Ambient Liveset (Home Concert 62)

[@MartinStuertzer]

This set was released on bandcamp: echoelberfeld.bandcamp.com/album/home-concert-62

[@jordananderson3543]

Good instruments, a friendly cat, and a cup of coffee, I'm not sure life gets much better than that.

[@davedavis6087]

That would depend my friend ? my cat used to stroll over the controls, resetting everything. knocking things over like coffee, and leaving muddy footprints everywhere ! then I used to sent my gear off for servicing, totally clogged with pet hair that caused the fan on my hard drive on different bits of kit to overheat sometimes ! yes a grooming brush and no pets or liquids in the studio these days alas x

[@HouseJawn]

Needs a joint 😘 💭

[@barbaraallen9000]

Love the beautiful ambient music to relax by - so peaceful & calming. Thanks to you & your sidekick Neptune f/a wonderful concert. Love fr/Talladega, Al. USA 🎶🌹🐆🐾🎶🙏❤

[@gouzouzsp]

my 6 y.o. son really loves your music (as we all do in fact), your ambient tracks and soundscapes have become a recurrent, relaxing soundtrack here at home. thanks for your art

[@MartinStuertzer]

Thank you for playing my music to your little one! Best wishes from Wuppertal.

[@tarin1155]

Neptune adds the best psychic vibes!!! The luckiest cat in the Ambientverse!🥰🥰🥰

[@4estral]

I really appreciate all the ambient concerts you do. They are an important part of enjoying my work days.

[@yevgeniydubravin2643]

Martin, Part 4 is simply divine! Thank you for creating it, it’s incredible, it touches my soul. Can you post Part 4 on repeat for hours, I would listen to those beautiful ambient landscapes all day long, it’s just gorgeous!!!

[@GrootsieTheDog]

My Dog really enjoyed this one while relaxing outside on his blanket enjoying the warm sun ☀️ He's a big fan of ambient 🐕

[@MartinStuertzer]

Good boy!

[@sanjasavic5663]

Beautiful 💖💖💖

[@belooshee]

You are the wizard of electronic sound.

[@MartinStuertzer]

thank you!

[@Lenamusic]

❤Stunning work❤.Cat is special edition to set 💯🙏🎹

[@fisven]

Neptun is life. So is your arrangement. You're doing god's work, thank you!

[@philtofield4572]

If that had been my cat she would have walked right over the computer keyboard and stopped playback! Nice music and awesome setup

[@MartinStuertzer]

It was close! Thank you!

[@AaronMCook]

Soo nice!!!! Rich Lush and full of awesome intensities and textures!!! 🙏 Plus Coffee and a Cat!

[@cyberlopod]

Since you introduced Pigments to me, I'm hooked with your stuff. Thank you, Martin.

[@paulbeevers6357]

Thanks for a great live session again!!! Very uplifting & inspirational for my Spiritual Art Paintings!!! Peace & Light!!!

[@Jake-Balibari]

Good vibrations here, cats never lie

[@derpflanzer]

Thanks for sharing these concerts for free!

[@allenhampshire8135]

God Bless you Martin! Thankyou for such beautiful music! I hope you are having a goog and quiet day ! Best wishes from America!

[@SURCOlive]

Amazing as always. Thank you so much!

[@GalacticVagabond]

Nice. Very peaceful.

[@svillano]

that is beautiful brother! thank you 🩵

[@InvertedPopesMusic]

Just a pure delight and joy to watch and listen to. Thank you.

[@MartinStuertzer]

Thank so you much!

[@sandrolorini]

Love the music, and admire the multi tasking (brushing cat, etc).

[@Kosmokatze_de]

Schöne & atmosphärische Stücke. Dazu ein tolles Beispiel, wie man mit DAW & Hardware hybrid super musizieren kann. Grüße aus NRW 👌

[@Marten99-qb5yk]

Sagenhaft, da ist mir doch glatt mein Tee kalt geworden, so faszinierend war das letzte Stück.Richtig schön frühlingshaft blumiges Märchenland.

