It's a bit redundant to say at this point but I just wanted to let you know that since you've dropped the schedule and just made whatever you want at your own pace, all your content has been fantastic and incredibly inspiring.
I imagine half the fun is plugging it in and letting it go crazy, and when that craziness has done its job you move the wires around, turn some knobs and let it do more crazy.
That joke would've worked except mescaline is natural - not synthetic - It is usually harvested from cacti like peyote and san pedro IIRC. Well, I guess if we were splitting hairs it would be considered SEMI-synthetic... but y'know, just felt like it was *my* turn to be "that guy" for once lol
Well.. they probably dont like it, Pink Floyd (minus Waters) has made a couple albums in the 2000s and 2010s so they could've use this if they wanted to... They use better synths and similar sounding equipment already.
Yep!! This synth is the BEST!!! I have one as well, and though I'm a guitar person, it's one of my fave things EVER! Thanks so much for this video--and the rad tuneage!!
Hey Andrew I know your probably not going to see this but I love your videos. Their can dive deep into music theory and recording but also have comedy and are weird and wacky. Your videos make me happy when I get sad and put a smile on my face. I just wanted to thank you for helping me through rough times and making me laugh. Your awesome
Great Song Andrew, love your Weird gear segments and as someone mentioned, since you’re not on a schedule, your videos are even better than before!!! Love the one in Berlin, that was great, and to see how you put together Weird Gear - stinger/bug. Was really fun!!!! You are so much fun to watch, love your energy, just have one cup of Java a day!
I really like the sounds you got out of this thing. The dark industrial tones really seem quite different to a lot of stuff you use, but you still crafted a really sublime song out of them in the end.
Woah that vocal bass line in the last song is sick. I'm assuming you just sang it and pitch shifted it. It worked really great doubled with the bass guitar. Keep up the good work man!
I'm gonna compare the songs at the end of these weird gear episodes to different artists. So last month was Death Grips and this month is Radiohead post Kid A
I have been following your channel for a while now mainly for your excellent gear reviews but damn you can compose great music too (and what a singing voice!) Big love for all you do from the antipodes.
Hey Andrew ! An electronics student here. You can make filters with a resistor and a capacitor mounted in series diodes can make distortion etc and etc
Wow the song you did at the end of this was really good!! It sounded very reminiscent of a modern Radiohead track except (sorry Thom) I enjoyed it quite a bit more.
ANDREW HUANG hey, I loved the master mix. I downloaded it on Reverb, opened it to listen to it, and discovered that it is totally and utterly corrupted. It worked for the first couple seconds, and then it started breaking, it started freaking my computer out, so I had to force quit iTunes. I LOVE the song, but it is definitely screwy, is that possible to fix?
Now normally, I appreciate all of your music for the creativity and musicianship, but not all of it is for me. That track at the end though, that's something else. Very, very nice work Andrew.
Andrew would you consider making a track with VCV? its a virtual modular synth, its open source so it would be very intresting to see what you could make using it. cheers and keep up the great work!
Serious question... is it really frustrating to work with an instrument that is so unpredictable and you can't just get right to what you want? Or do you just have to deal with surrendering yourself over to trial and error until something sounds good? The latter is usually difficult for me anyway.
It makes you press record every time, because next time you turn it on it may not behave quite the same. The unpredictability is a strength, and a weakness. Mostly a strength IMHO.
I am absolutely livid. The lines at 7:25 remind me of a song I used to listen to in middle school, and I’ve been up for 2 hours just trying to find this god forsaken song. Curse you, Andrew, I will never find this song again and I will forever be tormented by it’s tune.
Really nice tune there! We've got the Mescaline and the Resonant Garden. The Garden is pretty cool, its mostly built on some crazy FX modules. Only drawback, sometimes in the middle of performing a piece, the FX types change unpredictably. Don't count on having the same cool sound you started with.
I can't even pinpoint what genre it'd be; ambient pop? Experimental electronic? Techno jazzy... Thingy? But it's good enough for me to not write it off as "just pop" And by good i mean nit so repetitive, simple and samey as a billion othee songs to either make me go to sleep or want me to pull my ears out.
Andrew I think I've hit a wall. I started to try to mess around with the PO-33, and I feel like I just don't know enough to make music. I am trying to learn, but I've only made like 3 decent BG tracks with them. I know it's a "toy" as people call it. But I thought it would be a good beginning point. Which I think it has been. The physicalness of the PO-33 really helped my understanding, but I want to do more. I want to understand how to do audio effects for voices, and learn good beats, and great effects in general. I'm a bit lost. I know it's unlikely for you to see this, as so many people love your wonderful content. But I just had to vent a bit, and try to think this over. I've very passionate about creating, and I will eventually grow. I just might need help.
dude... you are so good with recording stuff. i've been trying in the last few months just with my guitar... and its SO hard and frustrating. Thank u for the inspiration.
