Starter Kits | Episode 12 | The Unperson Approach
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 พ.ค. 2024
- I am sure you know the Unperson's channel, which is one of my heroes amongst DivKid, Mylar, Red Jeremy, Tom Churchill and Blush Response (just to name a few, sorry if I've missed you). What makes Ally's Unperson channel special - imho - is that he's always using a 104 HP case, some keys and a drummachine or Teenage Engineering device to compensate for the sonic shortcomings of the modular, while getting amazing music from that same 104 HP. They're a joy to watch and listen to.
I often wonder why the fork I have so many modules I can't even use at the same time. 2024 is a year where I'll focus on the things we already have instead of the latest gear we may not always need. I will not exclude bargain gear like the Abacus. Ally succeeded bringing modular to a wide audience, while making real music. His approach can bring a lot of fun to anyone, with any background, any skill level and any budget. Cheers!
All references to the Unperson channel are used with honor, respect, and permission. - เพลง
Wooow this is fantastic! Great video man ~ I’m truly honoured! ☺️
It’s testament Ally from Robert to your approach and craft … two of my favourite youtubers… great work!
The honor was all mine! I watched a lot of your videos and then I got this 'epiphany' I just had to share. I bet people would love to see how you bring your sounds together. I would!
Robert I asked Ally that exact question and he did a video practically the same day for me shared on TH-cam … mans a legend 🙏🏻👍🏻
YOU are one of my heroes : the dreamy alliance of music, sounds, narrative and cinematography. Some humour to spice it up. And the only one who teases me into going modular.
it was because of the Unperson that I dared to go into modular, what you are saying is totally right. He keeps it clean and smallish and he has a musicians approach to his music and video's which I try to do as well. But your channel on the other hand blows my mind on a regular basis and inspires me to push and explore. It's really the two of you who gave me the guts and knowledge to dive in and start making music with modular gear. So nice to see my two inspirations merge in one video :D
I also wanted to make clear that modular is for everyone. It's no longer an elitary niche for rich technocrats with great knowledge and music preferences that scare off kids. Ally did an amazing job with this, much better than I did. Hooking up a Shared System B&G doesn't always help making it look affordable (or worth it). I would really like to do something similar about what's so inspiring about my other heroes, but they have HUGE walls of modules so people can just drool, dream or say 'nah, not for me'. I also realized these starterkit systems fall apart as manufacturers close shops. This is not helping either. We are the resistance! Even ith AI on the rise, the modular will always remain interesting. I'd really welcome the world's first AI eurorack sequencer, though...
Robert did you see that recent video on signal sounds using chatGPT to suggest modular patches … good and scary at the same time!
Amazing video dude as usual, props for shouting out Ally, you two guys have cost me a ton of money but in the best way possible, love how you tried to do something far more simple compared to your usual videos but made it just as complex as you always do, love it dude
Data Bender is what got me into Modular, in no small part due to The Unpersons and Red Means Recordings stellar videos on the module. I had to sadly sell mine a while back due to moving, but it is still the first fx module I will get when the money allows. It’s just too darn good!
Indeed he is one the coolest kids I always watch. The fact that you, Robert, make a video about him, makes him just 10 times cooler. thx being here in this world. Both of you❤❤❤
Yessss! Two of my favorite creator/teacher/demonstrators in one video! Awesome tribute, CL. Thank you. And, Ally: DATA BENDER!!!! 🤣🥰
I have a such a sense of gratitude for all this. The production is top tier on every level, to learn about something so profoundly interesting from someone with passion is truly a gift. Thanks to all who are CL ! ☺️
Well, it's just me :). My name is Robert, and it's good to meet you.
@@CinematicLaboratory Indeed,Robert. I am William.
1000 pieces, roughly a dozen. 👩🎤🌱🎛️
thanks for the shout out
Love your work! Just got a 3 Body after you cut some virtual trees with it. Very inspiring.
@@CinematicLaboratory 3body rules!
Unperson is amazing
I saw Ally doing great stuff with a Eastbeast/Databender/Dual Dagger/Z5000 and it kicked me into the bottomless pit of euro-craze.. no regrets! Great video Robert, loving your channel ❤
Thanks Mr Laboratory for making it real. Mentioning the unspeakable (Behringer) and focusing on things that work for most people who have not won the lottery or those spending the inheritance. The modular world is better with your roadmap. I am definatly part of the 98.9%. Cheers
Brains and Victor coming monday. It's going to be another Black Friday soon.
@@CinematicLaboratory Well I just got my Brains and Victor a few days ago, Great fun. Lookingh forward to your review. Thanks for working so hard for the cause. Cheers
@theunperson's channel is a must watch for me. Totally agree with his approach and in thinking about it, I needed this reminder to not overcomplicate things.
I think you made my point. I needed that reminder too!
