It’s been 2 months since the Roland P-6 dropped, and I’ve gotten a ton of questions about this little sampler. So today, we’re trying something new: While making a beat, I’ll share my thoughts on the P-6, go over its features, and discuss whether it’s worth checking out.
We’ll go through the good, the bad, and everything in between, covering its features in real time and answering your questions as we go. Normally, I’d do this as an edited video, but I thought a live stream would allow for more conversation about this interesting piece of gear while also showing the raw workflow with it.
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🕰Time Stamps Incoming After the Stream
0:00 P-6 Beat Example
1:03 The P-6 has been out for 2 months, let’s talk about the good, the bad and the ugly
1:44 checking out the vinyl samples we’re flipping
2:00 Let’s make a beat on the P-6 (real time beatmaking and examples of what works/what doesn’t in it’s workflow)
54:30 Breaking down the Granular Engine(making a synth lead from a piano sample)
1:15:00 The Jam
1:20:30 Summarizing the good, the bad and the ugly on the P-6
1:24:30 What Improvements I’d like to see in updates
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Starts at 1:05 // I kept a bit of the intro P-6 beat to give an example of what this little sampler can do.
It’s been 2 months with the P-6, what are your thoughts on this little sampler?
🔴 Make the most of the Roland P-6 with the easy to reference Cheat Sheet & Quick Start Guide:
https://www.sunwarper.com/product-page/p-6-beatmaking-cheat-sheet-quick-start-guide
I love the FX and Sample Rate features. It’s a great sampler for the price.
I was having a hard time completing songs on my daw so I bought this thing after seeing a few videos on youtube and just got it a few days ago and I already finished a 2 track EP
Regarding the updates, the 1.02 update was quite substantial and the other compacts doesn't have many features that needs to be updated, the p-6 have tons of features, so I'm staying hopeful
That was some lovely guitar.
It'd be nice if Roland adds the ability to adjust chop start/end points in the future. That's the only thing preventing me from structuring my beats on it. For now I mainly use it to sample into, drop sample rates and resample with effects to add texture. I then sample into my 404MK2, my Maschine Plus or MPC to make my beats. I'm satisfied with using the P6 in this capacity until Roland finally treats us right.
Can I please ask, does this have sidechain ducking which would make it useful for someone who needs sidechain ducking? Or is it only featured to be used inside this device?
Great video about the Roland P6. I've been using mine mostly as an additional trigger for samplers and effects, as well as for performance on the granular synth. I believe the return on investment isn't very high since the sampling capabilities are fully covered by my SP404. With that in mind, and considering the price of the Roland S1 synthesizer, it offers many more options and sound textures for my setup. I think I'm going to make the switch.
great video! thanks for going into so much detail. I think I'll hold off on this because I HATE menu diving. Messes up my flow!
Direct competition is Liven Loft-12. Bigger is better in this example.
Got one, quite love it. My main grip I have with it apart from the obvious quirkyness is that it seems to forget some of the last patterns made once I reboot (I basically have to duplicate them to be sure to keep a copy. Any thought?