Watching this made me smile, Can tell how excited Joel is about sharing his entire setup. I was happy just to rebuild my Kenwood GE-1100 EQ lol (Something about that Blue Reverb light I tell ya :D). I'm obsessed with lights on equipment and always have been since I was a kid. Back when building a component stereo system was "Awesome". It makes you feel like you're inside a spaceship traveling the stars. So this is just great to watch and hear in his voice about his build.
Every now and then i keep coming back to this video just to listen to that loop starting at 1:21 . It's so good and nostalgic, it's a shame that a complete track never came out of that 😢
+Magnuss Ignatius Indeed! I started investing in an A-100 system, and I looked into adding the cloud generator. Not that expensive! The cloud generator, that is. haha A-100 systems are expensive as f***
Literally this video and the way Deadmau5 uses the E340 is why I got into modular Synths. Looking back on this video now brings me great joy. And the E340 is one of the first modules I bought :)
@@HtownBigBoi832 Paul just announced he is retiring in a couple of years. really good run. gotta get my hands on an E352 before they get impossible to find
@@magnopere I had no clue Paul was retiring :O I actually managed to get my hands on an e352 about a year ago now. so I have both the cloud generator and the e352. good luck on your hunt, I know prices will unfortunately go up. i also heard a while back that the guy that runs Mutable Instruments is also closing up shop too.
He is a DJ, but also much more than that. The people that just dj and doesn't produce are overrated, even tho it isn't easy to dj, producing is much harder and the dj's gets much more credit
Personally I have to say i prefer hands on setups like this. They seem complicated, but no more so than using a digital software and VSTi's, except you use physical wires to connect things and modulate them.
makes you realise how far it's all come huh, i do exactly the same but with logic paha, i proper want to get into using hardware to produce but it's all so expensive!
***** See I've been thinking about the Novation Bass Station 2 for a starter, heard good reviews on it, then start getting some modular stuff once I've got some more funds to invest
I would, but I've not got the equipment to be able to do it to the extent of it being great quality sound. I need to invest in some good flat headphones and some monitors first, I'm only just starting out tbh. I'd love to in the future though definitely!! What kind of music do you produce?
***** Yeah I got skype man, sorry about the late reply I've been quite busy recently moving house, working, looking at universities. And I'm more so on like harder hitting stuff if you get me, I wanna get into producing jump up but I'm experimenting with different stuff to see what I like doing, so mixing your and my style could end up being sweet. I'll PM you my skype or something probably today
Even tho I'm too late, I really respect you Joel. All those House-"Top"-Producers have a MIDI Controller+Keyboard and that's it. They all spend their money on yachts, private yets, 20 Lamborghinis and partys. Even tho you have (I think) some McLarens and Purraris, you obviously spend hella money on music. Best example is this fcking epic modular system, the same goes for synths and software/VST's. I really respect you, even tho I don't listen to your music because it's not my genre, but you deserve soooo much more attention. You're true to yourself and you live music, and you ain't afraid to spend money for it. If I'll ever have so much money, I'll get inspired by you for those systems. And the best thing about you is, you know what you're doing. Today's most producers just use Loops and they don't know anything about music or what they even using (Comps, EQs and all these other effects). You're truly a sound-designer and sound-engineer. Keep your work straight, I love you:) And gimme some money, I also wanna build such an epic setup lol 150k are good hahah:D Then I finally could start producing lel Greetz from a time travelling german fellow
Totally amazing. A few wires, resisters and other electrical stuff that i have no bloody clue what is in there can make such wonderful sounds. "Damn it Jim, I'm a Cook not an Electrician
I have no clue what any of this is, but I bet i'd get addicted to messing about with those dials changing tiny details of tracks to make them sound just right.
