It's amazing how many nuances that can be found in a song that you just never notice, and probably never will have, until someone like the Doctor diligently does the surgery. Just mind-boggling. I just absolutely love this tear-down!
I never realized how well constructed sonically and musically this song was until I saw you reconstruct it. I knew and enjoyed the song but never perceived all the details that contribute to make it what it is.
No quantising, no pro-tools, no plug-ins and generally pretty primitive technology. It makes you realise the amount of work and imagination that went into the original. And then to top it all, the extraordinary voice of Annie Lennox.
Not really, the original used a MCS Drum Computer (you can see it on the music video) for drum sounds, and also triggered sequences on a Roland SH synth (SH-2 most likely) for the main bass riff, perfectly quantized :) Plus step sequencers tend to create lines that are catchy and not like what you would play by hand, if your creating from scratch. “The drum computer was triggering a sequence into the Roland SH‑101 that sounded powerful, and the Oberheim (OB-X) was more of a soft string sound that we managed to cut off so it made it more attacking. I think it was actually a preset, I don’t think we made the sound. The Roland is playing the original sequence and then Annie was playing in between it. ‘Sweet Dreams’ always confuses keyboard players when they try and play it, because they don’t realise it’s actually two keyboard parts that are playing completely different things.”
Doing something like this is absolutely insanely hard. As you show it is just using your ear and understanding where the sounds lie in the tonal spectrum. It is an impressive feat.
Wonderful recreation - as a budding electronic musician back then it struck me that Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart were incredibly generous in sharing how they worked, often in makeshift conditions, but despite all of that the output was incredible. They did multiple interviews - I remember One, Two, Testing magazine - my bible at the time, had many articles featuring them that were rivetting, informing and insparational. Well done for creating such a fine version of a masterpiece. This track will go on for generations - and your video is pretty awesome too!
The magic of your video channel is the great enthusiasm and overwhelming own joy for making music and the incomparable selection of iconic real synthezisers. Love you and your videos!
Brilliant recreation! While each part is spot on, I can still hear the unmatched warmth and grit of all the analog sonics in the original. It also allows you to admire that Stewart and Lennox weren’t necessarily ‘looking’ for these exact sounds. They were simply using the tools available to them and created pure magic! I just noticed the Donna Summer vid. Would love to see more Giorgio Moroder!
Interesting. I thought the original sounded like it had less warmth - a bit harsher even. I guess they couldn't added even more warmth by running it through a good tape emulation, like the Studer 800 by uaudio.
I've said it before, Claudio. Your love and enjoyment of these classic tracks is infectious. So much respect to Dave and Annie for producing such an epic track with fairly limited resources. It's amazing
So many times I've screamed at these awesome reconstruction videos, shouting "just compress the hell out of it!!" and "EQ it a bit more!" or "where did the piano go!?" forgetting I could never accomplish such greatness. Well done Claudio and crew. So many of these early synth hits relied upon heavy processing otherwise it would just sound like a Bontempi organ🙂That Oxford Infiltrator is super-cool and don't forget the mastering considerations that made songs like this leap out of FM radio back in the day when pumped through an OptiMod
WoW discovered Dr mix a few weeks ago . I am not a musician, I been a dj for over 40 years and I rediscovered many songs noticing now various sounds on my ve revealing systems it blows me of now Safri duo bongos song , rythme is a dancer from snap I am SOOOOOOOO HAPPY TO REDISCOVER MY MUSIC .
I am impressed with the way you two were able to dissect the large number of sounds on this track. Also, I have come to appreciate all the hard work and creativity Annie and Dave display in this. Man, that’s really impressive. Bravo, Eurythmics and bravo, Dr. and co.
Love Eurythmics, Dave Stewart is a synth god, along with Annie Lennox beautiful vocals, this piece epitomises the music of the 80s. Every time I hear this piece it takes me straight back to my clubbing days, much like millions of us I’d guess. Who says time travels impossible? 😆 Within seconds of the first beat the dance floors were full. Great music, great memories. You guys amaze me. Positive it’s much easier making the original than trying to accurately reconstruct it later. Impressive work guys, all thats missing are those fabulous Annie Lennox vocals, probably even more difficult to reconstruct accurately. Sounds like a challenge😅 Brilliant video guys.
