how to .... LEARN?

[@colognialist1964]

Great Words. You can read a complete manual of a car. Twice. But u can't drive a car. If you are new to modular stuff start slowly. Don't mess with polarity - trying to build a small bass or a wooden rhythmic thing. Put small pieces of note grid and let the project grow beside your skills grow... Don't get rid of your creativity - it's not work. Its fun. Thank you polarity

[@ScottGarman]

As I've gotten older I've started valuing my time more, and I try not to get too sucked into learning things by consuming content without spending a proportional amount of time applying what I've learned. It can be great to follow your curiosity and learn things when it feels fun, but nowadays I spend so much more time learning with a purpose or outcome in mind. And when it comes to that, I have to involve some kind of hands-on experience with it to truly learn. Making music also works so well with 'happy accidents' and experimental outcomes, and that's what keeps me coming back to explore more.

[@PolarityMusic]

yea, the gratification one feels from discovering something on one's own is truly invaluable. active learning is more efficient, and it allows to retain information much more effortlessly!

[@matthewallthetime218]

Watching people build things and then trying to build the same thing for yourself is a time honored way to get started. The click happens once you’ve messed around a while. Helps to focus on one small, specific problem at a time.

[@peterkoval]

A lot of times, I find The Grid hinders my creative music-making process. I find it most helpful when I don't have a specific concept because I want to put the idea in motion. When I have time to play with sound design and no real direction in mind, like a playground, I find it sparks creative ideas that I can use later. But it's just so much easier to use a cymbal sample for instance, just to complete the creative concept and get the song moving forward, rather than slowing my entire process down by trying to figure out how to create the cymbal. It's all good information and it depends on how you create, and what inspires each of us differently. Sound design and music-making seem like two relatives of the same family. Sometimes they get along and sometimes they don't.

[@marylewis3311]

Notes in my old files and projects has saved me so many times opening some experiment from years ago. Note to future self.

[@buckycore]

All I have to say is: Phaseplant and then later Bitwig took this preset jocky into a fledgling sound and patch designer. I know so very little, but I have so much fun learning. And already I can tell my patches are getting better (still not as traditionally "Musical" as some would like..but, hey man...this is my Journey! I have no desire to make yet another FM sounding bass. I want patches that tweak, twerk, yell and cluck at you!

[@Aysnc32Bit]

These philosophical videos can even open a separate polarity philosophy playlist.

[@PolarityMusic]

there is a zen-poli playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLyCfny1Hc_btLxfUARcY43GKDyL2bPQgk

[@tobimontana61]

Amazing and very valuable video! Especially as we live in an era where „doing your own research“ became somehow something to look down at.

[@PolarityMusic]

yes, it's totally fine to show people only the successful result on KZbin, but it's also okay to say that sometimes you have to figure things out for yourself. :)

[@itinerantghost]

Loved it! So many good tips here about learning anything in life. Thanks!

[@andrew4982]

The problem with modulars is that they require extensive knowledge of circuitry before you can use them efficiently, you need to understand what they do beforehand. And people that have both musical talent and technical background are not so many. I did electronics as a hobby at young age, but after doing something else a lifetime I forgot. And all I remember was how hard was to understand circuitry. And at not so young age I am not sure I will have the patience and perseverance to learn again.

[@PolarityMusic]

Yes, that's true. You don't have to do everything yourself; you don't have to figure everything out on your own. I also often don't feel like delving deep into things and prefer the direct solution. But it's also good to show that sometimes it's necessary to research, discover things, and take joy in accomplishing something.

[@pierresilence]

You are good and you have really good points. Thank you!

[@MB-zm6rr]

best teacher! thanks Polarity.

[@ancient_observer]

Grid is a Entire Universe!

[@nathanmachine-]

dude - bending zone is easy: tune guitar as normal and keep turning the peg until it finally goes to the next note. stop and tune just back to the primary note (like a half turn). now you have full bending and full evertune.

[@Rustyboyyy1]

Great video Polarity, there is saying over here...... "every day is a school day" . Keep up the brilliant work🤙🙂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@PolarityMusic]

🤝

[@OdoSendaidokai]

Great video. Teaching every combination of everything could take some time :)

[@PolarityMusic]

infinite youtube content :D its perfect

[@OdoSendaidokai]

@@PolarityMusic YEAH 🤣 👍

[@AUXSIUM_music]

i have been procrastinating since version 3 to learn the grid and still haven't learned the basics xD

[@PolarityMusic]

:D you also dont need to learn the grid. You can already do so many things with bitwig outside of the grid.

[@TheAlburp]

Learning concepts > learning modules imo

[@datashat]

Wise words as always. I made this 808 grid attempt by reading probably the same Google results as you about the 6 oscillators making up the cowbell, hats, rim and claves: kzbin.info/www/bejne/innJpJ2HeL5-arcsi=aZ1qn3GHFULfsy9q