I guess it’s implicit in the ‘starter kit’ concept, but I tend to find that I have pretty much everything I need to patch along with Ally’s videos- and that’s quite rare in YT World. Add in the really really boring (read usefully demonstrative) camera work and we have a great channel. Thanks Robert (and Ally obvs…)
Lovely video, I love both of your channels. I need to mod my case a bit, it has been idle (in favor of non modular synths) for a while because I need to change a few things before it will satisfy me…. But being reminded how a minimal system can be structured it great inspiration.
Great video, and refreshing to see this kind of respect within the community, especially between two of my favourite creators. 🎉
Crazy Good job on this! Very Inspiring! Big Ups! 💙💙
Thanks for this m'friend. I've been following Ally for quite a while and love what he does. His musicality never fails to impress, like you good self 😊
Very cool to see Joey in your list of personal heroes. He has a vast knowledge of the modules and synths he presents on his channel, but it's definitely not everyone's cup of tea.
Also, awesome vid explaining this basic rack. I'm currently keeping my 12U 104HP exclusively in the modular box but I'm very very tempted to grab a Digitakt II to sequence everything...
Edit: the best tip I got for Eurorack is to start building a mono synth like you did, and add modules on what you're missing in utility. And don't buy modules because they sound cool. I've watched many many hours of module explaining on TH-cam when I was specifically looking for them But tend to avoid clicking on just any of them because I know that I'll get the GAS going when I do...
Joey definitely does not represent my personal music preference, but he's a role model for 'making the music you love most with all means necessary'. I love it when he gets a free module, and just before he has to menu-dive, he just says no f*cking way. That's genuine and honest. Besides, I love Noise Engineering too, so we definitely have a common ground in industrial grunge. Four years into modular, I learned to listen through the harsh sounds because that's how it starts. Just like a birth of a child isn't exactly pretty.
mpc has cv outs, perhaps a better bet than the Digitakt, unless you want some of that Elektron flavour of course :)
@@ntro9347 I had a Live for a couple of months, but the workflow definitely isn't for me. I have a Hermod+, so I can basically turn any MIDI sequencer into my main workhorse. Maybe I should just try to find some good M4L devices and start sequencing in Ableton for a bit. Just to focus more on the modules than the sequence.
I have a significant starter background but my journey into modular started with Mother 32 as a complete voice/keyboard and was then enhanced with maths/braids/dub jr delay, followed by peaks/optomix. A couple swiss army knife modules and less is more and teaches you a lot.
The Mother 32 is a great starter, especially because it has so many resources you'd need as separates too. The sequencer may be limited, but it's also super useful as a little keyboard. And that genuine Moog sound is just awesome. I can completely understand and relate to that route!
What a great episode ❤ I would love to hear your voice one day 😊
This is a song I've covered from Roxy Music some time ago. A title like 'chance meeting' couldn't be more appropriate. soundcloud.com/cinematic/chance-meeting.
But honestly, I don't think I am going to do video voiceovers. To much work, too much retakes and technical crap. I am Dutch so my accent will be an issue.
Good video.I’m trying to get into Modular while I wait for my Buchla 208C to come back from the moving truck in a few weeks. I want something simple like that setup and this video helped me.
Wow, 208C is a cool step. First on my list would be a cheap passive format converter between banana and euro CV.
This was an unexpected video! Enjoy watching both Ally and your work.
I based my modular setup on Ally's video inspiration. He makes excellent music. Now, do I need a KOII?...😉
Always great work and advice here on your channel!
Tip for a small and cheap output, Ladik 312.
Nice catch. Ally certainly deserves the accolades for his obvious talent and stripped down approach. Sadly, I’ve come to far to change course now. Full speed ahead! Set phasers to fun!
RYK Algo on order and multiple large display Disting Ex projects coming along.
If you can hook me up to someone who makes/sellls large displays, hook me up! I'd never cover Disting EX without one. Also interested in the midi CC programmer. It's the most powerful module ever and completely unusuable when you're 50+. It's not OK. I am sure you'll love the ALGO. As for changing course, I am going to use the Ally layout when I have to do a new module video. Much easier to show what it can do when all necessary resources are near. 'Sadly I've come too far to change course', doesn't sound in your best interest. But indeed, going back by going forward works too! Phasers to full fun. I love that one.
Nice work as always
"Unfortunately, I fried my Pam's by connecting power to the expansion PINs". I did the same with my Xaoc Tirana II. There's even a giant rifle pointing to the power header and I still rushed my way into frying it o__o thankfully, I snagged one before they were all gone.
Thanks for giving @TheUnperson a 'chapeau'! His content is excellent. Soothing and approachable. :)
It will happen to all of us eventually. XAOC back pin terminals are a minefield when you're not concentrated on the job. It was really good to see ALM took care of it once and for all. But I am a bit worried that Pam now has three legs.
