Du! Du bist einfach ein großes Vorbild für mich! Weißt du eigentlich wie inspirierend und stark Du bist? Danke das es Dich gibt! Dein Kanal ist super! Grüsse aus Kassel
I started out in 1976 in music after seeing Suicide in NYC. I got a Farfisa organ and some guitar effects pedals. I played guitar in Punk bands in DC then started producing funk groups and dance records. I got a Yamaha CS15 which I still have. I never stopped playing or producing. In 1990 I was offered a multi million dollar record contract and turned it down as I was making a lot more money as an electrical engineer. ( I have BSME and MSEE). These days I just do my own minimal techno and teach kids about electronic music at library events. 90% of my playing is at my studio just for fun. Your channel is my fav synth channel fun and informative.
Great video, Chris. For me, it's a hobby, so I'm firmly in the 86%. But my perspective is not as a synth-nut, but more generic as a "creator". I'm interested in process. And I also TRUST "the process", so I think it's ok to be in the 86% - because that process of playing with synth toys WILL lead SOMEWHERE. For everyone. We should celebrate that and encourage people. So, what I love most of all about your channel is its variety. A little bit of product, a bit of tech know how, but ALWAYS a lot of that sense of process, especially between you and Hannes. It's great to see. It is infectious enthusiasm. Und daher: Weiter so!
Whoa, I am part of the 14%. But I make music for me, and hopefully it has an audience. Thanks for sharing your story, Chris. While I am producing, I am in flow, focused, and it's like a meditation for me. But my goal is always to finish tracks. Alles Güte, Ricardo The cheaper synths reviews are fantastic, but honestly I like all the videos :)
I'm a hobbyist. I play because the creative process is meditative. I like the environment as it involves a lot of "F#&k around, find out!" It's an environment that lends itself to happy accidents. I do post my jams. I don't classify them as finished tracks. Just stuff that I think sounds fun.
Tinnitus here as well. Also worked in the music industry for a while but now DJing and making music it is just for fun for mental health next to a demanding full time job. That doesn’t exclude finishing tracks, although it is hard with the limited amount of time available. Need a setup that is fast and simple and keep GAS under control. It is hard making a living as musician, so that is certainly not a career goal. My other creative outlets are photography and gardening.
Fascinating story! Loved hearing all that! really enjoy your content and it has been a real insight into your work and the reasons you do what you do! Wishing you and Johannes loads of success!
Great video and greetings from Kreuzberg ! I'm doing music production because since a long time I wanted to be able to make the music I want to hear and that I had all the time in my head. Besides that I love to learn the craft of sound design, arranging, mixing and mastering. Everything and every single aspect of what is causing which result about the sonic air that we perceive as music. When I started I knew this would be a wild ride, but shortly after a while I noticed that it is even more I thought and that made me super happy, because I think this adventure will be inifinte. 🌻
@@winesynths @OdoSendaidokai Yes, the more involved in the process, the more we learn from mistakes, simply learn more, and we begin to interface with the technology in ways that are very surprising. The more you work at it, solve technical problems and issues, the better things become in the journey. It has informed my knowledge of the mechanics of music greatly working with synthesizers, samplers, recorders, mixers, outside of the actual music lessons that I've had. It all started with Kraftwerk for me, in 1974, when "Autobahn" was a radio hit in the United States.
Music is more catharsis/therapy for me, of the two choices, I'd probably put that in the 86% bucket. Really great human video, that's what I look for. If it's had all its humanity polished out, I click out. I like watching jam videos, commentary isn't good or bad, it's the exploration I'm interested in. There is little difference to me if it's a squirrel figuring out a puzzle to get a treat or a human playing on an instrument, it's simply interesting. On the subject of selling things, I mean, over time one will garner skill, and some patterns(songs) will emerge, but that being the goal from the outset is a recipe for failure as the art will be missing the human heart that is the point of any art, expression.
The therapeutic aspect of music can't be praised high enough! Finally, it's what I am doing, and I am extremely thankful for it! Thanks for this very nice comment! All the best for 2024! 🤖🍀
I have tinnitus as part of my fibromyalgia. I’d love to hear anything you find useful. I love the videos about gear. I love all the reviews and tips and tricks.
So you certainly also suffer from strong chronic neuropathic pain with no relief? My condition is called CRPS. It has a lot of "features" in common with fibro, but it's caused by fractures and other injuries of the nerve tissue, mostly in the extremities. The most important for me, in order to improve quality of life, is to stay focussed and to have always enough things to do. Music for example is so great! Or having a YT-Channel! 😁 Also repairing old stuff, learning new things, cooking, thinking etc etc. I run a small wine business, and currently I plan to move far away to the countryside. Because Berlin is just too hostile when your mobility is reduced. It made me sit in my flat in the 3rd floor for 6 years now. The only prescription drug I take regularly is strong medical cannabis, mostly calming indica, because it just works fine for me, helps to stay focussed, to sleep and has no side effects like tinnitus for example! My tinnitus was caused by an anti pain cocktail with Lyrica, and Oxycodone! 🤢 It's also extremely important to have supportive people around you who are encouraging and helping you instead of constantly telling you, what you are not capable to do - in their perception! Thanks for following the channel and all the very best to you! 🍀
CRPS is a horrible thing. What keeps me going is the love and support of my husband. I’m very lucky that I also manage to work. I’m an osteopath and seeing patients gives me purpose and structure. I often don’t have energy for my music though as I prioritize being able to work. But when I have time and energy I love being in my studio tinkering with my synths. Having the gentle kind of osteopathy which I practice also helps me enormously. Unfortunately cannabis is still illegal in the UK. It can only be prescribed in certain very tightly controlled circumstances. I’m lucky that I live in a small town which is a nice happy place and in the country - yet it’s quite near to London to get to concerts and theatre etc. I like it here - but it’s great to get away to really wild and empty places on holiday and have a rest from people. Though having said that - our next time away will be to visit Berlin for a few days around Super Booth 😊
Neither actually. Yes, it removes me from the mundane, and makes stresses vanish, and it is fun. But more, it is a joy. I rush to it, to explore. The planet has been mapped by generations of satellites. But in each synth and sampler there are worlds of sound, each unknown. I can explore for an entire lifetime and never find it all. From my small studio I have worlds to explore, soundscapes that open only to the flow of electricity. Finished tracks are - by confession - project based. These are for clients or a few friends who DJ. I am grateful for your channel, and other musicians who share their experiences; because whether it is the objective of a finished track to be released, or simply for the joy of making noise; we all love music. We make it because it is a part of us. How do you deal with the tinnitus? Is it bad?
I'm a bit of a mix...I like to make finished songs but also like to just sit and create and learn new genres...I had never made full-on electro type stuff before. I've been mainly a Hammond B-3 player in rock, soul, funk and blues bands but have always loved synthesizers. Mostly ROMplers for years playing in cover bands but recently got back into analog with a Behringer Odyssey (which slots in perfect with the Hammond and electric piano in my jazz-funk horn band as a lead instrument!) and just got a Behringer RD-8. I'm figuring out how to sync them and start to make electronic stuff (using a Kawai K3 I found at a pawnshop for pads!) I figure having just turned 53 it will help keep my brain younger at least! 😀 (And I definitely want to check out your wine shop next time I'm in town...Berlin is a happy place for me...ich komme nach Berlin nie oft genug...zu viele Gigs hier in Wisconsin! 😂) Love Tangerine Dream BTW...vielen Dank für die coole Videos! LG aus Wisconsin.... TP
i rierlie laik jur wideos! plas, ewerie taim ai hire jur inglisch akzent, it giws mi a itsch in mai iers änd a smail in mai feis 🙂... beside that, love your account! Bravo ! creating sounds and beats was always my dream. Specially growing up around Frankfurt with historical electronic sounds, in fantastic nightclubs during the 80ties... that changed my life and I guess all our lives! All my life I was to busy with my job as a performer and costume designer for many artists, musicians, agencies and theaters. the pandemic gave the time to dive into the world of making sounds and music with synths.Finally!! instead of watching the news and the craziness human kind creates on this beautiful planet, wich makes me crazy! I´d rather make some sounds and learn a new peace of gear to grow more and more into sound producing. I have my own party at home, always a great time with my self plus getting further with sound producing...making music, producing sounds and tracks, will from now on have more space in my life! tutorials like yours are very inspiring plus informative! thanx 4 that 🙂 keep grooving bzw gruuwing ... grins 🙂 Gruß aus Xberg
I count to the 86% and sometimes, very rarely, I belong to the 14%. I am an engineer and already sitting in front of the PC the whole day. So when I come home, I like to turn knobs and play around with my synths and modular gear, like other people take their guitars and jam some riffs. I love the interaction with hardware. I don't get the same feeling when I control a VST with some MIDI knobs. It feels like a simulator. Turning the filter of a Moog or an ACL module is like driving a real heavy truck and l you can feel the power in the flowing current 😋😍
Quite a story, thanks! Interesting survey result ....... I would not know how to answer it, as I kind of belong in both camps. Having released 4 albums on the main streaming platforms and several more on Bandcamp, I do want to create finished tracks and albums. At the same time I belong to the other category. Switching on my gear in the studio and starting to write music, I find this out of control hobby very relaxing. I very much enjoy the process of learning the different sound design methods and technologies, mixing and mastering and the art of composing melodies and chord sequences.
