Ricky, I want you to know, that your lighting, production quality, your straightforward, friendly approach and all around your down-to-earth, amazing videos have been SUCH a highlight of my pandemic. I built my first modular because of you and even though I found dozens of channels after, I still never miss a single one of your vids (modular aside, you got me into MPCs too) and you're just my favorite content creator in the music realm right now.
Khash… thank you so much, this is such an amazing content and I appreciate you a ton. Keep it up and post me a link! I want to hear the tunes :) which MPC did you get?
@@RickyTinez I have to say that the same applies to me. Thanks to you and your videos I got the confidence and began branching out into the hardware world. A lot of my gear, from my modular stuff to everything else has been purchased by your recommendation. I sincerely appreciate what you do. You have a way of approaching things in a very friendly and relatable way. It almost feels like we’re all sort of hanging out and talking about music etc. Keep doing what you do and thank you!
Dude, we could spend hours talking about this subject. This is why I go through cycles between modular and my guitar stuff. Having effects pedals isn’t any better either. While setting up my ambient pedal board, I found myself going to overkill with pedals. I’ve finally settled on maybe five pedals to accomplish what I needed, whereas before, I had two whole boards to cover so many sounds, I couldn’t even use it. So yes, it’s absolutely so easy to miss the forest for the trees.
This is one of the best modular post-mortem videos I've seen. I love your gut-check on your motivation to over-engineer patching. Much of what you said hit home for me. I've made all the mistakes, including making new mistakes trying to fix old mistakes. It is also reassuring to know that I am not alone in realizing what I've done wrong. Thank you!!
if you're after doing work to release one day, you're right. I myself use my modular more as a thing to meditate on, the complexity and surprise give me joy and excitement I can earn energy from...
That's what I figured the "purpose" was for many people - it's nore satisfying than TV etc! You don't really have to justify it by releasing records. You can, but some people treat that as the only justification for a modular, but these comments have taught me some uses that had never occurred to me. You're reason seems pretty intuitive to me - many of us use instruments this way. Someone else talked about thinking of modules like a record collection used to be, which I'd never thought of. "Producing tracks" is only one of many things you can do with a modular system.
I started with a MS-20m and went through the same thing. Now that I have a larger eurorack system the lessons I learned with my MS-20 have really helped with my focus on the larger system.
Mate, what a super valuable video! And I'm the idiot with 8 X 104hp of modular which has become so daunting to use, I now only turn it on to illuminate my Mother 32/DFAM combo... GAS boys n girls, don't do it!
This is crucial info for me right now. I really appreciate the insights, man. This addresses so many hang ups that I have with getting to that "too much" point. I love this format btw.
Thank you Ben! I'm happy it helped. Its a constant battle for me haha. I eventually get to a point where i ask myself "why am i making this so complicated?"
same same same. I spend HOURS starting from scratch and ending up with a Matrix Resurrections like complexity of Ableton device lines. But the tracks I (still) really enjoy listening to were made on 4 trackers in someones bedroom (Nightmares On Wax - Dextrous). Keep It Simple Stupid.
@@zeitgeist909 yea exactly.. i do think a simple reverb or delay can COMPLETELY transform a "boring" song into something worth listening to over and over. i usualy make the mistake of just creating more and more melodies on top of one-another and then chaos ensues hahaha
I really enjoy your videos man. You really have a gift for making your videos seem like you are talking to "me". Your humble style even though you are obviously very skilled comes off as friendly and approachable. Not everyone can do this. It's very genuine. I hope that you continue to share your work and thoughts with the world, because we need more people like you. Also, your videos are visually enjoyable to watch. Everything is on point.
In one of Hainbach´s videos he describes how he started with one skiff and was very happy coz he didn't change anything. My plan now is to find a final module configuration and not changing the patch cables once for many years to come. So it becomes a fixed instrument that I can learn playing on. How many of you had the same plan once ? ;)
Just got through to the sponsor shout out, but philosophically, I think you're touching on a VERY important point here of knowing when it's enough. Keeping it simple is often, I personally feel, more important because ultimately it helps you express effectively while servicing the song. The ego service is an important thing to be aware of in today's amazing world of options. I see this often with newer mixing engineers who go crazy on their plugin use or in some cases their analog GAS, but keep running around in circles never truly understanding the basics.
i always describe modular synths as not having an inherent "technique" or "theory" like other instruments, even keyboard based synthesizers, but the main musical muscle on display is "taste" what sounds good to you and what works for you are just as hard to Get Good as technical mastery on guitar for example. Learning and having a discerning ear isn't something that happens overnight but it's possible! lots of practice and lots of listening. great work!
Huh... that kinda reminds me of the function that record collections used to serve, back before we had instant online access to almost everything. I never thought about it, but I guess module selections/your case can be seen as statements of taste. Just like records used to be, unless you're wealthy and connected, you have to build it up thru quite a bit of time, finding limited editions and so on. You can't just buy whatever you want - it's out of stock. You have to hunt for it, and persist, just like crate digging used to be, to obtain the rare desirable gems. That's really an interesting perspective.
If i wanted to make "music" i would stay with a DAW and plugins and sample packs, maybe add a particularly interesting hardware synth at some time. Modular for me was about fulfilling a childhood dream and exploring sounds and what all those crazy modules could do. Filled 500+ HP in no time, then was overwhelmed with the possibilities, bought more stuff before learning the modules i had, then thought "are you crazy to spend half a years income for making that noise", thought about reducing it to one 2x104 HP case and noticed that i would rather completely quit than do that, too much interesting stuff out there. Will probably end with selling it all. Also i find it especially difficult to keep it small for a beginner. Only now after owning and trying out more than 100 modules i would be able to configure a small case for a certain purpose (like Ricky does here and in other videos), that would have been impossible at the beginning. But i am also someone who went through owning 150 guitars (in 30 years) before i found one i really liked. (And still can't play decently). I am definitely more interested in exploring sounds than in making music.
Definitely merit to the “modular as sonic exploration” aspect. Part of the reason I was drawn to the modular world is for the exploratory and meditative benefits. Where I generally get tripped up is when I try to blend the worlds of exploration with songwriting. Nine out ten times those are the moments where I feel most frustrated with modular and fight with gear, sync and software. I’m gravitating more toward a world where modular is just a playground for inspiration. Nothing more, nothing less.
