The Hidden Funk Of The HP Word Generator 8006A

[@Safefragrance]

Your break-in has angered the music community and some of us are keeping an eye if anything comes on fb market in your area...i hope things get back on track for family and your channel mate. P.s....this hp definitely has the funk ;)

[@ChrisBennettGameDesign]

Thief 1: “Hey, look at all of this vintage test equipment!! Do you have any idea how much we could clear from these?!” :(

[@EddieG1888]

Bummer about the break-in, dude. I hope you had home insurance, and can get back to making videos in your usual great quality.

[@Hainbach]

Yeah, I contacted my insurance, but its easter so it will take some time.

[@jean-pierrejoubert6140]

Glad to hear you’re covered. Not being covered blows ... I lost two Macs and a camera that way once and it took years to get things back. Learned the hard way: Insurance is worth it.

[@rickc2102]

@@michael_mack lol

[@DeadWhiteButterflies]

My bass speakers greatly appreciated showing their full potential in regards to the jam at the end.

[@paulmayerpiano]

13:18 Jaw open. I'm new to this channel, but these are some really cool sounds, coming from stuff that's not even "musical" instruments. Great textures, all the layers, sounds, and rhythms working together so well to create something that almost feel like it's from nature, like it's "alive". Beautiful. Thank you.

[@patrickconnelly2904]

I will write and you should write the song called, "Daughter's Stolen Piggy Bank," and we should consider what the emotional attitude should be. There are many emotional responses that I feel from very far away, converting american to german: pissed-off-ness, extreme-yet-strange sorrow, macabre laughter, and then aufhebung, perhaps to lift up above it all.

[@walterinpv8499]

That HP 8006A totally rocks. So many polyrhythms. Can't wait for you to make some music with it, maybe combined with the Stockhausen unit.

[@rickway2419]

That music is very solid 1980's early dark electronica. I fucking love it. A real bummer to hear about the break in.

[@jdjkfhsjkdfhskfhksjh]

>solid 1980's early dark electronica any examples?

[@rickway2419]

@@jdjkfhsjkdfhskfhksjh I'm remembering a Severed Heads track that this reminds me of but I can't recall the name.

[@darkwraithcovenantindustries]

@@jdjkfhsjkdfhskfhksjh It's VERY reminiscent of Throbbing Gristle.

[@franchisemiami]

Sounds like top notch 90s IDM like Autechre and Aphex Twin

[@rickway2419]

@@franchisemiami Yesss, thats what I'm talking about.

[@stylabmusic]

Great job man!!!Big RESPECT and I didn’t hear someone’s darkness, but rather someone being dedicated on his goal and being committed to make a video, sharing his enthusiasm and passion. Even bigger RESPEEEECT!!! Thanks for the video and keep it up after the visitors you had at your place. All the best!

[@FiveElementNinja]

I guess the good thing about having all that test equipment is no one is going to want to carry all that during a break in.

[@SphericEl]

And it's made solid, relatively cheap.

[@thesynthusiast]

Got some early industrial vibes from this one. Great sounding percussive elements.

[@arkher11]

I swear Trent Reznor must be jealous of all that test equipment

[@jukpulfer]

holy, that was one hell of a patch! I think this unit is exactly what your setup needed for the more rhythmical/percussive side of things. feel soooooooo bad for your daughters piggy bank being stolen tho :( would love to support you, but I'm just a broke student myself

[@luy777]

PROGRAMMIERBARER IMPULSGENERATOR

[@g.cloppy3]

or short: PIG

[@inwex8350]

Deeply sorry to hear about your home being invaded. I love what you did with this useful word/pulse generator. That composition is truly impressive; using your tools like it's an extension of breathing. You are a master at what you do.

[@mrKozmoz]

The right attitude to have when bad stuff happens, just create more amazing things. The bit around 12:15 I love that lil creepy drippy sound going on

[@antmerritt]

Hi Hainbach good to have YOU back! That is awesome! You’re such an inspiration. I only seem to get the “dark” trance from my set up. But that’s ok! 😁👍

[@graxjpg]

The power of test equipment is belied by its practicality. It’s incredible to be able to conceptualize their awesome might, and to experience your interactions with them!

[@drumdrum3496]

Damn this sounds phat and solid. This guy is basically a sound archeologist finding sounds at a sound archeology dig, impressive.

[@Hainbach]

Thank you! My dream job as kid was being an archaeologist, so I live out my dreams in sound now.

[@djhaloeight]

Damn that thing combined with the filter really puts out some awesome loops! Love it! Some of those patterns remind me of techno from the Swedish label Drumcode.

[@intafon]

Wow, that is some awesome music generated by test equipment. I love it - that word generator is fantastic! Reminds me quite a bit of some of Alva Noto’s work.

