The Floppy Disk Boombox

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Techmoan

6 жыл бұрын

A look at the Roland MT-80S - A 'Music Tutor' device that's still great fun, even for non musicians.
Used Roland MT devices on ebay: ebay.to/2zPukbg
Focus/Sound
There are a couple of sound and focus issues with this video. The cinematographer and sound technician have been spoken to about this and they (and their teams) are deeply remorseful for causing so much distress and upset to the viewers.
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@LGR
@LGR 6 жыл бұрын
The fact that these exist and you've now covered it makes me deeply satisfied. What a fantastic little set of devices!
@enilenis
@enilenis 6 жыл бұрын
Roland's MT and SD series are a good substitute for external Sound Canvas systems. Often they have MT-32 or SC-55 guts built in. Just recently was able to purchase a sequencer for $50 that had SC-88 built in. With the retro craze going on (thanks in part to reviewers bringing many of these items into spotlight) most popular systems such as MT-32's have either vanished or demand too much of a price premium. One device that I've been looking for long time is Roland SoundBrush. Extremely rare, but very useful.
@MikeKraze
@MikeKraze 6 жыл бұрын
I'd have to agree, especially the fact that they exist.
@donthitmeimwoozy
@donthitmeimwoozy 6 жыл бұрын
I read that in my head with your voice.
@RetroGamerBB
@RetroGamerBB 6 жыл бұрын
can we get one that takes 5.25 floppies :-p
@PileOfEmptyTapes
@PileOfEmptyTapes 6 жыл бұрын
6 kbit/s MP3? Talk about hardcore. The original GSM *speech* codec used 13 kbit/s! At those kinds of data rates, I would really look out for more suitable codecs... like Opus or something.
@Mattytime
@Mattytime 6 жыл бұрын
I implore you to release a complete rendition of lucky. Voice of an angel.
@Davedarko
@Davedarko 6 жыл бұрын
Mattytime I so hoped for him singing the higher parts as well
@98maximatom
@98maximatom 6 жыл бұрын
I think he would Make a good tv host!
@pkaulf
@pkaulf 6 жыл бұрын
If you liked that you'd probably like Brett Domino's version
@tentringer4065
@tentringer4065 6 жыл бұрын
Mattytime the voice of an angle grinder.
@ImJosephStalin
@ImJosephStalin 6 жыл бұрын
I don't know what it was but it was just something about the stock where you were singing in that slightly blanks to hear that made me laugh but yes a very beautiful rendition please do a full one. PS don't monetize if you do this you will get in trouble
@TheSecondFoundation
@TheSecondFoundation 6 жыл бұрын
Your rendition of "Get Lucky" was commendable.
@j2simpso
@j2simpso 3 жыл бұрын
In some parts of the world having to listen to that would be considered extraordinary rendition! 🤣
@heyidiot
@heyidiot 3 жыл бұрын
Sounding suitably computer-generated.
@MakeSomething
@MakeSomething 6 жыл бұрын
Please start a 2nd channel of just karaoke!
@H.EL-Othemany
@H.EL-Othemany 3 жыл бұрын
3 years ago and you only have 17 likes. This shows how stupid your idea is..
@MakeSomething
@MakeSomething 3 жыл бұрын
@@H.EL-Othemany You seem nice.
@H.EL-Othemany
@H.EL-Othemany 3 жыл бұрын
@@MakeSomething wow you're still alive.. Hi..!!
@yusufh741
@yusufh741 3 жыл бұрын
He should
@jasnterry1313
@jasnterry1313 3 жыл бұрын
@@H.EL-Othemany 4 weeks and you haven't got a single like, shows what a twat you are.
@XavierAncarno
@XavierAncarno 6 жыл бұрын
The get lucky face had me dying
@chrysanth.5700
@chrysanth.5700 6 жыл бұрын
Xavier Ancarno Correct me if I'm wrong but it doesn't sound like you ended up getting very lucky at all there, friend, if you're dying and whatnot.
@kirad
@kirad 6 жыл бұрын
"I want you to sing 'Get Lucky' but really sell the fact that you will never get laid"
@mennio100
@mennio100 6 жыл бұрын
This is Get Lucky (Tech-moan vocal mix) and it almost killed me 😂
@Emppu_T.
@Emppu_T. 6 жыл бұрын
Relatable at 4 in the morning
@AndRewUK24
@AndRewUK24 6 жыл бұрын
Same but with hernia!!!!!
