Yea, everyone said you gotta get a DFAM to go with your Mother 32 so I did. Wish I didn’t. Seems like it was just abuse of the Moog brand. What would Bob say?
@@AudioPilz That's why I suggested you do a BAD GEAR show on how BAD everybody's favorite DAW is LOL.Piss everybody off ha ha. I love the DFAM so much I have two of them. Still discovering new ways to use it. Ha MOOGs Bet you can't buy just one!
"Welcome to Bad Gear where I show haters how to actually use the worlds most hated audio tools" - BTW Jam 2 is easily one of my favourites ever. Damn good show man I love it!
dude, I know this channel is comedic/informative stuff but your end jams are so so so sick. The visuals as well. I would honestly love a serious video about your production process.
That Will Smith ADRS meme killed me lol. Jokes aside, I own this little monster and I have to say the sound could only be described as delightful. Your videos are hilarious and instructive, love it !
Might I ad that coupled with a Novation MonoStation is a great combination. The MonoStation is a good middle man since it has minijack outputs for CV GATE and AUXCV.
No doubt the DFAM is limited, but it sounds *so* good when it's in its wheelhouse. With a little extra modular gear you can break out of the 8 step sequencer, so it feels like the DFAM is really just meant to be paired with the other Moog semi-modular modules.
Your vids literally never fail to crack me up. "(Worf) Son of Mogh!)" I have the SubHarmonicon and largely feel the same way about it as your review about the DFAM. These are amazing as production/sound design tools but too tweaky and single purpose for live use. Great way to get that hard to duplicate Moog sound into a production though!
The DFAM is an absolute industrial monster sound wise but i don't have one. So, I fake the DFAM sound on iOS with Ruismaker Noir and a little bit of distortion. The built in sequencer is extremely similar with pitch and velocity adjustable per note, but it's expandable beyond 8 notes and supports odd signatures. Just gotta add that distortion so the fm sounds more analogy 😉
Anyone else give these 2 full views? One to actually hear about a synth, the 2nd to pause regularly and enjoy all the memes! The 3 at "bleeps, bloops..." were particularly funny
Gear aside, that breakbeat jam stripped a couple of decades off my age and now has me digging in my old bins that still have 2005 Burning Man dust on them. ❤️
▲ i'm still not over the fact that my beloved model:cycles is bad gear, even though it definitely is. this episode, however, is the first one that doesn't want me to instantly buy the featured gear (dfam). and it's a moog, bobdammit!
Man you can program. That breakbeat blew me away. You are becoming my product reviewer. I was never aware of it's limitation. In other words it's an expensive limited cool gadget with great sounds.
Bass dropping with increasing resonance - the classical behavior of an uncompensated filter. I’d love the DFAM and think it shines most in combination with the mother32 and/or subharmonicon.
@@ultralife73 What Ilike most about the DFAM is how it *wants* to sound nasty and aggressive. With most gear you have to coax it into being menacing with FX and various modulations, while it's a bit ofa struggle to get the DFAM to settle down and give you something smooth and lovely.
I've got the whole series and really like them, but as you said, the fact that it's only 8 steps really limits what you can do with the DFAM. Regardless, some instruments are cool in that they force you to work within their limitations, and this is one of them. Thanks for all the informative and entertaining videos!
You can always use external cv sources. If you have modular rack, I’d assume you have a bunch of nice LFO’s and at least one sequencer. You can use korg sq-1 an voila! - 16 steps to your command. Cheap Keystep - 32 steps, as I remember. Yes, DFAM is a bit limited on its own (like most of synths), but with little external help it’s capabilities are limitless
Honestly, 8 steps on the built-in sequencer is only really limiting if you don't pair it with an external CV capable sequencer (or a MIDI sequencer + the Sonoclast 2HP MIDI adapter), or even just something that has a CV Trigger Out like a TR-8S. Early on before I got a BSP, one thing I did with my Mother-32 to synch it to my TR-8S was use the TR-8S's trigger out to manually step the sequencer on the Mother-32. You can do something similar with the DFAM.
I’ve been tempted by the DFAM in the past, and I’m sure I’d have fun with it. It’s one of those things that’s definitely not “bad”, but has a very specific use case that doesn’t work for most people’s needs, and in that case it really shines, as your demos show. The one thing that seems a major omission is not MIDI, since it’s mostly designed for live tweaking, but a reset/sync input. In the end, I found I could do most of what I liked about it with a couple of modules I already had, so I couldn’t justify the space, but it still has a unique sound and workflow that sets it apart.
the best part of every friday is watching the new bad gear episode! I would love to see you take on a Roland SH32 synth. I bought one as my first step into hardware synths many years ago. I never really understood what was happening and how I got it to make all the weird and amazing sounds that came out of it. it was a totally different experience from the 2. gen electribes I wqas used to . I remember the manual was a classic Roland manual. It just made everything more confusing for a young synth novice in his late teens. All the weed i was smoking back then probably didn't help either. After following your channel for some months now and seing you take on several pieces of the good old gear me and my mates went through in our search for fun and good gear to play with, has really been a fun trip down memory lane for me. You inspired me to go out and buy a used Korg KP3 again, just because it's a really fun sampler to use. I'm looking forward to keep on following you further down the rabbit hole of "bad gear", and see how you make all the things "shine" just as bright as a piece of late 90's/early 00's piece of gear possibly can. Thank you for all the work you put into making theese videos. they really do brighten up my fridays. have a nice weekend. Already looking forward to the next one.