@@danneu8 but luckily we have vst and and some free digital vcv rack and autonism. They are great but obviously hardware synth are anologish superior. And fucking expensive......
aftershock2013 it is really simple once you get the concept down in your head. then it is just visualising a signal flow and anticipate what should happen. if you really understand a basic synth in depth you can use it no problem it just looks intimidating
The idea that basically everything is literally "static noise" with a lot of filters and modulation of frequency and amplitude amazes me from a technical point of view. Especially the cloud generator. Although I understand how it's done and WHY it works, it's still amazing to experience it in action.
+jocool47 Check out SeamlessR's channel, he explains how synths work. He just prefers software instead of hardware. You can translate between the two though
To be perfectly honest, I never listened to Mau5 much, but I'm always going to admire how he makes his sounds. He really is talented in producing and pretty much has all my respect despite me not jammin to his tunes often.
Sweet set up. Reminds me of the crazy analogue modular set ups Tangerine Dream used live in the 70's, but with the modern digital twist. You can never have too many knobs and dials, you could loose yourself playing for hours.
Ok get it. So to put in basic terms. We start off with a sample of a melody in Ableton, then we go to a oscillator in some box hammered to the wall, next he turns nobs on another thing a majig that he claims is a "neet little guy", then all that shit goes trough like 10 fucking mixer channels, ultimately creating the sound that you hear. So there you go a brief overview on what he is doin- oh fuck it I have no idea on, how the fuck did he even know where put the wires for the sequencer.
+WolfyVolume na we don't start with a sample melody, we have midi going out of Ableton into a converter that keeps the clock of the synths, the synths make sounds, sounds go back to ableton and speakers and can be recorded as samples. I think, idk, this is too hard.
actually, he sends midi data/clock data through the kenton and the dark energy, then patches them through the rotating clock dividers, then outputs every first to go of on the z8000, then he patched the cwejman vco 2rm into the mmf-1s, then outpitting the cv into the z8000 matrix sequencer, after that, he patched the afg into the freqeuensteiner, then that into the mx-4s. after, he patched the cloud generator into the 1v/per octave to the dark energy, and the audio out into the qmmg, then the qmmg into the mx-4s. Eventually the MMF-1s goes into the mx4s, which then outputs a stereo signal into the speakers. And thats the patch. :)
if I had all of this.. I would never toutch a vst again. Where can I buy stuff like this? I always end up in the wrong rabbithole looking for the good stuffs. anyone?
Just google Doepfer and look through their modules. Their standardized systems are about 2 grand but you could just get individual modules from them and elsewhere, but Doepfer just happens to have the cheapest modules. There are guides and lists all over for which ones are essentials for starting out.
I don't know what is more impressive, the giant wall of knobs itself, or the fact you know what each thing is connected to and what the knobs will do. Goddamn.
Very nice patch.. See you have some ken macbeth gear..nice.. And good place for the dude that wants to go modular look at sighlent sleepers stuff and a few oscillators cheap way to go.. Was again nice patch..
This is awesome, I love it. It kind of reminds me of You Used To Hold Me by Calvin Harris. It also reminds me of his lyric: "Pushing knobs pushing faders but I don't know what they do"
Great video! Always great seeing the setup of other artists, especially those that have been blessed with the level of success as you have. Coming from another "Non-DJ" keyboard dance music artist..... Keep up the great work!! ~Chris Murray, (AKA "UNISYN"), Seattle, WA.
dude. just because he has a huge modular system doesnt mean he uses it for every sound on every track. lol.....You think he doesn't use vst's like everyone else? Let alone a Virus or a little phatty.
the sound that you solo on the 2nd half of this vid sounds so nice. Reminds me of boc for some reason :-) awesome modular setup btw, wish I had one lol.
Same company. The Daft Punk synth is made of ModCan type A (uses banana plugs and is black), and deadmau5's is ModCan type B (uses 1/4" plugs and is white).
Man, there are more knobs in Joel's studio than stars in the universe
quepacho64 joel being one of them. Heyoooooo.
+quepacho64 FEWER!
Yes. And If you'll understand, what knobs are, you'll be 👍👏👍
-Black Science Man
"Nothing too fancy" ._.
