The Best Modular Synth Of The Year // Erica Synths SYNTRX II
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Күн бұрынReview, sound demo and tutorial/walkthrough of the Erica Synths SYNTRX 2, a modern modular synthesizer inspired by the EMS Synthi.Learn synth history and listen to how versatile SYNTRX is, from heavy noise techno to beautiful ambient jams!
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0:00 - intro jam and what is SYNTRX 2?
1:15 - synth history of the EMS Synthi
4:22 - jam 1: heavy midtempo techno
5:59 - experimental noise sound demos
7:55 - jam 2: lush analog retrowave
9:24 - patching tutorial and how it works
18:26 - review with pros and cons
20:02 - jam 3: ambient tape outro
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@walrtbstudios5430 Жыл бұрын
I retire in a few months’ time, and some of my lump sum is going on one of these. Not before time- I first lusted after the Synthi A in 1973, so it’s taken fifty years for the dream to come true.
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
Congratulations! I am excited for you to get your Syntrx 2! I hope you enjoy and learned something from my video 😊
@makeperceive 10 ай бұрын
enjoy
@anyme3046 2 ай бұрын
You deserve this hope you got one
@Seanrayamusic Жыл бұрын
Miles Away has gone full Gesaffelstein and I am 100% here for it!
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
One of the greatest electronic artists of our time, huge praise thank you!
@cougarman8 Жыл бұрын
Really appreciate your videos, presentation style and generosity showing off the gear!
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! Tons of new synth videos soon :)
@briangardner5053 Жыл бұрын
Duuuuuude! So good. You coaxed the gems from Syntrx II.
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks! Really appreciate the kind words :)
@MatthewLowes Жыл бұрын
Great review of the Syntrx II. As an owner of this synth, it's great to see someone show both the tradition and experimental side of it. Love your panning reverb trick. Cheers. :)
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for watching! Yea the reverb panning trick is great eh, really interesting stereo image
@michaels8607 Жыл бұрын
Moog is in trouble with this monster..I love versatile gear and this baby GROWLS..thank you
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching! I agree, it’s definitely the most versatile monosynth I own
@mitchelstephen7536 4 ай бұрын
"Heavy Midtempo Techno" .. back in the late 80's we called that "Industrial music". Loved it!
@MilesAwayOfficial 4 ай бұрын
Yes! Industrial. So awesome. Grew up on NIN, and now Mick Gordon is my hero. Love the genre.
@Livguava Жыл бұрын
Sounds amazing!
@philburns5656 8 ай бұрын
Great review. Thank you!
@MilesAwayOfficial 8 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@davidjohnsimmons9044 11 ай бұрын
Hey, I love your videos...I've been noticing that most people on their SYNTRX II videos while using MIDI, have had to tune the oscillators way low just to get a midrange sound...I had that problem until I read that you can offset the SYNTRX to your controller...the way to do it is to get into the Globals by hitting the shift and the < patch buttons at the same time to put you in the Global menu, and use the left encoder to scroll down to the one that says M-NO (MIDI note offset), and use the right encoder to go to 36, or 24, or 12 depending on the offset needed....I needed 36 for all my MIDI stuff, it sets just about perfect now!
@AcidTechnoMan5000 11 ай бұрын
Is that why my beatstep always sounds so high even when the oscillators are turned very low?
@MilesAwayOfficial 10 ай бұрын
Late reply but that is a fantastic tip, thank you so much!
@nikolazimmermann8547 Жыл бұрын
Incredible, love it
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@olealbrecht745 5 ай бұрын
Thank you for this video. It's really nice to see a video where someone uses one of these Erica synths in demo tracks that sound like actual music and not just crazy experimental noise.
@MilesAwayOfficial 5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! I try to make my demos as musical as possible. I've got a couple other really unique boutique synths I am working on demos for so stay tuned!
@CreativeSpiral Жыл бұрын
Great demo, jams!