;~; Sponsor or not, that song still spoke very strong, saw so many colors. Can't even compose a proper comment because I'm still crying. Keep being inspired and making stuff from your heart.
The board connector sockets are not designed for long term push/pull action/abuse by patching. You can check life cycles on any data sheet on an electronics dealer site. If you are not good at de-soldering, then my tip would be to buy some extra sockets , plug them in the existing ones as standoffs and abuse them. When they wear out then replace. It will save a lot of grief , extending the life of the instrument.
Just had to say amazing vid as always. Interesting idea: You should totally do real-time video of you learning and experimenting with the weird gear for the first time, just so we can fully watch how you go from background research (like you did for the Rythm King) to "1st patch"--or whatever the gear presents.
If I'm completely honest, I love messing with synthesizers that I'm not familiar with. The strangeness of walking through the dark, the feeling of not knowing what that knob or output does, for some reason that gets the best kinds of music out of me.
What separates Andrew from other youtubers, "so I read the entire manual ..."
*from other people
RTFM!
Lmao right, I look up tutorials on RUclips and use google combined with just playing around with stuff to learn.
Obviously he didn’t look to far into how to use it. It’s a pretty straightforward groovebox.
@@ellorenzo9389 correct!
It's a bit redundant to say at this point but I just wanted to let you know that since you've dropped the schedule and just made whatever you want at your own pace, all your content has been fantastic and incredibly inspiring.
*OuTbREaK* I wholeheartedly agree.
I concur fully, my good man.
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And it makes me scream when he uploads
„What are going to produce today?”
“I don’t know.”
“Because your creativity is lacking?”
“No, because my synth is unpredictable.” 😂
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I imagine half the fun is plugging it in and letting it go crazy, and when that craziness has done its job you move the wires around, turn some knobs and let it do more crazy.
I think he missed the point of this synth by writing a poo song.
This is great for movies
The TB303 sequencer is like this. Very difficult and annoying to enter stuff accurately, but random button mashing creates awsome acid basslines.
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I feel exactly the same way
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Mescaline was Hunter S Thompson's favorite synth as well!
i was wondering if it was named after what the creator was on when he designed it
Mine too! 👍🏻
Its the right word for the sound though. It was somewhere around Barstow...
It's the only way to fly. soundcloud.com/stephenkarnas/the-only-way-to-fly
That joke would've worked except mescaline is natural - not synthetic - It is usually harvested from cacti like peyote and san pedro IIRC. Well, I guess if we were splitting hairs it would be considered SEMI-synthetic... but y'know, just felt like it was *my* turn to be "that guy" for once lol
the song you made from this device is stunning
Yeah! He should properly release it somewhere, I wanna listen to this all day XD
This is like a sound designer’s wet dream. Bro can I have that when you’re done?
haha it’s the office guy
haha its the office guy
haha it's the office guy
Omg 😂 never seen three of the same reply in a row!
Me too
Andrew that final product is DOPE. What a MELODY!!! Such a great groove in your vocal phrasing during the verses too.
The music community on RUclips is such a small world. It’s like all the music youtubers watch eachother!
ok I loved that song at the end holy moly
No other content inspires me so much.
That song has some REALLY cool chords! As a songwrite myself, this inspired me, so thank you for that!
Kurtsiecolferite S Right? That is exactly what I said to myself.
Oh how I love this series
jd712
Quote from Abraham Lincoln himself
imagine pink floyd having this
Would be amazing
Ili Oliver Dragojevic
Broooo!!
Well.. they probably dont like it, Pink Floyd (minus Waters) has made a couple albums in the 2000s and 2010s so they could've use this if they wanted to... They use better synths and similar sounding equipment already.
@@Noah-wv4td I don't think even Syd, the most druggie member, used mescaline
this is the most amazing musical series ive seen i love it
0:57 gives Derezzed from Tron: Legacy vibes
I was thinking about Daft Punk too
Good movie
I was gonna say it’s a Tron machine lmao
Reminds me of gessafelstein with a touch of blade runner
Straight outta The Matrix
sounds like if radiohead made funky futuristic pop music. i would kill for an album in this style!
Yep!! This synth is the BEST!!! I have one as well, and though I'm a guitar person, it's one of my fave things EVER! Thanks so much for this video--and the rad tuneage!!
daleturner hey, you get the first comment award
Wow! I've never won anything before! It seems my time has come, lol!
If you ever wanted to sell your mescaline plz let me know, thanks!
really love your experimental stuff!!!!!!!!!!! Not quite into your poppier vibes but that pocket you just found for your voice is perfect!!!!
