WEIRD GEAR: Pulsar-23 Yellow Edition

Honored to be partnering with Soma and Perfect Circuit on the Andrew Huang Edition of Pulsar-23! More info: link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/...
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0:00 Intro
0:49 Overview
2:07 Channel 1: Bass Drum
3:03 Channel 2 in Percussion mode
3:42 Channel 2 in Bass mode
4:53 Song break!
5:59 Channel 3: Snare / Clap
6:49 Channel 4: Hi-Hat / Cymbal
7:43 Patch break!
8:16 Looper / Sequencer
10:09 Sequence remix feature
11:27 Delays & Reverbs
13:01 Clock section
13:17 Sequencing with Ornament-8
13:49 Utilities & SHAOS
15:25 Illuminator
15:57 Final thoughts
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[@andrewhuang]

It’s a huge honor to get to work with Soma like this and release the Pulsar-23 Andrew Huang Edition! link.perfectcircuit.com/t/v1/S0BERUlFSUBFR0RDRktATEpITA?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.perfectcircuit.com%2Fsoma-pulsar-23-andrew-huang-edition.html For a more in-depth video, check out the one I made on my second channel when the Pulsar first came out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iH2WZGljp8yHbck Thanks for watching today!

[@GeorgeLocke]

Add this to weird gear playlist kthxby

[@FnorDiskordRekords]

That is a fantastical piece of gear. Love the custom edition you did with SOMA. This is officially on my wishlist. I’ve been rocking the Arturia Drumbrute Impact. The Pulsar-23 looks WAY more fun and customizable for drum/bass tracks. 🤘🏼

[@smackofalltrades]

man i'll never get tired of watching Andrew make cool noises with dope gear. half the time i dont even understand what's going on, but i love it

[@sowth1967]

Dang, I didn’t know Andrew was so good at bass house! I really want to see that released one day.

[@andrewhuang]

Def gonna put it out when I finish it up!

[@pandaghostofficial]

@@andrewhuang Looking forward to listen the whole track!

[@dsorce]

@@andrewhuang Guy, this isn't a track i beatport right now?

[@MusicalSleepingCatOfficial]

@@andrewhuangomg I love everything electronic music lol

[@kennethocongerskin9460]

​@@andrewhuangcan I send you a free device to look at?

[@MegaCadr]

My brain told me I was clicking on an episode of Bad Gear, saw Andrew, and now I want a colab.

[@coltonmuri3672]

Same. I saw this notification while watching this morning's Bad Gear episode

[@MegaCadr]

@@Positive_Tea Nice!

[@sudseh]

Same! 😂

[@middaymeds]

Bad Gear: Andrew's 50,000$ modular synthesizer

[@MegaCadr]

@@middaymeds might be hard to get the list of bad reviews pulled from the internet

[@crystalcvt]

love the song at 4:52! like a mix of modern pop and old uk bassline. love the combination!

[@BeTheAeroplane]

6:40 As someone with epilepsy, I really appreciate the light warning. Thank you!

[@vprice509]

Great choices for both color and knobs! There’s a reason road signs are black letters, yellow background. That’s the easiest color combination to read. The knobs keep the party going by looking better and being more functional. (You can easily get a snapshot of all of the 600 knobs at a glance.) I like the other colors, too. Yellow is the best one yet.

[@exequielmleziva4599]

I feel like this would be a perfect synth for Mick Gordon.

[@hpaw7694]

oh my god you need to release that song you made with it thats like one of the craziest bass house songs I've ever heard

[@andrewhuang]

Thank you! Working on it! Wanna put a call out for rappers to do verses 😁

[@jjbsheppard]

connor price?

[@AxeltheGreen]

I wanna dance to that beat so bad

[@Newtperc]

Harry Mack

[@alderpublishingllc4702]

The video gets the creative juices flowing for what a person can do with the tools one already has but hasn’t entirely explored. Wave shapers, DFAM, various retro drum machines, noise, envelopes, distortion, fx, etc!

[@es_blvnk]

Bro that track was so fire. I thought analog synths were more for like experimental stuff, but that was some sick bass house!!!

[@ciaranmulhall6123]

Top notch editing, sounds and vibes, great vid !! 😎

[@LuisTorres-qz5kr]

Sounds amazing, looks awesome! Congrats on the Special Edition!

[@andrewhuang]

Thank you!!

[@jamescruz8678]

Only Andrew Huang can make a video on a synth he's covered before and still make it just as engaging.

[@avationmusic]

your production value never ceases to amaze me man!

[@blush_response]

Thanks for including my patch 🖤

[@angaudlinn]

Love the colour scheme and the new knobs!

[@gardenguster5271]

Perfect timing! Was just looking at this

[@IgnacioChavez]

I love this drum machine the whole connectivity flow is 🔥

[@cthulholmhastur5317]

Mr. Huang - I'm new to ur chan. Impressed! Best xplainer of kew gear that I have witnessed in quite awhile. Oh yeah, I'm picking up a yellow P-23 ;)

[@evanbarnes9984]

You just made an absolute banger as a happy little accident in the middle of a gear review episode, I love it!

