3 Beautiful Synth Setups for Ambient Music // Summer of Synths

[@BoBeats]

Last Summer of Synths video for this year! Have you been enjoying the event? And who should I invite for 2022?!

[@JamesRamboPearce]

My man Tim Shoebridge would be great

[@joshuareavis4401]

The guy who does the loopop channel seems like he’s in a similar league as you!

[@johanmalmer4876]

Thanks Bo for a wonderful summer of sins(!). You are a great ”producer”, you have picked a few of my favourite youtubers and some new favourites. Looking forward to next summer!

[@jackpijjin4088]

I think you should get that "Bob Eats" guy, that could be interesting- ...wait...

[@DigestiveTracks]

Jakob Haq!!

[@GabeMillerMusic]

The vibes in this video are so good. Ambient has always kinda been black magic to me, thanks for shedding some light on what goes into it!

[@elinpiel9439]

❤️

[@wickeddubz]

I must say that all these instruments and boards are very niche and quite expensive, so it’s often unclear what they actually do. Especially Monome beasts. I believe there are cheaper setups that allow to make nice ambient tunes. Good subject for research

[@scrampop3353]

Elin's work is so good, been following on Instagram for awhile, the way its all pulled together with a concentrated strength and gentleness is genius.

[@elinpiel9439]

❤️

[@jeremyallen2821]

So glad Elin is getting more exposure. One of my favorite synth artists! Good taste in guest Bo!!!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Great episode Elin & Bo! Lovely music throughout! Happy summer vacation!

[@johnchongsing7745]

It would be helpful for Elin to share more of her compositional process from conceptualization to execution

[@seansley]

Thank you, Elin. The cinematography was excellent, particularly the solid framing. Bo - enjoy your break, and "warm" days while you're able

[@loopop]

What a beautifully done video!

[@K.KILLORAN]

It really was. Top notch.

[@elinpiel9439]

[@margg_names]

She’s flawless 🍨

[@rayderrich]

Elin, what a wonderful series of setups, and I love the little comments you overlaid on the video. Thank you for inspiring others, and thanks Bo for having Elin on the channel.

[@Fallingoverbackwards]

Wow what a treat, the way the second sequence is out of time and drifting is wonderful

[@SynthDad]

Great video Elin - love seeing how you approach building this modular setup and walking us through your patch. I’ve enjoyed your videos on Instagram for a while now. Great work!

[@maxwellbanjo]

Thank you for featuring Elin Piel on your channel. Elin is a brilliant musician!

[@ThomC]

Really love the creativity and thought process behind all of these setups, it makes me think about the fact that the environment as well as the combination of instruments are very important to trigger inspiration. Thank you for sharing! :)

[@ConenRuam]

Thanks so much Bo & Elin, really enjoyed that! Really interesting to see a few setups tbere, loved the sounds and Elin's voice is calming, so it was almost a medative experience :) Much love

[@SecondSunCph]

This was one of the best things I saw in a long time. Thank you Bo and Elin.

[@johanmalmer4876]

Thanks Elin for the beautiful sounds. Very inspiring. Also love the view I think I recognize from when I grew up in Lunden Gbg. Happy memories!

[@degradedecho8397]

Sooo lovey to meet you Elin! Your musical and synth world is so enchanting thank you. Thanks bo!

[@KimBjrn]

Another great video from Bo's Summer series - truly enjoyed the familiar Swedish self-irony and relaxed approach . Well done Elin - always enjoying your videos on Instagram.

[@elinpiel9439]

❤️

[@RyansnevetS]

What a beautiful video♥️ thank you Elin, and thank you Bo for showcasing another incredible artist😁

[@peterknowles3198]

A wonderfully educational video with glorious music. Thank you Elin

[@luminousbrilliance1711]

Thank you for helping Bo and his family while they are on Vacation! Go Team Sweden!

[@AvianBreak]

Absolutely phenomenal, Elin! Really inspiring stuff, making me want to try out some of your OP-1 ambient tape techniques.

[@JamesSmith-uw1vj]

I’m new to this genre of music and you are a fantastic synth artist.

[@JamesRamboPearce]

I think you explained everything really well, even if you weren't confident about the last setup! Lots of ideas for my existing gear even though it's all different!