Hey Andrew I know your probably not going to see this but I love your videos. Their can dive deep into music theory and recording but also have comedy and are weird and wacky. Your videos make me happy when I get sad and put a smile on my face. I just wanted to thank you for helping me through rough times and making me laugh. Your awesome
Im sure its been said in the comments , but god damn dude that song at the end😍
This sounds like something from the Transistor soundtrack. In other words, I absolutely love it 😊
Great Song Andrew, love your Weird gear segments and as someone mentioned, since you’re not on a schedule, your videos are even better than before!!! Love the one in Berlin, that was great, and to see how you put together Weird Gear - stinger/bug. Was really fun!!!! You are so much fun to watch, love your energy, just have one cup of Java a day!
WEIRD GEAR'S BACK !!!! get in !!!! Hell yes
I really like the sounds you got out of this thing. The dark industrial tones really seem quite different to a lot of stuff you use, but you still crafted a really sublime song out of them in the end.
pretty sure that this was created by a blade runner's replicant :"do robots dream of mescaline synth"? :)
Woah that vocal bass line in the last song is sick. I'm assuming you just sang it and pitch shifted it. It worked really great doubled with the bass guitar. Keep up the good work man!
I'm gonna compare the songs at the end of these weird gear episodes to different artists. So last month was Death Grips and this month is Radiohead post Kid A
your singing has increased so much over the years, can you make a video about your vocal routines or tips and tricks for singing?
How did you learn to make such engaging videos? The filming and production is just amazing.
I have been following your channel for a while now mainly for your excellent gear reviews but damn you can compose great music too (and what a singing voice!) Big love for all you do from the antipodes.
If any of you like the track at 6:01 , you might also like:
Jan Jelinek - Loop Finding Jazz Records
Gramm - Personal Rock
Thanks a lot, never heard of these two but checked them out and love it!
Hey Andrew ! An electronics student here. You can make filters with a resistor and a capacitor mounted in series diodes can make distortion etc and etc
I know nothing about synths but you make me want to get one
Love my Folktek Mescaline, got one of the last copper models available in the first batch. This demo is the best one I've ever seen. Thanks, Andrew.
Loving these instruments like the PO series and other circuit board ments!
That song at the end is one of the best I've ever heard from you! Great job.
Wow the song you did at the end of this was really good!! It sounded very reminiscent of a modern Radiohead track except (sorry Thom) I enjoyed it quite a bit more.
Fantastic track, Andrew. Wonderful atmosphere 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Song at the end is incredible. Reminds me of Radiohead with a bit more funk and pop.
You consistently impress me with your artistry. Also, loving the weird gear series. I always look forward to your uploads. Keep being awesome 😊
that song at the end is eargasmic on a level unprecedented by man
ANDREW HUANG hey, I loved the master mix. I downloaded it on Reverb, opened it to listen to it, and discovered that it is totally and utterly corrupted. It worked for the first couple seconds, and then it started breaking, it started freaking my computer out, so I had to force quit iTunes. I LOVE the song, but it is definitely screwy, is that possible to fix?
Where's Andrew? I visited his channel to check out if I missed his new videos but he hadn't uploaded for two weeks. Hope he's ok!
wow this is the best your voice has ever sounded, really enjoy the song. Great video
That is definitely some weird gear. It give me anxiety just looking at it. Some really awesome sounds coming out of that though!
I love this series so much. Thanks for another awesome video!
"provides no further explanation"
" *W E I R D* "
here in 2021 - i read an interview with the cyberpunk composers saying that they used this all over the sound track. super cool
This is rad!
I am addicted to your channel, you are becoming one of my favorite youtubers.
I love in the middle where Andrews like “it says you build a circuit with these and provides no further instruction”
WEIRD GE...
Great channel, love the weird stuff and the tracks made with it!
Love. This. Series.
I hope you're doing well, Andrew! Can't wait to see the progress on your new studio!
Andrew is the best human ever.
Such Will I agree
Now normally, I appreciate all of your music for the creativity and musicianship, but not all of it is for me. That track at the end though, that's something else. Very, very nice work Andrew.
Andrew would you consider making a track with VCV? its a virtual modular synth, its open source so it would be very intresting to see what you could make using it. cheers and keep up the great work!
That song? I. Need. More. Hoooooooly, those chords are just beautiful. The synth gives a perfect feel to the song too.
Serious question... is it really frustrating to work with an instrument that is so unpredictable and you can't just get right to what you want? Or do you just have to deal with surrendering yourself over to trial and error until something sounds good? The latter is usually difficult for me anyway.
It makes you press record every time, because next time you turn it on it may not behave quite the same.
The unpredictability is a strength, and a weakness. Mostly a strength IMHO.
Aaahh! The intro you made in may is awesome! I need to try something wEiRd like that! Thanks for the inspiration
That first patch is like a Justice song.
