Deadmau5 on modular synths and more - part 1

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  • Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2024
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  • @deadmau5
    @deadmau5 14 лет назад +19

    @LinearAggression crying on the internet is fun.

  • @harmless3449
    @harmless3449 3 года назад +18

    I remember watching this for the first time when I was like 13 years old. I'm 23 and currently building my eurorack system. It was fun coming back to this video as a grown up and not a bewildered child who had no clue what he was talking about.

    • @Devalu3d
      @Devalu3d 2 года назад +1

      Hell yeah I watched Joel from 2011 too. I pretty much learnt the basics from him, because I felt like I had to learn it to understand what he was talking about. I'm currently thinking of building a eurorack system and I wish you all the best!

    • @harmless3449
      @harmless3449 2 года назад +1

      @@Devalu3d Cheers mate!

    • @qqqlive1835
      @qqqlive1835 2 года назад

      Big hi 5 right there

    • @qqqlive1835
      @qqqlive1835 2 года назад

      I didn’t even knew WTH he was saying 10 years ago…. but knew this “machine”or “system” had to be special…. Now i make my entire track w my own system 🥲

  • @palasako8732
    @palasako8732 10 лет назад +50

    You never realize how much fruity loops fits in a laptop bag until you watch a video like this

  • @aeronine6977
    @aeronine6977 10 лет назад +7

    I think 'mouse butt' is probably the most entertaining speaker name.

  • @nathangroves8854
    @nathangroves8854 10 лет назад +7

    1:32 so Canadian "Sorey" lol

  • @djAERO
    @djAERO 14 лет назад +1

    @LinearAggression That's 2 Backend Filters and not the OSC.

  • @HungryEyezFPV
    @HungryEyezFPV 11 лет назад

    Faders, knobs, cooling fans, heat syncs, connections. Smoke resin is sticky, increases dust attraction and adhesion.

  • @noel101082
    @noel101082 12 лет назад +1

    i do love this guy. hes a successful genius and makes me not feel so mad when my gear just randomly doesnt work.. admitedly i find its some thing i did one late night and didnt put back but still. sanity restored

  • @FriendNotFoeBand
    @FriendNotFoeBand 11 лет назад

    All of those parts recieve regular cleaning, repair, or are easily replaceable. Artist comfort is always number one. If you're a serious studio owner or musician, all thatall that matters is making records.

  • @sm12hus
    @sm12hus 2 года назад

    It’s relieving to see a genius encountering mystery problems. Patience is a virtue for us all

  • @ArcaneInquisitor
    @ArcaneInquisitor 13 лет назад

    @Pawshter it does give surprisingly good sound for something that looks like it comes with a happy meal, so it would make sense if it was expensive (plus it would be a niche market for sure).

  • @pedroescareno4355
    @pedroescareno4355 7 лет назад +5

    wife: babe going out to the store need anything? Me: patch cables please, mean while ill look for a descent vco. Bye babe

  • @sacredgeometry
    @sacredgeometry 13 лет назад

    @liquidcast Strobe is named after a vst the main riff was created in :P its also a vst hes admitted to using in every song. Care to show me an example where modular synthesis was necessary? I didnt say he didnt use modular synths, I said i havent heard one example where he couldnt recreate the sound on a non modular subtractive synth.

  • @ryushenshi
    @ryushenshi 14 лет назад +1

    So do all these modular systems work in conjunction with each other like how pedals in a guitar rig do? Would it be Synth controller > mod systems > another mod > another mod (and so on) > speaker?

  • @Jordo54321
    @Jordo54321 14 лет назад +1

    I'm not a fan of his work, but come on guys. He admits he doesn't know what he's doing, and he obviously got all this stuff at once, and is just getting into the world of modular. You can't blame someone for wanting to get into it :D
    He's just able to afford everything at once, instead of upgrading over the course of years to know it inside out.
    Heck, these videos alone are a huge fan service. That's pretty respectable for an artist to share their world.
    My 2cents

  • @SlikkTim
    @SlikkTim 12 лет назад +1

    I love to mess around with Sonigen (it's a free vst that works the same. great sound, too.)

