Dewan Cousins Build Synths for Trent Reznor From Scratch

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  • Опубликовано: 8 авг 2010
  • Cousins Leon and Brian Dewan build every piece of their solid-state analog synthesizers. All the way down to the circuit boards. Motherboard stopped by their lab for a visit.
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  • @sharikmarius
    @sharikmarius 6 лет назад +110

    This is where you end up when you go down the RUclips NIN rabbit hole. "Vegetable Man" is a dope song, btw...

  • @justinwilliam4644
    @justinwilliam4644 4 года назад +24

    Trent scored the whole social network movie with that green one

  • @darwinsaye
    @darwinsaye 7 лет назад +63

    Love the 1940s military-electronics look and colour...

    • @jasonjackson3114
      @jasonjackson3114 5 лет назад +2

      So do I. Beautiful retro appearance.

    • @NobodyCaresALot
      @NobodyCaresALot 3 года назад

      Are these the guys that made the "add violence" machine?

    • @RetroAP
      @RetroAP 3 года назад

      @@NobodyCaresALot I don't think the machine exists in the physical world, at least that we know of.

  • @flibflob2785
    @flibflob2785 2 года назад +8

    When the obnoxiously positive swarmatron band meets the obnoxiously negative swarmatron band(Nine Inch Nails) they unite and become the obnoxiously neutral swarmatron band

  • @littlefrogyboy1
    @littlefrogyboy1 4 года назад +14

    "Hey! Hey! It's the Vegetable Man!" is on Spotify with < 1000 :(
    Great tune

  • @Schizopantheist
    @Schizopantheist 10 лет назад +32

    I came for the synths but stayed for the vegetable men, lol

  • @TheFesta01
    @TheFesta01 10 лет назад +48

    HEY HEY ITS THE VEGETABLE MAN!!

  • @cellphonegaming
    @cellphonegaming 11 лет назад +36

    the vegetable man.
    WHAT THE FUCK AM I WATCHING

  • @Swim_Jonse
    @Swim_Jonse 6 лет назад +19

    lol
    Guy is fucking crazy. Dude basically introduced DAW-sequenced found sound sample based percussion to the industry with the first version of Pro Tools following in Sherwood's footsteps with what he could do on a Fairlight earlier (not nearly as much until the DAW was commonplace). His first record was the sole entry into synthpop that ostensibly refined and subsequently killed the genre as we know it a la cheesy 80's Soft Cell sounding tracks.
    I don't think Reznor would consider _any_ piece of equipment to be "messed up" or "wrong" save for the instruments that cut out on stage he breaks. Your "super messed up early prototypes" are perfect as far as he's concerned. Dude's probably recording vocals with a cheap IEM to a microwaved VHS-C tape right now and that alone would be *a* layer.

  • @41fizzle
    @41fizzle 6 лет назад

    I love having this on my head thanks doc!

  • @frankkumon
    @frankkumon 13 лет назад +6

    I was there for the first performance of the Swarmatron prototype at Pierogi Gallery. It was fun and super cool.

  • @wisteela
    @wisteela 4 года назад +1

    Fantastic stuff

  • @PnPModular
    @PnPModular Год назад

    Love this video what great guys !!

  • @Binfordtools6100
    @Binfordtools6100 12 лет назад

    Excellent video.

  • @definty
    @definty 11 лет назад +22

    Pretty fucking hardcore if you make your PCB layouts in Photoshop

    • @lucasc5622
      @lucasc5622 5 лет назад +1

      i wouldnt call it hardcore, theres a reason why people use actual eda programmes haha

  • @AmandaTheGreatest
    @AmandaTheGreatest Год назад +1

    Wow. Just wow.

  • @albertopicciau9934
    @albertopicciau9934 7 лет назад +1

    Awesome instrument

  • @billygoat8204
    @billygoat8204 5 лет назад

    Awesome!

  • @MultiDrakoni
    @MultiDrakoni 12 лет назад

    I realy need one !!!

  • @immersiveworlds
    @immersiveworlds 4 года назад

    So, wow!

