Hello Maurizio! 😃 Yeah it certainly is. I recommend it thoroughly… being able to import your own samples is my favourite aspect of it. I’m making some more with this little yellow beauty. Hope you are good and well mate? 🙏🏻

Thank you very much Michael! ❤️ Yeah I love it… I’ve imported about 40 or 50 of some of my files recordings, old and new ones and I’m looking forward to experimenting with them. Thanks for continuing to support my channel 🙏🏻💎

Thank you very much Sam! ❤️

Hi you two! 👋😃 That is great to hear you liked it and got inspiration from this... A great result. It certainly is very deep, for it's size... and I'm hooked on granular after using this now... So a GR-Mega is on the cards later down the line I think... You are very welcome indeed... I like what you are both doing! ;-)

Hello mate! 😃 good to hear from you again 🙏🏻 You’re very welcome I’m glad you liked it. Yes it’s been on my watch (obsess) list for a couple of years… I’m glad I got it. A lot of my field samples I use my iPhone voice memo app if I’m ok with the quality being rough and dirty… I usually warp it a lot anyway and background stuff often works well too. I do use a Zoom H4n for the times when I want a cleaner and higher quality recording… but either way I’ve been recording a lot of things as I’ve been going about normal life for a few years now… I’m glad I have done, I can use them this way now haha 😂 I thought it was pricey but I can now appreciate why it’s priced as it is. It has some powerful processing power, and the amount you can warp/pitch samples without them falling apart into harsh artefacts, is really good. Thanks a lot for checking it out my friend 🙏🏻 And yes, that touch screen makes it fast to use

@@rickhopkinson I thought I would do some field recordings and have bought a H4n over a year ago. I never used it apart from a few recent recording sessions at home when I didn't want to use the big mixer. Maybe some day I will go out and record some nature and zoo sounds. Good to know what the nanobox could then do with that. Your video and further explanation is very helpful and I appreciate your answer. 🙂

@@RainerMuenz I usually use the H4n more than my mixer too, the quality is a lot higher if I’m honest so when it’s just one instrument at a time I use it… Yeah just go out and try it. Record random stuff too as it’ll transform if you pitch it heavily… You are very welcome 🙏🏻 I’m very pleased the little tutorial side of the video helped… I’ll go into more detail soon too

@@rickhopkinson I am really looking forward to more videos with this little synth. I am just discovering the possibilities of the H4n, so I guess I will use it more often for recordings of just one synth (or two mono synths). To be honest, I sometimes had a problem with distortion and need to find out how to set it up in the menu. A mixer is more user friendly in this case. Especially my new toy, the Liven Ambient synth, makes me trouble when holding a drone note (getting automatically louder and louder and louder, depending on the delay/reverb settings). So much to learn and to discover...

@@RainerMuenz Hi Rainer, I'm glad you're looking forward to what's to come about this synth... There is a recording volume/gain amount on one side of the H4n which you may need to lower (and keep the actually listening volume on the other side, higher. Maybe, or you may already be well aware of this... It's just the first thing that I would check if it was me. I'll offer help if I can, let me know how you get on with it. 🙂 Yep loads to learn but in a good way... and when we work things out after a time of struggle, it makes a good sense of achievement very real.

@@F.R.B.Synths Hi mate 👋 Thank you very much! I’m very pleased you liked this 💎🙏🏻

Hi Brad 😊 good to hear from you again mate and thank you 🙏🏻 I love this little synth… thanks for checking it out and I hope all is well for you 👍

@@soniklink-WKD4496 Hey up mate! That was a fast comment haha 😆… I’m happy you liked this mate… haha yeah it gets progressively more odd and deeper doesn’t it 😉 I thought I’d do the top down view for this one… show what I’m doing etc. A year back and before I want interested that much I’m sampling stuff in this way but I’m loving this… mainly when I’m importing my own field samples… I do find it takes some thinking about what to record… so I’ll be getting out there making more… I’m thinking of getting some contact mics too 🤔

Hello mate 👋 That’s very kind of you to say so thank you 🙏🏻 I’m glad it translated across like I intended it to… definitely an undertone of something not quite right and as it seems. Thanks very much mate! I’m liking what you’re doing on your channel

@@Knightsnare Hello Johnathan! 👋 Thank you so much for checking this video out I appreciate it a lot 🙏🏻 It’s put a big smile on my face… I’m genuinely very pleased you liked this track and that it took you on your own journey… that’s one of my missions, to send people off into their own mind trip, and it’s ace it worked well for you. I hope you’ll consider giving some of my other videos a listen too… I think you’ll like some of them 😉 Thanks again 🫵🙏🏻💎

Hi bro 😎 you’re very welcome! That’s great to hear… it’s exactly what I want for people to feel 🙏🏻💎 really glad you enjoyed it 😊

@@MartinTaylor-i5t Hey up Martin 👍😃 That is ace to hear, that’s my aim with my music, to help take people to other places in the mind! 🙏🏻😎 Yeah the ship ‘horn’ is my favourite sound in this piece… although it’s made from a childhood reed wind instrument I had in the 1980’s and I was really happy with how it set a mood… thanks a load for watching and continuing to follow what I’m doing mate I appreciate it a lot 🫡🎧

