Stekker 2015: Colin Benders Modular Setup

Stekker 2015: Mr Kyteman gives a performance and a rundown of the modular rig he used for his performance at Modulation.

[@ColinBenders]

whew! thanks for the kind words guys! this is all still very much work in progress stuff, I probably won't be releasing until somewhere next year. but it's great to read these encouraging comments! thanks!

[@el_dani]

how's the album coming? your jams are of the best that exist in electronic music, but an album (or make it 3 cd's) with some mastering would be awesome for the few of us, who still have and appreciate a good stereo system :D

[@Pichuscute]

This blew me away. I haven't heard something so gorgeous and musical from a modular before. Damn well done!

[@JuanAMatos-zx4ub]

Benjamin Busche check out Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, you won't be disappointed.

[@heliophile7041]

By far the best music I've heard coming out of a modular. This boy is a musical genius!

[@99tropix]

I recommend everyone to check out his new regular Twitch streams - some of the stuff he's producing now is just insanely good.

[@InXLsisDeo]

Which is www.twitch.tv/colinbenders The jams are posted on colinbenders youtube channel.

[@devjock]

Ah that feeling when sequencer sectioning clicks. I remember it well. With clock division longform patterns in a 16 step seq are a thing all of a sudden, and the mind suddenly reels. Then over the next month you start daisychaining sequencers into big trees, basically creating screamtracker in hardware one track at a time, and then all bets are off. You really squeezed the maximum amount of flow out of the modules you had at hand, and it's a great performance man!

[@co.agmusic]

Absolutely incredible sound

[@martinemms8174]

Ain't got a club what you're talking about but I fucking loving it. Best artist I've found in 2017

[@demoscenes]

True love! This really is awesome. Both from a sound designers perspective but also from a technical aspect. I just like when he talks about his journey and he shows how he makes things come from thoughts to reality! This series are a true inspiration! (*)

[@Cloroqx]

Someone making actual music with a modular and not just process focused blip blop wankery. Awesome.

[@JakeAlstad]

+Cazaq Go listen to Alessandro Cortini

[@Kirk-Monteux-Production]

+Cazaq exactly

[@merlinoner]

+Cazaq Super True! I often find that this guys have a lot of gear but not too many ideas, this guy seems different.

[@signalchef]

+Cazaq True

[@KimStennabbCaesar]

+Cazaq I could have wished for more blops though.

[@hafstrat]

Great to see how you dealt with learning this machine.

[@benjiwill]

That was really cool :D

[@forehead84]

Does this rig have a modulargrid link?

[@jw112mail]

This is THE best modular performance I've ever heard

[@HauptmanNase]

the two McBeth modules alone cost 3 k. Respect!!

[@cide241]

I counted 3 Cwejman modules too - I estimate about 1.8k from those three alone. Another 3k if he got it from nasty scalpers.

[@louis.martillo]

3:17 Chord Progression is awesome :-))

[@doctorbarrientos]

Maybe the price if the whole setup is off-putting, but the music is really awesome. Really beautiful stuff and sadly so unique. Most "modularist" just let the sample and hold random bleep blop thing thing play for them. This is gear with a purpose!

[@searley888]

Damn straight! Between Colin and Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, I have come to see that modular CAN be melodic and musical! Eurorack, here we come(Not telling my wife!)

[@mynameismynameis666]

if you exchange the macbeth modules with say AJH and the make noise with bastl/mutable instruments, the whole rack drops to a tenth of the price you´d pay for the setup seen in the video. may not be as perverted, but will still be a randy rig...

[@phobik2000]

What about using software for the sequencing? Either MIDI or MIDI-to-CV,now with stuff like Reaktor 6 Blocks and other similar apps, and just use hardware for the sound generation and FX.

[@PWMaarten]

Where can I listen to the whole liveshow? Sounds amazing!

[@AliAmigh]

+PWMaarten soundcloud.com/kyteman/modular-ballad-may-7th This is one the of the songs from this video on soundcloud. Enjoy.

[@PWMaarten]

+Ali Amigh Thank You! Great songs

[@rinzmusic]

This is really dope!

[@MrBoneses]

sublime.

[@bjaminbjamin]

Nice tunes! wild unit

[@gregggyf]

In this video Colin refers to a man named "Rich", would anyone have an idea who Rich is? Thank you.

[@is100modularsystem6]

neat setup

[@frankpalomacity]

this guy rocks!!

[@TheTonson1]

Superb!

[@4005atthetenthgate]

that jam starting at 5:16,...is it available in song form?..would love to listen to the whole piece!

[@ColinBenders]

+4005atthetenthgate working on it!

[@4005atthetenthgate]

+Colin Benders great! let me know, it is one of those magic ons

[@Remko_toch]

Awsome

[@marcosa.catena6414]

Awesome !!!

[@dedidude220]

5:27 best!!!

[@soma808]

boo for the add in the middle. but nice to have this video

[@jonnyfromfar1130]

Fucking crazy .. awesome/!

[@YogaFlameTV]

Who would dislike this? You have haters sonic state person waited for the video post, just to dislike.. Sad he can't afford ? A lot of koma modules?

[@demoscenes]

+Yoga Flame EDM There are people who don't understand or know better. We know better :) Say hello to inspiration and bye to destruction :P

[@mosai6950]

No im just pissed of kiteman gitz that art fundaiiing goverment money

[@JeroendeRaaf]

I first run the filter outputs to what? 7.26

[@ColinBenders]

+Jeroen de Raaf Multiples :-) since I don't have any aux sends in my system I am using multiples to somewhat fake that functionality. by sending the filter output through a mult before going into my desk, I can split the signal and send it out to my fx (usually through a 4:1 mixer module for attenuation)

[@Fante247]

+Colin Benders So you send the entire mix through the fx section?

[@modularmayhem2624]

Nope. I sort of make stems by adding all the sounds I want processed to a submixer. Those sounds are split into a direct out and an fx signal.

[@Fante247]

Yeah that makes sense. Couldn't quite understand why you would send the whole mix through

[@modularmayhem2624]

Yeah doing the entire mix would be weird. This method gives you the same level of control you get with using fx sends on a mixer without needing outboard or a DubMix.

[@iiimusika]

wooow

[@lowrezable]

Multitimbrico Modulare

[@genepozniak]

Jeez! Rich kids! lol

[@vincenttiggelman4978]

He made some serious money with a hit he had here in the Netherlands. Good investment, i'd say.

[@chemicalBR0]

spends a bzillion dollars on a modular system. doesn't buy curtains :) amazing video (except for the glare)

[@pureeschaap]

It's a cultural factor: no curtains in Holland :)