@GURken
@GURken 6 жыл бұрын
6:09 the most accurate 'get lucky' reproduction I've ever heard
@Starcrunch72
@Starcrunch72 6 жыл бұрын
That's how the original track sounds without Autotune
@Fluteboy
@Fluteboy 6 жыл бұрын
A minute is ample, believe me! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mZuHhtZ_187bnoE.html
@vurson
@vurson 6 жыл бұрын
Eternal version just for you coub.com/view/106w6j
@MegaDieseldriver
@MegaDieseldriver 6 жыл бұрын
Every time I see a piece of Roland equipment like this on KZfaq I’m blown away at the quality and engineering .
@JahBushi
@JahBushi 6 жыл бұрын
MIDI clearly sounds better on a floppy!
@murrmiaow
@murrmiaow 4 жыл бұрын
A VERY underrated comment
@jayswarrow1196
@jayswarrow1196 4 жыл бұрын
Darn-straight, maaan! You can *feeeeeel* the precision, yet with sooooo much depth...
@fmtfniuprog8029
@fmtfniuprog8029 4 жыл бұрын
Is that really true? I've never compared a floppy to a pen
@godfree2canada
@godfree2canada 4 жыл бұрын
chrome
@AlecArmbruster
@AlecArmbruster 4 жыл бұрын
Hah! Made me laugh
@MinoTheShow
@MinoTheShow 6 жыл бұрын
WE’RE UP ALL NIGHT TO GET LUCKY WE’RE UP ALL NIGHT TO GET LUCKY WE’RE UP ALL NIGHT TO GET LUCKY WE’RE UP ALL NIGHT TO GET LUCKY
@psistis80
@psistis80 6 жыл бұрын
If he keeps on singing like that, i doubt it if he gets lucky at all !!! :)
@ManawatuFlyFishing
@ManawatuFlyFishing 6 жыл бұрын
MinoTheShow yes it was a good criticism of modern popular music.
@reeffeeder
@reeffeeder 6 жыл бұрын
Monotone moan bliss
@AndyYankee17
@AndyYankee17 6 жыл бұрын
I took more as satire of people read singing. If it was criticizing anything, it would be vamping, which is hardly unique to modern music.
@aidar95
@aidar95 6 жыл бұрын
So Crates I wouldn't call Daft Punk popular music, especially since the lyrics in their tracks usually don't matter at all.
@SumeaBizarro
@SumeaBizarro 6 жыл бұрын
I never seen footage of a karaoke as passionate as this video's karaoke session. The fire in soul, the passions clashing, the love for music!
@alkestos
@alkestos 2 жыл бұрын
Man was living it.
@VulpineMedia
@VulpineMedia 6 жыл бұрын
Karaoke song requests should totally be a new Patreon reward level for you.
@bmhater1283
@bmhater1283 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah lol
@hoshimaruhajime7933
@hoshimaruhajime7933 3 жыл бұрын
imagine him signing the oarpa
@vandalpir9
@vandalpir9 6 жыл бұрын
I want this thing so badddd. As a kid I had an old desktop I kept on the corner of my loft bed and I would listen to MIDI versions of video game music all night. This was before my family had internet, so I would have to go to the library and download MIDIs. Ah the 90s...
@TooSlowTube
@TooSlowTube 5 жыл бұрын
Have you tried MuseScore? It's a free Windows / Linux MIDI player and score editor. Not as much fun as a dedicated gadget, but it does the job.
@ZZealot
@ZZealot 4 жыл бұрын
I used to do the same, almost forgot how much I enjoyed music from games on midi in those times early to mid 90's for me.
@michaelrenper796
@michaelrenper796 4 жыл бұрын
Midi? Oh come one young lad, when I was young we collected our music as mod files.
@fensoxx
@fensoxx 4 жыл бұрын
Mod files wow...brings me back to tale end of my Amiga 500s days... Spending hours downloading them with jrcomm
@smallmoneysalvia
@smallmoneysalvia 6 жыл бұрын
You have the voice of an angel. That was the most amazing rendition of “Get Lucky” since Oliver Age 24.
@fehercsongor7091
@fehercsongor7091 6 жыл бұрын
Techmoan singing Daft Punk. My life is complete.
@dylanfinch2951
@dylanfinch2951 5 жыл бұрын
His singing was on par with my mother's
@hexyko4850
@hexyko4850 4 жыл бұрын
What a nice machine. The "Get Lucky" part combined with the video transition was hilarious.
@ZacabebOTG
@ZacabebOTG 4 жыл бұрын
Just realized that the MIDI and HDMI logos both use the same font. Now I'm waiting for the HDMIDI standard.
@geniedumal2974
@geniedumal2974 4 жыл бұрын
HD midi = a midi file played on deep sampled instruments in 96 kHz
@SprocketWatchclock
@SprocketWatchclock 4 жыл бұрын
HDMIDI would just be an Amiga style-module file.