Hey exploring sounds and making music are two different things! Some might find it difficult to see that. Hearing you say it helps a lot so thanks for sharing! I make soooo much more music with my modular now that it's in a tiny case with a purpose! My old 2x104 6U was fun but i found it so difficult to use it if the song writing process started without it. My small case that is "weird/funky bass/lead lines only" is so much easier to manage within a track. I apprecaite you Snorrevonflake!
The bass patch is so slick man! Wicked! Great Channel my brother. I’m a complete beginner when it comes to modular. I have gained much knowledge and confidents from watching your videos Ricky and have just about settled on my shopping list for my first euro rack set up. Thanks so much for sharing your skills
its like in drawing or painting. the skill to see and decide when its enough is a long process. but the more you do the faster you get better in not overdraw a drawing. nice groove goin, especially the last part at the end ;D
dang this hits right in the feels. I went through a similar experience with modular. I would justify my patching insanity by telling my self I was doing "experimental sound design". Several months went by and I accomplish nothing musically, but spent tons of money.
Yea i feel you. Thanks for sharing Brent. And questioning it is the beginning of understanding what you actually need. Sure its fun! but is it what you need right now? Sometimes having the modular system to build an appetite for making music is a great place to start. But not always necessary to use, and that's alright!
@@RickyTinez It was for sure a hard lesson! But at the end of the day, my little 5 month exclusively eurorack binge really shed some light on where my weakness were as a musician and the music production process in general. After getting that out of my system I feel refocused and am taking it as a harsh reminder that its not so much what gear you have, but what you do with it. I now let my self have 84hp (19in rack width) of Eurorack to play with and shocker........ive actually made some really dope grooves that I can actually use in something!
I really like that you touch on some of the philosophy and emotion behind music-making, which I've hardly seen anyone else cover. The approach and mindset one takes is almost as important if not more important than the gear one uses. And you're right - the ego or the 'not enough' shadow can sometimes get in the way of letting true creativity shine through, or can distort music-making into a flex rather than just letting expression flow. Learning to accept when something is enough and let go is a huge skill in any artistic creative endeavour. Thank you for addressing this important side to music 🙏
Very good and spot on. This is exactly what I realized after few years of patching. It led me to get some small eurorack cases to push the creativity with fewer modules. Sometimes, less is really more.
regarding sounds that have been pushed "beyond" useable i remember hearing a quote from one of the noisia members about having sounds with wild modulation and complex harmonic content and using filter sweeps right at the end of the chain in order to make the sound less wild
Thank you for this! Great words to hear that help me to remember to take my time with my current 86 HP case and not get carried away with GAS - gotta spend the time figuring out what I want and how to make my system a good band member
I keep dodging the hardware modular bullet with software. Voltage Modular and VCV Rack have been satisfying my itch and letting me explore, learn and figure things out. It is easy to make things crazy, adding modules are free, cables are free. This is a great reminder for KISS!
you hit the nail on the head - very nice patch you made there. emphasizes that a little can go a long way. my problem is always that i start off wanting to do something specific, but i get caught up in other cool sounding stuff, and i go off on a sound design exploration tangent patching my stuff to oblivion and rarely ever remember what my original musical idea was...
I did the same thing with modular, and eventually realized I was doing it basically to justify having a modular. Like, if I wasn’t going to make something complex with wild patching, why not just own a cheaper non-modular synth? My solution was to get rid of my Eurorack gear… not for everyone, but I realized I just wasn’t going to get over it…
My first attempt at modular ended that way about 10 years ago, now I have a better perspective of how I may be able to integrate, but’s it’s a slippery slope.. that’s why these discussions are valuable
I just sold 20k worth of modular. Ive been using modular since the 90's off and on. So recently i decided to ditch it all and go back to bare bones . And do not regret it at all
wow! Good on you to make the realization. It comes and goes for me, and i've seen myself do this with enough other gear that i let it sit in a closet for months maybe a year then i bring it back out with fresh eyes. otherwise i sell then buy again haha. Always buy used if you can that way its like "renting" it with a security deposit and you'll get your deposit back when done hahah
@@RickyTinez great advice, I am trying to keep things a little longer just to make sure I understand why I do/don’t like them for my setup, which also changes..
@@RickyTinez haha been in that direction too… I now own a MatrixBrute after buying one for the third time… I almost never buy new now because I know myself…
Hey Ricky! Thanks for this video! I've been going through the "use every patch cord you have" stuff over here on my end. I already worked through this problem in my classical composition years ago, but seem to be wrapped up in it all over again with modular. Taking this video to heart!
Thanks for stopping by Jamie! a weird thing i've tried before too was to "use only white patch cables" and see what i could do. or only 10 or 15. Some arbitrary number and see what you could do. I would come across moments where i would want to modulate something but i'd have to unplug another modulation source. This forced me to choose which modulation sounded better and fit better when compared? Fun times :)
I've been sampling sounds and patterns from my modular, then using those to make tracks 'conventionally' and it's the best if both worlds and I don't get trapped in modular 6hr bleep bloop sessions
Great observations, Ricky. For me personally I came to realise that trying to arrange, mix and complete tracks made me frustrated. At times I felt like giving up and selling all the gear I had acquired. Thankful I eventually I came to the conclusion that it was the process of finding that beat, synth sound or baseline and tweaking and playing with it that I enjoyed about music creation. I stopped worrying about finishing a track and just enjoyed creating sounds and music. It's all about the journey for me so I don't think about the destination anymore, I never record anything now. So now I'm happy making a massive jungle of cables because I'm doing it for me as it's only me I'm trying to impress.🙂
This is so on point. Especially with some of the monotony of lockdown life... its been easy to get caught in the novelty of grabbing new gear. Back to basics....
having owned a modular, this song existing makes total sense haha. that quantized tracking lead lmao. love it. just patching it is so fun that it happens.
Appreciate the holistic approach, especially when it comes to modular; with so many options, mindset becomes an important ingredient towards the end result.