Believe me, it could be crazier.. He could've made it twice as big.
Kidde. It is
Ikr
Kidde. And then he did
Watching this made me smile, Can tell how excited Joel is about sharing his entire setup. I was happy just to rebuild my Kenwood GE-1100 EQ lol (Something about that Blue Reverb light I tell ya :D). I'm obsessed with lights on equipment and always have been since I was a kid. Back when building a component stereo system was "Awesome". It makes you feel like you're inside a spaceship traveling the stars. So this is just great to watch and hear in his voice about his build.
Mom walks in : "Wow sweetie! never thought you wanned to work at NASA!"
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Every now and then i keep coming back to this video just to listen to that loop starting at 1:21 . It's so good and nostalgic, it's a shame that a complete track never came out of that 😢
It's incredible how awesome that cloud generator sounds, man.
+Magnuss Ignatius Indeed! I started investing in an A-100 system, and I looked into adding the cloud generator. Not that expensive! The cloud generator, that is. haha A-100 systems are expensive as f***
Bloody oath it is! So good that it has saw and sine waves
Literally this video and the way Deadmau5 uses the E340 is why I got into modular Synths. Looking back on this video now brings me great joy. And the E340 is one of the first modules I bought :)
@@HtownBigBoi832 Paul just announced he is retiring in a couple of years. really good run. gotta get my hands on an E352 before they get impossible to find
@@magnopere I had no clue Paul was retiring :O I actually managed to get my hands on an e352 about a year ago now. so I have both the cloud generator and the e352. good luck on your hunt, I know prices will unfortunately go up. i also heard a while back that the guy that runs Mutable Instruments is also closing up shop too.
did any laugh their ass of at that random sound mau5 makes at the last second? LMAO
LE- ...
DotEXE NO WAYYYYYY
And THIS is why we don't call him a "DJ"
DJs mix tracks together to keep the music going in a club/party
producers use ableton/fl studio
joel uses analogue
+ZZYZX I do both
+IntigeeOfficial most producers do
He's a Synth jockey
He is a DJ, but also much more than that. The people that just dj and doesn't produce are overrated, even tho it isn't easy to dj, producing is much harder and the dj's gets much more credit
envy is a strong emotion.
And gets you nowhere
Invidia
@@tashikrtv6878 I see what you did there ;)
Envy is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have but I have it.
-LDR
Personally I have to say i prefer hands on setups like this. They seem complicated, but no more so than using a digital software and VSTi's, except you use physical wires to connect things and modulate them.
Can we just here some of this for like 20 minutes?
And I'm just sitting here, using FL Studio... and NI Massive... Yea.
makes you realise how far it's all come huh, i do exactly the same but with logic paha, i proper want to get into using hardware to produce but it's all so expensive!
***** See I've been thinking about the Novation Bass Station 2 for a starter, heard good reviews on it, then start getting some modular stuff once I've got some more funds to invest
I would, but I've not got the equipment to be able to do it to the extent of it being great quality sound. I need to invest in some good flat headphones and some monitors first, I'm only just starting out tbh. I'd love to in the future though definitely!! What kind of music do you produce?
Random Person.
Haha
***** Yeah I got skype man, sorry about the late reply I've been quite busy recently moving house, working, looking at universities. And I'm more so on like harder hitting stuff if you get me, I wanna get into producing jump up but I'm experimenting with different stuff to see what I like doing, so mixing your and my style could end up being sweet. I'll PM you my skype or something probably today
dude your studio looks like the fucking death star
So many buttons that i should press...
its like you somehow manage to set off a nuke with the music and shit lmao
Don't let the kittens into this room, you won't like what happens.
Thanks for the inspiration, Joel. 8 years ago I saw this video and it started me down this crazy path of performing with modular synthesizers.