@ChrisWhalen00
@ChrisWhalen00 3 жыл бұрын
high definition multimusical instrument digital interface
@stephenfrank
@stephenfrank 6 жыл бұрын
If Joy Division did Get Lucky.
@MorganHunter92
@MorganHunter92 6 жыл бұрын
Stephen Frank lmao 😂 wow that's a good joke to start this Friday off with.
@mUbase
@mUbase 6 жыл бұрын
oh Quality. lmao. x
@fisqual
@fisqual 6 жыл бұрын
HAHAHA YES!
@Fluteboy
@Fluteboy 6 жыл бұрын
Now whenever I hear the song, I am going to be hearing it in a Manc accent! "We're oop all night to get lookeh!"
@amcluesent
@amcluesent 6 жыл бұрын
'Dad' Muppet most cover 'Atmosphere' in the Xmas special Techmoan!
@Cyranek
@Cyranek 6 жыл бұрын
please do extended karaoke segments
@dfuserxyz
@dfuserxyz 6 жыл бұрын
oh hi i didn't see you there
@alexalcalaortiz368
@alexalcalaortiz368 6 жыл бұрын
oh hello there
@emmettmartin2639
@emmettmartin2639 6 жыл бұрын
Cyranek why the fuck are you everywhere?
@dingdongbells3314
@dingdongbells3314 6 жыл бұрын
I have a feeling that it will end-up somehow be misused for illegal ascension purposes
@bandombeviews6035
@bandombeviews6035 6 жыл бұрын
I didn't expect to see you here
@andywolan
@andywolan 6 жыл бұрын
Man, I wish I knew about these MIDI boomboxes back in the late 90's, back when I was into collecting MIDI music on BBSes and then on the Internet. I would of had a blast playing said music without having to use a PC.
@bobthesalesclerk
@bobthesalesclerk 4 жыл бұрын
"Dad can we listen to Campton races?" "Son you know all of those midi files are unorganized"
@Demiglitch
@Demiglitch 3 жыл бұрын
Camptown Races - 65163687965107
@Rutherford_Inchworm_III
@Rutherford_Inchworm_III 3 жыл бұрын
Tully toggle
@jimmyhopkins1
@jimmyhopkins1 2 жыл бұрын
great job
@wellingtonboobs7985
@wellingtonboobs7985 6 жыл бұрын
6:09 | One of the most beautiful voices I've heard. I love how you carry the rhythm and give it a bit of twist. What might have been a showy, sizzler nonsense of a song you have really brought under control and given a magical gravitas through skill, power and emotion. Simply amazing. -- simon cowell.
@kwc0435
@kwc0435 2 жыл бұрын
Realistic simon cowell review
@Fluteboy
@Fluteboy 6 ай бұрын
You forgot to add: _You really made it your own!_
@travr1131
@travr1131 6 жыл бұрын
This channel validates the existence of KZfaq! Pro presentation, an eminently likable and articulate host and every video is fascinating. These videos will likely be played thousands of years from now in some museum for ancient tech.
@getliquified
@getliquified 6 жыл бұрын
That's really neat. I think it's incredible all the obscure hardware you show. Love it!
@BradenENelson
@BradenENelson 6 жыл бұрын
6:08 I'm picturing the neighbors, nice quiet god-fearing family of four in the flat next door, sitting down to dinner with the monotonic tunes of "We're up all night to get lucky" reverberating thru the walls. XD
@surisuri8993
@surisuri8993 6 жыл бұрын
I would seriously pay cash for a Techmoan full cover version of Get Lucky.
@annother3350
@annother3350 6 жыл бұрын
With dancing...
@SPAZZOID100
@SPAZZOID100 6 жыл бұрын
Suri Suri boring song
@claudiaalejandrapradinesfa7388
@claudiaalejandrapradinesfa7388 4 жыл бұрын
@@annother3350 35téþŕþ⁵pppþ3hŕ3t2
@vrixmorr
@vrixmorr 4 жыл бұрын
But would you pay serious cash?
@sirnigelcogs
@sirnigelcogs 6 жыл бұрын
I think MIDI is really underrated. People don't realize how good MIDI can sound with a nice soundfont.
@RCbeastly
@RCbeastly 6 жыл бұрын
So true - it's one of those things that won't go away - no matter how hard the music industry tries to replace it with less useful stuff.
@Auberge79
@Auberge79 6 жыл бұрын
As soon as computers became powerful enough for real-time processing of wave files, Midi got lost in the past. Wave blasters are left in the past. Modern soundcards (I mean newer than 1999 ;) cannot play midi directly, drivers do that instead, making wave from midi and playing it then. This thing is actually a wave blaster with floppy attached and some amplifier with controls. I think it would be better if there was a stereo with two speakers. However, there if stereo line out, so it can be connected to external amplifier. Good way to upgrade cheap keyboard with better sounds as well.