Definitely type A here. The DFAM was the first (semi-) modular piece of gear that I kept. I read a lot in the comments that the Mother32 is THE companion for the DFAM. Even though that is kind of true and is what the manufacturer intended, my recommendation for the best partner would be the Elektron Oktatrack (with a Korg sq10 for sync and quantized melodies). It’s an instant fun combination especially if you’re into harsher types of techno. Just dial in an awesome patch/loop on the dfam, bounce it into the octa, remove all cables on the dfam, rinse and repeat until you have a solid base for a new track, chop the loops and rearrange them on the octa… super small fun and travel setup :)
I love the DFAM. Most of the time I find myself sampling individual drum sounds created with it and sequence them in an Ableton Live drum rack. Or I’ll create a DFAM sequence with some modulation, record a few bars of that and use it as a looping clip in Live.
Recording loops and one-shots off my synths into Ableton and arranging them in the box has been my main workflow ever since I realized I have neither the financial means nor the dexterity to do the DAWless thing the way I would want.
@@iwanwesterduin I have more than enough gear for a fully DAWless setup, but I don’t have the space to actually set it all up at once! More importantly, I’m terrible at multitasking, and I prefer to craft layered, carefully considered music in the box.
@@deastman2 yeah the multitasking thing is what I meant with dexterity. I consider myself more of a composer than a musician/instrumentalist, so juggling multiple instruments and still keep things interesting and coherent is not my forte!
I`m doing exactly the same and that opened up the instrument for me. In the first 2 weeks i thought i made a terrible mistake with this purchase. But once i adapted my workflow, i only feel love for this weird box. It just sounds so great!!! Too bad its almost impossible to dial back in the cool lines you once made, to perform them live instead of playing the recording, but i guess that`s how it is and its limitations are advantages on the other hand.
Florian puts a lot of good gear in Bad Gear at this point that it didn't even cross my mind that a Moog feature this episode could be some sort of April Fools joke
I feel like "Bad Gear" often tends to include Gear with a lot of bizarre missing features/artificially gimped functionality(Esp for the price) which unfortunately includes a lot of "Good" gear like everything Elektron puts out. That can easily cause gear to be controversial, for good reason.
that most gear isnt bad, and you just have to find the right place for it, thats true. but the fact that there is gear 10x better and cheaper, puts this dfam in the lower of the lowest rank. for a drum machine at $600, it better do my math homework
As always, your audio and video production skills are ticking all the boxes. Thanks for another excellent video! On a side note, every time I see the TB-3 in one of your vids I loving look over at my TB-3 patiently waiting in its box the last few years and say "Someday soon, buddy, someday".
not a bad idea.. tb3 is easy to program via the touchsrceen/keyboard, and has a ton of sounds beyond the typical 303 ish style. too bad roland only updated it once.
@@Leviathan-mj8gi I opened it right away, of course when I got it. But I haven’t used it in recent years so it’s been back in the box for awhile. I haven’t sold it though! Edit: typos
I gotta tell ya, first I started watching your vids for the tech gear nerd part, but now I'm just waiting for your jams to start kicking in. You are talented, man.
LOL, I made it to the end. Yes, I have one. 😂 Personally, the DFAM is my all time favorite piece of kit I have ever owned. I mostly use it with my Beatstep Pro, TR-8, and some other synth. The DFAM always makes me smile.
For a home tweaker it’s a blast and was one of my First pieces. I don’t know how I missed his videos but it’s fantastic. Great work all-around great sounds
My favorite gear of all time. In fact, it’s what got me back into my synths that were collecting dust. Don’t make the mistake of thinking of it as a drum machine just because it says drummer in the name… it is not. It is an expressive percussion as it says in the manual. It is a percussion instrument and thus lets you express yourself. Best to couple with a drum machine and you can spend hours on it running the same drum sequence in the background 😂
This video again is fully stuffed with greatness. Aproximately every 5 seconds a funny movie reference and also a very respectful review for a quite limited drummachine after all. I bow for u and look forward to the next one. Cheers 🍻
Limitations can be a great source of creativity. If you are not able to do what you always do, you have to get out of your comfort zone and try something new :)
It’s really complementary with a Mother-32, the M32 provides MIDI, a sequencer and an LFO whereas the DFAM provides tonal variety and 2 lanes of steppable CV to add expression to the sequences.
yeah you're looking at $1200 for a still fairly basic Techno setup, you're getting into vintage gear & fully featured analogue polysynths at that price. the only one of those little semi modulars remotely worth the price is the Subharmonicon, IMO, since it actually does something other gear doesn't and feels a bit more "complete" feature wise.
@@SisterRose That's why I bought the subharmonicon. I wanted a Reichian post minimalist machine. It does that ok, I have trouble with the oscillator tones which surprised me when it came to Moog. I also find the tempo to be too fast or too slow via midi. I really liked how Alex Ball used it in his video on it. I could probably use to explore the "preset" boards to expand my understanding of it. Have any suggestions that helped you get your head around it?
Whoa..major props on all of the pop culture references! Sooo good. Really good episode sir! I am going to predict that TB3 sales are going to go up because it is your main star on this channel lately. :)
Dude. I cannot get that breakbeat out of my mind. I hope you used one of those moog patch cardboards because…. That breakbeat needs to be broken out! Super duper fresh!