I think you have a great seance of humor, I would definitely enjoy if you keep placing more subtle jokes through out. For me, I am all about Berlin School and Tangerine Dream type Ratcheting.. Also recently discovered NI Reaktor, it's mindblowing
Hey Chris. I'm a little like you was into audio in the 80s . then business and life took over. Im now returned again in past few years. So i have a lot of vintage gear around to revive. Oberheim kurzweil novation korg roland emu lexicon jlcooper etc. Sold the Fairlight. I do know midi better than most people today. Iv gotten much new gear that i love. RUclips has helped with that. Including wine&synths. The challange was getting into daws. But I'm there enough now. I do like to produce finished tracks and do live. NoT For $. I also am into the Hauptwerk system of pipeorgan modeling in computers. Built my own 4manual organ consol. My father and I give shows organ and synth. My style is a mixture of Vangelis, Jarre, Bach and other classical with some 80s. Like you I'm disabled ,not physical, but in speach.. So, yea music helps. I like to play in big church. Music is to the glory of God. My handle is sonorabells referring to bells of the famous vintage seth thomas clock. I'm known for my many bells on stage even a giant 1500kg church bell I Bring on stage. I don't buy the really costly brands as it's just not needed. Liking your ubxa That maybe on my list. I do have hydra synth and nov summit as nubies in the studio along with a solina. I'm old-school still like rack gear vs plugins.. but I am getting into live playable soft synth setups. You could do some vids on that. Also using Cantibile as host. Kontakt etc. It's a big area. But im merging it in as if it's hardware gear
I've got tinitus too. It's not noticable like u said when I'm playing music or watching videos and stuff. But in the silence it is annoying. Probably damaged them playing guitar when I was a teen, or doing construction in my 20s. Or ear infection when I was a kid. Idk. I should be making music for a living but it never happened and I never wanted to play in front of people. We just put it online. But no one's into old school industrial anymore. So I just make stuff for myself and a friend I've known for 30 years adds vocals or samples and does the track order, album names and and stuff and if we get enough motivation we do a digital album release. 😊
This is such a special channel. I feel like visiting Berlin in 1977. Beautiful tunes as well. My way or voyage is completing tracks, at least one every year, for the spirits and persons that shaped my life. I am working on the third and fourth this year. Thank you so much. What about a get together with many W&S fans in Berliner Superbooth?👏🏻👏🏻👋🏼
Servus nach Graz! It's always interesting to know why folks make music. I guess I do it for just fun and try to make a finished track no matter how bad it is. I like to see how people work, such as their workflow, their process and production tips and tricks. thanks for video!
Thanks for sharing!! I am suffering from tinnitus too, for 10 years now. I am 28 years old. I tested my ears and they are very good for my age. The cause of te tinnitus seems to be a mental issue. Anyway, I also like to make music as a distraction, but I am also dealing with the constant fear of (further?) damaging my ears and increasing the level of tinnitus. This makes it hard for me to enjoy loud music. Even though that hearing damage doesn't seem to be the cause of the tinnitusbib my case. It is so confusing. Anyway I love to finish tracks. I write music almost everyday. I listen to my musical heroes and get so inspired by them and I can't resist to make tracks too. I hope to release some tracks on vinyl someday. I often find it difficult to balance my instruments properly in the mix. I would love to seee how you balance out your instruments! I use an analog mixer with 18 channels. Greetings
Good point! Always keep your ears safe in loud environments! I also love to use good open Headphones like the Hedd to go into details. But never too loud! To me premium headphones are of a great help to focus away from the Tinnitus. With speakers it‘s different. I often just use them to „feel“ the low bass in the mix. 😁
Right now, my little electronic music studio setup is a work in progress, beginning with my 2004 purchase of the Roland V-synth, then later their DR-880, a Moog MURF-105, and a variety of EHX effects, a little Aleisis here, and now several Behringer mono synths, their Odyssey, 2500, 2600, TR-606, 808, and 303 clones, and the VC340, which I adore. So, experiencing this analog bliss is very new to me; I've used them over the years, but never owned any of the originals. I've had a few close brushes with the music business recording at DJ Strychnine's (the final Grand Royal Records artist!) studio here in South Bend in the late 90s, which was also about the learning process for me, but I've never been a professional musician. That being said, the idea of film scoring has always excited me. And so, I am working towards self-releasing some of my own music under a project name sooner rather than later, refining my knowledge and sound with a mixture of the best of analog and digital synthesis. I want to recapture in my recordings that initial sense of fascination and mystery I experienced first hearing fully electronic music, that untouchable yet somehow tangible quality some of the best of it has. My influences are all over the place, but I have a very soft spot for the late Ornette Coleman as a kind of guiding light with my philosophy to music; Jon Hassell also inspires a lot of how I take in music as well as create it, and other even more familiar names, many of them German. Music for me is alchemical, it is everything to me right now in my life, but it has always been there, and is a good friend indeed. Being freed up from the mercurial whims of other musicians has been a genuine boon, not that I don't believe in collaborations, I do. As for this channel Wine & Synths, I have no complaints and would like more of the same all around! Learning about bussing and sends, some of the headaches of mastering, are inputs necessary, myths of music making--those could good future video topics.
Hi - Really sorry to hear about your accident and health problems. It's a bugger! I have a degenerative eye condition and can't read the legent on synths displays and most of the labelling on soft synths. I guess we keep going until we can't... Interesting poll. I typically make music for my own enjoyment but also would like others to enjoy it, too. One of the reasons I started my channel was to put my music out there, otherwise it would all die with me... :-) The most popular videos, as you will have discovered, are gear reviews but I like all sorts, particularly ideas and techniques. I'd say just keep doing what you like doing and you will find your audience - or your audience will find you. If you chase the algo in search of success you may find yourself making videos about stuff you're not passionate about and then we know what will happen... :-( Personally, I would have been tempted to stick to wine :-)
Hi Ian! I really appreciate your comments! So maybe we should think about a sanctuary for blind, deaf and lame electronic musicians! I am sure that here in Berlin we will see retirement homes with a DJ booth in 10 to 20 years! 😁
@@winesynths There's a thought - some wouldn't be able to see the DJ, , some wouldn't be able to hear the music and the others wouldn't be able to dance to it '🤣
It's a shocker on that stat but nothing really is. For me, the never ending quest to built up my studio, rearrange things, and have time to play my synths is my getaway drug (from the harsh world) that I will never give up until there is something far better to replace it with. As I get older I doubt there be anything better for me to do anyway. The discovery of fine craft German style bier and Synths makes my day go by bit nicer. Wine is not my thing....yet. Too little subtle variations while there is a lot of variations in different styles of quality beer to me. Prost! My new year resolution: finish my tracks!
Very nice. For me, I was a weekend rock drummer hoping to find a place in the music industry, which never came. I later became a truck driver/family man and music took a 15 year hiatus, although I was always an avid listener. A number of years ago my interest in synths/drum machines started to return and I began selling old gear (some of which had gone up substantially in value) and buying some new things to play with and, over time my collection has grown. Now, I'm taking my first steps of being a professional event DJ and taking great interest in applying my knowledge of musicianship to remixing/recutting songs that I can play as part of my set. So I guess I'm in the 14%. I also have tinnitus as a result of years of loud music and also aggravated by age. I wear hearing aids to restore my top-end which also provide relief with white noise. And I have active ear plugs to control the volume at live events.
Such an inspiring Video, Chris!! I’m an old musician from the 80s and in last few years have started learning Ableton live..I am definitely in the 86%. It is such a high when I come up with cool rhythms and bass line’s…better than therapy! I also have tinnitus and have hearing loss..deciding on hearing aid…would love to see videos on arrangement tips..fan of tech house myself..Keep doing what you’re doing!
