Why I have to make an album now

[@Hainbach]

This is the start of series on making an album, covering the whole process, from concept to mastering to releasing. Hope you enjoy this, it a heart project.

[@nanoloopbandit]

HAINBACH wouldn’t it be nice if you asked your followers to provide you with the samples to build your album? Like a collaborative vibe 🤓

[@Hainbach]

Already did that last year: hainbach.bandcamp.com/album/old-suns

[@robertoquezada3045]

Thanks for sharing. It's always in a lot of ways inspiring. Danke Herr Hainbach.

[@PlumpPoetry]

So valuable. Thanks for taking us deep into your studio process, and keeping us company in these trying times.

[@nanoloopbandit]

HAINBACH wow it sounds beautiful, thank you 🙏🏽

[@RickyTinez]

wow this is insanely beautiful. thanks for playing it out at the end. Loved it!

[@vinylarchaeologist]

Hainbach: “I wanted to make something against this looming darkness and threat” → proceeds by making apocalyptic alarm noises on the Syntrx 😂

[@Hainbach]

I realize my uplifting is different from most other people’s uplifting 😄

[@tru7hhimself]

@@Hainbach that's something i'd really like to see changed. imagine how much better our world would be when the music that's forced on you at work is like the track above instead of the horrible stuff they usually play ;)

[@Ureallydontknow]

if you contrast with his other stuff, this is the happy sound.

[@bmxt939]

Some study(I have no recollection of where I've heard it exactly) actually says that listening to sad music whilst being sad reduces your sadness and makes you more happy. So, it may be his idea of therapy.

[@bluntobjct]

you scare away the dark by going darker! fire with fire! haha :D

[@grahamdolsen8507]

Hello Hainbach, I am an amateur student musician Quarantining in South Western Ontario, Canada. While locked in my basement I have been working on ambient film scores for my friends in the film department at my school. I do not own any great synths although your music has inspired me to use my DL4 looper to sample and re-amplify most of my electric stringed instruments. Your work with recording bandpass filters inspired me to use a wah-wah pedal on the input and look for resonant frequencies I could layer in. I am very impressed by the results, and I have been using this to great effect. Thank you for the videos you make every week. Cheers from Canada.

[@Hainbach]

Wah wah, of course! Such a good idea, bravo!

[@cold_fashioned]

Thank you so much for pulling back the curtain. So interesting to see the process. I'm excited for the finished product!

[@KnightMirkoYo]

Ever since I saw syntrx I knew it's going to be amazing. I'm very glad you, Mr. Hainbach, got an idea to compose an album with it. I am ~very~ excited!

[@pnKroKbobby]

Thank you. Love this format of video. From concept to final product, the visuals completes it in a way that I love to see how audio and visual can complement each other. Something I'd love to accomplish one day. Thank you for inspiring and taking us out of the norm and in to the unknown. Dont ever stop

[@jeanbonnefoy1377]

Can't wait for it, all the more that I plan using my recovery time after covid (which looks lenghty, I still can stand more than two or three hours a day) exploring this machine. Irony: living in Putney, half a mile away from Peter Zinovieff's detached house by the river nearby the District Line tracks where he invented and tested his wonderful machines (AKS and VCS3) in his basement-studio-workshop, and having (too briefly) owned an AKS in the early 80s, I hope to get my Syntrx as soon as manufacturing and delivery services are back on line. Freundliche Grrusse qus Grossbritannien ! (sorry: neither umlaut nor esstzett on my UK kbd :-)

[@Hainbach]

Get well soon! At least you have that behind you. Playing the prototype Syntrx here, it truly beautiful and I live learning it with a goal in mind

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

Get better!

[@RobinRimbaudScanner]

Hope you are feeling better now Jean! Funny thing about Putney is that grew up in Southfields, just along the road and used to visit Putney all the time, and as a teenager always wanted to pop into Peter's house but was too shy and nervous. I used to have my guitar amps and guitars serviced in a local place there too. I also had a borrowed AKS in the 1990s and was offered to buy it for £150 (!!) but I never had the money or the space for such a beautiful thing. Do I regret this? Oh dear....oh dear. The Syntrx is definitely most appealing too.

[@benedettosalamone7813]

As I said in an old comment, I can empathize with your compositions because I embrace the same discourse on the healing properties of music. Many have been the journeys that I have undertaken thanks to your notes and at this moment it's nice that someone takes care of providing the world with a safe place to reach when the pressure is too much. You are a good person and an excellent artist. Thanks from Italy for your works.