Assumptions on why we’re still watching to the end A..B…no…..in my case it’s because the acid jam at 6 minutes utterly stopped me in my tracks and left me temporarily blissed out! Nice work!
I owned a DFAM for a while but felt like I hit the bottom of the well in terms of sounds rather quickly. That combined with it being super fiddly in a non-modular setup due to the lack of MIDI led me to offload it for roughly what I paid. I'm curious to see how the Edge comes out since it's cheap enough for the limited palette and seemingly fixes my issues with the DFAM's connectivity.
Same here, except ive still got it. Im thinking i better offload it sharpish before Behringer bring out a better equipped ,cheaper version that can at least talk to a casio!
4:32 It's a jooly good day for a mooging haha....first time the Intro Song sounds really nice 🍿& it can make popcorn too...greetings from Vancouver, BC 🇨🇦
Nice work @AudioPilz , as always, and your tunes are just always good, and an awful lot better than some stuff that I've heard released... Man, if you ever do a gig, or do gig, let me know!
The second jam was super. Just throwing this out there, how about an episode on the Korg Drum, doesn't blow the budget and as quirky as the DFAM albeit in a different kind of way. Thanks for keeping the episodes regular. It's always a perfect end to my working week, thank you.
I love messing around with my DFAM because I like the Moog sound. But it's not for everyone and you can pick up drum machines that do much more with MIDI for cheaper.
"Time to push it a little further in this deep'n'dubby, analog sound fx, Vienna 16, down- and/or breakbeat" Never in my life have I needed something so much and never known until I received it! Awesome episode! Greetings from Vienna 02 :)
So... it's a drummer that: - has only one limb (and it doesn't appear to be neither arm nor leg), - hits *exactly* on time -- but it's not *your* time, - has memory capacity to strike that drum exactly eight times before looping right back, but... ... can strike these drums in really incredible ways that produce amazing sound as long you spend time to tell it *exactly* how to do it before each performance. So yeah, if it were a person, I'd be wondering if their parents were vacationing in Pripyat in late April 1986.
I mean, it's an awesome review. It sounds spectacular but it's more of a sound source than an instrument itself and it wasn't until I saw this review that I understood it's purpouse. Thank you ✌️😁
To me, having the "no menu" analog knobs right there is perfection of the highest order. While I like keyboard combos as much as the next computer user: NO, your UI is not intuitive enough to have SHIFT on your Synth!
I (and i'm sure others) would appreciate it if one of these days you could show a step by stop of your finale song productions. They always come out super smooth. Unless you don't want to reveal your secret sauce.
It needs quite a lot of time and devotion... actually each time you wanna use it, to get something fresh out, ... it is not a tool for fast results (same with subharmonicon!)... but it's really satisfying, when it finally shines in your mix! good episode this one!!
Probably one of my favorite pieces of gear I own, but it’s totally limited. Needless to say it’s amazing sounding for some live jams and sampling. The Edge is gonna be fun to test drive and hear the comparisons. Glad I already purchased it and recovered from the financial setback of this purchase a few years back. Always wanted two of them at the same time, but the Subharmonicon ended that desire. I have yet to take the plunge on the Subharm!
I was always fascinated, and slightly scared of the DFAM. I suspected it was too rich for my synth newbie blood and those suspicions seem to be confirmed by this video. Going to chalk it up with the rest of the “if I win the lotto” gear. Seems like it has an amazing range of audio potential, but you basically need a second mortgage to extract it in a useable way.
@@AudioPilz that was my initial thought watching the video, quickly followed by “but also, so are those springy things that stop doors damaging the paintwork” and I could buy a whole load of the springy things and a sampler and still afford my rent vs the DFAM. But for real, though. I would love to try a DFAM, or have one as part of an ‘Andrew Huang’ scale modular set up. As for right now, I’m still very much in love with my Roland TR-6S
The DFAM is a beast, but if people buy it and expect a drum machine, they will be disappointed. It shines if you can layer a bunch of it in a DAW or if you JUST need a single layer of percussion.
I loved the definition for "eurorack" :D Speaking of which: You haven't talked a lot about the many patch points.. Are these only useful in combination with other modular gear or can you patch crazy stuff on the DFAM alone?
A Will Smith meme, paying respect to Taylor Hawkins AND starting off with Spinal Tap… That, my good sir, is worthy of an Oscar. Shame you’d have to slap someone first. Cute little box though, the industrial-y sounds tickle my boxes. Moog should hire someone different for the namegiving, the DFAM, Grandmother and other abominations don’t really shout “awesome synth” to me. Great stuff again maestro!
Group B here! I was gifted a Crave, which turns out to be a major gateway drug leading straight to the Behringer System 100 eurorack modules and the Edge, when it comes out. Modular suddenly seems a bit more of a realistic option. Not only thanks to Behringer, but also brands like Doepfer producing very reasonably priced modules.
i love my both fantastic korg er1 - i need noooo mooog equipment . thank you for the upload . i hope you have a beautiful weekend - best greetz from austria !
I used to have the DFAM & Mother-32 in a tower, but just couldn't personally seem to get enough out of them for the desk space ... with the DFAM in particular I just didn't seem to be able to get it to make the noises I wanted/needed. So I part-exchanged for a Hydrasynth recently, and whilst that obviously isn't a 1-1 swap in terms of features it seemed like a good deal for usability. However, I guess I have the combo to "thank" for otherwise pushing me into the rabbit hole of modular as I started to get into Eurorack shortly after initially getting the tower ... Anyhow, another fine episode!