[@MattJoyce01]

Super nice. I missed the liveset, but very happy to enjoy the recording. Part 4 is my favorite of these and about to play that again right away. Bravo!

[@MartinStuertzer]

Thank you! Track 4 is very special to me, too.

[@robmlisanti]

THank You Martin!! sorry couldnt make it live yesterday, as always this is awesome!!

[@MartinStuertzer]

Thank you!

[@SuperDeadlen]

Ddin't catch this live this week but always look forward to some lush lessons, you make such beautiful soundscapes, best wishes to you and Neptune!

[@suntrekkerthompson8741]

Excellent journey!!

[@pthomas36]

Maybe a good future ambient album title could be Nep-tunes. What a sweet little boy he is.

[@MartinStuertzer]

Nap-tunes for Neptun?

[@echology]

Thank you, this is exactly what i needed... beautiful peaceful sounds, well done!

[@pauldavisthefirst]

To my ears, another one of your finest efforts! Thank you so much for the music.

[@AndyFirebladeMuza]

Outstanding as always Martin. Playing my favourite game (Elite Dangerous) while listening my favourite KZbin Synth Maestro.

[@MartinStuertzer]

Thank you!

[@ambientsoundavenue]

Very nice set Martin!

[@neuronist]

amazing!

[@IndependentmovieFILM]

Amazing sounds thank you for th invite, Danke!

[@BinauralBae]

Lovely set!

[@hfugmann]

WOW - awesome. Great job - thanks!!!

[@BulkySplash169]

Great set as always. I especially like the weird sounds coming from the modular system in the first track, they add a very nice layer of "spice". 🙂

[@DavidChello]

This is a particularly good liveset. Thank you for your creation!

[@paul.van.hemmen]

Viele Deiner Tracks berühren etwas tief in mir. Danke dafür.

[@MartinStuertzer]

Dankeschön!

[@leefoster4171]

Fantastic 👍🏻

[@dr.fernandosalvino]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@ivanbaridon-noordic]

Amazing Pad in Part 4, also the sequence!!

[@paulmulligan2895]

26:27 that sound is so cool, like it's getting reversed

[@firstdarkride]

Einfach wunderschön!...Danke

[@paulmulligan2895]

I wish you had more stuff like this on your bandcamp

[@MartinStuertzer]

The four tracks of this set are going to be released on Bandcamp.

[@paulmulligan2895]

@@MartinStuertzer Beautiful! Thank you Martin and Neptune :)

[@MackleyX]

thanks for the invite

[@draneol4685]

22:58 you and your cat both look to the left at the same moment 🐱

[@MartinStuertzer]

Well spotted! There was probably a noise outside.

[@sternenherz]

Love the sounds, and seeing Bitwigs horizontal Cliplauncher!😊

[@danielniedermeier3448]

I always trust in his casual sound...

[@Rhimeson]

Really enjoyed this concert, my favorite ambient producer, keep it up

[@francotonini6446]

Om grande 🎹🎶🎹🌟🪐👍

[@JovaSynthFX006]

Woow🤩 this is so chill✨️, nice work👏

[@frankhegerhorst8626]

Ambient / Arp. Musik 🙂 für die Badewanne...

[@boryskuczkowski]

33 min ❤

[@thierry6261]

Very nice sound 😺

[@JiMBrnd]

Viele danke furs Tielen ! Didnt know cats were CV trigger compatible ;)

[@mutantmanfred]

Great! As always!

[@MartinStuertzer]

Thank you!

[@JD-lb8nl]

CLASSY !!

[@gagarisan]

Thank you, cat. You played wonderful music. In my opinion, your man sometimes interfered with you, but if you need him, then let him stay.

[@MartinStuertzer]

Thank you! There is absolutely no way to not let him join me. :)

[@mvg952]

I can think of 2 reasons why Claude Debussy would feel feel kinship to his fellow artists here.

[@MartinStuertzer]

I play Debussy a lot on the piano!

