2:17am

[@ashzone8974]

11 years already.... And it's still a timeless masterpiece that hasn't aged a single day.....

[@juliantalkstravel]

Found this song a little under 4 years ago. I keep coming back to it. So good.

[@MaareK87]

+JamFilms yeah i know what you mean! This is one of my all-time favs, burned into my favourites like for ever

[@keylyanclark8188]

Julian bro I found this when I was in jr. High and loved it ever since

[@juliantalkstravel]

Keylyan Clark Yeah same

[@Neuroszima]

same man, this is so soothing

[@Yokozuna_666]

This is one of those songs that make you think. It gives a joyous feeling, but an extreme sense of longing, and emptiness, I don't know how, but it does. It is something you'd listen to at 2 a.m., on a sleepless night, so you can just.... Think. This actually brought a tear to my eye, and I enjoyed it so much , thank you for this piece :)

[@thetaft42]

wonderfully spoken

[@H2OFlows]

Well said

[@animeandwaffles7115]

Ending the decade with this masterpiece. Glad my brother reminded me of it today. 🖤

[@ChrisHahn]

Animeand Waffles - dang. Has it really been 10 years?

[@animeandwaffles7115]

@@ChrisHahn Yep, my other little brother is the one who showed me the video, a bunch of years back. He passed away in 2017 so its been hard to listen to a bunch of songs. But for some reason I came back to this one today and I didn't cry this time. Me and my brother just sat, listened, and remembered. Thank you for making this amazing track 🖤

[@blamedat5367]

even after all these years i get back on youtube writes "2.17am" and listen to it much love

[@H2OFlows]

Glad to know I'm not the only one :)

[@KiceLePrince]

Heard this masterpiece 11 years ago, and it's still giving me goosebumps.

[@MrGara1994]

3 years later...this song is still one of my favorites!!

[@jamesball3049]

Still my go to song, when feeling stressed before sleeping 11 years later.

[@JAVI3R88]

This kinda reminds me of Ernest Gonzales - While on Saturn's Rings. =)

[@BillyGiraffe]

Slo-Mo187 that's because it is

[@Noises]

Ten years on and still a bomb. If you're readingthis in 2020, I hope you're using your social isolation time creatively.

[@crowbartender]

For some reason, I keep coming back. There is just something in this track. Inspiration for the song I consider my best, I got here at 2:17am.

[@bacon_sammich2845]

So I watched this video about 6-8 weeks ago and was absolutely captivated by it. Once I saw what you were doing, it all made sense very quickly how I could manipulate samples to make music. A few days later someone listed a launchpad and XL control on facebook, and I bought them on impulse... next thing I know I'm learning ableton live and searching through old vinyls on youtube for samples, and now I've begun trying to put tracks and loops together... and it all started with this amazing video! Thanks for showing me the way forward!

[@ChrisHahnCreative]

That's awesome! I tell people that once you get your head around how the software works and how you can basically build your own instrument with MIDI controllers, you start listening to the world completely differently. I actively listen for sounds and loops in everyday life, and sometimes it's as easy as pulling out your phone and taking voicenotes of a sound. The building blocks are all around us, you just have to listen with your eyes wide open.

[@whyneedacoolname]

...2:54 a.m actually...:P

[@GasparinSR]

Hace 13 años que sigue siendo mi canción de meditación 🫶❤️

[@robby102938]

lol I watched this at exactly 2:17 am :)

[@robby102938]

btw this is seriously amazing!

[@soylentgreen4812]

Robert L. Yes.

[@Hyper5nic]

It's February 2018 and i'm still watching, and enjoying this! :-) Thanks for the share and do let us know what you're upto now Chris!

[@jiggz2011]

2017 and I'm still watching this!!! Idk why this doesn't have more views!

[@kylewatson6442]

notice......how he feels and holds his ring finger/ wedding band.....almost feels like this song was "for her" and get the feeling like so....such a chill and responsive song, my first but not last time listening to it. so incredible

[@xMisterInkx]

I still always find peace when I'm listening to this song. I really do like the stuff that you do. Keep up the nice beats. :D

[@acer110366]

Oh God , it is a beautiful music. It reminds me of the time I used to spend after midnight many years ago. I miss those young days.

[@christianacevedo2ify]

Man I've been listening to this song and it's still as good as the first time I heard it. Such a beautiful melody. Fantastic work.

[@Epic501]

The way you have everything set up here is bloody brilliant.