Hi Christophe! In terms of future content it would be great if you could give a rundown of the minimal yet sufficient set up of production “Infrastructure” for a dawless studio. In a DAW you pretty much have billions of dollar of equipment at your disposal -effect processors, compressors, harmonizers, colorizers, equalizers and other soundgoodizers on limitless number of channels… so what is the absolutely critical set up needed to produce a decent club friendly track? Thx in advance
I'm also surprised by the poll result, being in the 14%. I guess it's always been producing finished songs for me, also in my previous genre of choice (extreme metal) there was no place for aimless jamming. My past bands have always aimed to making finished songs for live concerts and demotapes/demo CDs. After a long period of hiatus, I by chance happened to know synthwave, and liked it a lot. As I realized I could produce this alone, I started learning synthesis, mix, master etc. And now I also appreciate other kinds of electronic music. It's great for me, as one of the main things that stopped me before was the constant frustration of having other people conditioning the fate of the band. And growing up it was only worse (work, partners, children, other hobbies were always in the way of music). Now I can work alone and devote the time I want to my music, and I can collaborate with people who are sufficiently interested, without having to beg the drummer or any other to come to rehearsals, or even concerts. Musical freedom, at last!!!
@@winesynths Definitely. Anyway, your story Is very interesting, especially the tinnitus thing, and its disappearing when you focus on sound. That speaks a lot about human brain's power.
Thanks for the great video and sharing your back story. I personally love to be creative and music helps me escape to another world. I come from a piano background mostly self taught and I play by ear, I love laying sounds and exploring Electronic music from my youth in particular the experimental music from the late 60s though to the 90s. I really wish I could afford more analogue gear. Looking forward to seeing how your channel continues to progresss
Hey, I really enjoyed your video. I'm working towards being able to create tracks more consistently, but I mostly like to experiment with my drum machine and do sound design on my synthesizer. I grew up playing music - first saxophone, then guitar, and then synthesizers. I think going into the science behind how/why something works would be interesting. What is actually happening when a signal is modulated a certain way, for example. Also, I'll probably never purchase a Nina because of the price but I really did enjoy that review. Thanks!
It's a compulsion to make music, I couldn't say why, but when I'm not involved in anything musical, I'm not happy. I've been learning (mostly playing) for around 16 years, and after starting (and not always finishing) hundreds of tracks, I'm only now, feeling ready to release my first album, which is going to be a big moment for me soon. It's exciting, but I'm not expecting anything from it other than to have the satisfaction of putting something out there which I feel is well made.
Money wise the music industry is full of all or nothing. It's dominated by corporate decisions with little to do with talent. Especially with the space for new vastly reduced. So I don't bother money wise however as artistic outlet it's very fulfilling. I've always been very interested in styles of music. Synths cover the ground if original sound production. It's the main technology for experimentation. So home set up is conservative and very focused to the style I like. I producing music it's completely spontaneous and don't carry much weight for planning. In fact my best time is after power up. Favourite artists are Boards of Canada. Good blend of entertainment and experiment. Others experience of music I make is good but it's not for anybody else. Now and again something special will come out. That doesn't sound like anybody else.
I gave up performing when I started a family in the 90s and have never really got the urge back. I just enjoy playing with my synths and the frustrations of making RUclips videos. As for gear for you to review I am most interested in synths that might be compatible with my Roland AE-30 wind synth!
How do you like the Aerophone? Being a Sax player I am highly interested in a thing like this. But until now I just made it to an old Casio Midi-Sax! 😁
@@winesynths I love it 😍. I use soft reeds so it's close to my alto saxes to play. It exercises my embouchure enough to "keep my lip" without regular use of my saxes though there are differences of course. I've videos on my channel showing me programming internal sounds and using it as a MIDI controller. The MIDI to CV converter in the Behringer Neutron is a perfect match 👫. The MicroFreak works with it well but I haven't had time to explore that combination. Learning to program ZEN Core has been a challenge but I'm getting my kind of sounds out of it now. It's not perfect - the balance isn't the same as a sax so instead of using the thumb hook for my right thumb I push forward on the battery casing. I can still reach the pressure sensitive thumb pad which is nice but the thumb wheel is out of reach (but I don't find that useful so it's not a problem). I think there is a whole market Roland is missing - they are too focused on jazzers wanting to be Brecker and classical players wanting silent practice. They don't seem to consider synth fans like me who can play sax (even if that was back in high school). I'm no virtuoso - I'm just less bad on sax than I am on piano! 😂
@@winesynths only Roland met my acceptance criteria. I rejected the Akai because of those touch controls - too different to play from a sax. I rejected the EMEO and the Yamaha because they didn't have bite sensors! EMEO even told me "we're not competing with the Aerophone" - too right! 😂 Of the current choices in the market, including the new Asian products, the AE-30 is still the only one for me.
I don't have tinnitus but i have a central audio processing issue (whatever that means, its what the docs said) and that's part of what has me drawn to music. i think you have a lot of good ideas for where to go with the channel, i know that probably doesn't help much, so i will say you should review a Theremin or three just for funsies (my favorite type of noisemaker)
Erstmal möchte ich mich bedanken für eure Video´s, insbesondere dem des Behringer Kobol, da ich diesen auch besitze. Ich stimme dem kommentar von Boris Babic zu, das was Behringer bietet, ist garnicht hoch einzuschätzen. Es geht hier vornehmlich um Analoge Sounds die man hier sehr günstig von Behringer kaufen kann. Starsky hat seinerzeit ja den Model D im Verlgeich zum Minimoog gehabt und dieser sah so aus, das es quasi keinen Soundunterschied gibt. So macht man das und nicht wie andere, für viel Geld alte Hardware verkaufen zu wollen. EIn Minimoog aus den 70´ern klingt doch deutlich anders als ein Minimoog aus dieser Zeit. Letztlich dreht es sich hier um Elektronische Musik oder wie meine Freundin sagt: Los, geh ins Studio zu deinen Quietscheboxen. ;-) Viele Grüße aus Solingen nach Berlin und macht bitte weiter so. *einerder86%*
Really enjoying your content. I am one of those that works in a completely different area than music so playing with synths and guitars is a hobby for my leisure time. I have far too many synths, but there is always another to buy, and they all make the same sounds (if you know what you are doing). I like the one synth tracks that people are doing and would like to know more about drum machines and considerations for choosing a new sequencer since I find cakewalk a pain to use.
Does Cakewalk still exist? I remember using it in the 90ies on a 486 PC. Back in the days, it was the only working sequencer for Dos & Windows! Just terrible, when you came from Cubase or Notator on Atari ST! 😁
😮😊👍so we go. First part, the why. I'm 64, born in 1960, this date some things then about my teenage and after about history of synthesis. My background is graduation in maths and industrial Technology, university graduation in clinical children's psychology, then teacher in schools for young children. But my childhood is a story about harmonics, vibrations, as my grandma had a naked piano, I loved opening the board, listening to the strings, pusching some keys, and discovered that even a detune piano can play unknown melodies. It resulted so, that I began ❤ keyboards at four. I claimed my mother to learn Piano at the conservatory, but as left handed and at this time a feather dipped in an inkwell, was the norm she answered me that I was too stupid to learn Solfège, as I was a bad scripting girl.... At the opposite she should have understood, my texts were granted in school, and quite often read to the all class as an example of creativity... so are gifted left handlers....😊.. My uncle was singing and playing Georges Brassens on his guitar, his wife is a piiano professor, so every anniversary they chosen me a 33T with lot attention. That's how one day I became more than Vivaldi or Beethoven, owner of Rubycon, by Tangerine dreams.I were charmed. Walking the noze to the glass of the music store , I saw more the price than the name of the synthsizer. So, discovered Space Art, Klauss Shulze (Moondown), Jean Michel Jarre (Equinoxe), Petre Gabriel, and time runing we end the 80', as a Mother and the disco wave ending, my first daughter became initiating me to the 90' sounds, then my second to the techtonik..... Suite in answers under.😊
... Suite ... 90'.... 2000, we know, analogic is out of time, we began to use internet, a new world opened. At this time having not so much money, I was visiting low cost used sold thing in stores, easy way wher my daughter said " we are poor but I have the same things at school than rich friends "... Soooo....😅, go on, go on.... one day I had a Korg M1, then a Juno 6, and a SH 2000, then for free some mix table, two amps, and as a true old piano, I tuned myself one string by one string, at this time I was also rebuilding computers, for my daughters, and discovered Music on Computer. Internet is part of this, games like the first Nintendo , it's just technology history, as I'm born before TV in France, and I've no TV since 2006.... That's thecontext our generation lived in. Electronics in one word. We adapted, but it was not what was at our birth. So when you are verboten to Zucker, you eat it when you have the door open, why I play Electronics, because I love❤it... But, remember, it began by slow harmonics, then Rubycon and Tangerine sweet dreams, then Juno 6 sounds (this makes two of Us) then, yes I must recognize😢 recording with my computer (and one guy given me a Roland MC 500 composer midi)... When you pass this door, you yant a studio, a sound palette, you try garage band, but you realize also that the anlg palette from you old Juno is better than your computer, because music is sounding in your absolute ear, and that is just what you want, listening music! Listening music you play, also because you don't like cancel culture, you don't reject classic masters, you llve listening the right sound at the right place, and I love Nature, long waving landscapes, music fields, formant events, you cando with a flute. I have recorders, a Clarinet, and a Roland Jupiter 50, playing supernatural, lol, and Dx, Tx7, Dx21, two more piano midi keybeds, and the last one, the Behringer Deepmind 12D. Nest to come is to buit a mobile studio in thee cases, with modular and semi, like the monosynths and poly from Behringer. Why?.. . now I'm retired, I don't have lot money. Behringer with their prices and good analog synths, opened me a new space. I'm now a writer, in French, so Music is the companion to travel through space and time, the mobile build, makes sense as I want also to travel in the real with a caravan, visiting Eurasia territories where my stories takes place. However, my music have like me an authentic shamanic taste, sounds of Nature are spirits giving Us the rythm of life?
