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Keenan Crow
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Добавлен 23 авг 2013
My name is Keenan Crow and I'm a Des Moines based guitarist, vocalist, and composer. I play ambient music and shoe gaze indie rock in a band called Ariias.
The Postal Service - This Place Is A Prison (cover)
I got a keyboard for Christmas so I've been practicing the piano for about a month now. I've learned some really rudimentary stuff, but it's enough that with some sound design magic, I can now play one of my favorite songs.
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Repairing a Squier VM SS Jaguar Bass - Neck Dive Fix
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Repairing a Squier VM SS Jaguar Bass - Neck Dive Fix
Sync Your Looper To Your DAW With MIDI Clock
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Sync Your Looper To Your DAW With MIDI Clock
RME Fireface UCX II Unboxing and Latency Comparison
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Today we're unboxing the Fireface UCX II and putting it head to head with itself in class compliant mode and with the Focusrite Saffire Pro 24 DSP. 00:00 Intro 00:27 Unboxing 02:16 Fireface Ports 05:00 Latency Test 09:10 Latency Summary 10:24 Longevity Comparison
Ambient Project #7 - Gemini
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Gear used: Fender EOB Stratocaster Orange Rocker 15 Terror Heads Orange PPC112 Cabinets Suhr Reactive Load IR Catharsis IRs Ableton Push Pedals: EHX PitchFork Strymon Timeline Eventide H9 Neunaber Expanse TC Electronic Ditto X4 Behringer FCB1010 Boss SD-1 Created using Ableton Live 11
Ambient Project #6 - Static
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Lyrics: Lately all the days Seem to wash away In the same shade of grey Seconds all expand Supply exceed demand Clocks with static hands Dilate Sedate And learn to acclimate You'll never find the pull It calls to you intoxicating Ablate Frustrate Try not fixate We breathe the same stale fog All thats left is trying to catch another wave
Ambient Project #5 - Melt
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The ravine behind our house is really beautiful. This footage of the spring melt inspired the piece. Gear used: Fender EOB Stratocaster Orange Rocker 15 Terror Heads Orange PPC112 Cabinets Suhr Reactive Load IR OwnHammer IRs Pedals: EHX PitchFork Strymon Timeline Eventide H9 Neunaber Expanse TC Electronic Ditto X4 Behringer FCB1010 Created using Ableton Live 11
Ambient Project #4 - Tera
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Gear Used: Fender EOB Stratocaster Orange Rocker 15 Terror Heads Orange PPC112 Cabinets Pedals: Strymon Timeline Eventide H9 Neunaber Expanse TC Electronic Ditto X4 Behringer FCB1010 Microphones: Audio Technica AT2035s Sennheiser e609s Control Surface: Ableton Push Created using Ableton Live 11
Seamless Looping Tutorial
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A couple different approaches to looping ambient sounds without any gaps. For a deeper dive into the empty loop technique check out: Antoine Michaud - The Empty Loop Technique ruclips.net/video/2faaqrLjTs8/видео.html
Wow! Taking the studio symmetry to the next level!😮
This is goooood impressive
Hello! I bought this card, but I noticed if I shake it a little, or turn my feet on my head, so that the sound sounds there, as if the shaker is not loud! This is fine? what could it be?
No idea on that one! I’d reach out to RME support
What is the max number of inputs you can run at the same time? I've read the blurb and it says "40 channel", but can you record to 40 channels at the same time? If not how many?
Sure if you’re using every digital and analog input. You’ll need ADAT, AES, and SPDIF preamps to fill all those.
@@KeenanCrow thanks for the reply.
Excellent cover!
This is incredible. How did you program the synth parts? It sounds just like the recording.
Instrument rack in Ableton split between two sides. Bass side is Serum with a couple oscillators and a ton of distortion. Treble side is Arturia’s Stage 73 with a bit of chorus, delay, and reverb.