[@shredfix1993]

This performance is easy and anyone could do it. How ever, all the preparation involved in making this would drive anyone insane. Writing the tune, the instrumentation, sequencing, mixing and then the ordering so it can be played on a launchpad. and thats just to start with. Great work dude, nice vibes.

[@JahZilla_inc]

By far one of the best controllerist videos and songs I've ever heard/seen on KZbin. Love the song arrangement/production. Very good work. Thanks for sharing.

[@Sulkanaar]

Chris, this is sick. These sample tones have been stuck in my head all week. I really like what you did here. Thanks for sharing!

[@riandidermawan2961]

12 years ago and still love this track. Terimakasih banyak 🙏

[@tburrus94]

2:47 am right now. The same rhythm as "While on Saturn's rings" by Enerst Gonzales.

[@hiraeth8208]

i think it might be sample?

[@Felnuts]

i cant stop listening this is so deep

[@TheBloodninjataro]

Thank you very much for your response. I have been playing around with ableton live demo for a while but just REALLY got into it and I am just going to stick to that because of its compatibility with other programs. Thank you very much and a MIDI keyboard truly does speed up the time you use thinking up ideas. Much easier to make light of them.

[@benmitchinson9831]

Downloaded this song with an mp3 ripper in middle school and used to listen to it every night before I fell asleep. Still coming back to it

[@ChrisHahn]

Ben Mitchinson - dang dude, that’s awesome! Thanks for still listening!

[@DarkS1m]

And I thought these were just for electro/dubstep... this is beautiful! I really like how you turned one pad on its side and used the follow commands to get it to loop horizontally - nice touch!

[@Aeuria]

Not only was this unreal to watch. But was so magical to listen to. Really Flashbulb/Tycho-esque. Absolutely loved it man.

[@moonchard]

I luv this so much. Such a beautiful place for me to be with elements of sedation, sadness and tranquillity. So addictive man. Amazing track.

[@Anonymous_Jo]

As soon as it repeated the beginning melody I was hooked, this is AWESOME!!! Love, love, loved the sounds!!!!

[@thricex05]

I'm really digging your set up. It's quite simple and effective. I think I've watched this like 5 times in a row today.

[@JervisVadovaJVA]

The melody is so soft and like so calm

[@ChrisHahn]

Thanks, Ryan. I did create the loops beforehand. That's part of my workflow. I almost never have the opportunity to just sit down and write a song, so alot of times i'll just work on beat loops, or melodic loops here and there. Then, when I have the chance to sit down and actually put something together, I have some jumping off points rather than a blank slate.

[@shootdaj]

Nice, I'll have to try that. Last night I tried the Slice to new MIDI track approach and it worked pretty well too. I froze the MIDI track with the Electric loaded (with a 2 bar clip recorded - I shortened my original clip to 2 bars), then flattened it, creating an audio track. I then sliced the new audio clip by 1/4 bars into a new MIDI track, creating 8 slices. Then I created 8 clips with each one playing one piece and follow action to the next, which ended up working exactly like yours.

[@iVideo1011]

Wow thank you chris!!! You helped me so much! Other people would of just ignored me, but you listen to your viewers! Thanks!

[@FurrowedSon]

This is amazing. Like others, ran across it by accident, but so glad I did - it's awesome. It's also great because you can learn a lot from watching something like this. Thanks for posting it!

[@jfodes]

Keep coming back to this video, truly inspirational.

[@ChrisHahn]

It would be worth considering. Like I mentioned to the poster above, having some kind of control surface isn't necessary for writing, but it makes it alot easier when you can quickly input notes, or do automation passes. If you want to get into performing your tracks with Ableton (which Ableton is really great at) then the LP is really great for that.

[@ThunderWindz]

Very well explained! I have playing guitar for years and always wanted to move to keyboard, but this just looks so much more interesting! The mind-picture with the brushes was really great! Thank you!

[@Brenwalsh]

Wow, Simply amazing Whoever says you can't produce real music using a computer has more than likely never seen this

[@matsuoSonata]

This was just simply beautiful and amazing! really well done mate

[@oxyg3ne51]

This song is something I listen several times a year, still amazing !

[@smallcolin]

This is an excellent way to use the launchpad and clip follow actions. Nice work. Great track too!

[@Mrinvisible0127]

I can't help it, I always come back to this.. thx for this awesome Piece of work =)

[@Xentaris]

Amazing work Chris, haven't seen much stuff out there which was THAT good so far, i'm addicted to this track.