... Suite 2... Tinnitus.... I have. Loud. For decades, if not life. In my teen age, I was listening a story from a guy listening radio in his head, I tried to decode for me, but the frequency is too high, it's not radio. But certainly Space, Sun electromagnetic waves harmonics, because it varies in function of the Nasa data, this is to study seriously, radioham websides are providing data, when space weather close some reception bands. I am living with that in music, no fear as I know that I don't need Sun flares video to know what is happening from our star. The more impressive is the stereo change, but there is also slow waving of the high frequency, we could take for our heart beating, but it not vary in function of our activity. So what, like you I'm hard to listen a conversation in small group, the noise sometimes is like a eeeeeeeeeeee like were the 80's electronic flashlight recharging, or more a ssssssssssss..... if you want an image, and it makes more noise than a refrigerator😮. It's tiredness, 24/7, but we must accept, as a gift knowing what I know now. The causes can be in the magnetic receptors, or directly interating with brain frequencies. However, that's why we don't listening them, playing synths. Ther'es also a focus effect making neglecting unusable information. But a last time, let me say it's boring🎉🤷♂️
Do you know the red blowing BONTEMPI? I that's my teenage instrument, an orgue with a noisy motor and a red cap. I took over this one, to play more loud, it's how I spent my 80's , learning by myself, as I was too stupid to learn. Thanks to my father, who had a dream, himself, to learn to play Piano, he was mostly listening classic instrumental experimental concrete music, later he brought an electronic Yamaha piano for my second daughter, and for himself, A Roland. Sometimes dreams comes true. But too late.❤
The last question, was to ask what content? Formerly I came for your Juno Beh joke as I have a Juno 6. Now, you have few Behringer instruments I want to buy in the future. In fact, it's not the price, I love, but the way now you are going to make them work, as a color palette, TOGETHER. 🤔 in an artistic way. For me, a soundscape is from left to right, and in complementary distribution, or opposition, variation. It a composition, so, instuments, however they uses electricity or not, must play together. So not one instrument, but an amount of different sounds and harmonics. That's the next step. ❤
Cooles Viedeo. Habe das gleiche Problem mit nem Tinnitus irgendwo bei 12k seit etwa 8 Jahren. Seit zwei Jahren (nach Covid) so extrem, dass ich eigentlich nicht mehr in meinem alten Beruf arbeiten kann. Ich würde fast sagen mittlerweile auch ein großes Motiv weshalb ich oft und gern in Sounds versinke. Am meisten interessiert mich aber das Designen von Sounds, nicht Modular, da man diese nicht Speichern kann und zu teuer. Ich kann Stunden an Synths wie DX7, SY77, SY22, M1, Alpha Junos, JP8000 verbringen und Sounds programieren und versuchen das Maximum aus eher limitierten Instrumenten zu holen ... das ist einfach mein Ding, leider komme ich irgendwie zu selten dazu neue Videos zu produzieren :)
Das mit dem Tinnitus ist echt doof! Ich hatte einen Arbeitsunfall und war damit im Unfallkrankenhaus extra in der Reha und bin in der Charité-HNO in Behandlung. Das ganze Programm halt. Hat alles original gar nichts gebracht ausser Stress und falsche Aufmerksamkeit. Synthesizer sind echt der bessere Zeitvertreib! Und mit Modular kann ich auch nicht so viel anfangen! 😁
@@winesynths ja zig Ohrenärzte abgeklappert. Alles versucht. Einer hat mir mal geraten „hören sie einfach weg“. Alles arten von Rauschen und Sounds sind das einzige was zumindest für den Moment hilft. Stress geht gar nicht, das geht das komplett durch die Decke. Irgendwann hört man auch auf seine Umgebung damit voll zu quatschen … weil es A. keiner versteht der es nicht selbst hat und B. man auch nicht jedem damit auf den Keks gehen will.
I'm in the 86%. Still I'm pro keyboardist and trumpeter, mostly making money with concerts. I need to noodle around to master my sound. I need to waste my time to compose. Either for my electronic projects or symphonic orchestras. Productivity and efficiency doesn't go along with creativity for me. And also, I play music to cure me - to say the least.
Ok! So this is more practicing your instruments. Just like the majority of classical music pros who will never compose a single tune. Very important aspect by the way!
@@winesynths practicing to compose. Just to sure to be understood. I tour with my own jazz band, and my main job is to compose, either for me or for others.
Thank you for the video 3:44 Quasimidi! 😀 I still have a Sirius on a shelf in my studio. This poo' boy needs a new LCD but it still works. A nerdy subject/home decoration for fun: Why USM furnitures in your studio? 😁
@@winesynths One day I'll try to find a compatible LCD for it. Now I don't use it very much but I used it extensively when I did live trance gigs in the early 2000. Today I compose other kind of music (see my chanel/bandcamp)
😂❤Hope RUclips will allow me to a very very long answer😊, I will write this comment soon, but as french, writing in english is sometimes a compromise, you Know that🙏🤗.. So , À bientôt👍
@@winesynths oui en effet il me semble. vous avoir entendu parler français dans une vidéo! Et puis le Vin, n'est ce pas! C'est un lien culturel! Par contre je ne savais pas que vous aviez pratiqué cette culture à un si haut niveau! Pour ma part, mon père nous a tous eduqués au goût, et au bon vin, professeur d'université, il aimait cette culture, et nous a fait goûter parfois des vins d'exception, ... Autant que des piquettes, qu'il mettait en bouteille par ses soins, parfois. Aujourd'hui j'ai mieux compris le lien que tu gardes avecle Vin en lui rendant honneur, c'est une partie de ta vie, et pudiquement, les américains disent "I appreciate ", j'aime bien ton canal, la personnalité que tu y introduis. L'avenir est incertain pour tout le monde, nous devons rester absolument joyeux, positifs et les yeux ouverts, c'est cette musique là qui doit gagner!😊❤
Ich spreche so wie mir der Schnabel gewachsen ist und in der Sprache, wo die meisten Leute auf der Welt mich verstehen. Meine Muttersprache ist übrigens Französisch. Kann ich was dafür? Die Sache mit der Akzent-Kritik kommt echt zu 100% immer nur von Deutschen. Ulkig, oder?
This is a difficult one, Chris! I do this for fun, but finishing a track is the greatest reward imaginable for me. As a small kid Listened to the records of my older brother of Kraftwerk and the weird album "Oxygen"that was just released. And I knew I wanted to be a part of that "scene" . Now I feel i do, I create music I love listening to and releasing it for everyone who does as well. ruclips.net/channel/UCgJhwOg-XDQXpZ6j618m_UQ
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Du! Du bist einfach ein großes Vorbild für mich! Weißt du eigentlich wie inspirierend und stark Du bist? Danke das es Dich gibt! Dein Kanal ist super! Grüsse aus Kassel
Wow! Dankeschön! Über so einen netten Kommentar freue ich mich wirklich ganz besonders! 🍀
@@winesynths kommt von Herzen! 💪❤️🎼
I started out in 1976 in music after seeing Suicide in NYC. I got a Farfisa organ and some guitar effects pedals. I played guitar in Punk bands in DC then started producing funk groups and dance records. I got a Yamaha CS15 which I still have. I never stopped playing or producing. In 1990 I was offered a multi million dollar record contract and turned it down as I was making a lot more money as an electrical engineer. ( I have BSME and MSEE). These days I just do my own minimal techno and teach kids about electronic music at library events. 90% of my playing is at my studio just for fun. Your channel is my fav synth channel fun and informative.
Great video, Chris. For me, it's a hobby, so I'm firmly in the 86%. But my perspective is not as a synth-nut, but more generic as a "creator". I'm interested in process. And I also TRUST "the process", so I think it's ok to be in the 86% - because that process of playing with synth toys WILL lead SOMEWHERE. For everyone. We should celebrate that and encourage people. So, what I love most of all about your channel is its variety. A little bit of product, a bit of tech know how, but ALWAYS a lot of that sense of process, especially between you and Hannes. It's great to see. It is infectious enthusiasm. Und daher: Weiter so!