I mean, in the case of the DFAM or really _any_ Moog synth except maybe the Minimoog, that's kind of the point. They're not meant to be used on their own. Problem is they're also expensive and a fully kitted out all-Moog setup is going to cost thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars depending on what you're doing.
I have to say as someone that owns a Mother 32 and a DFAM, but was not an already experienced Modular person, It is incredibly difficult to learn and get amazing sounds out of. I feel like I was the wrong customer to buy it but I'm not going to sell it so that over time I can learn more with it
Audiopilz: *slaps roof of YT channel*
Full Tracks, Extended Jams, Sample Packs: www.patreon.com/audiopilz
...this badboi contains so many recordings of bad gear
I played one, didnt like it much...as a weird nouse box its ok...as a drum machine, pass...
Worf: "Son of Mogh"
Great reference, Florian and thanks for the great video:)
Great use of Spinal Tap in the intro!
Subbed
Are you getting a Taiga?
Putting a Moog here? You are a brave man.
...or maybe a little stupid;)
😁😁😁😀😀😀😀
Lol!
Yea, everyone said you gotta get a DFAM to go with your Mother 32 so I did. Wish I didn’t. Seems like it was just abuse of the Moog brand. What would Bob say?
@@AudioPilz That's why I suggested you do a BAD GEAR show on how BAD everybody's favorite DAW is LOL.Piss everybody off ha ha. I love the DFAM so much I have two of them. Still discovering new ways to use it. Ha MOOGs Bet you can't buy just one!
"Welcome to Bad Gear where I show haters how to actually use the worlds most hated audio tools" - BTW Jam 2 is easily one of my favourites ever. Damn good show man I love it!
Thank you so much!!!
amazing!!
This!
🎯
The working title for the DFAM was "Eight? Oh Eight."
Lol
Lol
So... are you gonna copyright strike him?
@@GizzyDillespee Never. Plus, he asked anyway.
*clapping slowly*
Consistently killing it with these videos in terms of production value, education, meme factor, but also bringing those jams. Absolute legend.
Thank you so much!!!
dude, I know this channel is comedic/informative stuff but your end jams are so so so sick. The visuals as well. I would honestly love a serious video about your production process.
He got some great sounds out of it this time. He always does, but this time was really fresh.
Thank you!!! I'll try to squeeze that in!
@@AudioPilz Yes! Please give us a Behind the bad gear vid.🤓
indeed. his jams are legit
Yes!
That Will Smith ADRS meme killed me lol. Jokes aside, I own this little monster and I have to say the sound could only be described as delightful. Your videos are hilarious and instructive, love it !
Thank you!!!
@@AudioPilz Can you make that into a coffee mug or something?
3:12. Filter setting name: RANDOM ASSAULT
I love the Behringer Edge Meme ;-)
Might I ad that coupled with a Novation MonoStation is a great combination. The MonoStation is a good middle man since it has minijack outputs for CV GATE and AUXCV.
Thank you for bringing Worf into a video about a Moog product. It was about time somebody did that.
qapla' !!!
No doubt the DFAM is limited, but it sounds *so* good when it's in its wheelhouse. With a little extra modular gear you can break out of the 8 step sequencer, so it feels like the DFAM is really just meant to be paired with the other Moog semi-modular modules.
True that!
The limitations seem worth the sound quality, though lack of midi is baffling..Thanks for the great tunes you pump out and keeping a smile on my face.
Agreed! Thank you!!!
Lack of MIDI I get. Lack of reset is the real head scratcher!
@@BeniRoseMusic I'm with you. Feels like the DFAM would have little benefit from MIDI, but a reset would save time for the end user.
Mother-32 has MIDI then CV to DFAM
@@ReyLamurin so you have to buy another synth to make up for the lack of midi?
Your vids literally never fail to crack me up. "(Worf) Son of Mogh!)" I have the SubHarmonicon and largely feel the same way about it as your review about the DFAM. These are amazing as production/sound design tools but too tweaky and single purpose for live use. Great way to get that hard to duplicate Moog sound into a production though!
Thanks!
@@AudioPilz Every TNG reference is blisssss
I remember seeing that ST:TNG ep back in HS and thought it was weird his dad was that big thing Keith Emerson played.
The DFAM is an absolute industrial monster sound wise but i don't have one. So, I fake the DFAM sound on iOS with Ruismaker Noir and a little bit of distortion. The built in sequencer is extremely similar with pitch and velocity adjustable per note, but it's expandable beyond 8 notes and supports odd signatures. Just gotta add that distortion so the fm sounds more analogy 😉
Liked the Ruismaker prog for the Korg NTS-1 - gotta check out the Noir
I 2nd the Ruismaker Noir recommendation. Way better sequencer (mutation, etc.), and so...much...cheaper!
All of Bram Bos apps are magnificent. Noir, Ripplemaker and Hammerhead especially.
Anyone else give these 2 full views? One to actually hear about a synth, the 2nd to pause regularly and enjoy all the memes! The 3 at "bleeps, bloops..." were particularly funny
I usually give them a few more;)
Gear aside, that breakbeat jam stripped a couple of decades off my age and now has me digging in my old bins that still have 2005 Burning Man dust on them. ❤️
Thank you so much!!!
