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  • Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2011
  • alkex.com
    Playing with a Sliced Amen Break!
    Alkex Instruments' Ball Beats is a 6 track 8 step midi sequencer using balls as it's trigger.
    Check out the iphone app!
    itunes.apple.com/us/app/ball-b...
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  • @sadhumanz
    @sadhumanz Год назад +10782

    this is why I love balls

    • @pigmentpeddler5811
      @pigmentpeddler5811 Год назад +561

      Too bad they're a choking hazard 😭

    • @foggydude
      @foggydude Год назад +253

      run that back

    • @CVerse
      @CVerse Год назад +247

      Eyo? 🤨📸

    • @mshbeats
      @mshbeats Год назад +122

      same🤝

    • @eelamite
      @eelamite Год назад +243

      he was getting really cocky with it

  • @CypiXmusic
    @CypiXmusic Год назад +3342

    Fascinating way to visualize the chopping process

    • @cupuacu4life13
      @cupuacu4life13 Год назад +52

      what do you mean? every single daw has a step sequencer you just throw the chops there its exactly the same grid arrangement even the open source freebies like lmms its the same layout same logic LMAO

    • @frullmusic
      @frullmusic Год назад +282

      @@cupuacu4life13 go on, tell me where i can find the magnetic balls in my daw

    • @ViviSectia
      @ViviSectia Год назад +24

      @@frullmusic They're squares instead of balls in every daw.

    • @frullmusic
      @frullmusic Год назад +73

      @@ViviSectia but they're not magnetic squares

    • @cupuacu4life13
      @cupuacu4life13 Год назад +28

      @@frullmusic op never said anything about the balls, they're talking about the way to VISUALIZE the chopping process, what do you see? is that a grid arrangement or not?
      grab metallic ball sprites online and make a custom LMMS theme replacing the buttons for metallic circles if that what makes you tick.

  • @babyybatter
    @babyybatter Год назад +8324

    i feel like no matter the arrangement it will sound good

    • @macchiato_1881
      @macchiato_1881 Год назад +779

      Congratulations. You just described breakcore.

    • @Username-jd2it
      @Username-jd2it Год назад +47

      I doubt

    • @Emolga2225
      @Emolga2225 Год назад +28

      you mean bad

    • @79keydet
      @79keydet Год назад +144

      @@macchiato_1881 nah, just jungle

    • @LILDIRTNAPX
      @LILDIRTNAPX Год назад +37

      ladies and gentlemen - The amen break sliced into 8!

  • @Lovely-Rita
    @Lovely-Rita 10 месяцев назад +695

    What I'm amazed about this is that I get the whole mechanism of this thing just in 2 min without even a single explanation

    • @ratewcropolix
      @ratewcropolix 10 месяцев назад +55

      its almost like its insanely simple

    • @byattwurns1553
      @byattwurns1553 9 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@ratewcropolixno, it couldn't be.

    • @BGeezy4sheezy
      @BGeezy4sheezy 6 месяцев назад +5

      Good design should be easy to
      Understand

    • @gian2kk
      @gian2kk 6 месяцев назад +5

      What 100iq feels like

    • @max_kl
      @max_kl 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@gian2kk100 IQ is the average

  • @tweeleaf
    @tweeleaf Год назад +3503

    one of the coolest instruments i’ve ever seen and it’s from 11 years ago.

  • @-0.00
    @-0.00 Год назад +3375

    amen break is drum asmr, one of the best beats ever

    • @cryptout
      @cryptout Год назад +7

      Yeah I agree

    • @Timsturbs
      @Timsturbs Год назад +10

      think about it, sweet pea

    • @tarimkoysever
      @tarimkoysever Год назад +7

      You mean the best beat

    • @Idkanymore1234
      @Idkanymore1234 Год назад +5

      it is soooo overused

    • @Timsturbs
      @Timsturbs Год назад +55

      @@Idkanymore1234 *not enough used, because it should be in every piece of music. it instantly makes everything better. amen.

