Microtonal Chord Progression

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  • Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
  • The progression isn't actually in 31edo. I just think the visual helps to understand the chords.
    I made this using 3 slightly detuned instances 12edo (0c, ~-14c, ~-31c), which allowed me to tune the chords really close to just. I don't bother with the fifths because they're so in tune in 12edo anyway.
    Here are the chord symbols:
    sm7 - subminor 7th chord
    h7 - harmonic 7th chord
    h9 - harmonic 9th chord
    also nontuplet beat go brrrr

Комментарии • 284

  • @gregg8721
    @gregg8721 7 месяцев назад +763

    I love when microtonal music is used more traditionally melodic like this rather than being dissonant for the sake of being dissonant

    • @Accuratetranslationservices
      @Accuratetranslationservices 6 месяцев назад +50

      Exactly, same. Feel like a lot of microtonal music is just microtonal for the sake of it. A gimmick. The key is to actually sound good, and that requires showing some restraint like this, not just trying to incorporate every note because you can

    • @forsaken696
      @forsaken696 4 месяца назад

      👼

    • @runswithbears3517
      @runswithbears3517 4 месяца назад +14

      @@Accuratetranslationservices I think you underestimate how hard it is to write good music with notes and patterns that are entirely foreign to the human ear.

    • @Accuratetranslationservices
      @Accuratetranslationservices 3 месяца назад +1

      @@runswithbears3517 Oh? Why do you think I underestimate that?

    • @Accuratetranslationservices
      @Accuratetranslationservices 3 месяца назад +7

      Also relatedly - being hard to write has nothing to do with it. If your music sounds bad, you shouldn’t release it. No one will care how hard it is to write songs in a 19-note system. They will only care if it sounds good. Otherwise they will not listen to it and it’s just trash. They aren’t going to say, “This music really doesn’t sound good but I give him a break because microtonal is hard so I listen to music I don’t really like anyway.” No one out there is saying “I listen to this song all the time because of how hard it is to write” in general … which is why bands like the Ramones and Nirvana have millions other more fans than Yngwie Malmsteen. The only rule to music: Sound good.

  • @TockProductions
    @TockProductions 7 месяцев назад +657

    That Bbh9 hits so teeth-grindingly good it seems like a portal to another dimension is about to open

    • @yohaAlt
      @yohaAlt 7 месяцев назад +14

      Bbh9 feels like it makes one question their life..

    • @weakw1ll
      @weakw1ll 7 месяцев назад +5

      Ong idk why i feel that shit in my teeth tho fr

    • @weakw1ll
      @weakw1ll 7 месяцев назад +13

      Resonant FREQUENCY of MOLARS 😱 UNLOCKE D???? 😳

    • @dedli_midi
      @dedli_midi 7 месяцев назад +2

      drink lots of alcohol

    • @TockProductions
      @TockProductions 7 месяцев назад +3

      This turned into a reddit thread pretty quickly 👌

  • @BENBOMB.07
    @BENBOMB.07 8 месяцев назад +296

    rainy Sunday morning in February type beat

    • @jordanolson
      @jordanolson 7 месяцев назад +7

      Where do you live that it's warm enough to rain in February?

    • @nathanielpickett439
      @nathanielpickett439 7 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@jordanolson happens all the time, weirdly warm days come around everywhere

    • @jordanolson
      @jordanolson 7 месяцев назад

      @@nathanielpickett439 definitely not in minnesota in february lol

    • @nathanielpickett439
      @nathanielpickett439 7 месяцев назад

      @@jordanolson a quick google of Minnesota February temps shows that highs are frequently above freezing

    • @subject2749
      @subject2749 7 месяцев назад

      I love civ 6

  • @Computinater1010
    @Computinater1010 7 месяцев назад +450

    As a classical music fan and composer, i love seeing people who are experimenting with microtonal chords and progressions! I believe it can add so much colour when used like this. Awesome.

  • @Foxxey
    @Foxxey 8 месяцев назад +249

    amazing, love the h9 feel

    • @Fire_Axus
      @Fire_Axus 8 месяцев назад +2

      your feelings are irrational

    • @Foxxey
      @Foxxey 7 месяцев назад +47

      ​@@Fire_Axus Yes, that's quite literally the definition of feelings.

