Floating Points Studio & Live Rig

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  • A short sequence of clips from our visit to see Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points and some of the gear we've supplied to him in his London Studio as he prepares for his latest run of live dates.
    Read our blog post detailing much of the gear he uses here: soundgas.com/blog/soundgas-in...
    Sam plays Printworks in London on 21st November.
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  • @Christian-dr4ge
    @Christian-dr4ge 4 ปีที่แล้ว +239

    in my humble opinion sam is one of the greatest artists of our generation. the way he manages to bring electronics to life and make them sound organic is absolutely mind blowing.

    • @Soundgas
      @Soundgas  4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      We are with you 100%. Have had the pleasure of helping him (in a small way!) get the gear and sound he wants for a few years now. It's just astonishing to watch and hear him in action.

    • @Christian-dr4ge
      @Christian-dr4ge 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Soundgas well you guys seem to be doing an amazing job at it :)

    • @martinmarie5169
      @martinmarie5169 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Can’t lie ! This guy reminds me of Casper pound at work back in the 90s . 1st time I ever said that ! Hope to see Sam on the job soon 😎

    • @johnyixcks
      @johnyixcks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Likewise also artists like Four Tet and Forest Swords somehow manage to make synthesised/computer sounds beautiful and human. The UK's smashing it for electronic musicians.

    • @nikvalinsky
      @nikvalinsky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@johnyixcks Somehow UK has always produced some of the most forward thinking and innovative musicians and composers of all time. Something in the water, I swear.

  • @alexishughes1506
    @alexishughes1506 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Sam is not just an artist, he is a scientist as well. To even comprehend managing and operating all those machines in a live performance environment makes my mind boggle.

    • @the_fifth_wheel
      @the_fifth_wheel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Think you’ve got to really know your equipment, inside out upside down etc etc....really impressive. So much gear live must be quite stressful, heard a lot of live performers have three or four bits of gear to keep the stress out of live gigs.

    • @Whywhatwherehowwhen
      @Whywhatwherehowwhen 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Once you’ve got everything clocked to one midi source can actually be fairly easy. Understanding Buchla is definitely not though.

  • @4080tomalex
    @4080tomalex 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    i have absolutely no idea how all that drum machine kit bit all ties together. Sounds phenomenal!

  • @kostaskonstantinidis7318
    @kostaskonstantinidis7318 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Saw him live last night in Greece. Simply mindblowing! What an artist!

    • @Soundgas
      @Soundgas  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes! He was pretty epic at Printworks in London as well!

  • @carlmasondrums
    @carlmasondrums 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cheers for sharing this guys!

  • @mbonar2694
    @mbonar2694 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    the synths are all actually just sending midi over to a massive patch

  • @loreenhurulean1980
    @loreenhurulean1980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yesss!! 💘💘 Love all the gear

  • @caspersneep6183
    @caspersneep6183 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thirty seconds in and it already sounds amazing

  • @songbookplus2947
    @songbookplus2947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    That arp is slowly but surely lifting me up to space

  • @xloomus
    @xloomus 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ohhh myyyy this is so amazing

  • @HEDFUCcom
    @HEDFUCcom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I've seen this video countless time, I'm pretty sure that he's genius. Maybe only few persons can reach that level.

  • @InZainUK
    @InZainUK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    all the gear and all of the idea.

  • @uweschnitzler9551
    @uweschnitzler9551 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    such a great guy !

  • @HenritheHorse
    @HenritheHorse 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    CS70M and Echorec... Too great.

  • @julyboy66
    @julyboy66 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Crazy setup.

  • @infinaneek
    @infinaneek 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant.

  • @weiweirice2597
    @weiweirice2597 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    at the 7 minute mark, with all the wiring chaos, it kinda feels like Charlie's Pepe Silvia conspiracy in Always Sunny

  • @evenbeing
    @evenbeing 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Awesome!!! What’s the looper he is using that the controller is mapped to?

  • @stue57
    @stue57 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Started and finished with Love Me Like This-Nonsense dub.

  • @ale9507
    @ale9507 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    My god, how much he must have paid for that studio. Glad it's being put to good use, very good use.

    • @am5790
      @am5790 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      :)

  • @wilsonlemos3186
    @wilsonlemos3186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I just whatched his anasickmodular video and got curious about his live setup and then BAM: youtube recommends me this. Thanks for the video!! That overstayer unit tho
    What's the synth that he builds the first sequence on?
    edit: it's the CS-70M

    • @Soundgas
      @Soundgas  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yamaha CS-70M

  • @antonisatwork
    @antonisatwork 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What's that mixer in the middle?

  • @PromoMIAR
    @PromoMIAR 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anyone know of a Virtual HW Sequencer like on the CS70 that can be triggered and Tempo unsynced from withing DAW (but not a step sequencer)

  • @hugfortysix4168
    @hugfortysix4168 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    love it, but what kind of looper was he using? was it in ableton?

  • @maxwellssilverhammer4035
    @maxwellssilverhammer4035 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow some truly amazing and beautiful instruments there! What's the little mixer with the VUs by the way? Don't recognise it.