The typo gives it a really strong early 2010 vibe lol
And that kids, is how you craft a spaceship
NASA want their stuff back
Even tho I'm too late, I really respect you Joel. All those House-"Top"-Producers have a MIDI Controller+Keyboard and that's it. They all spend their money on yachts, private yets, 20 Lamborghinis and partys. Even tho you have (I think) some McLarens and Purraris, you obviously spend hella money on music. Best example is this fcking epic modular system, the same goes for synths and software/VST's. I really respect you, even tho I don't listen to your music because it's not my genre, but you deserve soooo much more attention. You're true to yourself and you live music, and you ain't afraid to spend money for it. If I'll ever have so much money, I'll get inspired by you for those systems.
And the best thing about you is, you know what you're doing. Today's most producers just use Loops and they don't know anything about music or what they even using (Comps, EQs and all these other effects). You're truly a sound-designer and sound-engineer. Keep your work straight, I love you:)
And gimme some money, I also wanna build such an epic setup lol 150k are good hahah:D Then I finally could start producing lel
Greetz from a time travelling german fellow
NASA called, they wan't equipment back
Does NASA make music?!?
The moment when u actually understand what he's saying and doing..
Totally amazing. A few wires, resisters and other electrical stuff that i have no bloody clue what is in there can make such wonderful sounds.
"Damn it Jim, I'm a Cook not an Electrician
As a synth-head, I was at full mast at 2:45
Oh yeah I love Synth too
Me too
I wish it was a actual song
I have no clue what any of this is, but I bet i'd get addicted to messing about with those dials changing tiny details of tracks to make them sound just right.
+takeshiC1 Or you get depressed, because you have no clue what any of this is :D
I personally think what's the most addicting is messing around with the dials and knobs and not knowing what they do is the best part.
And then you get even more depressed when you realize you're not a millionaire and can't even afford all the patch cables.
@@danneu8 but luckily we have vst and and some free digital vcv rack and autonism. They are great but obviously hardware synth are anologish superior. And fucking expensive......
You have no idea...
JFC... It kills me every time i hear "basically" or "simple" in this video. All of this wouldn't look out of place in a fuckin' spaceship.
aftershock2013 it is really simple once you get the concept down in your head. then it is just visualising a signal flow and anticipate what should happen. if you really understand a basic synth in depth you can use it no problem it just looks intimidating
Dark energy produces clock data. #DeadMauTechTip
nope. It sends clock data through midi, but close enough. :P
@Aidan Såge
He is refering to this 4:27
He’s referring to the name of the box sending clock data...
Man this puts my korg monologue to shame
wake up in the morning, press a couple keys, turn a couple knobs, chillout for about an hour.
The idea that basically everything is literally "static noise" with a lot of filters and modulation of frequency and amplitude amazes me from a technical point of view. Especially the cloud generator. Although I understand how it's done and WHY it works, it's still amazing to experience it in action.
Man, coming back to this video after getting into modular a bit is wild. I actually understand what he's talking about now. xD
Man I really want to learn all this...
+jocool47 Check out SeamlessR's channel, he explains how synths work. He just prefers software instead of hardware. You can translate between the two though
+Gamzee Makara wow thanks! I actually have FL Studio producer edition but I really don't know much about it
+Gamzee Makara he's doing analog stuff recently too.
+jocool47 where did you torrent it from? I can't seem to find a legit one
Wot Mate if you're going to be a pirate at least figure out how to do it yourself?
To be perfectly honest, I never listened to Mau5 much, but I'm always going to admire how he makes his sounds. He really is talented in producing and pretty much has all my respect despite me not jammin to his tunes often.
I wish he would've made that melody into a song.. with that exact patch :(((((
Why because it's so original and unique? Not.
+StealthElectronVIP you must be a really well known producer with a bunch of original and unique ideas... Not
Roasted
it was probably just an experiemnt sequence.
FUCKING DESTROYED
I casually come back to this video about once a year to feel complete and beautiful nostalgia.
I’m back a year later
Sounds absolutely amazing. Can't wait to hear his atmos set up these days.
the end tho
LLLLA-
I'd like to see Arcade Fire do this.