[@psyopsBASS]

i thought i knew minimal music but you just jammed out the same riff for 6 minutes and kept it interesting with layers and texture coming in and out of the mix. impressive live jam man! really enjoyed the vid :)

[@Kittani1977]

Awesome... never thought of turing one of my LP's sideways and use the follow-on actions like that.. it makes more sense than the "Matrix Rain" effect you'd get having it normal.

[@ChrisHahn]

Part of it is how much you want to spend, and part of it is what is it you're wanting to do. The APC40 out of the box is an Ableton surface control, giving you knobs, sliders and a grid to replicate the Ableton interface. The Launchpad is a grid launcher too, with some mixer controls. The Push, while you can just launch things, it's aimed at writing music, with it's sequencer and scales tools built in.

[@SaphirosDragonthera]

awesome device!! u know, when I am listening to music I always tap my fingers on the desk trying to get the rythm but I never imagined that you can actually play music like this!! awesome music!!!

[@morrandekudde]

thank you for the awesome response :3 I'm thinking about maybe buy some stuff and try it for myself. Been a musician for 10 years and i have been doing stuff with FL for a long time. Maybe this is a direction i might go ^^

[@jfodes]

Really never thought to set up samples like that, or even turn my LP on its side, LOL, I am definitely going to experiment. Really creative, love the track.

[@ChrisHahn]

The launchpad just lights up to follow the clips as they're firing in Ableton. If you're asking about how the loop is going, that's something in Ableton called Follow Actions which determine what happens when a clip when it finishes.

[@russelrw]

I tend to never comment on videos but this deserves it. Really excellent. You should make an album of great stuff.

[@ChrisHahn]

Automap is pretty flexible. You can configure buttons for toggle, or momentary, CC or Note, even keystrokes, which is really nice.

[@otiagomarques]

creative way to use the lauchpad almost like a sequencer. Keep the good work

[@ashxwilson]

This is insane mate, love the glitch effects you've got going on throughout, right up my street.

[@ChrisHahn]

The Launchpad is a general MIDI device capable of sending and receiving note data, CC's, even keyboard presses, depending on how you configure it with Novation's Automap software. In that respect, the hardest part is figuring out how you want to use it. You can use it with any music software. That being said, it was made specifically with Ableton Live in mind, and supports Ableton's Native Mode which lets you control Ableton's clip launch grid as well as many of the mixer functions.

[@ChrisHahn]

I start out by dropping clip into Arrangement view, and then manually slicing it up into subdivisions there, then selecting them all, click and drag, hit tab, then drop them in a track. All your splits will go to separate clips. After that you can make warp tweaks to the individual clips if you need to.

[@Cartmanstbest]

it feels good to see someone actually feeling the beat and your feeling it awesome work

[@thec0smicleviathan]

Way cool. Way cool indeed. Love the domo shirt. I didnt like how the drums sounded like you jist randomly put notes together but the mealody of it is quite relaxing and very beautiful.

[@pmGOdrums]

sooo good. i like the grid controllers as well, although i'm not near as good as you are with it. this sounds so clean. nice and inspirational for grid controllerists.

[@Felnuts]

this is insane keep doing your thing man

[@zekeoneil7797]

What a beautiful melody. I have a feeling, were it 2:17am and I couldn't sleep, this would really help. ^_^ I'll surely keep this in mind. Great Job!

[@NitroGhost124]

I very rarely comment on videos to express my opinions on them, but DUDE!! this is freaking awesome. so expressive

[@keylyanclark8188]

I found this song way back in grade school. I still find myself listening to this today

[@DJSevenPDX]

CRazy sick doesn't even begin to describe this... nice job and def. worth the work put into making this. Nice job man!!

[@ChrisHahn]

It depends on how long your loops are, and where the cuts are. Sometimes you need to experiment. You can lay out notes, but I prefer laying out samples in each cell, just because it's more predictable.

[@justwitti]

This thing has stayed in my mind for 10 years!

[@infiniteblaze]

I just randomly stumbled onto this at 2:12am...except my clock was 5mins fast. Definitely digging it.

[@ChrisHahn]

I like having two LPs because you can configure them to run independently. I mean, you can page through things certainly, but it's nice to have things all at your fingers without having to flip through things.

[@DragynFyre12]

I would just like to say that finding this song has made my night.

[@RapidRushLP]

I LOVE IT ! It is so freakin' amazing... sitting here and wondering how chilly music can be...