  • @GSXP
    @GSXP 12 лет назад +4977

    This is why I love breakbeat

    • @yeremydiaz5711
      @yeremydiaz5711 Год назад +365

      Yeah breakfast is great

    • @assbeater420
      @assbeater420 Год назад +139

      i love breakfast too

    • @nostalgiaof98
      @nostalgiaof98 Год назад +11

      Isn't it just jungle though?

    • @GSXP
      @GSXP Год назад +45

      @@nostalgiaof98 it's literally breaking up a beat. Jungle is breakbeat at high BPMs. If you set this vid to 1.5x speed, then it'd be jungle, maybe

    • @GSXP
      @GSXP Год назад +4

      ​@aquents the amen break is 120bpm, and jungle starts at 160. That's almost 1.5x speed. Please research more.

  • @xplodingmojo2087
    @xplodingmojo2087 Год назад +202

    2:03 just realised that the amen break in reverse forward order slaps

  • @RCmies
    @RCmies Год назад +802

    Those samples are so good since they include all those little details and subrhythms, it's not just one dry hit. Would be incredibly fun to work with samples like that as they instantly sound good. I don't know where to find such samples since the ones I have are just one shots so no really any cohesion..

    • @TomBombadil7
      @TomBombadil7 Год назад +52

      Go sample some music yourself!

    • @user-gp6lq5mg9z
      @user-gp6lq5mg9z Год назад +72

      look up drum breaks and use them instead of one shots, chop em like a sample!

    • @HenritheHorse
      @HenritheHorse Год назад +8

      Amen Brother on tuon kappaleen nimi ja sieltä vaan äänität sen rumpubreikin ja looppailet mielen mukaan.

    • @starkid9736
      @starkid9736 Год назад +14

      sample ur own beat loops
      go crazy with delay reverb and distortion/compression in this loops
      then chop em up

    • @florianvelling6427
      @florianvelling6427 Год назад +4

      There's a big free amen and other break sample pack. You have the brwak itselfin different versions, also chopped or put through varioud fx. If you want the link then say so, i'll see if I can find it.

  • @jackgibson511
    @jackgibson511 6 месяцев назад +36

    No amount of chopping will ever ruin the amen break and that’s just beautiful

  • @DoctorNemmo
    @DoctorNemmo Год назад +577

    This instrument is similar to the cannons in the 1812 Overture : you have to have balls to play them

  • @loungejay8555
    @loungejay8555 7 лет назад +1278

    I'd give my left ball for one of these.

    • @davicarvalho6699
      @davicarvalho6699 2 года назад +41

      I wouldn't lol

    • @FINKFINK100
      @FINKFINK100 2 года назад +107

      You gave your right one already for the vintage moog prodigy on the sunday fleamarket. Okay, it's your life.

    • @samuraik933
      @samuraik933 2 года назад

      If you gave your balls how would you make that thing work?

    • @alexsheppard237
      @alexsheppard237 Год назад +36

      It's been 5 years, but today is you lucky day! I'll accept your left ball for one

    • @risograph
      @risograph Год назад +3

      youd need a lot more than just your left one to make a good beat with it though

  • @echelus
    @echelus Год назад +24

    nothing filled me with more despair than clicking your link and finding i could not purchase one of these baller sequencers

  • @Ambidextroid
    @Ambidextroid Год назад +64

    the reverse row is such a cool idea

  • @kerbonaut2059
    @kerbonaut2059 Год назад +42

    Most intense game of connect 4

  • @Gazonkie
    @Gazonkie 11 лет назад +603

    i love this break so much. sounds so sweeet.

  • @eelamite
    @eelamite Год назад +62

    the visual representation makes it even better

  • @sophiacristina
    @sophiacristina Год назад +39

    * goes to live performance *
    * drops ball and it rolls in the crowd *
    "Who needs a snare anyway?!"