▲ i'm still not over the fact that my beloved model:cycles is bad gear, even though it definitely is. this episode, however, is the first one that doesn't want me to instantly buy the featured gear (dfam). and it's a moog, bobdammit!
That's odd...;)
You ALWAYS get the most out of the gear you use to create, demonstrate and sometimes berate 💕 more modular plz 💕
Thanks! I try to stay away from modular. It's soooooo addictive
Bold move to feature anything with Moog written on it on a Bad Gear episode. You’re a true hero.
I have bottled water for 14 days - what could possibly go wrong;)
Man you can program. That breakbeat blew me away. You are becoming my product reviewer. I was never aware of it's limitation. In other words it's an expensive limited cool gadget with great sounds.
Thanks! It's just designed for a very specific workflow
That is precicesly the definition of Moog-Stuff
Bass dropping with increasing resonance - the classical behavior of an uncompensated filter. I’d love the DFAM and think it shines most in combination with the mother32 and/or subharmonicon.
I've seen some nice jams in that combination!
My favourite synth! 😭 Hit the nail on the head about how it highlights the sound shortcomings of lesser kit when you use it alongside a DFAM
Yeah, it blew my mind
You are a great composer-synthesist . The demos are outstanding
Thank you so much!!!
I love my DFAM. A very unique instrument that serendipitously throws out the most lovely gnarly techno sounds...
Agreed!
Agreed, its a total inspiration machine, I have mine racked with a bunch of LFOs and FX, I call it my "ALWAYS BE SAMPLING" rack :)
@@aikighost That's it with this one, isn't it? ALWAYS be sampling/recording. Amazing stuff falls out just when you're not paying attention ;-)
@@ultralife73 What Ilike most about the DFAM is how it *wants* to sound nasty and aggressive.
With most gear you have to coax it into being menacing with FX and various modulations, while it's a bit ofa struggle to get the DFAM to settle down and give you something smooth and lovely.
I can't have been more entertained and inspired. I have barely scratched the surface of my DFAM, per this video. Well done!!
Thank you so much!!!
Probably my favourite synth of all time this bastard
Phrasing!!!
I don't know how you put out a funny, entertaining, and informative video every week on the dot but I definitely appreciate it.
Thank you so much! I drink a lot of coffee;)
I've got the whole series and really like them, but as you said, the fact that it's only 8 steps really limits what you can do with the DFAM. Regardless, some instruments are cool in that they force you to work within their limitations, and this is one of them. Thanks for all the informative and entertaining videos!
Thanks for watching!!!
You can always use external cv sources. If you have modular rack, I’d assume you have a bunch of nice LFO’s and at least one sequencer. You can use korg sq-1 an voila! - 16 steps to your command. Cheap Keystep - 32 steps, as I remember.
Yes, DFAM is a bit limited on its own (like most of synths), but with little external help it’s capabilities are limitless
Honestly, 8 steps on the built-in sequencer is only really limiting if you don't pair it with an external CV capable sequencer (or a MIDI sequencer + the Sonoclast 2HP MIDI adapter), or even just something that has a CV Trigger Out like a TR-8S.
Early on before I got a BSP, one thing I did with my Mother-32 to synch it to my TR-8S was use the TR-8S's trigger out to manually step the sequencer on the Mother-32. You can do something similar with the DFAM.
The brown note meme killed me. Literally had to goto the porcelain throne after you played that jam set.
I’ve been tempted by the DFAM in the past, and I’m sure I’d have fun with it. It’s one of those things that’s definitely not “bad”, but has a very specific use case that doesn’t work for most people’s needs, and in that case it really shines, as your demos show. The one thing that seems a major omission is not MIDI, since it’s mostly designed for live tweaking, but a reset/sync input. In the end, I found I could do most of what I liked about it with a couple of modules I already had, so I couldn’t justify the space, but it still has a unique sound and workflow that sets it apart.
It's a very strange design omission indeed!
This whole channel is like my guitar channels coming off acid while doing a bump and then dropping more acid.
I recognize the canyon pedal.
That's the normal production procedure of a Bad Gear episode;)
Nice to hear making sounds on a really nice instrument. You need a BadAss Gear channel!🙏🏻❤️
Thanks!!! It's almost too easy;)
the best part of every friday is watching the new bad gear episode!
I would love to see you take on a Roland SH32 synth.
I bought one as my first step into hardware synths many years ago.
I never really understood what was happening and how I got it to make
all the weird and amazing sounds that came out of it. it was a totally different experience from the 2. gen electribes I wqas used to . I remember the manual was a classic Roland manual. It just made everything more confusing for a young synth novice in his late teens. All the weed i was smoking back then probably didn't help either.
After following your channel for some months now and seing you take on several pieces of the good old gear me and my mates went through in our search for fun and good gear to play with, has really been a fun trip down memory lane for me. You inspired me to go out and buy a used Korg KP3 again, just because it's a really fun sampler to use.
I'm looking forward to keep on following you further down the rabbit hole of "bad gear",
and see how you make all the things "shine" just as bright as a piece of late 90's/early 00's piece of gear possibly can. Thank you for all the work you put into making theese videos. they really do brighten up my fridays.
have a nice weekend.
Already looking forward to the next one.