@RalphInRalphWorld
@RalphInRalphWorld 6 жыл бұрын
Auberge79 The MIDI protocol is still commonly used to control virtual instruments
@vjrei
@vjrei 6 жыл бұрын
Midi still around and will still around for many decades. Midi is the oldest language still in use and still in Version 1. And regarding the sound, midi has no sound, is data. What the machine does is using standard midi files. Back in the 80s was agreed that each midi channel would play specific sounds. Chanel 10 was for drums only, 1 was for piano only. That way if you do a song in a Roland with Standard Midi File, you could play it in a Yamaha. There was a SMF bank. Now, it does not matter the quality of the sound card, the music need to be played with dynamics and a very organic arrangement.
@eng3d
@eng3d 6 жыл бұрын
Fruit loops is highly used.
@luistonellim
@luistonellim 4 жыл бұрын
We’re up all night to get FLOPPY. The “Get Lucky” karaoke is the best so far!!! 🤣
@IsiahTomas
@IsiahTomas 4 жыл бұрын
We flop all night to get UPPY.
@jcoverpass
@jcoverpass 4 жыл бұрын
This has to be my favorite of all of your videos that I have seen thus far. Hearing you MC on the Mic solidified it
@lucifermorningstar4606
@lucifermorningstar4606 6 жыл бұрын
You gave that song all the passion it deserves!
@christhomas362
@christhomas362 6 жыл бұрын
Techmoan singing "get lucky" is hilarious.dying 😂
@lee3r24
@lee3r24 6 жыл бұрын
You can just see the passion
@islandsurveyor
@islandsurveyor 4 жыл бұрын
Bob Marley "I wanna love you" "No woman no cry" "we jamming" Nice selection
@hunterking572
@hunterking572 5 жыл бұрын
This is such a distillation of why I like this channel. Truly wonderfully weird device, answered every question I could have, answered a few more questions I'd never have thought of, and some truly funny bits thrown in.
@RMCRetro
@RMCRetro 6 жыл бұрын
Oh Roland, MT for Multi Timbre on some devices, MT for Music Tutor on others? This is a great little box thanks for sharing Techmoan!
@chrisfratz
@chrisfratz 6 жыл бұрын
Zeno I was thinking it would be more based on the sound canvas because of the fact that it has General midi and Roland gs support
@Nukle0n
@Nukle0n 6 жыл бұрын
Zeno probably more something like an sc55 or 88, the mt32 didn't support general midi so most files would sound wrong.
@kosmosyche
@kosmosyche 6 жыл бұрын
I noticed that it has MIDI IN port, which probably means that if connected to a computer through an MPU-401 interface (or USB-to-MIDI converter for more modern connectivity) it can act as a GM sound module (for playing old PC games).
@johnfrancisdoe1563
@johnfrancisdoe1563 6 жыл бұрын
kosmosyche Or connect an actual keyboard to play it directly perhaps?
@dvdmike007
@dvdmike007 6 жыл бұрын
It's freezing, I'm tired but Techmoan uploads an obscure format video, and now all is better
@BedfordLevelExperiment
@BedfordLevelExperiment 5 жыл бұрын
Very interesting device! I've watched dozens of Techmoan episodes now and this is the first to get a literal LOL out of me (during the Lucky bit), though I've always been entertained. Also, beside soloing a track to learn it, the inverse is also very useful: muting a track while leaving the rest of the virtual band intact, while the musician plays their part.
@localopenmic
@localopenmic 3 жыл бұрын
I purchased mine in the mid-90's, when they were new. I used it for years while playing live. I used Band-In-A-Box in those days to create the basics... drums, bass, organ, strings, piano, etc., and then I'd play either acoustic guitar or electric guitar along with those arrangements. I still have mine, not sure what I'm going to do with it at this point.
@rickyleeufc
@rickyleeufc 6 жыл бұрын
Always a pleasure to watch these obscure music devices
@swiftfox3461
@swiftfox3461 6 жыл бұрын
MIDI files being offered *in retail* on floppies. Wow, now I've seen everything. Techmoan, you and your videos are fantastic. Thank you for all the stuff you've covered so far, and I'm looking forward to everything you will be covering in the future.
@geniedumal2974
@geniedumal2974 4 жыл бұрын
Your take on "We're Up All Night to Get Lucky" sounds like a Bauhaus cover.