Yes sir, .. Ally does great. And so do you.
Massive respect for this. Love Ally's channel too.
excellent!
this is sick!
Just a small point but Ali usually uses the Dual Dagger filter from Shakmat - I bought one after seeing Ali use his in nearly every video - its a superb filter. BTW I'm a (re)tired old fart too 🙂
Thanks, let's add it to the uVCF replacement options! It's not easy to find a 6 HP filter and I should have mentioned the Sqwk Dirty but it's not analog.
Same for me with Data Bender
Nice tribute to a brilliant channel. I'm surprised Warp records hasn't signed Ally yet.
His hand/finger motions annoyed me at first. Now I love them. He seems genuine. Great video and tribute CL!
I do this, but not just when making music, so I felt a light relief when I saw him do it
Mylar Melodies' hands always make me laugh. Some people use every bodypart to talk.
Terrific video. I'll have to check out Ally's channel.
This landed in a timely fashion for me. I've been struggling to make whole projects on a reasonable amount of modular, and I absolutely hate working ITB. So I'm getting started playing around with using the modular to supplement a Polyend Tracker Mini. It's great at beats and sequencing while the modular continues to be an amazing playground for creating all manner of sounds to drop into it. I'm scaling the modular into my Rackbrute 6U to keep things from getting out of hand. More than a starter kit, but not a giant installation or anything.
But overall, I really like this approach and the this was a really solid way to explain how and why to build something like this out.
Good to see you again in the comments and I am 100% confident you'll love his channel as much as I do. Maybe it's also because he's making the same choices I do. The difference is I often forget about them as I switch to a different subject or ecosystem. Also, my old Starterkits don't work anymore with Mutable off-stage.
I'm slowly trying to build out to the unperson approach as well, I find how he does his entire set up to be extremely inspiring. and CL I really like that you highlighted how many MI clones there are out there. It's wild to think how different the landscape would be if Emilie Gillet didn't make MI open source.
Unperson if by some small chance you see this, what's your usual go to drum machine that you use? I think it's an RD-8 or RD-9 but It's usually cut off on the side of your videos and I can never tell 😢
I think it's a drumbrute impact. It's better to ask Ally on a video where he's using it.
Best basic set decision I made was Data Bender + Data Bender = D@#taaB&@nd!r^256
That's a very interesting combo, can't even imagine what would happen!
Building a complete modular synthesizer as starter kit is only recommended if you can spend the money for a full row of modules all at once.
If you need to stretch the investment over a period of time I would strongly recommend to start with a semi-modular synthesizer and an empty Eurorack case. The semi-modular is a playable instrument on its own and you can add module by module and play with the setup even if the modular is not a complete instrument (yet).
To save even more money it might be a good idea to use cheap guitar pedals or the PC (or mixer) for effects.
If you have time and soldering skills you could build the case and modules as a DIY projects… however, this is definitely a different hobby than making bleep and bloop noises 😂
Thanks for sharing your view on this matter. It's a journey that will be different for each and everyone of us. I started with a semi in 2015 but it didn't work for me. When I started with real modular in 2018, it didn't work for me either. I already had a 5K shared system, but eventually 0-Coast taught me how to use it. It's a tough journey, and we need all the help we can get.
@@CinematicLaboratory I started with a Moog Mother 32 and a Shared System. Sold the Mother and got another modular case that quickly escalated.
“It’s a journey” is the way to describe it. Changed my setup multiple times and now I can appreciate both the modular and the other synthesizers.
the plant and coffee are criticial
I know. I had to make sure they were in :).
NIce, I love both your channels. Here you show that the music is more linked to the musician than the modules, because I can definately recognize your music here, not his.
As I wrote in the video, the layout will sound different from home to home. I don't think you'd get this with a hardware present synth that requires programming to make it your own.
And don't forget the accent, that lovely accent :_)
Yes, a lot of good stuff coming from Scotland :).
What is the alternative for the data bender if it causes problems?
I am not sure what you mean. Data Bender itself works fine and is very reliable, it's designed to mimic everything that goes wrong in analog and digital audio, like noise, crackle, stalling CD players, stutter, etc. It's designed for this. So it's an effect. I can imagine you got the wrong impression in the video, but it's perfect for messing up your audio in wonderful ways.
@@CinematicLaboratory right
But you’ve missed the most important thing - being Scottish (as am I )🏴👍
Braids > Plaits
It’s absolute not ok to go buying behringer shite. What nonsense.
I shared your opinion once. Then I realized it wasn't my own and didn't know why I shared it.
But a personal opinion is valuable and I respect yours. So I will not delete this comment and I will not mute you. And I just got Brains and Victor so maybe this is a good moment to unsubscribe.
so unreal that you feted Ali @TheUnperson - respek!