I am never less than totally mindblown by how you can pull apart a song, take each small part in isolation and remake it from basics. As commented by others, it also shows how much went into the original. An awesome song - I'm a Bass singer by nature, but remember reviving my falsetto at the turn of the '90s by singing along to Annie Lennox on Eurythmics greatest hits - she's just amazing. There's a song called something like 'I Could Give You' which really challenged me to emulate vocally.
Really impressed with the knowledge and ears to be able to pick out what is happening on the record and then replicate it to have them play side by side. Amazing work. Also that Synth loop Rocks 🤘
It's nice to see you expanding the team and to see them participating well in the video's. The whole video is such a delight to view. And this might be your best reconstruction yet tbh
Be great if you did a reconstruction of sounds like a melody by AlphaVille especially the newer remastered version. I did love your channel keep up the great work.
OK - so DR Mix, who makes his real money doing mixdowns, not producing, is promoting a product that does his entire job with two knobs. Make sense to me. You r right. I wish I was getting his money - and maybe if I buy his shilled product I can do it using just 2 knobs. Maybe you can - get at it my dude. All you need is 2 knobs to be on par with other studio techs that have years of experience. All you need is two knobs. Make sure you buy his product. get at it. Ask Skream or Fred Again - they don't mix any of their tracks. And they're are complete nobodies. Maybe if they had just these 2 knobs they'd have made it...thing is - even in this video he had a studio tech on hand...@@R.d.A.B
@@zeitgeist909 You sound jealous. Paid or not paid, it doesn't matter, the dude is talented, period. You probably wish you were the one doing the video and getting paid to use all those nice tools.
I want your ears! Amazing how you guys can hear the details and differences in the sound. I can to a certain degree, but not the way you guys can. Thumbs up, really!
I like this. I would say a reconstruction is complete when its close enough that the differences are a matter of taste. I prefer some elements of your reconstruction, and some elements from the original.
Hello! I was addicted to this reconstruction that is great. I heard something different and I found out what I think it is. The last 2 notes of the main bass sequence should be A# and C. That is how it sounds to me the original. What do you think?
The main thing is to push cntrl+s😊 every second for not loosing all the notes of the masterpiece! 😁✊🏻 Bottles reminded Tony Banks and "I can't dance". And also all sample things of Depeche mode: fireworks "drums" of "Question of time", beating a palm on vacuum cleaners tube = bass notes of " Behind the wheel" and lots of other original samples)) Thanks a lot! 🤘🏻✊🏻 Very impressed! 👍🏻 Take care, guys!!! 🤘🏻
Thank you for including the mixing process! Had no clue some of those sounds were in the original - which I have been listening to for years! Yall did a fantastic job.
Two comments: (1) This is STILL my FAVORITE synth YT channel! (2) How in the world did you convince Hogwarts to let Harry become your sound engineer? Jokes! Jokes! You two are fantastico!! Keep the good stuff coming!
You guys are awesome! That second synth ….add a doubler to it and give a bit of define and delay to it….add 1.2-1.4K to the kick…..cut the synth down a little between 50-200to let more kick in.
Dave Stewart did a breakdown of the song in a podcast a few years back - he played the original isolated bass and then the synth that goes over the top. Apparently, he slowed a low tom sound to create the big bass drum sound. And of course, used real bottles for those bits!
HUGE amount of respect, this totally had me going straight into your playlists picking everything I can prolly soak up to learn from, thanks a lot guys, shouts from Berlin, Germany !
Really shows you what a masterpiece of synthesiser music that track was. Dave Stewart really was the Beethoven of 80s electronic music. Would love to see you doo 'Love is a Stranger' Another Eurythmics masterpiece ❤️
I love the way you pick up on the most subtle of nuances with cadence. Sounding out the "oompah" from the "thoompah" may sound silly to a lot of people but it's this attention to detail that makes it great and true to the original. I saw you do this with your Into The Groove video and you're the only one I saw that picked up on the very subtle bounces off the bass synth. When we hear it, we recognize and notice it right away. Great videos...
