THE TRUTH: HOW AM I AFFORDING EVERYTHING

I'm Jon Sine uploading daily vlogs about my life as a DJ & Producer.
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[@RealCbase]

I am sure Vanessa is allready searching for a new handbag.

[@cryptout]

Yeah I think so too 👍

[@HowardCharlesUK]

He has a premium content service called 'OnlyJons'

[@mixedbyrxlph]

LMAO

[@sevsmith2476]

😆😆😆

[@Table-Top]

I think Vanessa is supporting you well in your journey. She's a "keeper".

[@Synth2000]

Oh well this turned out to be a very interesting one. Great questions and good insight from you.

[@traezaX1]

God bless you with even more ... Awesome videos

[@tsgodman4409]

Well done old chum, very honest, wishing you every success..........

[@giacomoalbertodallariva7493]

hi Jon! I love what you're doing here on KZbin, I wanted to ask you a question: will you ever think about buying a mixing desk?

[@jensbuchholtz7880]

No one needs such a dinosaur tech in 2021. It's only to impress customers in traditional studios.

[@thejacksontwinz]

Awesome, Thanks for sharing

[@MasterOneMusic]

Awesome responses Thanks!

[@elishaahopper9715]

Hey Jon! Which Popfilters are you using for your mics when recording Singers and Songwriters? :)

[@Kingjohan_]

What do you think of the ssl fusion and how come you didn’t get a console with out board gear slots and what do you think of it

[@lindsaywebb1904]

buying quality definitely makes sense. I collected quite a bit of out board gear in the past, all studio grade. I purged most of it a couple of years ago because I wasn’t needing it anymore, and got all the money back... sometimes getting more per piece, sometimes less than I paid.

[@teabreakbeats]

Remember everyone - when you subscribe to a subscription service you cannot sell it afterwards to recoup any of your money!

[@shadowminer9439]

9:48 that really true, and if it's vintage stuff I can go up really fast

[@mofateam1]

so, instead : what´s your favorite midi keyboard and controller ?

[@djdahous]

Great tips. It actually makes sense to buy classic analog gear and avoiding to pay so much taxes in the end of the year. Very smart indeed. Money will always be there when you need it. However, it really needs to be some equipment which doesn't depreciate much in terms of value, otherwise, if you buy a computer, you will definitely loose money.

[@AlexValliMusic]

Power Conditioners clean up the electric signal. It doesn't do anything much for audio tone, or quality, but it does help protect your gear from stuff like power surges and brown outs. I have a Voltage Regulator which is a type of power conditioner that helps maintain a steady flow of electricity whenever there's fluctuation of highs and lows. In my home studio my power dims occasionally when I do laundry when the machines power up, so it's just a layer of protection for your gear and computer. When you invest 10s or 100s of thousands of dollars into a career like this, your first line of defense in protecting your gear is what it's plugged into.

[@riversideproductionztv]

Nothing wrong with new gear as long as you have a use for it in the studio and you have a point Jon, you can always sell it and get most of your money back and perhaps invest in another price of gear more suited to you

[@magnuscarlzon8009]

What kind of brand do you recommend.

[@guitarguy4372]

We love gear. Good clean gear. Sweet mother of gear.

[@emf2482]

How do we send the questions? Good to see.u keep it up under these shitty circumstances. Peace

[@BerniGSax]

Please test Abacus C-box or their newer studio speakers. 😉

[@JEBJOSH]

What synth is your favorite. 5:30 I didn't hear what he said

[@Jonsine]

jupiter 8

[@Hardcrow777]

Tomorrows gear... Gramophone, His Masters Voice... Try scratch hiphop on that vintage oldie... 😄

[@kmnberk8067]

I thought he was gonna say I am a drug dealer lol

[@tonightweride77]

Jon Abou Chaker

[@dogpetsuplies3068]

Was just about to say the same haha, imagine this guy dealin' around the geman hoods

[@loneerv]

Isn't that what all musicians do? lol

[@fleximarvellous]

I think a Behringer Poly D suits well in your studio.

[@kaiulrich6185]

The power conditioning thing is more useful on the road when you never really know what you‘ re up against. Especially if that device is a ups at the same time.

[@coolaid5272]

I produce (and live) offgrid. on solar panels. and I believe and that situation it's very useful to regulate your sine-wave further to make sure that the pulse is perfect.. I broke my Moog Minitaur with bad electrics over time.. urghh..

[@jensbuchholtz7880]

That's a fact. I too generate my own electricity and use a lot of analog gear. It sounds better if fed by my inhouse inverter (from the panels or from battery) than fed from the grid in times of no sun!

[@coolaid5272]

@@jensbuchholtz7880 actually just tried to redo do it, I was lucky only the charger was at fault, a new charger fixed the issue... my access virus is still unresponsive unfortunatly

[@danielmcnamara_]

I think power-conditioning is less important now since a lot of equipment already has power conditioning built into it's own circuits now - but a good safety if you can afford - not all gear obviously has it but certainly more each year if you look at gear from the 70's up to now (especially in high-end equipment)

[@magnuscarlzon8009]

Which kind of mic should I buy for song

[@arjanpetersen]

A good one

[@danGiddy]

I think Vanessa should get a new handbag every time you get a new big piece of gear, like that M1.