  • @8rest897
    @8rest897 9 лет назад +2

    This is the greatest modular synthesis video ever.. Thank you

  • @zerocrossing
    @zerocrossing 14 лет назад

    @ryushenshi Yes, but it can get much more complex than that. Mods can be patched into other mods and then back to the osc (sound source). So, imagine you've got a wah pedal (filter) and you can plug an osc (LFO) into it (hell, you can even do audio rate modulation for extra craziness) to modulate the sweep of the filter. I recommend trying Karma FX Modular. There's a demo. It's a cheap way to get into this.

  • @Taxemicshadow
    @Taxemicshadow 12 лет назад

    i am actually tempted to buy that speaker now. it can pump out quite a bit of sound.

  • @HOllyW0uld
    @HOllyW0uld 14 лет назад

    man this is really cool to see... its not often a huge artist takes the time to explain or show how they get their work done. Whats the point of hating on him for it? this shit is intriguing how you can take such a cluster fuck of equipment and get it to make such great sounding tracks.

  • @Bucking_Fastard
    @Bucking_Fastard 10 лет назад +9

    Mau5 makes some noi5.

  • @cortezforever
    @cortezforever 12 лет назад

    I met a guy at Cargo East London about 2 years ago who is his friend, he was talking to my friend about his Micky Mouse head saying each one cost around £26000 but i didn't have a clue who he was back then : ( : ) If only i had known.

  • @Pawshter
    @Pawshter  14 лет назад

    @omerjacobus yes it is a speaker =D. you can buy one on his website for a rediculous amount of money

  • @liquidcast
    @liquidcast 13 лет назад

    @sacredgeometry Yes you can do alot with software. You could make the majority of tracks with vst's and routing with software for instance reason. But you definitely don't know what you are talking about when you suggest that he does'nt use modulars ins his songs and for using strobe as an example.The purpose of it is to create and recreate specific samples and sounds that you can use within your song. he uses analog and modulation for alot of his music.

  • @zerocrossing
    @zerocrossing 14 лет назад

    @danieldjr412 Are you talking about the "where's my cat" video? The one that sounds just like old Boards Of Canada?

  • @numba1netsfan
    @numba1netsfan 12 лет назад

    kind of different from having all that equipment dont you think though? Ill check out sonigen, i use absynth atm for any modular goodness and i have to admit its cool, but id like something more raw

  • @SpittingLamaMIDI
    @SpittingLamaMIDI 13 лет назад

    I got ripped when I made made a video describing my own modular synth. I forgot to put my smoke out and smoked through the whole thing. I saw this last night for the first time.Fuggin' cracked up! You da mau5, Mau5! Thanks, Joel, for promoting modular and helping keep Shawn, Buchla, and the like in business. Where do I get a Mau5 Butt?

  • @emilshere
    @emilshere 11 лет назад

    you can program your own patches with the software versions also.

  • @Shaftsus
    @Shaftsus 11 лет назад

    Not really, I'm studying Music Tech at Uni so I need to know technicalities to do well in my degree. I take pride in the fact that I can play a synthesiser like any other instrument and change parameters such as cutoff rate, and combine oscillators on the spot and produce good music. Its finding that balance between being a musician, and thinking scientifically about my music. The more I can do without thinking about the scientific implications, the more freedom I have in terms of composition.

  • @AlexanderSoundsLike
    @AlexanderSoundsLike 12 лет назад

    There's a title up there for you to check. ^ It has the name of the artist in the video.

  • @numba1netsfan
    @numba1netsfan 12 лет назад

    I listen to the most creative EDM ever "sumiosaundi" and honestly deadmau5 (not his latest albumn) gives me the same feel. Its not all about complexity, progression is often overlooked.