Osiris sounds great in that patch Ricky! I particularly liked the way the timing of the quantised note changes happened. Super dope! I was a little horrified to see mimetic just edging along not doing anything though!!! A great demonstration of a minimalist set up creating a spanking sound. Loving the content.
hahaha! yea i didn't even realize until the end that mimetic was patched and empty! The notes changed on such a weird but awesome pattern. It was actually really fun to later match actual notes in a midi clip within Live to send to peak to play along to it. It was a pattern my brain wouldn't have been able to make or even see as viable.
this is exactly how vcv and phaseplant make me feel, grid sometimes too I think it happens mostly when I'm starting a patch I'm not particularly happy with sometimes, especially in our early days of synthesis, we keep adding stuff and eventually it works out maybe one more modulation unlocks some hidden soundscape in the patch but often I'll just keep adding stuff like piling bandaids on a broken bone other times though, "too much" can be great, it's a matter of knowing when you're adding something that you actually want or adding something just to add it
I've been noodling around with modular for about 5 years now, and this is one of the key things and hard to articulate. I think it comes down to the basic advice that experienced users give new users who are eager to build a system and get gear that they never want to hear because it sounds so wishy washy: "Well, what are you trying to do with modular?" It's such a flexible platform and there are so many cool ways to build your own setup that you can get lost in all those details. It's all about what is functionally needed to produce the sounds you want to produce. Yes you could use all the modules in this set up to produce a busier version of what you produced that has cool sound design things and little surprises, but is that what the music needs? Nope. My system now, although it is quite large, is built around a bunch of 3-4 module voices / things I can do that gives me a bunch of variety and options. But I never patch everything all at once. Longer shows / gigs, I'll patch multiple separate things that I switch between and vary.
Ricky, your methodology has me seriously looking at maximizing what Plaits can do (including the internal VCF & VCA) while controlled by the Digitone via MIDI & Polyend Poly 2.
Great little video and totally agree on complications. And Yes the track is too fast for swing here. I would get a Clep Diaz in there on the filter modulation lol
a quote i keep in my head is "“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Get to where you question it and see what can be removed and still get the point across!
Weird? Maybe, but I like it! I get the point you're trying to make, however I find myself in a different boat recently. I'm the proud new owner of a pulsar 23 and it's totally opened me up to a more primitive way of thinking. I'm always so intentful with my modular system and maybe it's the alligator clips system or maybe it's the weird utility modules of the pulsar but I find myself experimenting more. It brings me back to my early days of recording music and I've been rethinking my modular patches in a really fun positive way, like I don't want to understand signal flow anymore. It's even changed my workflow, instead of carefully composing songs I've become more intuitive and improvisational, I feel reborn out of chaos and a lack of comprehensive understanding, which really is the foundation of so many music genres but that's a whole other topic. But like always Ricky great video see you soon!
It's also way too easy to overcomplicate a modular patch for the same reason you shouldn't try "mixing" tracks while they're soloed. You might end up with something that sounds crazy and tickles all the right neurons when you're listening to it on its own, but you're probably just cluttering up the mix and stepping on other parts. I try to just unpatch my whole case as soon as I'm done recording a part, and try not to spend hours plugging in patch cables and tweaking knobs *while nothing else is playing* because it's way too easy to end up with too much.
Gonna take away a few ideas from this video - slow down ramp LFO into a quantised VCO is super sick. Can see a lot of mileage in repurposing existing modules rather than splashing out on new gear. Also, maybe try setting some limitations on the modular gear, like only use three modules in a patch or restrict yourself to no more than ten patch cables (for example). Maybe make up a set of “patch cards” each with a different limitation and roll a dice to pick one at random?
I really like these videos on minimalism. Lady Star Light says to max out everything you can do on one piece of gear before getting another. I’m in the beginning of my electronic music journey so I sometimes get allured by the bells and whistles and knobs and pads, but it’s good knowing I can get a lot accomplished with so little.
I love that, when you can work gear with your eyes closed you're in a good spot haha. Fun tip i do sometimes is read a random part of the manual and try to apply that feature to a song im working on to help solidify the use and muscle memory of that feature so i can easily recall it in my brain later!
@@RickyTinez nice! I’ll have to try that out. Embracing not being attached to a track and creating solely for exercise purposes/experimentation is important and something I’m still working on also. I used to be a ceramics artist and people would freak out when you cut a pot in half to see what the walls look, and they think you’ve wasting your time by killing a nice pot, but you get the knowledge of what’s actually going on which is invaluable. Thanks for the tip and the videos brother!
Ricky, I met you at Knobcon just before you started showing your minimal system on RUclips. This resonates with me so much. For the third time, I’ve let my Eurorack system get out of hand. I have like 8 rows of 84hp, and I just get frustrated. I had started with the stereotypical Morphagene into Clouds. I should have stopped there and I would have been eminently happy. I’m at an age that this will be the last studio setup I will most likely have. I use my modular just like you do but for a different genre. Do you think breaking up my rig into little self-contained instruments my help psychologically?
When you're completely lost in the rabbit hole, you're usually not aware of it. Keeping it simple is a great tip. It also works to patch from scratch and just pick something to start with at random.
this is the beauty of modular. You can set up a patch to do everything for you with a million cables, and then sit back. Or you can set up a patch to give you as much control as you want with a few knobs and twist away.
Great discussion, thanks. Sometimes we overthink things and that’s normal. But pouring our experiences and emotions into the instrument is the most important patches.
Well said! I've become a stark believer in, the more time you put into something the more you get out of it. When it comes to practice and understanding. If its a song that you've been tweaking the kick for a month then maybe not so much haha
I had to smile quite hard the moment you removed all the cables from Scales etc. I was almost like witnessing you, applying what you were talking about at the beginning of your video. And apart from being quite an entertaining video (again, thanks so much!) this was actually quite a helpful moment. What I mean by that is, that it is quite hard to find/identify people, their approach and their workflow in terms of “that’s enough”. If someone like me, trying to start over b/c of realising that things just aren’t getting me/taking me anywhere enjoyable, is trying to find examples out there on how good things that are “just enough” do sound, well, at least for me that is an ongoing and not very successful challenge at the moment. But it sounds so, so plausible: apart from messing around to learn one’s gear and stuff, just take that small idea and find out if it touches something. If so, it might already be enough, stick with it, maybe just a little tweak - if it sounds just meh, leave it and maybe return to it a couple of weeks later, but don’t try to force it to work by throwing all kinds of stuff at it … b/c by doing so, a lot gets buried under it all, especially the motivation to try something different, something new. Once again, Ricky, this video was quite helpful and inspiring - and it made me smile on this Sunday morning. Thank you very much!
Thanks for sharing the bass patch. What advantages do you get with this system to get this sound that you couldn't achieve with most hardware monosynths though? Perhaps some of the movements around 15:35, but it looks like a really complicated way to get to this bass sound. Curious to hear your thoughts.