I'm really happy to find your channel on realms of youtube! You sold me on quasimidi stuff😂
Whoa, I am part of the 14%. But I make music for me, and hopefully it has an audience. Thanks for sharing your story, Chris. While I am producing, I am in flow, focused, and it's like a meditation for me. But my goal is always to finish tracks. Alles Güte, Ricardo
The cheaper synths reviews are fantastic, but honestly I like all the videos :)
I'm a hobbyist. I play because the creative process is meditative. I like the environment as it involves a lot of "F#&k around, find out!" It's an environment that lends itself to happy accidents.
I do post my jams. I don't classify them as finished tracks. Just stuff that I think sounds fun.
Tinnitus here as well. Also worked in the music industry for a while but now DJing and making music it is just for fun for mental health next to a demanding full time job. That doesn’t exclude finishing tracks, although it is hard with the limited amount of time available. Need a setup that is fast and simple and keep GAS under control. It is hard making a living as musician, so that is certainly not a career goal. My other creative outlets are photography and gardening.
Fascinating story! Loved hearing all that! really enjoy your content and it has been a real insight into your work and the reasons you do what you do! Wishing you and Johannes loads of success!
Great video and greetings from Kreuzberg ! I'm doing music production because since a long time I wanted to be able to make the music I want to hear and that I had all the time in my head. Besides that I love to learn the craft of sound design, arranging, mixing and mastering. Everything and every single aspect of what is causing which result about the sonic air that we perceive as music. When I started I knew this would be a wild ride, but shortly after a while I noticed that it is even more I thought and that made me super happy, because I think this adventure will be inifinte. 🌻
Hi Odo! Nice to have you here. And never forget: Übung macht den Meister! 🍀
@@winesynths @OdoSendaidokai Yes, the more involved in the process, the more we learn from mistakes, simply learn more, and we begin to interface with the technology in ways that are very surprising. The more you work at it, solve technical problems and issues, the better things become in the journey. It has informed my knowledge of the mechanics of music greatly working with synthesizers, samplers, recorders, mixers, outside of the actual music lessons that I've had. It all started with Kraftwerk for me, in 1974, when "Autobahn" was a radio hit in the United States.
Music is more catharsis/therapy for me, of the two choices, I'd probably put that in the 86% bucket. Really great human video, that's what I look for. If it's had all its humanity polished out, I click out. I like watching jam videos, commentary isn't good or bad, it's the exploration I'm interested in. There is little difference to me if it's a squirrel figuring out a puzzle to get a treat or a human playing on an instrument, it's simply interesting. On the subject of selling things, I mean, over time one will garner skill, and some patterns(songs) will emerge, but that being the goal from the outset is a recipe for failure as the art will be missing the human heart that is the point of any art, expression.
The therapeutic aspect of music can't be praised high enough! Finally, it's what I am doing, and I am extremely thankful for it! Thanks for this very nice comment! All the best for 2024! 🤖🍀
I have tinnitus as part of my fibromyalgia. I’d love to hear anything you find useful. I love the videos about gear. I love all the reviews and tips and tricks.
So you certainly also suffer from strong chronic neuropathic pain with no relief? My condition is called CRPS. It has a lot of "features" in common with fibro, but it's caused by fractures and other injuries of the nerve tissue, mostly in the extremities. The most important for me, in order to improve quality of life, is to stay focussed and to have always enough things to do. Music for example is so great! Or having a YT-Channel! 😁 Also repairing old stuff, learning new things, cooking, thinking etc etc. I run a small wine business, and currently I plan to move far away to the countryside. Because Berlin is just too hostile when your mobility is reduced. It made me sit in my flat in the 3rd floor for 6 years now. The only prescription drug I take regularly is strong medical cannabis, mostly calming indica, because it just works fine for me, helps to stay focussed, to sleep and has no side effects like tinnitus for example! My tinnitus was caused by an anti pain cocktail with Lyrica, and Oxycodone! 🤢 It's also extremely important to have supportive people around you who are encouraging and helping you instead of constantly telling you, what you are not capable to do - in their perception! Thanks for following the channel and all the very best to you! 🍀
CRPS is a horrible thing. What keeps me going is the love and support of my husband. I’m very lucky that I also manage to work. I’m an osteopath and seeing patients gives me purpose and structure. I often don’t have energy for my music though as I prioritize being able to work. But when I have time and energy I love being in my studio tinkering with my synths.
Having the gentle kind of osteopathy which I practice also helps me enormously. Unfortunately cannabis is still illegal in the UK. It can only be prescribed in certain very tightly controlled circumstances.
I’m lucky that I live in a small town which is a nice happy place and in the country - yet it’s quite near to London to get to concerts and theatre etc. I like it here - but it’s great to get away to really wild and empty places on holiday and have a rest from people. Though having said that - our next time away will be to visit Berlin for a few days around Super Booth 😊
Neither actually. Yes, it removes me from the mundane, and makes stresses vanish, and it is fun. But more, it is a joy. I rush to it, to explore. The planet has been mapped by generations of satellites. But in each synth and sampler there are worlds of sound, each unknown. I can explore for an entire lifetime and never find it all. From my small studio I have worlds to explore, soundscapes that open only to the flow of electricity.
Finished tracks are - by confession - project based. These are for clients or a few friends who DJ.
I am grateful for your channel, and other musicians who share their experiences; because whether it is the objective of a finished track to be released, or simply for the joy of making noise; we all love music. We make it because it is a part of us.
How do you deal with the tinnitus? Is it bad?
Because i love it. 👽👽👽
I'm a bit of a mix...I like to make finished songs but also like to just sit and create and learn new genres...I had never made full-on electro type stuff before. I've been mainly a Hammond B-3 player in rock, soul, funk and blues bands but have always loved synthesizers. Mostly ROMplers for years playing in cover bands but recently got back into analog with a Behringer Odyssey (which slots in perfect with the Hammond and electric piano in my jazz-funk horn band as a lead instrument!) and just got a Behringer RD-8. I'm figuring out how to sync them and start to make electronic stuff (using a Kawai K3 I found at a pawnshop for pads!) I figure having just turned 53 it will help keep my brain younger at least! 😀 (And I definitely want to check out your wine shop next time I'm in town...Berlin is a happy place for me...ich komme nach Berlin nie oft genug...zu viele Gigs hier in Wisconsin! 😂) Love Tangerine Dream BTW...vielen Dank für die coole Videos! LG aus Wisconsin.... TP
i rierlie laik jur wideos! plas, ewerie taim ai hire jur inglisch akzent, it giws mi a itsch in mai iers änd a smail in mai feis 🙂... beside that, love your account! Bravo ! creating sounds and beats was always my dream. Specially growing up around Frankfurt with historical electronic sounds, in fantastic nightclubs during the 80ties... that changed my life and I guess all our lives! All my life I was to busy with my job as a performer and costume designer for many artists, musicians, agencies and theaters. the pandemic gave the time to dive into the world of making sounds and music with synths.Finally!! instead of watching the news and the craziness human kind creates on this beautiful planet, wich makes me crazy! I´d rather make some sounds and learn a new peace of gear to grow more and more into sound producing. I have my own party at home, always a great time with my self plus getting further with sound producing...making music, producing sounds and tracks, will from now on have more space in my life! tutorials like yours are very inspiring plus informative! thanx 4 that 🙂 keep grooving bzw gruuwing ... grins 🙂 Gruß aus Xberg
Thanx for your verständnis! 😁🍀🤖
Hey, danke für das Video. Deine Videos kenne ich noch nicht lange, finde sie aber richtig gut. Toller Einblick in deine Geschichte. Vielen Dank!
Freut mich, danke!
Top Videos, guck ich immer gerne!
I count to the 86% and sometimes, very rarely, I belong to the 14%. I am an engineer and already sitting in front of the PC the whole day. So when I come home, I like to turn knobs and play around with my synths and modular gear, like other people take their guitars and jam some riffs. I love the interaction with hardware. I don't get the same feeling when I control a VST with some MIDI knobs. It feels like a simulator. Turning the filter of a Moog or an ACL module is like driving a real heavy truck and l you can feel the power in the flowing current 😋😍
Yeah! The magic of good hardware!
Quite a story, thanks! Interesting survey result ....... I would not know how to answer it, as I kind of belong in both camps. Having released 4 albums on the main streaming platforms and several more on Bandcamp, I do want to create finished tracks and albums. At the same time I belong to the other category. Switching on my gear in the studio and starting to write music, I find this out of control hobby very relaxing. I very much enjoy the process of learning the different sound design methods and technologies, mixing and mastering and the art of composing melodies and chord sequences.