[@elinpiel9439]

Thanks! That was my goal with this video. ☺️

[@KattKirsch]

My love of ambient is well documented (literally my only vintage gear is a Poly 800 because of Gigi Masin) so this was an easy sell; but I'd never thought about any of the equipment shown being used in this context, which is so exciting! My friend's peak is the drone / dark noise machine, and modular is... boops? "Content"? Lol. This was really great, Bo. Excellent find, I'm excited to see more of her work!

[@henrikemanuelsson7080]

Great video with soothing music and great information and tips!

[@truthseeker3907]

Thank you Bo, Elin Piel and Thumbs up! 👍

[@noctopolismusic461]

Tack för finfin musik! Tredje delen med Peak = pure bliss!

[@Almanacs]

This is so inspiring and Elin's sound is warm and beautiful. Thanks for sharing your techniques 🖤

[@HousePlant_Ambient]

Im interested in seeing more of her process. Really makes some incredible music that makes me question “how is she doing that?”

[@Rightly_Divided]

The Waldorf Quantum and Iridium are also amazing for this too

[@maikolnait1446]

The modular setup is epic. Well done!

[@Peterb200295]

After this video I: - feel well informed on how ambient music is made - feel really relaxed after all the ambient music that was made - moisturized my cuticles. Awesome video, thanks Elin & Bo :)

[@RaddMann3]

Fun video. I don't do much modular but I like combining gear I have. The norns reminds me of the Organelle that I have. I like to send fun midi patterns to my Minilogue XD or my Hydrasynth from the Organelle. You have inspired me to break out my organelle again.

[@elinpiel9439]

Oh I’ve been eyeing the Organelle forever now. But as you say… seems pretty similar to the Norns.

[@nealen]

Elin this is beyond beautiful. I can't like this enough.

[@elinpiel9439]

Thank you! ❤️

[@almightyEsquilax]

@@elinpiel9439 oh hey, I'm your first subscriber!

[@whatintheworld6501]

Great video. Elin is an incredible musician

[@rgcmusic]

She makes very beautiful music. I am mostly interested in that since her setups are a little much for me on devices I don't have. I think I only had a Peak out of all the gear listed. I'll check out her music.

[@johannbach2725]

Really lovely stuff - very relaxing - great video too!

[@mr_floydst]

Another high quality video, and these sounds are really impressive. Thanks for making this video and for creating this series, it was an interesting summer event for sure!

[@m0osebeard]

Thanks Bo. I loved Synth Dad and the deluge video

[@stixvane]

Love your melodic take on not giving a fook and making your own amazing music. BrAp ON! It gAss (as the kids say)

[@fern6956]

Grymt bra avsnitt, härlig sommarambient :)

[@kooljules]

Elin Is my favorite substitute teacher so far.

[@non-sequitur]

this was fantastic. Although ambient is probably my favorite genre, the music I create never turns out like this. never ever.

[@TheNimasan]

great video, great music and tremendous setup!! really enjoyed it!

[@arcticfoxstudios2018]

Fantastic. Like the gear. Looking into the Norms as something to add to my set up.

[@HanjoSynth]

Hello Elin! Hello from Japan! Big fan here. :D thanks again Bo for the crossovers!

[@23Gears]

Fantastic inspiration. I have a simpler Eurorack setup with home built modules and a couple of simpler kits such as the Plinky. But this video gave me ideas that could be used with the types of equipment I have. Elin it would be fascinating to see further videos with ideas and inspiration. I will be following Insta, though I am rarely there. And greetings from a fellow Göteborgare.

[@evedotcom]

This was so wonderfully inspiring. Thank you ✨

[@crybo]

Lovely stuff! My kind of sounds!

[@maarzt]

Thank you very droll and delightful

[@R3V1ZION]

Really good video! Very chill

[@jackpijjin4088]

"Friluftsarn" made me a little nostalgic. It reminds me of Shiek's theme from Ocarina of Time, very similar 'lead' instrument sound, different melodies.

[@MyReasonToPlay]

ORCA looks very interesting. You just need a Raspberry Pi with LCD, usb keyboard and USB to Midi converter. Thank you Elin and Bo!