  • @omerjacobus
    @omerjacobus 14 лет назад

    @Pawshter Thank you :)
    Well, after watching it again I recognized he said it some times... seems my mind was too far away, imaginating waveforms ;))

  • @michaeltough7645
    @michaeltough7645 8 лет назад +8

    just wow, all the gear and no idea! I had to keep watching to see if this got worse and it didn't disappoint :)
    not knocking anyone for learning but probably not a great idea to post a video of your 12u x 168HP modular system and not be able to identify a VCO.
    Look, here's my new Porsche. Shit which bit is the steering wheel :/

    • @jhugochaps
      @jhugochaps 8 лет назад

      but he still drives his porsche well :( shame about the steering wheel bit but it seems the man never has to turn

    • @DJElweezy
      @DJElweezy 8 лет назад

      Hater gonna hate

    • @africanviolet4773
      @africanviolet4773 7 лет назад +1

      well he kind of has 10 Porsche's and 8 steering wheels in each one that can be used interchangeably so I mean its a complex system to be using when you had a couple of beers even if you live with it. Everyone can slip up. Chill.

    • @guydude3508
      @guydude3508 7 лет назад +2

      Look how big it is...you think he can memorize all of that perfectly? When you're making $11,000,000 a year, we'd love to hear your input.

  • @1.2.3.4..5
    @1.2.3.4..5 8 лет назад +3

    Cant find his vco while meanwhile im sitting here with my monotron

  • @autotunepop
    @autotunepop 12 лет назад

    Yeah, it's quite easy to get blown away how good a device sounds and just play around with it all day, without necessarily making anything musical. But still being a purist doesn't automatically mean that one can't make music, I guess. I'd choose a hardware analog modular myself, tweaking the knobs and patching without the mouse is IMHO more fun! But yeah, having very nice gear and actually making music with it at the same time can require some self-disciple.

  • @Nilspils73
    @Nilspils73 14 лет назад

    This guy's a genius. This was really rewarding.

  • @trippyxpineapplez8368
    @trippyxpineapplez8368 6 лет назад +1

    Aliens are trying to speak with him.

  • @zerocrossing
    @zerocrossing 14 лет назад

    @Vespyro It's true, I don't know ever piece of gear ever made. However, I spend that learning curve time all by myself with no camera pointed at me because I'm not a twit who things their ever brain fart needs to be broadcast.

  • @Jordo54321
    @Jordo54321 14 лет назад

    @ke7z If you couldn't tell, I was defending him. I don't follow him enough to know that he's been building this over years as he's not an artist I keep tabs on. I just saw this vid on a forum with people bashing him, and giving my take on it.

  • @MartinEugeneHarp
    @MartinEugeneHarp 14 лет назад

    @OmniVisionElite It's "you're". Thanks though.

  • @colmas
    @colmas 13 лет назад

    @LaminaDieWills
    i wish that's how it worked! but i think the whole "stoned inspiration" rarely works, which really sucks. it certainly never seems to work for me. i find it helps to conjure up a feel/mood/mental image that you want to make a "soundtrack" to. take some ritalin, sit down at the synth/daw of choice and keep honing in to that goal "soundtrack" for the feel/mental image you want to convey.

  • @Jordo54321
    @Jordo54321 14 лет назад

    @ke7z However, I do find it odd that he's having trouble finding his oscillators/filters etc if he's had this over the course of a few years. You think that'd be second nature by now.

  • @Sportsguyy18
    @Sportsguyy18 12 лет назад

    It's probably closer to half a day. Sometimes you can even tune in to him making and finishing a song.

  • @whitetongue897
    @whitetongue897 13 лет назад

    All of this looked really confusing at first, but I understand it now a little.

  • @theeltea
    @theeltea 12 лет назад

    Modulars are almost always a hobby. And modern electronic music doesn't require modular synthesis at all. :)

  • @Fu345
    @Fu345 12 лет назад

    It's rules like that that are one of the reasons he has a professional home studio in the first place.

  • @IAmBound
    @IAmBound 13 лет назад

    Whats the white filter at the top he plugs into after the mouse butt? Thing looks sick.