  • @shanemau516
    @shanemau516 7 месяцев назад +32

    that loop functionality on the top row is hella sick.

  • @Everettalla
    @Everettalla Год назад +362

    I just realized that the Splatoon 3 composers used a variation of the amen break in the first trailer!

    • @RalseiSmokinAFatBlunt
      @RalseiSmokinAFatBlunt Год назад +167

      the amen break is one of the most used samples in the world, so it’s no wonder

    • @Everettalla
      @Everettalla Год назад +36

      @@RalseiSmokinAFatBlunt I just love the amen break man wow i love the amen break

    • @RalseiSmokinAFatBlunt
      @RalseiSmokinAFatBlunt Год назад +7

      @@Everettalla it can work such wonders

    • @Everettalla
      @Everettalla Год назад +2

      @@RalseiSmokinAFatBlunt I know dude its absolutely incredible how it stemmed from just one song

    • @patrickbyrne5070
      @patrickbyrne5070 Год назад +2

      It’s in flippin everything

  • @adonis80hd
    @adonis80hd 2 года назад +359

    I would sell my seashell collection for this

    • @deepvibez
      @deepvibez Год назад +2

      LOL

    • @3three3three3three
      @3three3three3three Год назад +31

      by the sea shore?

    • @PeptoAbismol
      @PeptoAbismol Год назад +23

      but the value of those shells will fall due to the laws of supply and demand no one wants to buy shells because there's loads on the sand!

    • @Flairis
      @Flairis Год назад +4

      Ur name isn’t Sally. Impostor

    • @InventorZahran
      @InventorZahran Год назад +7

      @@PeptoAbismol Um, ackshually, the seashells are valuable because they are a curated *collection.* The individual shells are almost worthless, but the work of art they comprise as a unit is unique and very expensive!

  • @rotaryskratch18
    @rotaryskratch18 11 лет назад +120

    Umm... that's awesome!! But... I'd want to link 16 of them together to roll some 128 notes

  • @chrisliddiard725
    @chrisliddiard725 Год назад +82

    This would make a great arduino project.

    • @tissuepaper9962
      @tissuepaper9962 Год назад +8

      Yeah, two custom pcbs and some really basic code, could knock this out in a week not counting shipping time.

    • @babyybatter
      @babyybatter Год назад +7

      @@tissuepaper9962 you could do it in less than an hour easily. make an array of bits, detect all triggered variables along the column axis and play the respective sounds according to their row then repeat with the next column and loop, also a few extra lines for the backwards thing.

    • @tissuepaper9962
      @tissuepaper9962 Год назад +4

      @@babyybatter yeah but fuck an Arduino, not close enough to the silicon for me. I want an STM32 F-series microcontroller to handle everything, then I can do all the DMA myself to prevent the audible popping and clicking that I'm absolutely certain would arise from using Arduino's filesystem code and DAC.

    • @temmie5085
      @temmie5085 Год назад +2

      ​@@tissuepaper9962 it's a midi controller, the computer is generating the sounds

  • @G.GordonMidi
    @G.GordonMidi 10 месяцев назад +42

    These should be in every school in the world. Inspire all the kids to be producers 🥰

  • @morganwoolford01
    @morganwoolford01 Год назад +83

    This was actually a great video for learning how to mix up breakbeats

  • @cozmolikeytrainz
    @cozmolikeytrainz 7 месяцев назад +4

    I need this funky little gizmo

  • @Nopulu
    @Nopulu Год назад +56

    Ooh okay I didn't know we were gonna be busting out the power puff girls title card theme

  • @jukesjointOG
    @jukesjointOG Год назад +8

    Eleven years and this is the first I’m seeing this? Incredible.

  • @yoursonhaspassedaway3330
    @yoursonhaspassedaway3330 Год назад +23

    ultrakill

    • @yanker
      @yanker Год назад +3

      Heaven Pierce Her goes WILD

    • @-Poka-
      @-Poka- Год назад +6

      ultraballs breakbeat

  • @Ruko404
    @Ruko404 Год назад +179

    i was vibing already at the second note, this device looks so fun and has some biiig potential

    • @MrHvleeuwen
      @MrHvleeuwen Год назад +6

      how man.. the balls are just a gimick, why not use toggle push buttons? literally whats the difference?

