Using Synth Punk’s voiceover for this vid is either very bold or a proper roast of him. You did it with style Tim. Whichever way, there is music in those electrons and wires.
@@HenricWallmark Good point. But then early moog modulars where played mainly with keys. It just shows that a clever musician doesn't care. As the saying goes, "Use what is useful, and leave the rest". I personally think that modular is great for sound design, not necessarily as an all, be all workstation.
There's a guy who lives near me who spends his time taking apart and putting back together his cars. From what I can tell, he doesn't much like driving or going anywhere in his cars. Same thing is true of many modular folk... and also guitar folk, people into fishing, DIY, golf, and most other things. It's primarily about stuff; actually, the activity the stuff is supposedly meant to enable you to do is really just the reason to get the stuff. And that's OK. It's just doing things for different reasons.
This is a fascinating insight that I've never considered, but it's often true. I love the techniques behind high end cooking, but when I just need to whip something up I'm annoyed and often can't be bothered. I think this is why some people never learn to like cooking. You have to be into the thing itself for it's own sake, not just the payoff. The perfect day fishing is not the same as the perfect day preparing to fish. If you love both sides of an endeavor then you've found the golden ticket. It's a very zen way of looking at things, and I think it probably inspired that book about motorcycle maintenance.
I sold all of my 90's studio to buy motorcycles and ride them with my dad who then died of cancer (we did lots of riding though) i then sold my bikes and made a new studio. He always said "ride fast because its fun, but always enjoy the journey as much as the destination" doing 250kmh through the deserts near broken hill is a thing i will cherish. Australia is BIG. Ps, cheers tim, you are awesome...👍
I've learned the same thing about myself. I always assumed that building and engineering a eurorack system would be very tedious while the music-making would be very enjoyable, but I discovered that it's the other way around for me. I absolutely love soldering and testing modules, but trying to make music feels like a chore. The wannabe musician in me was disappointed in this realization, but on the other hand it was awesome to uncover the things I really do enjoy.
Speaking as a musician for the last 50+ years, and having messed about with a variety of synths, guitars etc. during that time, I think the new modular kit (and the fantastic prices for which it is now available) is fabulous and there to be used bt everyone - musicians and non-musicians alike! And let's not forget that if a non-musician gets the modular bug, then through their efforts they will be come a musician! Win, Win :) Fantastic video, as always Tim - keep 'em coming :)
Perfect reaction video! 😂 I love your content and the way you produce your video’s. Comprehensive and thorough reviews accompanied by your own signature sound. Keep them coming!
Modular is complex, messy (all those cables!) and difficult for live performance. But, as an intermediate (at best) level musician, I love it! Awesome sounds on this tribute to your friend!
Synthpunk just left the group 😁 If life gives you lemons, you make lemonade… And THIS is perhaps the greatest ever example. Beautiful work, Tim! BEAUTIFUL!!!!! Love and light from Khao Lak, Thailand 🇹🇭 ❤️☀️🏖🌴🥥🐘
I pay zero attention to the crusty boy who shan't be named, and I don't recognize his voice, but I could just sense it was him and the comments confirmed, lol. I love that modular has returned, it's an important aspect of our roots as a musical culture, and just like I'm glad to know there are still acoustic guitars, I'm happy to know there are still modular synthesizers.
I’ll never forget all the times I saw Deadmau5 sitting in front of a massive modular system and literally only used Serum. Kids , if you’re just starting out , you really don’t need all this shit.
TBH I started semi-modular and it gave me a decent appreciation for drone work, a genre I never would have heard of if it weren’t for modular. And even after discovering DAWs, it’s just much more entertaining for me to wrestle weird sounds out of weird gear than it is to use the same three plugins everyone always uses.
@@craigmoran893 Maybe, but the one from the sample insults people who make music with modular systems as being unmusical and that's a wrong blanket statement and I think Tim proves the opposite because he's a really good musician.
