Dark ambient game filter-shimmer and faked polyphony | korg monologue RV-500 | funktree

[@danwentz]

Nice work! Monologue arrived yesterday, gave it to my daughter...this morning I got the longest hug ever received... now I think I get why

[@FunkTree]

really, I would like to see what she does with that... I have two but so far from understanding basic synthesis :)

[@sulgypolo]

To good for it ay ,, superdad ,, suprized u havnt gt twenty daughters

[@christianscazzieri]

This is the one that made me buy a korg monologue, my very first synth. Couldn't be happier. Keep it up!

[@FunkTree]

I hope you won't regret... enjoy... more monologue madnesses coming soon

[@tarikkeskin]

Very creative... It's important to make sound with whatever you have and this is nice !

[@FunkTree]

totally agree

[@k0v4l]

You two are my Monologue heroes.

[@psychosontales4401]

the best monologue video in youtube. you have complete knowledge of the instrument and use it with full creatinity.

[@VinnieLeeStudio]

I always love those little percussions in your works!

[@FunkTree]

Thanks Vinnie.. Love all pocket operators they give me so much freedom to mingle the percusive sounds, also volca and recently I got Tr-8s and working on some cool stuff.. thanks for stopping by:)

[@YourFreeBeats]

I just got my monologue today and have been all over it. (Take a listen) While, I'm not new to mono-synths...this once thus far has over-delivered Thx

[@FunkTree]

The 16 mod steps with excellent LFO ...love the machine

[@lolo-du7xe]

very good, i like your space sound......... :D i love this synth and i love korg synth!

[@eternalslumber8580]

Very nice work! shimmer makes real difference and you didn't over used it :)

[@factckzone7533]

Thanks! Extremely impressive and my most favorite Monologue ambient tune I've heard yet! I bought a Monologue and a Deepmind 12 last July and I've hardly tinkered with the Monologue devoting my time to the DM12. You've inspired me to give the Monologue more attention. I can't get my mind around how you achieved this magically brilliant soundscape but I'm going to study your video and try something similar using a ZOOM MS-70CDR (it has shimmer too with multi-FX stacking capabilities) and an 'ancient' Korg Electribe ER-1 for the rhythm. I never considered pairing the ZOOM with the Monologue until now. I'll try to coax some spacey vibes from them thanks to getting inspired by your superb improvisations! Subscribed!

[@FunkTree]

Yes MS-70CDR can handle this ... not as brilliant as RV-500 but you can get 80%.... BTW I was in the same boat. The monologue was just collecting dust while I played with 0-coast and softpop. Then I've seen other people pushing single voice machines to do whole tune. So I got this working I guess :) I'm back in love with monologue although the envelops are not as snappy as boutique machines (yes I think that way). DM12 is a great machine I wish I had a need for that or the Peak (novation) I have a lot of boards M3/kronos so I cannot justify space and time. You know monologue is machine with 15+ knobs I suppose it is easy to reach the "land of discovery" as I call it. That is the time when you know the envelopes, oscillators, mod matrix ... :) then a real creation in sounds come out of me. Then a plateau comes and I hit a limitation that is just too annoying and I don't turn that unit on for a few months and cycle repeats. Soon you will see new videos with NC, E2 and Deluge. In each of them I found another dimensions that was not there (gained new experience etc)

[@factckzone7533]

Thanks for your reply and all the other valuable insights into your creative process. I appreciate it. I've come back and listened to your dark jam often during the past few months but I overlooked your reply so I'm just giving a courtesy reply now. Also, I'll be checking out some of your other videos too. :) I did use the Zoom MS-70 with the Monologue and had lots of fun just goofing off and auditioning some of the more ambient presets. But I wanted more so I bought a DSI Rev2-16 last February. The Monologue isn't forgotten though, I'm just trying to fit it into the mix.

[@Kevngodfrey]

Holy smokes that’s awesome!

[@burnieking1401]

Dude, this is unreal! Great work!

[@FunkTree]

+Burnie Bee thanks:)

[@carpagevid]

absolute awesome live performance!!! the best here on youtube so far....

[@MPanalog]

man that's great , all the soundscapes you create are top notch! :D

[@FunkTree]

thanks a lot !