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@defenderstargate1447 Жыл бұрын
Loved the outtro. Lots of character.
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@tyke23vids Жыл бұрын
Gorgeous outro!
@MilesAwayOfficial 10 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for the kind words :)
@rasabuca610 Жыл бұрын
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR VIDEOS PRESENTATION STYLE AND GENEROSITY SHOWING OFF THE GEAR ❤❤❤
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
Really glad you liked it!
@rasabuca610 Жыл бұрын
@@MilesAwayOfficial HELLO DEAR FRIEND ❤️❤️ GREETINGS 👍👍 FROM SERBIA HAVE A HAPPY DAY 👍👍👍
@rasabuca610 Жыл бұрын
@@MilesAwayOfficial CHEERS DEAR FRIEND 👍💐🌺🏵️❤️👍
@softbytesunlimited Жыл бұрын
That's a cool synths, out of this world sounds.👍
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Hyped you enjoyed :)
@timtheenchanter3492 Жыл бұрын
So awesome!
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@d0derlein Жыл бұрын
best use I've seen of this synth -- didn't know it could sound this good (for more "musical" uses)
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@dodgedforgottenn Жыл бұрын
Really, really dope tracks on this. Legit compositions and sound design. Great demo vid overall!
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for watching! More synth videos soon 😊
@jersonpj2079 Жыл бұрын
Marodichuvdu junction
@jersonpj2079 Жыл бұрын
മാരോട്ടിചുവട് ജംഗ്ഷൻ
@Iamirxclej Жыл бұрын
Awesomeness ❤
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@SuperStarO Жыл бұрын
Bro you’re a BEAST!! 🔉🔥
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
Thanks man! Love your content!! 🔥🔥
@ZozillaThaGreat Жыл бұрын
Wasn't ready for that "Syntix " on the mic !!!! lol Exlelent as usual !:!!
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
Haha! Had to use the ring mod with the microphone for something 😂 thank you!
@ZozillaThaGreat Жыл бұрын
@@MilesAwayOfficial The wanted effect was all successfull lol !!! For me the matriux appraoch is the best implementation for routing and modulation imho ./...
@tomroche923 Жыл бұрын
So sick
@alastairfraser8177 Жыл бұрын
First jam was superb
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!!
@giuliocarmassi Жыл бұрын
Looking forward to this! Just bought your P6 patches. Curious to hear a musical demo that won't be just blips and horror movie soundscapes, like most of the Syntrx demos have tended to be! :)
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for the support! Yea demo 2 in particular i think really showcases that Syntrx can do much more than noise! Enjoy!
@colourbasscolourbassweapon2135 Жыл бұрын
@@MilesAwayOfficial Well guess what dude I'm gonna build a clone of it. I just gotta get the parts that's it of the synthesiser
@clementvoisin1128 Жыл бұрын
Bravo !!!
@MilesAwayOfficial 10 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@TechnoNates Жыл бұрын
Dude that first jam. Geez
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
😊 glad you enjoyed! Syntrx 2 is perfect for that kind of jam
@MetaIsland 10 ай бұрын
Great demonstration, lot of work and time has been put into this video. I enjoyed. One thing about the Syntrx II : $2000 for a monosynth
@MilesAwayOfficial 10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! And fair, but Boutique synths are always more expensive than Korg, Behringer, Roland etc . For what you get Syntrx is a great deal, building this in eurorack would cost much more!
@flood_official5802 Жыл бұрын
That Midtempo Techno thing MUST be released NOW!!!!!! Soo insane 🤯
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
I might release it on a side project! I’ll announce it here if I do!
@GuitarsAndSynths 10 ай бұрын
Erica Synths makes amazing gear. I have a bunch of their eurorack modules including Blackhole DSP, Black wavetable VCO and Polivoks filter so good!