[@zoedufour9937]

Wonderful!

[@DasDoktorchen]

Nice 👍

[@mkpatashnik]

Wow!

[@TimBoulette]

Great set! Martin, I've searched your youtube channel but can't find a video where you show/discuss your modular system. Would love a video on that if it's of any interest to you.

[@TimBoulette]

Never mind -- I found your studio tour video!

[@MartinStuertzer]

Correct, I never did a video on the modular system.

[@ChirpoTunes]

This is great, im early stages building a rig for improvised electronic music. Its good to see how people operate but im always left with the same question - how do people pay for all their gear man?!?!

[@MartinStuertzer]

I started with a much smaller setup, you don't need so much gear to make music.

[@holgerhomma5148]

Ich dachte erst, das sei der Anfang vom "Raumschiff Enterprise"...😅😅

[@taklamak]

Awesome

[@MonkeyBeats-zl6tr]

In my studio: Whiskey, cocaine and out of tune techno sounds. You have a fantastic studio with a dreamy sound.

[@philtofield4572]

Can I come round?!

[@MonkeyBeats-zl6tr]

Hahaha, you are welkom.

[@philtofield4572]

My old studio used to run on cider, E's and good quality skunk! Them were the days! Then I met a woman. Now I don't even have a studio 😢

[@MonkeyBeats-zl6tr]

@@philtofield4572 You had to tell her that she has a beautiful voice.

[@philtofield4572]

Ha! Unfortunately she doesn't! I don't mean that in a nasty way, its just.... (I do love her really) Anyway, you can send me a link to some of your tunes if you like. I'm sure some whisky/coke fuelled techno would be right up my street....

[@DOM_4GOOD]

perfect

[@okiokic]

👌❤️

[@danielniedermeier3448]

namaste from bavaria❤

[@sashasp]

🥰

[@XenoFect]

Amazing concert! How are you using Push 3 with bitwig? Is it in stand alone?

[@MartinStuertzer]

No, there is a script (driven by moss) which enables some of Push's functionality in Bitwig.

[@clearfixsounds]

Eine Stunde noch 🥳

[@pau.vilella]

Nice Martin! I see you are using bitwig (and push!) How is your experience? Thinking on switching from ableton, tired of it’s clock 😅 In my opinion its unusable in hybrid setups. Heard bitwig is rock solid

[@MartinStuertzer]

Bitwig is fantastic. As you can see I can control my setup with it and use hard- and software at the same time. Push integration is not so good unfortunately.

[@fardreaming]

Martin, love the ambient music you make, it just hits the spot for me and gets me into an ideal relaxed state. But do you have anywhere I could accesses your livrestreans in high quality rather than KZbin, maybe FLAC? I see you have some content on Bandcamp, and Tidal, could the streams perhaps be made available somewhere there?

[@MartinStuertzer]

I get this question a lot, but the discography on Bandcamp or Tidal would get very confusing if I released every set there. I am still thinking about other alternatives, maybe something like Patreon could work for that?

[@fardreaming]

@@MartinStuertzer I'm not so familiar with Patreon, but possibly, especially if you allow downloads. Soundcloud might be an appropriate platform as well.

[@PanopticMotion]

I thought you sold your Push 3!

[@MartinStuertzer]

I don't want to talk about this. 😅

[@PanopticMotion]

@@MartinStuertzer Haha! Not a problem! I love the music you make, and the knowledge you share.

[@Buddhadreams]

Gorgeous what tempo did you perform at tonight ?

[@MartinStuertzer]

thank you! 82 bpm

[@wicky4473]

👍

[@oz476]

awesome o/

[@mauriziofaggion]

I've never seen anyone brush a cat while playing synths!

[@roman.b_90]

Здравствуйте, хорошая музыка

[@Hoerschwelle71]

Hello Martin, thank you very much for your wonderful music and inspiration. Over and over again. I assume you're using the Valhalla Reverb? If yes, which preset? Or something else? Thank you. Guido

[@MartinStuertzer]

The reverb is indeed from Valhalla DSP. I have some presets of my own, which I like to use.

