Meng Qi Wing Pinger

In which Chinese instrument maker par excellence Meng Qi visits my studio and we chat about his new instrument, the "Wing Pinger".
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[@T.H.W.O.T.H]

Two mad geniuses in a nerd cave... ... this is the future I voted for! 🌼

[@OlBunnah]

.... instead we got a bad knockoff of Idiocracy.

[@the_meta4589]

Watching this makes me so jealous and happy at the same moment...

[@patrickconnelly2904]

Music might be the only thing that can save the world, by bringing us together.

[@SlightlyNasty]

I would LOVE to see more builders from non-English countries including their native language on front panels, or even just using it exclusively.

[@hArtyTruffle]

I’m already struggling on a steep learning curve. I vote for English AND the designers native tongue 🥴

[@xDRAGONSHAGGERx]

Include a easy to change cover with different languages :o

[@KazmaHD]

This would be sick, but they'd need to hire a translator

[@northerncatto]

It’s like a box full of electronic birds. I have never wanted something so bad so quickly.

[@elijahhasskamp7657]

Lyrics to a song that never was: “An instrument designer from... Chiner”

[@moonscore]

“His Wing Pinger was quite a... Singer.”

[@NineHellHeaven]

Uh huh!

[@fortheloveofnoise]

I guess he is working on his American Hillbilly dialect.

[@theothertonydutch]

@@fortheloveofnoise Brits do it too. "I'm going for a drive in my 'Honder'"

[@bitegoatie]

I love the instrument and the sensibilities of its maker. Plus he seems to be a lovely person. Thank you.

[@musictech_10us]

I've met Hainbach and have corresponded with Meng Qi. Both super lovely, brilliant people.

[@lilakmonoke982]

sweet, audio nerds from east and west are finally united! amazing instrument too ...

[@jimmy_jamesjams_a_lot4171]

THANK YOU Hainbach!! Not only for having a great interest in perpetuating some of the more esoteric methods that can be applied in all things music, but also for hosting one of my personally favorite and inventive DIY folks! This was a very welcome and pleasant surprise for I didn’t know that many musicians would know Meng Qi personally. He is a very approachable and personal guy. I don’t personally know him but he has always seemed so accessible. And GREAT AESTHETICS!! Great to hear him openly admit the ideas that he has appreciated and burrowed from other builder folks and implemented in his own developments, not prude at all. THANKS AGAIN for sharing an awesome job!

[@georgeredpath5394]

Bloody class Collab! The internet is a fantastic place

[@slashess69]

Hainbach's reactions to exploring this instrument are a real mood lmao 13:35

[@poppybrosjunior]

huge mood

[@emilianog872]

12:49 is priceless too

[@poppybrosjunior]

@@emilianog872 *give it some spaaaceeeee*

[@JazzyFizzleDrummers]

I guess that's what happens when you play with your wing pinger

[@xDRAGONSHAGGERx]

Huge explosion of mood

[@shookstylez]

I guess this guy was a big fan of Isao Tomita. Using the resonant to recreate a whistle sound, (almost bird like) for his recreation of the melody of Claire De Lune from Claude Debussey.

[@eonsfollower]

Meng Qi loves to label his instruments with poetic names, like this one as Wing Pinger in English and 振翅 (Flapping Wings) in Chinese. They sound so scholarly beautiful, both the names and the music!

[@Hainbach]

That is beautiful, I will have to talk to him about that!

[@archebeats]

This guy makes legit stuff. I wasn't aware he seem to be so "stand alone". I tried his modules back in LA the voltage memory is a great module from his craft.

[@JC-bf9zm]

I used to think I was satisfied with my gear and setup... thanks, Hainbach!

[@patches4306]

I realized the secret: this guy caught the forest spirits and locked them in an enchanted box. It's easy to understand)

[@Monkeyshaman]

Is that not how instruments are made? 😐

[@waltmodul7948]

This video could be a part of a lecture ,about Musik making with electronic instruments.

[@VinnieLeeStudio]

Master MengQi! Got a chance to chat with him last year at a synth event, he was very nice and friendly. Glad to see both of you in one video!

[@PastelComGini]

It's impressing how linear the commands are. It looks like there's no "1/1000th degree and BANG" situation.

[@baleinerenard7629]

This "synth" sounds so promising ! Meng is a wizard ! It's fun to see your enthousiam when Meng discribes the Wing Pinger :) Thank you for sharing these moments !