"Nothing Too fancy"
i cant even fathom how hard it would be for a complete beginner in making music like me could even begin to understand what all of that does....
Sweet set up. Reminds me of the crazy analogue modular set ups Tangerine Dream used live in the 70's, but with the modern digital twist. You can never have too many knobs and dials, you could loose yourself playing for hours.
4:58 that feeling when he cuts the music
Put Avicii in front of these and grab a popcorn!
LOL that would be epic those new stupid dumb fucks would be dumbfounded
could you deal with it? i wish i could *-* i personaly only work with fl studio....
yes sir love real hardware fuck vsts check my soundcloud
So you have to understand how to use this to be able to make good music?
Subject Unknown He would probably know how to use it better than you would.
2:32 airhorn confirmed
Aww...he just lost track of the days....he's so absorbed in all that wonderful gadgetry!
4:18 Goosebumps for days Joel.
Ok get it. So to put in basic terms. We start off with a sample of a melody in Ableton, then we go to a oscillator in some box hammered to the wall, next he turns nobs on another thing a majig that he claims is a "neet little guy", then all that shit goes trough like 10 fucking mixer channels, ultimately creating the sound that you hear. So there you go a brief overview on what he is doin- oh fuck it I have no idea on, how the fuck did he even know where put the wires for the sequencer.
:D any other wanna b producers?
+WolfyVolume na we don't start with a sample melody, we have midi going out of Ableton into a converter that keeps the clock of the synths, the synths make sounds, sounds go back to ableton and speakers and can be recorded as samples. I think, idk, this is too hard.
+iTroozTrooperDown yeah pretty much
actually, he sends midi data/clock data through the kenton and the dark energy, then patches them through the rotating clock dividers, then outputs every first to go of on the z8000, then he patched the cwejman vco 2rm into the mmf-1s, then outpitting the cv into the z8000 matrix sequencer, after that, he patched the afg into the freqeuensteiner, then that into the mx-4s. after, he patched the cloud generator into the 1v/per octave to the dark energy, and the audio out into the qmmg, then the qmmg into the mx-4s. Eventually the MMF-1s goes into the mx4s, which then outputs a stereo signal into the speakers. And thats the patch. :)
Aidan Såge damn man
your studio looks like a space ship
I'm jelous, Joel... >_>
So far, this is the best video collaboration of a video about electronics, and a video about music! xP
That looks like the most fun imaginable, better than looking at a screen all day
how much would a setup like that normally cost? looks very expensive but can't you build them up over time?
isn't that essentially what modular is?
if this is the case, then what is a good beginner setup you would recommend for somebody looking to get into analog synthesis?
I'd say to try the Korg MS-20 Mini. I'm going to be getting myself one. It's got lots of knobs, a nice patch bay, a keyboard, and even MIDI in/out!!
if I had all of this.. I would never toutch a vst again.
Where can I buy stuff like this? I always end up in the wrong rabbithole looking for the good stuffs. anyone?
There are cheap Doepfer starter systems for less :o
Dennis Cornell where can I have a look at them?
Just google Doepfer and look through their modules. Their standardized systems are about 2 grand but you could just get individual modules from them and elsewhere, but Doepfer just happens to have the cheapest modules. There are guides and lists all over for which ones are essentials for starting out.
Dennis Cornell thanks dude
Are you still looking? Have you started in to modular?
lol at the end: LE..! fucking died
Can you release this song please
I don't know what is more impressive, the giant wall of knobs itself, or the fact you know what each thing is connected to and what the knobs will do. Goddamn.
Very nice patch..
See you have some ken macbeth gear..nice..
And good place for the dude that wants to go modular look at sighlent sleepers stuff and a few oscillators cheap way to go..
Was again nice patch..
NASA wants their stuff back!!!!!!!
I think it kinda sounds like strobe
modular*?
HANDS DOWN, w this vid JOEL, you have now become my favorite. I will learn from you.
Its been 7 years and im still amazed by this.
hmm...i'd like that setup in my room :) but damn, money money money money :L
song name please.