[@Hainbach]

Thank you, that is a reference I can fully get behind!

[@intafon]

HAINBACH so, do you (can you?) integrate these into modular, with some voltage modifier circuitry, or do you use these pretty exclusively amongst their test equipment brethren?

[@intafon]

@@Hainbach Btw, I just realized Alva Noto released a new album Prototypes recently -- you should check it out if you haven't heard it yet. It's a good listen IMO... (your video and that album inspired me to create a new track based mostly on filters :-)

[@bitegoatie]

At one point I felt I was wheezing. It turned out it was the music vibrating my lungs through the headphones, plus a huge truck rumbling outside the apartment, shaking the furniture. Thanks for the immersive sound.

[@AlexeyFilippenkoPlummet]

Just imagine the burglar looking at all your machinery in hopeless attempts to weight its value while all that rings in his head is "the fuck is this guy doing for living? hacking nuclear missiles while playing songs on piano?"

[@TROGULAR10000]

sorry to hear about the break-in. love the textures. very interesting stuff.

[@dessiplaer]

Sorry to hear about your break-in. I hope you and your family are alright. Equipment can be replaced. I really didn't notice any video degradation, and the content was great as always.

[@christianssonicspaces494]

You seems to have a strong impact on the market! Because the first sellers start now to offer used test equipment on ebay's category "Pro-Audio-Synthesizer & -Soundmodule (pro audio synths and sound devices)" :-D

[@Hainbach]

Oh damn, that is both flattering but more sucky to hear

[@gorak9000]

This happens to all test equipment when any popular youtube channel mentions anything, the prices skyrocket. Ebay used to be so good for getting deals before people started telling everyone about it. Pretty much the same as anything, if it's good, keep quiet about it and it might stay that way for a while.

[@robertmirolo9925]

All that functionality in only 1HP!

[@Hainbach]

That made my day!

[@SkeetRadar]

I love the song on the end. these test equipment videos have been very inspiring to me. it sucks that someone stole your stuff. I've been there, its not a great feeling.

[@projectz975]

you mentioned you lost a camera because of the break-in, but i can definitely say i wouldn't have known based on the quality of the video.

[@Hainbach]

Thank you! It does get weired on the close ups, I don't even know why the phone does what it does.

[@jxxgxx8447]

Thanks for another inspiring video and don't let the break in get you down, but do keep making rhythms like this.

[@gatorgoforth3097]

So sorry about the theft. I'm still surprised you aren't using a Lyra-8. It fits in perfectly with the test equipment sounds.

[@chatolars]

Brilliant HAINBACH, as usual. Miss the tape videos ...if I may.

[@Hainbach]

They will be back! I have a dozen projects planned.

[@chatolars]

HAINBACH excellent !

[@MaxKoschuh]

excellent, as alway!!!! I once did a teardown-video of a different HP word generator (yes, I am sorry now, but at that time i was unaware of the "dual use" of such items).

[@Hainbach]

Well, we got to collab for real now!

[@nicolausala]

omg you are a genious! so gelous of your test equipment collection.. and all the time the sound is amazing, so sorry for the brake in ...

[@kauwgomboom]

Coming back to this after some years, I am going to see if I can code this functionality on my Monome Teletype. Might give me access to this functionality in my test equipment inspired rack.

[@Hainbach]

Sounds cool!

[@jesseblayney]

Thanks for doing all this it’s really inspiring!

[@summerlinap]

Very cool! I have a couple of HP 33120A Arb waveform generators. I KNOW they will 'music'! I've been wanting to do something with them for a while. Just not had the time.

[@atmeltronic128]

I'm really sorry about the break in that really sucks it makes me mad thinking about it! Plus I'm loving these videos their vary interesting keep it up!

[@Starclimber]

That was fantastic. Inspiration through adversity. Thanks for your beautiful creations, Hainbach.

[@rudetee]

Fantastique! I can imagine your excitement when you discovered this machine!

[@royroger1984]

johnny greenwod would love this machine. awesome sounds as usual, always inspirational

[@edgeeffect]

I had a go at using pulse generators with my Korg MS-10 (and used a test equipment frequency meter to tune it and my Korg Mono/Poly... instead of your BNC to banana adaptors, I had some highly dubious leads with one end of a jack lead and one end of a BNC lead with the cores and shields just tied together in a knot... they looked really bad but worked surprisingly well.

[@thanksgivingsandwich]

that song in 5 is maniacal Fantastic job

[@my4trackmachine]

Sorry to hear about the break in. Glad you and you family are safe at least.

[@gooneybird808]

So damn good! I’m sorry about the break in man!

