MicroBRUTE Solo Tape 1 - Old Berlin School

[@erebousde]

This isn't Klaus Schulze style, this is an entire new style and sometimes seems like a modern development of the classic KS sound from the 70s. He once said in an interview he is sad people only focussed on the drum-based music like techno and didn't develop Berlin School further after the 70s and mid-80s ended. This is probably what he envisioned. Great music!

[@Okemor]

Brilliant track, so Schulze-eqsue. And the potential of the Brute is breathtaking.

[@fairy_god_prince1701]

I'm so happy I got one of these a week ago. All I need is more...stuff. I'm looking at a very expensive habit. Better than drugs, right?

[@shreknos]

It IS a drug :)

[@sawtooth808]

shreknos Oh yeah, analogue synth buying if you are not prudent, or mindful of your finances can make a crack addiction seem like a trip to starbucks for coffee, however buying musical gear is more socially acceptable than drug consumption.

[@hiiipower3005]

HOWS URE HABIT ??? URE RABIT IN A HAT???

[@mutedsounds2k]

Want an expensive drug? Enter the world of modular syntesizers (Eurorack format).

[@InsertName125]

Imagine being a mastering engineer. Yes, it can actually get worse than the world of modular synths.

[@fritzschantz9737]

I have been intrigued by synths ever since hearing my dad play Kraftwerk in the 70s. A year ago I got a synthstation49, but still longed for real knobs and sliders to play with. So I got a microbrute and am just starting to play with it.. Your music is so inspiring. Thank you so much for this.

[@JHTVideos]

Super nice. A bit like Tangerine Dream, a bit like Klaus Schulze. I encourage you to do more like this. I dig it.

[@2smallfiguresinalandscape702]

This is why i love electronic music, i really love those 16-step sequences. Great work.

[@yusynthman]

Man you made my day and remember : one cannot heard too much of Klaus Schulze music in one's life ! ;-)

[@EarlyMist]

Very awesome. A very great way (multitracking) to make the most out of such a little minimal analog synth. Sounds like thousands upon thousands of dollars worth of gear.

[@DTime]

Too much Klaus Schulze or TD for that matter? Never enough :) Thanks for this. Brute in the house now thanks to your track.

[@synth4ever]

What a lovely performance... very melodic and captivating. Also a great demo of Microbrute's softer side. Well done my friend! :)

[@thainmlh]

very nice job! You have nailed that Berlin School sound quite nicely. More Klaus Schulze than Tangerine Dream...

[@dj_bstolt5638]

So Tangeine Dream, super professional! This kicks ASS!! I'm SO getting a MicroBrute now!

[@regruse9040]

This is right on the money. Agree it's a showcase for how versatile the Microbrute can be. Lovely textures and variations

[@thomaskolb8785]

Just found this after three years, wow this is excellent Berlin stuff.

[@Solvinden]

Really nice! And, yes, as an old friend of both Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schultze (and Peter Baumann); I agree that it reminds of him. Great thank you for the music!!

[@bobbycat8]

Wow. Warm, full, beautiful sounds. You had me captivated for the entire 11 minutes

[@cheetahlion79]

I waiting for the UPS driver to deliver my MicroBRUTE and was looking for what people are doing with theirs. You have done an outstanding job with this. I can't wait for my delivery, but I am definitely going to need lots of practice.

[@PanerramikVon]

This music is beautiful, reminded why i need the Brute in my life

[@davidbrown8600]

Man, it's always the simplest melodies that are the most pleasant. I find myself building tracks up so much and being dissatisfied. I need to force myself to work within a limit. It's almost a meditation. So much more space within a single track.

[@brunocpimenta]

I feel the same way. I start riffing on the guitar and it sounds nice. A little more details and it becomes better and ok. Then I start trying too many thing that always take me out from that point it was great and it ruins it.