    • @jossua7524
      @jossua7524 7 месяцев назад

      iv

    • @pecfexfextus4437
      @pecfexfextus4437 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@Foxxey i think it was a joke about irrational numbers

    • @Foxxey
      @Foxxey 7 месяцев назад

      @@pecfexfextus4437 No it probably wasn't, because harmonic interval ratios (and thus the thing that makes harmonic chords *harmonic*) are inherently rational.

  • @Hexagy
    @Hexagy 8 месяцев назад +154

    This unironically goes hard

  • @kryspy5160
    @kryspy5160 7 месяцев назад +659

    you know its good microtonal when you cant tell its microtonal
    edit: i could obv hear it but i was tryna say it sounds more fitting than other microtonal music ive hewrd

    • @michaelvarney.
      @michaelvarney. 7 месяцев назад +63

      You can tell someone is tone deaf when they can’t tell it is microtonal.

    • @rarecrom
      @rarecrom 7 месяцев назад +9

      @millennial_bug you legit just cant say that though because now its biased no matter what

    • @jpizzleforizzle
      @jpizzleforizzle 7 месяцев назад +20

      ​@@rarecromI can hear it's microtonal. As the chords change it's pretty clear there's deviation from tempered intonation relative to the tonic chord.

    • @rarecrom
      @rarecrom 7 месяцев назад +10

      @@jpizzleforizzle my original point still stands - i'm not attacking anyones ego. im simply just stating that in THIS SCENARIO since its already stated to be microtonal, there will be bias no matter what. you don't have to explain to me what recognizing something as non 12 tone through relative pitch is.

    • @jpizzleforizzle
      @jpizzleforizzle 7 месяцев назад +14

      @@rarecrom but you're wrong. If I didn't know it was microtonal to begin with, I would still be able to tell after listening. The intervals are just different in microtonal scales than tempered scales. With practice, you can tell the difference.

  • @CypiXmusic
    @CypiXmusic 7 месяцев назад +164

    I rarely ever see it used in chords. Hard to believe it can sound that harmonic

    • @MauriceGuibot
      @MauriceGuibot 7 месяцев назад +5

      @@KimStennabbCaesar Also Zheanna Erose if you haven't yet

    • @KimStennabbCaesar
      @KimStennabbCaesar 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@MauriceGuibot Aye, very cool stuff.

    • @desanctisapostata
      @desanctisapostata 7 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@KimStennabbCaesar IDK bro, i'm pretty western centric musically soesking AND this sounds incredibly natural, almost too much, I don't think dissonant consonant notions are as artificial as many critics have you believe, then again, I don't really know and i'm not quite there in my knowledge of neuro-acustics, sound perception, aesthetics AND overall musicology to say this or otherwise. I just have this feeling that most people who use new techniques or sound in music composition forget that while then sounds AND techniques might be new, our sound perception is still limited and follows certain principles, wich if composed correctly, can make "new" and wild sounds make sense and feel natural.

  • @coragon42
    @coragon42 7 месяцев назад +40

    That Esm7 hits different, but repetition legitimizes

  • @Roonayy
    @Roonayy 8 месяцев назад +24

    This sounds strange, but pretty good.

  • @cacadehors
    @cacadehors 7 месяцев назад +11

    Lyrics:
    C
    G7sus4
    Gh7
    Esm7
    Dh7
    Bbh9
    *Repeat*

    • @poopexplosion1001
      @poopexplosion1001 2 месяца назад

      bro really said "🎶🎶🎼🎼🎵🎵🎵🎵"😂😂😂😂

    • @bgqt
      @bgqt 2 месяца назад

      jacob collier is that you

  • @vermilliondosentexistanymorx
    @vermilliondosentexistanymorx 7 месяцев назад +3

    Bbh9 sounds very majestic

  • @Mitchellpiano
    @Mitchellpiano 7 месяцев назад +21

    sounds great! never seen something like this before so the notation freaks me out tho lmao

  • @justinhuffman2430
    @justinhuffman2430 9 дней назад

    Divine Harmony❤

  • @Sceherzo
    @Sceherzo 7 месяцев назад +1

    Ah, so I've been trying to recreate certain sounds I've heard but never could get it quite right, and now I know why thanks to this video.
    I must experiment with microtones now

  • @JediRastafari
    @JediRastafari 7 месяцев назад +1

    W-w-w-w-w-w-whaaaaaat???!!!!!
    It's freakin' awesome! That's what!
    Great video! Microtonal for the win!