Deadmau5 ft. Taylor Swift - Bloody Snatch
Darude-Sandstorm
Preston Stringham Get a new craze kid.
squidstar111 lol ;)
StevenRides Deadrude - 5and5storm
i don't understand a shit.
***** It's not just you.
this is how babies are made
Marco Reeves HI MARCO
f'n awesome setup man... totally interested in building a modular synth now!
Me 2!
Fake, he's obvously using a preset!
Haha! America there, failing to grasp sarcasm :)
astro.temple.edu/~tud07455/images/Classic_S3.jpg
i could never read sarcasm :/
modular*
I love ur voyager but I'm not prepared to spend 4000$ on a keyboard
Yeah, but what a keyboard!
This is awesome, I love it. It kind of reminds me of You Used To Hold Me by Calvin Harris. It also reminds me of his lyric: "Pushing knobs pushing faders but I don't know what they do"
Modular synth envy. Those are awesome in the truest sense of the word.
2:23
>Nothing Too Fancy
>Giant array of Mixers/Patches/Wires/Knobs/Sliders that would make GLaDOS Blush
Stay modest, Mr. Mau5.
"Get around to doin' a whole lot more, LLL--!!"
Great video! Always great seeing the setup of other artists, especially those that have been blessed with the level of success as you have. Coming from another "Non-DJ" keyboard dance music artist..... Keep up the great work!! ~Chris Murray, (AKA "UNISYN"), Seattle, WA.
Looks rather complicated, pretty sexy. he makes it seem so simple
That Macbeth and the 200e System 5 are just sitting on the ground. Wish I had the kind of money to do that.
3:13 that slight imaginary friends buildup
Loved that melodic trance synth!
you are crazy smart to know what all that does and knowing what it all does and how it does it that is truly insane! I LOVE IT!!!!
I want a modular synth now…
I don’t wanna break my bank account though.
Would love this series back. Im building my own synth from scratch and some bought modules.
can't stop watching this for 3hours.. just replay and replay and replay..
Someone who deserves to be in the music business!
This is such an amazing insight on how much it takes to orchestrate one of your pieces. Take me under your wing; teach me the modulator.
dude. just because he has a huge modular system doesnt mean he uses it for every sound on every track. lol.....You think he doesn't use vst's like everyone else? Let alone a Virus or a little phatty.
Em0killer13 He pretty much does use it for every track.
no lol
Em0killer13 so he just uses his mac I'm guessing
fyi he uses a PC lol
3:13 actually really fw this melody, anyone know if he turned this into a song? if not id die to do so myslef
What i find most impressive is the fact he knows what all of this stuff does
Still waiting finished track from you with this melody !
This is what FL Studio VR looks like.
Man has a studio full of analog gear rack synths and still has buffer problems, poor or rich we all deal with the ERRRRRRRRR sometimes i guess
Holy crap! The unison detune on that cloud generator is like the sound in my head that I can't seem to make! I need to start a modular system!
this is such a tasty mix, Love it! :D
I could listen to this all day.
sick song remixing! i love shit like this , you need to play a song like this in a rave ASAP!!
because of all this hardware and deadmau5's talent , he trully has a unique sound
It gives me, in my opinion, a greater sense of creation, and a more organic feel.
"nothing too fancy.."
NOTHING TOO FANCY HE SAIS!
deaudmau5, that sounds like heaven's darkest desire! .. would be simply awesome if this could figure in one of your albums.. :)
the sound that you solo on the 2nd half of this vid sounds so nice. Reminds me of boc for some reason :-)
awesome modular setup btw, wish I had one lol.
this is why he is the best producer out there
Same company. The Daft Punk synth is made of ModCan type A (uses banana plugs and is black), and deadmau5's is ModCan type B (uses 1/4" plugs and is white).
Whoa. That's a lot of knobs. And it looks awesome.
Theres just something about physical knobs and cables...it makes you feel more like a mad scientist and less like a WOW jockey