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TH-cam is currently the only place where I share my music. I haven't considered releasing it in a physical format, but we'll see what the future holds.

@gergofuxreiter I totally understand. TH-cam is the only place where I put my videos, too. I don't do any other social media, so yes, I can completely relate to what you're saying, Grego. I like the idea of being "underground," of having a small channel, that caters to a small group of people. I've NEVER been driven by large-scale commercial success. What motivates me is art for art's sake, if that makes any sense.

It completely does make sense!

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Mark, Thank you for your comments and kind words. It really means a lot to me knowing that there are some people who like listening to the music I create. There's a lot more coming in their usual slow but steady pace.

@gergofuxreiter Oh Grego, that greatly pleases me! I truly look forward to your new releases. You know, in today's fast paced ADHD world, where people are only concerned with consuming short clips of the videos (even my own analysis claims that people only watch 1 to 2 minutes of my videos before clicking away to something else), I am so glad for your LONG videos. Not only do I watch your entire videos, I most often watch them multiple times! There is just something so peaceful and soothing about your music, and I feel that's what we need today, in our crazy fast-paced society. We need to take our time, step back, step away from the rush of the rat race, and embrace the slow life. In fact, that's why I make the kind of videos I make. Thank you, Grego. Thank YOU for bringing soothing relaxation to my slow way of living. Your friend, Mark

Thank you so much! I have put my modulargrid page in the description, but I have updated my case since the release of this piece quite a bit. If remember correctly, these were the modules used in this video (in order from left to right): Top row: MI Stages, MI Veils, MI Links, MI Shades, MI Ripples, MI Tides, MI Rings, MI Beads Second row: Tiptop Audio Buchla 281t quad function generator, MI Branches, Instruo Ochd, Noise Engineering Lapsus Os, MI Kinks (clone), Doepfer A-156 Dual Quantizer, MI Marbles (12hp clone)

@gergofuxreiter thanks so much ✨

Mark, thank you so much for your kind words! I'm so happy that you enjoy listening to my music. I wish you the very best!

​@@gergofuxreiter You're very welcome, Grego. But in truth, it is I that should be thanking you! Your work brings to mind a sort of Matrix paradox in my mind. I always thought Neo's apartment was so cool. But what totally blew my mind was the fact that his apartment, and his entire life, was just an illusion, because the entire time we thought he was actually in his apartment, working on his computers, doing his hacking work, he was really in the pod. What a mind trip! And now, here I am, in my apartment, listening to your lovely music, in autumn... and autumn is my favorite season... But am I really here? Or am I actually in a pod somewhere? In truth, it really doesn't matter to me. I've always embraced the idea of eternal hibernation. Yeah, I've always been sort of a hermit. I'm most comfortable being alone. And the older I get, the more reclusive I become. One of my fantasies is to climb a tall mountain (alpine hiking is a passion of mine) and find a cave, similar to the Grinch cave, or even Zurathustra's cave, and just hibernate away from this crazy society of ours. In my little cave, your music would be playing 24 / 7, and that seclusion would be my paradise. That probably sounds crazy, I know. But it doesn't sound crazy to me. It sounds like pure tranquility. Thank you, my friend! Mark

Thank you! ❤

That's lovely to hear! Thank you for sticking around and good luck with the studying.

Noooooooo! Keep the mystery! Would you ask a magician to show you how he performed an illusion? No! It's equally rude to ask a Synth Lord for his patch notes!

Yes, I have learned that you have to be very careful not to overspend on modules. I found that the faster I buy modules the less fun I have with them and the less I learn them. Nowadays I only buy a module if I'm sure that I need that particular thing and I can't recreate its function with my existing set of modules. That being said, my wishlist is still reeeally long.

@gergofuxreiter no doubt. I have a rack on modular grid for my wish list. Despite being the largest size you can get as a free user, it's mostly full.

I'm planning one in the near future!

Thank you, I'm really glad you like it!

Yes, I was sad to see them go because they are my favourite module brand. At least I managed to find a few good deals on some of their modules. But I hear that the clones sound just as great so not everything is lost. Thank you for listening!

Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm really glad you enjoy the music. Lots of more like this to come!

Thank you for the kind words, I'm glad you like it!

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Have a wonderful day!

You can think of the patchcords and the patchbay as an old fashioned telephone system. It's how the modules "talk" to each other. Their communication is how the music is made. In reality, the electronic voltage is transformed into sound. It's really pretty cool. But I agree, it's a lot to wrap your head around! I think this is why I love modular synthesis more than any other kind of synthesizer. It's the mysterious way the music is generated. In my mind, electricity is a living entity, and in so being, essentially, the modular synthesizer is also a living being, so to speak.

I cannot be more agree... it´s a beautiful music bath

Thanks! Everything you hear comes straight from the modular, I didn't use any external effects or software.

Thank you so much!

Hi! Generative in this context means that the modules in my system are connected in a way that they basically play themselves in an ever evolving, never repeating way with no interaction from me. I just connected the modules, dialed in a few things and let them play. The term generative music was first used by Brian Eno who used computer programs to reach basically the same results: “any music that is ever-different and changing, created by a system” Hope this helps clarifying it!

​@@gergofuxreiter I love Eno's work. And Grego, your work is the closest to his that I've ever come across. I have tried my hand at generative music. It's much harder than it looks. But you've clearly mastered it.