[@adaptiveplexus]

Sounds just like Klauss Schultz, He probably spent the equivalent of $300,000 in equipment. You, $300 on the micro-brute!!! LOL

[@philipclayberg4928]

There was nothing like the Micro-Brute in the 1970s. Almost everything was analog (except Yamaha D7, organs, pianos, harpsichords, and Mellotrons). Tuning alone was time-consuming (especially if the temperature where you're playing changed up or down). If you ever get the chance, just ask Jean-Michel Jarre', Klaus Schulze, Chris Franke, Peter Baumann, Suzanne Ciani, etc. how much "fun" it was dealing with the equipment they had in the 1970s. Listen to the first minute or so of "Phaedra" (just the track, not the entire album). Even before the minute is up, the sequencer is going out of tune. The recording of "Stratosfear" (the entire album) was a nightmare. Amazing that Tangerine Dream were able to compose and record the music they released in the 1970s, when they had so many limitations to deal with every single day. Same thing for Klaus Schulze, Jean-MIchel Jarre', Suzanne Ciani, etc.

[@maxsonthonax1020]

@@philipclayberg4928 Yup.

[@herbertdruschke503]

yeah. berlin oldschool with a funky flavour (to me). excellent work. pretty much impressed by the microbrute as well. tanks for upload.

[@PeterStraussBr]

Very nice. Found this looking for Mikrobrute sounds. Really cool, congrats.

[@davidjohn5791]

Absolutely fantastic, your a genius and I take my hat of to you. very well played indeed. Thanks.

[@SoundMediaVibes]

Heard this years ago when newly uploaded, amazing! Can't get enough of your Berlin School sounds. Keep 'em coming!

[@mattjay1]

I've had my Microbrute for about a week and only just hooked it up with Ableton on it's own and slapped on some reverbs and delays I was a bit wowed at the potential. Then found this video which wowed me even more! Thanks. Time to tinker a bit more :)

[@analogsystem8015]

Very good ! Great job, cette méthode permet l'improvisation dans le style Tangerine Dream.

[@gerdschoppenhorst1154]

...it's definitely Klaus Schulze style ! I'm more in TD, but I love this ! Thanks for this wonderful moment !

[@PolyUnRex]

This is VERY good considering you're "not the best keyboard player." I wouldn't know it from listening to this. I've been toying with the idea of getting a MicroBrute. You've just given me another reason why I should. Thank you.

[@senstrop]

pretty sure everything is sequenced.

[@wickmanblue]

Awesome track here!

[@GennaroGiugliano]

Great microbrute and his old analog electronic sounds and soundscapes...ciao

[@agnostiker09]

Well done .... really great. Nice device, good sounds ... like Klaus Schulze. TNX

[@im-bb4fn]

Had to close my "virtual screen" from work (2021 pandemic times), come back to KZbin, and like this video. Amazing jam and sounds, my friend. I'm excited, I just bought a used Microbrute for $175 and is on its way!

[@agentred8732]

Impressive and delightful. Thank you for sharing this!

[@BlueGodMusic]

excellent layering, very tasteful!

[@Allomerus]

Awesome sounds and beautiful flow. Impressed! Thanks for sharing...

[@jonbretro4596]

Nice. I just scored a MicroBrute and I am really into the Berlin School. I think I have every TD album on vinyl. This does sound very much in the style of Ricochet or Phaedra to me, well done.

[@andinbriwel1092]

Great tracks! And your video concept and execution is worthy of the great audio - very well done!

[@AlbaEcstasy]

Great sound! I have the Bass Station II and the character of the sound is different, so, those two could complete each other!

[@kriskeyser6691]

This is great and proves that the Microbrute can make gentle sounds instead of raspy nasty ones. I'd love to see the patches for these if you're willing to share...

[@ociosojones7714]

turn that lp filter cutoff down and the attack envelope up!

[@PunguinYoga]

Very interesting. I have a MicroFreak. Might buy a MicroBrute soon.

[@tomystein4717]

Trance, flying, escape from reality. Just go on! you do it cool and with special emotions. This is another level of beeing on earth. Better than LSD trips. remembers me also on Schulze, Tangerine, Jean-Michel Jarre. In the old times it was only possible to record tracks by track to get the result like that. Know it becomes much more easyier to do things like that. But the idea counts!! Like it!

[@soundscapejourneys-wileymonroe]

Nice sequencer work! Enjoyed listening :) Really shows the potential of the micro

[@lambertlambert7076]

This is great ! This is real Electro(nica) ! Thanks for sharing what you have done with your hands and a MicroBrute.