  • @wintutorials2282
    @wintutorials2282 7 месяцев назад +1

    Holy shit this is so incredibly good

  • @numa.records
    @numa.records 7 месяцев назад +4

    Nice chords Tottiman! Good short video!! 😄🎆

  • @Mindless238
    @Mindless238 7 месяцев назад +1

    It feels like life is collapsing and being sucked into the quantum portal towards the end, ready to start a new life.

  • @TheWebgecko
    @TheWebgecko 7 месяцев назад +26

    Awesome!! How do you name the chords? How do you handle the midi(?) data?

    • @owenbush2991
      @owenbush2991 7 месяцев назад +5

      the info is in the bio.
      since for some reason op liked your comment and didn’t reply to it lol

  • @GDZakman
    @GDZakman 7 месяцев назад +13

    Nobody gonna talk about how good that Esm7 sounds?

  • @Hoodiebud
    @Hoodiebud 4 месяца назад +2

    I feel like most microtonal music isn't trying to develop a new musical language that extends the 12-tone one we already have but just "omg guys it's going uhh chromatic but a billion notes!" or something

  • @zvidanyatvetski8081
    @zvidanyatvetski8081 7 месяцев назад +3

    This is beautiful

  • @ambienthangout
    @ambienthangout 2 месяца назад

    Great, now we'll never get rid of Autotune.

  • @onerva.
    @onerva. 7 месяцев назад +1

    like an angelic choir of biblically accurate cats

  • @hoothoot3651
    @hoothoot3651 7 месяцев назад +1

    fuckin gorgeous my dude, can't wait to see what more cool stuff like this u come up with fr

  • @qondonyon
    @qondonyon 8 месяцев назад +7

    I love this site

  • @TNTErick
    @TNTErick 7 месяцев назад +12

    Dope man

  • @abdullahaddous7081
    @abdullahaddous7081 7 месяцев назад +1

    I love this.

  • @WAHAHAHAHAHAHA-Man
    @WAHAHAHAHAHAHA-Man Месяц назад

    Bbh9 hits so hard 💥💥💥💥💥🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

  • @carrot_lovly
    @carrot_lovly 2 месяца назад

    I love it! What program did you use?

  • @TitanScream
    @TitanScream 7 месяцев назад +50

    What notation are you using? This is great

    • @tottiman3939
      @tottiman3939  7 месяцев назад +4

      what do you mean what notation? also thx

    • @imauz1127
      @imauz1127 7 месяцев назад +4

      i think they’re asking how to read the keyboard/chart laid out in the video.

    • @TitanScream
      @TitanScream 7 месяцев назад +3

      @@imauz1127 I mean like the chord notation. Esm7 etc

    • @tottiman3939
      @tottiman3939  7 месяцев назад +20

      @@TitanScream
      sm7 - subminor 7th chord
      h7 - harmonic 7th chord
      h9 - harmonic 9th chord
      there's a list of the microtonal ones

    • @TitanScream
      @TitanScream 7 месяцев назад +17

      @@tottiman3939 ok thanks. I'm really interested in this theory. I was telling my friend when he saw me giggling at my phone "really exciting things going on in music" I had no idea there was a whole like burgeoning nerddom surrounding microtonal stuff.

  • @nguyenhoanglinh8220
    @nguyenhoanglinh8220 4 месяца назад

    Your microtonal chord progression but I played on a 12TET piano be like:

  • @chinossynthesizer705
    @chinossynthesizer705 6 месяцев назад +1

    i have a fm synth that do microtonal stuff too.

  • @giuseppeagresta1425
    @giuseppeagresta1425 6 месяцев назад

    Beautiful progression

  • @marketingdisaster
    @marketingdisaster 7 месяцев назад

    This huge hit on home planet!! 🔊 🔊

  • @cooksoni.a
    @cooksoni.a 2 месяца назад

    Those drums 😍🫶

  • @user-fi6zp9gq1g
    @user-fi6zp9gq1g 7 месяцев назад

    Wow, that sounds natural.