I think you have a great seance of humor, I would definitely enjoy if you keep placing more subtle jokes through out. For me, I am all about Berlin School and Tangerine Dream type Ratcheting.. Also recently discovered NI Reaktor, it's mindblowing
You've hit the bull's eye! Three subjects that are totally not on my menu: Berlin School, TD and NI! 😁
@@winesynths 🤣I find it highly ironic that these exact subjects are off the menu. Vielen Dank und Gottes Segen
Hey Chris. I'm a little like you was into audio in the 80s . then business and life took over. Im now returned again in past few years. So i have a lot of vintage gear around to revive. Oberheim kurzweil novation korg roland emu lexicon jlcooper etc. Sold the Fairlight. I do know midi better than most people today. Iv gotten much new gear that i love. RUclips has helped with that. Including wine&synths. The challange was getting into daws. But I'm there enough now. I do like to produce finished tracks and do live. NoT For $. I also am into the Hauptwerk system of pipeorgan modeling in computers. Built my own 4manual organ consol. My father and I give shows organ and synth. My style is a mixture of Vangelis, Jarre, Bach and other classical with some 80s. Like you I'm disabled ,not physical, but in speach.. So, yea music helps. I like to play in big church. Music is to the glory of God. My handle is sonorabells referring to bells of the famous vintage seth thomas clock. I'm known for my many bells on stage even a giant 1500kg church bell I Bring on stage. I don't buy the really costly brands as it's just not needed. Liking your ubxa
That maybe on my list. I do have hydra synth and nov summit as nubies in the studio along with a solina. I'm old-school still like rack gear vs plugins.. but I am getting into live playable soft synth setups. You could do some vids on that. Also using Cantibile as host. Kontakt etc. It's a big area. But im merging it in as if it's hardware gear
Nice! I would like to hear that organ! 🤓
I've got tinitus too. It's not noticable like u said when I'm playing music or watching videos and stuff. But in the silence it is annoying. Probably damaged them playing guitar when I was a teen, or doing construction in my 20s. Or ear infection when I was a kid. Idk. I should be making music for a living but it never happened and I never wanted to play in front of people. We just put it online. But no one's into old school industrial anymore. So I just make stuff for myself and a friend I've known for 30 years adds vocals or samples and does the track order, album names and and stuff and if we get enough motivation we do a digital album release. 😊
This is such a special channel. I feel like visiting Berlin in 1977. Beautiful tunes as well. My way or voyage is completing tracks, at least one every year, for the spirits and persons that shaped my life. I am working on the third and fourth this year. Thank you so much. What about a get together with many W&S fans in Berliner Superbooth?👏🏻👏🏻👋🏼
Great idea! This year we should definitely try to organize something at Superbooth!
@@winesynthsBin dabei ❤
"The starting point of all achievement is desire." ---Napoleon Hill
Servus nach Graz! It's always interesting to know why folks make music. I guess I do it for just fun and try to make a finished track no matter how bad it is. I like to see how people work, such as their workflow, their process and production tips and tricks. thanks for video!
Gerngeschehn! 🤖
Thanks for sharing!! I am suffering from tinnitus too, for 10 years now. I am 28 years old. I tested my ears and they are very good for my age. The cause of te tinnitus seems to be a mental issue. Anyway, I also like to make music as a distraction, but I am also dealing with the constant fear of (further?) damaging my ears and increasing the level of tinnitus. This makes it hard for me to enjoy loud music. Even though that hearing damage doesn't seem to be the cause of the tinnitusbib my case. It is so confusing.
Anyway I love to finish tracks. I write music almost everyday. I listen to my musical heroes and get so inspired by them and I can't resist to make tracks too. I hope to release some tracks on vinyl someday.
I often find it difficult to balance my instruments properly in the mix. I would love to seee how you balance out your instruments! I use an analog mixer with 18 channels.
Greetings
Good point! Always keep your ears safe in loud environments! I also love to use good open Headphones like the Hedd to go into details. But never too loud! To me premium headphones are of a great help to focus away from the Tinnitus. With speakers it‘s different. I often just use them to „feel“ the low bass in the mix. 😁
Right now, my little electronic music studio setup is a work in progress, beginning with my 2004 purchase of the Roland V-synth, then later their DR-880, a Moog MURF-105, and a variety of EHX effects, a little Aleisis here, and now several Behringer mono synths, their Odyssey, 2500, 2600, TR-606, 808, and 303 clones, and the VC340, which I adore. So, experiencing this analog bliss is very new to me; I've used them over the years, but never owned any of the originals.
I've had a few close brushes with the music business recording at DJ Strychnine's (the final Grand Royal Records artist!) studio here in South Bend in the late 90s, which was also about the learning process for me, but I've never been a professional musician. That being said, the idea of film scoring has always excited me.
And so, I am working towards self-releasing some of my own music under a project name sooner rather than later, refining my knowledge and sound with a mixture of the best of analog and digital synthesis. I want to recapture in my recordings that initial sense of fascination and mystery I experienced first hearing fully electronic music, that untouchable yet somehow tangible quality some of the best of it has. My influences are all over the place, but I have a very soft spot for the late Ornette Coleman as a kind of guiding light with my philosophy to music; Jon Hassell also inspires a lot of how I take in music as well as create it, and other even more familiar names, many of them German.
Music for me is alchemical, it is everything to me right now in my life, but it has always been there, and is a good friend indeed. Being freed up from the mercurial whims of other musicians has been a genuine boon, not that I don't believe in collaborations, I do.
As for this channel Wine & Synths, I have no complaints and would like more of the same all around! Learning about bussing and sends, some of the headaches of mastering, are inputs necessary, myths of music making--those could good future video topics.
Hi - Really sorry to hear about your accident and health problems. It's a bugger! I have a degenerative eye condition and can't read the legent on synths displays and most of the labelling on soft synths. I guess we keep going until we can't...
Interesting poll. I typically make music for my own enjoyment but also would like others to enjoy it, too. One of the reasons I started my channel was to put my music out there, otherwise it would all die with me... :-)
The most popular videos, as you will have discovered, are gear reviews but I like all sorts, particularly ideas and techniques. I'd say just keep doing what you like doing and you will find your audience - or your audience will find you. If you chase the algo in search of success you may find yourself making videos about stuff you're not passionate about and then we know what will happen... :-(
Personally, I would have been tempted to stick to wine :-)
Hi Ian! I really appreciate your comments! So maybe we should think about a sanctuary for blind, deaf and lame electronic musicians! I am sure that here in Berlin we will see retirement homes with a DJ booth in 10 to 20 years! 😁
@@winesynths There's a thought - some wouldn't be able to see the DJ, , some wouldn't be able to hear the music and the others wouldn't be able to dance to it '🤣
Been suffering with Bad GAS since purchasing 2x Technics SL1200's, TR808 & Sixtrak back in 87
86% of time just having a barrel of fun 14% jobby
kudos!!!! 🙂
It's a shocker on that stat but nothing really is. For me, the never ending quest to built up my studio, rearrange things, and have time to play my synths is my getaway drug (from the harsh world) that I will never give up until there is something far better to replace it with. As I get older I doubt there be anything better for me to do anyway. The discovery of fine craft German style bier and Synths makes my day go by bit nicer. Wine is not my thing....yet. Too little subtle variations while there is a lot of variations in different styles of quality beer to me. Prost!
My new year resolution: finish my tracks!
I also enjoy a nice Craft Beer from time to time! Wine makes thirsty! 😁🍻
Very nice. For me, I was a weekend rock drummer hoping to find a place in the music industry, which never came. I later became a truck driver/family man and music took a 15 year hiatus, although I was always an avid listener. A number of years ago my interest in synths/drum machines started to return and I began selling old gear (some of which had gone up substantially in value) and buying some new things to play with and, over time my collection has grown. Now, I'm taking my first steps of being a professional event DJ and taking great interest in applying my knowledge of musicianship to remixing/recutting songs that I can play as part of my set. So I guess I'm in the 14%. I also have tinnitus as a result of years of loud music and also aggravated by age. I wear hearing aids to restore my top-end which also provide relief with white noise. And I have active ear plugs to control the volume at live events.
Such an inspiring Video, Chris!! I’m an old musician from the 80s and in last few years have started learning Ableton live..I am definitely in the 86%. It is such a high when I come up with cool rhythms and bass line’s…better than therapy! I also have tinnitus and have hearing loss..deciding on hearing aid…would love to see videos on arrangement tips..fan of tech house myself..Keep doing what you’re doing!
Hi Christophe! In terms of future content it would be great if you could give a rundown of the minimal yet sufficient set up of production “Infrastructure” for a dawless studio. In a DAW you pretty much have billions of dollar of equipment at your disposal -effect processors, compressors, harmonizers, colorizers, equalizers and other soundgoodizers on limitless number of channels… so what is the absolutely critical set up needed to produce a decent club friendly track? Thx in advance
Thanks for the input! We‘re already thinking about this, as Hannes would like to add live equipment to his DJ-Mixes.