[@solarbot6099]

Very inspiring. You've really pushed the brute to it's limits. Can't wait to try th is.

[@1971mondmann]

Fantastic! Really everything Microbrute? WOW! I sway between MicroBRUTE And Roland System 1.

[@skywojto]

Take System 1. MicroBRUTE is boring after awhile.

[@paulshillitomusic]

Very Schulzey :-) love it, great noodeling bits too. I just got the Beatstep Pro and going to do similar with my MS20 and Moog voyager when i have the time

[@dukecrom]

Really great what you composed here. I like it very much! Weiter so :)

[@Neizvestija]

Wow. Just starting out to make Berlin stuff the same way you do, with just one multitracked Microbrute. Then I stumble on this :) Fantastic stuff!

[@newbluecyborg]

Just brilliant - I keep coming back to this...

[@flacotrucco]

beautiful sounds!

[@triplebacon1]

Quad view of your various track layering would have been valuable ;-) nice!

[@friesiamans1966]

very nice, i love this simple going forward, just happy knobbing i should say, the exploring way, more than most of the professional "explicit" way with big harmonies and stuff - very trancy to me, yeppings, nice stuff... :-)

[@attorks]

Great stuff. Very well done.

[@rasarx1]

This is an absolutely gorgeous piece. I love it. Now, if you want to get a million more hits, elaborate on the exact parameters and settings for how each of those sounds is generated. You have kind of mentioned a simplified version of it but it's not enough to reproduce the sounds for each of the 8 sequences. You see, like a lot of people I ended up on this page in search of how to figure out how to program my MicroBrute. The sounds are beautiful but now I want to know how to make them. In fact, some of the comments below are saying exactly that. Share those and suddenly many others will want to visit the page to learn, and in the process share the link with many more who'd want to just listen! Good job and please do more pieces like this.

[@zobbo123]

+NYC PAUL I only had the Microbrute for a short time before selling it on but in Ableton setting it up as an external instrument and then setting the midi sync parameters in Ableton's preferences did it for me. Only thing to watch out for is that I had two USB devices appear for the Microbrute and you have to chose the less obvious one! Didn't really get the sounds I was looking for and moved onto a DSI Mopho although having listened to this I am inspired :)

[@nycpny8396]

Thanks for the info, actually I figured it out,it was a stupid mistake. I plugged the micro in with usb but I never had checked the SYNC tabs. But i did notice something a bit weird: once the micro was synced to abelton, the mb sequencer seemed like it has limited resolution's available and some don't sound exactly that great in sync,let me further explain: the mb locks in sync, now with the mb sequencer running i turn the the rate knob, lets say the mb sequencer is doing 1/4 notes as the knob is turned full left,turning the rate knob a little more will make it play what sounds like triplets and make it sound not so locked up to the tempo of ableton.(it's still synced,but it don't really sound like 100% on beat, & theres not alot of resolutions available,lets say it does 1/4, 1/8t,1/16, 1/32 ?? what about the other resolutions in between the available choices?? It just seemed a little weird. It is possible that it has something to do with the settings that are in the mb connection software, problem is my computer is outdated & not compatible with the software so i can't load it to make adjustments. The software does have some settings that can be adjusted.

[@TMsite12]

This is nice music. Brings me back. =) You should make a video of you making something like this. Would be great to see your workflow...I have a MB too but never use it to record hehe..

[@MindPhaser_Music]

Superb!, amazing sequence, only with microbrute!!

[@marinerecords58corshagwen]

Very nice track, you are ready to join the Tangerine Dream team :)

[@kormoque8070]

getting my first hardware synth soon. feels good man

[@carltaylor43]

sounds really good mate... this little monster is next on my list :)

[@EKAMITV]

Wow, das haste alles aus dem Ding geholt? Danke Dir!

[@PanzerLyu]

awesome sequences. great! Microbrute is a great synth, I love It.

[@kindreadproject]

really nice work, great berlin old school style! cheer fron italy ciao

[@Anrainerstaat]

Yes, too much Klaus Schulze ;-). Nice one...

[@adey7569]

Great Sequence and multi-tracking...