[@HANGINGOUTWITHAUDIOPHILES]

This looks delightful. Tremendous demo of the unit once again! Hell yeah

[@HondaCivictor]

I love the mix of futuristic and industrial. so cool looking

[@saradietschy]

God this is so freaking cool.

[@RemixSample]

Those effects are really something else! Very inspiring!

[@williamlynn3149]

I ordered one while I was watching, thank you Andrew Huang, Soma, and Perfect Circut

[@andrewhuang]

I know you will have a great time exploring it!!

[@timothymckane6362]

I'm glad Weird Gear is back (even though the brief intro theme is gone) just to see more of these interesting and strange gear for music.

[@degreeoffreedom2268]

Flume uses it, too. Just take a listen to his amazing track „Things don’t always Go the way you plan 1.2“.

[@michaeldulsky8492]

Best Pulsar demo on KZbin

[@ToyKeeper]

This thing would be so much fun to play with. I'm not usually into more gear, but the hands-on patch-by-skin-contact nature of this makes it really appealing.

[@innerlude]

This is the drum machine I've been looking for. ❤

[@stonail665]

Can't wait to see SOMA Terra in your hands, revolutionary instrument.

[@zairemcdonald7342]

This is beautiful. The last comment about not being sure if you would ever be able to buy one and now you're getting paid (technically speaking) to show it off and it's a custom version collabbed with you. Full circle, bro. That's wonderful. Flow forth.

[@djpuzzleofficial]

Eric Synths style knobs! Dope vid. I have one of these too (black one), they're so sick. Got the Lyra-8 too. Crazy thing is you can sequence all that stuff in the unit itself. The looper/sequencer is so dope.

[@Dogboy73]

Awesome machine. Looks great with those knobs and the yellow is nice and lairy. Very cool.

[@LS-jj4sy]

Ayyyy hype to see a new Weird Gear!

[@coalshork]

weird gear is by far some of my favorite content you make. one great recommendation for more is the Bastl SoftPop SP2 btw! 10/10 weirdness.

[@emilyharpist]

YOOOO fancy seeing you here!! I can't stop listening to the song break part in this hahah I WANT ONE NOW

[@coalshork]

@@emilyharpist SAMEEE BUT ITS SO EXPENSIVEEEEE BUT I WANT ITTTTT

[@Nubsly]

Eyyyy, seeing "WEIRD GEAR" in my notifications brought a smile to my face. I'd love it if more of these episode get made Andrew! Regardless, keep being awesome and making cool noises! (P.S. It's your fault I recently got into Eurorack... My wallet would like a word with you lol)

[@kyleh1127]

Ha! Me too! I discovered andrew about a year ago through rob scallon and love the channel! But my cheap broke ass can't afford that much into gear when I've alreadu got guitars, basses, keyboards and software to maintain and upgrade, so i just went the free route with vcv and cardinal. My wallet (and my wife) is sighing with relief about that decision, but I'm having an absolute blast with it.

[@quantum_ocean]

Hey Andrew! I just ordered the yellow one! Rock on!

[@antonykassis]

looks interesting! can’t wait to watch

[@MusicalSleepingCatOfficial]

Awesome video! I did not know this was a thing until now 😅

[@InFamousProductions]

killer review and tracks/beats/song/bleeps and blops. I already have one, otherwise I would get your custom version, it looks killer and those knobs are dope. sometimes it is frustrating and then it will sound like 100 machines at once. you have given me a few ideas to try out. and that light thing is insane as well as the sequencer. I have to get those.

[@asynchronicity]

Neat, Andrew! Congrats!

[@krmn]

2.2K that's insane! I see why though. Amazing video Andrew as always!

[@PocketUnv]

If anyone deserves a collab Pulsar, it's you. Stay weird Andrew

[@poco_a_poco_music]

Simply dope. Thanks, AH

[@artor5789]

So stocked for another episode of weird gear

[@evilnoisyelectronics5084]

Little tip for the "circuit bending" patch points: The capacitor (mark with 0.1 and 10) can be used like a sort of pulse to trigger converter (0.1 works better)

[@jon_gee]

Absolutely badass Andrew!!! ❤❤❤

[@lemonhscott7667]

When it comes time for christmastime could you please do a Christmas music jam with the pulsar 23?

[@TheArditron]

love it! like the MXR Chorus pedal :P

[@StephenMcLeod]

The yellow one is gorgeous!

[@peach_total]

i’d love to see a video like this about the erica synths + sonic potions LXR-02. really neat drum machine but there’s not a ton online digging into it

[@evanhoover2447]

Your tracks and content recently have been some of your best! I'm curious how your process has shifted in recent months. How are you coping with your partial hearing loss? Have you brought in anyone to help with production, mixing, mastering? How have recent life events changed the way you work, the way you play, and the way you feel music/art?

[@Beasonmusicresources]

This is rad! I want one!