Well that was the best way to start a Saturday morning a coffee in bed and this amazing video. Thank you. What a great song. Appreciate your attention to detail. This gave me another level of appreciation for a song that I always loved. Great work team.❤
Great! I did a recon of this one because one of my Arturia synths has it as the first preset. There is also a vocal Uh with the lowered Tom which is why it is hard to get the tone just right. Thanks for clarifying the piano part, I over complicated it. 😃
I really enjoyed this reconstruction. I had never realized how well composed it was until now. Thanks Claudio and your engineer (couldn't catch his name anywhere)
In the words of Spock from Startrek - "Fascinating". Watching these guys making big changes to envelopes, etc, just to try things out, and then undoing them is going to make me a lot less shy about tweaking settings. Thanks for the video.
Brilliant track in the first place and i just love your reconstruction. I love the fact that Annie recorded her vocals with a handheld old Shure mic, her voice is just sublime.
As impressive as always. It’s all very well giving us access to the full layered multipart track once you’ve slaved over the task for hours but what I want to know is when are you going to drop the “Dr Mix Vocal Isolation mix”? I want to hear the whole song: “Do bah do bah do bah do do boodo boodahbo, nyow nyow, we definitely got it now, we just need to mix it now. Doom dah doom dah poom bah boo gan. Dit dah do bom….. Boh dah bid a bad a buhbhh”
Just shows how good that track is when you can listen to that hook over and over and it still bangs.
Never gets old.
It's amazing how many nuances that can be found in a song that you just never notice, and probably never will have, until someone like the Doctor diligently does the surgery. Just mind-boggling. I just absolutely love this tear-down!
2 nerds in the studio! Love it
Claudio is right, you could actually listen to this amazing track for a very long time.
It's still that good after all those years.
Great job!
I never realized how well constructed sonically and musically this song was until I saw you reconstruct it.
I knew and enjoyed the song but never perceived all the details that contribute to make it what it is.
No quantising, no pro-tools, no plug-ins and generally pretty primitive technology. It makes you realise the amount of work and imagination that went into the original. And then to top it all, the extraordinary voice of Annie Lennox.
Not really, the original used a MCS Drum Computer (you can see it on the music video) for drum sounds, and also triggered sequences on a Roland SH synth (SH-2 most likely) for the main bass riff, perfectly quantized :)
Plus step sequencers tend to create lines that are catchy and not like what you would play by hand, if your creating from scratch.
“The drum computer was triggering a sequence into the Roland SH‑101 that
sounded powerful, and the Oberheim (OB-X) was more of a soft string sound that
we managed to cut off so it made it more attacking. I think it was
actually a preset, I don’t think we made the sound. The Roland is
playing the original sequence and then Annie was playing in between it.
‘Sweet Dreams’ always confuses keyboard players when they try and play
it, because they don’t realise it’s actually two keyboard parts that are
playing completely different things.”
PRIMITIVE?! If it's truly primitive then it'd be a peace of cake to replicate!
Doing something like this is absolutely insanely hard. As you show it is just using your ear and understanding where the sounds lie in the tonal spectrum. It is an impressive feat.
This might be the best reconstruction video you've ever done. Amazing and I am just loving the collaboration!
I think this track more than any other got me hooked on synth music as a child. Still sounds fantastic
for me Jean Michel Jarre - Chronologie 2 ruclips.net/video/dLLSDqxBpUM/видео.html :)
One of my favorite songs, really changed music back in the day.
Really impressive. Of course the hardest thing to emulate would be Annie's voice...
She’s still the best. ❤️❤️
@@EphemeralProductions You don't think orange hair and red lipstick would make Doctor mix come quite close?
I'm sure it could be faked with AI.
@@unduloid😂😂
Ho no !
Please don’t let the machine replace humaine for émotion or we are done !!!
😅😅😅
#humainbetterthanIA
😂😂😂
@@mistergrooveman1018
I, for one, welcome our new AI overlords.
Join me and share in the bliss that is our machine-controlled future!
Wonderful recreation - as a budding electronic musician back then it struck me that Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart were incredibly generous in sharing how they worked, often in makeshift conditions, but despite all of that the output was incredible.
They did multiple interviews - I remember One, Two, Testing magazine - my bible at the time, had many articles featuring them that were rivetting, informing and insparational.
Well done for creating such a fine version of a masterpiece.
This track will go on for generations - and your video is pretty awesome too!
Amazing that not only is this a tinless riff, but the number of layers and effects to make the magic happen
The magic of your video channel is the great enthusiasm and overwhelming own joy for making music and the incomparable selection of iconic real synthezisers. Love you and your videos!