@MilesAwayOfficial 10 ай бұрын
Ooh the Blackhole dsp looks sick! If I ever build a eurorack I’ll get one
@GuitarsAndSynths 10 ай бұрын
my favorite effects module next to Mimeophon and 100 Grit@@MilesAwayOfficial
@AdamPearceMedia Жыл бұрын
Ok wow..fire
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@Spacechord 8 ай бұрын
Well done. Excellent 🎉😂❤
@MilesAwayOfficial 8 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! New synth videos weekly!
@Spacechord 8 ай бұрын
thx@@MilesAwayOfficial
@IanWaugh Жыл бұрын
Hey Miles - Really neat unit for EMS lovers. I really want to press the LEDs rather than use the X-Y knobs. I sorta think this was amissed opportunity. Anyway, waiting for Mr B's version so we'll see how they compare 😊
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching Ian! Glad you enjoyed the history too :) i think what sets SYNTRX 2 apart is that it’s not just a clone, they really do add a lot of cool new things. But the soul of the synthi is for sure there!
@swanofnutella4734 Жыл бұрын
That would be super fun Ian, but I can imagine that would be technically difficult to cram in a bunch of tight knit actuators underneath those lights. Might also be prone to failure. DOn't get me wrong, still a super fun idea! Cheers.
@IanWaugh Жыл бұрын
@@swanofnutella4734 There's always a way 😊 I sorta think it would be easier to use the original patch pins than the X-Y controls. Guess you get used to it 😄
@iQ_ui Жыл бұрын
@@MilesAwayOfficial❤q!
@andivax Жыл бұрын
great review! Heavy midtemp tempo demo is great but bass has very weak attack... is it fixable? and your synth collection on the background is awesome! prophet and 2 obie's! do you have moog?
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! Tons more synth videos coming. Yep, I have a Sub 37, did a video on it last year, it’s one of my all time faves. Used to have a voyager and matriarch but sold them both and kept the 37. As for the attack, it’s definitely not the snappiest envelopes but I don’t mind, I never ran into an issue
@JahniCoyote 5 ай бұрын
@MilesAwayOfficial How many tracks of Syntrx were in the first Jam? Sounds amazing! I was just about to purchase a sequential pro 3 till i heard this beast!
@MilesAwayOfficial 5 ай бұрын
Late reply! But it was quite a few tracks. At least 8 main tracks + a bunch of random little one shot samples I recorded from the Syntrx to act as fills. Which synth did you end up getting?
@JahniCoyote 5 ай бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nLF5nd1o2N_Oc4E.htmlsi=JvIW3sbyPybZJBwp either a virus ti @$1200 or pro 3 @ $1100 havnt decided one of my tracks above was serum n reason and didgeridoo
@JahniCoyote 4 ай бұрын
i just found a syntrx 2 for $1000 hope i can groove with it
@Station2Station-du2gh Жыл бұрын
This is going to be cool to see. So far I find this SYNTRX II marginally better than the original but still not musical. It's aggressive and experimental. If that's your thing - batter up!!
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
I'm excited for you to see! The last 2 demo songs in the video are extremely melodic and pretty, as I wanted to showcase SYNTRX is not just for aggressive/experimental sounds (though its great at those too)
@Station2Station-du2gh Жыл бұрын
@@MilesAwayOfficial GREAT! I love your work and will watch intently.
@nodoutmusic 3 ай бұрын
Any chance you could give any insight on the ambient outro patch? It really really makes me wanna get this thing, but If it’s partially replicable that might save me 2g. Or is it mostly FX based?
@MilesAwayOfficial 3 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! Honestly that outro jam a lot of the vibe comes from running the entire mix bus through the Gen Loss V2 (or honestly any tape plugin, I like Arturia MelloFi the most). The syntrx is absolutely making the vibe of that main patch, but its pretty simple, just filtered saw waves and noise!