[@fedesartorio]

I really love the way the “experimental” music manufacturers are going recently. This reminds me a bit of the Soma Laboratories products too. Meng Qi and a few others are making real instruments that you can play and get lost with for hours, with a coherent design and that produce beautiful sounds

[@jbowmanmusic]

I agree the comparisons with Soma are interesting, particularly with both playing on the line between musicality and chaos. My initial take is that the SOMA are very "hands on" in that the Lyra and Pulsar respond very deliberately and directly to the player's intentions (particularly touching the key contacts) whereas the Weng Pinger seems to have more of an interface between intention and outcome with the chickenheads (but no less beautiful result!) Possibly the Weng Pinger more like the DFAM in that regard - do you have to play the pulses on this the way you have to play the sequencer on the DFAM?

[@V3xxe]

Man, I want one of these so much.

[@TayTayMakesBeats]

I'd love to see more vids and interviews with Meng Qi. The way you guys talk and think about music is almost spiritual in nature, very interesting and inspiring to hear.

[@SourceRE]

Jam at the end was gorgeous. Good work, you two!

[@inwex8350]

Just had an amazing ASMR experience to this video for some reason. I'm just digging the vocal conversation and musical conversation you two are having. Meng Qi and Hainbach!

[@flaminggarlic]

Just before watching this I was thinking of designing a trigger sequencer that takes a lfo signal at the input and uses a state variable filter to adjust the phase and sends it to a series of comparators set to various points of the phase. with a sine wave and no filtering you would get something like a eighth note pattern as you add filtering you increase the swing one way or the other. with more complex signals you would get increasingly chaotic repeating triggers.

[@josdurkstraful]

It doesn't get more nerdy than this...... love it!

[@chrisbliss7130]

this is such a lovely thing to watch! two likeminded musicians chatting and exploring sounds. it is beyond my imagination how he is able to create such beautiful circuits on purpose. loving these organic, intimate sounds!

[@jackantharia]

Always felt mr. Meng Qi will make some chaos circuits. Great stuff!

[@thamitri13]

This just knocked my socks off. What a beautiful amazing instrument. Very unique. The sound feels very warm and natural. His explanation is very clear. We should start calling him Meng Qi lăoshī! Except for the hair you guys are pretty much alike. ☺

[@danzender7665]

Hainbach, you are truly an influence! Keep up the great videos and music. Always looking forward to your next one!

[@my4trackmachine]

Meng Qi makes some great stuff. Really cool to see this interview. If you haven't I would definitely check out his youtube channel. Some very cool things there.

[@ThomasBaxter]

There are few things I enjoy more than watching two people use a lingua franca like this.

[@polutropos]

Was just writing that it kind of reminds me of Rob Hordijk's Benjolin - different but similar - & then you mention it. Love this sort of thing.

[@siryba]

This is brilliant. Thank you for introducing me to Meng Qi and the Wing Pinger. What a fantastic instrument!

[@avantlanuit]

Je ne me lasse pas d'écouter vos improvisations _ c'est un très très beau moment _ bravo à vous

[@Projacked1]

I have been looking for a long time for a macine that can do what my MicroModular does...I think this is it. SUPER-LIKE!!

[@chriskostelec]

So cool! I love Meng Qi's designs as well, I love the mix of English and Chinese as well.

[@DanJohnson]

I've been a fan since I bought KARP a few years ago, this new instrument sounds great

[@starblindtv3988]

Really love the sound but I am wondering how you would implement this in a more traditional setup

[@Racosz]

The final jam sounds like Pan Sonic. Very nice instruments and gear. Greetings from Colombia.

[@Hainbach]

Pan Sonic are gods

[@localtechnique]

Great to hear there'll be a minijack version. Definitely going to check this out later today. Really enjoyed the performances last night!

[@simoantere8738]

That ooh at 13:38 hit the spot! So nice sounding pings.

[@circuitousvibes5226]

What a beautiful instrument. The filter I have been waiting for.

[@downer9098]

this is a very beautiful conversation, and a good example of an artistic research

[@GoldenBoyDims]

man this is such an intuitive design

[@TedPeeples]

It's fucking electronic wind chimes. It's fucking amazing.

[@MODUS_OP]

Most excellent, Meng Qi! Love your work! Thanks for covering this, Hainbach!

[@volanoisystuff2879]

Wau! this was awesome. Really cool instrument. Love the jam at the ends. It was beautiful.

[@dwilliams4142]

Very cool Meng Qi! Looking forward to seeing this.

[@aeonhorizonmusic8130]

Wow, the sounds at arround 16:00 are truly amazing!

[@QuimFont]

"start with a harmonic and then go into chaos and then come back again ... that's like how life is" 2:41

[@shpongled587]

Don't ever change! You guys are amazing!

[@thomasbeckett1174]

Just amazing! What a beautiful device.

[@AmbientSky]

Great work Meng Qi!

[@beenmicrophone5817]

that jam was mesmerizing 💖💖😮😮😮👌👌

[@vaspers]

I can't wait to buy one of these weird little sonic monsters! Love it.

