Stimming: 15 Minutes with 1010music Nano Lemondrop

For this episode in Stimming's 15 Minutes with ...series he take a look at the Nanobox Lemondrop, a tiny little yellow box weighing just over 100 grams and around 10 x 8 cm in size. The company describe it’s sound as freshly squeezed granular synthesis and this is driven by a touch screen controlled four voice polyphonic synthesiser, two granulators, one oscillator and six internal effects across two effects channels. The product comes with over 100 presets and WAV files for live tweaking, found on the accompanying micro SD card, and also allows WAV import for playing with your own samples.
Here Stimming experiments with this compact little box and shows us what its capable of, how he’s used it in his live set and talks a little about his likes and dislikes of this unique, €449 priced, little box that fits in the palm of your hand.
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[@iluvsa66]

With regards to not finding a use for the input, one super cool trick with this box is that you can feed it a monosynth and turn it into a 4-voice polyphonic one! With zero latency! This blew my mind but it works!

[@PantaFlux]

0:30 It’s me again, Stimming. 3:00 I’m Clipping, I’m Clipping This made me wonder: Who are you really? 🤔

[@IhorMedia]

"You almost did well" 🤣 I like these 15 min with series! Keep them coming!

[@sammadden5540]

The stimming vs producer banter is always entertaining

[@GeorgeL909]

I'm not gonna lie, I busted out laughing when the producer chimed in with the super detuned voice. I imagine stimming being held hostage by a Chaos Marine, or some kind of massive buff red horned demon a la Legend, forced to give synth impressions within the time limit. I kid though, I really enjoyed the video ❤️ I never was that interested in the lemon drop, but now I'm very curious!!

[@randommcranderson5155]

that wasn't detuned, that's how he always sounds

[@GeorgeL909]

@@randommcranderson5155 yeah? Well someone get that man a blood maul and chain axe cause the blood god needs blood and the skull throne needs skulls 💀

[@bendickeson424]

Looks fantastic, ordered one on the back of this vid. Love playing around with granular stuff but being able to get hands on rather than noodle around with plug-ins is always more fun 😎

[@techsquirt]

Thanks stimming for the greatest web series ever

[@haslo_]

Thanks for the inspiration, I love this little box too - haven't really dug into it yet because it is really quite deep, but rewarding! Lots of ideas in here!

[@acfpv]

I think I might have to make it a habit to keep requesting that Stimming does one of these videos with the Grandmother. There isn’t enough Stimming mono synth content on KZbin! Bitte!

[@sudbenzer6603]

++++

[@liebig_e]

yes! with the gm please!

[@ruslanmazavin2695]

A good Lemondrop demo, finally.❤❤❤

[@safekeno]

Great showcase again. Anyone can show each and every option meticulously, but few can show what potential it holds. To have someone who makes really good music show these machines is so great for that reason. And 03.38-03.25, that felt like a seed for a song!

[@peladoclaus]

Lots of song seeds in this review.

[@stevepile8133]

Excellent. Love my Lemondrop! I'm especially excited to try and live sample into it. Ps The "Gambia harp" is called a kora. Excellent choice for granulation.

[@ebraltazar3498]

A Stimming jam is always interesting and fun to watch. :) Got a pretty good idea of what it's capable of. Interesting device. Vielen dank!

[@theshinyobject2438]

Excellent thank you. I can't wait to get my hands on this.

[@djformalin]

Charming presentation as allways...thx 🎼

[@interimchanger]

love how stimming just straight up ignores the producer's concerns and crams all the final thoughts in at the end anyway you be you, stimming

[@carstensorensen154]

Seventh heaven is an amazing reverb! Bricasti in the box ;-)

[@compucorder64]

Sounds very pretty. Good choice of the Gambia samples, they work beautifully, and you get around the fact the reverb isn't great with the natural reverb baked into the sample. For the studio, I think I'll save up for a GR-1. But, then, if I was bringing the sounds live, this would work so well. Agreed on Seventh Heaven. It sounds so good, I just started trying out their Liquidsonics Lustrous Plates, the sound is very good, and it's very configurable. But, for me it's beaten out by Arturia's lush Rev Plate 140 which sounds very realistic. It just sounds very real, if you don't need to customise so much. (Arturia's Dist TUBE-CULTURE is also very very good).

[@marcomaiole]

Stimming is always fun, but I much preferred the in depth reviews.

[@Sypher474]

Strongly agree. We can get sound demos and brief feature overviews anywhere. The unique insight of the longer videos was extremely helpful and entertaining.