Well 'said' Tim. A very erudite and clear explanation demonstrating how it's not what you've got that counts but it is the way you use it. I mean, you don't need a sledgehammer to crack a nut... but it ain't half satisfying to wield your weapon of choice 🙂
I’ve not been the biggest fan of Mr Shoebridge but I despise SP and the bullying I saw a year or so ago. The bloke is really really odd. Beyond antisocial. I guess that’s why he feels at home in his basement making videos with the sole intention being to mock and hurt a RUclips community in the weird hope that people will somehow be drawn to him and he will become a part of the community he mocks. It’s like some perverse reverse psychology “treat em mean to keep ‘em keen”… only with middle aged men and synthesisers. However, Mr Shoebridge, I hope this video stays up. You’ve done a great job. Happy Christmas all… except synth pink. I hope Santa knocks a coffee over your setup which will give at least one of your inane rants just cause. ✌️
I’m a “non musician” modular player….happy accidents and noodling until something tuneful comes my way is my workflow lol. I have no clue about scales, rests, quaver, semi quavers octaves (other than its sounds higher or lower) but I somehow manage to produce some tunes that sound pleasant to my ears. Sharing these on RUclips is my way of encouraging others like me who feel overwhelmed by the complexity of modular to give it a go. At the end of the day who cares what others think, it you enjoy to make bleeps and bloops or are in the Hans Zimmerman end of the spectrum its all about self satisfaction and sharing. On that note…great track Tim, also enjoy watching your output :)
Thank you for your service. That fella is really just a toxic and negative person who thrives on controversy and would be ignored entirely if he wasn’t always being a contrarian.
As for me I sometimes watch the Synthpunk videos. They are entertainment, not more, not less. And yes, there were (and are) lots of valuable informations given by Tim Shoebridge´s fantastic videos. I don't agree to all of them (I found the Moog Subharmonicon a beautiful instrument) but I really like the way Tim Shoebridge is presenting his topics (it´s an English gentleman's style). The discussion of modular good or bad is like the discussion that a fountain pen is a real fountain pen when it´s a piston filler and cartridge pens are bad. But ... as in fountain pens ... the main thing is that it´s a good writer. And so with modular. The main thing that you are able to create your style of music or sound and that you are having fun with it. Regards to all who are fascinated by electronic music. Have fun, ce creative and explore your sonic dimensions.
I appreciate that Tim Shoebridge will actually spell out the drawbacks of the gear he is talking about. When I am thinking about getting something new, watching 18 videos of people making 30 seconds worth of a cool riff and explaining how they did it isn't very helpful. I do enjoy watching those, but it is the limitations of the gear that I am interested in knowing more about.
I've heard this argument before, namely from people who aren't too experienced with these devices. It's usually an argument I've heard from people who think that their guitar or piano, or [instrument of choice] is the single requirement for a litmus test against MUSIC THEORY, and what one knows about the latter. I've also heard this argument waged by folks who LOVE outboard analog gear, from guitar pedals to 1176's and Pultec EQ's, but for some reason haven't been able to make the connection between these pieces of hardware as being verifiable musical instruments as well, in their own right (as modifiers of sound, or as color boxes that alter sound). Basically, in a nutshell, it has always been an argument I've heard from people who I believe haven't quite wrapped their head around the idea that their Chorus pedal, or their mixer with it's own characteristic preamps somehow "isn't" producing music. So if I hear someone say that modular "isn't music" or "is for non-musicians", it's an indication to me that they're not experienced with modular in general, and possibly synthesis in general (e.g.- synthesizers like the Behringer Odyssey, Matriarch, or the Moog One are simply a series of amalgamated modules in themselves, though presented neatly in the form of a singular box) These people do definitely worry me, especially if they've collected approximately 30,000 USD in synthesizers, play nothing more than arpeggiated sequences 90% of the time, and haven't quite made this bigger picture connection yet.
Nice one, showing how modular can be integrated into a multitrack recording, some work gone into this one, both musically and visually and very good it is too. Im interested in if you set the DAW as master clock to keep all the modular aspects in sync? There are a FEW modular overdubs and manually syncing them would be quite difficult.
This was blissfully nice on a Saturday morning at11 AM 🙂 Lovely! I would love to have this without the voiceover - would make a perfect wakup sound or ring tone on my cellphone :-) And also - I am a programmer who occasionally venture into sound making (even tho I got piano lesson from the age 8 to 18 I would never consider me a musician) - and patching my modular is much like programming - I love it and I am finally been able to make sounds (not music) scapes I love. Tims videos are a great inspiration to me.
In a way I agree with him. I am a hospital RN and grinchVid-19 brought me to VCV-Rack as a mental health wellness activity to make “brain.fm” inspired music to focus my brain while charting & relaxing/recharging. My OEM hardware Plaits/Rings/SHTH/Marbles/Beads is “a tool” I use daily with my hospital nursing.