Brilliant recreation! While each part is spot on, I can still hear the unmatched warmth and grit of all the analog sonics in the original. It also allows you to admire that Stewart and Lennox weren’t necessarily ‘looking’ for these exact sounds. They were simply using the tools available to them and created pure magic! I just noticed the Donna Summer vid. Would love to see more Giorgio Moroder!
Interesting. I thought the original sounded like it had less warmth - a bit harsher even. I guess they couldn't added even more warmth by running it through a good tape emulation, like the Studer 800 by uaudio.
@@drinkinslim It absolutely needs tape sound. The new version is way too clear.
I've said it before, Claudio. Your love and enjoyment of these classic tracks is infectious. So much respect to Dave and Annie for producing such an epic track with fairly limited resources. It's amazing
Good thing they had some milk in the fridge....
So many times I've screamed at these awesome reconstruction videos, shouting "just compress the hell out of it!!" and "EQ it a bit more!" or "where did the piano go!?" forgetting I could never accomplish such greatness. Well done Claudio and crew. So many of these early synth hits relied upon heavy processing otherwise it would just sound like a Bontempi organ🙂That Oxford Infiltrator is super-cool and don't forget the mastering considerations that made songs like this leap out of FM radio back in the day when pumped through an OptiMod
LOL @markwrightrf. Like you, I have gotten really good at hearing something that's wrong, but still not so good at making something that's right. ;)
Amazing, really enjoyed the whole process that we saw! well done Dr Mix and team
WoW discovered Dr mix a few weeks ago . I am not a musician, I been a dj for over 40 years and I rediscovered many songs noticing now various sounds on my ve revealing systems it blows me of now Safri duo bongos song , rythme is a dancer from snap I am SOOOOOOOO HAPPY TO REDISCOVER MY MUSIC .
I am impressed with the way you two were able to dissect the large number of sounds on this track. Also, I have come to appreciate all the hard work and creativity Annie and Dave display in this. Man, that’s really impressive. Bravo, Eurythmics and bravo, Dr. and co.
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I live 5mins from Ellon Aberdeenshire where Annie grew up. One of the best voices ever to come out of Scotland!
You guys are all a great team!
The two of you guys have personalities that balance each other out perfectly. Fun to watch. Thanks gentlemen!
Love Eurythmics, Dave Stewart is a synth god, along with Annie Lennox beautiful vocals, this piece epitomises the music of the 80s. Every time I hear this piece it takes me straight back to my clubbing days, much like millions of us I’d guess. Who says time travels impossible? 😆 Within seconds of the first beat the dance floors were full. Great music, great memories. You guys amaze me. Positive it’s much easier making the original than trying to accurately reconstruct it later. Impressive work guys, all thats missing are those fabulous Annie Lennox vocals, probably even more difficult to reconstruct accurately. Sounds like a challenge😅 Brilliant video guys.
actually, Annie Lennox played synth on “Sweet Dreams”, too; Dave programmed the drums, but the synths were played by both 😎
doctor mix is the best music reconstructor. and this is the best reconstrution by doctor mix. so, we have a benchmark now.
I am never less than totally mindblown by how you can pull apart a song, take each small part in isolation and remake it from basics. As commented by others, it also shows how much went into the original.
An awesome song - I'm a Bass singer by nature, but remember reviving my falsetto at the turn of the '90s by singing along to Annie Lennox on Eurythmics greatest hits - she's just amazing. There's a song called something like 'I Could Give You' which really challenged me to emulate vocally.
Italian energy vs. British lushness ... what a team! 😀
The best syn track ever and Annie's vocals are off the chart for greatness ❤
Troppo forte!!! Top quality
This one was I think the most closest reconstruction toward the original, assistance does alot.
Really impressed with the knowledge and ears to be able to pick out what is happening on the record and then replicate it to have them play side by side. Amazing work. Also that Synth loop Rocks 🤘
It's nice to see you expanding the team and to see them participating well in the video's. The whole video is such a delight to view. And this might be your best reconstruction yet tbh
This is probably one of the best advertisement videos for a plugin company that I've ever seen! So much good content and instruction! Great work!