Super cool.....you really nailed the vocals and drums. I always loved The Postal Service too 🎶
In my experience just sell the bass
Excellent review. Much appreciate it. Would love your opinion. I own an Apollo X8 and now going through the “bug’ of even considering swapping out my X8 for the RME reviewed here. Would appreciate any opinions and advice.
Not nearly as many preamps on the RME and obviously no DSP or Unison preamps. I think they’re two very different units for very different use cases. And as a LUNA user myself I’d call it a toss up at best.
appreciate you @@KeenanCrow
If you want ultra low latency, the most stable drivers, and longevity, go with RME.
Awesome video, really helpful (and really nice production quality on the vid!!)
question: i want to connect the apollo x6 to the ufx ii and use the ad/da of the ufx ii so i can record with the unison plugin with the ad/da of the rme is it possible to do this?
Rewatching 15th Bend live, he sent me here too, lol. Love it beautifully done❤
So beautiful -- waves and loops of gorgeous sound intoxicating, infiltrating my psyche!
This is incredible.... Just beautiful! Amazingly well done.
This was amazing
I just experienced this on 15th bend courtesy of Mr Smiths request! Good S#¡+ man!!
Cool track. Nice👍👍🔥🔥😎😎15thbend sent me
Just heard this as a request from Mr Smith on the 15th Bend show....New friend here. Very well done
Very cool use of the electronics 😎 Great track 👣
This is incredible! 🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️
hi i have a rmx ucx2 on windows 11 i have a problem if i try to vary the buffer size the sound in my daw studio one 5 deteriorates if i try to fiddle with the windows sound settings it resolves but if i turn off the pc and turn on the problem come back .. .i can't figure out if the problem is with studio one with the card or with windows...i'm going crazy.....can you help me thanks.
Sorry I run Mac, not super helpful on the Windows side. I would reach out to RME support and see what they have to say.
I need to sync my drum machine to my looper, what do I need to do!? I apologize beforehand if this question is out of line. If not please, if you know how to do it!? 🙏🏻🤙🏼😊
Depends on the drum machine and the looper! Do they have MIDI options? If so the best way is gonna be to plug the MIDI out on the drum machine to the MIDI in on the looper, set them to the same channel, and enable clock sync
I discovered that one can buy SCUBA weight pouches! Be sure to read reviews before buying one as some are too loose.
Great video!! Thanks you such much for posting this! such a simple solution! Your a genius! I think you should make it as a kit and sell it for $100 LOL! The great thing about this is it will apply to other guitars as well.
what should be the number in the buffer? 512 ? 256?
Does the Rme sound card have a preamp?
Two mic preamps. No phono preamp.
@@KeenanCrow Please explain the two mic preamps🥰🙏
@@KeenanCrow Is there no preamp like midas preamp in rme card?
@@raviakber Midas is a specific kind of mic preamp. There are two mic preamps in the units, but they are more transparent sounding than Midas preamps are.
@@KeenanCrow Can you share two mic preamps? Please 🙏
A friend shared this with me and I keep coming back to listen again. Stunning.💜
Back again… trying to catch another wave…
Hi. Can you help please? I bought ucx 2 and have some artefacts with reverb work. Can`t compare with another devices because they out of stock. It sounds like noise added to reverb tail with some kind of flanged whistle I have example of recording and screenshoot with settings on google drive by the link : drive.google.com/drive/folders/19VgVG--9yL_2iJksqpDmmW75x8MJbc5z?usp=share_link May you check your device for such artefacts, please?
What is the CPU of the system?
thanks
They are good are playing music
Great info!!