@nodoutmusic 3 ай бұрын
@@MilesAwayOfficial sounds good thanks! Well dang it’s still so sick. Deciding between that, the OB6, and the Solar42
@dmx5122 Ай бұрын
Hi what would be an ideal midi keyboard/ sequencer to use with the syntryx? Regards Dave
@MilesAwayOfficial Ай бұрын
I'm probably not the person to ask sorry, I just use one of my synths as a midi controller! I hear good things about Arturia Keystep/Keystep pro though
@FMwin900 Ай бұрын
That got cyberpunk real fast hell yeah
@MilesAwayOfficial Ай бұрын
Most of my monosynth demos either go Cyberpunk or DOOM 🤣 what can I say I love my game OSTs
@FMwin900 Ай бұрын
@@MilesAwayOfficial Me too man ! It’s sick !
@flourfree2K 5 ай бұрын
Behringer's VCS3 Clone is finally in its beta stage.
@MilesAwayOfficial 5 ай бұрын
Curious how that will turn out!
@flourfree2K 5 ай бұрын
@@MilesAwayOfficial The prototype looks like an exact copy of the original. But I guess Behringer will put some extra feature, as usual.
@toborexperiment 3 ай бұрын
Beside the fact that the oscillators and filter do not have a lot or carachter, I just wonder how many years a led matrix like that will last. Certainly not decades.
@MilesAwayOfficial 3 ай бұрын
I definitely don't agree with the character part, I will personally say the build on this is A+. Its up there with my OBX8 and 3rd Wave for build.
@itspat87 Жыл бұрын
Nice video - but did you sell your Korg Prologue?
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
No sir! I will never sell my Prologue! It’s sitting in a box just temporarily since I’ve had so much new stuff making videos on recently, but once that slows down it’s going back on the rack! Prologue is a forever classic
@ChristopherGwinn Жыл бұрын
I have a SYNTRX I and am considering getting a II - can't really afford to own both, so I'd have to decide which I like better.
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
Tough choice! For me personally I prefer more modules over speakers and real spring reverb (I’ve got my 2600M for that), so I’d go for Syntrx 2, but the original Syntrx is wonderful too!
@ChristopherGwinn Жыл бұрын
@@MilesAwayOfficial Yeah, the speakers are not necessary - they just look cool (like the big knobs on the oscillators) - and as much as I love the sound of the spring reverb on this, it's super sensitive (starts feeding back if you don't get the levels just right), which can be cool as a special effect here or there, it otherwise can be a pain in the ass.
@DG-ss1gc Жыл бұрын
Just wish I could afford these boutique synths
@MilesAwayOfficial 10 ай бұрын
There's some cheap boutiques! Check out my video on the Dreadbox Nymphes. Sounds absolutely insane and its affordable.
@DayflightTrok 2 ай бұрын
Is this synth more for hard techno or for Berlin School Music?
@MilesAwayOfficial Ай бұрын
It can do both! Syntrx is best for experimental sounds though. Check out my video on PERKONS, their drum synth. That might be exactly what you are looking for
@deckling823 2 ай бұрын
Do you sell the patches made on this video?
@MilesAwayOfficial Ай бұрын
I didn't do patch banks for syntrx since it doesn't save knob positions, sorry! These are all my patches: shop.milesawayofficial.com/
@deckling823 Ай бұрын
@@MilesAwayOfficial ohh I see. Some people just take pictures of the knob position 😂 thanks!
@alalal1979 Жыл бұрын
I hate asking this, but I mean is there a big difference between the arturia Synthi and this ?!
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
There's nothing wrong with VSTs at all, my entire 2019 EP is almost all softsynths Diva and Serum. But nothing matches the feeling of hardware, and there are certain sounds that just sound so different, like really fast modulation, distortion, feedback, detuned oscs, etc :)
@ErykMaler 9 ай бұрын
aha, to jest to co robię teraz
@GuitarsAndSynths 10 ай бұрын
What did you use for the kick? Nice synthwave and darkwave tones you have going there!