I have the same issue with modular, I only make electronic music with my modular. But if I find myself in that space, I really like to unpatch everything and start over. Of course I'm patching drums mostly the same but it allows me to train in what I dig and what not.
Ricky, the bass patch at the beggining and that last section had me thinking you SHOULD get into producing "ghetto" house/techno, I can see you opening to new horizons and having a lot of fun in the process Maybe for your next compact creation, who knows 😇
...that was not the "House bass" I was expecting XD it was pretty great, though. I used to have a RackBrute 6U full of modules that I stopped using it more or less, for similar reasons. I've since replaced them all with a K-2, Wasp, and still use the MiniBrute 2S, and the remaining space will just be a few modules that will complement the rest. I'm a lot happier with the setup as a result :D I still have a modular for all intents and purposes, but it's a LOT more focused (for me).
I believe the (valid) point you're making is not only true for modular synthesizers, but for synths in general (and music gear in general, and maybe life, the universe and everything): why do people still use Minimoogs (or MS20s, as another author here mentioned) or clones, or a combo of a Tubescreamer and AC30, even though they have all the Montage/Kontakt/FM8/Reaktor/HALion or Kemper/AxeFX monsters available? Because you can't go too crazy with them.
I'm new to modular racks, but I love your set up--super compact and versatile. My main question is can you output headphones with the set up you have, or is your output from the case going into an audio interface for speakers/headphones. Where are your input and outputs going to aside for the stereo 1U output?
I guess it's all down to just because you can doesn't mean you should. Treating the whole case as your synth and not song seems to be what's helping. If you look at a patch you designed on the Peak take note of how many mod slots you used (plus normalled modulation) and those are the patch cables right? Great video plus love the breakdown at the end. That bass sample in Live is deep.
15:20 - Finally!!! Thank the lord of the dance!!! A modular demo that actually sounds like it could be used in a set. [EDIT] - when Ricky started pulling out those patch leads that was cathartic as f*ck - [EDIT]
Interestingly enough, the place I’m thinking this will help me the most is in creating guitar solos. Really easy to get caught up in “well, I can play all the notes really fast and I want people to know how awesome I am so….I mean, what’s a few more riffs of tripleted 64th notes?” Lately I’ve been having to push myself really hard to just play the solo the song requires rather than playing the solo my hands want me to play.
Sounds like you ran into some of the same issues which motivated me to get out of the (semi)modular analog world. I'd make a good sound and then just ... leave it. For months. It really got in the way of exploring and creating. So I solved it by switching to gear which has patch recall functions. I don't feel reluctant to explore when I know I can easily get my old patches back.
There is a fine line between too much and too little. Modular scares the hell out of me for precisely this reason, I know how lost I can get when playing with my MicroModular, at least its easy to start from scratch when I begin a new session. What helps me is to have some kind of clear idea as to what I want to achieve when I start a patch.
I can see where this is going- my vain hope is that I can force myself to exhaust the many possibilities of a small 6-8 module system. At what point would I be able to max that out completely and say with honesty that I know everything it can do? There must be many good patches to be made even with something small if I'm picking the right modules, that have several functions each....This would be a substantial body of knowledge about sound design I would think.
Ricky, 99% of modular stuff I've heard is "interesting sound design" aka ugly noise. But that 1% proves 2 things - 1, it is possible to make musical modular patches. and 2, it's incredibly difficult. One day I will jump down this rabbit hole... Keep up the good work fella!
I’ve jumped into the eurorack after thirty years of synths and DAWs. It’s not hard at all, it’s incredibly intuitive and designs itself, the real issue is the cost. $20K realistically for a decent system. Make a track night almost, release quality
@@jimlampshady just getting ready, I’m a bit older and happy just making the stuff without all this RUclips side! But will have an album out later this year :)
@@AirArtStudiosOfficial With making a release quality track almost every night that's gonna be some tough choices or a long album! Either way I'm looking forward to it.
Hi Ricky, a little question about the distance from the camera to you. I think it's great that the sigma lens with 16mm still has a decent bokeh. But please tell me, how far away is the camera from you in this video? I only ask because my room is quite small and I also need a wide-angle lens but have a maximum of 125cm space to put the camera away from me. Maybe here: 0:24 seems quite small distance?
Ricky, I want you to know, that your lighting, production quality, your straightforward, friendly approach and all around your down-to-earth, amazing videos have been SUCH a highlight of my pandemic. I built my first modular because of you and even though I found dozens of channels after, I still never miss a single one of your vids (modular aside, you got me into MPCs too) and you're just my favorite content creator in the music realm right now.
Khash… thank you so much, this is such an amazing content and I appreciate you a ton. Keep it up and post me a link! I want to hear the tunes :) which MPC did you get?
@@RickyTinez got an MPC one hah and honestly got sooo into Noise Engineering because of you. Bought 4-5 modules of theirs hah
@@RickyTinez I have to say that the same applies to me. Thanks to you and your videos I got the confidence and began branching out into the hardware world. A lot of my gear, from my modular stuff to everything else has been purchased by your recommendation. I sincerely appreciate what you do. You have a way of approaching things in a very friendly and relatable way. It almost feels like we’re all sort of hanging out and talking about music etc. Keep doing what you do and thank you!
Dude, we could spend hours talking about this subject. This is why I go through cycles between modular and my guitar stuff. Having effects pedals isn’t any better either. While setting up my ambient pedal board, I found myself going to overkill with pedals. I’ve finally settled on maybe five pedals to accomplish what I needed, whereas before, I had two whole boards to cover so many sounds, I couldn’t even use it. So yes, it’s absolutely so easy to miss the forest for the trees.
Yes exactly. Thanks for this Brian, I’m trying to apply these lessons to my pedal collection that is slowwlllyyt growing haha
This is one of the best modular post-mortem videos I've seen. I love your gut-check on your motivation to over-engineer patching. Much of what you said hit home for me. I've made all the mistakes, including making new mistakes trying to fix old mistakes. It is also reassuring to know that I am not alone in realizing what I've done wrong. Thank you!!
if you're after doing work to release one day, you're right.
I myself use my modular more as a thing to meditate on, the complexity and surprise give me joy and excitement I can earn energy from...