[@morn1977]

Good stuff here... As a KS fan I like it so much! 👍

[@DanielDavissynthman]

Long live the Berlin School! :)

[@mutedsounds2k]

That's simply awesome. A great inspiration for what my MicroBrute is able to do. Thank you for sharing!

[@digitaldiezel5870]

Finally...a real production! Very nice of the power!

[@MartinMMeier]

would it be possible for you to do a tutorial on your style of Berlin School Music as your technique as well?

[@SteelCityEndurance]

Yes please I would love this too!

[@robguitarwizard]

You need to go to school. ... in Berlin!

[@gullgrey]

Holy moly! This video just convinced that I must get one of these things. Great track btw!!

[@edgeeffect]

Very, very good... I'm going to play that again.

[@edgeeffect]

+edgeeffect ... and again!

[@AndyVonal]

Oh my... that was beautiful. I have just "gone on one" and with out and substances to abuse. Like the best of Klaus Schulze or Chris Franke. Heaven. I have got to get one of these...

[@boelegerkes]

Fantastic demo

[@tandre1975]

Wunderbar,beides,track und der micro brute sowieso

[@vintagesynthlover]

Very nice track! I like old style!

[@SleutelbosMusic]

This should have been part of the Mass Effect soundtrack. Great job man!

[@informatimago]

There's never too much of Klaus Schulze !

[@devmiles]

i've never been a fan of the microbrute soundwise but this is very cool and deep, very nice!

[@RubenHulzebosch]

i fell asleep on the couch while listening to this, (in a a good way) very beautiful!

[@stephenmurphywilson7294]

I just bought a Moog Grandmother, but I'm having one of these too. Amazing wee machine.

[@abitpoet]

just beautiful!

[@arnohist3262]

Very Nice! A big fan of Schulze myself! I want to learn to play exactly this kind of music and looking for my first synth. I am torn between the microbrute, the ms20mini and the monotribe to start learing synthesis.

[@amarok5048]

Microbrute, no contest.

[@donaldpriola1807]

David Martin Davies David speaks the truth. The Microbrute is an unbeatable deal for a first synth. It has that wonderful patch bay, along with the built in sequencer to help you make Berlin School stuff. It would help you to read a bit on synthesis as well. Something like this can get you started: beausievers.com/synth/synthbasics/.

[@MegamanX4ThArmor]

hmmm, tangerine dream. Could also be Keller and Schönwälder

[@ducati_1098s]

this is amazing well done ... i always believed that u need it a 3 VCOs synth to make those lovely bass lines .. wrong !!! :)

[@SkuppyVincenzo]

Great work man, brilliant track, you have to be a tangerine dream fan !

[@skywojto]

Thanks, yes I was TD and KS fan but not anymore... Electronic music (Berlin School) has lost something long time ago.

[@MichaelJohnsonR]

This blew me away -- amazing job. What delay/reverb effects are you using? I have a minibrute, and a microbrute on my wish list. Getting more and more excited about what I could do with both of them together.

[@glenesis]

You got some great sounds here, man! I love my Microbrute too.

[@zezem]

Brilliant. More of this please

[@oliverdowie]

Soooo nice. I'm looking at getting a microbrute and this vid is persuading me the most :)

[@VolcaRock]

dreamy and very inspiring sequences! GREAT!

[@PThake]

Gomag, many thanks for posting this, it is an excellent demo, and convinced me to buy one.

[@jussirantala8530]

Man this is great. Can you elaborate a bit on how you laid the sequences down? I find that recording things one by one it's hard to get the whole to sound as coherent as this. Did you record every sequence all the way through and mix them in and out afterwards?

[@skywojto]

Yes.

[@UMBR.]

REALLY enjoyed this!!

[@johnbgood77]

yup loved it power to you , Im a bit busy with my acoustic piano for the moment but this inspires me to pull out my microbrute and start patching !!

[@MrJhoeffner]

This is really very good. I would buy this. Is it on iTunes?

[@alaskaonpause]

great vid! didn't know it could sound warmer like this.

[@adey7569]

You can always use a Daw to seqence patterns to a tempo then bounce to audio and multitrack in sync that way.

[@davidpinto1195]

magistral and superb

[@ElektroNoiser]

Very nice job!