Fantastic flaws (& where to find them)

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  • Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024

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  • @StanielBapes
    @StanielBapes 4 года назад +65

    "broken things can be useful" aw thanks knobs

  • @jrodericklauver
    @jrodericklauver 4 года назад +64

    Consider the role imperfection plays in an orchestra. The subtle variations (flaws) between 12 violinists playing the same part are what creates the timbre of an orchestra instead of a single musician.

  • @collectoremitter
    @collectoremitter 4 года назад +76

    I admit I can sometimes spend too much time trying to understand why pedals do what they do, rather than enjoying the mystery. Now I always play new gear without the manual for at least the first day, just to see what I stumble on
    Also I definitely need a walkie talkie fuzz

    • @Diagonals_
      @Diagonals_ 4 года назад +1

      A really cool and underrated fuzz that's sort of like that is Radio Havana by Heavy Electronics. It simulates a shortwave radio sound.

    • @Syncopator
      @Syncopator 4 года назад

      I suppose you could pick up one of those toy walkie talkie kits and turn it into an audio processor of your own: www.amazon.com/Retevis-RT628-Walkie-Talkies-Channel/dp/B00OXLY49A/ref=sr_1_5. That one's already got an audio out, all you need is to hack one of them to feed it your own input instead of the internal microphone.

  • @starbound03
    @starbound03 4 года назад +15

    Can I just say that being on camera has been amazing for your content. It was already original but you’ve got a great personality for this kind of thing and it makes all your videos even more enjoyable

  • @AnodyneHipsterInfluencer
    @AnodyneHipsterInfluencer 4 года назад +40

    You're the one who originally turned me onto DigDugDIY. I now own a LoFi Dreams, Pizza Time Supreme, Purple Rain and Oceans reverb and I'm certainly not done. Arch is just the coolest dude and I'll be forever thankful for you turning us onto DigDug. And literally almost every other cool builder you sweetheart 😁👍🎛🎚🎹🎸

  • @521JACS
    @521JACS 4 года назад +64

    A fantastic flaw that makes these new videos even better: Knobs’ vocal delivery and in-person presentation isn’t the most charismatic or polished, but I absolutely adore this new style, partially (mostly) due to how honest these musings are conveyed.

    • @almightyEsquilax
      @almightyEsquilax 4 года назад +6

      He's calm. It makes sense.

    • @sarigpoyyara8580
      @sarigpoyyara8580 2 года назад

      In all honesty, I felt he was both charismatic and polished, more than most youtubers in my opinion. Love that it's not 'in your face' usual kind of youtube delivery.

  • @Yamil97
    @Yamil97 4 года назад +7

    I love how Knobs ALWAYS sounds like Knobs, no matter the pedal, which I love. Respect

  • @caydilemma3309
    @caydilemma3309 4 года назад +132

    according to all known laws of aviation, a piñata should not be able to fly

    • @Knobs
      @Knobs  4 года назад +38

      BUT IT DOES THO. IT DOES.

    • @simondanielssonmusic
      @simondanielssonmusic 4 года назад +8

      Its plastic walls are too thick to get
      its fat little body off the ground.
      But the piñata, of course, flies anyway
      .
      Because piñatas don't care
      what humans think is impossible.

  • @hunterhall6478
    @hunterhall6478 4 года назад +53

    That bee is gonna be in my nightmare tonight...

  • @brendanseanpiroue3110
    @brendanseanpiroue3110 4 года назад +3

    "Because life is not a problem to be solved...it is a mystery to be lived." I find that really powerful !
    Also your voice is really soothing

  • @JohnWWarrenGuitar
    @JohnWWarrenGuitar 2 года назад

    Knobs- seriously, you’re a genius.
    One of the realizations I’ve come to in the past couple of years is that flaws in performance are ok, to be expected and even embraced- not to mention most people don’t even notice your mistakes , only you the performer. I’m setting as a goal this year to apply that philosophy to recording as well- that (some) mistakes in a recording are ok. Not that quantity is more important that quality, but that perfection is the enemy of productivity, if that makes sense.