  • @aaronkeogh
    @aaronkeogh 14 лет назад +1

    I was feeling the beat at 1:26

  • @SlyHikari03
    @SlyHikari03 5 лет назад +4

    The vegetable man.
    It’s like weezer, but way weirder.

  • @trionic1000
    @trionic1000 11 лет назад +12

    That work sounds better than it looks, srsly, the insides looks like its a 1920s amplifier.

  • @pedalfiles4441
    @pedalfiles4441 6 лет назад

    I Want ONE!

  • @djtoddles8750
    @djtoddles8750 5 лет назад

    Dewanatron, great name

  • @theeAnteePop
    @theeAnteePop 3 года назад +1

    one day I will have enough money o get some of these

  • @DoctorBlankenstein
    @DoctorBlankenstein 7 лет назад

    we have the same studio monitors, shocking :)

  • @pazificer
    @pazificer 5 лет назад +1

    what's the name of that ribbon his playing with...with his fingers... ??

  • @bobbyberetta4206
    @bobbyberetta4206 7 лет назад +4

    Where the Vegetable Man & Plant Man meet

  • @Schizopantheist
    @Schizopantheist 10 лет назад

    looks awesomely steampunk to me

  • @nixiebeats8734
    @nixiebeats8734 5 лет назад

    Are you guys from CT? I saw an old CT license plate on the shelf

  • @ThomasNielsenBogt
    @ThomasNielsenBogt 9 лет назад +2

    Does anyone recognise the amps that can be seen in the background around 4:20? Judging by the neatness they are not Dewans :-).

    • @ThomasNielsenBogt
      @ThomasNielsenBogt 8 лет назад +2

      +Thomas Nielsen The most knowledgeable gentleman himself informs me that it is an Electro Harmonix Freedom battery powered amplifier.

  • @nicksouthcote8826
    @nicksouthcote8826 3 года назад +1

    Is it just me or did they not even mention NIN in this video?

  • @ethnikLSD
    @ethnikLSD 8 лет назад +3

    QUESTION: I'm a a Reaktor ensembles constructor.... I realized stuff for Reaktor and with Synthedit too, in the past. I studied a bit of electronics at school and worked as an electrician; I also have MANY KILOGRAMS of electronic stuff as resistors, leds, timers, microcontrollers, etc. (from slots, arcade games and things like this....my uncle cleared a place). I'm realizing my first modular wavetable Reaktor ensembles using the new BLOCKS system (in the past I realized only FM and subtractive stuff). I want to make THE BIG STEP: buying all the things I need and build a STATE OF ART hardware 3 OSC subtractive synthesizers,, with a full MIDI interpreter. I also was thinking about the Arduino platform for managing matrix, MIDI and other.....anyone knows where can I find SCHEMATICS? I need professional stuff built by myself, please tell me, if you know....

    • @thisathema
      @thisathema 8 лет назад +1

      +Patrick Adorati Yep, here: frankyfuzzfire.free.fr/Fofo/imgs/Slidophone/VCO/vco.html and here: www.musicfromouterspace.com/index.php?MAINTAB=SYNTHDIY&VPW=1356&VPH=512

    • @andrewobele1609
      @andrewobele1609 8 лет назад

      +Iche noice, saving that

    • @chrisbeckstrom
      @chrisbeckstrom 8 лет назад +2

      +Patrick Adorati check out the DIY forum at electro-music.com. Filled with friendly folks and fantastic circuits! My own hardware synth was constructed almost entirely using circuits from that site! hackaday.io/project/5826-diy-mostly-analog-modular-synthesizer

    • @ethnikLSD
      @ethnikLSD 8 лет назад +1

      +Chris Beckstrom oh thanks a lot mate... I'll check this out for sure!