OK so I never listened, I was just reading the comments, I knew what it was hinting at then I had a listen, it was glorious as it was bad. The VO killed it for me, the music is brilliant but it's like bitter sweet, it needs to co-exist for it to have meaning as Tim intended. Now this is art. In Larry David's words *pretty good, prettay prettay prettay good*
How to say Synth Punk is an Ass without saying he is an Ass.. Never heard of him until I read the comments so I had a peek at his channel and I see a very sad individual only capable of criticism towards others. The music you tube community can do well without people like that in my opinion Great and tasteful way of sticking 2 fingers up at him 💪
I think modular appeals to the "problem solving" aspect of our psychology and neurochemistry. It gives a dopamine hit, a target, a goal. That goal (aside from the dopamine itself), could be finding a sound that no-one else has used in music or sound design before, to fulfil the desire to be unique and original, to create a (often convoluted) solution to a specific use case or outcome for a custom instrument or performance set up, or even just finding a finance solution to fund the bloody thing. Jokes aside, I think you're opinion that it is for non- musicians is wrong. I know plenty of musicians that use it. But youtube does appear to be full of modular nerds that arent making quality music, But quality is subjective... So who am I to judge? Keep making awesome instructional videos please. I appreciate that.
Whenever i mention that i have a modular synth, i get reactions like "Oh, so you like doing the crazy random glitchy ding dong bing ding type of weird stuff pseudo-music kind of thing with tons of cables and flashing LEDs?" .... and this is precicely what i do NOT do. I never used my modular like that, i always use it for melodies or rhythms or sampling it to create samples to map on a keyboard for melodic playing .... I stopped trying to explain myself for that and ignore the comments, all i care is about me having fun with making music.
I'd title this "Expanding the pissing match". LOL. I'm in the middle on modular - used this way it's a fine tool - but my original thoughts of "Hmmm, couldn't i do that with a Cobolt8 and Maschine?" still hold true. Yes, not the same vibe perhaps. But like all hardware synths, its the interface and if it inspires you, it's all good. If you're just building a wall of modules, then I think it's just a "whose is bigger" contest unless you actually do something useful or at least pleasing.
@@Leviathan-mj8gi I'll contest that - there's nothing magical in the sound quality from a modular - it uses the same methods and qualities found on any synth. There is some more flexibility in the modular, where I can choose different filters or oscs more easily than some other methods, and I think that's one main advantage they have, but not really tonality in the abstract.
Reading the title I thought this was going more to the direction of "Modular is for non-musicians, as in people who do experimental or noise music etc. - normal musicians shouldn't bother with it". But no, I don't think that was the point of this video.
Whether its a bunch of boxes with passive components or it's code running inside of a FPGA, its the same, whether you're talented enough to make music out of it is what truly differentiates the 2 extremes and everything else in-between. Cheers.
2 Melodicers! Awesome!!! I understand where the comment is coming from. You do see some people with a ton of modular stuff, but rarely produce anything as great as this. And yes, it does look like a pissing match. Nice track 👌👌. I think one has to be focused in the modular one buys ... 'what bit of kit will help to produce the sound I want to achieve'. Not 'let's buy a whole load of kit, and see what happens', and then nothing does. Who can afford that anyway! I never understand.
Using Synth Punk’s voiceover for this vid is either very bold or a proper roast of him. You did it with style Tim.
Whichever way, there is music in those electrons and wires.
It surely does sound like him.
It was a toddally doddally roast, and I guess he DON'T LIKE IT!!! lol
@@DankePlace He deserved it. That ass burned whine of his deserved nothing more than derision and mockery.
I reckon he’ll love it
@@jimmer3034 synth punk loves attention far more than he loves synths.
Synthpunk left the building
Nah he is still in his basement having "another" meltdown, yeah yeah yeah yeah.
@@DankePlace it’s “oh yeah”
As a fellow non-musician modularist, doesnt shoebridge prove punk’s point by making the music with keys?
@@HenricWallmark no because it was awesome before the keys came in.
@@HenricWallmark Good point. But then early moog modulars where played mainly with keys. It just shows that a clever musician doesn't care. As the saying goes, "Use what is useful, and leave the rest".
I personally think that modular is great for sound design, not necessarily as an all, be all workstation.
This is the best reply you could have made…nice work.
Thanks, Tim. It's great to hear a "non-musician" making such glorious music!