[@andrewgenner2613]

Hi Martin - thank you for another inspiring liveset of ambient excellence. If I may ask a question, how do you achieve such an excellent balance of sounds and instruments in a live mix? Do you have a pre-set arrangement of compressor and equalizer settings that just work for every session? thanks again.

[@MartinStuertzer]

Thank you! I start every set from an empty project and mix the tracks and sounds individually.

[@andrewgenner2613]

@@MartinStuertzer Very impressive. The balance and clarity is always superb.

[@yebot]

I wonder what a Martin Stürtzer diss track would sound like

[@chrisspeegle74]

Great music - what unit is beside your modular rack? Looks like a Push 2?

[@MartinStuertzer]

This is the Push 3.

[@seanevans4574]

Nice work Martin. Thank you for sharing. I notice the Pro 3 replaced the Pro 2. How are you liking the Pro 3 in your setup so far?

[@MartinStuertzer]

The Pro3 is a fantastic synth and a great improvement over the Pro2.

[@reybarr8670]

How are you connecting Cubase to the Ableton Push?? Never mind , I see now it’s Bitwig.

[@MartinStuertzer]

Right. :)

[@jcy4rza]

How does the Push behave in other daws?

[@MartinStuertzer]

It depends on what you try to do with it. It is ok, but leaves a lot of room for improvements.

[@jcy4rza]

@@MartinStuertzer good to know! Awesome videos btw, cat got me hooked immediately, stayed for the tunes.

[@olir614]

Is there any functionality missing when using the Push 3 in bitwig?

[@MartinStuertzer]

Yes. When playing the pads in mpe mode scales are ignored, you can browse through the tracks only in groups of 8 and the display and pads don't match, because Bitwigs cliplauncher is horizontal. These are my top 3 of stuff, that is not so great with Push in Bitwig.

[@olir614]

@@MartinStuertzer But it is still worth using it over something like a launch pad?

[@bigbadchang]

Neptune just tried a jazz solo!🤣

[@MartinStuertzer]

He wishes! I am glad, he did not step on any keys this time.

[@joostvanbunnik7646]

What plugin is used for showing the played note?

[@MartinStuertzer]

It is called Gtune, I use it to tune my synths, because Bitwig has no tuner built in.

[@APUS_PRIME]

Can I ask about your modular in the front?

[@MartinStuertzer]

Sure, what would you like to know?

[@APUS_PRIME]

@@MartinStuertzer I'm the "modular phase". Looking forward to get an analog modular gear and I'm not very familiar with the setup.. Seen that you can also custom build your modular or..? Is it yours maybe a pre-built components modular? What's the name of it? Thanks!

[@an1mus_v0x]

In my next life I want to be neptune

[@oceanswithoutshores]

How is that Apollo QUAD interface holding up? I am planning on selling mine.

[@MartinStuertzer]

Oh I am using it only as eight additional inputs via the Adat out. I am not using any of the functionality it has as an audio interface or the plugins.

[@TheLoner70503]

That cat can create a real disaster in that room.

[@MartinStuertzer]

True! But he is very careful and nothing bad happened since I got him.

[@cyberlopod]