[@0Fdigital]

Amazing instrument, great insights/philosophy re: electronic instruments, and a great jam at the end. I love your channel! I really need to check out the MengQi gear.

[@triplebacon1]

Loving this box of magical sounds! What a fantastic clever guy Meng Qi is ;-)

[@antfactor]

this was VERY fun to hear - both the conversations and cool demo(s)! Thanks, guys - OMG - sounds BEAUTIFUL!! Great job!

[@particlejones]

Hainbach for president

[@sampleexamplemusic]

THE MENG QI HAS SPOKEN.

[@Hainbach]

Oh my dude, thank you for that!

[@2.7petabytes]

What a great interview and such a great idea! Love it!

[@laicamusic1]

The track at the end of this video was so great

[@HBCrigs]

The vocab is way above my knowledge level haha

[@SourceRE]

2 of my favorite people in music in one video.

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

Sept. 2020, and no sign of this being for sale anywhere. I hope Meng Qi is happy/healthy. Maybe this will still appear someday.

[@d3a1990]

Wow!! How cool. These videos add real excitement to my day and inspire me to dig into hardware more. What an incredible machine. The pentatonic frequency modulation is such a cool function. Can you do a video about tape machines and digital integration of the signals?

[@Hainbach]

Would love to!

[@johnrichardson3297]

Thank you Meng Qi!

[@buyukberber]

This is really beautiful!

[@jonaseggen2230]

look from 16:37, see that grey little guy in the background? He is the one whistling this tune.

[@Slope114]

thank you for this! so cool to see Meng Qi interviewed in english!

[@ThomasonBitchTamer]

Man, your voice is awesome! Do audio books or something!

[@flowerpower111]

maaan that jam at the end was unreall

[@intafon]

I love your reactions to this instrument -- you're obviously super excited about what he had to say and what he's done with the Wing Pinger; he does have a really cool way of thinking... Great interview/video.. :-) Also, I love those dials... ok, maybe i should watch the whole thing before commenting -- the jam at the end of the video is awesome...

[@wanggarlen]

Really didn't expected to see Meng Qi in your channel...

[@RobbekenSynthMusic]

12:50 Give it some s p a c e . . .

[@robotboot]

liked the jam. Wing Pinger looks fun to wiggle

[@inventanew]

nice drone sounds

[@landwirtschaft2116]

That's some hot otherworldly shit! I'm very glad i just discovered this… thank you!

[@flaviowilner1288]

Amazing box for creating musical noises!

[@bobpercy]

ok that is awesome...and a brilliant jam at the end as well. Do you know about/ or have you tried cross patching with plumbutter? Though maybe that would be overkill ( or too much joy!)

[@Hainbach]

I hope to do that at some point!

[@h2o1969]

Great video. His approach is very interesting. Works very well with your style.

[@beenmicrophone5817]

sounds beautiful

[@aeonhorizonmusic8130]

Sounds beautiful!

[@delta-9969]

Will there be a PCB or kit?

[@McN4styFilth]

Fantastic little curiosity. Thanks for showing us!

[@brendonmoeller]

Siiiiiick jam at the end

[@rhohoho]

This was beautiful.

[@smacksalad]

Awesome jam at the end, amazing work!

[@asynchronicity]

This is truly insanely great!

[@vandera]

Great stuff! Love how you two talk shop.

[@frndly.3492]

Can you do a video about Abletons CV tools?

[@Hainbach]

Erm, I have no idea of those, will have to take a look.

[@LucasMarchal]

I love pings, what a beautiful design ! This will be tempting :)

[@baronswodeck5068]

This sounds beautiful!

[@TRIPPLEJAY00]

Hainbach I'm and Electrical Engineer and make many gadgets for practical use. However I've never made a musical instrument but a guitar amp from recycled electronics. After watching this again I may consider making an instrument myself. If I do, may I send you a prototype Sir.

[@Hainbach]

Absolutely! My email is in the channel overview

[@SyncdAlien]

Quite interesting. Is this considered a boutique manufacturer?

[@AtlasMvm]

i think this is the definition of boutique manufacturer

[@slashess69]

This was really cool Hainbach!

[@iantanner7579]

superb, - sounds like "The Clangers" after getting hold of some bad acid. - i want one - also, it doesn't just sound beautiful, it looks beautiful too

[@glyn5385]

no such thing as bad acid just dont eat the brown acid

[@iantanner7579]

true, my worst trips were always the best ones once i'd stopped peaking. - noticing your avatar actually brings back many fond memories, - purple ohms and double-sided silver smileys were my favourites...

[@glyn5385]

@@iantanner7579 ahhh them purple ohms where pretty ruthless back in the day 88-92..

[@avantlanuit]

merveilleux instrument - merci pour cette démo

[@davidsimons1377]

Looks & sounds nice. I have a nice blue & gold Karp module on order from USA.