[@trulyinfamous]

I've always been a huge fan of early 70's synths (ex. Giorgio Moroder's music) so I love your videos that much more.

[@dronascope7621]

Great video. Sorry to hear about the break in.

[@zobdog205]

Sucks about the break in, I've been loving your videos.

[@nanayawberko3212]

Nice to have you back Hainbach phone camera and all

[@projectz975]

loveee that quintuplet groove near the end of the video

[@VincentSebastianMusic]

Just noticed two things, I wasnt subscribed and you were at 39,999 subs. Happy 40k! :)

[@Hainbach]

Oh nice! Thank you and welcome!

[@emilyschmanks]

sorry to hear about the break in. hope you and your family recover soon. that said, this machine is very cool. i wish every 808 sound in the world would be replaced by sounds from this thing.

[@Hainbach]

That would be an awesome world!

[@yaqstar]

Absolutely fantastic!

[@willhanson3837]

wundervolle Töne! wunderbar Herr Kommisarr !

[@franchisemiami]

I love this! Great work, and sorry to hear about the break in. I just joined your music maker Patreon ✌

[@Hainbach]

Thank you very much!

[@franchisemiami]

@@Hainbach keep on rocking man

[@mudhoney110283]

I'm becoming addicted to your test equipment videos :O

[@Hainbach]

That is good, because I have tons more I want to do.

[@iantanner7579]

superb, - it sounds like what it looks like,.. amazing!

[@itsacorporatething]

I’m so sorry about your break in.

[@Poo-Finger]

Sorry to hear about the break in, it is obvious, the intelligence of the assailants. Karma will come back around to them, you are a wonderful person. I love your videos, no matter the quality. ❤️ Wishing the best for you and your family in this time. Your daughter will get that money back with us on your side! 👍

[@thanksforsocializing5912]

Brilliant! Like always

[@enkiea8322]

Not many things worse than thieves. Good luck Hainbach. Super cool video.

[@jacksonshelton8055]

Its a drum machine and an oscillator in one device!

[@rickc2102]

Every binary trigger is still an oscillator at heart.

[@Jefflantern483]

Great tune towards the end of vid is pretty awesome! Sounds good through the headphones!🎧🔊🎧🔊🎧🙂🙂🙂

[@hydorah]

Your cable colour scheme is very patriotic. I like it. Also I expect the thieves who broke in were plain mystified by most of things they saw

[@kennymester]

Some modular manufacturer needs to remake something like this in eurorack. Very inspiring stuff coming out of it.

[@jpaton9340]

that track at 13:13 !!

[@antibodyproductions]

So unbelievably heavy... More darkness please, Hainbach! Joining the Patreon after this one 🤘

[@2.7petabytes]

Back when HP was a leader in the field! Hell yeah!! by the way , I’m sorry to hear about scumbags breaking into your place! Thank you for the video! I will definitely buy some of your music on iTunes!

[@shinedrummer]

The beat at 13:19 is insaaane

[@shinedrummer]

Also, sorry to hear about the break-in :(

[@emptyvesselnz]

so sorry to hear about the mongrels stealing your stuff man, not cool, it takes a particular level of scumbag to steal a child's piggie bank or a youtuber's cameras!! Great video as always, listened on my DT880 Pros to appreciate the huge sub!

[@slowgaffle]

I stay high all the time. Sorry about the break-in dude, that pain goes beyond sum of value.

[@daneguitarist1]

oh man 13:30 is awesome

[@CashMattock]

I’m so sorry to hear about the break-in. It’s not just about the stuff it’s also a mental violation. That’s why it breaks my heart to hear about your daughters piggybank. Great video as always. You truly have inspired me. I may have found a few secret devices that will impress you. I will eventually post some videos. I’ll let you know when they’re ready.

[@Hainbach]

Ooooooooh Secret devices sounds beautiful! Please keep me updated! Thank you for your nice words.

[@trentcolbert1369]

I’m glad I’m back

[@kimmy_future4265]

I need! I hope you all are ok and recovering well!

[@waltmodul7948]

Bringt einem am Abend noch ein Lächeln. Sehr schöne Bilder. !

[@superjubs]

terrible to hear about the break in. loved the sounds coming out of the word generator!

[@adamswierczynski]

I liked the Einsturzende Neubauten vibes you created in this video. Would love to hear more like it.

[@Hainbach]

Sure, darker places is something I have been avoiding after "Songs for Coco", my album on Opal Tapes, but I am ready to go back.

[@wildbilltexas]

The musicality of the word generator makes me wonder if the people who made the first programmable drum machines worked with test equipment or adapted part of it.

