From Alex Ball. A look at a Roland instrument that I’ve wanted to cover for ages, this is the VP-550 from 2006. (Yes, that was 20 years ago) 0:00 Intro 0:41 History 1:57 Vocal Designer 3:55 Ensemble / Bass & Percussion 4:36 Has this aged well? 5:47 Experiments 8:15 Summary 9:08 Patron Outro Jam www.patreon.com/AlexBallMusic

From Alex Ball. As requested many times over the years, here’s a deep dive on how to make 70s Cop Show Music. Thank you to Rhodes for the loan of their beautiful Mk8 for this project. 0:00 Intro 0:51 Part 1: Composition 12:36 Part 2: Drums & Percussion 15:40 Part 3: Bass 16:13 Part 4:…

From Alex Ball. Inspired by the best Christmas jumper ever. https://jimll.co.uk/products/the-acid-house-christmas-jumper-green-edition

From Alex Ball. Trying out the snap and click of the Ult Sound DS-4 Custom with the rubbery warmth of the System 100. Pretty great pairing I’d say.

From Alex Ball. Some vintage modular fun

From Alex Ball. Quick experiment with the EMS VCS3. This unit belongs to Pete Townshend and resides at the University of West London. https://www.uwl.ac.uk/study/study-facilities/the-townshend-studio

From Alex Ball. A look at an unusual classic from Roland’s back catalogue, the SH-5 from 1975. 0:00 Intro Jam 1:14 The SH-5 1:41 The Look 2:04 The Signal Flow 3:25 The Ring Mod 4:32 The Filter Section 7:46 The VCA 9:08 The Computer 11:06 Summary 12:05 Patron Jam Huge thanks to the owner of…

From Alex Ball. A look at the rare Oberheim OB-1 from 1977. 0:00 Intro Jam 1:26 The OB-1 1:54 Brief History 3:07 A justifiable rant 4:36 SEM vs OB-1 VCOs 7:21 SEM vs OB-1 VCF 11:18 Other notes 11:35 Makeshift Four Voice 13:44 OB-1 Plug-in 15:11 Outro Jam 16:21 I did warn you

From Alex Ball. A look at some wonderful vintage Lexicon FX processors; the Model 200 Reverberator and the Model 97 Super Prime Time Progammable Digital Delay Processor. 0:00 Intro 1:26 Brief History of Lexicon 3:24 Experiment 1: Vanilla Delay 5:08 Experiment 2: Super Flange 6:13 Experiment 3: Ambience / ADT 7:44 Experiment 4: Glitch Funk…

From Alex Ball. Chucking some vocals from one of my old songs into the TR-1000 and turning it into something new.

From Alex Ball. A look at Roland’s new flagship drum machine, the TR-1000. 0:00 Intro Jam 1:08 What is it? 3:10 Analogue 9:52 Digital 12:21 Sampling 13:51 Sequencing 15:54 Performance & FX 17:14 Summary & Outro Jam Thank you to Roland https://www.roland.com/ Huge thanks to my Patrons. A TR-1000 sample pack awaits: www.patreon.com/AlexBallMusic

From Alex Ball. A look at a modern Hexaphonic pickup, the Sub Six, created by @submarinepickup Submarine sent me this pickup, hence it counts as "paid promotion" according to YouTube’s rules. SubSix 0:00 Hex Education 1:44 Demo 1: Hefty Chopper 2:52 Breakdown of Demo 1 3:33 How Sub Six Works 4:30 Demo 2: Delay-sychain 5:20…