@ 8:34 - You validated my thought there 🤣😂
why i never saw this channel before, I love the content!!
I really appreciate how you took your time to recreate the synth keeping the integrity of the original!!! Sounds matter!!!
Be great if you did a reconstruction of sounds like a melody by AlphaVille especially the newer remastered version. I did love your channel keep up the great work.
Only a few people in the world could put all those amazing tools to good use such as Mr. Doctor Mix. Your work is impressive, my dude.
those amazing tools paid him a bunch of money to do this video. It's an advert.
OK - so DR Mix, who makes his real money doing mixdowns, not producing, is promoting a product that does his entire job with two knobs. Make sense to me. You r right. I wish I was getting his money - and maybe if I buy his shilled product I can do it using just 2 knobs. Maybe you can - get at it my dude. All you need is 2 knobs to be on par with other studio techs that have years of experience. All you need is two knobs. Make sure you buy his product. get at it. Ask Skream or Fred Again - they don't mix any of their tracks. And they're are complete nobodies. Maybe if they had just these 2 knobs they'd have made it...thing is - even in this video he had a studio tech on hand...@@R.d.A.B
@@zeitgeist909 You sound jealous. Paid or not paid, it doesn't matter, the dude is talented, period. You probably wish you were the one doing the video and getting paid to use all those nice tools.
hats off to the engineer too@@R.d.A.B
I want your ears! Amazing how you guys can hear the details and differences in the sound. I can to a certain degree, but not the way you guys can. Thumbs up, really!
22:42 man.. when you forgot and then realized you still had the lead synth part still coming... even i was like 'ooooooooooohhhhhh!' and got excited.
i think the second synth melody is a square wave with much modulation but cool video 👍
I love how you work together! Awesome video, its always so interesting to see how a complex sound starts out as something like a simple sawtooth.
I like this. I would say a reconstruction is complete when its close enough that the differences are a matter of taste. I prefer some elements of your reconstruction, and some elements from the original.
Having my morning coffee and enjoying this wonderful reconstruction video👌
Dear Dr Mix, You have NO idea! No idea how enjoyable it is to listen to you both dissect and rebuild music like this. Thanks sponsors.
I love these reconstructions! Please do more of these! I understand they take a lot of time and work, but they’re so cool!
Good to see one sound engineer 100% dedicated to the tracks.
This is one of may favourite tracks from the eighties. Very nice recreation!
Oh yes. ❤❤❤ This song is so complex has many layers. So cool.
You guys really nailed this one.
Sweet dreams is all times classic!
I think this is one your most accurate recreations to date.
Best synthesizer instruction ever.
Maaaaaaan I could watch these long videos forever!
Amazing and one of my Favorite 80s tracks of all time
You could make a fortune making faithful recreations like these for karaoke tracks. You guys NAILED it.
Great job!!
I love Italian Claudio is. Wine bottles in the studio!
one of my favorite channels, and I was highschool, Spinning this album Gray, back in the day.
Hello! I was addicted to this reconstruction that is great. I heard something different and I found out what I think it is. The last 2 notes of the main bass sequence should be A# and C. That is how it sounds to me the original. What do you think?
I agree, that's how I play it as well because it's how I hear it.
@@levieux1137Me too. Well, at least we are two 😅 Who knows what Claudio is thinking about that....
The main thing is to push cntrl+s😊 every second for not loosing all the notes of the masterpiece! 😁✊🏻
Bottles reminded Tony Banks and "I can't dance".
And also all sample things of Depeche mode: fireworks "drums" of "Question of time", beating a palm on vacuum cleaners tube = bass notes of " Behind the wheel" and lots of other original samples))
Thanks a lot! 🤘🏻✊🏻
Very impressed! 👍🏻
Take care, guys!!! 🤘🏻
Dr Mix a huge hello from Australia my friend! Im a huge fan and you are a good man keep up the amazing work! 💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥
Thank you for including the mixing process! Had no clue some of those sounds were in the original - which I have been listening to for years! Yall did a fantastic job.
Two comments: (1) This is STILL my FAVORITE synth YT channel! (2) How in the world did you convince Hogwarts to let Harry become your sound engineer?
Jokes! Jokes! You two are fantastico!! Keep the good stuff coming!