[@sammadden5540]

To be fair the team and stimming have said they don't have the time for bigger reviews so it's the 15 or nothing

[@musictalk-tech]

@Marco Maiole @Sypher474 Honestly, when you do a 30-40 minutes video and the average watchtime is 15-30% max it shoes that most people don't watch it for long therefor the decision to do shorter videos with more jamming as this is Martins biggest strength. There are many reviews with all details but rarely musical interesting ones. And like mentioned it is also a time and budget thing. We are not professional KZbinrs with sponsoring deals, Patreon channels and so on and have to earn money elsewhere.

[@marcomaiole]

@@musictalk-tech I get it 100% :) It's not negative feedback, I Just was being maybe a little annoying. I still watch them all, I just miss the long ones ;)

[@henryAightch]

Opposite thought here - you can get I depth reviews everywhere, I like this format

[@Thedrumsthebass]

As a label owner for about 15 years, I can detect heat in about the first 30 seconds of the song. 15 minutes is all Stimming needs to show us if the gear is capable. I'd take multiple 15 min sit downs over few and far between longer reviews.

[@danielmulholland5869]

Damn you can tell if you like a song within thirty seconds? That's impressive

[@MrDeeKayTV]

Wow. Just discovered your channel. Amazing approach. Got the same synth here. Big up and respect for your approach. Have just subscribed to your channel. Especially this 15 minutes series is a cool format. Beste Grüße!

[@WildernessMusic_GentleSerene]

I have the 1010Music Black Box, it has a granular section, but it looks like the Lemondrop has more control through options that I don't have. I will probably go with Tasty Chips some day, the UI is absolutely wonderful.

[@isebakkeisebakke3693]

Good 15 mins!

[@tom639s]

fun video, keep it up yo

[@mattierenton701]

O7:53 - clockwork orange vibes….. but this little machine looks like a ton of fun !!

[@volsteh]

You did well :D

[@surrogatemarker]

I’d say the only use case for the audio input feature is that you can input a mono source and play it paraphonically or with 4 voice polyphony through the lemondrop or you can play chords with a mono synth..

[@ArcticAnalysis]

The genius of Stimming, how can "mr director" think you didn’t nail this. Think you need a new "mr director" who understands your gift and doesn’t get in the way 😁

[@musictalk-tech]

Neverending problem 😉

[@MarkKunoff]

I never miss a chance to watch a review with Stimming. I have the lemondrop as well and I think the live input has tremendous potential.

[@bigmamashouse]

Beautiful, entertaining and interesting video as always. Thanks to Stimming and all involved. BUT now I am very curious about the briefly mentioned reverb plug-in (Seventh Heaven). I mean, when Martin says that a reverb is good then it's worth a rewiev, isn't it? :)

[@setiroculus]

Agree with the others. 15 minutes of just playing/exploring and then 2-3 minutes of talking about the takeaway/final thoughts.

[@psynautic]

seventh heaven is incredible

[@ukbloke28]

Love your videos. Question - you say it sounds a bit grainy - is it possible to make smooth sounds on it too? Cheers.

[@theW01F]

Great video, but you should reserve the last 5 minues for a conclusion - i'm still not shure what the lemondrop is all about and if it would fit my needs

[@nightxnight]

Not me watching this after I already bought the lemon drop 😂

[@nomdeplore7604]

Thank you for eye contact.

[@MoeShinola1]

Cool sounds! Are there 2 sounds being played over each other? If so, can you disable keytracking on one sound and not the other? That would make for some cool drones.

[@Exrotr]

geiles Teil...

[@HenriDeCarvalho]

I was looking for a similar device...Bought the Polyend with the idea to uses the granular fonctionalities. Didn't worked out. Thought about the tasty chips GR-1, tried a mini eurorack modular setup with mutable instruments beads. Everything seems very restricted by the the parameters offered...bought the lemon drop yesterday. Thanks for you insight Martin

[@bitumenboyy]

Why didnt you get the GR-1?

[@whoadog8725]

There is an abundance of great granular synth options on the iPad. Touch screens lends themselves really well to manipulating parameters for granular synthesis.

[@HenriDeCarvalho]

@@bitumenboyy it was out of stock for a while and then it skipped my mind

[@HenriDeCarvalho]

@@whoadog8725 I saw that...Some look very capable and intertesting...Once i will have an ipad, i will definitely dig into the subject

[@TheLeafAudio]

Oh I see a Microphonic Soundbox in the background. The Lemondrops input was something I always wanted to try with Soundbox but did not do so far, cause I have none. Did anyone try that combination?

[@Infinighost]

Elektron Digitone someday? Always wanted to hear his thoughts on it.