@MilesAwayOfficial 10 ай бұрын
Thank you! Kick is a sample from Oliver Power Tools.
@digitalbeat666 3 ай бұрын
Yes it is awesome but rather expensive, but less expensive than building similar with eurorack?
@MilesAwayOfficial 3 ай бұрын
Yep exactly! Budget wise you are best going for software or stringing together a couple Behringer Neutrons (but then that's not as feature packed or characterful as this), the Syntrx is a really cool middle ground between a full eurorack system ($$$) and a re-issue of an AKS Synthi. Really unique item! I will never sell my Syntrx 2
@reybarr8670 8 ай бұрын
Arturia did this with a Matrixbrute. Stop feeding the GAS🤪
@MilesAwayOfficial 8 ай бұрын
I'd love to check out the Matrixbrute I've heard great things!
@domingoleija3436 Жыл бұрын
I'm wondering why the first SYNTRX is more expensive?
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
Not sure - my guess is RND costs ?
@flourfree2K 5 ай бұрын
You forgot to mention Klaus Schulze.
@adamchisum2150 Ай бұрын
TRAPezoid bro
@colourbasscolourbassweapon2135 Жыл бұрын
replay a moog that cap like bro💀
@sn1000k 11 ай бұрын
Whut
@ciatangallaghe2485 Жыл бұрын
Erica synths walk allover bucha, they're one of the best synth companies on the planet, up there with analog solutions in my poor opinion.
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
They are truly a great synth company. One day I’d love to get their Perkons drum machine as well, such cool machines
@ciatangallaghe2485 Жыл бұрын
@@MilesAwayOfficial they had the dada modular system, it's like radio for the ethereal, you just make a patch and your transported in to the land of odd. Its on my list for sure.
@Asyouwere Жыл бұрын
Great musical review! I just don’t agree that this is a modular synth. It is a synth with a mod matrix.
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
Thank you! My reasoning for calling it modular is no sound is made until you patch it - there's no normalized signal flow.
@goonfish 7 ай бұрын
It's a fully modular signal path, and the only real difference between this and say, a non-Eurorack modular "System" like those from Buchla, Bugbrand, ELBY, etc, is the connection-format (pins instead of cables). *DEFINITELY* qualifies as a modular system in that sense - "modular" doesn't only mean rackmounted & singular units.
@goonfish 7 ай бұрын
And as Miles mentions, it also provides more patchability than a simple modulation matrix - which also has a specific use-case.
@Asyouwere 7 ай бұрын
My definition of modular is that you can take pieces out and replace it for another piece of your choice. But let’s not go into a whole debate about it :) It has a modular structure, I agree.
@JohnLRice 2 ай бұрын
@@Asyouwere Agreed, the Erica Synths SYNTRX II should at best be referred to as a semi-modular synth, not a modular synth? As far as semi-modular synths go, the SYNTRX II has limitations that probably disqualify it from being called semi-modular since each section/circuit doesn't have externally patchable I/O?
@aeko Жыл бұрын
Tra-pee-zoid? No. No. No.
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
British pronunciation dude, USA English isn’t the only English in the world
@LuxElliott Жыл бұрын
@@MilesAwayOfficial Exactly! That's why I say Al-you-men-ē-um here in the States.
@arjanpetersen 7 ай бұрын
cool thing but not affordable for a regular person. So its kind of useless anyway
@MilesAwayOfficial 7 ай бұрын
Most of my early songs were made on only VSTs, so yes you don't "need" hardware. But for someone looking for a complete boutique modular system, the price on this is reasonable and it sounds incredible
@lonhamlala6846 Жыл бұрын
Does this review include paid promotion?
@MilesAwayOfficial Жыл бұрын
None of my content is sponsored unless I note that it is. Like most synth channels, I use a review unit sent over , but I never get told what to say or talk about. I make my income off of my Miles Away artist project (if you want to check my music out), the synth review stuff is a side hobby.
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