Thank you so much mate!! 🙏🏻🫵💎

@@DisciplinedCommotion Hi Tim 👋👍 Yeah I agree with you, and I’m glad you felt that vibe too… for me it’s the reed/horns that give a misty and lost feeling… thank you very much for watching mate 🙏🏻

Thank you! Always appreciate your support and I’m glad you liked this 🙏🏻🫡

Maurizio! Thank you very much for watching so quickly and I’m very pleased you like it 🙏🏻💎 It’s deeply appreciated as always… it was nice to make something a bit different too 😃

@@niancanardworks Nian! 🙏🏻 Thank you so much 👍 I’m really glad you liked it… I’ll be checking out your bandcamp release asap too

Stuie! How’s it going matey? 😃 Thanks so much I really appreciate that… it’s lovely to hear you like my piano playing too… I think this piece in its original mix ‘The Clown’ is worth recording solo… The idea to bring the sea into this and specifically the shot at 2:42 is that the reedy horn type sound reminded me of an old haunting ship’s horn out at sea in a think fog etc… so I thought if fading in the sideways moving shot over the static pier shot from above… I’m so glad you liked the sounds… I can tell you how I made them (if you want), but I might have to arrange for an accident so it doesn’t get out… 😉 Put it this way, it’s a childhood instrument that I had from very young… got it from my dad’s loft 😎

Hello Brad! You are very welcome indeed mate 😉

Thank you so much mate 🙏🏻 Wow that’s a great and humbling compliment for which I’m deeply grateful for! 💎🫡 I’m glad you liked the visuals and that you felt they matched well… Due to a change of circumstance the music needed an unplanned visual and I remembered during the summer I’d filmed some shots in Llandudno, north Wales while I was on holiday with my family… It is about 90 or 100 miles away from where we live… so not so far really. I’ve not been there since I was about 10 years old… funny enough Ian Miller my childhood bro used to come with me and my mom and dad and brother Chris… back in about 1990! 😮❤

Hi Nian thank you 🙏🏻 😎👍… yeah this is a band project that is growing steadily behind the scenes between me and Kev. We’re called Shots At Two. This track was a bit more ambient than a pure Shots At Two track, so we decided to upload it to my channel. We will be making a specific band KZbin channel too relatively soon, so that’s gonna be exciting. We have a few tracks already made and they’re gonna be ace played live… well we think so anyway 😂 In some of my Sanctuary videos over the last year I’ve shown the band logo occasionally (on my laptop screen) to drop hints of what is coming alongside continuing with the Sanctuary project as well. I’ve considered a live show could open with a Sanctuary set and then follow it up with a Shots set… kind of merge it into one medley track, where the last and first tracks morph together and the mood shifts with an injection of energy and beats enter… I’m glad you like the band vibe too ❤ Hope you’re both well and happy 💎

@@rickhopkinson This track feels pretty solid in my opining I would be vibing Live to this. Also there something about duos Live it works really well because they bring different perspectives to the table. I just so Abul Mogard and Grand River together and it was the performance of the year so far what amazing album too but it took me out my head completely actually seeing how they did it. 🤯

⁠​⁠@@niancanardworks Sorry for the delayed reply Nian… yeah I agree with you… duos are good… I’ll check them out and watch and learn… hope you’re well Nian 🙏🏻 oh and thank you I’m glad you like this track, Kev will be happy too… I’ll pass it on to him 👍🔥

Hello bro! 👋 You are very welcome 🙏🏻 your channel deserves a mention… my channel is still small but even so, every mention helps doesn’t it. 😃 Oh knowing that it made your day has helped me to feel better at the end of a rough day at my end 😂… seriously it has and I’m grateful. It’s good knowing I’ve helped. Yes I agree with you the world does need it… so let’s both do our part and inject some good vibes, be it peaceful, entertaining or scary dark ambient! 🔥💯 Respect mate… let’s keep in touch 💪

@@niancanardworks Hi Nian 👋 it’s great to hear from you again! 🙏🏻😎 Yes I know what you mean… I must admit I’m really enjoying doing these collaborations… Ooww now then… maybe we could team up sometime? Send a starting point to each other to use to upload to our own channel, so one video each maybe… let me know what you think 😃 it would be very cool

@@rickhopkinson That would be great. We are doing something similar with people based in London. So far 2 sessions. But we haven't film anything we just got carried away will all the jamming and new take on improve music. Feel these sessions really make us grow as Artists!

@@MartinTaylor-i5t Hello Martin! Thank you for checking out my channel! I’m very pleased you liked this performance and I hope you’ll like some of my others if you get the chance to have a listen 🙏🏻

@@rickhopkinson I'll definitely be checking out more of your performances 👍

@@MartinTaylor-i5t Nice one Martin thank you! 🙏🏻💯

Hello there 🙂👋 Thank you for checking out my video, and welcome to my channel! Oh you had me thinking back then to remember how I did it, and I remembered which ASM video I watched to find out how to do it. At the time I'd heard it was doable and found this... kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5rIhXytmap0na8 If you follow what he does on here then it will work for you... Basically the audio is brought in via the Ring Mod... I hope this helps... Please let me know if you are successful with it either way! 🙂

@@rickhopkinson Thank you very much. I will try it and get back to inform you. Thanks. EDIT : Well, that works perfectly well. I tried it with a piece of music out of my smartphone. Then it goes through Effects module, just for the fun. What a fantastic instrument ! Thanks again.