    • @The_Guy_Who_Asked72
      @The_Guy_Who_Asked72 Год назад +33

      ​@@MrHvleeuwen it's a lot more fun to play with the balls

    • @hotelmario510
      @hotelmario510 Год назад +6

      @@The_Guy_Who_Asked72 that's what she said

    • @gantzgraf
      @gantzgraf 10 месяцев назад +2

      literally just a fucking channel rack with balls
      >has some biiig potential

    • @hotelmario510
      @hotelmario510 10 месяцев назад +14

      @@gantzgraf alright everybody, break it up. the fun police are here

  • @ChristopherWoods
    @ChristopherWoods Год назад +10

    How did this go 11 years before being recommended to me?! Very cool invention

  • @lfakroll
    @lfakroll 9 месяцев назад +9

    This instrument looks so fun to play around with!!

  • @PepsiColaCrystal
    @PepsiColaCrystal Год назад +8

    I can listen to this all day

  • @milanesacondubstep5830
    @milanesacondubstep5830 Год назад +25

    This is why I love breakfast

  • @motionsuggests
    @motionsuggests Год назад +6

    holy shit the top row reversal. thing looks super fun.

    • @JH-lo9ut
      @JH-lo9ut 10 месяцев назад

      Novation's "Cirquit"-line of grooveboxes has a very similair feature. You can make a sequence, then change first and last step and also set it to play it forwards, backwards, ping-pong (like this one) or random.
      I don't know if they have the same feature on the "launchpad" (a grid-based midi controller for computer) but I wouldn't be surprised, since they come from the same developer.

  • @OverAndOverAndOver
    @OverAndOverAndOver Год назад +7

    This is a beautiful instrument

  • @disaeral
    @disaeral Год назад +62

    future basis of breakcore right before your eyes

    • @wantapples
      @wantapples Год назад

      well

    • @wantapples
      @wantapples Год назад +1

      oh nvm, i confused 10 years and hours

    • @Hulem
      @Hulem Год назад

      Fr

    • @urmumsbaps
      @urmumsbaps 6 месяцев назад +2

      Sorry but but this basic ass sequencer is 10 years old and it's had no effect on the future of anything. The future of breakcore is the same as the past of breakcore: trackers.

  • @OperatorMax1993
    @OperatorMax1993 Год назад +8

    Damn this is awesome

  • @fieserfettsack3257
    @fieserfettsack3257 7 месяцев назад

    my youtube recommendation is full with amen break vids and i love it

  • @SpazeOfficial
    @SpazeOfficial Год назад +18

    The second the beat was finished my face went from 🙂 to 😁

    • @CuboAmarilloGD
      @CuboAmarilloGD Год назад +1

      Bro r u verified

    • @전자기기
      @전자기기 10 месяцев назад

      true 😁

    • @Not_Tails
      @Not_Tails 6 месяцев назад

      ​@@CuboAmarilloGDYeah, and he has made music that has been used in famous GD levels, which is something you might know of

  • @tsuobachi
    @tsuobachi Год назад +9

    Mostly lost even to historians, but this is how Beethoven wrote his 9th symphony.

  • @carrobin691
    @carrobin691 7 лет назад +15

    Fantastic Instrument .!!!!!!!💚

  • @darklordbingus8705
    @darklordbingus8705 Год назад +2

    this kinda helps me understand how to manipulate amen break so thank you!

  • @MrAlex3461
    @MrAlex3461 Год назад +1

    I absolutely need this.