  • @Claire.blain.
    @Claire.blain. 7 месяцев назад +1

    why are the drums having a stroke I Love it

  • @melodydreams-z7b
    @melodydreams-z7b 9 дней назад

    12TET ver.:
    C
    G7sus4, G7
    Em7
    Bb9

  • @McSpicyYT
    @McSpicyYT 7 месяцев назад +1

    I don't know much about sound or music theory but the 'Dh7' sounds very 'harmonically inline'. Like very natural. Also why does the drum beat sound off?

  • @Annihilator_5024
    @Annihilator_5024 7 месяцев назад +1

    fun fact, when i play anything polytonal on the violin it's technically microtonal!

  • @kentakiman_gmd
    @kentakiman_gmd 7 месяцев назад +1

    It sounds oddly good!

  • @hjk4583
    @hjk4583 7 месяцев назад

    And of course the polyrhythm just to add that feel

  • @pilotkarpenko4389
    @pilotkarpenko4389 8 месяцев назад +8

    Красивое!

  • @1ris_lol
    @1ris_lol 6 месяцев назад

    Bbh9 hits hard

  • @gipsyredneck
    @gipsyredneck 7 месяцев назад +1

    More tones to suck at playing, great!

  • @Spectre0799
    @Spectre0799 7 месяцев назад +2

    what kinda time signature is this i'm so confused

    • @tottiman3939
      @tottiman3939  7 месяцев назад

      4/4

    • @Spectre0799
      @Spectre0799 7 месяцев назад

      @@tottiman3939 Is this an "everything is in 4/4" joke or are the drums just really offbeat and poorly looped

    • @NikodAnimations
      @NikodAnimations 25 дней назад

      ​@@tottiman3939 IDK, seems like 5/4 to me (considering how jarring it is hearing such longer bars)

    • @tottiman3939
      @tottiman3939  24 дня назад

      @@NikodAnimations nontuplets

    • @NikodAnimations
      @NikodAnimations 24 дня назад

      ​@@tottiman3939 9/4? 🤮

  • @netherite9051
    @netherite9051 4 месяца назад

    I look at the chirds and they look like chess notation

  • @jacquelinefarago
    @jacquelinefarago 5 месяцев назад

    lost subborn msm or something be like:

  • @NiKo2935
    @NiKo2935 3 месяца назад

    Bbh9 sounds like a villain

  • @uhhh_madden
    @uhhh_madden 7 месяцев назад

    At first I couldn’t even tell it was microtonal 😭

  • @robertoalvarez88
    @robertoalvarez88 7 месяцев назад +1

    So what you're saying is that I don't sing out of tune, I sing in micro tones and am a fabulous singer!! 😂😂😂😂

  • @henriqueborba8035
    @henriqueborba8035 7 месяцев назад +1

    Cars horning, but they are a banda

  • @pigslam
    @pigslam 7 месяцев назад +2

    sounds like ELO

  • @renatochacon289
    @renatochacon289 7 месяцев назад +1

    Bach Prelude no.1 in C Major

  • @imnotgreekiswear
    @imnotgreekiswear 2 месяца назад

    Interesting chord progression but you can fix up the rhythm a bit by making the drums more stable and accenting the chords in different ways and maybe changing their length, and don't forget that. REPETITION LEGITIMIZES, REPETITION LEGITIMIZES, REPETITION LEGITIMIZES, REPETITION LEGITIMIZES, REPETITION LEGITIMIZES.

  • @vrtr1
    @vrtr1 7 месяцев назад

    this MIGHT be pilotredsun 🔥🔥🔥

  • @pudnik2410
    @pudnik2410 4 месяца назад +1

    Nice job! I know this is in detuned 12-tet, but which tuning is this trying to emulate?

    • @tottiman3939
      @tottiman3939  4 месяца назад

      just intonation (if you're asking between that and 31edo)

    • @pudnik2410
      @pudnik2410 4 месяца назад

      @@tottiman3939 Ah, Thanks! :)

  • @ricks7469
    @ricks7469 7 месяцев назад

    Amazing.