@GustoTheGamer
@GustoTheGamer 6 жыл бұрын
You can make your own hiphop mixtapes with this thing. This is old school
@hexyko4850
@hexyko4850 4 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine the sampling
@nickp1987
@nickp1987 6 жыл бұрын
I work as a machinist in a machine shop, and one of our older mills has one of those USB-to-floppy emulators for the purpose of loading programs. Works well enough, but one of the oddities about it to keep in mind is that to make it work you have to format your however many gigabyte flash drive down to a 1.44 megabyte partition to make it read. No way to sneakily get it to read larger volumes here!
@jusb1066
@jusb1066 6 жыл бұрын
maybe its an old version, the later ones let you have loads of 1.44 megabyte virtual floppies on one flash drive, you just pick which number you want and it loads
@macartm
@macartm 6 жыл бұрын
Aye, we wanted to do the same and replace 720k floppies on aging Giddings & Lewis controls. The company who support our machines and controls wanted silly money and I said they were taking the mickey. I think they wanted about £700 a control to do it :P Unfortunately because I pooh-pooed their rip off prices, and because they could refuse to support us if we did it ourselves, they still have 720k floppies. in them. I have no idea where the maintenance dept find floppies to back the thing up (Programs are loaded over COM1). Lesson learned: Sometimes it's better to keep quiet about the fact you know they are charging about 12 times what the kit cost for their 'magic' knowledge of how to make it work (which I could have probably figured out from reading the jumper settings) :P
@3800scgp
@3800scgp 6 жыл бұрын
I may have to do the same soon. We have a large prototrak knee mill that doesn't want to connect to the network anymore. Only other "input" is a 1.44 floppy. We have to use a circa 2006 mazak to put files onto the disk!
@ffmfg
@ffmfg 6 жыл бұрын
A thing to note: the floppy connector inside might be proprietary, so it might require figuring out the pinouts and making a converter cable.
@3800scgp
@3800scgp 6 жыл бұрын
ffmfg wouldn't be surprised. I went to replace a drive on an older prototrak (has one for the system, one for storage), and there was something odd with the connectors. I want to say they were either mirrored, or just moved to the opposite end of the backside on the drive. Eithet way a standard drive won't work.
@nrdesign1991
@nrdesign1991 6 жыл бұрын
You absolutely *need* to play that Skrillex MIDI through it
@ZXRulezzz
@ZXRulezzz 6 жыл бұрын
- What's a midi file?! - I'LL SHOW YOU!
@Afterimage_Rush
@Afterimage_Rush 3 жыл бұрын
I am always amazed at this channel, showing stuff I never knew or imagined existed... mind-blowing!!!!
@wjec1970
@wjec1970 6 жыл бұрын
Your deadpan delivery of Get Lucky is just genius! Great videos, though!
@takeosak
@takeosak 6 жыл бұрын
Thumbs up for the Karaoke part of Get Lucky! LOL
@SAerror1
@SAerror1 6 жыл бұрын
Don’t! Don’t copy that floppy!
@naapalm82
@naapalm82 6 жыл бұрын
SAerror1 ITS HIS FLOPPY!! HE CAN DO WHAT EVER THE HELL HE WANTS TO WITH IT (except resell it) SINCE HE OWNS IT!
@ct92404
@ct92404 6 жыл бұрын
naapalm82 It's a JOKE! That's from back in the days of vintage computers that used 5.25 inch floppy disks, and they would tell people not to pirate games by copying the disks.
@YogurtRed
@YogurtRed 6 жыл бұрын
midis don't have a copyright really
@6581punk
@6581punk 6 жыл бұрын
I love the Thomas the Dank engine version. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aZ5mrcmVr9qceoE.html
@kissingfrogs
@kissingfrogs 6 жыл бұрын
I thought it was a reference to the music ... Don’t! Don’t copy that floppy!? WE’RE UP ALL NIGHT TO GET LUCKY Don’t! Don’t copy that floppy!? WE’RE UP ALL NIGHT TO GET LUCKY Don’t! Don’t copy that floppy!? WE’RE UP ALL NIGHT TO GET LUCKY Don’t! Don’t copy that floppy!?
@Jason-jz7st
@Jason-jz7st 2 жыл бұрын
bro the electronics reviews are great alone but your comedy style is golden....love your videos, keep it up!!
@Lofam
@Lofam 4 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy learning about older media technology. This stuff seems so fun!
@thesoosbois3303
@thesoosbois3303 6 жыл бұрын
I bet Clint Basinger (Lazy Game Reviews) would absolutely love this.
