Really nice RUclips, beautiful music and scenery. Excellent on your sound design of the crashing waves, until I read more detail, I thought the waves was a long sample...nice job! This phrase you said resonated with me "perfectionism that cripples" So
This is really great. Wish I could bring my elektron boxes when the fam and i go camping (especially on the olympic peninsula), but with 3 kids running around I'd never even get to plug them in!
Haha, yes, this is definitely a luxury I only get to indulge in now that my kids are old enough to keep themselves occupied for a while. I think they were staring at their respective electronic devices-probably Minecrafting-the whole time I was doing this. :)
I had to google Olympic Peninsula and wow! Your music fulfills the ears, with the smell and taste of salt in the air while we eye the sun hiding itself, within the clouds...
Thank you! That means a lot coming from you. I've really enjoyed your techno pieces. I'm really impressed by how much you're able to get out of the Digitone. I always assumed I would have to rely on a separate drum machine to get something full sounding but you pack a whole song in there. :)
@@tinywires thanks man!! Yeah I can absolutely agree to that as I intentionally got the Digitone to complete my Ableton setup. But I never used it that way because it is just so much fun to be used on its own. :) Cheers and keep up your live jams!
I hate to say it, but you would totally love the Digitone. It's so good for weird evolving textures and works really well as a standalone groovebox if you're doing ambient where you don't need drums.
@@tinywires It's near the top of my list for sure! I think it would make a great companion to my Peak and Octatrack. I like the idea of plotting out some melodies on it stand alone and then bring it into my full setup to flesh it out!
This is great! I like the cinematography too, it compliments the music nicely. What camera did you use? I also agree with you when it comes to avoiding perfection - it can stall the process of actually making a track, or really anything else for that matter. I came across someone recently who said "how can you hope to get better at arrangement when you never do it?", and that sums it up for me. If I think some early ideas have got legs, I make myself see them through to a track, even if it isn't perfect. It's really enjoyable, and you have something to show for your time and look back on. I apply the same method to recording with live instruments - I bought a small digital 8 track and within a couple of days I had a track. I'd never got that far in all the years I've had an audio interface and daw that can do the same thing. For me it's partly about the hardware, and partly about the discipline. Your video is a great example of just getting on with the process, and having something decent come out of the other side. Cheers, Gerry
> What camera did you use? Thank you! I shot this on a Canon 5D mk iii with 35mm f/1.4L and 200mm f/2.0L lenses. The Pacific coast is gorgeous and the hazy overcast light is a photographer's dream. > how can you hope to get better at arrangement when you never do it? Yes, absolutely! You have to practice all the phases, even if the material you're pushing through the pipeline isn't that great yet. I learned that from writing. You never get better at editing-and it never becomes inside your comfort zone-if all you do is first drafts.
I love everything about this video, the delicacy of the sounds intermingling with the images of the Pacific it seemed in my brain to be in those places for seconds you can even notice the air, you achieved a magical atmosphere full of small details and that only you seem to have The key to making them big, in short I think it is a great job and an outstanding staging. by the way a tiny question With the Zoom H5 recorder you record the audio or session that comes out of the digitone, but then how do you fit it with the video? It is a rookie question and that I have never managed to understand hehe .. because the zoom only records sound but then I have always thought about how to align with the video recording, so that everything is perfectly synchronized I am sure it will be very simple but I cannot understand, if you can explain it to me I would appreciate it very much
> With the Zoom H5 recorder you record the audio or session that comes out of the digitone, but then how do you fit it with the video? That's a good question! You're right that it doesn't happen automatically since the video and audio are recorded totally separately. The answer is mundane: I manually sync it. In Premiere, I adjust the video back and forward in time until it looks like it's in sync with the audio track. For really rhythmic music where I can find a clear visible moment that affects the sound like me pushing the "play" button or muting a track, it's easy. For something ambient like this, it was actually pretty hard to sync them, and it's probably not that perfectly in sync. This is why films use clapperboards (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapperboard). It's a thing that very clearly pinpoints a moment in time both visually and audibly.