Two questions. 1. Can I record 30 microphones with ufx II somehow? Or only 20 with 4 built in preamps plus 16 via two adat? 2. What is the best preamp extension for ufx II from rme now? Two octamics xtc or octamic II? I understand that 12 mic will „leave” 4 unused channels from adats. Thanks
Not super familiar with the UFX line but generally any ADAT in will give you 8 channels at 44.1/48. If you need 88.2/96 you’re down to 4 channels per ADAT in. Each doubling halves your available channels because ADAT is natively a 48k standard so upsampling happens via SMUX. The UCX adds 4 channels via SPDIF and AES which are both indifferent to sample rate. UFX only has the AES ports (you can run them as SPDIF but there are no dedicated coax connections to add channels) so that’s two more channels at whatever sample rate you want. So at 44.1/48 you get the 4 mic pres, the 16 ADAT lines, and the two AES/SPDIF lines for a total of 22 possible mic pres. You can also of course add stand alone mic pres to any of the line inputs as well.
@@KeenanCrow thank You.
Would be lightweight tuners and a hi mass bridge a solution? Also, maybe not for a video, but trying it out before stringing it up seems a good idea to me..
Yes trying it before stringing it is DEFINITELY the way to go. But I knew my next step didn’t require a restring. And yes, lightweight tuners would certainly be an option. The tuners on that thing are massive.
Depending on workload and computer performance you may be able to reduce buffer size/latency down to about to 32 samples/ 2-3ms. Raise it only when audio starts to crackle and break up. If you are using a lot of VSTs/CPU you may wanna keep it high. If you are using external gear you can keep the latency lower.
How do you make you abelton clips synce to a certain amount of bars? I have the looper working but my clips aren't as tight as they should be from my midi synth
Couple different options. If you have a Push or a Launchpad Pro there is an easy to use “fixed length” option for whenever you hit the record button. That’s what I tend to use. Second option is to use the looper device within Ableton. It allows you to specify a fixed number of bars once triggered, and then to assign a follow action (stop, play, overdub) afterward. If you don’t have one of those devices and want to record straight to clips rather than using the looper I’d recommend installing ClyphX (I mean I’d recommend installing it period, it is an extremely useful script). Once you get it installed and working, the command you’re looking for is “SRECFIX”. So for instance if I wanted a 4 bar recording I’d use the clip code “SRECFIX4”. Then when you launch that clip it will record for a fixed 4 bars.
@Keenan Crow thank you! I figured since push had been out that abelton would have had the same feature. I will try to software first. I would like the push but don't feel like dropping so much for one yet
@@zhoustonh1 yeah totally fair. Master the tools you already have before getting new stuff! ClyphX is free so that’s worth checking out regardless I will say, though, I have an old Push 1. That is plenty good enough for me 99% of the time, and it’s about half the cost of a Push 2.
@Keenan Crow also the abletondrummer has a fixed clip length that works super easy.
great video thank u
I have had the rme ufc forever .. just recapped it .. still works great ..total mix is the best
Haven’t even scratched the surface on TotalMix yet. It’s way more flexible than Focusrite’s Mix Control. Tracking drums with it for the first time today so I just set up a new workspace in TotalMix. Mind blown.
I wonder if the ableton latency reporting is truly accurate?
Tested for driver error compensation on both setups and got 0 so I believe it to be accurate
Hi thanks for your video! I assume your daw is master clock in this video and lopper the slave. What about the looper is the master, and set the bpm to the daw when the loop is done. Is that possible? I know Ableton looper plugin does that.
Yeah if you have a looper that sends a clock signal you could do that, but I’m unaware of any loopers that do so. Eventide H9 might.
There’s yet another way to solve the problem, which is have the FX after the Looper.
Yes, but then you lose the ability to print effects into the loop.
@@KeenanCrow Actually no, the point of putting the FX after the Looper is to not have to deal with the START/STOP part of the Loop. There’s nothing stopping anyone from recording the FX to a Loop.
@@Folkstone57 if your looper is before your effects, you aren’t including the effects in the loop. As soon as the effects change, the entire tonality of the loop changes as well. You’re recording the raw guitar and looping into the chain. That means no printing effects into the loop.
