barnabydixon]

Great video as always Floyd. Love these insights into cool, portable setups!

[uhoh]

My Zynthian Kit v4.6 is up and running, and revisiting your video is very helpful, thank you. :)

[fcfc]

Proper Digital music influencing, always at the forefront. Thanks for sharing! Massive up!

[Cowcodude]

This video breathed new life into my interest in the Raspberry Pi, I'm really into my DIY Zynthian.
Plus I've finally found a replacement for the TX7 I foolishly sold by using the Dexed that's pre-loaded in there.
Now maybe it's time to get another Pi and try out the Sunvox...

[Maschinestorm]

I will be updating my zynthian today. The effects pedals feature looks very purposeful. The last two tracks great sound.

[dolvaran]

The encoders are indeed supported on the new version. I booted my Zynthian v4 kit from a freshly burned SD card and everything worked out of the box.

[LogicBeach]

Thanks for the video! I borked my touch screen in my latest build so I’m forced to fumble around with knobs to navigate the new sequencer, but it’s an awesome addition!

[paulbergel]

Excellent video as always - thanks so much for the overview of the new UI! I installed 2211 immediately when it was released and couldn’t make beads or tails out of it! How do you figure this stuff out so quickly??

[JonathanDotExe]

Great introduction. Zynthian seems pretty powerful. Would you consider it ready for productive/live use or are there audio glitches and other bugs that occur from time to time?

[luizkowalski]

That's exactly what I was looking for!
Thank you for show it and explain the main features so well. Have you tested or suggest another solutions like that?

[SamiJumppanen]

Thank you for the infos and cool music!

[gameboyz]

floyd ty very much for all yours videos !
i would ask you did you trying to install amazing SunVox on Pie ?

[johncabrer]

I'm curious about the use of USB sound this time. In other videos you have always opted for DACs.

[Digithalis]

Great Groovebox from Zynthian and great Demo Floyd! I have one question: Is it possible to configure a Autostart for "Noobs" to play Instruments/Sounds on external keyboard directly after turn on the groovebox? Something like a Ready-To-Use feature for beginners. Much greetings!

[FlatG]

Super interesting video (as always)! 💯 I still have not done anything useful with my RP3 with 3.5 gpio screen/case other than installed Pi OS on it. Will it run a pair of Zynthian tracks ok, being just the RP3?

[HarryvanderMeulen]

Hi Floyd, Great video's you make! Currently trying to make the Zynthian to play around with. If it works for me, I might buy the Zynthian 5. I run a RaspberriPi 4B with a Wimaxit M728 touch screen.
Get the following error: Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00007f00 With both the latest release (2023-11-02) and the one from 203-08-25. Same behaviour.
Do you have any ideas?

[matheuscamara]

nice! Do you know if its possible to install the Zynthian software on orange pi instead of rabsberry ?