DAWless Hypnotic Techno Live Set

Hey guys, here's a cool little techno set I was working on this week with the synthesizers.
I accidentally hit the camera a few times...
I recently got one of the new galaxy phones that has an ultrawide camera so I can get high(ish) quality shots of the entire setup if I sit the camera right in front of me. This of course has the unfortunate side effect of me accidentally hitting the tripod stand occasionally.
This is also only 99% dawless as I've added some compression in post to bring it up to a nice level. Everything else is totally handmade.
Here's a list of modules and machines:
Mutable Instruments : Veils, Marbles, Plaits, Clouds
Qu-Bit Nebulae V2
2hp Verb
G-Storm Electro Delta VCF
Endorphin.es Cockpit Squared
Ornament and Crime
Arturia : Drumbrute Impact, Minibrute 2S
Behringer Neutron
The last extended set I did on this channel was a little too top heavy for my taste; this one is a little too bottom heavy. Maybe one day (possibly with an outboard mixer) I'll be able to have a well mixed set haha.
Thanks for listening everyone.
P.S. Here's a link to download this in an uncompressed format :)
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MUSIC LINKS
Bandcamp: rickhowell.bandcamp.com/
Spotify: sptfy.com/rickhowell
Apple Music: / artist

[@airheadsin]

Really enjoyed listening to this!

[@lecorbeau-poisson3921]

I really enjoyed it. Great!

[@JTMLUCx3]

So good!

[@synthetic_paul]

Beautiful vibe.

[@THEREALDATALORD]

Wow this is beautiful. Brilliant work Rick.

[@gabesudholt]

Excellent

[@tresporros]

very organic sounding, cool!

[@robguitarwizard]

Excellent work!

[@salaciouscrumb]

Rick, I keep coming back to your videos. Please keep making these gems.

[@amlef]

Amazing live dude 🔥

[@restaresta1630]

Yes man ... live it so much...😊😊

[@Cage.Unlimited]

Awesome, phat, great sound! Sounds so professional, creative and authentic same time! 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@holydiver4728]

Got me grooving ! Nice one

[@gregoryhitch6520]

Nice work. This rips!

[@excitationofstereocilia2103]

Really happy to find you at 2 minutes my spirits started soaring

[@SolKonstrukt]

So dope.. awesome set..

[@LuctaeMusic]

Hypnotic it is....! well done

[@JonMurray]

This was awesome mate. I hope you gig live as well as KZbin. New subscriber ✌🏻

[@ryotamaekawa]

Awesome quality stuff!

[@RickHowell]

Thanks man

[@crw02]

This is an incredible set! I see a lot of great jams on KZbin that are one song, which I appreciate, but performing a whole set live like this is awesome. Your transitions are excellent. Would love to see another!

[@mnzl6972]

This is awesome. Showing that you don't need a monster setup to to get an amazing sound :)

[@diegopalomarelectronicmusic]

as a drumbrute impact owner I love seeing people rock it!!! nice job man very hypnotic

[@gizka6816]

man its rad how much you've committed to mastering this particular gear. definitely hearing the payoff

[@RickHowell]

Thanks dude, I appreciate the support

[@dmon7464]

Nice piece !

[@larsgustav.gudbrandsen]

Awesome set! 🤖

[@RickHowell]

Thanks!

[@dasarvy]

Awesome!

[@gregdecker4741]

hella sick brah

[@1kos999]

Nice set!

[@Sly20]

Nice jam ❤

[@CodeM-Techno]

Monsterrr !

[@wtmort]

Man, thats cool. Do more.

[@71collective]

Nice work mate 👌with some lovely toys 👏👏👏👏👏

[@RickHowell]

Thanks 👍

[@71collective]

@@RickHowell my pleasure mate looking forward to hearing more 😁

[@milalaskowska2976]

Good Good Good 🙏🙏🙏

[@DJLORDYASIN42]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@GeorgeLocke]

Great work. Not easy to manage all those devices working together! Synth lines could use more syncopation, maybe some call and response between different elements, but whatever this is dope.

[@giovanniscaccia384]

Tu as un bon Groove ,super son

[@user-ch4ew2yt1v]

Cool!