The fact you were one of John's victims, for doing nothing, I'd say Tim did a stellar job.
@@DankePlace -- YES!
You sir are a class act. Oh, and the music was amazing to-boot!
Sounds great and of course, looks amazing, well done Tim :)
It's hilarious eh Jamie? Fwiw John dropped a video saying how his patches bettered yours LOL
@@DankePlace John is all smoke and mirrors my man at least I make actual music using my synths.
@@synthpunkmusick1661 I've heard your music, it's pretty good.
There's a guy who lives near me who spends his time taking apart and putting back together his cars. From what I can tell, he doesn't much like driving or going anywhere in his cars. Same thing is true of many modular folk... and also guitar folk, people into fishing, DIY, golf, and most other things. It's primarily about stuff; actually, the activity the stuff is supposedly meant to enable you to do is really just the reason to get the stuff. And that's OK. It's just doing things for different reasons.
This is a fascinating insight that I've never considered, but it's often true. I love the techniques behind high end cooking, but when I just need to whip something up I'm annoyed and often can't be bothered. I think this is why some people never learn to like cooking. You have to be into the thing itself for it's own sake, not just the payoff. The perfect day fishing is not the same as the perfect day preparing to fish. If you love both sides of an endeavor then you've found the golden ticket. It's a very zen way of looking at things, and I think it probably inspired that book about motorcycle maintenance.
I sold all of my 90's studio to buy motorcycles and ride them with my dad who then died of cancer (we did lots of riding though) i then sold my bikes and made a new studio. He always said "ride fast because its fun, but always enjoy the journey as much as the destination" doing 250kmh through the deserts near broken hill is a thing i will cherish. Australia is BIG. Ps, cheers tim, you are awesome...👍
I've learned the same thing about myself. I always assumed that building and engineering a eurorack system would be very tedious while the music-making would be very enjoyable, but I discovered that it's the other way around for me. I absolutely love soldering and testing modules, but trying to make music feels like a chore. The wannabe musician in me was disappointed in this realization, but on the other hand it was awesome to uncover the things I really do enjoy.
Speaking as a musician for the last 50+ years, and having messed about with a variety of synths, guitars etc. during that time, I think the new modular kit (and the fantastic prices for which it is now available) is fabulous and there to be used bt everyone - musicians and non-musicians alike! And let's not forget that if a non-musician gets the modular bug, then through their efforts they will be come a musician! Win, Win :)
Fantastic video, as always Tim - keep 'em coming :)
I feel like I know what video this is in response to 😅 Really nice/chill jam. Great work!
Wow so cool. I found this while searching for Modular gospel music. I think people can totally right Gospel lyrics to this piece of music 😁❤
Perfect reaction video! 😂 I love your content and the way you produce your video’s. Comprehensive and thorough reviews accompanied by your own signature sound. Keep them coming!
beautiful piece of music Tim, nice arrangement!
Although funny, I tend to agree. It’s insanity and most of all it’s HIGHLY addictive.
It’s our knight in shinning armor vs the forest curmudgeon let the games begin , nice arrangement Tim
Excellent, Tim. And every synth punk will love it!
This was really nice.
Modular is complex, messy (all those cables!) and difficult for live performance. But, as an intermediate (at best) level musician, I love it! Awesome sounds on this tribute to your friend!
Thank you for making this video Tim. Totally, dotally, top notch
Awesome. Just awesome. Thank you.
I really enjoyed that little piece of music. You should definitively spoil us some more :-D
That was beautiful. It gave me a soundtrack for my walk. Loved it.
Elegant troll swat here, Tim. 10/10
The title had me going. Great vid.
This was awesome, great music & production.
I had forgotten that channel existed, that's what happens when you tell RUclips to not recommend a specific channel 😅. Pretty stuff Tim 😊
Damn, this is some great non music. Beautiful as always.
Synthpunk just left the group 😁 If life gives you lemons, you make lemonade… And THIS is perhaps the greatest ever example. Beautiful work, Tim! BEAUTIFUL!!!!! Love and light from Khao Lak, Thailand 🇹🇭 ❤️☀️🏖🌴🥥🐘
If life gives you lemons….re-patch it!
@@mk1st When lemonade is made, blame modular.
Punking Synth Punk
What a wonderful world. Big thanks to Synthpunk for inspiring and uniting everyone around what matters most.
The only thing he's managed to do is unite a bunch of trolls who have no music themselves.