  • @rastamusic227
    @rastamusic227 14 лет назад

    @Jordo54321 he has more modular systems: a buchla 200e system, buchla 250e, and another doepfer

  • @sacredgeometry
    @sacredgeometry 13 лет назад

    @liquidcast haha I have seen his ustream, i know he has moog voyagers, (if he still has his racked voyager and little phatty) he has a few modular racks including a doepfer rack, he shows a pro08 in older videos as well as numerous others .... he has a little 303 remake as well (but not an x0xb0x) I know he uses analogue as well as software and VA ie nord lead 3 and virusTI polar... You might need to learn to read :P

  • @DeadFleshPariah
    @DeadFleshPariah 11 лет назад

    I don't like his music much, but I'm not gonna rip on him for seeming a bit unfamiliar with his own stuff. That's how I am pretty much all the time; most of my favorite presets I've made, I accidentally made while going for something else entirely and just being so bad at using my synthesizers that I get a totally different sound that's actually kind of cool. Besides, he's streaming. We all know everything goes wrong as soon as you try to show it to someone.

  • @worldcomedyproducts
    @worldcomedyproducts 12 лет назад

    i would still love him just as much if he didnt have the mau5 head. its just his music. ive been listening to electronic music for years, everything from justice, daft punk, starslinger and many more but no music has given me a more amazing feeling than deadmau5's. also hes a fuckng technological genious, i mean the way this guy works ableton live is just breathtaking

  • @ArielKita
    @ArielKita 12 лет назад

    you give him almost 5 minutes with the best equipment on earth and a mouse and what he do?? NOTHING! 0-0 HES AWESOME!

  • @Sportsguyy18
    @Sportsguyy18 12 лет назад

    Obviously there's people much better with this equipment, and I can understand the frustration if people hate that he's so popular when they believe there's other artist more deserving but Joel has even said himself that he doesn't really regard himself as musician but someone who likes to make music. I for one enjoy the music he makes, judging by the comments it seems people don't believe he's deserving of his "popularity" but it's all a matter of taste.

  • @Cambmusic1
    @Cambmusic1 12 лет назад

    deadmau5 is actually very smart with his equipment

  • @spitfire999999
    @spitfire999999 12 лет назад

    I dont really care if he cant find his VCO, i like watching him fucking with sounds and just generally messing around with effects :)

  • @ellienore
    @ellienore 11 лет назад

    Link to the full ustream session plz

  • @kieranponsonby
    @kieranponsonby 11 лет назад +2

    I'm not a fan of Deadmau5 at all, but production-wise he's a great producer and musician. The fact that he even uses analog on EDM instead of just plugins and software synths is amazing. I doubt anyone on here bashing him could explain any better. I'll admit he's not the best at explaining stuff, but not everyone is. I'm really good at recording and even things like building computers and visual art...if I had to explain ANY of those completely different things to the average joe, I'd be fucked

  • @craig8128
    @craig8128 11 лет назад

    To be fair, the Metasonix R-51, R-52, R-53, R-54, and R-55 all look very much alike: yellow panel with two tubes, four controls, six input/output holes. If he committed a sin, it's that he had lots of money to throw at his Eurocrack addiction and bought too much stuff too quickly and it takes time to get to know each module. Or he was at T Lee's house and wasn't familiar with the layout. Sure I'm jealous but mistaking one Metasonix for another is an easy mistake. It's an issue I'd love to have!

  • @gastonsounds
    @gastonsounds 11 лет назад

    Clearly no. He was trying to use a VCF as an oscillator and admittedly had never even used that waveshaper (or several other modules on there, I take it). It's frustrating that the guy has walls of Eurorack, over $50,000 in Buchla, and probably doesn't really use most of it.

  • @autotunepop
    @autotunepop 12 лет назад

    I think that mouse head thing of his might make him a bit more popular. Also I'd say that someone like Frankie Knuckles is more of a pioneer of house music than this mouse guy, as Knuckles and many other guys did it way back in the 80's.

  • @liquidcast
    @liquidcast 13 лет назад

    @sacredgeometry He uses analog most of the time for his music. I garuntee you he uses modulation and analog for the majority of his music. Ive seen him use modulars and analog synths from watching him produce for hours on livestream etc and I bet you havn't even seen his live gear he's been using. He carries around a few modulation racks and has them in his booth. Your response is just as retort for not researching before replying.

