Roland S 1 Sound Demo (no talking)

Roland S-1 Sound Demo (no talking)
0:00 Electro Lead
1:12 Powers of 101
2:18 Dub Chords
3:12 Psy Trance Lead (OSC Draw, Retrigger)
4:06 Ambient Touch (LFO Rates)
5:30 IDM Lead (unquantized)
6:11 Percussive Lead (Filter as OSC)
7:40 Boarder Pad
8:55 101 Classic 1
9:50 101 Classic 2 (Riser)
11:13 Arcade Heaven (Arp)
12:14 Performance 1: Simple 4ttf-Beat
12:55 Performance 2: PsyTrance Lead

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[limbicbits]

My 2 cents: After ckecking out the J-6 (which I found a bit underwhelming) and the T-8 (which was way better) I was curious about the S-1. Having owned several iterations including the original SH-101, I was looking forward to giving the S-1 a try.
It checked most of the boxes and expansions such as OSC Draw and Chop come really handy when doing sound design. It opens the sonic palette towards metallic and more aggressive sounds. As I already liked the polyphony on the SH-01a a lot, it didn’t come as a surprise that the S-1 convinced me also as a small poly-synth.

Possible flaws: The size factor can be challenging, but you get used to it. Same with the hidden functions and additional features. But after some hours of working with the unit you’ve internalized most of the short cuts. Of course, that won’t replace dedicated knobs or switches. But nonetheless, I wouldn’t like to miss these extra features.
In a nutshell: The S-1 is a great sounding little polysynth and extended SH-101 clone which can be run by an internal battery. Price point is fair and it can be a great addition to a small live setup.

[strangersun]

Best demo of this that I've heard on YouTube. It sounds great. Thanks.

[e-conrecords]

The S1 is just one massive sweet spot.

[jmoody]

I’m new to synths & drum machines from the electronic music perspective. I’ve been a live player for my paying gigs on guitar/bass/vocals for 28 years. Picked my S-1 up from a local GC last Thursday. This thing has a lot more to offer than I realized, and I’ve got more to learn. I have the T-8 (I dig it) & the J-6 (Like it more than I love it, but it’s useful). Last night’s hour long jam found me using some of my pre-programmed stuff in the T-8 along with the bass riff in preset 1-14 on the S-1 (pure coincidence that it lined up). Added in a 4 note line on the spot with the J-6 and it was absolutely amazing. Looking forward to creating more with these.

[forthedeaf]

Everything about this video is beautiful.

[CentaurusRelax]

This thing punches harder than i would have expected. This is just the S-1 itself and no other treatments? Nice. Thank you.
I still have a 'problem' with Roland continuing to use the most primitive display possible. I'm not sure there's a reasonable justification for a user having to see a three-segment LCD and needing to decipher the mixed-case abbreviations. What year is it in Japan?

[channelz]

Nice sounds - like the background visual too. Interesting comments - I’m giving the S-1 some serious consideration.

[jeevespreston]

Just got mine, I have so much to learn!!

[JRosevelt]

Amazing video as always! I especially like the patch "101 Classic 1" at about 8:56 in....I notice that you are manually changing the LFO rate. Are you able to program this LFO rate automation somehowe, so that you don't have to manually change it?

[matred]

Very interesting stuff! Thanks for posting. I have an s1 and t8 hopefully arriving tomorrow. This seems quite a bit more versatile than the t8. 👍

[TheScreamingFrog]

Wow, this sounds really good.
Great performance and sweet synth tones.
Might have to pick one of these up 😻

[Themoses]

I can feel my hands cramping up just watching this guy play this thing.

[AlexLaptschenko]

With a KURZWEIL connected via MIDI Sounds that small Part Just great .

[vertigev]

Damn that thing sounds good... So cool that it has a battery too!

[cthomasmitchell]

Excellent work! Blown away by how amazing this little machine is in the hands of a professional. Do you mind if I ask how I can get close to that 'Powers of 101' sound from scratch?

[nym]

Haha I'm glad that you did a psytrance example, because I just got a bit back into it (specifically forest and Goa) 😁

[schmapps]

I know that you can ‘save patches’ on the S-1 as they are tied in with the patterns. But is there any way to back them up to like a backup file? What I am really wondering is, will there be any way for you (or someone else) to make and sell a custom preset patch pack for this?

[NunyaBs]

4:06 was a pleasant surprise. More NIN needs snuck into demo vids 🤣🥰🥰🥰

[SniperRailgun]

You make this sound amazing. I look forward to buying it and not managing to make it sound anywhere near as good 😅

[stevedotwood]

I'm new to synthesizers, but can you save sounds in banks? Are there factory presets? I searched for this, but couldn't find answers yet. I think I'll buy one