Planning a live set with the OP-1 and EURORACK

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With a couple of gigs on the horizon I am in the process of figuring out what am I gonna do? It's never easy coming up with a new live set and it's still quite a new experience for me. In this video I am embracing a more experimental approach whilst talking through my thoughts and patches.
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0:00 - Intro
1:25 - Initial Patch Notes
4:11 - Drumz!
8:08 - Bass!
9:32 - Breakdowns
10:25 - FX Aid
12:02 - Getting Ambient
15:11 - Outro
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[@wylatron]

I’d keep the inbetween cinematics and SiFi down to about half as long as you’d expect is a good idea, or even shorter. Just because *live show* and you have some sick dance floor tracks happening here. A quick 15-20 seconds tops between and boom! Back into it would make my night out! I could jam to that on a dance floor all night long and tell everyone how AMAZING it was for weeks after.

[@stuartanderson802]

always enjoy your musical ramblings!

[@frankhumphries1927]

This is very listenable, I like it. Go where the sounds take you.

[@TheUnperson]

Cheers Frank! :)

[@MegaJenski]

loving the different vibe on this one!

[@imsorrydaveimafraidicantdothat]

Sounds really good. I think you have a good sense of not going too far so your audience looses you. Keeping a flow is important. I like tying sections together either with a beat element or a texture element. Have a great show!

[@TheUnperson]

Cheers man! That set's went down pretty well in the end :)

[@justinorndorff2754]

super fresh beat my man...

[@TheUnperson]

cheers man!!

[@MarkBokowiec]

Weird is good! Just crank up the volume - it will go down a storm. Great stuff, as usual 😊

[@TheUnperson]

I totally agree - weird is good!!

[@SoundsMick]

Sounds great I’d listen to an EP of just interludes

[@TheUnperson]

Cheers man! I really gotta get some EP's out there!

[@11clouds]

Ya man you found some magic here for sure

[@TheUnperson]

Thank you - much appreciated!! :)

[@LegacyxSyn]

So glad I discovered your channel! Genuinely some of the best modular content on KZbin. That stutter effect is incredible.

[@TheUnperson]

Cheers man! Yea the data bender has been a staple in my rack for quite some time!

[@EdEditz]

Holy mozes this sounds amazing! I just got a Z5000 myself. This sure motivates me to test it to its limits.

[@TheUnperson]

I keep meaning to make a video about the Z5000 - I'll get round to it soon!

[@EdEditz]

@@TheUnperson Cool! I look forward to seeing it.

[@ltngbkr]

sounds great!! gonna try get along to one of the nights!

[@kyleriche9360]

Sounds sick man, wish I was on that side of the pond to see it. And yes you are right, the drone stuff is overdone. IMO you are the current KZbin goat of modular by far because you have beats melodies chords bass lines etc. Colin Benders is obv amazing but I watch way more of your content than his, that says something, even if its just my personal taste. You make it really accessible to enjoy what makes modular great

[@TheUnperson]

Cheers man!! Would love to play a liveset across the pond - one day! Colin Benders is incredibly talented but sometimes those behemoth walls of modular can be intimidating and impossible to recreate lol

[@mistersimonstrange]

super nice

[@nielshulgard3722]

Thanks for the video, great ideas! A few thoughts, since you asked :) I preferred the data bender and delay transitions to the pitch shifts on fx aid and thought the pitch shift was perhaps more useful to bring a track/idea to full stop and then starting a new track afresh. The space interlude was awesome, and felt directed especially when you played a bit on the OP-1. When dropping back in to the track, I would adjust the the different modules to more dry so as to make the diffenrence more stark and then reintroduce the effects. Best of luck with the shows!

[@TheUnperson]

Cheers man! I like the idea of using the pitch shift to transition. It kinda has that vinyl being slowed down feel!

[@nielshulgard3722]

@@TheUnperson Yeah, definitely!

[@blacksand.]

those drums !............ and that BASS ! It's never too weird as long as you like it !

[@TheUnperson]

haha cheers man!!

[@McEnroe911]

Sounds awesome man. I wouldn’t worry about what other people are going to be doing, cause it’s not going to be half as good as this haha. 🤘

[@TheUnperson]

haha cheers man!!

