How to sound TRULY unique (feat. Robert Henke)
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- Опубликовано: 2 июн 2024
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In this video, you're going to learn how to develop a truly unique sound by combining two of my favorite sound design techniques: Field recordings and granular synthesis.
We'll be using Ableton Live 12 with its newly updated granular synth Granulator III, which you can download here: www.ableton.com/en/packs/gran...
Thanks to Ableton for sponsoring this video and giving me the opportunity to speak with Robert Henke, aka Monolake. He's not only the creator of Granulator (and, to a high degree, Ableton Live since the early days), but he's also one of the most forward-thinking yet kind-hearted artists I've ever met.
Watch out for next week, as I'll release the full-length interview with Robert Henke.
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Congrats on the Ableton sponsorship!!
Yes please do a tutorial on grain delay. I love using it and would love to see how you use it
So cool! Thanks❤
Ambitious Ideas that sound great, good explained. Thank you!
super cool! I'm excited to use this technique thanks!
I literally just finished a track using foley sounds from London and now hugely inspired to use granular synthesis on my future tracks. Awesome video! Thanks
That's awesome! Let me know how it goes!
This video is a piece of cake 🎉 thanks for sharing 💪
It was an absolute pleasure :)
Thanks for this little tutorial, love tips like this. First Class, much respect X
So happy you found it helpful, thanks for the great feedback!
I have a lot of field recordings but have never been able to use them properly. Very inspiring and helpful. Thank you - AND YES, please - give us a deep dive into Grain Delay. Thanks for sharing this. :)
Awesome, so happy you‘re seeing a way to use them now :)
Wonderful!
Thanks Jakob 💯❤️
Great video!
Nice one Philip! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Craig 💯🚀
Great video! Super interesting insights from Robert too!!
Thanks Dominik, Robert is such a great artist and kind human being. He deserves all the success in the world.
Robert is the very best.
Great stuff, really interesting & encouraging! And yeh, I'd like to see one about Grain Delay ;-)
The loop you used to demonstrate is quite unique and intriguing! Will you ever turn it into a finished track? 🎶
There’s a high probability ;)
brilliant vid
Thanks so much, really appreciate it 💯🙌🏻
For more on the first technique, check out Ezekiel Honig’s excellent book about using field recordings in music. It explores the ‘why’ to use field recording, more than ‘how,’ which is great because it helps you to understand the topic more deeply and build your own unique ideas. It’s called ‘Bumping Into a Chair While Humming: Listening, Sounds of the Everyday, and the Potential of the Personal.’ I think it’s available as an e-book. (I have the paper version which is gorgeous, if you can find a copy.) Ezekiel was an early pioneer of field recordings in techno-related electronic music. His music is great, too.
"One grain, ten thousand grains" -George Ohsawa
Word! :)
Great video. Thank you. I use a lot Granulator … Never know where I ll end with.
please do make a tutorial on grain delay! :D
非常棒的分享！
everything now is granular or spectral. ready for that next thang
Any idea what could be next? Apart from AI stuff, haha.
@@pickyourselfofficial more concatenative synthesis like dillion bastions plugin or better tone transfer. or more plugins like synplant but with more oscillators lmao. AI will definitely be involved in the process tho. it’s inevitable
Spectular?
Thanks. Great video. By the way, which field recording instrument do you use...I'm just starting out in field recording and was wondering what to buy. cheers.
Zoom H6. Super happy with it. Lots of other brands require you to menu-dive a lot just to change the gain. The layout and quality of this one has convinced me :)
oh i found a channel of a guy i actually like the sound he makes!
I’m humbled ;)
@@pickyourselfofficial yes and robert is great - saw him some years ago at the terraforma festival in italy- great performance with speakers separeted hundreds of meters on a big field - iirc he plays this year too - actually in 2 weeks, some friends and i are considering going again...lets see
Yes please on grain delay
Actually if you could at a minimum demonstrate the pitch shifted reverb thing which Mr Henke described I’d be grateful. I gave it a shot but must misunderstand because it wasn’t anything like what he described.
Do you know channel Crescent London? Seems you might like their long (those 1+hr) sets..
Oh super cool, didn‘t know them! Thanks for sharing :)
Thats David Cross
This sounds so good! Do you release music and where can i find it?
Thanks so much, that means a lot! In recent years I've worked mainly on 3D-sound installations and sadly, that music is location-specific and only composed for the occasion. You can't really turn it into a (good-sounding) stereo piece that one can stream on Spotify. But the good news is: I'll get back to releasing music in a more "traditional" way as I find it frustrating not being able to share my music outside of these events.
@@pickyourselfofficial Thanks for your answer! I'm looking forward to that moment
geilo!
The MicroFreak does granular now
nice
Thanks so much :)
Well,... looks like Granulator is only useful for experimental music ? What about showing us a "normal" music production use of Granulator III ?
Electronic music would be much different without Henke, a true game changer
So true! Still an underrated artist in my opinion. He‘s bringing a new album this year, I‘m really excited about it :)
I really enjoy your videos, but if you could be persuaded to turn off those annoying (to me) and unnecessary (to me) swooshing sounds, that would make them even better (to me) 😅❤
Can you show us the techniques that Henke describes?
Great idea! I'll see how to integrate them in a future video. Maybe on the grain delay one, that will definitely happen :)
😂 dishwasher? I thought that's the ocean
Haha, that’s what it turned into
Maybe it would more natural to not time stretch your recorded sounds , One you time stretch it becomes similar to a typical loop.. Just an idea... Great video
Yes, there’s a spectrum from totally loose and natural to super “on the grid”. I like a combination of both, at least when the music is dancefloor-oriented and not only experimental. Thanks for the comment! 💯🙌🏻
I think we're past the days when you could be interesting because you used a new or unusual technique or created new sounds.
I do not think so. No matter the human endeavor, there are always stones left unturned.
@@joshviggiani9844 I hope you're right
Maybe, if you have tiktok brain
@user-ks8ux4ig6b It's impossible to be wrong. To think everything has already been done is just patently empirically incorrect. Use weird sounds and make them sound great and usable. Use great sounds and make them sound greater. Record in the field with a decent mic your actual self striking that cool sounding boingy hollow wooden wall or metal chair. (Actually the best results and 100% unique.) Just don't keep doing the same things and expect different results. Stay blessed.
Why does this "fully unique" sound like every second moody techno track?
If someone needs to watch a video, yours or anyone elses, to “be” unique… then art might not be their cup of tea to begin with.
That’s like saying that to be an artist, you must be self- taught
Sorry, not feeling it
Apology accepted.