  • @my4trackmachine
    @my4trackmachine 4 года назад +1

    Some of the best things that have been made were because of accidents and flaws. Embracing them can be the path to something better and more human.
    Thanks for the video topic and for not addressing the elephant (or rather the bee) in the room...

  • @imgonnamakewaffles
    @imgonnamakewaffles 4 года назад +3

    you deserve so much more recognition for the work you are doing

  • @staylucky4727
    @staylucky4727 4 года назад

    I could listen to you talk all day knobs. Thanks for inspiring me.
    Blessings

  • @IsothermeMusic
    @IsothermeMusic 4 года назад

    Of the dozens of your videos I've watched over and over, this is undoubtedly my favorite, Scott.

  • @aristocratmusic
    @aristocratmusic 4 года назад +1

    I don't know if I'm just super fucking high or what, but this video is beautiful.
    The hypnagogic music playing in the background is making me feel like I'm dreaming.
    The collection of the fascinating pedals is filling me with inspiration.
    The technical explanations of all of these sounds is blowing my mind, as I've never considered the origins of these audio effects I thought I had previously understood.
    And that PINATA BEES'S PERFECT SMILE.
    Thank you for this genuinely spiritual experience.
    Goodnight.

  • @maks9589
    @maks9589 3 года назад

    this, the organelle&mood review, and the how to modular videos have got to be my favorite videos from you

  • @alexhauptmann298
    @alexhauptmann298 4 года назад +8

    Funny thing about the thing you said about what's "lost" in delay...there's a piece by Alvin Lucier called "I Am Sitting In A Room" that does this acoustically! He recorded himself speaking a passage, then recorded the playback of that passage from a set of speakers in a room, rinse and repeat until all that is heard are the resonant frequencies of the physical room itself!
    (Also, apologies if you already know of this piece, but in my defense going to Music School has made me realize that less people know about weird postmodernist compositions than I've realized :P)

  • @zacharytylerkoval
    @zacharytylerkoval 2 года назад

    A forever imperative conversation to have once and have again

  • @theapolloexperiment
    @theapolloexperiment 4 года назад +4

    My goodness I thought I had decision anxiety about my next pedal purchase before I watched this video and now I want everything in this

  • @EkittyMonte
    @EkittyMonte 4 года назад +1

    This has by far become one of my favorite videos on RUclips, of course it would also be from one of my favorite channels

  • @mpstrgc112
    @mpstrgc112 4 года назад

    I keep rewatching this video and I wish I could re-like it every time.

  • @Marcushajo
    @Marcushajo 4 года назад +2

    This is so far my favorite video on all of RUclips. I'm a small pedal builder in Norway seeking so much musically relevant flaws (rather than "musical flaws'" cuz they're supposed to be musical, right?). Thanks for being a huge inspiration to us and feeding our curiousity!!!

  • @buyukberber
    @buyukberber 4 года назад +3

    I really appreciate this kind of video A LOT! I am visually impaired and as much as I understand the on screen typing aesthetic, it becomes so unbearably tiring for me to pause every second and try to read stuff using a screen magnifier. So, big thanks from me! (BTW: I love your work, keep it coming!)

  • @colinnielsen2158
    @colinnielsen2158 4 года назад

    Joel, you are the man. Thanks for making us all realize it's not about the gear. Human people, making human things, making human people make human things.

  • @jazzercise300
    @jazzercise300 4 года назад +11

    I had this vox solid state amp back in the day with built in fx, one of them being a digital delay. if you set the repeats to max it would loop continuously without self oscillating. the best part was when you hit the tap tempo button it would add the difference as silence (when making the delay longer) or do this glitchy chop (when shortening the delay time). It mad a max delay time of maybe 4 seconds but I was able to do some really cool rhythmic stuff with it. Was really into Brian Eno at the time and was reading about him composing the windows start up sound. him trying to compose pieces of a music only a couple seconds long.