I'm sorry for your experience. Believe me if I was able to, I'd immediately turn off ads on all my videos. This is sadly not my doing but TH-cam's and the only way to turn them off officially is for me to become a TH-cam partner. For this you have to have a certain number of subscribers and view hours on your content, and since I'm only trying to share my music here and not become an influencer, that's a bit out of my reach at the moment. Until then I'll always recommend using an AD block extension on your browser capable of removing youtube ads. I have great results with uBlock Origin in Firefox.

🌟​@@gergofuxreiter Grego, THAT's why I love you so much! You're like me. I'm NOT interested in becoming an influencer either. I'll NEVER monetize my channel. And I don't subscribe to channels that do. I have subscribed to your channel. I love your music. I am an ambient junkie. And I adore modular synthesizers. I don't have a real modular synthesizer yet. But I do have the Hexen Modular Synthesizer app on my phone. I patch it into my Strymon BigSky and Strymon TimeLine and that goes into my Fender RUMBLE bass amp. But without a PC or DAW, there's no way for me to record my music. So I just play it live for my own enjoyment. Sorry this is so long of a comment. But hey, I'm 60 and have a lot of spare time. Hahaha. I also practice yoga for over 50 years. This is my new yoga music. I can't thank you enough. Mark

Thank you so much, I'm really glad you like it. The sound sources were Rings and Ripples as an oscillator. The BQ has a few different chord progressions programmed into it, and it swaps between them every now and then based on a S&H. This was my first patch with it and I'm still learning it, but it's an awesome tool for the type of music I like to make. I wish you luck in your modular journey!

I'm really sorry. Sadly that's not my doing, and I can't turn them off. If you are looking for browser extensions, uBlock Origin works wonders for me ;)

Ads are put in by Google/TH-cam, not the content creator.

Steve, I understand where you're coming from. I think it totally sucks that TH-cam does that, especially to channels that are NOT monetized. Our commercial society is driven by greed and the ability to make money. And that is totally counterproductive to those of us that create art for art's sake. But what can we do about it? We ARE on TH-cam's platform and are under their thumb. Nonetheless, I love Grego's work and have subscribed to his channel. It's no bother to me to click "skip" when an ad pops up.

PS: one more thing, Steve, you're NOT alone in your frustration. I'm sure this upsets Grego as well ~ as it does to ALL content creators. First, Grego's channel only has 297 subscribers. According to TH-cam's policies, a channel needs a minimum of 1000 subscribers before it is allowed to be monetized. Yet, here we are, witnessing how TH-cam makes money from channels long before they are allowed to earn a penny. It's not morally or ethically right. In my opinion, as channel creators, we should be offered a questionnaire before we even launch our channel and asked if monetization is something we want. If we choose no, then not only will our channel NEVER be allowed to be monetized, but TH-cam should respect the decision of the creator and NEVER place an ad on any of the videos regardless of how large that channel's audience grows. I can't speak for everyone, but I know I am not now or ever concerned with monetization of my channel. And how lucrative are those silly ads anyway? Does anyone actually buy anything from them? I know I don't. I've been watching TH-cam videos since TH-cam was launched (2006), and I have NEVER watched a complete ad. I always click off. I've NEVER bought anything from a TH-cam ad. So in my opinion, they only serve two purposes... 1) to waste the company's money, and 2) to annoy the viewer. If I was a company, the last place I'd advertise would be on social media.

Thank you, I'm really glad you enjoyed it! The naming conventions I use come from my very first upload, which made me think that this type of music is good background music for two things: joga and space travel. Thank you for the well wishes, I hope my little compositions help you relax and take you to wondrous journeys through beautiful imaginary places.

​@@gergofuxreiter Yes! Space travel. It's like I'm on a deep space junker, I've got a 150 year journey to the next spaceport, so I get into my suspended animation pod, click on this music, and drift off to a long and peaceful sleep...

Agreed! I loved the connection with Neptune!

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!

Thank you so much! I used my small DSLR (Canon 100D) to capture the footage. I have some vintage lenses, If I remember correctly, I used an SMC Takumar 35mm 3.5f lens here. I was playing around with the focus when I realized how beautiful it looks completely defocused. I only added some slight color correction in post, nothing else. I sometimes feel like a moth, just staring into the pretty lights of my system :D

Thank you so much! I try to improve and grow alongside my system!

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it! There's definitely more on the way. (I just sold my case so there will be a short hiatus while I put the new setup together. I was actually thinking about going back to the Moog 60hp + norns. Or I might build a travel case from a suitcase.)

@@gergofuxreiter I have an Arturia Rackbrute 6U for sale, but you will not get back your Moog 60hp, sorry. Looking forward to your new setup! ✌

@@cursortoxyz I'm glad that small Moog case found its home in your setup, I wouldn't want it back from you for the world. I'm currently going down the rabbit hole of DIY case building from suitcases, I might even make a video about it in the future!

​@@gergofuxreiter I'm a minimalist, so the small suitcase modular setups are right up my alley.

Thank you, I'm glad you like it. There's definitely more like this on the way!

@@gergofuxreiter You inspired me with this so I tried to make my own patchs with my 'hybrid' set up th-cam.com/video/b4R8XjNSPIE/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/THH5RXc1UcQ/w-d-xo.html

Thank you so much! I love your music as well!