[@MaggieLeonard]

goosebumps everytime, this song is bomb. watching you play it is even better

[@shootdaj]

actually i did exactly that, copy the same clip 7 times and then move the note.. thanks for all your input, it has helped quite a lot.. this technique is up there with using "dummy clips" in that it's using ableton live in a way that was not specifically intended by the creators, but then again i guess innovation requires users to experiment.

[@AxelsOrgan]

Amazing! This is music, creation, art! I've always wanted to hear a song like this, a nice melody mellow tone with beats mixed in to it, I loved how you experimented with the beats and tones and all those varieties, keep up the good work, one love-3

[@sporktar]

I can't stop listening to this track.

[@BlenegLapo]

that beat is sweeet. nice little live session there. and may I say. very nice choice of instrumentation.

[@ChrisHahn]

oh yeah. I'm totally buying two of them. I'm really hoping the the buttons have a nice action to them. I love the LP but the LP mini's are in basically the same form factor as the monome, and I loved my monomes for the button size and spacing. Not to mention, they're only $100 a piece.

[@ChrisHahn]

oh snap. I just looked up his Improvised MIDI Guitar video. What the crap, that's awesome! I'm going to look up some of his tracks now. Thanks!

[@ChrisHahn]

Thanks! Yeah, out of the box it takes a bit of finessing, but you can do alot with it. That's what makes the Ableton Push's scale mode so interesting. Speaking of which, I believe that several people have come up with ways to adapt those 4th scales to the LP layout. No velocity, but still useful. I actually use a MIDI velocity scaler in Ableton, and map that to a knob so that you can play the LP a bit more expressively.

[@ChrisHahn]

Thanks, Eric. I think the best way to start out is to figure out if you're just wanting to write, or to write and perform. I use Ableton Live for performing, but I still use some other tools like Reaper and Pro Tools for recording and editing. I would look into the 30 day trial of Ableton and just work it hard for those 30 days and see if it's your thing. Keep in mind, any MIDI controller you buy is an extension of the software. Sometimes just getting a $40 keyboard is all you need.

[@JesseJaceThomas]

SOLID! I played with the Launchpad a couple times in retail stores and didn't care for it, but it's being put to good use here.

[@ChrisHahn]

That being said, knowing that the LP is simply reflecting what's happening in the software, what's happening in Ableton is pretty much what you said - each sound is set to a cell in grid - just like the buttons on the LP - and pushing the buttons are triggering each sample in each cell, depending on how you've set up each cell. A cell can contain a one shot sample, a loop, part of a loop, a MIDI clip, etc.

[@CSMediaUK]

I have a music technology performance coming up soon, thanks for providing me with the inspiration to do something like this!

[@ghACE614]

I almost didn't want to wait for it to kick up, but I'm glad I did. Sounds great man.

[@ChrisHahn]

You can still do plenty by having it set to 8ths, which is safer from a triggering standpoint. I have my clips set to auto trigger the next clip in a linear cascade at 8th intervals. after you start the clips looping, you're essentially beatcutting by interrupting the linear playback with non-linear trigger, and then resetting everything by going back to the beginning.

[@keylyanclark8188]

2019 and I’m still listening to this years later

[@hiddenh0e]

2020 is here!

[@keylyanclark8188]

Nyan Cat that indeed it is bro. And I’m still listening to the song

[@ChrisHahn]

The LP is paired to Ableton Live, so what you're seeing on the left hand side is just replicating what's already happening in Ableton, it's just giving you a tactile way to control it, and with two way LED communication, you can see what's happening as well. You can map any MIDI controller to control Ableton, you just don't have LED feedback, and you have to go through the work of creating the mappings. The LP is set up so that it works automatically.

[@ChrisHahn]

yup. Just a pretty common EP sound. You can add things like tremolo, and modify things like how hard the hammers hit the tines, and noise and things like that, but I don't really remember what they are now. I kind of like not knowing, so I don't use the same sound next time. Anyway, the delay and reverb are sends and they're on every channel, and not part of the original sound.

[@ivandbt]

Dudeeeeee, ithis is one of the best things i've ever heard/seen in my whole life, you're awesome!

[@alexrsagen]

You are a legend, Chris, this is truely amazing music!

[@cheloplaza]

wow simply beautiful keep up the good work idk why but when i hear this one work comes to mind "Dream"

[@RickySweum]

Awesome performance. Love the music!

[@ChrisHahn]

Ricky Sweum - thanks!

[@ObscEst]

This is so good. I could listen to it for days.

[@Kyan321]

Wow... This is a really peaceful song and is very relaxing, Great song. :-)

[@cleversoncruz1]

simply beautiful, thank you for creating this sound