# Have I told you lately

**URL:** <https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/have-i-told-you-lately/3804>\
**Category:** Zynthianic Sounds\
**Created:** [February 14, 2020, 12:59pm UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/have-i-told-you-lately/3804 "2020-02-14T12:59:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Humi](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/humi/32/2728_2.png) [@Humi](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/Humi)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 12:59pm UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/have-i-told-you-lately/3804/1 "2020-02-14T12:59:41Z")

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… how much I love the Oberheim emulator?

And the new presets, they are awesome.

[https://discourse.zynthian.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/00432c9116a27aa244ee075d13163544412db92d.mp3](https://discourse.zynthian.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/00432c9116a27aa244ee075d13163544412db92d.mp3)

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**Author:** ![wyleu](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/wyleu/32/514_2.png) [@wyleu](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/wyleu)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 8:54am UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/have-i-told-you-lately/3804/2 "2020-02-15T08:54:51Z")

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Sorry for categorising but a kind of polyphonic elp which is interesting!

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**Author:** ![Humi](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/humi/32/2728_2.png) [@Humi](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/Humi)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 9:30am UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/have-i-told-you-lately/3804/3 "2020-02-15T09:30:17Z")

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Haha

I don’t think we have elps in Iceland.

Is that somekind of moose?

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**Author:** ![Baggypants](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/baggypants/32/1911_2.png) [@Baggypants](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/Baggypants)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 9:43am UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/have-i-told-you-lately/3804/4 "2020-02-15T09:43:33Z")

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There are some similarities…

[![](https://thebestmusicyouhaveneverheard.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/elp.jpg) ](https://thebestmusicyouhaveneverheard.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/elp.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Baggypants](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/baggypants/32/1911_2.png) [@Baggypants](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/Baggypants)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 9:45am UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/have-i-told-you-lately/3804/5 "2020-02-15T09:45:24Z")

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OB-Xd is my favourite too by the way!

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**Author:** ![Humi](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/humi/32/2728_2.png) [@Humi](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/Humi)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 9:53am UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/have-i-told-you-lately/3804/6 "2020-02-15T09:53:42Z")

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Ah. Of course 🙂

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**Author:** ![wyleu](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/wyleu/32/514_2.png) [@wyleu](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/wyleu)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 10:37am UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/have-i-told-you-lately/3804/7 "2020-02-15T10:37:45Z")

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Course you could go and submit to the Jump challenge which is taking place in one of the innumerable draughty rooms in Zynthian Castle, here or here about . . .

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**Author:** ![Jtunes](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/jtunes/32/16402_2.png) [@Jtunes](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/Jtunes)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 11:02am UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/have-i-told-you-lately/3804/8 "2020-02-15T11:02:11Z")

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> [@Van Halen - Jump](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/van-halen-jump/3401):
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> Does anyone by any chance have a preset of one of our engines for Van Halen’s Jump?

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**Author:** ![Baggypants](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/baggypants/32/1911_2.png) [@Baggypants](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/Baggypants)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/have-i-told-you-lately/3804/9 "2020-02-15T14:52:03Z")

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Also, bang the YK chorus on it as well.

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**Author:** ![Humi](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/humi/32/2728_2.png) [@Humi](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/Humi)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/have-i-told-you-lately/3804/10 "2020-02-15T15:01:56Z")

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On it.

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**Author:** ![Vincent](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/vincent/32/3677_2.png) [@Vincent](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/Vincent)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 11:04am UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/have-i-told-you-lately/3804/11 "2020-04-10T11:04:33Z")

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Fantastic ! Is this all Zynthian ?  
(Sorry I’m new here)  
Kind regards  
Vincent

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**Author:** ![Humi](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/humi/32/2728_2.png) [@Humi](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/Humi)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 11:06am UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/have-i-told-you-lately/3804/12 "2020-04-10T11:06:49Z")

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Everything but the drums 🙂

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**Author:** ![Vincent](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/vincent/32/3677_2.png) [@Vincent](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/Vincent)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 11:21am UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/have-i-told-you-lately/3804/13 "2020-04-10T11:21:55Z")

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Well those sounds are absolutely gorgeous, great playing too. Reminds me what it’s all about : music!  
Anyway i’m one of the those trying to break free from DAW…playing with an Octatrack and ‘real’ bass, guitars and vocals, the only remaining problem was getting rid of Reason (i’m a Thor addict), and it seems the Zynthian is the ticket to that.  
Thanks for sharing these tracks,  
Vincent

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**Author:** ![Humi](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/humi/32/2728_2.png) [@Humi](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/Humi)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/have-i-told-you-lately/3804/14 "2020-04-10T12:44:04Z")

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I use Reason and Zynthian.  
Awesome combo 🙂