  • @MainIsHerelol
    @MainIsHerelol 7 месяцев назад

    this hurts my ear to hear unreal notes

  • @TheSantiago52
    @TheSantiago52 8 месяцев назад +20

    How does the distance work between chords or groups of notes here?

    • @tottiman3939
      @tottiman3939  8 месяцев назад +20

      couldn't tell ya. I picked the chords near randomly

    • @TheSantiago52
      @TheSantiago52 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@tottiman3939 thanks 👍 good video

  • @MeteCanKarahasan
    @MeteCanKarahasan 4 месяца назад

    Isn't this like organ music, separate flats and sharps? As far as I can tell you only have 1 difference between keys. Flats and perfect third flats, same with sharps.

  • @darkwarrior3045
    @darkwarrior3045 6 месяцев назад

    bee comb music

  • @SoupOrSalad808
    @SoupOrSalad808 7 месяцев назад

    very pleasant

  • @uraniidumbra5219
    @uraniidumbra5219 5 месяцев назад +1

    Harmonic 7ths my beloved 😍

  • @nickazarmusic
    @nickazarmusic Месяц назад

    What software did you use to generate this?

    • @tottiman3939
      @tottiman3939  Месяц назад

      Ableton lite, nothing else special

  • @henryallard4039
    @henryallard4039 6 месяцев назад

    @tottiman is there anyway you could upload a no drums version? I really like the drums but it would be super cool to just hear the progression.

  • @marijandesin8226
    @marijandesin8226 7 месяцев назад

    Who knows maybe this is the sound of the future

    • @MeteCanKarahasan
      @MeteCanKarahasan 4 месяца назад

      No, maybe of the past. Organs used to have perfect thirds with microtonal different flat and sharp keys. If you check they are used like that, in certain chords.

    • @marijandesin8226
      @marijandesin8226 4 месяца назад

      @@MeteCanKarahasan That doesn't make it not "sound of the future" yet again

    • @MeteCanKarahasan
      @MeteCanKarahasan 4 месяца назад

      @@marijandesin8226 if back to the future is what you are trying to say, past is not the future.

  • @ArturoHernandez-wz5md
    @ArturoHernandez-wz5md 7 месяцев назад +3

    0:10 this chord is so crunchy I love it

  • @XenialXenon
    @XenialXenon 7 месяцев назад +1

    What does the notation mean? Seemingly, the Esm7 is Em7 and the Bbh9 is Bbm9b5. I'm confused since I've never seen it written like that

    • @tottiman3939
      @tottiman3939  7 месяцев назад +3

      I can see why you'd think that, but they are different chords
      Esm7 - E subminor 7th (even flatter third and 7th than minor7)
      Bbh9 - Bb harmonic ninth (dominant ninth with way flatter 7th)

    • @XenialXenon
      @XenialXenon 7 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@tottiman3939 So in the Gh7 chord is the 'E#' note not actually enharmonically equivalent to F? It's flatter than an F?

    • @tottiman3939
      @tottiman3939  7 месяцев назад +3

      @@XenialXenon correct. it is about a third of a semitone flatter

    • @XenialXenon
      @XenialXenon 7 месяцев назад +3

      @@tottiman3939 Ohh, I see. Thanks for the explanation!

  • @sassafrassanid5718
    @sassafrassanid5718 6 месяцев назад +1

    February 31st type beat

  • @Asher-1
    @Asher-1 2 месяца назад

    are you using a normal computer keyboard to play this?

    • @tottiman3939
      @tottiman3939  2 месяца назад

      i manually edited midi sheets

  • @telluric5803
    @telluric5803 7 месяцев назад +1

    guys the drummer’s trying their best to

  • @PrivateLZG
    @PrivateLZG 7 месяцев назад +1

    Don't get me wrong, i think experimenting with microtonality is super cool but the esm7 doesn't really fit for my ears, it just feels out of tune and i cant get into it

  • @wigwagstudios2474
    @wigwagstudios2474 7 месяцев назад

    this website >>>>>>

  • @adelluum9855
    @adelluum9855 2 месяца назад

    where did you record this?

  • @critical9999
    @critical9999 7 месяцев назад

    really cool

  • @xlyfion3410
    @xlyfion3410 7 месяцев назад +2

    hey, i dont know a ton about microtonal theory, but are 12 tet and 12 edo the same? maybe there's a slight difference?