[@SuperGirl-hr5fo]

Vanessa should have wished for a Rolex , i can bet too that he ll buy new gear lol

[@JayfkProductions876]

🤣 Compared in My home country 🇯🇲 its a multi million dollar studio

[@BenCaesar]

Word!!!!! ILOK is a hard no from me

[@Mike-tg1ux]

What's up sine👍

[@burgercat369]

Imagine if this guy played Magic The Gathering😳 (highly addictive to people with shopping addiction)

[@symbolicsoul290]

when is the modular coming???

[@Jonsine]

I don’t know. I will ask Andi

[@Coflo]

peace bro, enjoy your honesty and life tinkering in music. I would recommend if you start doing "Jon Sine Voodoo" episodes that you choose a different name. Voodoo derives from old spiritual traditions in Africa (now in places like Haiti and the US "Vodun"). I want to spare you people taking offense or KZbin flagging your channel because the use of "voodoo" could be seen as derogatory/hateful. I'm sure you don't mean nothing by the use of it but I can see the writing on the wall. Maybe Jon Sine's "Smoke and Mirrors" or something.

[@johncaccioppo1142]

Good point, doesn't take much to piss off a blood cult. They live for retaliation and vendetta.

[@ByMcCauley]

try using famous cheap gears like BM-800 mics and Behringer UM2 audio interface

[@nixx5490]

behhringer xm8500 best mic for 15$ just insane

[@tutubeos]

Hey Jon, you know you have a brasilian accent when speaking English? 😊

[@alberterzmagier7370]

I hate the Rode Nt1a but also the Ilok dongle.

[@LabofmusicRecords]

Birds in the background..? :)

[@Lous_taunau]

LOL Vanessa's real plan it's to get another bag, she is one step ahead of you Jon! Lol

[@jamiebrown6194]

Why does it sound like there are birds in the background?

[@69AndyM]

it's called TEXTURE. add it to your mix to fill in the spa- wait this isn't a tutorial...

[@bangerheadboy]

Based on the title im expecting you to have a secret life as a money launderer and drug kingpin but I get the feeling the answer wont be so exciting XD

[@Alex-dg2mb]

Maybe he’s a saudi

[@truckwillis9375]

semimodular is a gateway drug, try it

[@MrRoberacer]

Are you not running balanced lines to everything? That is a total game changer. Consider large format sound systems for a moment. That is what I work in most anymore. We aren't usually dealing with small voltages either. As I said that I realized your common voltage is high voltage for us as for us most gear runs on 120 volts. That is one downside to higher voltage. It radiates through the air further. Even so balanced lines should eliminate that depending on what system they are using internally in the gear. Just a thought. A lot of people use unbalanced connections and find they have noise problems. In both studios and live systems you are dealing with so much gear in such a small space unbalanced is going to pick of noise like crazy. You may have done this. It is just a thought but in my experience with balanced lines and proper grounding (no ground loops) the noise from the cable should end up below the noise floor of the gear itself. 1 caveat though. More gear = more connections = more noise so that is a bit of a sliding scale.

[@Synth2000]

I have easily double or triple the gear that Jon has, my mains comes in as 243V and I am having a lot of trouble. A LOT of airborne radiation. My pultecs sound like crap in this place, plus extra transformer humming, and some gear not performing well or failing. Spent already 1 month removing all ground loops. My next step is to fully review the grounding scheme, because there is also a derivation between ground and line. Then once that is fixed I will go balanced. Some places just need a full overhaul to be workable as an studio, and the sooner you take care of it the better.

[@MrRoberacer]

@@Synth2000 There is the balanced line thing. Also I have heard that if you use power for some of the gear from opposing phases that can cause issues. Honestly I really don't understand how that can happen because in a live audio system we run 3 phase power all of the time. That means that they gear is definitely not all running on the same supply phase also almost all gear internally uses DC power so it has it's own power rectification/filtering section to deal with that very thing. If there is an electronics guy who can chime in this would be great. One studio I worked at was situated right by a power dam and they had strange noises but a friend of ours came over who is an electronics guy. We went through and source grounded the entire room which eliminated all of the ground loops. Almost all of the noise when away then. Source grounding means you cut the ground at every receive end so the shield is only connected to the source piece. After than the other thing to do is transformer decouple as sometimes the chasse is tied to the signal. Grounding can be very frustrating. Funny story. I was doing a show one time in this old building and they literally had no ground. PA has to be grounded. I had noise hell. My solution. Cut an end off of and extension cord, bare the wires inside, tie the ground strap on the panel to the other end of the extension cord and throw the bare wire end into the lake. Instant ground. Definitely not CSA approved. The show did go on and no noise.

