Full disclosure: I used parts of my "sketch" takes (also 100% played on the Morph but not filmed because I was still composing the parts and improvising) so sometimes a note might not seem to sync up with what you're seeing / hearing. Just so you know that that's the reason :-) Timelinks: 0:00 - Introduction 0:55 - About the horns 2:01 - Tuba (Bass) 2:31 - Harmonies / Horizontal movement 3:23 - Melody and Drums 4:03 - Bass + Melody (B Section) 4:28 - Harmony (B Section) 5:03 - Energetic drums 5:22 - Should you buy the Morph for finger drumming? 7:03 - The Full Song!
This was so well done!! Thanks for the advice on the drum pad. I have my launchpad pro so it sounds like I don't need to purchase the drum pad. I assume you recommend the piano pad and which other ones?
Just wanted to say thank you for continuing to make such great content. Probably a year or two ago I started watching some of the first quest for groove finger drumming videos you posted. They very quickly made me feel much more confident on the pads and I was having a lot more fun. Since then I've drifted away from regularly finger drumming but this video came up on my feed today and it was another great one! You obviously are a man of many talents and I appreciate all the hard work that I'm sure goes into these videos. You nailed that fun New Orleans Jazz sound IMO, keep it up!
@@TheQuestforGroove Brass sounds better to my ear in isolation, but when you get a few instances of the string instruments playing together it sounds great.
thanks for this review! It looks like a great product, the way you used it. I was considering it mainly for fingerdrumming, so thank you for that honest insert at 5:25 about touching multiple pads at once. Appreciate you!
@@TheQuestforGroove no no, i think I'll go for the akai mpd218, I watched other reviews of yours and they are very helpful. It's hard to find honest reviews these days. appreciate it man :)
I have been working with samplers since the mid 80’s when i bought my Emulator 2 for a ridiculous amount of money...but I have never heard anything quite as realistic and controllable as this. I had to go check their website to assure myself that rhey weren’t incorporating samples in there somewhere, possibly on the attack at the very least. Hey, apparently not! This is amazing technology and the Sensel Morph is the perfect controller to make use of all the MPE parameters that make this come to life.👍
Yeah it's crazy. Some people think it still sounds bad, but even if it's not 100% a 'real' trumpet I do feel a real response when I play as opposed to a midi keyboard. The thing feels alive and that's super inspiring.
Thank you, as soon as I have time I'll do more of these. They're the most fun to make in a way. Just using all the tools in my toolbox to make music. Thats what its all about in the end.
That's weird you had a problem with velocity when hitting multiple notes. I've never had that problem with the Morph. Mind you I haven't used the yellow overlay.
Well, I suspect its about the slight delay between hits. So with two hands, you'll think you hit at the exact same time but there will be a few milliseconds of difference which is inaudible. But, a maschine will be able to more accurately distinguish the two hits from each other that way. With one hand, two pressure points will get created at exactly the same time, which might sometimes confuse the unit. That's my theory :-)
Those horns sounds good (specially the bass part) Have you tried the joué? (a French controller similar to the sensel morph) You can place 2 grid of 4X4 check it good value for money but dunno how it works for finger drumming.
Thanks! Yes I've heard this before :-) Another one is that I look both young and old at the same time and the worst one was at the age of 15 when I had long hair and someone at the grocery store thought I was a middle aged woman :-) :-) So the Harry Potter / Eric Foreman is a pretty nice one to end up with. So glad you're enjoying the videos. I'll keep them coming!
Hi, Mr. Groove! Do you prefer the Sensel Morph more than the Roli Seaboard Block Studio Edition? I wonder which one is better to compose soundtracks. Regards from Brazil!
I'd say they're both great for playing melodies. The morph has the advantage of swappable overlays so you can also use it for video editing and for drawing. The seaboard is nice because its squishy and you can actually press down on it. So it depends on what you think is important. You cannot really go wrong with either one.
It sounds great. the samples are nice. I'm not sure the controller is any good. It's just any MPE controller would be as expressive, and hopefully have more feedback than the morph.
@@TheQuestforGroove I want a seaboard really badly, unfortunately I can't justify the cost of any of the rise keyboards and the roli seaboard blocks aren't a lot of keys for the money. Maybe one day.
OK... That was AWESOME!!! What a fun and very musical jam!!! I think I'm becoming really close to sold on the Sensel Morph. Questions: is the 'production' overlay midi mappable (I think I'm asking a dumb question here; of course it must be?) and does it behave similar to a midi control unit, like the Korg NanoControl, for example? Second: can the Sensel be used as a trackpad to move a cursor and control things on the iPad? thus eliminating the need for an Apple bluetooth mouse or trackpad?
Hey John, you can confgure all the pads in the Sensel app so yes, that's possible. As for trackpad useage: It's not as straightforward as plugging it in and using it. I haven't figured it out to be honest, but maybe the folks fron Sensel can explain how to do it if you send them an email. It seems to be not the main purpose of the device.