[@dianamiino7391]

Lovely jam, and a very very interesting synthesizer 👍

[@Epicon8]

I love that the monologue has a real piece of wood in it. It gives every synth it’s own personality.

[@FunkTree]

Yeah, that is the only one with wood...., oh wait..... the Kronos has wooden sides and Deluge too :)

[@Epicon8]

Funk Tree and minilogue, prologue and a hundred other synths

[@FunkTree]

but those are only 3 with wooden sides in my studio :)

[@woodswalker88]

Really nice I didn't think of the monologue as an ambient style instrument.

[@FunkTree]

No you shouldn't. Unless you like mono voice ambient vibes:) I just pushed the envelope here to get the monologue to the ambient territory. Remember, the RV-500's shimmer reverb can dial 2 steps so you can crate a chord from a shimmer reverb. You might see me reaching for RV-500 that is where I change the 3rd from minor to major as I need :)

[@woodswalker88]

I wonder if you could run the Monolog thru Ableton and get some delay & reverb effects. I've been mostly an ableton user till recently. Still not sure if the Monolog is for me. How well does it sync MIDI clock with other instruments (Roland JX03)

[@FunkTree]

Well I'm in different boat although I have push2 and ableton too. ... I just hate using computer for music (video editing is a different ball game) Just get a simple audio interface (check Jakob Haq channel) Beringher makes one for $20 that one would help you to run everything to ableton but then you still need to deal with sync (just in the case if you run the sequencer on monologue) . ...About syncing boutique with monologue ? Sync is flawless if you know a bit about midi. It should run both direction monolgue master boutique slave. I choose master based on ability to mess up the BPM while performing. The harder to set BPM the better the device as master clock Oh the JX03 is so sweet .. I have some new videos in queue with that one. I think JX03 has snappier envelope than monologue don't know why but that is my impression: )

[@richardloukes2934]

I use the monologue through ableton and use its delay, reverb and other effects. Personally I think it works very well and you can completely alter and mangle the sound of the monologue as much or as little as you want. if I remember right the bassline in this track was done with the monologue through ableton and effects. soundcloud.com/draco74/stranger-something

[@mr_floydst]

That's a great athmosphere.

[@filon_synth]

I'm impressed. Well done. Good sound. Beautiful music.

[@owenmicrowave825]

Awesome! Now I want a monologue too.. Thanks!

[@LongEarthTradingCompany]

Nice, I’ve also tried doing some fake polyphony with the Mono. I like the sound of the oscillators/filter much more than on the Minilogue actually.

[@MarcoLongoMusic]

Wow you made me like the Monologue, that wasn't an easy task!

[@FunkTree]

:)

[@DECIMA1]

Great track! I can totally see this track being in a game

[@FunkTree]

OMG thanks!

[@alienworkswell4544]

awesome bro... five stars!!!

[@daviddavies9149]

Very nicely done sounds like Ozric Tenticles. Well done very relaxing in lazing on a sunday listening to this good stuff

[@CC6842]

great work so good!!

[@iveno_]

LOVE IT, I like that you use the keys more, sounds different from your last tracks!

[@Maggai]

Thanks for making this. Totally inspired me to use my Monologue for some ambient parts!

[@FunkTree]

you are welcome!

[@triplebacon1]

Great work! That wasTop Shelf creativity I witnessed right there, and that deserves my subscription....Well Done m8! Looking forward to seeing and hearing more of this from you ;-)

[@the_washington_monument_am9714]

This is super cool ❤❤❤❤

[@Sonars]

well done mate!

[@FunkTree]

thanks Sonars

[@DreamwareMusic]

Oh man this is some excellent work!

[@FunkTree]

Thanks Dreamware

[@synriser6742]

Real nice ambient sounding track!

[@SyncdAlien]

Enjoying this one a lot!

[@5059markus]

Perfect! Great sound!

[@marcpinion]

Fantastic work.

[@FunkTree]

+Marc Pinion thank you

[@dmitriyignatev6464]

Amazing and raw!

[@alekszvon8294]

great production!

[@Animoscillator]

Really nice textures

[@trikOsk]

Cool sound! Really nice!