[@RickHowell]

Aw yeah 😎

[@TC-lk2ev]

Jesus this is sick. 20:00 onwards is 🔥

[@gkswamy79]

💯💯

[@jaffajenkins]

HIYA RICK , Dude i just love your channel , your style of melodic tecno is TOP DRAWER ....ive watched all your vids and your standerd is right up there with the BEST , Ive finally after years of strife have got my channel up and have posted a few tracks , id be honered if youd take a quick peek as i make v melodic tech and electro myself and have a similar setup as yourself ,, thanks RICK AND KEEP CREATING BRO ,,🙂🙂😀

[@MikeRenouf]

Love this! Big fan of the trancey synth lines and the tight rhythms. Great job Rick. 🎧🎚️🎛️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Did it need much mastering work after recording? The mix sounds really clean 👌

[@RickHowell]

Thanks! And I'm not that great at mastering to be fair, so I didn't do too much haha. Pretty much just took a little off the high end since the 'shaker' sound running through the delay was a little too loud and brought everything up to 0dB

[@FUNKINETIK]

Brilliant sounds… your reply here is really helpful,… I thought the sound must have had some treatment, the level was perfect wow.. the music is superb.. I was close to buying a Neutron when it was released, I’d been following its development.. but .. blah.. 20ish months ago I got a MB2S and getting into modular etc.. but yeah the mix here sounds excellent.

[@josbouten]

Break @15:09 = nice! I especially like the throaty esoteric mellowtron choir kinda sound. It is the sound you open the track with. How was it made?

[@RickHowell]

That's a pad I recorded on my laptop (using Vital) that I sampled into the Nebulae V2 for granulizing!

[@michaelsiford3408]

Hey Rick, Awesome jam as usual! What pieces comprise your eurorack?

[@RickHowell]

Here's a link to my modulargrid: www.modulargrid.net/e/users/view/174032 These are all the modules I have and this performance just uses a subset of these

[@VanishOxiActionMax]

Omg, that is really amazing! How did you manage to create that high-hats-like pattern sound that starts at 3:57?

[@RickHowell]

That's just some noise through a bandpass filter haha. Modulating the VCF cutoff with Marbles, and using just some envelope to control a VCA

[@VanishOxiActionMax]

That's just genious!

[@yvanbernard751]

Hi, very Nice song . I would like to buy my first synth : the behringer neutron . Do you use a sequencer with the neutron ? If yes, witch ? Sorry for my bad english, i´m french.

[@RickHowell]

Yes, you'll need a way to sequence the neutron externally. It does not come with a sequencer. I usually use eurorack gear to sequence it, but you can make it work with any midi controller or midi connection to your computer.

[@BurstupTV]

Very cool jam again :3

[@RickHowell]

heck yeah :3

[@jamefna4090]

Wow 🤙 Wooow How is it sidechained on the kick? Wich device is used? Thank you

[@RickHowell]

Endorphin.es cockpit 2 lets me sidechain

[@jamefna4090]

@@RickHowell great, thanks you! 👍👍

[@Jackhno]

You know what? At a club I'd rather be listening to you playing a live set of bangers like this, with all its 'mistakes' and human soul left in it, than just a bunch of identikit DJs playing highly produced bassline house (or whatever this week's micro-genre is) all night, no variations allowed. We are musicians, not 'producers' making product, and we are making real electronic music. As BoBeats says - we are the counter-culture

[@RickHowell]

Couldn't have said it better myself! I do think once we get this deep into the synth realm, we're making music for musicians... a much smaller set than the set of average club goers. It's awesome to listen to synth gigs, but there's not a huge audience for it yet, so DJs are the norm

[@Jackhno]

@@RickHowell Yeah, I'm getting into the Electronic Music Open Mic scene here in the UK and it's fantastic... and that'll never be for more than us synth heads. But I definitely think that live sets of dancefloor-oriented house & techno can appeal to broader audiences - it's just breaking down those barriers, especially with promoters who hate taking risks. Which is a shame as I know from experience most people just want a good groove to dance to and won't discriminate between a live act and DJs. Saying that, I do find that a lot of people are actually put off by dance music being too samey and bored by DJs being too similar. I think that's something we as a group have already picked up on. Just as punks gave stale rock music a good kicking, maybe we are the people that are coming along to shake dance music out of it's own complacency?😁

[@JL-bu8bz]

Good mix but why your hands moving ?

[@RickHowell]

Thanks! And I'm playing this live, so I have to move my hands haha

[@Jackhno]

Make your own live bangers and you'll understand why😉

[@anotherlook5885]

🤚 ✋ 😂

[@Decoy303]

Grade A