I pay zero attention to the crusty boy who shan't be named, and I don't recognize his voice, but I could just sense it was him and the comments confirmed, lol. I love that modular has returned, it's an important aspect of our roots as a musical culture, and just like I'm glad to know there are still acoustic guitars, I'm happy to know there are still modular synthesizers.
Brilliant rebuttal.
Ha! Absolutely love this, Tim.
Tim, you are a gentleman ! You do it with style!
I’ll never forget all the times I saw Deadmau5 sitting in front of a massive modular system and literally only used Serum.
Kids , if you’re just starting out , you really don’t need all this shit.
TBH I started semi-modular and it gave me a decent appreciation for drone work, a genre I never would have heard of if it weren’t for modular. And even after discovering DAWs, it’s just much more entertaining for me to wrestle weird sounds out of weird gear than it is to use the same three plugins everyone always uses.
I like modular people the guy with the voice in the background is just jealous that the music sounds so good...thanks Tim
You've missed the point, if you think he's jealous.
@@craigmoran893 Maybe, but the one from the sample insults people who make music with modular systems as being unmusical and that's a wrong blanket statement and I think Tim proves the opposite because he's a really good musician.
This a classic RUclips video right here!
LOL why Synthpunk wont comment here ? It is very inmature if he does not.
ROFL 🤣 And thank you for a nice piece!
I don't like Modular - I love it ❤
I guess that's the point. Modular polarizes. You hate it, you love it, or you secretly love it but you are afraid of the deep rabbit hole.
Well 'said' Tim. A very erudite and clear explanation demonstrating how it's not what you've got that counts but it is the way you use it. I mean, you don't need a sledgehammer to crack a nut... but it ain't half satisfying to wield your weapon of choice 🙂
Brings a smile to my face!
I would love to see an update video on the ARP 2500 modules!
Best Reply Video... ever? Idk. Deserves an award in my book. 🏆
I’ve not been the biggest fan of Mr Shoebridge but I despise SP and the bullying I saw a year or so ago. The bloke is really really odd. Beyond antisocial. I guess that’s why he feels at home in his basement making videos with the sole intention being to mock and hurt a RUclips community in the weird hope that people will somehow be drawn to him and he will become a part of the community he mocks. It’s like some perverse reverse psychology “treat em mean to keep ‘em keen”… only with middle aged men and synthesisers.
However, Mr Shoebridge, I hope this video stays up. You’ve done a great job.
Happy Christmas all… except synth pink. I hope Santa knocks a coffee over your setup which will give at least one of your inane rants just cause.
✌️
"Yeah? Well, you know, that's just like uh, your opinion, man."
Awesome and “we’ll said” ;) thanks Tim!
You are my hero❤. Thanks for doing this with taste.
And F*ck that guy 😂
I’m a “non musician” modular player….happy accidents and noodling until something tuneful comes my way is my workflow lol. I have no clue about scales, rests, quaver, semi quavers octaves (other than its sounds higher or lower) but I somehow manage to produce some tunes that sound pleasant to my ears. Sharing these on RUclips is my way of encouraging others like me who feel overwhelmed by the complexity of modular to give it a go. At the end of the day who cares what others think, it you enjoy to make bleeps and bloops or are in the Hans Zimmerman end of the spectrum its all about self satisfaction and sharing. On that note…great track Tim, also enjoy watching your output :)
Well said
Absolutely correct
I don't get it. Is it that hard to learn about music theory? It's not.
Brilliant!
It's a perfect commercial pitch to go out and buy some modular!
Synth Punk had it coming to him for cherry-picking crap modular clips for his hot takes. Nice, gentlemanly burn by TS.
Great song!
Music is modular.
A subtle V sign.
Love your accidental stumblings in various wave shapes😉
So did a musician write this groove or not. It's a damn good idea. Really!!
Thank you for your service. That fella is really just a toxic and negative person who thrives on controversy and would be ignored entirely if he wasn’t always being a contrarian.
Seems like everyones calling everything toxic these days. Hes just having some fun.
@@craigmoran893 he genuinely doesn't seem to be having fun to me. He seems depressed, angry, and consistently and nearly exclusively negative.
Classiest RUclips clap back of all time! 😂🙌🏻
Music to my ears.