That's what I figured the "purpose" was for many people - it's nore satisfying than TV etc! You don't really have to justify it by releasing records. You can, but some people treat that as the only justification for a modular, but these comments have taught me some uses that had never occurred to me. You're reason seems pretty intuitive to me - many of us use instruments this way. Someone else talked about thinking of modules like a record collection used to be, which I'd never thought of. "Producing tracks" is only one of many things you can do with a modular system.
I started with a MS-20m and went through the same thing. Now that I have a larger eurorack system the lessons I learned with my MS-20 have really helped with my focus on the larger system.
This is the Ricky Tinez i subbed. Thanks for thinking out loud bro respect 🤙
My man, I am always mind blown seeing how we share lot of the same struggles. Thanks for the video!
we're allll in the same boat its just extra foggy out
Mate, what a super valuable video! And I'm the idiot with 8 X 104hp of modular which has become so daunting to use, I now only turn it on to illuminate my Mother 32/DFAM combo... GAS boys n girls, don't do it!
This is crucial info for me right now. I really appreciate the insights, man. This addresses so many hang ups that I have with getting to that "too much" point. I love this format btw.
Thank you Ben! I'm happy it helped. Its a constant battle for me haha. I eventually get to a point where i ask myself "why am i making this so complicated?"
same same same. I spend HOURS starting from scratch and ending up with a Matrix Resurrections like complexity of Ableton device lines. But the tracks I (still) really enjoy listening to were made on 4 trackers in someones bedroom (Nightmares On Wax - Dextrous). Keep It Simple Stupid.
@@zeitgeist909 yea exactly.. i do think a simple reverb or delay can COMPLETELY transform a "boring" song into something worth listening to over and over. i usualy make the mistake of just creating more and more melodies on top of one-another and then chaos ensues hahaha
I really enjoy your videos man. You really have a gift for making your videos seem like you are talking to "me". Your humble style even though you are obviously very skilled comes off as friendly and approachable. Not everyone can do this. It's very genuine. I hope that you continue to share your work and thoughts with the world, because we need more people like you. Also, your videos are visually enjoyable to watch. Everything is on point.
Eurorack reminds me of Assembly computer language. It’s extremely powerful but requires great effort to do even the basics of functions.
F A C T S - imagine using a scalpel to butcher a 3/4 tonn cow.
that's exactly right. And in time, its a good refresher to go back to the basics :)
Super relatable well said! I love how your videos combine music technology as well as lifestyle design/ life lessons! Great stuff man!
Yep, trying to break old bad habbits or take on new ones - that's basically what my life is about... ;-)
I'd be down to hear a full song with that final patch, it was a banger.
In one of Hainbach´s videos he describes how he started with one skiff and was very happy coz he didn't change anything. My plan now is to find a final module configuration and not changing the patch cables once for many years to come. So it becomes a fixed instrument that I can learn playing on. How many of you had the same plan once ? ;)
Just got through to the sponsor shout out, but philosophically, I think you're touching on a VERY important point here of knowing when it's enough. Keeping it simple is often, I personally feel, more important because ultimately it helps you express effectively while servicing the song. The ego service is an important thing to be aware of in today's amazing world of options. I see this often with newer mixing engineers who go crazy on their plugin use or in some cases their analog GAS, but keep running around in circles never truly understanding the basics.
i always describe modular synths as not having an inherent "technique" or "theory" like other instruments, even keyboard based synthesizers, but the main musical muscle on display is "taste"
what sounds good to you and what works for you are just as hard to Get Good as technical mastery on guitar for example. Learning and having a discerning ear isn't something that happens overnight but it's possible! lots of practice and lots of listening.
great work!
Huh... that kinda reminds me of the function that record collections used to serve, back before we had instant online access to almost everything. I never thought about it, but I guess module selections/your case can be seen as statements of taste. Just like records used to be, unless you're wealthy and connected, you have to build it up thru quite a bit of time, finding limited editions and so on. You can't just buy whatever you want - it's out of stock. You have to hunt for it, and persist, just like crate digging used to be, to obtain the rare desirable gems. That's really an interesting perspective.
If i wanted to make "music" i would stay with a DAW and plugins and sample packs, maybe add a particularly interesting hardware synth at some time. Modular for me was about fulfilling a childhood dream and exploring sounds and what all those crazy modules could do. Filled 500+ HP in no time, then was overwhelmed with the possibilities, bought more stuff before learning the modules i had, then thought "are you crazy to spend half a years income for making that noise", thought about reducing it to one 2x104 HP case and noticed that i would rather completely quit than do that, too much interesting stuff out there. Will probably end with selling it all. Also i find it especially difficult to keep it small for a beginner. Only now after owning and trying out more than 100 modules i would be able to configure a small case for a certain purpose (like Ricky does here and in other videos), that would have been impossible at the beginning. But i am also someone who went through owning 150 guitars (in 30 years) before i found one i really liked. (And still can't play decently).
I am definitely more interested in exploring sounds than in making music.
Definitely merit to the “modular as sonic exploration” aspect. Part of the reason I was drawn to the modular world is for the exploratory and meditative benefits. Where I generally get tripped up is when I try to blend the worlds of exploration with songwriting. Nine out ten times those are the moments where I feel most frustrated with modular and fight with gear, sync and software. I’m gravitating more toward a world where modular is just a playground for inspiration. Nothing more, nothing less.
Hey exploring sounds and making music are two different things! Some might find it difficult to see that. Hearing you say it helps a lot so thanks for sharing! I make soooo much more music with my modular now that it's in a tiny case with a purpose! My old 2x104 6U was fun but i found it so difficult to use it if the song writing process started without it. My small case that is "weird/funky bass/lead lines only" is so much easier to manage within a track. I apprecaite you Snorrevonflake!
The bass patch is so slick man! Wicked! Great Channel my brother. I’m a complete beginner when it comes to modular. I have gained much knowledge and confidents from watching your videos Ricky and have just about settled on my shopping list for my first euro rack set up. Thanks so much for sharing your skills
its like in drawing or painting. the skill to see and decide when its enough is a long process. but the more you do the faster you get better in not overdraw a drawing. nice groove goin, especially the last part at the end ;D
I read a book called ‘Start with the why’ by Simon Sinek and it radically changed the way I approach music..and I feel the key is to find your ‘Why’
dang this hits right in the feels. I went through a similar experience with modular. I would justify my patching insanity by telling my self I was doing "experimental sound design". Several months went by and I accomplish nothing musically, but spent tons of money.
