Making Modular Musical Again

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4 ай бұрын

We all know it can bleep bloop. But are modular synths good for other kinds of music?
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@JamesonNathanJones

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@MichaalHell

Using my modular is more akin to meditating rather then anything else.. I love the process even though the results might not always be great

@NostalgicRuckus

All my friends are machines. 🖤

@meditationman4208

While it's still quiet I just wanted to say that I really appreciate you

@DBPawlan

Yeah, I used to create whole compositions on my modular and it definitely is/was a lot of fun. But I've found that the enjoyment didn't come from the actual patch results but rather the process of designing the patch and plugging it all together. I now find myself enjoying myself more by actually finishing a composition within a day or two rather than continuing to spend the hours in fine-tuning a patch and getting it to do what I wanted it to do. So now, I look over at my rack and try and remember the joy that I'd had in using it; it's become more of a point of nostalgia than anything else. However, I have, like you, recently attempted to re-discover the joy of patching, but this time focusing on using it more of an accompaniment to my other hardware/software synths than relying on it to produce a complete composition.

@jmalmsten

Also. In general, If a parent teaches their kids about synths... They kids will never have money for drugs.

@eristoy

My wife calls my eurorack setup, my Legos.

@jerrybot7321

It also does "blorps".

@eyeprod3101

I don't know why people think it's so hard to make modular musical. It's easy-you just use a quantizer. I do a one man act with my modular and a couple of keyboard synths and I have it set up to where I can (and do) jam for hours and it always sounds musical. Except for a couple of jams where I purposely do the bleeps and bloops thing, it's a musical concert that follows a structure that is designed to be loose. If you're hung up on making a performance the same every time, then maybe modular is not for some people. The beauty is in the randomness and understanding how to manipulate the sound(s) of the machine you create. Modular requires knowledge, planning, and skill if you expect it to be more than fart sounds and happy accidents.

@fentanyljones6956

For me it’s at least 50% about electronic concepts, sound design comes next, music comes third on most days. I’m a musician more than anything though, it’s just not the primary appeal of modular for me. The marriage of the three is the objective but my modular is all analog and discrete design concepts that I understand on an electronics level as well as sound design level.

@Jin-Hu

Ive often felt that the modular approach is more akin to a symbiotic collaboration than singular creation, discovering the modules talents through patching. The idea of pairing these electric friends with more traditional instruments is genuinely very smart, thanks Jameson.

@edgardvera3132

Jameson you are THE MOST authentic guy I’ve subscribed to in KZbin.

@BPD81 5 сағат бұрын

I really dig how thoughtful your videos are. Well done, man.

@michaelkonomos

When you start getting into melody and harmony 12 minutes in, I'm here for it. And not because I have that instrument and music theory training already - it's precisely because I do not that I see their value. Rather than shrug it off and carry on with the technology itself, I'm putting in the hours to learning it. I feel like these building blocks are vital to making my music emote. I don't hear about this enough in the synth scene, and I am glad you are filling that gap. I think we are all way better off for it!

@captainlovett4724

When I tried out eurorack for a couple months, I was very frustrated at all times. I didn’t feel like I was “making music,” rather I was a conductor and the modules played themselves. It didn’t feel like an extension of myself like an instrument does to me, it was its own entity with its own agenda. The only way to get more out of it is to constantly experiment and put cables into every possible spot.

@SpikesStudio3

patching is pure Zen. I love when after a bit, you stand back and acually see what you have done and realise that you didnt know that you had that many patch cables. (I believe if you feed them after dark, they multiply). 😜 Love your work bro. 🎯

@SlaserX

Congrats, this is the first time I've seen a content creator use modular to make music, and not just noise. Maybe if more people tried to make music with modular, it wouldn't have the reputation it does.

@lushbulb2473

Great. Never stop the tape.

@robin_h_p

My "solution" for the cost of modular is DIY. I enjoy soldering & assembly, and buying kits or bare PCB/panel sets is significantly lower cost. I also limit myself to analog only, primarily thru-hole components. It reduces the selection available but still gets me exactly what I'm looking for in the first place.