  • @acog_is_good1650
    @acog_is_good1650 2 года назад +3

    intresting name..... i love it

  • @wawarushii
    @wawarushii 2 года назад +4

    cool instrument

  • @blackjoker1097
    @blackjoker1097 Год назад

    First vid I see, was suggested to me....subscribed!
    This vid took me back 😊🔥

  • @EmceeMOTH
    @EmceeMOTH 10 месяцев назад +2

    Why is the algorithm showing me know when this product doesn’t exist anymore…I want it so bad 😭😭😭😭

  • @randommkeyz5029
    @randommkeyz5029 Год назад +2

    This is why I love jungle dnb

  • @fatmstr97
    @fatmstr97 Год назад +4

    This guy has balls

  • @lxmbchop3257
    @lxmbchop3257 Год назад

    I could watch this all day

  • @HelloAmDog
    @HelloAmDog Год назад +1

    This isn't the ballbeats I was looking for

  • @1haloreachfreak
    @1haloreachfreak 12 лет назад +7

    @alkexinstruments awesome how much (im only 15 sooooo) searching for stuff for christmas and i think i found somethin good :D

  • @OscarUnderdog
    @OscarUnderdog Год назад +1

    This is wicked!

  • @dariazavatska2767
    @dariazavatska2767 Год назад

    damn, this is so helpful for visualising drum for non-musician person, thanks!

  • @llTrUrAnll
    @llTrUrAnll 11 месяцев назад +2

    The first beat sounds like the Powerpuff Girls theme song 😂😂

    • @Mulakulu
      @Mulakulu 10 месяцев назад

      I'm not the only one!

  • @KattKirsch
    @KattKirsch Год назад +11

    Oh this looks super fun. Have you made any for purchase??

    • @a3poify
      @a3poify Год назад +4

      Looks like the company doesn't exist anymore

    • @KattKirsch
      @KattKirsch Год назад +1

      @@a3poify Wow, what a bummer. I feel like this happens far too often.

  • @JonMurray
    @JonMurray Год назад

    Awesome mate ✌🏻

  • @SSn0wx
    @SSn0wx 8 месяцев назад

    THIS IS SO COOL WHY WASN'T THIS RECOMMENDED TO ME EARLIER??

  • @1haloreachfreak
    @1haloreachfreak 12 лет назад +5

    awesome i wanna buy that from you

  • @cz100x
    @cz100x 9 месяцев назад

    i love this video sm

  • @eggycat
    @eggycat Год назад +1

    Loving the balls dude.

  • @vaanmarler7979
    @vaanmarler7979 11 месяцев назад +37

    i swear whenever i hear this type of drum instruments i immediately go "U L T R A K I L L" for some Damn reason, because its that fucking good

  • @recuperacaorecuperacao7329
    @recuperacaorecuperacao7329 Год назад +3

    🌟Que legal isso! Qual o nome? Quem criou isso? 🙂

  • @JustinGamesJG
    @JustinGamesJG 6 месяцев назад

    This is so awesome

  • @pchel930
    @pchel930 8 месяцев назад +1

    Bro got slicex in real life!!✂️🔥🔥

  • @KaelMake
    @KaelMake Год назад +2

    Why i need that shit right now?

  • @MrDaraghkinch
    @MrDaraghkinch Год назад +8

    Eliminate flat surfaces between inputs, super wide wells for the balls, to make this device a lot more practical. Imagine, balls loosely scattered, all settling randomly for new beats.

  • @toi_techno
    @toi_techno 10 месяцев назад

    That is amazing!

  • @Numocron
    @Numocron 7 месяцев назад

    I love the Amen Break❤

  • @farcoughM8
    @farcoughM8 Год назад +4

    Now add some bass lines and you got yourself a whole song

  • @Kryptochronica
    @Kryptochronica 9 лет назад +2

    Is this available for purchase?!

  • @Zeronineeito
    @Zeronineeito 10 месяцев назад +1

    1:09 Dawn of the beat! It's such a great machine that I want to own one myself!