@@KeenanCrow You can put your FX wherever you want your FX to be, that is the point. I have FX coming from my guitar chain & I have FX after my Looper. This isn’t rocket science. My sound tech has FX at the mixer.
@@Folkstone57 the point is that if the recording device (in this case the looper) is *before* the effects chain, then the effects aren’t being recorded
just picked up one as well, and in addition from the sound, the latency, & the power of totalmix, the longevity was a major concern for me as well. I researched and RME is actually still making current (updated in 2022) drivers for the Fireface 800, which came out in 2004! I've personally had 8 audio interfaces since 2001: SoundDevices USBPre, Motu 828, Pro Tools MBox 2, Pro Tools Mbox 2 Pro, Apogee Duet FW, Apogee Ensemble FW, Steinberg UR22C, Focusrite Clarett 4Pre. Of all those, only the Steinberg & the Focusrite still have current drivers. Compared to the longevity of most studio equipment, I find this just completely ridiculous. Especially when some of these (i.e. the Apogee FW interfaces) *sound* amazing, and I'd *love* to keep using them. I still have the Duet, and can manage to get it to work partially, and I *love* the sound of the pres. But I can't turn on phantom & can't use the line/instrument inputs, so it's getting retired. I bought the Clarett this year, & its sound & latency were quite good, but it wasn't stable with my M1 Mac system for some reason. I considered some other options, especially Antelope, which have excellent latency & really good sounding DSP as well. But finally, Antelope has a quite negative track record for longevity, after abandoning some of their recent products in less than *two years*. In short, I should have just bought a Fireface 800 back in 2005, instead of the Motu 828. I'd still be using it, most likely. So, learning from my mistakes... I sincerely hope & believe that in 2040 I'll still be using the RME, with current drivers.
I had an Motu 828.. when that went down I bought the RME UFX ..just recapped it for like 100 bucks last year .. I bought Focusrite to replace IT but sent it back and fixed the rme ..it was easy .. I missed total mix too much ..I have the first version UFX.. still love it
Hey! I really enjoyed this, keep it up Keenan!
I did everything you did and for some reason I can't get my ditto x4 to blink with the metronome. Ableton didn't work and I even tried syncing it to Logic and still nothing. Any tips on what the issue might be? The pedal seems to be working completely fine otherwise
Windows or Mac? What are you using for a MIDI interface? Is there anything between your interface and the Ditto X4? Which version of the firmware is installed on the X4?
@@KeenanCrow Im on a Mac. For my interface Im using a "mio iConnectivity." Picked it up at GuitarCenter this morning. The only thing between my laptop and the x4 is my USB C to USB coming from my Mac.
I just got the pedal today, i was unaware of this firmware thing. Should I try and update it to the newest version?
Also the Interface is being read by both ableton and logic, i can select it to sync for both Daws but when i click play the x4 just doesn't blink
Try a firmware update. The original firmware didn’t have MIDI sync capabilities
Thx mate. I’ve got them sync’d and it’s working great. Also wondering, can I record loop audio directly to ableton? Or do I need to store on the looper and then grab the WAV files and add them to ableton?
Depends on what you have available. If you can plug your output directly into an audio interface then you can just loop in Ableton and you don’t really need the looper hardware. Otherwise you’re looking at storing on the looper and grabbing the WAV files. In either situation you’re also going to need an IR loader plug-in so that the signal sounds like it has gone through a guitar cabinet and mic. Without an IR it’s very harsh.
Right now I’m playing the drum track in ableton and my guitar through my amp. The ditto connected to a Focus rite with a midi cable so that my loops are sync’d. it sounds like I’ll have to plug the output into the focusrite rather than my amp to record audio directly to ableton. I just prefer using the ditto vs ableton to loop bc I’m more familiar with it. Anyway the syncing is clutch bc I was using RUclips drum tracks before and it was getting out of sync
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I want to just chopped that headstock or turned it into Swiss Cheese
Love this.