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**Author:** ![Vincent](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/vincent/32/3677_2.png) [@Vincent](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/Vincent)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/have-i-told-you-lately/3804/15 "2020-04-10T13:24:14Z")

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I see you use Reason 10 to record. Simple question; why not use the keyboards and other instruments available in Reason? Is the Zynthian that good, compared to those? I personally aim at the Zynthian to go completely hardware, you see what I mean?  
OK gotta go back to my nap now (I live in France after all😉)  
Kind regards,  
Vincent

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**Author:** ![Humi](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/humi/32/2728_2.png) [@Humi](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/Humi)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2020, 1:43pm UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/have-i-told-you-lately/3804/16 "2020-04-10T13:43:27Z")

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Good question.

Yes I think many of the instruments in Zynthian are better. Some of them are just more interesting than the ones in Thor or NN XT.

Try the OBXD f.x. (You need pi4 though)

I’ve been A/B testing Radical Keyes and Zynthian rhodes/keys and the Zynthian keyboard sounds are much more interesting. Open source sampling with all the imperfections can be great.

There is also something to be said about having the Zynthian as a hardware and creativity. There is something different about having some knobs to turn.

The plus side is being able to take your Zynthian on the road and play it live.

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**Author:** ![Vincent](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/vincent/32/3677_2.png) [@Vincent](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/Vincent)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/have-i-told-you-lately/3804/17 "2020-04-11T14:04:21Z")

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Is it possible to -don’t quite know how to put this- ‘play’ more than one ‘instrument’ at the same time?  
I guess my question is about layering, not sure. In fact I hope it’s possible to obtain the ‘marble rolling’ arpeggios like it is on the Organelle.  
to be honest I hope the Zynthian (which I choose above the Organelle for a number of reasons) has at least equivalent ‘creative’ capacities, see what I mean?  
to me it’s a lot about sound exploration, but it’s hard to get an idea of the Zynthian’s capabilities just by going on YT.  
I’m sorry but it’s part of the quest, I have the same disorder when it comes to tube amps and guitars (which I build myself). I am searching for that perfect sound.  
Aren’t we all?  
have a nice easter weekend,  
Vincent

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**Author:** ![Humi](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/humi/32/2728_2.png) [@Humi](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/Humi)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/have-i-told-you-lately/3804/18 "2020-04-11T14:22:55Z")

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> [@Vincent](#):
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> Aren’t we all?

Yes 🙂

Someone can maybe explain this better but you can play several layers an once by assigning different midi channels.

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**Author:** ![wyleu](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/wyleu/32/514_2.png) [@wyleu](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/wyleu)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/have-i-told-you-lately/3804/19 "2020-04-11T15:18:44Z")

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> [@Humi](#):
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> Someone can maybe explain this better but you can play several layers an once by assigning different midi channels.

It’s the clone option in the Options Menu.

 ![options_menu](https://discourse.zynthian.org/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c30f7b52b1e222f7a620ce821195fef1ee76aa49.png)

 ![clone_midi_channel](https://discourse.zynthian.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6850d6e8574749fa001db8d53313f307bb8c2e90.png)

 ![clone_midi_channel_select](https://discourse.zynthian.org/uploads/default/original/2X/2/21b745524282ac58150b58b38ed6b6890febb637.png)

Actually that doesn’t appear to be behaving itself…

Anyone else not able to move of MIDI screen…? I’m not actually using encoders on this machine so it could be an edge case. . .

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**Author:** ![Vincent](https://discourse.zynthian.org/user_avatar/discourse.zynthian.org/vincent/32/3677_2.png) [@Vincent](https://discourse.zynthian.org/u/Vincent)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://discourse.zynthian.org/t/have-i-told-you-lately/3804/20 "2020-04-11T19:10:26Z")

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Yes, thanks a lot for this feedback. I actually read about Aeolus aswell, wonder if this has anything to do with my question? Mmm, guess I’ll just have to wait to find out for myself 😉  
Going for the Zynthian is a bit ‘risky’ considering there’s not an awful amount of demos available, but the little information I found made me pull the trigger, so I just hope I did the right thing.

Please allow me to throw in a link to my YT channel (SheLovesDisco!), with some videos I made of some of my songs.

> **[She Loves Disco !](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAS5bkI-ZXr4iZZHhGTpDTA?view_as=subscriber)**
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> "She Loves Disco!" is : J. Lemaire : Bass J. Dault : Guitar V. Buuron : Guitar/ keys / vocals / electronics All songs (words/music) by V.Buuron unless noted ...

There’s a lot more but the whole video creation just isn’t my thing. I make music for films and other ‘normal’ stuff like indie.

Anyway I felt like I might do this, maybe to introduce myself a little bit.

Vincent

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