  • @Fanariii
    @Fanariii 12 лет назад

    @AloneInMyOwnMind me too.. i have that weird feeling that i should go out sometimes.. :D

  • @intdawg
    @intdawg 11 лет назад

    he hadn't used them because those weren't his modules at the time dude. he was livestreaming this from tommy lee's house iirc. he was picking up a bunch of that stuff and taking it back home with him. he hadn't seen it before.
    i don't know why people like to get all uppity and thrash him about his synths. it's a huge hobby of his that he enjoys and on top of that it has made him a millionaire. i'd say he is using "enough" of his hardware.

  • @z05t9o
    @z05t9o 13 лет назад

    Yeah he's destroying gear but he's creating work! Some people are happy to get paid to repair and rebuild modules like these. Keep it coming.

  • @Jayrehm
    @Jayrehm 12 лет назад

    because he is talented and he worked a lot

  • @JamesLydon1
    @JamesLydon1 12 лет назад

    its the establishemnt of progressive electronic music that people love, because were FUCKING SICK OF THE SHIT THATS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. i love hearing kicks where theyre not supost to go. i love hearing countermelody work. and thats only part of what he does

  • @Jay_Flippen
    @Jay_Flippen 11 лет назад

    Yea software synths blow and samples of synths aren't manipulable, which leaves only a real/modular synth left for the best sound synthesis. I tried... and failed... getting good synth sounds the first two ways... and now I know why.

  • @kebythepeanut
    @kebythepeanut 12 лет назад

    I'd get the analogue solutions telemark for 1400ish. It's semi mod but damn good. Otherwise, check out analogue havens website, they have some nice systems, the pittsburgh modular is there, if not that check out some dotcom systems.

  • @KelshmosChannel
    @KelshmosChannel 12 лет назад

    QUIT FUCKING SMOKING JOEL, you can't die, your to damn good at what you do. You have to live as long as damn possible man! You are the fuckin best!

  • @mbot48
    @mbot48 11 лет назад

    Well can you compose anything as captivating as deamau5's productions?...why did that phrase touch your heart?

  • @joshuanovak7538
    @joshuanovak7538 11 лет назад +19

    he can't find his VCO (even though he has two AFGs, which are fucking gigantic) while he smokes a cigarette right on it. someone with too much money.

    • @scottbaron
      @scottbaron 11 лет назад +21

      Well uh, he made the money making music on the stuff like this so that's kind of a backwards argument isn't it?

    • @joshuanovak7538
      @joshuanovak7538 11 лет назад +3

      Scott Baron he made his money with soft synth

    • @jayjaybirdsnest
      @jayjaybirdsnest 11 лет назад +5

      joshua novak Uhh can you prove that?
      Ive heard it from himself that he had an old synth back in the day of his debut stuff.

    • @JohnSmith-gl3cq
      @JohnSmith-gl3cq 10 лет назад +1

      sometimes he fails

    • @maxismax1
      @maxismax1 10 лет назад

      jayjaybirdsnest
      Doubt he had something as expensive as the one he's smoking right next to..

  • @TheMrSkittleism
    @TheMrSkittleism 12 лет назад

    Let's be honest, it's the mouse head. I mean he makes music that's his style and it's good, i mean no one can say any ones stuff is shit because freedom of speech doesn't mean you can be a asshole. But any ways, ill miss quote him on the fact that the "mau5" head is just those golden arches that make it something the mainstream will just eat up.

  • @OceanMind79
    @OceanMind79 12 лет назад

    listen to his music and watch his dj sets rocking the crowd...GREETZ OM!

  • @gackz
    @gackz 12 лет назад

    Your neighbors must love you.

  • @joeblack949
    @joeblack949 13 лет назад

    @Jannto you need to checkout more modular synths if thats the biggest you've ever seen google "buchla 200e synthtopia"

  • @danieldjr412
    @danieldjr412 14 лет назад

    @zerocrossing
    Is that his newest video? No.