I'm also surprised by the poll result, being in the 14%. I guess it's always been producing finished songs for me, also in my previous genre of choice (extreme metal) there was no place for aimless jamming. My past bands have always aimed to making finished songs for live concerts and demotapes/demo CDs. After a long period of hiatus, I by chance happened to know synthwave, and liked it a lot. As I realized I could produce this alone, I started learning synthesis, mix, master etc. And now I also appreciate other kinds of electronic music. It's great for me, as one of the main things that stopped me before was the constant frustration of having other people conditioning the fate of the band. And growing up it was only worse (work, partners, children, other hobbies were always in the way of music). Now I can work alone and devote the time I want to my music, and I can collaborate with people who are sufficiently interested, without having to beg the drummer or any other to come to rehearsals, or even concerts. Musical freedom, at last!!!
Good Point! It also highly depends on the style you are in!
@@winesynths Definitely. Anyway, your story Is very interesting, especially the tinnitus thing, and its disappearing when you focus on sound. That speaks a lot about human brain's power.
Thanks for the great video and sharing your back story. I personally love to be creative and music helps me escape to another world. I come from a piano background mostly self taught and I play by ear, I love laying sounds and exploring Electronic music from my youth in particular the experimental music from the late 60s though to the 90s. I really wish I could afford more analogue gear. Looking forward to seeing how your channel continues to progresss
Hey, I really enjoyed your video. I'm working towards being able to create tracks more consistently, but I mostly like to experiment with my drum machine and do sound design on my synthesizer. I grew up playing music - first saxophone, then guitar, and then synthesizers. I think going into the science behind how/why something works would be interesting. What is actually happening when a signal is modulated a certain way, for example. Also, I'll probably never purchase a Nina because of the price but I really did enjoy that review. Thanks!
Mind opening thoughts, perfectly verbalized. Thank you so much.
It's a compulsion to make music, I couldn't say why, but when I'm not involved in anything musical, I'm not happy. I've been learning (mostly playing) for around 16 years, and after starting (and not always finishing) hundreds of tracks, I'm only now, feeling ready to release my first album, which is going to be a big moment for me soon. It's exciting, but I'm not expecting anything from it other than to have the satisfaction of putting something out there which I feel is well made.
In any case music should always be something that makes you happy! 🍀
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Money wise the music industry is full of all or nothing. It's dominated by corporate decisions with little to do with talent. Especially with the space for new vastly reduced. So I don't bother money wise however as artistic outlet it's very fulfilling. I've always been very interested in styles of music. Synths cover the ground if original sound production. It's the main technology for experimentation. So home set up is conservative and very focused to the style
I like. I producing music it's completely spontaneous and don't carry much weight for planning. In fact my best time is after power up.
Favourite artists are Boards of Canada. Good blend of entertainment and experiment. Others experience of music I make is good but it's not for anybody else. Now and again something special will come out. That doesn't sound like anybody else.
Appreciate this video. Eerily similar story including the tinnitus. Did not see that coming, including rocking the Matriarch as a therapy-pet 🫡
I gave up performing when I started a family in the 90s and have never really got the urge back. I just enjoy playing with my synths and the frustrations of making RUclips videos. As for gear for you to review I am most interested in synths that might be compatible with my Roland AE-30 wind synth!
How do you like the Aerophone? Being a Sax player I am highly interested in a thing like this. But until now I just made it to an old Casio Midi-Sax! 😁
@@winesynths I love it 😍. I use soft reeds so it's close to my alto saxes to play. It exercises my embouchure enough to "keep my lip" without regular use of my saxes though there are differences of course.
I've videos on my channel showing me programming internal sounds and using it as a MIDI controller. The MIDI to CV converter in the Behringer Neutron is a perfect match 👫. The MicroFreak works with it well but I haven't had time to explore that combination. Learning to program ZEN Core has been a challenge but I'm getting my kind of sounds out of it now.
It's not perfect - the balance isn't the same as a sax so instead of using the thumb hook for my right thumb I push forward on the battery casing. I can still reach the pressure sensitive thumb pad which is nice but the thumb wheel is out of reach (but I don't find that useful so it's not a problem).
I think there is a whole market Roland is missing - they are too focused on jazzers wanting to be Brecker and classical players wanting silent practice. They don't seem to consider synth fans like me who can play sax (even if that was back in high school). I'm no virtuoso - I'm just less bad on sax than I am on piano! 😂
And did you try other brands before like the Akai?
@@winesynths only Roland met my acceptance criteria. I rejected the Akai because of those touch controls - too different to play from a sax. I rejected the EMEO and the Yamaha because they didn't have bite sensors! EMEO even told me "we're not competing with the Aerophone" - too right! 😂
Of the current choices in the market, including the new Asian products, the AE-30 is still the only one for me.
I don't have tinnitus but i have a central audio processing issue (whatever that means, its what the docs said) and that's part of what has me drawn to music. i think you have a lot of good ideas for where to go with the channel, i know that probably doesn't help much, so i will say you should review a Theremin or three just for funsies (my favorite type of noisemaker)
I never had a Theremin! Would definitely line to try one! 🤖
@@winesynths they are a blast even if you arent great at playing them melodically. some even have midi or cv to control synths in weird ways
Erstmal möchte ich mich bedanken für eure Video´s, insbesondere dem des Behringer Kobol, da ich diesen auch besitze. Ich stimme dem kommentar von Boris Babic zu, das was Behringer bietet, ist garnicht hoch einzuschätzen. Es geht hier vornehmlich um Analoge Sounds die man hier sehr günstig von Behringer kaufen kann. Starsky hat seinerzeit ja den Model D im Verlgeich zum Minimoog gehabt und dieser sah so aus, das es quasi keinen Soundunterschied gibt. So macht man das und nicht wie andere, für viel Geld alte Hardware verkaufen zu wollen. EIn Minimoog aus den 70´ern klingt doch deutlich anders als ein Minimoog aus dieser Zeit. Letztlich dreht es sich hier um Elektronische Musik oder wie meine Freundin sagt: Los, geh ins Studio zu deinen Quietscheboxen. ;-) Viele Grüße aus Solingen nach Berlin und macht bitte weiter so. *einerder86%*
I am preparing to be the next BIG HIT! 😎
Let me know! 😁
@@winesynthsin the mean time, I drink good wine! 😜
Really enjoying your content. I am one of those that works in a completely different area than music so playing with synths and guitars is a hobby for my leisure time. I have far too many synths, but there is always another to buy, and they all make the same sounds (if you know what you are doing). I like the one synth tracks that people are doing and would like to know more about drum machines and considerations for choosing a new sequencer since I find cakewalk a pain to use.
Does Cakewalk still exist? I remember using it in the 90ies on a 486 PC. Back in the days, it was the only working sequencer for Dos & Windows! Just terrible, when you came from Cubase or Notator on Atari ST! 😁
Ich wünschte ich hätte Dich und deine Videos früher kennengelernt.
Vielen Dank 🫶 on ❤🔥
Gerne 😊
😮😊👍so we go. First part, the why. I'm 64, born in 1960, this date some things then about my teenage and after about history of synthesis. My background is graduation in maths and industrial Technology, university graduation in clinical children's psychology, then teacher in schools for young children. But my childhood is a story about harmonics, vibrations, as my grandma had a naked piano, I loved opening the board, listening to the strings, pusching some keys, and discovered that even a detune piano can play unknown melodies.
It resulted so, that I began ❤ keyboards at four. I claimed my mother to learn Piano at the conservatory, but as left handed and at this time a feather dipped in an inkwell, was the norm she answered me that I was too stupid to learn Solfège, as I was a bad scripting girl....
At the opposite she should have understood, my texts were granted in school, and quite often read to the all class as an example of creativity... so are gifted left handlers....😊.. My uncle was singing and playing Georges Brassens on his guitar, his wife is a piiano professor, so every anniversary they chosen me a 33T with lot attention. That's how one day I became more than Vivaldi or Beethoven, owner of Rubycon, by Tangerine dreams.I were charmed. Walking the noze to the glass of the music store , I saw more the price than the name of the synthsizer. So, discovered Space Art, Klauss Shulze (Moondown), Jean Michel Jarre (Equinoxe), Petre Gabriel, and time runing we end the 80', as a Mother and the disco wave ending, my first daughter became initiating me to the 90' sounds, then my second to the techtonik.....
