So it seems like every time theres a 7#9 in some flavour or another, Ben resolves it up a semitone to a maj7. Is there some clever bit of theory i dont know there? normally i think of 7 chords going DOWN by a semitone if anything (e.g the classic tritone sub ii - bII7 - I). Is there something in particular about the #9 that makes the chord want to do that? We could conceptualise as say V7 - VI in the minor, but that works just as well with a V7, V7b9, etc (maybe functional thinking is just out of fashion... haha)

It's fairly easy to make stuff like this once you've learnt the basics of VCV. I find it more interesting to use as an audio processor, and create unique effects. I think the real benefit of modular is you can just patch together whatever you want.

This was acyually sick!

If you value your life, don't get bitten by the hardware bug! My kids will curse me for venturing into hardware eurorack :P

Ben Levin's Reaper DAW advocacy confirmed...

I like this. Will try tomorrow on a song I am working on

what if we wanted to write like actual music though

VCV can do chords, but it can get complicated pretty fast when trying to figure out polyphonic cables. The only thing that is tricky is any chord that extends beyond 4 notes, since that's a DIY patch. The majority of modules that handle chords max out at four notes. (That's mostly on the sequencer side of things, oscillators and stuff like that can max out.) Yet there are other good modules that do more, and the max for a polyphonic hookup is 16 channels handled by a single cable. My only beef in that regard is that the polyphonic category in the module list filter shows any module that can do polyphonic stuff, so there's practically no way of narrowing it down to utilities specific to polyphonic functions. (I think I need to make a notebook to remember specific module names for those tasks? Also it could be that user-defined module lists is a pro feature?) The only issue left with poly is some effects and the way audio outputs are handled. However VCV and BogAudio have modules that do a poly-to-mono function you can use before certain steps in a patch to make things golden.

This is one of the best things i've seen in KZbin, so avant-garde!

“And this year’s Grammy for best lyrics goes to… ‘Throw me on the ground and kick me in the ball sack’!”

A friend recommended VCV rack to me, so it was on my radar, but now after seeing this I have some idea how to get a usable sound out of it, definitely doing that... thank you!

A fuul breakdown of the song would be nice :) - (or a full release, its a banger)

"if any pianist would like to try this out" dude I'd rather slam all of my fingers in a car door

great video! but how could you talk about the flattened 6th without mentioning the III Major chord!!!???

finally you arrived at the modular side of music <3

Sounds like Weezer mixed with Tame Impala, in the best way 👌

Wow, this is a jackpot channel... great vid!

No chords? @rickbeato is gonna be so pissed off.

Fantastic tips to make the songwriting process more iterative and holistic from start to finish.

The saying "At the right place, in the right time". But the man was everywhere, exposing himself as much as he could. Eventually he got into this "Right Place", "Accidentally".

Worth mentioning that there's Cardinal which is compatible with most vcv modules and allows you to use them as a vst in your daw

Lol i do this all the time and didn't realize its a technique that could be taught. Cool.

Ben is the music teacher I never had as a kid

channel is gold

GOSPEL Are of us are evil and deserve to go to hell If you have lied once, stolen a small thing, taken the lords name in vain(OMG), looked at someone sexually, you are worthy of going to hell! Here is the good news Jesus Christ paid the fine by dying on the cross so that all we have to do to get to heaven is confess plus turn away from our sins and to put all of our trust in Jesus Christ alone for your salvation!

So many of your videos resonate and are just so unique and wonderful as they are mind opening, but this one is really up there. So beautiful and honest. You're a legend Ben

three bar phrases with half time drums is so disorienting

I think (especially in vcv rack) that Pamela's Pro Workout is a really great module to invest in for this kind of patching

you're a boss, such an intuitive process but you step itut in a way that really mitigates some big creative flow snares. At some point i was reminded of watching the beatles anthology and watching them song write in the studio, especially the idea of getting the vocal melody out with any sort of words or even gibberish, ty homie

Finnish songs deserved to be played at the same speed as every other type of song

c-rackin !

thank you *benny blanco at home* 🙏

Are you into max at all?

I'm a pretty slow writer, polishing every bit, this might be a freeing exercise

I'm trying to find a way to apply this to instrumental/ video game music. I replace lyrics with lead melody and like to think it's kind of the same process

such a normal tone to the video around such an insane music video, I love it

Ben Aphex Letwin

The tutorial I didn’t know I needed.

its officially over now that ben has gotten into modular, hes too powerful

3:07 you could say it doesn’t even matter

I know it’s been years but I would like you to know that I revisit this series constantly. I remember so vividly watching them during the pandemic in that period just before I left university and started my career. I can’t stress enough how much you and Ben Show in particular helped shaped my own creative voice. I rewatch this series religiously. To me, it’s the best thing ever posted on KZbin and your channel is perfect.

You can also get this as a plugin, it's called cardinal and what's cool is you can use the whole rack just for it's fx that way.

Ahah! So bizzarre, yet so fun to watch :)

Ben and vcv rack!! This is the crossover I didn't know I needed. I've been into modular and using vcv for years and it's really exciting to see Ben's approach to it!

For the first time I actually completed something from start to finish because of this video

modular is one of my favorite ways to make sounds. there's a lot of things you can't do, but there are way more things that you can't do any other way. there's something very calming about exploring sound in this system. it makes me slow down and feel less anxious.

I love the little message at the end.

He'll yeah love it been addicted to vcv rack for a few years now by far my favorite way to much music on my computer

i'm more of a midinous guy

This is going to be devastating to my wallet if it gets me hooked on modular synthesis 😂