    • @devjock
      @devjock 8 лет назад

      I might be late to the party, but please do a google search on "synth-diy mailinglist"
      It's oldschool to use a mailinglist, but all the old geezers are on there. You will be amongst celebrities. And asking questions is mandatory. (or just lurk for 10 years, that's also a possibility)

  • @danikoenig
    @danikoenig 4 года назад +2

    who is here because of quarantine

  • @djtoddles8750
    @djtoddles8750 5 лет назад +1

    Performance art soldering? (anyone) Is that a thing? Someone please say 'yes'

  • @lsb2623
    @lsb2623 4 года назад +2

    If that dude's band was ridiculous in it's cheesy upbeat nature, then it only makes sense by the Law of Essence that they would make instruments for an act that is ridiculously edgy and dark!

  • @Reprodestruxion
    @Reprodestruxion 7 лет назад +1

    Did they hear how Adrian Belew adopted the swarmatron sound for guitar?

  • @alinealows
    @alinealows 12 лет назад +1

    i realy like the sounds you guys get i am realy trying to lern about building synths i build guitars and all but can aneyone pleas inbox me on wat path to go to try to lern i am lost lol donot know wear to start i want to lern like the ins and outs eavreything thery and all but thanks alot

    • @thegimpsometimes5937
      @thegimpsometimes5937 6 лет назад

      Assuming you have a soldering iron look online for build kits and schematics, they're not hard to find and the cheaper ones tend to be easier to build and understand

  • @anacronistflu8363
    @anacronistflu8363 11 лет назад +2

    Like Batman's Morgan Freeman.

  • @SwampSurfer69
    @SwampSurfer69 5 лет назад +1

    This is actually very interesting - to bad the nauseating camerawork kinda f**ks it up...

  • @PKVarianceArts
    @PKVarianceArts 6 лет назад +2

    Is he dressed as celery?

    • @dmhrpr756
      @dmhrpr756 4 года назад

      Computer load up Celery Man, please.

  • @danitempest3476
    @danitempest3476 4 года назад

    Thumb up if you adore NERDS!!!!

  • @WhoresOfBabylon
    @WhoresOfBabylon 7 лет назад

    Pure crust Gold ( not the band lol )

  • @matthewgeorge2530
    @matthewgeorge2530 2 года назад +1

    schrute cousins

  • @-__-_-_--__--_-__-_____--_-___
    @-__-_-_--__--_-__-_____--_-___ 7 лет назад +1

    Pretty cool dudes. Shit camera work tho

  • @tedransom7705
    @tedransom7705 6 лет назад

    that Vegetable Man song tho!

  • @mordiga
    @mordiga 5 лет назад

    so how do you not build a synth from scratch? aside from ASSEMBLING a eurorack and eurorack modules is there a pre-built synths store?

  • @adamblister6005
    @adamblister6005 7 лет назад

    The end credits music sounds like Driver Down by Nine Inch Nails lol

  • @dronehymns
    @dronehymns 13 лет назад

    Watermelon bassist.

  • @ned_interrobang
    @ned_interrobang 2 года назад +1

    wiring like this always makes me cringe. get some fuckin heat shrink tubing for fuck's sake

  • @ottam
    @ottam 5 лет назад

    I thought it was going to be a black fella. Seriously. Dewan.

  • @solamoten
    @solamoten 9 лет назад

    [ Simple-Truth ] A message to the good children of this Earth world from A-silent-space.
    1st.) You need to define clearly the concept "God" reference to the fact only.
    2nd.) You should realise that [The God would not gift you the life awareness that would not want to die yet only to die].

    • @mowglimancubs5286
      @mowglimancubs5286 8 лет назад

      dohshin? like, my shins are made from dough? as in, you haven't got a leg to stand on?

    • @mowglimancubs5286
      @mowglimancubs5286 8 лет назад

      dohshin? like, my shins are made from dough? as in, you haven't got a leg to stand on?

    • @mowglimancubs5286
      @mowglimancubs5286 8 лет назад

      dohshin? like, my shins are made from dough? as in, you haven't got a leg to stand on?

    • @mowglimancubs5286
      @mowglimancubs5286 8 лет назад

      +dohshin like, my shins are made from dough? as in, you haven't got a leg to stand on?

  • @user-qv7bu5kk9d
    @user-qv7bu5kk9d 2 месяца назад

    Trippy