[@jaysilence3314]

There is a DIY kit version of the Norns which is more reasonally priced and very easy to solder and assemble.

[@dirthawk]

to try out orca you just need a computer, it runs in a (midi capable) browser as well

[@johnchongsing7745]

Absolutely spellbinding! 🙏

[@BoBeats]

Elin is awesome!

[@jammintoast]

Hi Elin I love your music, even though I'll never be able to afford any of this gear, it gives me some ideas to use on my own setup.

[@elinpiel9439]

I’m so glad you say this. ❤️ I was debating this back and forth with myself while planning the setups. I know that I am super privileged to own all this gear and I really wanted it to be inspiring in more ways than just showing off fancy synths.

[@jaysilence3314]

The Norns is a powerhouse for experimentation und the DIY kit version is less pricey.

[@veganarquia]

Niice I was waiting for this one

[@NoiseToMost]

I had the Strymon Nightsky to do stuff like this with, but then it became very clear to me the NightSky has 'that sound' that you can only really use once or twice. I ended up returning it. for ambient, I have been eyeing something like the Poly Digit since it's so expandable, and can do more than just reverb for the same price as the Nightsky.

[@Lorneplumber]

I much prefer anything strymon over the polydigit

[@NoiseToMost]

@@Lorneplumber normally I would agree, except that nightsky really only does that one sound, almost for $500 it’s a very expensive unitasker. If you have that kind of cash cool. Poly digit also has massive modulated octavized reverb sounds and all of its other capabilities. Nightsky is a beautiful one trick pony. Sorry.

[@Whiskeyklone]

@@NoiseToMost If anyone says they are getting one sound out of a Nightsky, it isn't the reverb unit that is the problem. Countless demos on here, well, demonstrate its range. If one is incredibly reductive, it could be said that it has three core "sounds" (standard reverb, massive reverb, seqeuenced reverb) but with a massive range of different sounds in each them. Borrowed one for a week from a friend when it came out and it wasn't enough to justify the price for me, but to call it a one trick pony is nuts.

[@NoiseToMost]

@@Whiskeyklone hey I can’t wait to hear your creative genius with it. IMO certain devices nudge you in a direction and Nightsky heavily nudges you into the massive space reverb. It leaves you wanting the the flexibility of Bigsky, and at nearly $500 I think all of its other offerings are not as versatile or all that worth the price tag. When you aren’t using for massive space reverb, it’s just kind of a normal verb…Bigsky is a better all around verb. The sequencer on the nightsky was not as fun or usable IMO. So please share your creative genius using it. Even if you crush it with the space verb, and the sequencer, how many times are you going to do that? To my broader point, this one device has a sound that you can’t really use a lot, it’s a unitasker, maybe in BlueSky price and form factor. The value proposition as-is is low IMO. When there are devices out there that do similar sounds and so much more like Poly Digit or Zoia for the same price.

[@NoiseToMost]

@@Whiskeyklone and IMO you proved my point, if it was AMAZING it WOULD have justified the price. The fact that you weren’t compelled to drop almost $500 on it proves it “wasn’t enough” which is exactly my point.

[@danielfulop]

Could you maybe suggest or even show us some cheap setups to start out with? Like under 1000 EUR kinda setup maybe. Something that is simple enough to not be discouraged, but also have the potential to teach us how to make electronic music.

[@ElectronisoundsAudio]

Love This One! ❤️❤️

[@wickeddubz]

Nice and exotic setups. For all my dudes with limited gear suppliers and tight budget: you don’t need crazy amount of money to make cozy ambient. Textures? I’d take tape recorder with half speed feature + modded monotrons. Sequencer with random or semi random notes? Circuit, volca drum, volca Sample with Pajen’s fw, polyend tracker, Elektron devices, etc. Good atmos? Volca FM can give good tones, MS70CDR and kaosspad mini 2s are sufficient for fx, processing and additional sample playback. For some reason, cheap gear often gives more instant fun than expensive one. Also, if you have ipad - there are many affordable apps that are designed for generative and ambient music. Few apps - good to go.

[@ha3m]

Hi- can you share how Op-1 is connected to the norns and the output later to headphones/mixer/recorder? Thank you!

[@David888B]

Great video. And she's eating that ice cream like she means it! lol

[@fuentessetneuf]

I’m still getting acquainted with my Strega. Love how you use it. Immediate follow on IG.