[@Sweedy44]

Just discovered your channel yesterday by a YT suggestion on your video called "passive bandpass filters". Amazing ! I love your Work and your tranquility. It deserve an album for sure.

[@andthensoclear]

Love this track, and I feel honoured to be able to follow your process for a full album. Looking forward to the next one 😄.

[@tahiche.]

Syntrx cames in a bigger, chamber-like, format. Magnetic resonance machine. As I listened to the Syntrx it reminded me exactly of that!

[@philpaintsstuff]

It’s great seeing you so passionate about this :) looking forward to seeing and hearing how it turns out!

[@defdac]

Imagine how beautiful the Syntrx would be with that turquoise color of the Brüel & Kjaer Impulse Precision Sound Level Meter 🥰

[@Hainbach]

Damn, what a paint job that would be

[@NicleT]

Really love the rising of the graining textures followed by its cut. Beautiful! As for the visual!!

[@lukeburris9178]

These are my favorite types of videos from you, your video making fernweh truly hooked me on your channel.

[@scratchrepeat]

Thank you Hainbach, for being such a source of peace and inspiration, especially during this time. Excited for the collab with Maysun!

[@MatthewJohnCrittenden]

A soothing balm in such trying times. Keep being you.

[@zacwhyte]

This was fantastic Hainbach. I really enjoyed the composition and the video. I'm so excited about the Syntrx.

[@5ToK3]

yeah that was fun - i love how you put yourself on the line there bro . fantastic to witness the thought process and of course the way you corrected your mistake

[@alejandromontanez2977]

If I could be quarantined with as many synths as you have I would be in heaven

[@thevoidinclusive]

Fantastic video, Hainbach. Great to follow along with your thoughts, processes, and production techniques.

[@williamolsen20]

Chase Bliss is just down the road from me. I had a problem with my pedal, and they let me stop by, and they fixed it for me. Nice guys, and really creative on many levels.

[@apislapis]

I'm a simple guy who can get easily distracted by having too many options, so to paraphrase what you say at the beginning about a limited set of instruments, I find less is definitely more. Looking forward to hearing and seeing more Hainbach soundscape content.

[@jnny7182]

apislapis :)

[@ShadyRonin]

You’re one of my heroes. Don’t ever stop!!! Love this video / concept of showing how you make your music

[@Jefflantern483]

Love the soothing downtempo chill song at end of vid! 🙂🙂 Calming! 🙂🙂

[@DJ_Cthulhu]

Met some people from Erica Synths at Synthfest UK, bought the Black Hole 2 DSP module. Will be keeping an eye on the Syntrx 🙂

[@finitesound]

Life keeps getting in the way of making music for me. I do hope I manage to get back into it soon. For now, these videos are inspirational.

[@jeremythornton433]

Sounds just like fun! I'm very glad there are people like you making music and sounds like this! I found you from Colin Bender's videos and I'm glad I have. You people inspire me to create sounds and interesting music. Thank you!

[@MrRexBaron]

love how down to earth this channel is and how your approach is very approachable. cheers.

[@MahlenMorris]

4:35 "lovingly squelchy". I can't let that phrase not be highlighted.

[@canissum]

Finally found some time to listen. That song at the end filled me with quietude.

[@Hainbach]

Quietude - is that a word? Love it

[@janahodgson8060]

Hainbach thank you for this! I thoroughly enjoyed watching your creative process and would love to see more-especially the computer part of putting all the music together. This piece is beautifully introspective and was very calming to my highly stressed mind...to many stressed minds surely. Thank you and stay well!

[@moksha8473]

HAINBACH, your videos are brilliant. I love learning new composing techniques when it comes to hardware, and you never disappoint. Thank you for all the work you do. All best_

[@southport65]

hainbach, you're a fucking genius, and don't you for a second try to deny it. i wish my mind could work like this, or have the ability to absorb so much knowledge and then implement it as you do.

[@OctoberMusicIsLife]

Hainbach I love love love that piece at the end. I have been watching a lot of your videos to learn. Your a scientist... a mad genius. I love all your landscapes your music takes me to beautiful places. This new album is perfect for the madness of covid-19. Just keep putting out your wonderful music.

[@wingoshack]

Your videos inspire me to make music right away after watching. I was sitting bored on the couch wasting time, now I feel creative!