@@tinywires Hello, thank you very much Tiny ✨✨✨ well, more or less something was on the way, I thought it was like that, but I also thought if there was any more trick, but I see that there is no way hehe, I think I will have to dedicate some time also the day of Tomorrow I am going to post videos on my channel, between the elektron elements and the editing and synchronization of videos I have to entertain myself for a good time hehe, thanks friend, greetings from Spain (Benicasim) - Sorry for my English but I use the translator to communicate with you, it's the only way hehe..
I didn't use a pedal for the effects, just plug-ins right inside Ableton. I used the stock compressor that comes with Live and Valhalla Shimmer: valhalladsp.com/shop/reverb/valhalla-shimmer/. If you do want to use pedals for effects in your DAW, Google "outboard effects" and you'll find a bunch of good info. The basic idea is that you tell your DAW to send audio out through one of the outputs on your audio interface. You plug that into the input of the pedal. Then plug the output of the pedal back into an input on your audio interface. Then you can record that input to capture the result. If you use Live, it has an effect called "External Audio Effect" to help incorporate that workflow into a track.
@@tinywires Ahh for some reason I thought the Valhalla was a reverb pedal. Thanks for the info... Saw u mention it and thought u were using pedals as like external FX processors post record in a daw...
@David Harmon It is, and most of the effects are coming from the Digitone. I just added a little reverb in Ableton when I brought it into my computer to upload it with the video.
Lovely pattern and performance. So ambient!
Audiovisual bliss. Thank you for sharing. The contrast between the white noise bells and the warm pads...🙏
Beautiful work - love using the Digitone for ambient and now I'm off to figure out how to make waves.
Beautiful - I can feel the vibe from Victoria across the water!
Very nice. Just got the Keys so I am making the rounds of the Digitone vids.
absolutely love the scenery here. now lets slightly adjust that shutter speed so we can see the beautiful elektron without flicker 😎
Ha, yes. That was definitely a learning moment for sure.
Really nice RUclips, beautiful music and scenery.
Excellent on your sound design of the crashing waves, until I read more detail,
I thought the waves was a long sample...nice job!
This phrase you said resonated with me "perfectionism that cripples"
So
Very inspiring 🤘🏼
Nice for a day dream! Tank you
So peaceful. Love it. And beautiful video edit
This is really great. Wish I could bring my elektron boxes when the fam and i go camping (especially on the olympic peninsula), but with 3 kids running around I'd never even get to plug them in!
Haha, yes, this is definitely a luxury I only get to indulge in now that my kids are old enough to keep themselves occupied for a while. I think they were staring at their respective electronic devices-probably Minecrafting-the whole time I was doing this. :)
Great sound, beautiful visuals. Lovely video!
I had to google Olympic Peninsula and wow! Your music fulfills the ears, with the smell and taste of salt in the air while we eye the sun hiding itself, within the clouds...
beautiful
Man, this is stunning, thank you for sharing!
Super cool! I love the vibe you create with the DN 🙂
Thank you! That means a lot coming from you. I've really enjoyed your techno pieces. I'm really impressed by how much you're able to get out of the Digitone. I always assumed I would have to rely on a separate drum machine to get something full sounding but you pack a whole song in there. :)
@@tinywires thanks man!! Yeah I can absolutely agree to that as I intentionally got the Digitone to complete my Ableton setup. But I never used it that way because it is just so much fun to be used on its own. :)
Cheers and keep up your live jams!
This is gorgeous
This is super inspiring. Wish I could make my DN do this.
Absolutely great work!
The harmony and texture in this one is bliss dude! Very nice videography too, your not helping my GAS for the Digitone! 🤣 Take good care 🙏
I hate to say it, but you would totally love the Digitone. It's so good for weird evolving textures and works really well as a standalone groovebox if you're doing ambient where you don't need drums.
@@tinywires It's near the top of my list for sure! I think it would make a great companion to my Peak and Octatrack. I like the idea of plotting out some melodies on it stand alone and then bring it into my full setup to flesh it out!
Nice Tune.
Beautiful, yo!
So good
This is great! I like the cinematography too, it compliments the music nicely. What camera did you use?