  • @paulodantas1492
    @paulodantas1492 4 года назад +4

    I bought a Mr Black Supermoon MS Edition that have a really crazy warped modulation that appears at random times, and I was underwhelmed at first (I justed wanted a normal reverb). Eventually I started enjoying it a lot, and that crazy random modulation became a part of my sound, and I fell in love with it.
    It made me rethink what I expected from a pedal, and what was initially a " flaw" and then became an awesome sound kinda goes along with the message from this video.
    You once said in your Instagram about giving time to see if a pedal works for you: "Give it time. How much time is enough? I would suggest this: play it until *something* moves you. It may not be what you bought it for, or something you need, but find it. Find the point of that pedal. Then you'll really know if it's for you."....that was also an inspiration while discovering this pedal. Thanks for doing what you do.

    • @JKevinWolfe
      @JKevinWolfe 4 года назад +1

      I'll have to agree about Mr. Black pedals. I recently landed an Ambience Echoverb with two delays and the reverb all modulated separately. What I find fascinating is when the Gods of Calamity occasionally dip all three slow modulation waves at the same time sounding like a momentary warp in vinyl. They achieve unity, but at the same time it's a corruption. Kinda has me enjoying pitch modulation for the first time.

  • @sandermangelschots2369
    @sandermangelschots2369 4 года назад +4

    I'm so glad we get to see your face these days. You've inspired me multiple times. This video was no different. Keep doing what you're doing.You're doing great.

  • @yohnsvain9651
    @yohnsvain9651 4 года назад

    Simply one of the best vids re effects, and, perhaps even more importantly, process, that I’ve ever run across. Admittedly, these are all musings that have either been at the forefront or background of your awareness for however long you’ve been at this, but it’s still nice for a friend to dig your ribs and remind you of the important things from time to time. Now there’s a name for a band, “ The Detritus Trough.” Let’s all lift our heads from same.

  • @CMLPoP
    @CMLPoP 4 года назад +5

    human beings and everything surrounding them are perfect as they are imperfect. perfection of imperfection

  • @thierrythierry1013
    @thierrythierry1013 4 года назад +1

    Your video unlocked some creative path/audio flow chain process I was missing/looking for.
    Right after the video I went to practice to apply some of the ideas you shared with us.
    So I've grabbed my guitar and
    1/ For limitation I took my old Headrsuh E1 for "only" 12 second looping.
    2/ For delay, reverb and decay used my El Capistan with wow, flutter and crinkles at max.
    3/ Wardenclyffe Tower for LFO/filtering.
    4/ At the end of the effect chain a little bit of overdrive/feedback with the Landscape Stereofield.
    Got the result I was looking for : ) so many many thanks ! You've really led me to the path.
    All these degradation things, audio haikus, collage/DIY reminds me japanese aesthetic concepts, mainly the one named "Wabi-Sabi", but also others such as "Iki" and "Shibumi" that you probably know.
    Greetings from France ; )

  • @SonicCircuitry
    @SonicCircuitry 4 года назад +4

    Really enjoying these new types of videos! Thank you for everything so far, it's been fun to watch you grow and evolve with this channel

  • @christopherecatalano
    @christopherecatalano 4 года назад +1

    Brilliant reflection on the nature of the perfectly imperfect. Thank you, I have been torn a few times about my Shallow Water, it stays home now, safe with me😂

    • @thegimpsometimes5937
      @thegimpsometimes5937 3 года назад +1

      Same here I just bought one again because it’s the only pedal I regretted selling. Never again!

  • @downhill2k013
    @downhill2k013 4 года назад +2

    10:10 that is... one of the best flanger I’ve ever heard

  • @crux15
    @crux15 4 года назад

    That quote hit me hard, video was righteous. Thanks for making stuff.

  • @mgscheue
    @mgscheue 4 года назад +3

    Great video. The Ciate-Lonbarde instruments strike me as a perfect example of cryptic. Funny thing about Make Noise is that, while their panels might appear cryptic at first, they make perfect sense once you get used to them. Their videos and manuals are among the best in the Euro world, too.

  • @jpmudkip1870
    @jpmudkip1870 4 года назад +3

    Loving your new video style, keep up the good work man!

  • @JoshuaDb_The_Witness
    @JoshuaDb_The_Witness 4 года назад +1

    I just stumbled across you, and I have been watching for less than five minutes and I am already a fan. Is exactly what I needed today. Thank you! Looking forward to checking out your other videos as soon as I'm done with this one.