Nice to hear that, thanks! SH32 is moving up my list, thanks for the suggestion!
Definitely type A here. The DFAM was the first (semi-) modular piece of gear that I kept. I read a lot in the comments that the Mother32 is THE companion for the DFAM. Even though that is kind of true and is what the manufacturer intended, my recommendation for the best partner would be the Elektron Oktatrack (with a Korg sq10 for sync and quantized melodies). It’s an instant fun combination especially if you’re into harsher types of techno. Just dial in an awesome patch/loop on the dfam, bounce it into the octa, remove all cables on the dfam, rinse and repeat until you have a solid base for a new track, chop the loops and rearrange them on the octa… super small fun and travel setup :)
Nice technique!!!
i do the same with the digitakt! add a MIDI to CV converter and it's an incredibly fun setup
I absolutely love my DFAM. Can't wait to pair it with a Behringer Edge. The DFAM really shines when you incorporate it with Eurorack.
Agreed!
I love the DFAM. Most of the time I find myself sampling individual drum sounds created with it and sequence them in an Ableton Live drum rack. Or I’ll create a DFAM sequence with some modulation, record a few bars of that and use it as a looping clip in Live.
Nice technique!
Recording loops and one-shots off my synths into Ableton and arranging them in the box has been my main workflow ever since I realized I have neither the financial means nor the dexterity to do the DAWless thing the way I would want.
@@iwanwesterduin I have more than enough gear for a fully DAWless setup, but I don’t have the space to actually set it all up at once! More importantly, I’m terrible at multitasking, and I prefer to craft layered, carefully considered music in the box.
@@deastman2 yeah the multitasking thing is what I meant with dexterity. I consider myself more of a composer than a musician/instrumentalist, so juggling multiple instruments and still keep things interesting and coherent is not my forte!
I`m doing exactly the same and that opened up the instrument for me. In the first 2 weeks i thought i made a terrible mistake with this purchase. But once i adapted my workflow, i only feel love for this weird box. It just sounds so great!!! Too bad its almost impossible to dial back in the cool lines you once made, to perform them live instead of playing the recording, but i guess that`s how it is and its limitations are advantages on the other hand.
Florian puts a lot of good gear in Bad Gear at this point that it didn't even cross my mind that a Moog feature this episode could be some sort of April Fools joke
Didn't know it's first of April;)
from all the good gear out there, this one defo deserves its place to bad gear xD
I feel like "Bad Gear" often tends to include Gear with a lot of bizarre missing features/artificially gimped functionality(Esp for the price) which unfortunately includes a lot of "Good" gear like everything Elektron puts out. That can easily cause gear to be controversial, for good reason.
Most of the gear isn't "bad", it's just "unappreciated" or "misunderstood".
that most gear isnt bad, and you just have to find the right place for it, thats true. but the fact that there is gear 10x better and cheaper, puts this dfam in the lower of the lowest rank. for a drum machine at $600, it better do my math homework
As always, your audio and video production skills are ticking all the boxes. Thanks for another excellent video! On a side note, every time I see the TB-3 in one of your vids I loving look over at my TB-3 patiently waiting in its box the last few years and say "Someday soon, buddy, someday".
Thank you!!! The day is now!!!
not a bad idea..
tb3 is easy to program via the touchsrceen/keyboard,
and has a ton of sounds beyond the typical 303 ish style.
too bad roland only updated it once.
@@Leviathan-mj8gi I opened it right away, of course when I got it. But I haven’t used it in recent years so it’s been back in the box for awhile. I haven’t sold it though!
Edit: typos
I gotta tell ya, first I started watching your vids for the tech gear nerd part, but now I'm just waiting for your jams to start kicking in.
You are talented, man.
Thank you so much!!!
That monophonic jam did something to *my* body chemistry! Dooooooope! 👏👏👏
😂😂😂
Thanks brother.
I'm a massive DFAM fan, it's comes alive when you use the patch bay functionality with other desktop or modular gear. No limitations
Thanks! Yeah, it shines when combined with other modular gear
LOL, I made it to the end. Yes, I have one. 😂
Personally, the DFAM is my all time favorite piece of kit I have ever owned. I mostly use it with my Beatstep Pro, TR-8, and some other synth. The DFAM always makes me smile.
Nice! It works pretty nice with the BSP!
For a home tweaker it’s a blast and was one of my First pieces. I don’t know how I missed his videos but it’s fantastic. Great work all-around great sounds
Yeah, thanks!
One of my all time favourite renditions of the intro song!
Happy to hear that, thanks!
You know your audience too well. That Edge reference got me...that was really nice.
Thank you!!!
My favorite gear of all time. In fact, it’s what got me back into my synths that were collecting dust. Don’t make the mistake of thinking of it as a drum machine just because it says drummer in the name… it is not. It is an expressive percussion as it says in the manual. It is a percussion instrument and thus lets you express yourself. Best to couple with a drum machine and you can spend hours on it running the same drum sequence in the background 😂
Not exactly easy listening;)
Or plug an external sequencer into a couple of DFAMs tuned for different drum sounds and make your own modular drum machine.
This video again is fully stuffed with greatness. Aproximately every 5 seconds a funny movie reference and also a very respectful review for a quite limited drummachine after all. I bow for u and look forward to the next one. Cheers 🍻
Thank you so much!!!
I think DFAM is great instrument! And yes, limitations, especially nowadays can do a great job for a musician.