@jameshamilton6847
@jameshamilton6847 6 жыл бұрын
That Karaoke scene has made my day, haven't laughed that much before 0900 in ages! Keep 'em coming :-D
@notconsenting6633
@notconsenting6633 6 жыл бұрын
wait...what? you never cease to amaze me with these wierd contraptions...keep 'em coming buddy👍
@Sam-lr9oi
@Sam-lr9oi 6 жыл бұрын
I've had a look at the comments and nobody's mentioned Brett Domino and your cover of his cover of Get Lucky. Love it, love The Brett Domino Trio, and of course your channel. And this nifty machine! Also I love that you feature Brett Domino on your channel, makes perfect sense.
@MsSteve70
@MsSteve70 6 жыл бұрын
I suggest you release a DVD compilation of your greatest videos called, 'Twenty Golden Techmoan Hits' - I think we'd all snap up a copy! Great video as always.
@wildbilltexas
@wildbilltexas 6 жыл бұрын
Very cool! When I first saw the thumbnail I thought "How did they get Mp3's to play from a floppy disc?" And with Midi you now have background music for your videos that wont get a copyright strike! :)
@ct92404
@ct92404 6 жыл бұрын
wildbilltexas yeah, if you compressed the hell out of it, you might manage to get ONE mp3 on a 1.44mb floppy disk, and it would probably sound horrible.
@davetee1976
@davetee1976 6 жыл бұрын
wildbilltexas That what I thought of first to.
@davetee1976
@davetee1976 6 жыл бұрын
ct92404 Also the song might keep stopping and starting due to speed of a floppy disk.
@Hagledesperado
@Hagledesperado 6 жыл бұрын
I think I remember putting an MP3 on a floppy. It sounded ten times better than what I was used to hearing from the PC speaker. Not that that means much though.
@ct92404
@ct92404 6 жыл бұрын
Hagledesperado Really?! Was it an actual full length song? I think the smallest mp3 files I ever used were around 2 megabytes, which of course can't fit on any floppy disk. I think I did used to put them on 100mb zip disks sometimes, and also cd-r's, before flash drives were around.
@FogHorn1911
@FogHorn1911 6 жыл бұрын
your videos have started catching my eye, interesting stuff you are finding, and you do a great job of presenting, vary clean and informative.
@Auxinelectro
@Auxinelectro 6 жыл бұрын
videos like this are what keeps us coming back! only annoying thing is that a bunch of specialist listener's are now going to wipe out all traces of these from the buyer's market places ;-) great video
@jakedelmastro
@jakedelmastro 6 жыл бұрын
This is general midi compatible and has midi in, I suppose it could be used as a midi device for DOS games. Now I wanna hear DOOM through this thing!
@deneb_tm
@deneb_tm 6 жыл бұрын
I was gonna say the same thing
@IvoryTowerCollections
@IvoryTowerCollections 6 жыл бұрын
Not sure it can on this model. I have an MT-200 that has a Midi IN and also an AUX Midi IN. If I use the standard Midi IN, it will only produce piano sounds from channel 1. To use it like an actual sound module for DOS games and such, I have to use the Aux Midi IN. These smaller units with just the single Midi in might indicate they can only be used with an external piano and that would make sense given the teaching nature these are designed for. Also without a Midi out, there isn't an easy way to set Sysex commands to them and know what is going on with it.
@JamieBainbridge
@JamieBainbridge 6 жыл бұрын
Probably uses the same FM synth chip as MT-32. There are recordings of those. There are MT-32 emulators too.
@Logan912
@Logan912 6 жыл бұрын
Jamie The MT-32 doesn't use FM synthesis. You're thinking of Yamaha.
@JamieBainbridge
@JamieBainbridge 6 жыл бұрын
Right you are, apparently MT-32 uses sample-based Linear Arithmetic synth. Today I Learned, thanks!
@1997Human
@1997Human 6 жыл бұрын
Her: I only date singers Me: 06:09
@PutItAway101
@PutItAway101 6 жыл бұрын
Guaranteed to seal the deal!
@MirAgeOfDesert
@MirAgeOfDesert 5 жыл бұрын
Hahah xD
@trondam
@trondam 4 жыл бұрын
Hello, and thanks for your videos, Techmoan. Love to watch the old tech from my past and older :)
@Fireship1
@Fireship1 6 жыл бұрын
Some of the coolest things in life are the ones you didn’t know existed!
@dano8012
@dano8012 4 жыл бұрын
Fireship1 they were very expensive too In their time.
@AmigaRob
@AmigaRob 6 жыл бұрын
Techmoan still comes up with the most obscure devices! He is also definitely looking more dapper in his most recent videos.
@IndygoEEI
@IndygoEEI 6 жыл бұрын
I think he's always been dapper. I just think now that he's getting bigger, he wants to turn it up to 11 for professionalism's sake.
@moody2774
@moody2774 6 жыл бұрын
8-Bit Guy: Use compact cassettes in your camcorder! Techmoan: Use floppies in your boombox! I am a confused man.