  • @ezzeapiaggio
    @ezzeapiaggio 4 года назад +2

    Flaws and errors are part of our daily playing and searching, they are just there. Better get them and make a good thing of them. LoFi Dreams is on my board thanks to you and Datachoirs, it is an incredible machine, sometimes unpredictable but never disappointing. A box of surprises. Another beast hard to play is 856 for Zellersasn, one year and still getting new sounds.
    Great video Knobs, hope you can keep us inspired through these hard times.

  • @RobFlaxMusic
    @RobFlaxMusic 4 года назад +3

    "Flanging a chorus" "Nice! Knobs Klein Bottle and Warped Vinyl mk2."
    [stares excitedly at the *exact* combination of pedals I use with Blooper and Dark World...]

  • @ShallieDragon
    @ShallieDragon 4 года назад +1

    This was a really thoughtful exploration into the nature of beauty in music. I think you should do more video essays like this. Your pedal demos are great, but this definitely gives us something headier to sink our teeth into. Nice work!

  • @PedalScience
    @PedalScience 4 года назад

    Possibly the best video about pedals ever made

  • @SidRockett
    @SidRockett 4 года назад

    Oh man. DIGDUGDIY

  • @mydaydreamrecords
    @mydaydreamrecords 4 года назад

    You just made me want to buy at least 5 new things...you have a real gift.

  • @Norvind-YT
    @Norvind-YT 4 года назад +27

    I love corrupting my EHX looper by overdubbing and repeatedly pressing the half speed and reverse button as fast as possible. You get some really haunting and disgusting sounds that way.

    • @Diagonals_
      @Diagonals_ 4 года назад +1

      Which EHX looper? I have a couple - I'm going to have to try that!

    • @Norvind-YT
      @Norvind-YT 4 года назад +2

      @@Diagonals_ 720 :D

  • @mikesharpsongs
    @mikesharpsongs 2 года назад

    To your point, and about my favorite effect/lineage: the rotating speaker
    (Key: begat = ->)
    Choirs -> Pump Organ -> Pipe Organ -> Electronic Organ + Leslie Cabinet -> Phasers/Univibes -> Rotating Speaker Emulators
    I love every imperfect step of the devolution/evolution, and the myriad applications of each.

  • @bonsaibloom
    @bonsaibloom 4 года назад +2

    Thanks for being a continuous source of inspiration knobs, that’s rly dope. Great vid bb 💙

  • @thewatersofdream
    @thewatersofdream 4 года назад

    I really appreciate your perspectives . Thank you. Beautiful video.

  • @sethhat9620
    @sethhat9620 4 года назад +3

    All my favorite sounds in one video

  • @firesailstudios1003
    @firesailstudios1003 4 года назад

    Excellent subject matter and delivery!!

  • @ExperimentIV
    @ExperimentIV 4 года назад

    oh gosh, i LOVE digdugdiy! i only really have the purple rain and the lo-fi dreams, but... you know. that's more than a great start!

  • @kloumzero6458
    @kloumzero6458 4 года назад +3

    I'm listening this through my monitors and at good level. At 9:24 the fast high-pitched twirling sound you got from the Stereo Fiel made my throat vibrate like the heart of a tachycardiac hummingbird

  • @docbobster
    @docbobster 4 года назад +2

    This made me think of that scene in Luis Bunuel's film Phantom of Liberty, where a character goes to the mantelpiece and messes everything up, saying "I abhor symmetry."

  • @benjaminfowler4513
    @benjaminfowler4513 4 года назад

    Makes me feel a little better knowing there are others out here that find some beauty in these kinds of sounds

  • @JohnnyWalkerArt
    @JohnnyWalkerArt 4 года назад +2

    You have led us through another sonic casserole and I loved it.

  • @cavitycat
    @cavitycat 4 года назад +1

    love this, working on some pedal design and this is the exact sentiment I need to hear
    keep it up and stay safe
    cavityCat

  • @xdoctorblindx
    @xdoctorblindx 4 года назад +3

    It's ironic that a channel this perfect is discussing the value of flaws.