I also agree with you when it comes to avoiding perfection - it can stall the process of actually making a track, or really anything else for that matter. I came across someone recently who said "how can you hope to get better at arrangement when you never do it?", and that sums it up for me. If I think some early ideas have got legs, I make myself see them through to a track, even if it isn't perfect. It's really enjoyable, and you have something to show for your time and look back on.
I apply the same method to recording with live instruments - I bought a small digital 8 track and within a couple of days I had a track. I'd never got that far in all the years I've had an audio interface and daw that can do the same thing.
For me it's partly about the hardware, and partly about the discipline. Your video is a great example of just getting on with the process, and having something decent come out of the other side.
Cheers,
Gerry
> What camera did you use?
Thank you! I shot this on a Canon 5D mk iii with 35mm f/1.4L and 200mm f/2.0L lenses. The Pacific coast is gorgeous and the hazy overcast light is a photographer's dream.
> how can you hope to get better at arrangement when you never do it?
Yes, absolutely! You have to practice all the phases, even if the material you're pushing through the pipeline isn't that great yet. I learned that from writing. You never get better at editing-and it never becomes inside your comfort zone-if all you do is first drafts.
I love everything about this video, the delicacy of the sounds intermingling with the images of the Pacific
it seemed in my brain to be in those places for seconds you can even notice the air, you achieved a magical atmosphere
full of small details and that only you seem to have The key to making them big,
in short I think it is a great job and an outstanding staging.
by the way a tiny question
With the Zoom H5 recorder you record the audio or session that comes out of the digitone, but then how do you fit it with the video?
It is a rookie question and that I have never managed to understand hehe ..
because the zoom only records sound but then I have always thought about how to align with the video recording, so that everything is perfectly synchronized
I am sure it will be very simple but I cannot understand, if you can explain it to me I would appreciate it very much
> With the Zoom H5 recorder you record the audio or session that comes out of the digitone, but then how do you fit it with the video?
That's a good question! You're right that it doesn't happen automatically since the video and audio are recorded totally separately. The answer is mundane: I manually sync it. In Premiere, I adjust the video back and forward in time until it looks like it's in sync with the audio track. For really rhythmic music where I can find a clear visible moment that affects the sound like me pushing the "play" button or muting a track, it's easy. For something ambient like this, it was actually pretty hard to sync them, and it's probably not that perfectly in sync.
This is why films use clapperboards (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapperboard). It's a thing that very clearly pinpoints a moment in time both visually and audibly.
@@tinywires Hello, thank you very much Tiny ✨✨✨
well, more or less something was on the way, I thought it was like that, but I also thought if there was any more trick, but I see that there is no way hehe, I think I will have to dedicate some time also the day of Tomorrow I am going to post videos on my channel, between the elektron elements and the editing and synchronization of videos I have to entertain myself for a good time hehe, thanks friend, greetings from Spain (Benicasim)
- Sorry for my English but I use the translator to communicate with you, it's the only way hehe..
Sounds good. How do u go about using a pedal to add FX in ur daw? How does that work???
I didn't use a pedal for the effects, just plug-ins right inside Ableton. I used the stock compressor that comes with Live and Valhalla Shimmer: valhalladsp.com/shop/reverb/valhalla-shimmer/.
If you do want to use pedals for effects in your DAW, Google "outboard effects" and you'll find a bunch of good info. The basic idea is that you tell your DAW to send audio out through one of the outputs on your audio interface. You plug that into the input of the pedal. Then plug the output of the pedal back into an input on your audio interface. Then you can record that input to capture the result. If you use Live, it has an effect called "External Audio Effect" to help incorporate that workflow into a track.
@@tinywires Ahh for some reason I thought the Valhalla was a reverb pedal. Thanks for the info... Saw u mention it and thought u were using pedals as like external FX processors post record in a daw...
@David Harmon It is, and most of the effects are coming from the Digitone. I just added a little reverb in Ableton when I brought it into my computer to upload it with the video.
Will you give me permission to use this song in my videos sir. :-)
Sure have fun and let me know when it's up. If you could add a link back to my channel page, I would appreciate it. :)
Really great man! Especially those foley/white noise sounds.