[@shadowminer9439]

14:50 that way it's easier tho change things

[@adamarctic935]

Until you find out there is a way to have more than 32 channels connected to your computer with an avb network interface like Motu. ;)

[@kedskies]

Why you looking like Hulk actor 😦

[@B1ankeys]

This is at least the 8th time you made this video lol

[@Synth2000]

Don’t go modular... semi modular is a good balance thumbs up

[@florianrachor7796]

Wait, wait, wait. You are telling me you got a mint condition M1 for 270€? Bruh, this gear guy of yours, mind sharing his phone number :D. He has to deliver to Austria I fear though...

[@BakerSynth]

Maybe it was my M1 I sold in 1995. I always keep my gear in mint condition. Who knows what happened to it after I sold it.

[@Synth2000]

Are you talking korg m1? They can be had for 200 - 250 euro easily

[@MaManOfficial]

11:45 Do you have to like prove it with invoices or anything? That you have 'invested' all your revenue?

[@herxdnb3894]

Of course, tax office is not really keen on "I told you so"-s :)

[@jensbuchholtz7880]

Of course! You don't want to mess with German Finanzamt 😳

[@MaManOfficial]

@@herxdnb3894 ahah I understand, does it only apply to physical gear/stuff? Or is it also possible with plugins, online education or other software for example?

[@MaManOfficial]

@@jensbuchholtz7880 See my other answer for a next question ;)

[@herxdnb3894]

@@MaManOfficial I believe all expenses related to the registered business. As an IT guy I can also put in SW purchases and trainings/courses, so I think it should be the same for music related companies, after all, if you're paying for a course that will improve your work-related knowledge it's definitely a business investment, not a private one. If in doubt check with your tax-advisor :)

[@moregainfreeman1834]

Jon, I saw in one of your videos, that you do jogging - this is really helpful - but you should not do it in the city, because there is so much pollution (and nano dust) from the cars that drive constantly there. If you do not have the time to drive outside of Düsseldorf to the woods (or is there one in the city, too?) I would favor to jog by the riverside or so!

[@moregainfreeman1834]

to the woods * * or the countryside, away from Landstrassen and such ;-)

[@Rhekluse]

A new handbag? Dude, if you break your promise to Vanessa you should have to buy her a new car (the equivalent cost of your entire studio).

[@AlexValliMusic]

Yeah the new handbag vs gear.... There's something wrong with that trade. lol Dude needs to get her probably 3 handbags the cost of his most expensive piece of gear. lol

[@josiahsomers2508]

Ah yes, studio gear which actually goes up in value is totally a fair trade for a car which instantly looses 50% 🤦‍♂️

[@Rhekluse]

@@josiahsomers2508 fair point but its still worth more than a handbag.

[@josiahsomers2508]

@@Rhekluse who are you to say that? Worth is subjective lol.

[@Christian.Ohlberg]

I like trains

[@B1ankeys]

Man those iLok/elicenser things are so crappy..steinberg needs to get rid of it

[@Pilzhirn]

They will get rid of it in the future 🙂

[@moregainfreeman1834]

It also the case that while doing sport the polluted air is breathed in even deeper. But don't think about wearing a mask while jogging - it keeps away some of the dust, but it also deprives a whole lot of the oxygen to reach your lungs, in the end.

[@MtZaba]

dang kinda sounds like an addict coping for his addiction lol

[@Johnnyhaag79]

You NEED Elektron!

[@BlezzBeats]

This guy got his excuses on lock to cover any possibility of halting the gear obsession, denial - typical stage 4 trait of GAS! Lmao jsk, you're doin good vlogging with nothing to vlog about, enjoying them!

[@Jonsine]

Thank you 🙏

[@kidmyn]

7eventh

[@after2am150]

50% Tax...

[@Jonsine]

Yeah welcome to Germany 42% income tax

[@allenk6373]

@@Jonsine well free quality education free quality healthcare good public transport good wages strong economic nice modern architecture I wouldn't mind paining that if my goverement did all those things we are paying like 15 but its actually 40 and my country doesn't do shit wants the point of a goverement like these

[@ulisescortez2933]

Teach us how to properly mix instead of showing us gear, we want to learn

[@dsphotos]

that gear guy is not good for you, better get some sponsors and get the gear for free, sell that gear later if you dont need it

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[@jessinrodenburg7728]

second.

[@melona3727]

i mean..how many times have you uploaded this "how am i affording" videos.... so repetitive and boring nowadays... imao

[@arjanpetersen]

Make ur own content. Stop whining

[@Jonsine]

Hey I understand your frustration I keep the Ort short. It’s just what people ask me a lot for whatever reason. I wish no one would so I didn’t have to make these videos

[@coolaid5272]

@@Jonsine but you don't HAVE to repeat, just refer to links of videos you already made about the topic... the real issue is that a daily vlog is hard to keep original and fresh. you mentioned this yourself.

[@arjanpetersen]

@@Jonsine I don’t mind. It was just answer for 2 minutes. Rest of it was very interesting. Keep up the good work! Really enjoying it!

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[@RichCurtisDJ]

Don’t care.. to be honest. Same as you, other than manufacturing content why would you need to delve into this topic. Not anyone else’s business but your own 😎

[@francoischavalle8168]

You love yourself a bit too much......