    • @sujaytv
      @sujaytv 2 года назад

      did you not notice one of his hairs is sticking up the wrong way?

  • @rzk_audio
    @rzk_audio 4 года назад

    Loved to hear your vocal musings for once!

  • @dougtolley
    @dougtolley 4 года назад

    I really, really enjoyed that KNOBs. Thank you so very much.

  • @unoaotroa
    @unoaotroa 4 года назад +1

    Don't forget the sound of humbuckers!! The peaks and valleys in frequency response created by the self-inductance of two coils in series is far from true representation of the electromagnetic field generated by the strings oscillating above them. And it's a sound used and loved by thousands if not millions!

  • @AaronKraten
    @AaronKraten 4 года назад

    Awesome video , thanks for sharing all these great pedals.

  • @vibropanda
    @vibropanda 4 года назад +1

    Marty Robbins’s song is amazing, glad you mentionned it...

  • @HunterAnton
    @HunterAnton 4 года назад

    Love it. I've been reading the "aesthetics of imperfection" and this fits perfectly.

  • @EpicStuffMan1000
    @EpicStuffMan1000 4 года назад +4

    i wish i had shelves like that in my house. great video

  • @atomictraveller
    @atomictraveller 4 года назад +5

    i was a teen in th 80s and have been about electronic sound for over thirty years. for a decade or so, the "gear" was "all character". i gradually got better gear and switched focus to vst development, becoming an award winning audio dsp guy (xoxos vst). i can code perfect audio in time, spectral or cepstral domains. except all of my development is on xp and my xp computers all stopped working. this fundamental flaw has reduced all of my music to silence and replaced it with birds, wind and traffic. its amazing what flaws can do for your tunes.

    • @b-regsproductions
      @b-regsproductions 4 года назад +2

      wait, I want to know more

    • @3rdmannn
      @3rdmannn 4 года назад +1

      my god, i don’t know that i could handle my life’s work being lost to such a thing, i commend your seeming contentedness & patience with such a loss

  • @CoenBijpost
    @CoenBijpost 4 года назад +2

    My god man... that collection of pedals. One can only ogle in awe at that much broken, analog goodness! I love every pedal and device you’ve shown in this video. They’ve all been on my wishlist in one way or another, and are all still there (now even more so ;) )

  • @eliasbraun2204
    @eliasbraun2204 4 года назад +3

    Love your vids! Would love to see all your equipment in a video!

  • @RickyTinez
    @RickyTinez 4 года назад

    this speaks to me in so many ways...

  • @lukejay____
    @lukejay____ 4 года назад

    Loved this video. Loving the new format of your videos. Would love to see you make stuff with Ciat Lonbarde instruments one day. Keep the great work coming.

  • @benyasemsky2342
    @benyasemsky2342 4 года назад

    You're such a genius man. Thank you

  • @J_Carter
    @J_Carter 4 года назад

    Delightful tour! Not too long for me. I'm finding Knobs 2.0 (talking and visible) just as mesmerizing and delightful as original Knobs, the invisible animator poet version.

  • @howardmaryon
    @howardmaryon Год назад

    Back in the 1960’s (.yes, I am old) I had a Watkins Copykat, an early British tape echo. It was worn when I got it and the mechanism was very sloppy. Even with new tape loops, it would randomly crinkle up the tape, or completely flip it inside out. The sounds it made, combined with the egregious wow and flutter were indescribable, and now I want another one.

  • @alsauter
    @alsauter 4 года назад

    @knobs HI man, greetings from Costa Rica. Love the new style of videos, watching you talk is interesting and engaging...nice video! keep it up

  • @Val_Cla
    @Val_Cla 4 года назад +3

    I finally found the little arpegio from the intros while noodling on my guitar !

    • @zbsfm
      @zbsfm 4 года назад +3

      577600 :)

    • @Val_Cla
      @Val_Cla 4 года назад

      @@zbsfm exactly 😄 i played it a thousand times when i found it !