[@Almanacs]

Clever and beatufiul.

[@Jake-Balibari]

Reminds me Jon Hassel. Very nice ambient!

[@Pulse2AM]

Very cool!

[@christophcooper2557]

wow, so epic

[@christophcooper2557]

downloaded :)

[@cnic7085]

Really very, very good!

[@IAmTheSwordmaster1]

Really nice!!! Sounds awesome! :-)

[@camidelaigua]

Great job!!🔥👏

[@benjaminbuisine]

awesome stuff

[@astrogerry]

Impressive. I like it !!!!

[@FunkTree]

I have more of these in pipe (recorded not edited) so stay tuned :)

[@astrogerry]

I will !!! :)

[@prodim82]

Beautiful!

[@RaJuRMusica]

nice homie!!!!

[@MattGreerMusic]

Really nice sound.

[@RandomNoise]

amazing

[@schnuuuu]

Brilliant!

[@FunkTree]

Thanks

[@Baermarcel]

Wow sounds great.

[@FunkTree]

I tuned the second oscillator to fifth or so to simulate feedback harmonics on guitar ...

[@Ν11-φ9ρ]

Great hands!

[@FunkTree]

This was a workout ... and you might notice not without a mistake :)

[@Ν11-φ9ρ]

Mistakes welcome, for me live is the only way I can really appreciate and get in to it ( whilst recoding/performing ) in a creative way and feel it from the heart.

[@BrunoWiebelt]

very good stuff

[@haxanlord]

Cool stuff. Reminds me of Vatican Shadow which is a HUGE compliment.

[@OScillatorJams]

Really cool!

[@pierluigisalsano172]

Ottimo Ambient bravo...

[@nikpharesmusic5768]

Amazing!

[@rudigergellert60]

And now I also ordered me the little monster.

[@andyharman7970]

reaaly beautifull.........like nodens ictus!!

[@FunkTree]

thanks Andy!

[@TheSolAlexMusic]

Nice soundscape

[@thom-alphaxiii-5106]

smart and creative, well done, i'm gonna try something similar, thx

[@FunkTree]

that is the spirit :) I get a lot of inspiration from others I guess CUckoo is the biggest one even though my music is far from his style :)

[@sulgypolo]

Funk tree i will be getting in tuch , for tips , i got 2 boutiques a td3 and a lurcher

[@mike.thomas]

Here’s someone who know how to use his tools!

[@anonymus8760]

Risk of rain much. Very nice!

[@valdiskrebs566]

Amazing soundscape! All for about $750... great quality/investment ratio! How many sound inputs does the Kaossmini have?

[@FunkTree]

Just one, remember RV-500 really helps with the shimmer reverb tuning the two shimmer voices to third and seventh. I have other setups:) The one with pyramid sequencer is more towards $2k with two boutiques and 3 zoom pedals. But yes I try to do minimize a mobile setups and squeeze as much as I can. I have a lot more stuff coming up softpop with po-16 and zoom BT that is $470 ... well volca so $600... it is some great stuff too... so stay tuned !

[@alexanderthomas542]

Best bass marriaging.. Is that a pocket engineering add on

[@FunkTree]

yeah PO-32 tonic helps this crazy cool mono synth

[@krisdavis909]

Lovely

[@Duncan_1971]

Nice!

[@HazeAnderson]

Super moody. 🤗

[@asynchronicity]

Reminds me of Jon Hassell. Beautiful.

[@FunkTree]

Man that is cool, So many people find similar sounds/music. that I don't know. Then I go check it out and find cool new music to listen too.. So much good stuff. Really Jon Hessell is cool ... too cool... thanks!

[@asynchronicity]

You're welcome!

[@djmarco589]

Nice!!

[@FunkTree]

thanks

[@Roikat]

More well done than a presidential ketchup steak!

[@cosmicgoa]

Ws Super secik👍

[@SailfishSoundSystem]

Use a Electro-Harmonix 720 Stereo Looper Pedal to make it sound polyphonic.

[@FunkTree]

Yeah. This is more challenging...even though I have RC 202 boss:) thanks for stopping by

[@b00i00d]

nice!