[@sodiumlights]

next to the magnificent GR-1, this little box certainly doesn't look half the price. And midway between them both is the superb Blackbox.

[@JansKanaal]

Just do the long version on EB! 😉

[@FredF78]

How much of the playing ends up chromatic and how much tends to be just inharmonic soundscapes? I mean among the factory samples, how much of them are suited to be played as chords where one note on the keys is one tone in a scale?

[@domeniquexander_]

great. love my gr1 but this thing looks cool if you are on the road. the delay is always on? is this true martin? best, d

[@MStimming]

no, either delay or reverb and of course with a dry/wet possibility

[@domeniquexander_]

@@MStimming ok danke, hatte mich schon gewundert 😃 best, d

[@peacefulpigeon7254]

Hi thanks for the video - interesting and nice evolving sounds - can you easily just play a dry sample with no effects or synth sound and gradually build up the granular effects and add synth sounds ? Was a bit confused about this box thanks so much.

[@MStimming]

yes you can, but keep in mind that the nature of granular synthesis kind of 'smears' a dry signal a bit, even with long grain times. its not the best for playing clean samples

[@peacefulpigeon7254]

Thanks good to know

[@GTChris]

More of the director please haha

[@musictalk-tech]

too expensive 😂

[@joogar]

Sounds sublime, but price seems a bit steep at nearly £400 for a unit that you could fit in your pocket, i be afraid of losing it

[@thomp9054]

Longer time for final thought at the end

[@theouterplanet]

Oh bollocks!! Bloody hell.

[@EggZema_]

They could've work a bit more on the design of this thing. The interface, the buttons: It feels like a cheap mp3 player from 2000.

[@musictalk-tech]

Nah, it's charming and very sturdy

[@Eightball69]

I have the Bluebox and the Blackbox but this to me seems like a VST in a small touchscreen box with limited control

[@Claidheambmor]

@@Eightball69 have you got one?

[@EggZema_]

@@musictalk-tech i meant the design, not the build quality ;)

[@timothygarros]

How about 15 min Moog Grandmother?;)

[@musictalk-tech]

Coming

[@DvdRossato]

Are the samples used here all yours?

[@marcuswalnus6617]

Aber sowas von grad :)

[@user-dt9kk6sg8z]

It's a cool studio device but seems like for a live set it would just require all of your attention, am i right?

[@MStimming]

yeah, but its mostly a question of preparing the macros.

[@sinewaymusic]

If Stimming needs just a couple more minutes to compose his final thoughts on a device, just give him a couple more minutes. The format works, but it will work better if you're less dogmatic about that 15 minute timer. The production cost shouldn't increase because little more time in the end to finish sentences.

[@manu_facture]

this is exactly what I thought, it doesn’t mean to do 45 minutes. But chopping his thoughts off really makes me go crazy :D What is the benefit?

[@alexkourelis]

Germans are very punctual!

[@ukbloke28]

So prototypically German!

[@nekufa]

Grandmother as a midi keyboard for lemondrop?) that's enough internet for today.. thanks for ecscourse, glad to see and hear you anytime!

[@drystems4386]

Servus Martin. I know you perform with a Blackbox (or two) as well, which also has granular synthesis. Is the Lemondrop fundamentally better in some way? ...or just takes some processing capacity away from the Blackbox?

[@MStimming]

its four voices do make a difference (the bb granular engine is monophonic) and one essential feature is missing on the bb (I honestly forgot which one - I think it was the playhead edit after the start point) but yeah, they are somewhat close to each other.

[@MStimming]

I do use the granular engine in the bb a lot during my liveset though, mostly for extracted loops which is very powerful and organic and the lemondrop is giving complex textures for transitions...

[@Lhenndyn]

Stimming moves in slowmotion to keep some Time ? 🤭

[@musictalk-tech]

It’s all about timing 😉

[@Johnnybazakatone]

What about the input??

[@matiaslanzi6132]

If you keep going back to the GR1 you're not being very fair to the lemon drop. I the 1st minute I stopped the video and went searching for the GR1.

[@tobiaswinkler6971]

Who is the off guy speaking? What?

[@randommcranderson5155]

The price is outrageous for the interface and unit size. At $100 less it would still be expensive. No volume knob? Everything menu diving touchscreens? Not interested.

[@ukbloke28]

it's very powerful and extremely easy to use - the interface is very well designed, the only time it feels small is if you want to type in file names.

[@rspbobthomas]

Warum schwätzt der nie deutsch?

[@PLA.net-DANTE]

Hey Martin, is it possible to sample in the lemondrop and save them on the card?