  • @spr1ng720p
    @spr1ng720p 6 месяцев назад +1

    "What instrument do you play?"
    "amen break"

  • @TheBigLou13
    @TheBigLou13 Год назад +9

    Did you build that yourself? Looks awesome!

  • @oyungnaoemaisbudaseforgucci
    @oyungnaoemaisbudaseforgucci Год назад +3

    Foi nesse dia que o breakcore foi inventado

  • @sandrin0
    @sandrin0 11 месяцев назад

    This is amazing

  • @matthew44able
    @matthew44able Год назад

    Thanks Recommended section, very cool.

  • @koolkatgamr
    @koolkatgamr 7 месяцев назад +4

    me when chess:

  • @danielvakser9993
    @danielvakser9993 Год назад +3

    Sounds like some Power Puff Girls type beat!

  • @justbob242
    @justbob242 6 месяцев назад

    Praise be to the Almighty Algorithm for blessing me with this bountiful gift. 12 years after it was posted.

  • @melongo9526
    @melongo9526 5 месяцев назад +1

    this new ultrakill ost is awesome

  • @marktheshark5733
    @marktheshark5733 11 месяцев назад +11

    Lord ✝️ thank you for making me a breakcore fan 🙏 Amen

  • @Syndogon
    @Syndogon 11 лет назад +5

    Also you should make this into an actual instrument because well not has a iphone.

  • @Pandangus
    @Pandangus 7 месяцев назад

    Awesome!

  • @maarkaus48
    @maarkaus48 Год назад

    so innovative. I find it very engaging.

  • @willia_music
    @willia_music Год назад +3

    imagine the drama of someone juggling balls and placing them back down to arrange breakcore beats

    • @eddieo6886
      @eddieo6886 Год назад

      this sounds like true performance art

  • @agfdg312
    @agfdg312 Год назад +3

    i want this, but digital, cuz i have no money

    • @marinhaalternativa3829
      @marinhaalternativa3829 Год назад +3

      There are some sequencing VSTs you could use with LMMS

    • @agfdg312
      @agfdg312 Год назад +5

      @@marinhaalternativa3829 i have no idea what are you saying

    • @bakedandsteaked
      @bakedandsteaked Год назад +1

      ​@@agfdg312 lmao

    • @Timsturbs
      @Timsturbs Год назад +3

      its impossible, our technology is not that advanced

    • @marinhaalternativa3829
      @marinhaalternativa3829 Год назад

      @@agfdg312 I sent a detailed reply before, but youtube deleted it... I'll send again later

  • @Poorleeno
    @Poorleeno Год назад

    Best DNB tutorial ever

  • @Bone_Incidents
    @Bone_Incidents Год назад +2

    Fuck the internet, this is Breakcore, Jungle, Breakbeat, Metal, Pop, Rock, Shitpost, and Metallica all at the same time. You cannot change my mind.

  • @GSXP
    @GSXP 12 лет назад +12

    Make this into an app please! I would so buy this. Android tho, iPhone sucks

  • @sotomiaaa
    @sotomiaaa Год назад +54

    wtf live-time breakcore

  • @06howea1
    @06howea1 Год назад +1

    Dang that is sooOOoo cool

  • @nick1752
    @nick1752 Год назад

    THAT'S GOOD. THAT IS SO SO GOOD.

  • @daisana
    @daisana Год назад +3

    0:22 sounds really close to the drum riff of the old Powerpuff Girls opening

  • @jellejoustra4024
    @jellejoustra4024 Год назад +9

    Now imagine this, but instead of putting balls on a grid you’re hitting round things* with sticks and you also have to do the computer’s job and you get full creative freedom with what you want to play and when.

  • @pillgrimm
    @pillgrimm Год назад

    This is excellent

  • @JohnVance
    @JohnVance 11 месяцев назад

    The algo has blessed me on this day

  • @annybodykila
    @annybodykila Год назад

    Thats awesome why am i just seeing this 11 years later

  • @clarkjets95
    @clarkjets95 12 лет назад +1

    That's cool!