True that!
Limitations can be a great source of creativity. If you are not able to do what you always do, you have to get out of your comfort zone and try something new :)
Dude! I did not expect to see a clip from the anime "Beyond the Boundary"! (The girl in the red glasses) You are my hero!
Thanks!
It’s really complementary with a Mother-32, the M32 provides MIDI, a sequencer and an LFO whereas the DFAM provides tonal variety and 2 lanes of steppable CV to add expression to the sequences.
True, I've seen some nice setups using it this way
Basically, Moog really wants to force you to buy both 😆
yeah you're looking at $1200 for a still fairly basic Techno setup, you're getting into vintage gear & fully featured analogue polysynths at that price. the only one of those little semi modulars remotely worth the price is the Subharmonicon, IMO, since it actually does something other gear doesn't and feels a bit more "complete" feature wise.
@@eddievanheinous666 All three, achooley.
@@SisterRose That's why I bought the subharmonicon. I wanted a Reichian post minimalist machine. It does that ok, I have trouble with the oscillator tones which surprised me when it came to Moog. I also find the tempo to be too fast or too slow via midi. I really liked how Alex Ball used it in his video on it. I could probably use to explore the "preset" boards to expand my understanding of it. Have any suggestions that helped you get your head around it?
Ok to say I more impressed with the tunes you can get out the gear, than the gear itself? Have a great weekend!
Thanks! Have a nice weekend too!
Herr Pilz, i feel personally attacked by you picking gear straight from my synth collection history
Guilty, your honor;)
this demo pretty much sold me on the DFAM. wasn't expecting that from a Bad Gear episode
Happy to hear that, thanks!
The DFAM is meant to be teamed up with the Mother-32 which indeed has MIDI. Love the second jam Pilz, you're killing it!!
Thank you!!!
Didn't the Mother-32 come out in the west as Earthbound 2 or something?
@@vladv5126
OH MY GOD!!!!! 🤣
Thanks for the extract from La Grand Bouffe. For that, you definitely deserve a comment!
Thanks! One of my all time favorite movies
That intro sounds great with this though. Definitely a different but good (to me) vibe
Agreed. Blew me away
Absolutely killed this one! Intro was unreal I watched it like five time your timing is nicht von dieser welt! 👾
Besten Dank!!!
Whoa..major props on all of the pop culture references! Sooo good. Really good episode sir! I am going to predict that TB3 sales are going to go up because it is your main star on this channel lately. :)
Thank you so much! Love the TB-3!
Loved the Civvie 11 reference and Jam 2 was awesome!
Thank you!!!
Another fantastic video! No piece of gear is bad in your hands 😎👌
Thank you so much!!!
Dude. I cannot get that breakbeat out of my mind. I hope you used one of those moog patch cardboards because…. That breakbeat needs to be broken out! Super duper fresh!
Lol
I am 100% in favor of implementing the Vince McMahon Scale for measuring bass cut with resonance increase.
😂😂😂
Assumptions on why we’re still watching to the end A..B…no…..in my case it’s because the acid jam at 6 minutes utterly stopped me in my tracks and left me temporarily blissed out! Nice work!
Thank you so much!!!
I'm loving the amount of meme action going on here, its ramped up for this episode 💞
Thanks!
Loving the subtle civvie11 joke/shoutout **Rise of the Triad credits theme slowly plays in the background**
Dada da da daaa (dududidudududu)
I owned a DFAM for a while but felt like I hit the bottom of the well in terms of sounds rather quickly. That combined with it being super fiddly in a non-modular setup due to the lack of MIDI led me to offload it for roughly what I paid. I'm curious to see how the Edge comes out since it's cheap enough for the limited palette and seemingly fixes my issues with the DFAM's connectivity.
Yeah, it's fiddly
honestly it seems to only exist to be sampled and then sold on lol
meh, just mortgage your children and get a modular setup XD
Same here, except ive still got it. Im thinking i better offload it sharpish before Behringer bring out a better equipped ,cheaper version that can at least talk to a casio!
I have the same history with the DFAM. Sold it an year ago.
4:32 It's a jooly good day for a mooging haha....first time the Intro Song sounds really nice 🍿& it can make popcorn too...greetings from Vancouver, BC 🇨🇦
Thanks! Alex is a international treasure!
Nice work @AudioPilz , as always, and your tunes are just always good, and an awful lot better than some stuff that I've heard released... Man, if you ever do a gig, or do gig, let me know!
Thank you so much!!!
The second jam was super. Just throwing this out there, how about an episode on the Korg Drum, doesn't blow the budget and as quirky as the DFAM albeit in a different kind of way. Thanks for keeping the episodes regular. It's always a perfect end to my working week, thank you.
Thank you!!! All Volcas will end up on the show eventually;)
I love messing around with my DFAM because I like the Moog sound. But it's not for everyone and you can pick up drum machines that do much more with MIDI for cheaper.
Moog sound is a total classic
"Time to push it a little further in this deep'n'dubby, analog sound fx, Vienna 16, down- and/or breakbeat"
Never in my life have I needed something so much and never known until I received it!
Awesome episode!
Greetings from Vienna 02 :)
Vielen Dank!!!
So... it's a drummer that:
- has only one limb (and it doesn't appear to be neither arm nor leg),
- hits *exactly* on time -- but it's not *your* time,
- has memory capacity to strike that drum exactly eight times before looping right back, but...