Well, I do have a suggested 4x3 layout in the begonner course so that wont be a problem. It depends a little on the pads. If theyre super unsensitive youll have a bad time but if theyre "ok" then you can vet started with it for sure!
@@TheQuestforGroove Thank you! I'm going to try this out. BTW, this Sensel Morph is fascinating! I'm very tempted to get one with the video editing overlay.
What makes you think the commenters are bots? I mean, you can never know for sure (,maybe we're even stuck in the matrix or something) but they seem very real and human to me.
Dont know its jus the comments has perfect grammer and everything the video quality is amazing but like it seems sketchy even tho you have 16k subscribers
Haha, well who knows :-) My experience with bots is that they actually write very weird, off topic stuff. But all that aside, so awesome you started finger drumming! I'll try and keep the content coming on this channel so you'll have stuff to work with!
Full disclosure: I used parts of my "sketch" takes (also 100% played on the Morph but not filmed because I was still composing the parts and improvising) so sometimes a note might not seem to sync up with what you're seeing / hearing. Just so you know that that's the reason :-)
Timelinks:
0:00 - Introduction
0:55 - About the horns
2:01 - Tuba (Bass)
2:31 - Harmonies / Horizontal movement
3:23 - Melody and Drums
4:03 - Bass + Melody (B Section)
4:28 - Harmony (B Section)
5:03 - Energetic drums
5:22 - Should you buy the Morph for finger drumming?
7:03 - The Full Song!
Do those horn sounds come with the unit ?
No fepm audio modeling swam plugin. Link is in the video description!
@@TheQuestforGroove Thanks !
This was so well done!! Thanks for the advice on the drum pad. I have my launchpad pro so it sounds like I don't need to purchase the drum pad. I assume you recommend the piano pad and which other ones?
Well done! Thanks for using SWAM Solo Brass :-)
Thanks, it's an awesome product. I'm a big fan!
What a unique, fun, and expressive performance. Thank you Quest for Groove!
The fade out trick when the party goes crazy is great! You are a great arranger and teacher not only the best finger drummer on TH-cam!
Thank you, that means a lot!
What great melodic arrangements!
Just wanted to say thank you for continuing to make such great content. Probably a year or two ago I started watching some of the first quest for groove finger drumming videos you posted. They very quickly made me feel much more confident on the pads and I was having a lot more fun. Since then I've drifted away from regularly finger drumming but this video came up on my feed today and it was another great one! You obviously are a man of many talents and I appreciate all the hard work that I'm sure goes into these videos. You nailed that fun New Orleans Jazz sound IMO, keep it up!
Wow thank you, this really made my day! I'll keep 'em coming.
Congrats on finally embracing Audio Modeling instruments. They're great.
Yeah, I also have the cello, viola, violin. Sound great too, but havent used them for real yet.
@@TheQuestforGroove Brass sounds better to my ear in isolation, but when you get a few instances of the string instruments playing together it sounds great.
So fun, sounds great!
Awesome job!
Just wow
Hey dude, excellent! Rare-cool device and great musical ideas. Thanks!
Great fun when played at 1.75.
Your Channel is a gem
Thank you! More content will be released again soon.
THis guys musicianship is awesome!!!
thanks for this review! It looks like a great product, the way you used it. I was considering it mainly for fingerdrumming, so thank you for that honest insert at 5:25 about touching multiple pads at once. Appreciate you!
Ah thanks, I was debating cutting it out because it was spoiling the fun a little, but now I'm happy I kept it in.
@@TheQuestforGroove no no, i think I'll go for the akai mpd218, I watched other reviews of yours and they are very helpful. It's hard to find honest reviews these days. appreciate it man :)
I just found your channel and I absolutely love your content! And your arrangement on this one was killer!
Great video I just got a sensel morph yesterday
Man you're a real musician, great work. I could see you composing for video games or something for sure. Keep it up. ✌️
Nice! That synth brass sounds amazing.
A little Lousisiana up in air. Nice work!
I have been working with samplers since the mid 80’s when i bought my Emulator 2 for a ridiculous amount of money...but I have never heard anything quite as realistic and controllable as this. I had to go check their website to assure myself that rhey weren’t incorporating samples in there somewhere, possibly on the attack at the very least. Hey, apparently not! This is amazing technology and the Sensel Morph is the perfect controller to make use of all the MPE parameters that make this come to life.👍
Yeah it's crazy. Some people think it still sounds bad, but even if it's not 100% a 'real' trumpet I do feel a real response when I play as opposed to a midi keyboard. The thing feels alive and that's super inspiring.
Wow....this is really really nice
Thank you, as soon as I have time I'll do more of these. They're the most fun to make in a way. Just using all the tools in my toolbox to make music. Thats what its all about in the end.