Virtual Blaze or Daft Punk
I've been waiting for this :D
In a few more episodes I would really love to see you make a track including all the weird gear you accumulated.
That last song was amazing!
Love the way that the sequence goes one those high freq sounds in "I Am The Kaleidoscope (Dark Click) - Reverb Exclusive"
Andrew always makes these sick accidental prog songs
Your creativity is infectious, and helping my own vocal expansions. Thank you for spontaneous improvisation ideas.
3:10 Ah yes, the 'instant Silent Hill' effect xD also 6:50 really sounded like you sampled Michael Rosen.
I am absolutely livid. The lines at 7:25 remind me of a song I used to listen to in middle school, and I’ve been up for 2 hours just trying to find this god forsaken song. Curse you, Andrew, I will never find this song again and I will forever be tormented by it’s tune.
WHAT. THIS IS MAGIC!!!! AHHHHH.
wow the track you made was AMAZING like seriously the best of Andrew Huang i think
E.T. love making music
That Fender bass looks beautiful!!! Great job!
You could make a Fuzz Face in the middle… its like 9 components!
Really nice tune there! We've got the Mescaline and the Resonant Garden. The Garden is pretty cool, its mostly built on some crazy FX modules. Only drawback, sometimes in the middle of performing a piece, the FX types change unpredictably. Don't count on having the same cool sound you started with.
The song at the end reminded me of the last Radiohead album
Me too
It's pretty much a Dream Pop song.
Top notch editing. Top notch content! Weird gear series quality standard is so high ^^
Buys a weird unpredictable synth. Then uses it to produce the best song of 2018. Andrew is freakishly talented.
I can't even pinpoint what genre it'd be; ambient pop? Experimental electronic? Techno jazzy... Thingy?
But it's good enough for me to not write it off as "just pop"
And by good i mean nit so repetitive, simple and samey as a billion othee songs to either make me go to sleep or want me to pull my ears out.
Andrew I think I've hit a wall. I started to try to mess around with the PO-33, and I feel like I just don't know enough to make music. I am trying to learn, but I've only made like 3 decent BG tracks with them. I know it's a "toy" as people call it. But I thought it would be a good beginning point. Which I think it has been.
The physicalness of the PO-33 really helped my understanding, but I want to do more. I want to understand how to do audio effects for voices, and learn good beats, and great effects in general. I'm a bit lost. I know it's unlikely for you to see this, as so many people love your wonderful content. But I just had to vent a bit, and try to think this over.
I've very passionate about creating, and I will eventually grow. I just might need help.
The greatest one man band. Hands down.
Amazing vocals & amazing everything you are extremely talented.
on the black panel you can build some filters with the resistors and capacitors
I think you can find some info online, it is basic electricity
bastien pabiot or really anything. Fuzz pedal, phasers.
high atmospheric sounds like No Man’s Sky ost. bass line sounds exactly like Justice. i love this
Dude you are awesome
dude... you are so good with recording stuff. i've been trying in the last few months just with my guitar... and its SO hard and frustrating. Thank u for the inspiration.
Almost sounds like an intro to a TesseracT song lol
Love the jazzy chords of the song and the melody line
You should cover Rings Of Saturn with it.
;~; Sponsor or not, that song still spoke very strong, saw so many colors. Can't even compose a proper comment because I'm still crying.
Keep being inspired and making stuff from your heart.
Sounds alot like the bastl kastle
The board connector sockets are not designed for long term push/pull action/abuse by patching. You can check life cycles on any data sheet on an electronics dealer site. If you are not good at de-soldering, then my tip would be to buy some extra sockets , plug them in the existing ones as standoffs and abuse them. When they wear out then replace. It will save a lot of grief , extending the life of the instrument.
This shirt. I need it! Anyone knows where to get it? (The colored creamy liquid one ofc)
Andrew, I think I found my hero, I'm probably gonna cry in a few minutes. YOU ARE SO GREAT
3:18 sounds like Forbidden Planet.
Just had to say amazing vid as always.
Interesting idea: You should totally do real-time video of you learning and experimenting with the weird gear for the first time, just so we can fully watch how you go from background research (like you did for the Rythm King) to "1st patch"--or whatever the gear presents.
*_Awesome_*
If I'm completely honest, I love messing with synthesizers that I'm not familiar with. The strangeness of walking through the dark, the feeling of not knowing what that knob or output does, for some reason that gets the best kinds of music out of me.
this thing is absolutely crazy !!!!
i'm studying electrical engineering at the moment and the breadboard patching style is soooooooooooooooooo cool on this
What's the chord on "feel the words falling"??? Please!!!!!!
Jakob D parece ser um G#°
That song at the end was so sick I actually gasped when you did the hard cut to your outro cuz I was grooving so hard