@@liviou2004 Hi 👋 you are very welcome, it’s good to help where I can and yes, I’m really glad it worked for you… yeah it’s a bit of a game changer isn’t it. It truly is an awesome machine I totally agree. It’s a beast… it’s no wonder M83 use about 4 of them in their sets! Oh you are very welcome and in light of this conversation I think I’ll experiment again with what to bring in as audio… 🙏🏻🔥💯 Please consider uploading a video and I’d love to check it out 😉💎

Hello again mate 👋 Thank you very much for checking out my channel… you are very welcome here 🙏🏻💎 That is very nice and cool to hear you liked and appreciated what we did with it… the Nux Cerberus analog overdrive and distortion had a solid contribution to it screaming… I really do rate that fx pedal, especially for the reasonable price point. And I thought Ian did a solid job too… it was his first session on a synth as far as I’m aware… I think he likes the 2600… as do I!❤ I appreciate you checking this out and I hope you’ll consider having a look at some of my other videos of mind journeys! 🔥🤣🙏🏻

@@cozm8 Bro, thank you so much!! I’m really glad you like it, genuinely I am 🙏🏻💯 Haha, I’m glad it was sinister for you… I’ve not made another… yet. But I have some ideas… I need to think about how I can make them… Haha yes! It was definitely an intentional homage to that particular shot. It worked I think. You know how much I adore the works of Stanley Kubrick so I couldn’t resist trying to replicate it. Do you know what mate, I might just start planning a 2nd film… and thank you regarding my son’s performance too bro I appreciate it and I will tell him you were impressed.

Hi mate! Thanks so much for checking out this video as well as the other two in one session 🙏💅 Yeah I love using that ribbon for pitch or Theremin mode, definitely adds a deeper emotional quality, especially when I use it slowly and subtle for drone bombing... Thanks mate... I adore film score music as you'll probably know and that's my dream to score for movies... so I'm happy with your thoughts on this.

@@rickhopkinsonOh yes we love our film scores!! Many times I have random scenes dancing in my head while getting lost to your jams... So, I would say, that you have already scored for movies mate... :) Indeed I foresee this happening, keep it up Rick!

@@cozm8 Ohh mate thank you very much and I do REALLY hope so!! 👍🙏🏻 it’ll be a dream come true 🔥

Thank you again matey! 💜🙏 Yes working With Kev is always very interesting and a lot of fun, he brings a deep talent to what he does and it was a lot of fun adding something to this track, albeit quite subtle on my part. That's great you liked the build up and vibe! Thanks mate, yeah its very atmospheric working in there, when the lights are on, and helps to bring interesting inspirations... Sam place I filmed my short film on this channel. The one called 'Generation'... If you fancy a watch at some point... ;-)

@@rickhopkinson Very inspiring to see you two in action! Short film eh?? YES!!! That shall be my next watch for sure... I have been looking forward to you making a film, I know it will be right up my alley 💥

@@cozm8 Hello mate 🙂 Haha I love your enthusiasm! It inspires me... I hope you like it. I made it about 3 years back now... and I'd love to make another, or one that fits into the same universe / vibe. 🙏👌

Hello mate! 😃 Lovely to hear from you again! Thank you for returning back to my channel too... Yeah I really enjoyed playing this with Ian and it's special when there's history together. Things are good thank you mate 🙂 How's things been for you then? It's ok I've been very busy too but so long as we keep going and keep being creative and/or returning back to it. I'm very glad you liked this session matey... Yes! I love the Alien universe, love the vibe of the films... 👌🙏

@@rickhopkinson All good here brother, and yes you're exactly right - as long as we keep going and letting the creative juices flow. You have been quite prolific with your music I can see, and thats very inspiring... Keep it up!

@@cozm8 Hello mate! I thank you very much and I definitely will do! This makes me feel alive… and thank you for your kind and encouraging words my friend! 🙏🏻💯🔥

Hey up Charles 🙂 Thank you! I'm glad it was creepy...

@@soniklink-WKD4496 Hey up Stuie 👋🙏🏻 Thank you mate!

@@Heavycap Hello again mate 😃😎 Thank you so much! I genuinely appreciate it a lot… each it really is a cracking synth. I bet it could be priced an extra £500 more if it was made by another manufacturer… and it’s quality is solid too. I love that it has 5 LFOs per sound engine (x2) and both engines also have 5 envelopes that can be loopable too

Hi mate 👋 Thank you very much 🙏🏻. Yeah I think the deluxe is priced really good for what you get and the quality of it too. It’s very deep but in a quick and accessible way

Hello mate, thank you and yes I’ve a passion for it too 😍

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You’re very welcome, and thank you for yours too 🙏🏻💎