    • @Soundgas
      @Soundgas  4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's a Swiss compact broadcast mixer - more info/links on our blog: soundgas.com/blog/soundgas-in-london-floating-points-studio-tour/

    • @distapp9
      @distapp9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Soundgas exactly what I came to the comments! Cheers!

  • @soundpsychologist104
    @soundpsychologist104 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wicked!

  • @ettoremariotti4280
    @ettoremariotti4280 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did someone understand how was the looper set up?

  • @sonnyobrien
    @sonnyobrien 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    what mixer is that?

  • @angstrom
    @angstrom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Crikey!
    (me looking at my live setup again) "I should add more loopers"

    • @Soundgas
      @Soundgas  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      More everything!

  • @nefrettitim
    @nefrettitim 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    *🔥👅Salivating👅🔥*

  • @fred4276
    @fred4276 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    anyone know what speakers he has?

  • @joewebb8446
    @joewebb8446 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sickkkk

  • @bigbuttskinner
    @bigbuttskinner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Can anyone tell me what that small unit is that’s sitting on top of the mixer he’s using to control Ableton?

    • @shagra0qbq
      @shagra0qbq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      korg nanokontrol

  • @danielismyname3727
    @danielismyname3727 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How on earth does this guy know where all the plugs and gadgets go? I would end up surely starting a fucking electrical fire. Dude is a genie for sure! Nice work man

  • @TheTrancemaster90
    @TheTrancemaster90 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Mad scientists in action

  • @willemardui
    @willemardui 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Anyone know what that synth at the end is called with the one string and the bending going on?

  • @on_certainty
    @on_certainty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    holy moly that saturator is lovely

    • @telkmx
      @telkmx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeh overstayer pretty cool

  • @chat-dmt
    @chat-dmt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Can some explain to me how he is doing the looping please? With it seemlessly going from the main audio. To looping and back. Is it just through Ableton?

    • @Soundgas
      @Soundgas  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes, Ableton for the looping

    • @chat-dmt
      @chat-dmt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Soundgas sexy. Thankyou. And thanks for the video. I need to figure out how I can loop in Ableton, but the pre loop audio pause. Then after I'm done fing with the loop, have it play seemlessly from where it paused and looped. Hmmmmmm 🤔

    • @freddie7981
      @freddie7981 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@chat-dmt i see what you mean..... may be best finding a max for live or a vst

  • @MoogerTuber
    @MoogerTuber 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I wonder what Mozart would have achieved with all this gear.

    • @eduardclaudiufadgyas3365
      @eduardclaudiufadgyas3365 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Maybe the fact that Mozart didn't have all the gear that made him great

    • @essmunson
      @essmunson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@eduardclaudiufadgyas3365 mozart wrote for orchestras lol

    • @user-tx9ys8cn6x
      @user-tx9ys8cn6x 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In comparison, we got someone who's better than all of the respective best at their genres put together..times ten....

  • @mayacc1799
    @mayacc1799 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    whats the synth or controller hes using from 5:15? thanks

    • @peteturner533
      @peteturner533 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's a Therevox ET. Sounds amazing doesn't it.

  • @macakinhomusic
    @macakinhomusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow! inspiring! Any insights on what looper he was using on the controller sitting on top of the mixer?

    • @Soundgas
      @Soundgas  4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ableton!

    • @macakinhomusic
      @macakinhomusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Soundgas Any specific plugin? I'm trying to replicate what he's doing and can't get the same results using the stock looper.

    • @d_siah
      @d_siah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Xavier Marques probably some audio fx rack with at least beat repeat and looper

    • @macakinhomusic
      @macakinhomusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@d_siah Yeah! That's a good way to go! Will give it a try! Thanks for the tip!

    • @mynmyself
      @mynmyself 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@macakinhomusic yeah, Looper and Beat Repeat inside Ableton. Also seems to have a filter at the end of that chain

  • @neoaureus
    @neoaureus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is crazy

  • @aSpeaker2BlocksAway
    @aSpeaker2BlocksAway 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey guys! I have a few outboard synth and sequencer and effects and mixer also. But when it comes to connecting somthing with USB to the Mac, I get an ugly noise in the Signal Path. Someone with similar experiences?

    • @Soundgas
      @Soundgas  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It sounds like ground loop. Sometimes difficult to deal with but there is info online about ways to try and tackle it.

    • @aSpeaker2BlocksAway
      @aSpeaker2BlocksAway 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Soundgas Thanks man, I gonna try it.

  • @outofscenes
    @outofscenes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    can someone tell me what mixer is that ??? (not the big one at the back, but the 8-9 track live mixer he is using in the video most of the time)

    • @theboytheycalljonny1
      @theboytheycalljonny1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Would like to know also. Looks nice and compact with lots of aux options.

    • @DRRNNDGL
      @DRRNNDGL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@theboytheycalljonny1 Sonosax broadcast mixer

    • @theboytheycalljonny1
      @theboytheycalljonny1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DRRNNDGL thanks for that. I ended up figuring it out. Big bucks!

    • @keegandewitt
      @keegandewitt ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DRRNNDGL Sonosax SX-ST

  • @topofthemornintoya
    @topofthemornintoya 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Monster

  • @danielvidal807
    @danielvidal807 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What mixer is he using?