    • @normanj4007
      @normanj4007 7 месяцев назад +1

      they are

    • @TristinBailey
      @TristinBailey 7 месяцев назад +16

      tet is Tone Equal Temperament, while edo is Equal Divisions of the Octave.
      Normally they're the same because people like pure octaves, but if you decided to detune the octave while still preserving equidistant steps you would have a tet system, but not an edo system.
      12tet can refer to 12 equal divisions of any space, while 12edo is 12 equal divisions of the octave. 12tet could refer to 12ed3, 12 equal divisions of the perfect twelth, which has step sizes of 158.5 cents instead of 100 cents.

    • @normanj4007
      @normanj4007 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@TristinBailey 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

    • @holytaco.
      @holytaco. 7 месяцев назад

      ​@@normanj4007🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

  • @Teabonesteak
    @Teabonesteak 7 месяцев назад

    I enjoyed that❤

  • @martakor
    @martakor 7 месяцев назад

    Pretty good

  • @pupface
    @pupface 7 месяцев назад

    Looks like blockbusters

  • @SethIsDavid
    @SethIsDavid 7 месяцев назад

    What VST is this?

  • @MalabarTheGreat
    @MalabarTheGreat 6 месяцев назад

    Sounds like western 1980s pop music took some tabs of acid.

  • @qinnara5301
    @qinnara5301 Месяц назад

    It sounds something out of Steven Universe

  • @HunterBiden420
    @HunterBiden420 7 месяцев назад

    i like it!

  • @Max-fs5gc
    @Max-fs5gc 7 месяцев назад +1

    hiw could a chord be harmonic? whats the formula for a harmonic 7th chord?

  • @user-kl2bc8cj3m
    @user-kl2bc8cj3m 6 месяцев назад

    awesome

  • @Brisbae
    @Brisbae 7 месяцев назад +2

    The backing track ruins this so hard

  • @darkelwin02
    @darkelwin02 7 месяцев назад

    Good job

  • @Old-dec
    @Old-dec 8 месяцев назад +2

    Nevermind the like count went up i guess i can like now

    • @Old-dec
      @Old-dec 8 месяцев назад +1

      Because you know

    • @lucashaun9316
      @lucashaun9316 8 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@Old-decwhat , because youre in love whit me?

    • @Old-dec
      @Old-dec 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@lucashaun9316 keep those comment to yourself. you would be shocked to see how many people don't like to be hit on on the internet

  • @FukiMakai
    @FukiMakai 7 месяцев назад

    Atari 2600 be like:

  • @yaelram12
    @yaelram12 7 месяцев назад +1

    I always find micro tonal melodies to sound extremely disonant, including this one. Is that the point of micro tones? Am I missing some key detail in how micro tones are? This is a genuine question.

    • @monacograndprixsucks3586
      @monacograndprixsucks3586 7 месяцев назад +1

      They give composers the choice to make their music more dissonant or less dissonant than the usual 12 tones of modern music. The most common microtonal tunings are ones that allow a closer approximation of the harmonic series from any given note

  • @heisenrizz
    @heisenrizz 2 месяца назад

    Wow

  • @TheLochs
    @TheLochs 7 месяцев назад

    Nice drums.

  • @TypingHazard
    @TypingHazard 7 месяцев назад

    Not sure I'm hip to the Esm7 sound here, everything else seems fairly consonant though. There's just some kind of tension in there I wouldn't expect from a min7, I guess? Maybe? What informs your decision when you employ microtones, I feel like it would just be overwhelming

    • @tottiman3939
      @tottiman3939  7 месяцев назад

      the Esm7 is indeed a tiny bit more dissonant than a min7

  • @weakw1ll
    @weakw1ll 7 месяцев назад

    Nice!

  • @AndiAngvil
    @AndiAngvil 7 месяцев назад

    What is the software displyed there in th video?

  • @WilmoTheBear
    @WilmoTheBear 7 месяцев назад

    Yo this shit bops

  • @JeremyRCœurdHérault
    @JeremyRCœurdHérault 7 месяцев назад +1

    What is the sofware please ?

    • @tottiman3939
      @tottiman3939  7 месяцев назад

      Ableton Live 11 Lite i guess?