  • @williamadams9005
    @williamadams9005 12 лет назад

    what do you think a good modular would be for a cheap price

  • @gastonsounds
    @gastonsounds 11 лет назад

    Not trying to wave information around to make myself look good. I'm admittedly just jealous that the people that have all of this awesome equipment are people who could just make absolutely EVERYTHING that they do in Ableton. Which is fine--it'd be a pain in the ass to produce the music he makes in Ableton ON a modular synthesizer.

  • @theloopmasta
    @theloopmasta 13 лет назад

    @liquidcast do YOU tried fl studio?

  • @FriendNotFoeBand
    @FriendNotFoeBand 12 лет назад

    Just sayin', I've logged easily over 2000 hours in the studio between the bands I've been in and bands I've engineered for, and I have never had to stop what I was doing to CLEAN. In fact, I'm pretty sure that has happened... NEVER. Well, maybe a milkshake might change the scenario.

  • @m1ghostsniper
    @m1ghostsniper 14 лет назад

    @mssammieLovely were can you get those lol wtf? how much are those things?

  • @colmas
    @colmas 13 лет назад

    any guesses on how much that whole rack setup right there costs?

  • @drtydave13
    @drtydave13 14 лет назад

    @Jordo54321 I'm not a fan of his music either and seeing this videos gave me a lot of respect for the guy.

  • @md6714
    @md6714 12 лет назад

    i know but with the amount of money he gets at his concerts im pretty sure he can new ones and it's not good to just replace things like that but in his position he can

  • @CaseJohnson
    @CaseJohnson 12 лет назад

    Is there somewhere i can get one of those mouse noise maker things?

  • @TheBrynx
    @TheBrynx 14 лет назад

    The guy is a 20th century genuis.

  • @ultrastupido
    @ultrastupido 12 лет назад

    Regardless of what you think of the end product, at least he can prove he knows what he's doing.

  • @FriendNotFoeBand
    @FriendNotFoeBand 11 лет назад

    Professional studios recieve everyday maintainance. Tell Aerosmith they can't smoke then record "Love in an Elevator". That's real studio dynamics. If you plan on selling your studio, don't smoke. If you want to make hit records, then fuck it. Artist comfort is everything.

  • @HacharyZalo
    @HacharyZalo 12 лет назад +1

    I can barely use Massive...

  • @djnosleeves85
    @djnosleeves85 11 лет назад +2

    my brain is fried.ill stick with the virtual ones lol

  • @RaesyraH
    @RaesyraH 12 лет назад

    Not to mention ever used this machine before, or any of the others.

  • @Rob_Himself
    @Rob_Himself 14 лет назад

    @zerocrossing hey good one, considering that he doesn't make the mau5heads. Sorry he hasn't mastered a brand new modular. Guess it takes a genius like you to be able to know every part of a modular that you have just started using.

  • @2trillist
    @2trillist 12 лет назад

    @autotunepop now that i think of it, it is true. cuz even the gods daft punk said that they got some inpiration by one of the pioneers frankie knuckles.

  • @hawklord2112
    @hawklord2112 12 лет назад

    "i should just have a normal VCO in here..."
    what about the $1600 worth of macbeth oscs top left?

  • @SteamMau5
    @SteamMau5 12 лет назад

    Something tells me its the head if he went up on stage and didnt wear the head once people would be really disapointed

  • @prwscr
    @prwscr 12 лет назад

    what is the red mou5 hes holding in his hand ? mini speaker ?

  • @theloopmasta
    @theloopmasta 13 лет назад

    @liquidcast could you give me some "exactly" examples? (sorry for my english)

  • @rg110989
    @rg110989 12 лет назад

    His Website...

  • @Shaftsus
    @Shaftsus 11 лет назад

    I know how to operate my synth, but I don't really know whats technically happening, so in a way I can relate to him. He's a musician, not a scientist. Besides, geeks who make music tend to produce boring songs.

  • @Kronus713
    @Kronus713 11 лет назад

    Well wouldn't YOU want a modular such as deadmau5's?
    I know I do!