[@marcopepe4046]

Very very nice. What the beat sound comes from?

[@OscillatingLightly]

really nice sound - can you explain a bit more about your set-up, like is the PO going into the Reverb, and what's the pad just to the right of your Mono, and is there any other hardware off-screen?

[@FunkTree]

No other off-screen device. That is my niche NOT to use ANY other devices. I've had people "accusing" to do some monkey stuff on some Novation Circuit recordings. But NO, I use BPM delay with carefully selected levels so that the delay does not cut trough the recording. Basically what you hear and see is what I used to create the sound. The "pad" next to the monologue is the recording device korg kaossmini pad. It helps me with some ad-lib effects. But in this recording I have not used any effects from the Kaoss Mini . The monologue goes directly to RV-500 where I use shimmer reverb to add third and fifth tone via shimmer reverb parameters (very subtle so it is hard to recognize) to form a semi chord... The Tonic (PO) goes directly to KPM no effects....and that is IT no other device used. (!) Then the recording goes from the Micro SD card to Ipad for some EQ and compression, to smooth-up some volume level jumps. That is all. No computer involved (only to edit the video in the imovie)

[@cresshead]

here's my issue with the arturia, as a minibrute owner - setting the midi channel requires a computer and their app, yamaha reface- non standard midi connections - loose the adapter - loose midi novation circuit - non standard midi connections - loose the adapter - loose midi korg electribe 2 - - non standard midi connections - loose the adapter - loose midi elektron digitakt - no way to back up your work at all still. what happens in 5 or 10 years time...will they still run on your computer and will this non standard adapters be available?

[@FunkTree]

great points, that is why we need to jump from one to another for a different tings :)

[@EfeksPower]

I like this ambient. Where are we ? 🍃🍃🍃

[@FunkTree]

what do you mean ?

[@alexscript9338]

need effect VHS video)

[@larks.]

what gear are you using?

[@FunkTree]

Tonic (pocket operator) for drums and RV500 boss reverb for the monologue.... that’s it :)

[@larks.]

@@FunkTree thanks

[@alb2935]

This is cool! How do you get it to display parameter values on the oscilloscope?

[@FunkTree]

I think there is menu option for that...sorry I don't have that unit handy:)

[@soundvandal3570]

Futuristic Western Steam Pumk.

[@FunkTree]

ha, ha yeah, it was one of the ideas that was taken well by YT community:)

[@patkelly3966]

Is the RV-500 the unit Propellerhead based their original Reason algorithim reverb on?

[@FunkTree]

I don't think so,. RV-500 is an upgraded Boss/Roland reverb algo machine.

[@drouk22]

cool

[@bm6244]

Why did you use headphones output instead normal output? What the difference?

[@FunkTree]

None for me .... for others could be a different story.... all my cables are 3.5mm that is why I use it :)

[@beatz04]

Very impressive. Which Pocket Operator model are you using in this performance ?

[@FunkTree]

Tonic, thanks for stopping by

[@neonpop80]

Drums from KO-33?

[@bm6244]

What kind of delay did You use?

[@FunkTree]

one that comes with RV-500, besides reverb there is a simple delay too

[@bm6244]

Thanks for answer, great music you made. One more question (maybe it's a bit naive, sorry): when sequencer is on and playing recorded beat or melody - can you in the same time play on keys other melodies?

[@snowghost5134]

Yes🤍🖤🔥🐉

[@jan-martinulvag1962]

Impressed. You do that to your wife too? She's a very lucky girl.

[@FunkTree]

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[@milztempelrowski9281]

lol

[@pepe31]

aaaww

[@germangodoy442]

Hello from Chile. Really your music likes at that we made, so good, could you send a drawing as you conecct the synte with kaos. I woul like share your music with our soundcloud.com/willka . What effect is right side Boos?

[@FunkTree]

Welcome Chile! It's the RV-500 Yamaha reverb

[@sulgypolo]

Their like 1210 technics ,, keep their value

[@jimigrok]

nice! fantastic sounds - good job

[@sulgypolo]

Funk tree i will be getting in tuch , for tips , i got 2 boutiques a td3 and a lurcher