[@CNTRRNDM]

Great video! Super entertaining!!!

[@TheUnperson]

cheers man!

[@thebigb3ard]

That two note semi tone bass line Gave me vibes of "Trust in Me" the snake song from jungle book cartoon movie. Think it's a flute in the song. A massive delayed sample of snake singing "trust in me" played right before the big transition. Anyways sorry, got carried away there. Sounds awesome man.

[@TheUnperson]

haha cheers man! Sampling the jungle book is long overdue!

[@lfarrolas]

Wish I lived closer to Glasgow. Cool track in the works.

[@TheUnperson]

Cheers man!

[@brendankoen]

Do it 😎👍👍

[@katelikesrectangles]

oh the bass at 8:00, i exclaimed aloud

[@TheUnperson]

haha! That's always a welcome reaction! :D

[@Slamagotchi]

weird is good!

[@timchippingtonderrick291]

Would be there if it wasn't 500 miles away. Bonus points for reference to The Mars Volta.

[@TheUnperson]

Well I would walk 500 miles.... lol TMV are one of my fav ever bands!

[@constantinflux]

Dis is great! If I may ask, can you remember the delay preset from the z5000 here?

[@bahkus]

Hi unperson, first off all i really like your videos, great stuff. Looked on spotify if you were there and only 1 ep! In your videos ive heard allot more nice songs pass by:) Question: i see your using the behringer power module on the nifty. Is this because the built in powersupply of nifty makes allot of extra noise? Cheers, bouk

[@TheUnperson]

Cheers man! And yea I reaallly gotta be putting more stuff out 😅 I was experiencing some issues with the internal power. Cre8 Audio are sending me out a replacement power block which should be with me soon :)

[@bluestone9726]

Your style of weirdness is very listenable so I wouldn't worry about it being too much. Just have fun little paus with it while you work your way between songs :)

[@TheUnperson]

haha cheers man!

[@tworoundrobins]

Amazing as always! Shame I’m not from UK, as I’d be in the front row:) are you using the split from the OP for clocking or differently processing the left and right channel?

[@TheUnperson]

Thank you! Actually I'm using the signal from the OP1 to modulate an old crazy Boss delay unit that the East Beast is sitting on

[@ambientzoneofficial]

My friend, if we were in Glasgow we'd certainly drop by ... to talk inspiration and have fun :) Love this ideas you're having >>> perhaps let this opening fade into a warm bubble like sound bath and let the East Beast come in to introduce us to some psy-fi drones that go into Beads for thrilling reverse effects and modulated pitch shifting 👍🏽

[@TheUnperson]

Warm bubble baths and psy-fi drones sounds right up my street! lol

[@stolencoats63]

I'm not sure if you're using stock op-1 drum sounds cause I've never messed with one (is it a drum synth or samples or both?) but I will say the drums you got coming out of that thing always sound great to me! I feel like weak drums could ruin a track but your stuff is banging all around with the beats and instrumentation!!

[@TheUnperson]

Cheers man! It is indeed a drum synth and sampler but I pretty much exclusively make kits and put them on the OP1

[@locavoremusic3680]

this is local shop for local people - we'll have no trouble here!

[@TheUnperson]

What's all this shouting?!

[@brianobush]

Wondering why you don't use MIDI clock to sync your op-1 to your modular? The nifty case has MIDI, seems like a simple solution.

[@TheUnperson]

I've never felt any need or desire to sync them up tbh! How would it work with the nifty case? I think it doesn't generate a clock signal so would have to hook it up to a computer?

[@brianobush]

@@TheUnperson Just set your MIDI clock to be out on your op-1 and you can easily pull that clock off from your clock jack (on the right top of your nifty case).

[@TheUnperson]

@@brianobush Do you mean to use the audio output on the OP1 as the clock source? I did do that in the past, sending it to the clock input on Pam's. As far as I'm aware neither the OP1 or the nifty case generate a MIDI clock.

[@45jimbers]

What’s the audience likely to be … any idea?

[@TheUnperson]

One of the gigs is an all day modular workshop so I shouldn't worry about being weird lol