Subtle Differences of the Yamaha SK50D

Yamaha SK50D - Seeing Double...

YouTube Uploaded by radlers on Feb 22, 2012

"I recently acquired a second Yamaha SK50D in pretty much the same condition as my first one. The second unit is actually older than mine and has a serial number in the 300's. Mine is in the 2000's. The slider knob colours for Upper Organ and Solo Synth are reversed between the two, and mine has the carrying handles located in a different position than the older unit."

Commodore 64 MSSIAH Demo - With 8 Bit Dubstep

YouTube Uploaded by radlers on Mar 2, 2012

"Part of my studio synth tech includes a Commodore 64 (SX64) running MSSIAH, which is a fairly new suite of music software tools that also include MIDI. Majority of this song is actually done using MSSIAH's various tools. The electric piano and the strings are my Korg M50. Some of the drum tracks are MSSIAH, the others are a loop sample. The Dubstep bass was achieved using the Mono Synth module in MSSIAH tied into Logic, using MIDI triggers from Logic to control the rate of the 'wobble' in the bass. This was demoed at THEMUSEUM in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada recently."

Yamaha SK50D Synthesizer Organ Sections

YouTube via radlers | December 01, 2010 |

"This instructional video is the 2nd in the series and covers the organ sections of the Yamaha SK50D synthesizer. Here I cover upper, lower, bass sections and also talk about the leslie emulator on board (which I'm not using)."

Yamaha SK50D - Leslie Controls

YouTube Uploaded by radlers on Dec 26, 2011

"Yamaha SK50D synthesizers have a Leslie speaker output on the back to work with 2-channel Leslie speakers, like the 815, 715, HL-722, HL-822 and HL-422 and 415 models. They're the last generation of the older 11-pin connector Leslie speaker company. The SK50D also has controls for both manuals so you can select which keyboards and sounds will use the leslie channel. This video gives and overview and demo of this function."

AKAI AX60 - Routing S612 Sampler Through The AX60

YouTube Uploaded by radlers on Jan 29, 2012

"AKAI AX60's can be connected to S612/900 samplers so that the samples become a waveform or oscillator on the synthesizer. These get routed through the keyboard's filters. It really expands the capabilities of both machines when used together. A brief demo showing this combination."

Toy Synthesizer Case - Toy Box Demo

YouTube Uploaded by radlers on Apr 22, 2011

"A project long time coming. Dubbed, 'Toy Box' Synthesizer, this do it yourself toy synth case allows me to take the gear on the road. All keyboards are powered via power supply, so no batteries are used. Everything is velcro-ed in place so you can literally carry this around without worrying about stuff falling out. Song demo uses Korg's DS-10 demo music as well as the Bloom music app on the Apple iPod touch. Items that make up the keyboard: Casio SA-1 / PT-1 / SK-8, Nintendo DSi with Korg DS-10 plus, Korg Monotron, Apple iPod with music apps, Behringer mixer with effects on board."

Yamaha SK50D Solo Synthesizer Section

YouTube via radlers | December 02, 2010 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes

"This instructional video is the 3rd in the series and covers the Solo Synthesizer section of the Yamaha SK50D synthesizer. While shooting the video, I realized the easiest way to show you some of the capabilities was just to play around. Enjoy!"

Midwinter Thaw - Improvisational Jam by Rob Adlers

YouTube via radlers | January 10, 2011 |

"OK, this one was inspired by TheSynthFreq, who's been posting a LOT of new tunes/jams on YouTube. Got inspired! Thanks! Back at ya! Background organ and bass - Yamaha SK50D. Drums - Logic Pro 8. Background sequence, Korg MS2000.
Soloing on AKAI AX60, Yamaha SK50D, Yamaha CS40M, Korg MS2000. The SK50D just sounds better with a Leslie speaker no? I think so."

Kronik Tonik - Rob Adlers - KORG Monotron

YouTube via radlers | January 23, 2011 |

"I picked up a Korg Monotron today, checked out some cool videos posted using this (not-so) toy synthesizer. I decided to use another approach for a video and used stills every 30 seconds while I worked. This piece, aside from the drum tracks, is done completely using the Monotron. My voice at the end is my iPod with a sample piped through the Monotron. Thanks for watching!"

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Yamaha SK50D Synthesizer Introduction

YouTube via radlers | December 28, 2009

"This video is the first part of a series of educational videos on the Yamaha SK50D synthesizer keyboard. This introduces areas of the keyboard to the viewer to understand how the keyboard can be used. Presented by Rob Adlers (Auralplane / ORGANic Evolution).

The keyboard is also hooked up to a Leslie 710 rotary speaker via the leslie Combo pre-amp, but can be hooked up to an 11 pin Leslie speaker natively. Also present are Sustain, Portamento, String Volume and Poly-Synth brilliance pedals."