[@PlumpPoetry]

I really enjoyed watching you build a track voice by voice. It helped to understand the layers and their relationships in the final song. Thanks!

[@guyewhite]

A huge blessing this morning. Thank you for this music.

[@TerryKinesis]

Long time fan, the isolation loops are things of beauty.

[@nanoloopbandit]

Hainbach I really appreciate you dude, thank you for this lovely video.

[@bobbychaos]

Great video! I love the concept of documenting the album creation process. I would love to see more on how the tools inspire the composition, and the decoupling from the inspired performance where the songcraft comes in, if those are separate for you.

[@dizlerimkupsis]

this is packed with inspiration, great!

[@TheGreenKingdom]

Lovely piece, the overlapping piano loops are really nice.

[@neuzethmusic131]

This is pure gold, it's so interesting to see the working process of an artist. Thanks for that! And good luck for the upcoming album! Btw, when I hear the warm, humming sounds of the AKS (or similar SYNTRX here), I immediately think of one of my favourite records, the wonderful and very emotional 'Avanti' by Alessendro Cortini.

[@zakcolello195]

sameee

[@gammakhan6254]

Vielen Dank für das Format. Sehr angenehm, wenn man am Ende das Endprodukt deiner Arbeit hört :)

[@bitegoatie]

You really caught something of the complexity of the moment with this song. At the same time, you put in a video a key element of how you approach composition more generally - reflecting on the emotional and experiential issues you hope to address and putting yourself in the proper head space to engage with them and assembling the instrumentation suited to realizing the music. I see how this serves you well in writing for theater, and I see ways I do the same kind of things. I do them more explicitly in my writing of words than music, but even with the music I do these sorts of things when I work best. So maybe I need to bring more of that practice to the music. Thanks for the evocative music and the practical background showing some of how you got that music from a thought to a piece we could all share.

[@LucasMarchal]

the synthrx is really tempting, love the interface and sound.

[@ATastyEnd]

It’s so fascinating watching you make music! More videos like this

[@jondoe8o]

Oh schön. Kann mich an den Schnee vor ein paar Tagen erinnern. Das einzige Mal, dass es schneite diesen ‚Winter‘. Sehr passend zur Musik

[@alexvarietyhour4919]

good to see someone else using the boss ps2, always been one of my favorite pedals, super underrated!

[@sweenyjp]

I am also going into album mode during these strange times. Keep your head up and still get out and travel in solitude. I've been going on midnight runs to avoid others and gathering a ton of field recordings. Just got a tee shirt from your site, I love the designs keep em coming. Its a a small gesture but anything I can do to help you and your family. I hope we can collaborate in the future once these wavy water times settle. Sound Saves -James

[@MaurizioDiBerardino]

Thank you so much for sharing your process for this track with us, I found it really interesting! The Erica synth seems to be a great machine for dark and thick rhythmic lines!

[@h2o1969]

That blooper pedal really seems great. I would like to see you use the Erica synth so more.

[@Hainbach]

Next video!

[@krowus3833]

Wow amazing music and wideo. I thing you can explein in details this syntax. You now, do complete overview abaut this. Than you!

[@crappie050764]

Very inspiring video en music. The Erica Syntrx seems to be very usefull for ambient music. It's on my wishlist for sure, thanks for sharing this video

[@Bollinja]

Thank you for sharing this, interesting to see how it was written, and a lovely song. Good comments on the current situation too. Looking forward to any videos on the Syntrx...I have one on order :) Hope it's up to snuff!

[@couleurves]

This is great! Can't wait for the rest of this serie. I relate to a lot of that so I'm pretty stoked to hear those results and to see it form!

[@sjcongo]

Can’t wait for your first song

[@marslightsnoise]

I like this type of video, tracing the evolution of a piece

[@2.7petabytes]

Thank you Hainbach!!

[@falcowien4454]

Hast Du gut gemacht . Aus lauter Langeweile habe ich auch angefangen zu schreiben . Wollte ich nie aber jetzt habe ich angefangen . Wünsche Dir weiterhin viel Erfolg , viel Spaß beim spielen und vor allem , bleib gesund .

[@Hainbach]

Hey Falco, du auch! Gerade jetzt ist es gut sich auszutauschen, dewswegen, bis bald!

[@Ssspaceform]

This is very beautiful

[@RussellLeak]

Thank you for this. It’s brilliant and beautiful

[@drwiener]

beautiful new track, and lovely video!!!