"I took a different approach in light, filming and editing. Please let me know in the comments, if you like this look." Ich schreib dir mal auf deutsch zurück, wenn das ok ist. Die Anmerkungen sind natürlich absolut subjektiv. Denn am Ende soll dein Video und du darin ja dir gefallen. Wenn das falsch rüberkommt, tut es mir leid. Die beiden Kamerawinkel gefallen mir sehr gut. Wirkt alles sehr aufgeräumt und formatfüllend. Die Totale gibt einen sehr guten Überblick über das gesamte Setup und hat keine Probleme mit dem Fokus. Das war bei der Einstellung von vorne rechts schwierig, wenn der Autofokus versagte. Die Nahaufnahme enthält - für mich - alles was ich gerne mitbekommen möchte. Vom Minifreak über dein Pad, den Screen und natürlich Neptuns Platz. Das Licht ist mir persönlich zu hell. Aber vielleicht ist dir das ja auch eine Hilfe bei der Arbeit. In älteren Konzerten wirkt durch mehr Farbe und weniger Kunstlicht von der Zimmerdecke alles irgendwie gemütlicher. Mag daran liegen, dass ich deine Videos überwiegend schaue, wenn es dunkel ist und ich auch hier mit Farbe arbeite... und mich mein kleines AKAI anstrahlt. Zusätzlich hast du per Grading die Farben bearbeitet. Die Tiefen sind angezogen, das war dir vermutlich zu dunkel. Und die kühlere Farbtemperatur soll vermutlich das warme Kunstlicht etwas reduzieren. Leider wirkt das Bild nun recht blass und eingetrübt. Zusätzlich wirkt sich das auf Hauttöne eher negativ aus. Du wirkst sehr blass und hast nicht mehr wirklich eine gesunde Gesichtsfarbe. Ich habe mal nen Screenshot erstellt und die Anmutung farbiger ausgelegt, ohne alles stumpf dunkel zu drehen. Das könntest du mit DaVinci Resolve oder Final Cut ja auch draufpacken... vorher: i.ibb.co/Kr6nqJP/Bildschirmfoto-2024-05-05-um-23-32-03.png nachher: i.ibb.co/jfcs6nj/Bildschirmfoto-2024-05-05-um-23-32-03-ret.jpg Soweit von mir. Danke, dass du so tolle Musik machst und uns an dieser Reise teilhaben lässt. Liebe Grüße Chris

[@MartinStuertzer]

Hallo Chris, vielen Dank für die Zeit, die du dir genommen hast! Ich kann deine Punkte alle sehr gut nachvollziehen, genau die gleichen Gedanken hatte ich mir auch gemacht und gegeneinander abgewogen. Lustigerweise ist es so, dass in diesem Video deutlich weniger künstliches Licht verwendet wurde als sonst, da ich tagsüber viel Sonne von draußen habe. Die Vorhänge lassen einiges durch und die "unsichtbare Seite" (also da, wo die Kameras stehen) ist komplett offen. Meine Lampen im Studio waren bei dem Dreh also viel schwächer eingestellt als sonst. Aber den Effekt, den das am Ende hat, hast du ja sehr treffend beschrieben. Ich werde weiter experimentieren und spätestens 2045 das ideale Setup gefunden haben. :)

[@cyberlopod]

​@@MartinStuertzer Ich danke dir für deine ausführliche Rückmeldung. Im Grunde wirst du bei so offenem Ambiente kaum kontrollierbare Lichtverhältnisse schaffen können, wenn die Scheiben rundum nicht abgeschattet werden können. Kritisch wird es, wenn die Sonne mal zwischen den Wolken durchknallt und alles auf den Kopf stellt. Ich hatte sowas mal in die andere Richtung, als Kundenstatements aufgezeichnet wurden und in 10 Minuten aus Sonne ein schweres Gewitter wurde. Daher wäre meine Empfehlung konsequent auf Abend/Nacht zu gehen. Was dann auch direkt deinem Farblicht hilft und dir wieder 100% Kontrolle im ganzen Raum gibt. Sollte der Dreh am Tag im hellen aber dein Wunsch sein, würde ich voll reingehen und es eher als High-Key Ambiente aufziehen. Also hell, viel weiß, vielleicht sogar s/w. Zum testen kannst du dich wirklich auch in der Nachproduktion austoben. Dafür war mein Bildvergleich gedacht. Ich "rette" immer wieder Footage, weil vor Ort beim Kunden an eine zeitintensive Lichtregie rein gar nicht zu denken ist. Daher kommt auch der Spruch "We fix it in the post". ;-) Jetzt völlig Off-Topic: Planst du evtl. einen Vinyl-Release von Aquatic Cosmos? Preis egal.