[@UNSCPILOT]

Almost certainly, maybe even the first synths were based on parts from test equipment, or old military gear

[@LimeHunter7]

Ooh, I like this, there's something almost Ryoji Ikeda about it!

[@EpsteezyFoSheezy]

I'd love to see this reimagined as a Eurorack gate sequencer/oscillator

[@chrisbudmelman]

OMG Heinbach! Fucking love every song I hear you do! When is the test equipment album gonna drop!?!?

[@chrisbudmelman]

maybe you could make a compilation video of the sample songs you play at the end of each video? To satiate me while I wait :)

[@chrisbudmelman]

Maybe for your patreons?

[@Hainbach]

A Vinyl EP is coming late summer, album of dark/experimental planned for autumn. Patreons get a lot of the music in advance :-)

[@kabood777]

oh man, I'm so sorry about the theft, I hope you and your family are ok. by the way, I love the electrical pulses that this thing is making, I wouldn't even play too much around with it to make the sounds any different than they are ...

[@amoeba23]

A pox upon the tiefs tenfold. Great music from heavy boxes once again, by far the most interesting channel around and your bandcamp will be getting raided thus week. Never let the bastards drag you down...

[@boriscat1999]

that 8006A is pretty pricey on ebay ($3K?) I made a subset of this on a breadboard in class out of 8-bit shift registers (74HC165 I think?). you can stack them to make 16-bit, 24-bit, etc. and you can make a second set of shift registers to carry a reset bit (as a ring counter) letting you restart the loop at any point as in setting the sequence length. chaining into another one of the shift register is easy, and shit it in the other end and have it play forward then backwards each cycle. (weird). should there be some DIY kits or something to build around a few 74HC165 and 74HC595 chips? I'm not turning up anything obvious on Tindie.

[@maxmatson1578]

you get my instant respect for dropping the term braindance!🎹🎧💫👍

[@Hainbach]

It was what we called it back in the days. I hate the term IDM with a passion.

[@maxmatson1578]

@@Hainbach BrAp oN Bro!!¡!👍✌

[@dillipphunbar7924]

sorry to hear about the burglary, all the best hainbach...always interesting and musical

[@DrewskisBrews]

@9:12, reminds me of my Wurlitzer Sideman !

[@Hainbach]

That is a cool machine!

[@DrewskisBrews]

@@Hainbach yes indeed. I've always wanted to add a patch panel, but it is unlikely that I will get around to it.

[@prophecynine]

Sounds great :) the last (second-last?) jam reminds me of some recent NIN stuff.

[@mudsh4rk]

IIRC you can hear this or a similar word generator in some early 80s Penguin Cafe Orchestra stuff.

[@boomtish4520]

13:48 I’m lying in bed and I exhaled just at this sound appeared. Thought I was dying. 😀

[@0megadwarf]

10:30 sounded like something from kompakt records

[@KarlHamilton]

Sorry to hear about the break in :(

[@jean-pierrejoubert6140]

Awesome video series ... I’m a little worried to hear what your electricity bill will be, though. :D Out of curiosity, the box above the Word Generator has what I would assume is a power toggle on the left, only it says Ein/Netz and not Ein/Aus. Probably not an important question, but ... what’s this for? Also, this seems awesome for gate sequencing. I may have missed it in another video, but how are you doing pitch sequencing?

[@Hainbach]

It's indeed on/off.

[@Hainbach]

Melody is done by switches and the sweep ins some function generators have, as well as the harmonizer on the count tofive and tape looped versions of the Oscs. It's very rudimentary.

[@jean-pierrejoubert6140]

@@Hainbach Perfect. Thanks for the explanations.

[@Povilaz]

Giving off some Rammstein synth vibes. Love it.

[@jonathanzohany1454]

What are the names of the type of connection required to patch this equipment? i found some modules but i need patch cables:( could someone link me?

[@Bartyron]

Bad times often bring good creativity.

[@georgemckenzie2525]

I love your work Honestly I feel you would probably find a slowly heating teapot full of the music of the spheres if you give it some attention

[@DetroitMicroSound]

Man, some people have no conscience.... So sorry to hear about the loss. :( On a brighter note, I think I'm in love with an 8006A!!!! ;) But, I need to keep focus! I'm currently collecting ti-82 graphing calcs. ... because...... HOUSTON TRACKER 2 of course!!! ;) Stay on task Jay Robert!!!! ;) Aaaaannnd in other news..... I'm getting very close to being able to pair a MicroFreak to a Volca Drum...

[@Hainbach]

Houston Tracker 2 is awesome! I still need to get it myself, but I love everything about it.

[@kiboards1830]

Thank you fo continuing to share with us. "Dont let the fear ruin your funk" 🙏 hope karma repays you kindly 10× over