@origamichannel4238
@origamichannel4238 6 жыл бұрын
Wow i never knew these existed. Well floppies are probably analog, so floppy pc's are ALSO analog.. or is it digital? I know cassette tapes are so they used tape drives in the old days. I'd bet it can't hold longer than 50 seconds of audio. They don't make floppy recorders that are portable and it would just be silly.
@DashDrones
@DashDrones 6 жыл бұрын
I had one of these for sale in my shop years ago. It was never sold, stolen by Christmas staff. I'm guessing the new owner didn't figure out how to use it either. Thanks for another awesome video mate!
@jamesleslie4833
@jamesleslie4833 6 жыл бұрын
Where was this when I was learning drums...this would have been awesome. I had a feeling it was for MIDI files since those are tiny hence being able to use a floppy. Of course, I just practiced along with mix tapes back then but this would've given me a general idea and I could've picked it up quicker. So glad I'm subbed to this channel because you've shown me things I didn't even know existed and may actually try to get myself because they're just rad. Keep on keepin' on dude!
@khaotix64
@khaotix64 6 жыл бұрын
6:08 when your girl is a hypnotist and she wants some
@domramsey
@domramsey 6 жыл бұрын
We definitely got lucky with this video!
@timothystevenhoward
@timothystevenhoward 4 жыл бұрын
This is another one of my favorite videos Mat, great work. ;)
@GatochanBolivia
@GatochanBolivia 6 жыл бұрын
the way you present your videos is quite funny dude :D thanks for that vibes
@ElusiveMasquerade
@ElusiveMasquerade 6 жыл бұрын
This is possibly one of the best channels available on KZfaq.
@dingdongbells3314
@dingdongbells3314 6 жыл бұрын
Why do I suddenly foresee The 8-bit guy adding this thing to his Christmas list if he doesn't have one already?
@l3p3
@l3p3 6 жыл бұрын
I think many people forget that but: I have bought one of these a day before this video came out and I still enjoy the look of it on my shelf at every sunny morning, let me tell you.
@EnochDark
@EnochDark 6 жыл бұрын
This has to be the dopest boombox out there along with that Casio one with the little keyboard on top. Very cool and amusing that in the begining there was Bob Marley not expected. Extra cool there's a mic input and reverb... I could see someone doing a whole set with this thing alone.
@rickyleeufc
@rickyleeufc 6 жыл бұрын
We're up all night to get lucky! 😂
@Britec09
@Britec09 6 жыл бұрын
Now that is very cool
@reb6453
@reb6453 6 жыл бұрын
Britec09 hey review more ransomware please
@urielmarquez-hernandez5767
@urielmarquez-hernandez5767 4 жыл бұрын
I´ve been a regular viewer of your videos for a while now... the Get Lucky part of the video made me subscriber
@UltimatePerfection
@UltimatePerfection 6 жыл бұрын
But can it play canyon.mid?
@carolynmmitchell2240
@carolynmmitchell2240 6 жыл бұрын
QVear hahaha the lie eye.
@igrewold
@igrewold 6 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ha-HZ6ljnZu1mnU.html
@madden8021
@madden8021 5 жыл бұрын
It's just the Roland Sound Canvas sounds used since the SC55. It can work just like using the one from Microsoft's ugly SC Version. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y7qDdpeIsMeqmYU.html This is from the Virtual Sound Canvas I've used in 2015. Enjoy!
@mr.berlingo8211
@mr.berlingo8211 4 жыл бұрын
Why not?
@und4287
@und4287 4 жыл бұрын
Yes
@gstockinger
@gstockinger 6 жыл бұрын
Up all night to get lucky! haha! Great busking or solo musician device!
@subhadeepkoley
@subhadeepkoley 6 жыл бұрын
Your channel is the reason Techmoan, I am never bored on KZfaq. Thanks.
@dnb5661
@dnb5661 6 жыл бұрын
I agree.
@Demonanimator
@Demonanimator 4 жыл бұрын
You’re rendition of “get lucky” finally convinced me to subscribe
@davidsprofitt
@davidsprofitt 6 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. I believe fancier digital pianos of the 1990s used midi discs with similar features to help people learn to play. I've never seen a portable model, though.
@SmileyNerd128
@SmileyNerd128 6 жыл бұрын
You'll have to recategorise this video under comedy, because that karaoke bit was just too damn funny. 😂
@russ117044
@russ117044 6 жыл бұрын
The puppets! Where are the bloody puppets! :0)
@dashcamandy2242
@dashcamandy2242 6 жыл бұрын
The outro should have been them doing the Daft Punk song. :-D
@buddyclem7328
@buddyclem7328 6 жыл бұрын
Maybe the puppets didn't care for his karaoke. There's no accounting for taste.