[@theonethreefour]

Ayyy it's back

[@skatedude4882]

That Gear do be looking SICK though

[@thefrankcoda]

Amazing presentation of the Pulsar-23! I’m like this close to sell my Kurt Cobain Mustang to get this beast! And congrats on your Edition of the Pulsar-23! 🙏🏻

[@ctrlaltgroove]

would totally get one if I could fit it in my current mixer. such is life.

[@user-bb6tq4by8t]

I can't be the only one that immediately sampled that bass

[@Edward256]

Being able to conduct the signals through your body? Talk about feeling the beat. XD

[@scarfypedia]

BABE WAKE UP NEW WEIRD GEAR EPISODE JUST DROPPED

[@benzmobil]

Ooh this thing is so expensive, but so damn tempting!

[@surrealchemist]

Its interesting how the ROAT has kinda similar looper idea

[@uaca_uaca]

This is an amazing video.

[@tlazohtlalia]

I feel like we haven't had a new weird gear video in awhile

[@unsoundmethodology]

Soma make some amazing machines. Just really well-designed and well thought-out devices with unique looks and sounds. (I'd complain about them being out of my price range, but at the moment Behringer gear is out of my price range, so it's a bit academic.)

[@Soundwrecker]

Love my Pulsar 23. It is a mad scientist lab of weird beats.

[@mastaboog749]

dude this pulsar 23 makes me want to curse like a sailor because this thing is effin insane. i have wanted a drum machine just like this, and while i knew this existed i didn't realize what it was. It's pricey but not undo-able, tho sadly I doubt ill be able to get your edition before the sell out unless I can get it on the used market. Luckily they make a few cool colors! Definitely grabbing one over the summer

[@derekh989]

You make a lot a lot of dope music, but that beat around the 5:45 mark may have been the dopest yet.

[@carlosglove]

Damn, great demo and seems like a great product. how i whis that id had the money for it. but my question is, how did you get that cool vocal sound? what effects you used? thanks Andrew

[@notbatman1001]

Touching the pins!

[@phantazzor]

would have been nice to have your weird gear clips coming sometimes, awesomely weird gear

[@futur_sunds]

Ok that master distortion dose sound amazing

[@andrewhuang]

It’s so tempting to just put it on everything lol

[@koolandklear]

Awesome Video...

[@kurisuchiinathecrocodile333]

Thanks for video. What was that touchscreen controller during song break?

[@liampugh]

I could see this as a great hyper pop noise generator

[@ixilom]

SICK!

[@charlielatino3540]

WEIRD GEAR IS BACK?! ITS BEEN TOO DAMN LONG

[@tlazohtlalia]

I know! right

[@russianvoodoo]

Never expected seeing Blush Response pulsar patch on this channel.

[@MarioGodoyMusic]

Super awesome demo, but where can I get that shirt??

[@AB-Prince]

weird gear is back

[@shamardaniel4819]

It’s like a Andrew Huang music box!😆

[@gooneybird808]

Damn it Huang I just got an octatrack! That yellow is killer!!!

[@neonspinx]

I just want a tutorial on how you make your videos so amazing.

[@chandlermiller3944]

Soma 23 is my pipedream drum machine because I will never own it but damn does it just look amazing.

[@geekehUK]

You can get patch cables with plugs that also have sockets so you can daisy chain. Using posts seems like a weird choice, they could have stuck with sockets and just included a big bag of pins that you could plug in to achieve the same result, which would give you the best of both worlds. When you hit on that bass sound it almost sounded like you were about to play the mission impossible theme tune.

[@roryjineffect]

The pegs take up less space on the board, IIRC

[@GreyFromSpace]

Brooo I wish I could spend like, a day just geeking out about synths.

[@music_creator_capable]

Cool!

[@dystopiannoise6782]

Got a voyager when i started producing and didnt feel in need of any other analog gear besides distortion pedals ever since. Until a friend of mine got one of those

[@es.ist.in.meiner.Seele.]

Industrial Madness I love it

[@easyneal]

Exactly 5.00. nailed it.

[@user-vd3if4wq6m]

How did you make your voice like that bro??!! Ive been producing for 15yrs, slacking on my Voice Rec/Engineering tricks

[@KozKaii]

The thing It's Andrew Huang edition is Wild!!!

[@jamesmccallum6770]

Nice hardware, nice track!!

[@marcpym5251]

What a wonderful, inspiring machine. Touch panels AND being able to connect signal jacks with your fingers? It all looks so intuitive like you become part of the machine when you're experimenting with it. If only I had 2200 Dollars to spare...

[@DUCKWAD_ONLINE]

i get that you absolutely HAD to show off the quantizing feature but the "sloppy" playing at 9:00 does have a really nice little groove to it lol

[@WAZXIII]

Came for the weird gear stinger. Didn't get to hear it! 😩 Good video though.

[@joelanderson9823]

The track and that bass sound were 🙆

[@iamYork_]

Didn't realize how massive that amazing device is until i see you holding one and having a second right next to you... Either way want want want... 💵💵💵