Wow when you hit those chords ❤
As for me I sometimes watch the Synthpunk videos. They are entertainment, not more, not less. And yes, there were (and are) lots of valuable informations given by Tim Shoebridge´s fantastic videos. I don't agree to all of them (I found the Moog Subharmonicon a beautiful instrument) but I really like the way Tim Shoebridge is presenting his topics (it´s an English gentleman's style).
The discussion of modular good or bad is like the discussion that a fountain pen is a real fountain pen when it´s a piston filler and cartridge pens are bad. But ... as in fountain pens ... the main thing is that it´s a good writer. And so with modular. The main thing that you are able to create your style of music or sound and that you are having fun with it. Regards to all who are fascinated by electronic music. Have fun, ce creative and explore your sonic dimensions.
I appreciate that Tim Shoebridge will actually spell out the drawbacks of the gear he is talking about. When I am thinking about getting something new, watching 18 videos of people making 30 seconds worth of a cool riff and explaining how they did it isn't very helpful. I do enjoy watching those, but it is the limitations of the gear that I am interested in knowing more about.
This music is fantastic
As a "non musician", you've created some inspiring music - great job Tim!
Great non music you just made. Back at ya synthpunk.
I've heard this argument before, namely from people who aren't too experienced with these devices. It's usually an argument I've heard from people who think that their guitar or piano, or [instrument of choice] is the single requirement for a litmus test against MUSIC THEORY, and what one knows about the latter.
I've also heard this argument waged by folks who LOVE outboard analog gear, from guitar pedals to 1176's and Pultec EQ's, but for some reason haven't been able to make the connection between these pieces of hardware as being verifiable musical instruments as well, in their own right (as modifiers of sound, or as color boxes that alter sound).
Basically, in a nutshell, it has always been an argument I've heard from people who I believe haven't quite wrapped their head around the idea that their Chorus pedal, or their mixer with it's own characteristic preamps somehow "isn't" producing music.
So if I hear someone say that modular "isn't music" or "is for non-musicians", it's an indication to me that they're not experienced with modular in general, and possibly synthesis in general (e.g.- synthesizers like the Behringer Odyssey, Matriarch, or the Moog One are simply a series of amalgamated modules in themselves, though presented neatly in the form of a singular box)
These people do definitely worry me, especially if they've collected approximately 30,000 USD in synthesizers, play nothing more than arpeggiated sequences 90% of the time, and haven't quite made this bigger picture connection yet.
Nice one, showing how modular can be integrated into a multitrack recording, some work gone into this one, both musically and visually and very good it is too. Im interested in if you set the DAW as master clock to keep all the modular aspects in sync? There are a FEW modular overdubs and manually syncing them would be quite difficult.
Hey, yes the DAW controlled the tempo, it eliminates so many headaches later 👍
as always thanks for your efforts, nice sound and video.
This was blissfully nice on a Saturday morning at11 AM 🙂 Lovely! I would love to have this without the voiceover - would make a perfect wakup sound or ring tone on my cellphone :-)
And also - I am a programmer who occasionally venture into sound making (even tho I got piano lesson from the age 8 to 18 I would never consider me a musician) - and patching my modular is much like programming - I love it and I am finally been able to make sounds (not music) scapes I love.
Tims videos are a great inspiration to me.
Ha! Good one. I"m a musician and I DO want to get into modular. Love the sounds.
BEAUTIFUL!
Very cool! The break beat adds a nice pace
In a way I agree with him. I am a hospital RN and grinchVid-19 brought me to VCV-Rack as a mental health wellness activity to make “brain.fm” inspired music to focus my brain while charting & relaxing/recharging. My OEM hardware Plaits/Rings/SHTH/Marbles/Beads is “a tool” I use daily with my hospital nursing.
Excellent response!
How do people not instantly realize SynthPunk is a troll lmao
Best counterpoint I’ve heard. Bravo.
Mic drop Tim! I love Synthpunk but reply is profound!
Love this crossover! I hope people don't take Synthpunk too seriously when he trolls
Looking at the comments, there's some butthurt modular fans.
I like that I immediately knew what this was referring to!
OK so I never listened, I was just reading the comments, I knew what it was hinting at then I had a listen, it was glorious as it was bad.
The VO killed it for me, the music is brilliant but it's like bitter sweet, it needs to co-exist for it to have meaning as Tim intended.
Now this is art.
In Larry David's words *pretty good, prettay prettay prettay good*
Excellent piece of music!
Well played sir,... on every level🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm buying the blu ray!!!