Yea i feel you. Thanks for sharing Brent. And questioning it is the beginning of understanding what you actually need. Sure its fun! but is it what you need right now? Sometimes having the modular system to build an appetite for making music is a great place to start. But not always necessary to use, and that's alright!
@@RickyTinez It was for sure a hard lesson! But at the end of the day, my little 5 month exclusively eurorack binge really shed some light on where my weakness were as a musician and the music production process in general. After getting that out of my system I feel refocused and am taking it as a harsh reminder that its not so much what gear you have, but what you do with it. I now let my self have 84hp (19in rack width) of Eurorack to play with and shocker........ive actually made some really dope grooves that I can actually use in something!
I really like that you touch on some of the philosophy and emotion behind music-making, which I've hardly seen anyone else cover. The approach and mindset one takes is almost as important if not more important than the gear one uses. And you're right - the ego or the 'not enough' shadow can sometimes get in the way of letting true creativity shine through, or can distort music-making into a flex rather than just letting expression flow. Learning to accept when something is enough and let go is a huge skill in any artistic creative endeavour.
Thank you for addressing this important side to music 🙏
Very good and spot on. This is exactly what I realized after few years of patching. It led me to get some small eurorack cases to push the creativity with fewer modules. Sometimes, less is really more.
regarding sounds that have been pushed "beyond" useable i remember hearing a quote from one of the noisia members about having sounds with wild modulation and complex harmonic content and using filter sweeps right at the end of the chain in order to make the sound less wild
The best part is that you got some good music out of it, that is a solid beginning for a track. I'm fighting the pull of the modular rabbit hole.
I love your tag line, man! One of my favorite parts of your videos (outside of the awesome content)!
Thank you for this! Great words to hear that help me to remember to take my time with my current 86 HP case and not get carried away with GAS - gotta spend the time figuring out what I want and how to make my system a good band member
I keep dodging the hardware modular bullet with software. Voltage Modular and VCV Rack have been satisfying my itch and letting me explore, learn and figure things out. It is easy to make things crazy, adding modules are free, cables are free. This is a great reminder for KISS!
you hit the nail on the head - very nice patch you made there. emphasizes that a little can go a long way.
my problem is always that i start off wanting to do something specific, but i get caught up in other cool sounding stuff, and i go off on a sound design exploration tangent patching my stuff to oblivion and rarely ever remember what my original musical idea was...
I did the same thing with modular, and eventually realized I was doing it basically to justify having a modular. Like, if I wasn’t going to make something complex with wild patching, why not just own a cheaper non-modular synth? My solution was to get rid of my Eurorack gear… not for everyone, but I realized I just wasn’t going to get over it…
My first attempt at modular ended that way about 10 years ago, now I have a better perspective of how I may be able to integrate, but’s it’s a slippery slope.. that’s why these discussions are valuable
I just sold 20k worth of modular. Ive been using modular since the 90's off and on. So recently i decided to ditch it all and go back to bare bones . And do not regret it at all
wow! Good on you to make the realization. It comes and goes for me, and i've seen myself do this with enough other gear that i let it sit in a closet for months maybe a year then i bring it back out with fresh eyes. otherwise i sell then buy again haha. Always buy used if you can that way its like "renting" it with a security deposit and you'll get your deposit back when done hahah
@@RickyTinez great advice, I am trying to keep things a little longer just to make sure I understand why I do/don’t like them for my setup, which also changes..
@@RickyTinez haha been in that direction too… I now own a MatrixBrute after buying one for the third time… I almost never buy new now because I know myself…
Hey Ricky! Thanks for this video! I've been going through the "use every patch cord you have" stuff over here on my end. I already worked through this problem in my classical composition years ago, but seem to be wrapped up in it all over again with modular. Taking this video to heart!
Thanks for stopping by Jamie! a weird thing i've tried before too was to "use only white patch cables" and see what i could do. or only 10 or 15. Some arbitrary number and see what you could do. I would come across moments where i would want to modulate something but i'd have to unplug another modulation source. This forced me to choose which modulation sounded better and fit better when compared? Fun times :)
Great ideas! I've always said that restrictions can be liberating in art. Going to go unplug everything now...
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
YES! i litereally just typed this a few comments up before seeing this one hahaha! I love it.
I've been sampling sounds and patterns from my modular, then using those to make tracks 'conventionally' and it's the best if both worlds and I don't get trapped in modular 6hr bleep bloop sessions
Do you find that just recording sounds in and printing them helps commit and thus push you further in the direction of finishing a song?
Great observations, Ricky. For me personally I came to realise that trying to arrange, mix and complete tracks made me frustrated. At times I felt like giving up and selling all the gear I had acquired. Thankful I eventually I came to the conclusion that it was the process of finding that beat, synth sound or baseline and tweaking and playing with it that I enjoyed about music creation. I stopped worrying about finishing a track and just enjoyed creating sounds and music. It's all about the journey for me so I don't think about the destination anymore, I never record anything now. So now I'm happy making a massive jungle of cables because I'm doing it for me as it's only me I'm trying to impress.🙂
I love this community, under each video there are only insightful and interesting discussions happy to be here
This is so on point. Especially with some of the monotony of lockdown life... its been easy to get caught in the novelty of grabbing new gear. Back to basics....
having owned a modular, this song existing makes total sense haha. that quantized tracking lead lmao. love it. just patching it is so fun that it happens.
Appreciate the holistic approach, especially when it comes to modular; with so many options, mindset becomes an important ingredient towards the end result.
Osiris sounds great in that patch Ricky! I particularly liked the way the timing of the quantised note changes happened. Super dope! I was a little horrified to see mimetic just edging along not doing anything though!!! A great demonstration of a minimalist set up creating a spanking sound. Loving the content.
hahaha! yea i didn't even realize until the end that mimetic was patched and empty!