[@nifty8327]

PLEASE MAKE VIDEOS LIKE THIS ON A CHANNEL I WOULD WATCH ALL OF THESE

[@nobodys2358]

READ MEANS RECORDED. Brilliant =)

[@songsfromtinpanalley6742]

So beautiful content Elin

[@johnchongsing7745]

Hi Bo, thanks for promoting Elin’s work. Does she have her own channel? Thanks

[@BoBeats]

The social channels she wanted promoted is in the description of the video

[@tricks-and-tips]

Superb video!

[@danielbertholdsson3851]

Wow Skills!!! Grymt bra.

[@jppagetoo]

So cold the waves froze in place!

[@BoBeats]

Hehe you actually see the waves very far out :-) what you see closest is extremely shallow waters

[@fishyrising]

Yay ORCA

[@JuanUys]

15:30 Norns looks like a session of Rogue 😂

[@kooljules]

But how/what is the QWERTy keyboard doing w/PEAK?

[@elinpiel9439]

It’s hooked up to Norns running Orca script. I’m using the keyboard to program Orca. Orca/Norns sequencing Peak via midi. There’s a link in the description with more info. 😊

[@ongoing_chrisis]

handing off the episode to your fellow national like some sort of swedish in-house mafia

[@BoBeats]

*Swedish synth-mafia

[@ongoing_chrisis]

​@@BoBeats if you like puns, the swedish synth-mafia made One

[@davidbanner9001]

The channel should be renamed "Bo Beats at the Beach". Enjoy your break my friend.

Fina fisken!

[@junyanwong6070]

How does the computer keyboard connect to those synth setups?

[@elinpiel9439]

Monome Norns. There’s a link in the description with more info. 😊

[@hireality]

Bra jobbat 👍

[@MarkusTengroth]

Är det där stranden i Gullbranna du står på??

[@dietervoser4425]

Sehr schön !

[@stephenmandelbaum2027]

Why wasn't the water moving behind Bo?

[@BoBeats]

my green screen secret REVEALED (joking aside the water IS moving you have to look further out where its actually deeper)

[@joeybook]

I wish I could give this video 2 likes

[@erhonchal8733]

When she said "read means recorded'

[@Swiftyaz]

lets go

[@shahzebqader1268]

Why is the ocean static?

[@BoBeats]

because its a greenscreen but don’t tell anyone! shhhh

[@shahzebqader1268]

@@BoBeats definitely, my walls are hearing impaired, so for my ears only.. But, in all seriousness, I hope you enjoy your vacation outdoors in the nature as much as you can.. We might be the last generation to get that privilege..

[@BoBeats]

Thanks! Its been great

[@Lightfinger]

Music Is Math

[@ld8341]

Super sounds, but they're three jolly expensive set-ups.

[@ToyKeeper]

I don't know how people can get by with 40% keyboards like the Vortex Core shown in the video. Even on my 65% models, the chording and Fn layers get a bit cumbersome at times. It seems like a neat solution for a tiny synth setup though.

[@elinpiel9439]

That keyboard drives me completely insane. But I’m to vain to switch. 😣😅

[@ToyKeeper]

@@elinpiel9439 I've tried a lot of keyboards over the years... from minimalist to maximal, from tactile to flat, staggered rows, staggered columns, grid, split, joined, rectangular, odd-shaped, etc... even wrote firmware for a couple. My favorites have all been in the 65% to 75% range. The main ones I use daily are a Whitefox and a NK65. I forced myself to use a staggered-column butterfly keyboard for a year, because I felt like I had to give it a fair chance... but even after getting as accustomed to it as possible, it still seemed like a downgrade. So my exotic models sit in storage because they just weren't as practical. Traditional rectangular staggered-row layouts get a bad rap, but the design is actually pretty good.

[@jameshamilton2015]

I love my vortex core.. I have a kinesis which took a while to get used to but I always end up back with the core.. compact for programming, use it all day everyday! You’ll get used to it. To be honest I can’t go back to normal keyboards without trying to set up the same combinations like arrows in the home row..

[@edwardfletcher7790]

So the first step is "have $2000 worth of gear" ☹️