  • @zucchinisurprise6347
    @zucchinisurprise6347 4 года назад +1

    This is a really wonderful video and articulates something I've always struggled to put into words about why distorted, fucked-up and "ruined" sounds are more compelling to me than anything else. It reminds me of the concept of kintsugi, highlighting the wounds in a damaged object as things that make that object even more special and worthwhile. It's an important concept that I think applies to most things in life - without imperfection and the variations caused by it, would anything be truly special?
    Thanks for this :)

  • @gabkiu
    @gabkiu 4 года назад

    ur videos are therapeutic. thank you

  • @laurenthilairet2004
    @laurenthilairet2004 4 года назад

    so inspiring. Imperfection as a source of creativity, of course !

  • @tahiche.
    @tahiche. 4 года назад

    This video is flawless.

  • @ektopia
    @ektopia 4 года назад

    Fantastic episode. Thanks.

  • @ardist2758
    @ardist2758 2 года назад

    amazing video, i love this sentiment.

  • @MatthewHyatt
    @MatthewHyatt 4 года назад

    One of my favorite vids you've ever produced! YES!
    If you had to list three pedals for weird ambient music what would ye say?

  • @kabood777
    @kabood777 4 года назад

    great episode, thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏

  • @PinkBoardProducts
    @PinkBoardProducts 4 года назад

    Love this video

  • @mikeroadblock
    @mikeroadblock 4 года назад

    Is that you!? Wow. A handsome young man. Kick ass playing. Cheers!

  • @gravlma9671
    @gravlma9671 4 года назад

    Looking forward to the Cloudy video.

  • @BedroomFidelity
    @BedroomFidelity 3 года назад

    Can you please upload the loops that you created for this video to SoundCloud or something? They were so good

  • @jurj4108
    @jurj4108 4 года назад +1

    Fantastic video, thank you!
    :)

  • @goobertsnoobert9015
    @goobertsnoobert9015 4 года назад +3

    Merzbow’s head perked up when pll showed up

  • @uhldev
    @uhldev 4 года назад +1

    Great concept

  • @ryanworthley4555
    @ryanworthley4555 4 года назад

    I would also agree that the wallow talking fuzz is a perfect fuzz tone. What a inspiring idea! Also, is that the Jerry Seinfeld Bee Movie Bee in piñata form?!

  • @sph33_
    @sph33_ 4 года назад

    The Harry Potter title wink is fun. Love this video so much, and finally ordered a shallow water. Will now have a deco, CBA gen loss, and shallow water. Give me all the tape things.

  • @frequencydata
    @frequencydata 4 года назад

    I could watch this for hours.

  • @alexhauptmann298
    @alexhauptmann298 4 года назад

    Oooh, the thing you're saying about flaws in pitch tracking...there's a plugin called Bitspeek which pushes any audio through it through the same form of analysis-based speech synthesizer in the Speak And Spell. Quite often it doesn't track the pitch perfectly, and you can hear this in a LOT of Neil Cecierega's pieces that use the plug-in such as "One Weird Trick" and "Melt Everyone". Plogue Chipcrusher has a similar mode, and once I got a really interesting vocal bassline simply by feeding a polyphonic pad through it!

  • @funkdefied1
    @funkdefied1 4 года назад +1

    Hey this is a wonderful video.

  • @cyanwitch2708
    @cyanwitch2708 4 года назад +1

    Well this is something different & original YYYYYEEEESSSSS!!!!

  • @jwolf4204
    @jwolf4204 4 года назад

    Great as always, would love to see a video on the volca drum, you'd have a good time finding its limits

  • @rpm9693
    @rpm9693 4 года назад

    do these work (would you recommend) for guitar? amazing! I had never seen anything like these pedals before

  • @Ritual_Gaze
    @Ritual_Gaze 4 года назад

    Was just using an old cassette player to send a feedback loop through from the send fx on my mixer and got some gnarly saturation and feedback oscillations. Sounds great!

  • @spartan8390
    @spartan8390 4 года назад

    Good morning. I can't watch this right now because I can't financially be irresponsible and buy another pedal. You are too good at making me want them. I will return.

  • @choogiesaur
    @choogiesaur 3 года назад

    @Knobs what's the literature at 0:27 pertaining to? i wanna know bc that char is from a video game I used to play :')