The notes changed on such a weird but awesome pattern. It was actually really fun to later match actual notes in a midi clip within Live to send to peak to play along to it. It was a pattern my brain wouldn't have been able to make or even see as viable.
this is exactly how vcv and phaseplant make me feel, grid sometimes too
I think it happens mostly when I'm starting a patch I'm not particularly happy with
sometimes, especially in our early days of synthesis, we keep adding stuff and eventually it works out
maybe one more modulation unlocks some hidden soundscape in the patch
but often I'll just keep adding stuff like piling bandaids on a broken bone
other times though, "too much" can be great, it's a matter of knowing when you're adding something that you actually want
or adding something just to add it
I've been noodling around with modular for about 5 years now, and this is one of the key things and hard to articulate. I think it comes down to the basic advice that experienced users give new users who are eager to build a system and get gear that they never want to hear because it sounds so wishy washy: "Well, what are you trying to do with modular?" It's such a flexible platform and there are so many cool ways to build your own setup that you can get lost in all those details. It's all about what is functionally needed to produce the sounds you want to produce. Yes you could use all the modules in this set up to produce a busier version of what you produced that has cool sound design things and little surprises, but is that what the music needs? Nope. My system now, although it is quite large, is built around a bunch of 3-4 module voices / things I can do that gives me a bunch of variety and options. But I never patch everything all at once. Longer shows / gigs, I'll patch multiple separate things that I switch between and vary.
Ricky, your methodology has me seriously looking at maximizing what Plaits can do (including the internal VCF & VCA) while controlled by the Digitone via MIDI & Polyend Poly 2.
Great little video and totally agree on complications. And Yes the track is too fast for swing here. I would get a Clep Diaz in there on the filter modulation lol
I appreciate your shift in tone toward self-reflection this year. It's refreshing.
Loving the electro vibe! Great points and vibes as always too
Hell yeah 5 Five Watt world! Appreciate where you’re coming from with this video, great insight
I think have a small case is perfect for staying focused. In a dream world I’d have 4 small cases, bass, drums, chords and noise stuff haha
For me the parallel is knowing when to stop embelishing the canvas while painting. Im no master but sometimes I ruin it by going too far.
My best paintings are all destroyed because of this
a quote i keep in my head is "“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Get to where you question it and see what can be removed and still get the point across!
That feeling of oh shit I should have just left it.lol I feel ya
I sold all of the stuff from my large mantis case except 62HP worth of stuff. I’m having so much more fun and learning the fundamentals!!!! 💪🏾
Man, as soon as you transitioned into the “live” version everything just melted!!!
Weird? Maybe, but I like it! I get the point you're trying to make, however I find myself in a different boat recently. I'm the proud new owner of a pulsar 23 and it's totally opened me up to a more primitive way of thinking. I'm always so intentful with my modular system and maybe it's the alligator clips system or maybe it's the weird utility modules of the pulsar but I find myself experimenting more. It brings me back to my early days of recording music and I've been rethinking my modular patches in a really fun positive way, like I don't want to understand signal flow anymore. It's even changed my workflow, instead of carefully composing songs I've become more intuitive and improvisational, I feel reborn out of chaos and a lack of comprehensive understanding, which really is the foundation of so many music genres but that's a whole other topic. But like always Ricky great video see you soon!
It's also way too easy to overcomplicate a modular patch for the same reason you shouldn't try "mixing" tracks while they're soloed. You might end up with something that sounds crazy and tickles all the right neurons when you're listening to it on its own, but you're probably just cluttering up the mix and stepping on other parts.
I try to just unpatch my whole case as soon as I'm done recording a part, and try not to spend hours plugging in patch cables and tweaking knobs *while nothing else is playing* because it's way too easy to end up with too much.
I love this kind of process video! Great thoughts. I like the idea of getting back to basics in a way.
I just got into modular with a small single voice skiff, this is some good advice to keep in mind :)
Gonna take away a few ideas from this video - slow down ramp LFO into a quantised VCO is super sick. Can see a lot of mileage in repurposing existing modules rather than splashing out on new gear. Also, maybe try setting some limitations on the modular gear, like only use three modules in a patch or restrict yourself to no more than ten patch cables (for example). Maybe make up a set of “patch cards” each with a different limitation and roll a dice to pick one at random?
I really like these videos on minimalism. Lady Star Light says to max out everything you can do on one piece of gear before getting another. I’m in the beginning of my electronic music journey so I sometimes get allured by the bells and whistles and knobs and pads, but it’s good knowing I can get a lot accomplished with so little.
I love that, when you can work gear with your eyes closed you're in a good spot haha. Fun tip i do sometimes is read a random part of the manual and try to apply that feature to a song im working on to help solidify the use and muscle memory of that feature so i can easily recall it in my brain later!
@@RickyTinez nice! I’ll have to try that out. Embracing not being attached to a track and creating solely for exercise purposes/experimentation is important and something I’m still working on also. I used to be a ceramics artist and people would freak out when you cut a pot in half to see what the walls look, and they think you’ve wasting your time by killing a nice pot, but you get the knowledge of what’s actually going on which is invaluable. Thanks for the tip and the videos brother!
Lovely old skool Underground Resistance vibes on that track man, nice work 🔥👊🏻❤️
it is not weird man, it sounds great and promising to my ears. it could be turned into a great sounding experimental electro with enough effort.
Ricky, very cool patch thanks. Yup the rabbit hole is deep indeed.
Ricky, I met you at Knobcon just before you started showing your minimal system on RUclips. This resonates with me so much. For the third time, I’ve let my Eurorack system get out of hand. I have like 8 rows of 84hp, and I just get frustrated. I had started with the stereotypical Morphagene into Clouds. I should have stopped there and I would have been eminently happy.
I’m at an age that this will be the last studio setup I will most likely have. I use my modular just like you do but for a different genre. Do you think breaking up my rig into little self-contained instruments my help psychologically?
When you're completely lost in the rabbit hole, you're usually not aware of it. Keeping it simple is a great tip. It also works to patch from scratch and just pick something to start with at random.
Oh Man-Happy New Year-but good lord-that mini modular setup looks like a couple grand all by itself!
Love this track. So left field and dope! Crazy drums.
this is the beauty of modular. You can set up a patch to do everything for you with a million cables, and then sit back. Or you can set up a patch to give you as much control as you want with a few knobs and twist away.
Great discussion, thanks. Sometimes we overthink things and that’s normal. But pouring our experiences and emotions into the instrument is the most important patches.
Well said! I've become a stark believer in, the more time you put into something the more you get out of it. When it comes to practice and understanding. If its a song that you've been tweaking the kick for a month then maybe not so much haha
Always a good reminder. Thanks! Less is more, sometimes.
I had to smile quite hard the moment you removed all the cables from Scales etc. I was almost like witnessing you, applying what you were talking about at the beginning of your video. And apart from being quite an entertaining video (again, thanks so much!) this was actually quite a helpful moment.