@AgeingBoyPsychic
@AgeingBoyPsychic 4 жыл бұрын
I remember a friend of mine had a mechanical upright piano that would play itself (with the keys even being pressed) that also used a floppy disk drive. It would still make sense today, except for the lack of floppy drives
@bendowson3124
@bendowson3124 6 жыл бұрын
I clicked on this video having no idea what this thing was. Then when you mentioned what it was for, I immediately remembered that my piano teacher used one of these when I briefly took piano lessons in 2000 when I was 7 years old. I had completely forgotten what the machine looked like, but seeing it now I'm sure it was this exact model or very close to it. Memory is a funny thing.
@ashleykingston1980
@ashleykingston1980 6 жыл бұрын
6:10! Spat out my coffee!
@DJS3
@DJS3 6 жыл бұрын
I ruined my shirt spitting coffee out when "Get Lucky" started. Thanks Mat, once again.
@daedalus372
@daedalus372 5 жыл бұрын
You are the king of fantastically obsolete technology!!!!! I await with great eagerness what mad thing you'll find next. Also you've got a great voice!
@Kermakatti
@Kermakatti 2 жыл бұрын
I can't believe Roland actually manufactured a product this niche. Well, they did reiterate on the concept with the later models that had USB support and so on like you mentioned in the video, but a portable device that uses floppy disks to playback MIDI music just... strikes this certain nostalgic nerve of mine super hard, I guess. As a computer and MIDI music... "enthusiast", I kind of want one just for the novelty and bizarreness of it all but I don't know if my pockets are deep enough to cover whatever the cost would be to buy a working device and have it shipped safely to Northern Europe. Many thanks for doing a thorough video demonstration this piece of electronic equipment in any case!
@EmanuelFrias
@EmanuelFrias 6 жыл бұрын
I HAVE MY FINAL EXAM TOMORROW AND IM WATCHING THIS! THANKS TECHMOAN!
@boojiela
@boojiela 6 жыл бұрын
good luck boss. what subject?
@xboxlive6
@xboxlive6 6 жыл бұрын
Good Luck!
@alexchan6303
@alexchan6303 6 жыл бұрын
Good luck man!!
@SuperFashi
@SuperFashi 6 жыл бұрын
10 hours meme version of that Get Lucky plz.
@handymanshandle
@handymanshandle 6 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kNd8hMSTndDIYWQ.html
@chroniclesofbap6170
@chroniclesofbap6170 4 жыл бұрын
Seriously, one of the best channels on the internet.
@DavidGreen_au
@DavidGreen_au 6 жыл бұрын
Wow. That was a nostalgia rush. It reminds me that I have a Roland SCC-1 stuffed away in storage somewhere which I can't even remember when I last used. I do remember that it played MIDI very well with it inbuilt library of sound.
@timothystevenhoward
@timothystevenhoward 6 жыл бұрын
I wanna hear some Transport Tycoon midi jazz on this bad boy. How interesting, and only marketable in the 90s.
@briero
@briero 6 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! You should bring an album out "Deadpan hits by Mat" Or "Moany M" 😂
@amirpourghoureiyan1637
@amirpourghoureiyan1637 6 жыл бұрын
Paul Briers moany m lol
@fins59
@fins59 6 жыл бұрын
A couple of track suggestions for the 'Deadpan Hits' by 'Moany M' album: 'Da Da Dash put in' and "Burnt resistors of Magnetron' :)
@RAKITHA9
@RAKITHA9 6 жыл бұрын
floppy ...floppy ..cool!
@NGC1433
@NGC1433 6 жыл бұрын
No idea about music, but you definitely do have a talent in intertaining! That vocal part was a riot!
@JoshuaKlein25
@JoshuaKlein25 6 жыл бұрын
I got to say, I would buy your music if you ever published. Your "Up All Night" was simply amazing!!! Please give us more!!
@ZJP
@ZJP 6 жыл бұрын
As a karaoke host, please come to my show.
@LikaLaruku
@LikaLaruku 6 жыл бұрын
Finally, a boombox that will play my midi versions of Mega Man BGM....& Banjo Kazooie, & Sonic for Genesis, & Castlevania...
@Jamokai
@Jamokai 5 жыл бұрын
such passionate and uplifting singing. more please!
@keeper__88_
@keeper__88_ 4 жыл бұрын
Weird, I’m pretty sure I have seen all of your videos and this one just popped out in the recommended list. I was like: yea! New techmoan video! Aaaaaand it’s from a year ago. Anyway, awesome as always! You should lend this to David, AKA, 8-bit guy, to test the midi input using one of his old keyboards. Regards!!!
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