You guys are awesome! That second synth ….add a doubler to it and give a bit of define and delay to it….add 1.2-1.4K to the kick…..cut the synth down a little between 50-200to let more kick in.
This is truly a luxurious gift! ❤
I love when good youtuber change to carpet seller.
Informative and always entertaining! Synthing should aways be this fun!
It's amazing to me how quickly you arrive at the main synth sound.
BRO ♥☺♪ AMAZING Sounds ♦
Your work is always amazingly outstanding!
Thanks a bunch Dr Mix and Mr Mixer 🙏 ❤
Dave Stewart did a breakdown of the song in a podcast a few years back - he played the original isolated bass and then the synth that goes over the top. Apparently, he slowed a low tom sound to create the big bass drum sound. And of course, used real bottles for those bits!
HOOOOOLY MMMMMMMOLY, I WAITED 6 DAYS TO WATCH OUR DOC REMAKING PURE ART
One of the greatest synth tracks ever recorded. Incredible recreation of it chaps - masters of your work ❤
That was seriously impressive!
HUGE amount of respect, this totally had me going straight into your playlists picking everything I can prolly soak up to learn from, thanks a lot guys, shouts from Berlin, Germany !
Really shows you what a masterpiece of synthesiser music that track was. Dave Stewart really was the Beethoven of 80s electronic music.
Would love to see you doo 'Love is a Stranger' Another Eurythmics masterpiece ❤️
Nice work legends! You make it look easy. Thanks for choosing NINA.
I love the way you pick up on the most subtle of nuances with cadence. Sounding out the "oompah" from the "thoompah" may sound silly to a lot of people but it's this attention to detail that makes it great and true to the original. I saw you do this with your Into The Groove video and you're the only one I saw that picked up on the very subtle bounces off the bass synth. When we hear it, we recognize and notice it right away. Great videos...
The best videos are the reconsruction ones, love them ❤
Awesome! ❤
One of my all time favourites.
In 1993 Eurithmics released the Hot Mix version. Kept the essence of the original with added elegance. 😄
@Doctor Mix: is this your house? Looks awesome!!!! ❤❤❤❤
This track is the anthem of the early 80's that has start the electronic era..!
"...everyboby's looking for something"⭐⭐⭐
Well that was the best way to start a Saturday morning a coffee in bed and this amazing video. Thank you. What a great song. Appreciate your attention to detail. This gave me another level of appreciation for a song that I always loved. Great work team.❤
Great! I did a recon of this one because one of my Arturia synths has it as the first preset. There is also a vocal Uh with the lowered Tom which is why it is hard to get the tone just right. Thanks for clarifying the piano part, I over complicated it. 😃
I think Doctor Mix is too cool, I love his enthusiasm. I am entertained while I am also learning.
I have no idea how either of you can hear those amazingly subtle differences. Love how you can recreate music from scratch.
I really enjoyed this reconstruction. I had never realized how well composed it was until now. Thanks Claudio and your engineer (couldn't catch his name anywhere)
A real masterpiece of Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox, epic and classic
In the words of Spock from Startrek - "Fascinating".
Watching these guys making big changes to envelopes, etc, just to try things out, and then undoing them is going to make me a lot less shy about tweaking settings.
Thanks for the video.
Perfect although need more clang and delay on the bottle part.
this is so cool
Loving your videos and I'm learning at the same time
Brilliant track in the first place and i just love your reconstruction. I love the fact that Annie recorded her vocals with a handheld old Shure mic, her voice is just sublime.
Left me speechless, great recreation
my GOD how SONNOX deal with compressions------i am AMAIZED...omg...WOW👋👋🤛💪
As impressive as always. It’s all very well giving us access to the full layered multipart track once you’ve slaved over the task for hours but what I want to know is when are you going to drop the “Dr Mix Vocal Isolation mix”? I want to hear the whole song:
“Do bah do bah do bah do do boodo boodahbo, nyow nyow, we definitely got it now, we just need to mix it now. Doom dah doom dah poom bah boo gan. Dit dah do bom….. Boh dah bid a bad a buhbhh”
"Sweet Dreams" - wonderful vocals, nice melody, great beat and godawful lyrics.
Doctor Mix you are the MASTER!! congrats, greetings from Mexico City.
Wow, nicely done. Aside from the vocal tracks, hard to tell the difference from the original. Nicely done gents.