Well said Tim… love your work sir!
Eeeeeep now you tell me! I coulda saved a fortune on Synthesizers guitars and mandolins and countless pieces of sheet music if I’d just known this :)
beautiful music !! mad respect !!
Very cool reaction! 😂
Mick's maxim; Music is anything presented as, or perceived to be, music. Thereafter it's merely a matter of personal taste.
Excellent video 👍
Yooo Tim!! You got this off!!! Ha Ha Ha Fantastic!!! ❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉🏆🏆🏆
Dude, you're awesome! subed
How to say Synth Punk is an Ass without saying he is an Ass..
Never heard of him until I read the comments so I had a peek at his channel and I see a very sad individual only capable of criticism towards others.
The music you tube community can do well without people like that in my opinion
Great and tasteful way of sticking 2 fingers up at him 💪
The above is counter-trolling of the highest level.
@@MFitz12 succinct response without getting your hands dirty, it was pure genius.
lol I wouldn't have thought you'd reciprocate to Synth Punks slightly surreal stabs. But I'm enjoying this lighthearted Beef 😂
The music was very cool!!!!
Pocas veces he escuchado tan buena música en vídeos de este tipo, o sea, variada, con sentido, con desarrollo. Genial!
Nice piece Tim 👍
Well done sir
Just Brilliant!
This is perfect for the Synthpunk John since he cant play keys.
He can play keys, but he plays synths like pianos, which to me seems a little weird given synths generally are not hammer type keybeds.
I think modular appeals to the "problem solving" aspect of our psychology and neurochemistry. It gives a dopamine hit, a target, a goal. That goal (aside from the dopamine itself), could be finding a sound that no-one else has used in music or sound design before, to fulfil the desire to be unique and original, to create a (often convoluted) solution to a specific use case or outcome for a custom instrument or performance set up, or even just finding a finance solution to fund the bloody thing.
Jokes aside, I think you're opinion that it is for non- musicians is wrong. I know plenty of musicians that use it. But youtube does appear to be full of modular nerds that arent making quality music, But quality is subjective... So who am I to judge?
Keep making awesome instructional videos please. I appreciate that.
You made my day! 😁
You know Tim made a video with Whine and Synths, fitting eh?
@@DankePlace
Whenever i mention that i have a modular synth, i get reactions like "Oh, so you like doing the crazy random glitchy ding dong bing ding type of weird stuff pseudo-music kind of thing with tons of cables and flashing LEDs?" .... and this is precicely what i do NOT do. I never used my modular like that, i always use it for melodies or rhythms or sampling it to create samples to map on a keyboard for melodic playing .... I stopped trying to explain myself for that and ignore the comments, all i care is about me having fun with making music.
Well-played, Tim!
I'd title this "Expanding the pissing match". LOL. I'm in the middle on modular - used this way it's a fine tool - but my original thoughts of "Hmmm, couldn't i do that with a Cobolt8 and Maschine?" still hold true. Yes, not the same vibe perhaps. But like all hardware synths, its the interface and if it inspires you, it's all good. If you're just building a wall of modules, then I think it's just a "whose is bigger" contest unless you actually do something useful or at least pleasing.
@@Leviathan-mj8gi I'll contest that - there's nothing magical in the sound quality from a modular - it uses the same methods and qualities found on any synth. There is some more flexibility in the modular, where I can choose different filters or oscs more easily than some other methods, and I think that's one main advantage they have, but not really tonality in the abstract.
I can't wait to see the comments from people who didn't get it. Hell, maybe I didn't get it. But, I liked it.
I didn't get it. But I love the music, as always.
Reading the title I thought this was going more to the direction of "Modular is for non-musicians, as in people who do experimental or noise music etc. - normal musicians shouldn't bother with it". But no, I don't think that was the point of this video.
Whether its a bunch of boxes with passive components or it's code running inside of a FPGA, its the same, whether you're talented enough to make music out of it is what truly differentiates the 2 extremes and everything else in-between. Cheers.
2 Melodicers! Awesome!!! I understand where the comment is coming from. You do see some people with a ton of modular stuff, but rarely produce anything as great as this. And yes, it does look like a pissing match. Nice track 👌👌. I think one has to be focused in the modular one buys ... 'what bit of kit will help to produce the sound I want to achieve'. Not 'let's buy a whole load of kit, and see what happens', and then nothing does. Who can afford that anyway! I never understand.