[@girlinagale]

I've been working with music I did 10 years ago and wondering how it sounds clearer and more original than my recent stuff. I realise that now I have more instruments and drum machine and they are all overcrowded in the mix.

[@stephenhiscox]

I especially love your piano-based work - can’t wait for the album. (And “not up to snuff” is my new favourite expression.) Look after yourselves.

[@TenisDimants]

Great to watch this, thank you!

[@JaredNichols909]

Very enjoyable. I love your dark, beautiful soundscapes. Thanks for sharing.

[@simoantere8738]

The song is so good. Thank you Hainbach, glück auf!

[@dudemandudebro938]

This sounds incredible, thanks for sharing

[@brianhorner8349]

Really like all your videos. AND you seem like a really nice person too. Keep ''em coming.

[@BufckRogers]

The piano and pad parts sit well together over time, Steve Reich springs to mind. Don't like the mid-range silly synth though, especially when it becomes destructive. I never comment on stuff, so please tell me to eff offf, what do I know anyway.

[@softservomusic]

I love your videos on your creative process. I find them very inspiring.

[@dPico-digitaldurda]

Beautiful piece. Love detailing. Just awesome

[@BackspinZX]

This was quite beautiful

[@patrickconnelly2904]

Man, two for two and both hit out of the park.

[@patrickconnelly2904]

Seamus Heaney channeling Joyce: You are fasted now, light-headed, dangerous./ Take off from here. And don't be so earnest,/ so ready for the sackloth and ashes./ Let go, let fly, forget./ You've listened long enough. Now strike your note.

[@samglass2004]

Very good music I saw your world when I close my eyes

[@cleverhardy5230]

Nice soundscape. Kinda reminds me of Brian Eno a little (especially the Windows 95 bootup sound).

[@Hainbach]

ENO ❤️

[@andrewkaiser]

This is lovely. I recently started to subscribe on patreon - the test equipment loops are so inspiring. Question - how much do you try to get in a take and how much do you assume will be overdub or edit?

[@Hainbach]

I hope it will be one take but I am realistic about my time.

[@geecen]

Great idea- can't wait to watch it later.

[@seek4truth]

Hi, do you have a autobiography video? I like to know more about you. Your videos are really inspiring, thanks

[@wrathdrum9909]

Thank you so much.♡

[@Stegekrkgdgsvs]

I would love to travel the world with music, it’s all I want

[@manfrombkk]

FANTASTIC!

[@johnrichardson3297]

Hainbach IMPRESSIVE! Do you consider a Droning Landscape Album... or FX/Sci Fi Experimental Album? Or both?

[@Rgdonaire_07]

Beautiful track! Meditative and hypnotic. How is your MacBook Pro 16 inch holding? Mine runs smooth, but last night it crashed pretty bad in the middle of an ableton session only at 40%cpu usage.

[@Hainbach]

No promblems here! I was wondering why it often engaged fans and realised that was iCloud. Would yo turn that off without 3rd party software

[@carlwickman6508]

Have you ever experimented using an Edison phonograph? I've been gifted a beautiful one, and the sampling I've done makes me really happy. I've even seen people making new cylinders with their original music and it's super cool.

[@Hainbach]

Wow, no! That is awesome

[@carlwickman6508]

@@Hainbach If ever in St. Louis come and visit! thecandyband.bandcamp.com/track/snowshapes

[@circuitousvibes5226]

F Major is a good choice for these times: healing ambient for the Heart Chakra

[@rastcheck6037]

Amazing content as always! I love also the visual at the end! How you made them? Thanks:)

[@ramonrojasalmuzara290]

11:42 magic!

[@thamelmusic]

Great idea ! Count me in !

[@HumanMotives]

Super inspirational !! 🙌

[@blightt6912]

Beautiful!

[@mteixido9]

That was so beatutiful hainbach!

[@georgwahmer3961]

that thing and sounds so good too good

[@ThreetomModular]

Very interesting to see how you make a track from a limited number of elements. How do you handle creating a stereo image?

[@Hainbach]

Syntrx has a great stereo image, and I use reverb and band pass panned, as well as Juno60 for width

[@MarkVNash]

I'd love to see a graphical explanation of the pulse mask mix.

[@guillaumevanrijckeghem7840]

Thank you for my 10 minutes in space today !

[@krowland7584]

i almost bought a blooper like 3 times but couldnt justify it sence i have red panda tensor and hexe revolver, but cool stuff.