What I mean by that is, that it is quite hard to find/identify people, their approach and their workflow in terms of “that’s enough”. If someone like me, trying to start over b/c of realising that things just aren’t getting me/taking me anywhere enjoyable, is trying to find examples out there on how good things that are “just enough” do sound, well, at least for me that is an ongoing and not very successful challenge at the moment.
But it sounds so, so plausible: apart from messing around to learn one’s gear and stuff, just take that small idea and find out if it touches something. If so, it might already be enough, stick with it, maybe just a little tweak - if it sounds just meh, leave it and maybe return to it a couple of weeks later, but don’t try to force it to work by throwing all kinds of stuff at it … b/c by doing so, a lot gets buried under it all, especially the motivation to try something different, something new.
Once again, Ricky, this video was quite helpful and inspiring - and it made me smile on this Sunday morning. Thank you very much!
Great honest advice, thanks for sharing 🙏🏾
Needed to hear this today, THANKS!
Thank you brother. This is excellent and thoughtful.
Dude running the palette case upside is some kind of genius not gonna lie . Keeps the bulk of the patches in the bottom for utiles
Thanks for sharing the bass patch. What advantages do you get with this system to get this sound that you couldn't achieve with most hardware monosynths though? Perhaps some of the movements around 15:35, but it looks like a really complicated way to get to this bass sound. Curious to hear your thoughts.
I love your "weird" track! Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
15:50 this whole jam is so good
I have the same issue with modular, I only make electronic music with my modular. But if I find myself in that space, I really like to unpatch everything and start over. Of course I'm patching drums mostly the same but it allows me to train in what I dig and what not.
It's not weird bro, it's fun and groovy. Me like this mucho.
"I make some weird stuff once in a while" [laughs in jazz] Dude we like the weird stuff!
Ricky, the bass patch at the beggining and that last section had me thinking
you SHOULD get into producing "ghetto" house/techno, I can see you opening to new horizons and having a lot of fun in the process
Maybe for your next compact creation, who knows 😇
...that was not the "House bass" I was expecting XD it was pretty great, though. I used to have a RackBrute 6U full of modules that I stopped using it more or less, for similar reasons. I've since replaced them all with a K-2, Wasp, and still use the MiniBrute 2S, and the remaining space will just be a few modules that will complement the rest. I'm a lot happier with the setup as a result :D I still have a modular for all intents and purposes, but it's a LOT more focused (for me).
I believe the (valid) point you're making is not only true for modular synthesizers, but for synths in general (and music gear in general, and maybe life, the universe and everything): why do people still use Minimoogs (or MS20s, as another author here mentioned) or clones, or a combo of a Tubescreamer and AC30, even though they have all the Montage/Kontakt/FM8/Reaktor/HALion or Kemper/AxeFX monsters available? Because you can't go too crazy with them.
I'm new to modular racks, but I love your set up--super compact and versatile. My main question is can you output headphones with the set up you have, or is your output from the case going into an audio interface for speakers/headphones. Where are your input and outputs going to aside for the stereo 1U output?
I guess it's all down to just because you can doesn't mean you should. Treating the whole case as your synth and not song seems to be what's helping. If you look at a patch you designed on the Peak take note of how many mod slots you used (plus normalled modulation) and those are the patch cables right? Great video plus love the breakdown at the end. That bass sample in Live is deep.
As an electro-head, this 'weirdness' is the best thing I've heard in your videos! Please go make some noises with Ben Milstein 👍
i needed this video right now
I also unpatch my system after every sound I make then I record it into Live and move on. Love it
15:20 - Finally!!! Thank the lord of the dance!!! A modular demo that actually sounds like it could be used in a set.
[EDIT] - when Ricky started pulling out those patch leads that was cathartic as f*ck - [EDIT]
Interestingly enough, the place I’m thinking this will help me the most is in creating guitar solos. Really easy to get caught up in “well, I can play all the notes really fast and I want people to know how awesome I am so….I mean, what’s a few more riffs of tripleted 64th notes?” Lately I’ve been having to push myself really hard to just play the solo the song requires rather than playing the solo my hands want me to play.
My personal philosophy for all things in life:
1) Find the line, the limit, the edge
2) Take one step back
🔥 🔥 🔥 you need to release this
Sounds like you ran into some of the same issues which motivated me to get out of the (semi)modular analog world. I'd make a good sound and then just ... leave it. For months. It really got in the way of exploring and creating. So I solved it by switching to gear which has patch recall functions. I don't feel reluctant to explore when I know I can easily get my old patches back.
There is a fine line between too much and too little. Modular scares the hell out of me for precisely this reason, I know how lost I can get when playing with my MicroModular, at least its easy to start from scratch when I begin a new session.
What helps me is to have some kind of clear idea as to what I want to achieve when I start a patch.
I can see where this is going- my vain hope is that I can force myself to exhaust the many possibilities of a small 6-8 module system. At what point would I be able to max that out completely and say with honesty that I know everything it can do? There must be many good patches to be made even with something small if I'm picking the right modules, that have several functions each....This would be a substantial body of knowledge about sound design I would think.
Ricky, 99% of modular stuff I've heard is "interesting sound design" aka ugly noise. But that 1% proves 2 things - 1, it is possible to make musical modular patches. and 2, it's incredibly difficult. One day I will jump down this rabbit hole... Keep up the good work fella!
I’ve jumped into the eurorack after thirty years of synths and DAWs. It’s not hard at all, it’s incredibly intuitive and designs itself, the real issue is the cost. $20K realistically for a decent system. Make a track night almost, release quality
@@AirArtStudiosOfficial Please post a link to your eurorack music as I'm always ready to hear the good stuff.
@@jimlampshady just getting ready, I’m a bit older and happy just making the stuff without all this RUclips side! But will have an album out later this year :)
@@AirArtStudiosOfficial With making a release quality track almost every night that's gonna be some tough choices or a long album! Either way I'm looking forward to it.
Nice one! Now it's time to try to apply this lesson to life also.
Hi Ricky, a little question about the distance from the camera to you. I think it's great that the sigma lens with 16mm still has a decent bokeh. But please tell me, how far away is the camera from you in this video? I only ask because my room is quite small and I also need a wide-angle lens but have a maximum of 125cm space to put the camera away from me. Maybe here: 0:24 seems quite small distance?
Ricky: "I know this song is weird"
Me: Damn this slaps lol
Der Mann hat recht ... Wahre Worte!
Cool AF. Love your content.
nice video, on the spot ! There is old gold saying "Less is more" ;-)