Suite in answers under.😊
... Suite ... 90'.... 2000, we know, analogic is out of time, we began to use internet, a new world opened. At this time having not so much money, I was visiting low cost used sold thing in stores, easy way wher my daughter said " we are poor but I have the same things at school than rich friends "... Soooo....😅, go on, go on.... one day I had a Korg M1, then a Juno 6, and a SH 2000, then for free some mix table, two amps, and as a true old piano, I tuned myself one string by one string, at this time I was also rebuilding computers, for my daughters, and discovered Music on Computer. Internet is part of this, games like the first Nintendo , it's just technology history, as I'm born before TV in France, and I've no TV since 2006.... That's thecontext our generation lived in. Electronics in one word. We adapted, but it was not what was at our birth. So when you are verboten to Zucker, you eat it when you have the door open, why I play Electronics, because I love❤it... But, remember, it began by slow harmonics, then Rubycon and Tangerine sweet dreams, then Juno 6 sounds (this makes two of Us) then, yes I must recognize😢 recording with my computer (and one guy given me a Roland MC 500 composer midi)...
When you pass this door, you yant a studio, a sound palette, you try garage band, but you realize also that the anlg palette from you old Juno is better than your computer, because music is sounding in your absolute ear, and that is just what you want, listening music! Listening music you play, also because you don't like cancel culture, you don't reject classic masters, you llve listening the right sound at the right place, and I love Nature, long waving landscapes, music fields, formant events, you cando with a flute. I have recorders, a Clarinet, and a Roland Jupiter 50, playing supernatural, lol, and Dx, Tx7, Dx21, two more piano midi keybeds, and the last one, the Behringer Deepmind 12D. Nest to come is to buit a mobile studio in thee cases, with modular and semi, like the monosynths and poly from Behringer. Why?.. . now I'm retired, I don't have lot money. Behringer with their prices and good analog synths, opened me a new space. I'm now a writer, in French, so Music is the companion to travel through space and time, the mobile build, makes sense as I want also to travel in the real with a caravan, visiting Eurasia territories where my stories takes place. However, my music have like me an authentic shamanic taste, sounds of Nature are spirits giving Us the rythm of life?
... Suite 2... Tinnitus.... I have. Loud. For decades, if not life. In my teen age, I was listening a story from a guy listening radio in his head, I tried to decode for me, but the frequency is too high, it's not radio. But certainly Space, Sun electromagnetic waves harmonics, because it varies in function of the Nasa data, this is to study seriously, radioham websides are providing data, when space weather close some reception bands. I am living with that in music, no fear as I know that I don't need Sun flares video to know what is happening from our star. The more impressive is the stereo change, but there is also slow waving of the high frequency, we could take for our heart beating, but it not vary in function of our activity. So what, like you I'm hard to listen a conversation in small group, the noise sometimes is like a eeeeeeeeeeee like were the 80's electronic flashlight recharging, or more a ssssssssssss..... if you want an image, and it makes more noise than a refrigerator😮. It's tiredness, 24/7, but we must accept, as a gift knowing what I know now. The causes can be in the magnetic receptors, or directly interating with brain frequencies. However, that's why we don't listening them, playing synths. Ther'es also a focus effect making neglecting unusable information. But a last time, let me say it's boring🎉🤷♂️
Do you know the red blowing BONTEMPI? I that's my teenage instrument, an orgue with a noisy motor and a red cap. I took over this one, to play more loud, it's how I spent my 80's , learning by myself, as I was too stupid to learn. Thanks to my father, who had a dream, himself, to learn to play Piano, he was mostly listening classic instrumental experimental concrete music, later he brought an electronic Yamaha piano for my second daughter, and for himself, A Roland. Sometimes dreams comes true. But too late.❤
The last question, was to ask what content? Formerly I came for your Juno Beh joke as I have a Juno 6. Now, you have few Behringer instruments I want to buy in the future. In fact, it's not the price, I love, but the way now you are going to make them work, as a color palette, TOGETHER. 🤔 in an artistic way. For me, a soundscape is from left to right, and in complementary distribution, or opposition, variation. It a composition, so, instuments, however they uses electricity or not, must play together. So not one instrument, but an amount of different sounds and harmonics. That's the next step. ❤
Cooles Viedeo. Habe das gleiche Problem mit nem Tinnitus irgendwo bei 12k seit etwa 8 Jahren. Seit zwei Jahren (nach Covid) so extrem, dass ich eigentlich nicht mehr in meinem alten Beruf arbeiten kann. Ich würde fast sagen mittlerweile auch ein großes Motiv weshalb ich oft und gern in Sounds versinke. Am meisten interessiert mich aber das Designen von Sounds, nicht Modular, da man diese nicht Speichern kann und zu teuer. Ich kann Stunden an Synths wie DX7, SY77, SY22, M1, Alpha Junos, JP8000 verbringen und Sounds programieren und versuchen das Maximum aus eher limitierten Instrumenten zu holen ... das ist einfach mein Ding, leider komme ich irgendwie zu selten dazu neue Videos zu produzieren :)
Das mit dem Tinnitus ist echt doof! Ich hatte einen Arbeitsunfall und war damit im Unfallkrankenhaus extra in der Reha und bin in der Charité-HNO in Behandlung. Das ganze Programm halt. Hat alles original gar nichts gebracht ausser Stress und falsche Aufmerksamkeit. Synthesizer sind echt der bessere Zeitvertreib! Und mit Modular kann ich auch nicht so viel anfangen! 😁
@@winesynths ja zig Ohrenärzte abgeklappert. Alles versucht. Einer hat mir mal geraten „hören sie einfach weg“. Alles arten von Rauschen und Sounds sind das einzige was zumindest für den Moment hilft. Stress geht gar nicht, das geht das komplett durch die Decke. Irgendwann hört man auch auf seine Umgebung damit voll zu quatschen … weil es A. keiner versteht der es nicht selbst hat und B. man auch nicht jedem damit auf den Keks gehen will.
I'm in the 86%. Still I'm pro keyboardist and trumpeter, mostly making money with concerts. I need to noodle around to master my sound. I need to waste my time to compose. Either for my electronic projects or symphonic orchestras. Productivity and efficiency doesn't go along with creativity for me. And also, I play music to cure me - to say the least.
Ok! So this is more practicing your instruments. Just like the majority of classical music pros who will never compose a single tune. Very important aspect by the way!
@@winesynths practicing to compose. Just to sure to be understood. I tour with my own jazz band, and my main job is to compose, either for me or for others.
Thank you for the video
3:44 Quasimidi! 😀 I still have a Sirius on a shelf in my studio. This poo' boy needs a new LCD but it still works.
A nerdy subject/home decoration for fun: Why USM furnitures in your studio? 😁
Easy to fix! Take good care of it. They are becoming rare!
@@winesynths One day I'll try to find a compatible LCD for it. Now I don't use it very much but I used it extensively when I did live trance gigs in the early 2000. Today I compose other kind of music (see my chanel/bandcamp)
😂❤Hope RUclips will allow me to a very very long answer😊, I will write this comment soon, but as french, writing in english is sometimes a compromise, you Know that🙏🤗.. So , À bientôt👍
Tu peux l'ecrire en francais aussi!
@@winesynths oui en effet il me semble. vous avoir entendu parler français dans une vidéo! Et puis le Vin, n'est ce pas! C'est un lien culturel! Par contre je ne savais pas que vous aviez pratiqué cette culture à un si haut niveau! Pour ma part, mon père nous a tous eduqués au goût, et au bon vin, professeur d'université, il aimait cette culture, et nous a fait goûter parfois des vins d'exception, ... Autant que des piquettes, qu'il mettait en bouteille par ses soins, parfois. Aujourd'hui j'ai mieux compris le lien que tu gardes avecle Vin en lui rendant honneur, c'est une partie de ta vie, et pudiquement, les américains disent "I appreciate ", j'aime bien ton canal, la personnalité que tu y introduis. L'avenir est incertain pour tout le monde, nous devons rester absolument joyeux, positifs et les yeux ouverts, c'est cette musique là qui doit gagner!😊❤
Ehrliche Antwort, benutzt du den Akzent absichtlich? Hast du dich entschieden den Akzent als Verkaufsleitmotiv zu verwenden?
Ich spreche so wie mir der Schnabel gewachsen ist und in der Sprache, wo die meisten Leute auf der Welt mich verstehen. Meine Muttersprache ist übrigens Französisch. Kann ich was dafür? Die Sache mit der Akzent-Kritik kommt echt zu 100% immer nur von Deutschen. Ulkig, oder?
This is a difficult one, Chris!
I do this for fun, but finishing a track is the greatest reward imaginable for me.
As a small kid Listened to the records of my older brother of Kraftwerk and the weird album "Oxygen"that was just released.
And I knew I wanted to be a part of that "scene" .
Now I feel i do, I create music I love listening to and releasing it for everyone who does as well.
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10:08 Best advice: Stop being broke quickly.
Wisdom of life! 😁🤖
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