@@TheQuestforGroove Absolutely! Can’t wait to see more!
That's weird you had a problem with velocity when hitting multiple notes. I've never had that problem with the Morph. Mind you I haven't used the yellow overlay.
Specifically multiple notes with the same hand. As soon as you use two hands the problem is gone.
@@TheQuestforGroove how could it tell if you are using one hand or two?! All it sees is points of pressure at different locations in the device.
Well, I suspect its about the slight delay between hits. So with two hands, you'll think you hit at the exact same time but there will be a few milliseconds of difference which is inaudible. But, a maschine will be able to more accurately distinguish the two hits from each other that way. With one hand, two pressure points will get created at exactly the same time, which might sometimes confuse the unit. That's my theory :-)
Those horns sounds good (specially the bass part) Have you tried the joué? (a French controller similar to the sensel morph) You can place 2 grid of 4X4 check it good value for money but dunno how it works for finger drumming.
Thanks, I'll put it on my list!
Nice bro! Has anyone ever told you that you look like a combination of Eric Foreman and Harry Potter? :DDD
Man, I love your videos!
Thanks! Yes I've heard this before :-) Another one is that I look both young and old at the same time and the worst one was at the age of 15 when I had long hair and someone at the grocery store thought I was a middle aged woman :-) :-) So the Harry Potter / Eric Foreman is a pretty nice one to end up with. So glad you're enjoying the videos. I'll keep them coming!
@@TheQuestforGroove OMG that made me laugh bro lmao
Hi, Mr. Groove! Do you prefer the Sensel Morph more than the Roli Seaboard Block Studio Edition? I wonder which one is better to compose soundtracks.
Regards from Brazil!
I'd say they're both great for playing melodies. The morph has the advantage of swappable overlays so you can also use it for video editing and for drawing. The seaboard is nice because its squishy and you can actually press down on it. So it depends on what you think is important. You cannot really go wrong with either one.
@@TheQuestforGroove thank you very much!
It sounds great. the samples are nice. I'm not sure the controller is any good. It's just any MPE controller would be as expressive, and hopefully have more feedback than the morph.
Linnstrument is better imho. And if you need some physical feedback the ROLI seaboard is probably by far the best.
@@TheQuestforGroove I want a seaboard really badly, unfortunately I can't justify the cost of any of the rise keyboards and the roli seaboard blocks aren't a lot of keys for the money. Maybe one day.
Have you checked out the iPad/iPhone App GeoShred which features the GeoSWAM (Audio Modeling) instruments?
No I have not. Did not know it existed to be honest. Thanks for introducing me!
OK... That was AWESOME!!! What a fun and very musical jam!!! I think I'm becoming really close to sold on the Sensel Morph. Questions: is the 'production' overlay midi mappable (I think I'm asking a dumb question here; of course it must be?) and does it behave similar to a midi control unit, like the Korg NanoControl, for example? Second: can the Sensel be used as a trackpad to move a cursor and control things on the iPad? thus eliminating the need for an Apple bluetooth mouse or trackpad?
Hey John, you can confgure all the pads in the Sensel app so yes, that's possible. As for trackpad useage: It's not as straightforward as plugging it in and using it. I haven't figured it out to be honest, but maybe the folks fron Sensel can explain how to do it if you send them an email. It seems to be not the main purpose of the device.
it does have a layout for touchpad with no overlay
Hey Groove. Uhh do you know any website where I can get pre made samples? I'm too lazy to do it smh.
www.thelooploft.com
Bro I fr love this guy lmao
Mr. Groove (I know that's not your name), I have an old Akai XR20 gathering dust here. Would that work if I wanted to try your finger drumming class?
Well, I do have a suggested 4x3 layout in the begonner course so that wont be a problem. It depends a little on the pads. If theyre super unsensitive youll have a bad time but if theyre "ok" then you can vet started with it for sure!
@@TheQuestforGroove Thank you! I'm going to try this out. BTW, this Sensel Morph is fascinating! I'm very tempted to get one with the video editing overlay.
Yeah might be good! I did not test that one while editing the video though... missed opportunity :-)
The comments are botted... But not sure yet... The video is fine but the comments and likes... Ehhh.
What makes you think the commenters are bots? I mean, you can never know for sure (,maybe we're even stuck in the matrix or something) but they seem very real and human to me.
Dont know its jus the comments has perfect grammer and everything the video quality is amazing but like it seems sketchy even tho you have 16k subscribers
But you inspired me to start finger drumming so I appreciate that.. Maybe everyone just has good grammer idk man.
Haha, well who knows :-) My experience with bots is that they actually write very weird, off topic stuff. But all that aside, so awesome you started finger drumming! I'll try and keep the content coming on this channel so you'll have stuff to work with!
Thanks groove. Maybe your not so bad at all. Lmao.