    • @cyrus7285
      @cyrus7285 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      SONOSAX SX-S, details in the blog post linked in the description. I do like the form factor on that one

  • @moretrio
    @moretrio 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow, so cool! How did you get in Floating Points studio?

    • @Soundgas
      @Soundgas  4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      He's a long standing customer - there are lots of things from us in there, including that CS-70M. Seeing and hearing the things we've restored being used like this is absolutely one of the best things about doing what we do :)

    • @ahzootube
      @ahzootube 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What's the closest modern synth that sounds like that Yamaha cs 70 m?

    • @juliaseppi2205
      @juliaseppi2205 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ahzootube TimbreWolf

    • @Polydarian
      @Polydarian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@juliaseppi2205 :D

    • @marlonjarek9071
      @marlonjarek9071 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ahzootube maybe deckards dream? (it's inspired by a cs80 i think)

  • @dazboot2966
    @dazboot2966 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    he's jus muckin abaht

  • @grimtop4000
    @grimtop4000 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anyone know what looper hes using ??

    • @stirling6767
      @stirling6767 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      looper in ableton most likely

    • @pbbelter
      @pbbelter 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its a Korg Nanokontrol 2, that drives the beat repeat in ableton. I assume his audio runs into ableton and back again, so hes able to do any fx inside it.

  • @theogaletka9145
    @theogaletka9145 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    WhT is the first synth he uses

    • @soma808
      @soma808 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cs70

  • @TheMindmachines
    @TheMindmachines 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    what is that mixer ?

    • @blassdat
      @blassdat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sonosax SX-ST

  • @nexcyia
    @nexcyia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing set up! Does anyone know the name of the synth he's using at 5:14 ?

    • @Soundgas
      @Soundgas  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, Therevox - more info/links via our blog: soundgas.com/blog/soundgas-in-london-floating-points-studio-tour/

    • @nexcyia
      @nexcyia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Soundgas Amazing thank you

  • @noodle098
    @noodle098 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wonder how he’s linking all this up must be a nightmare

  • @dasspezial
    @dasspezial 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    anyone know what mixer that Is ?

    • @Soundgas
      @Soundgas  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sonosax

    • @rdomain
      @rdomain 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And expensive as shit! Couldn't believe the price.

  • @dasspezial
    @dasspezial 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    is the looper an Ableton plugin? @soundgas

    • @Soundgas
      @Soundgas  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes

    • @ahnatek
      @ahnatek 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Soundgas aka the stock Ableton "looper" ? not a fancy max for live thing ?

    • @DRRNNDGL
      @DRRNNDGL 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ahnatek custom max patch

  • @alex35288
    @alex35288 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Which sampler / looper is used ?

    • @peryschlachter
      @peryschlachter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      On the live set it's just a midi controller. My guess is that it is linked to the the looper audio effect in Ableton !

  • @laioturner817
    @laioturner817 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What the fuck process all the drums?, interesting effects!

  • @narcobob3743
    @narcobob3743 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Can I record a bad sequence?"

  • @KK_4wB
    @KK_4wB 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    What a nerd :*

    • @Soundgas
      @Soundgas  4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      There can be no higher complement for someone who loves what they do and immerses themselves so completely.

    • @JesseSep.
      @JesseSep. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Being a nerd is the best

  • @doranstewartstewart6521
    @doranstewartstewart6521 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yezuz yahndi himself floating points has money to burn.

    • @benbowland
      @benbowland 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What? Did floating points contribute to Yeezus and Yandhi?

    • @doranstewartstewart6521
      @doranstewartstewart6521 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ben Bowland I wish who knows

  • @giovannib7910
    @giovannib7910 ปีที่แล้ว

    All nice and stuff, but this video definitely triggers motion sickness

  • @neorubi
    @neorubi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Squarepusher

    • @Soundgas
      @Soundgas  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      A little bit...

  • @neoaureus
    @neoaureus 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bob Dylan ....had a guitar and harmonica.

  • @wesleyleigh4063
    @wesleyleigh4063 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In all honesty looks like fun but almost all of this stuff is quite pointless and honestly very limited in it's sonic possibilities. I suppose it depends on what music you make. modular synthesis especially, but also drum machines and analog hardware. such an effort just to make anything slightly approaching interesting. Honestly makes me feel humble knowing all I have is a laptop and a set of speakers.

    • @maxsanchez4006
      @maxsanchez4006 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wesley Leigh there’s creativity in limitations

    • @normun9230
      @normun9230 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      there is no right or wrong how to make music. stay with your laptop and set of speakers, see for yourself where you are at after 5 years, if still in front your computer then good, you have found your instrument for rest of your lifetime, but most of the time artists seek for inspirations out of their laptops after a while. it is just a different feeling of music creation. Floating Points has been using and I bet - he is still using computer for music production.

    • @maudlinofthehead
      @maudlinofthehead 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Who cares what you use, no one knows who you are and all of us know who floating points is. What are you trying to pove

    • @cotchitunes
      @cotchitunes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Surely this is a troll right?

  • @neoaureus
    @neoaureus 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is crazy