... can strike these drums in really incredible ways that produce amazing sound as long you spend time to tell it *exactly* how to do it before each performance.
So yeah, if it were a person, I'd be wondering if their parents were vacationing in Pripyat in late April 1986.
Still better than many drummers I worked with;)
I mean, it's a modular drum synth, not an all-in-one drum machine. What were you expecting?
Whoa, what a pair of delicious tracks you pulled on this one...
Thank you!!!
I'd pay good money for a full album of jams like that Finale tune... Solid!!
Thank you!!! Not an entire album but there's a full version of that track on my Patreon (shameless plug;)
That end jam was really really fucking good man, rarely do i ever comment but that needs a full track imo. GG
Thank you so much!!!
I mean, it's an awesome review.
It sounds spectacular but it's more of a sound source than an instrument itself and it wasn't until I saw this review that I understood it's purpouse. Thank you ✌️😁
Thanks for watching!
I have been watching your content for a while now and without a doubt, you have the best comical-reference edit chops in the land. Love you man!
Thank you!!!
To me, having the "no menu" analog knobs right there is perfection of the highest order.
While I like keyboard combos as much as the next computer user: NO, your UI is not intuitive enough to have SHIFT on your Synth!
Word!
Greetings from the US. You're my favorite European synth peddler!
Thank you so much!!!
I (and i'm sure others) would appreciate it if one of these days you could show a step by stop of your finale song productions. They always come out super smooth.
Unless you don't want to reveal your secret sauce.
Great idea, thanks!
Hyped for the Berhrbie.
The 'finale' jam was another absolute banger.
Thank you!!! Maybe the Timbre Behr will be released sooner;)
"I want to know if we can squeeze an entire arrangement out of that single monophonic voice"
cue fart noises
😂😂😂
It needs quite a lot of time and devotion... actually each time you wanna use it, to get something fresh out, ... it is not a tool for fast results (same with subharmonicon!)... but it's really satisfying, when it finally shines in your mix! good episode this one!!
Hey Deno, thanks!
Probably one of my favorite pieces of gear I own, but it’s totally limited. Needless to say it’s amazing sounding for some live jams and sampling. The Edge is gonna be fun to test drive and hear the comparisons. Glad I already purchased it and recovered from the financial setback of this purchase a few years back. Always wanted two of them at the same time, but the Subharmonicon ended that desire. I have yet to take the plunge on the Subharm!
Yeah, Moog can be bad for your finances;)
@@AudioPilz it sure can, but it gives me a sense of pride. Like I feel good knowing I got some true raw analog mono juice at my disposal lol
Dude. Do you know how hard it is to get me to laugh aloud, alone in my studio? Your meme game is exquisite.
Thank you so much!!!
I was always fascinated, and slightly scared of the DFAM. I suspected it was too rich for my synth newbie blood and those suspicions seem to be confirmed by this video. Going to chalk it up with the rest of the “if I win the lotto” gear. Seems like it has an amazing range of audio potential, but you basically need a second mortgage to extract it in a useable way.
It's a great sample source tho
@@AudioPilz that was my initial thought watching the video, quickly followed by “but also, so are those springy things that stop doors damaging the paintwork” and I could buy a whole load of the springy things and a sampler and still afford my rent vs the DFAM.
But for real, though. I would love to try a DFAM, or have one as part of an ‘Andrew Huang’ scale modular set up. As for right now, I’m still very much in love with my Roland TR-6S
bruh your final jams always sound so epic
Thank you so much!!!
This video would have sold me if I hadn't already bought one 😊👊
Nice! Will you get an Edge too?;)
@@AudioPilz Absolutely! I'll use them together at the drumset
Yes, something I bought made Bad Gear!!! I'm so honored!!!
Nice!!!
The DFAM is a beast, but if people buy it and expect a drum machine, they will be disappointed. It shines if you can layer a bunch of it in a DAW or if you JUST need a single layer of percussion.
Agreed!
End jam so good I had to run it again right away
Thank you so much!!!
I loved the definition for "eurorack" :D Speaking of which: You haven't talked a lot about the many patch points.. Are these only useful in combination with other modular gear or can you patch crazy stuff on the DFAM alone?
The patch points totally make sense when using the DFAM on its own but the video would have lasted for 2h then;)
Ohhh yess it's Friday.. bad gear day! Can't wait to see what piece of "terrible" gear I want in my tiny room studio next!
Have a nice weekend!!!
@@AudioPilz thank you! I absolutely will!.. gonna put more music on my newly formed TH-cam channel!
A Will Smith meme, paying respect to Taylor Hawkins AND starting off with Spinal Tap… That, my good sir, is worthy of an Oscar. Shame you’d have to slap someone first.
Cute little box though, the industrial-y sounds tickle my boxes. Moog should hire someone different for the namegiving, the DFAM, Grandmother and other abominations don’t really shout “awesome synth” to me.
Great stuff again maestro!
Thanks!!!
Florian always slaps!
Wow that opening music sounding extra special today!
Yup, the DFAM demanded for a different approach. Really like the results
Group B here! I was gifted a Crave, which turns out to be a major gateway drug leading straight to the Behringer System 100 eurorack modules and the Edge, when it comes out.
Modular suddenly seems a bit more of a realistic option. Not only thanks to Behringer, but also brands like Doepfer producing very reasonably priced modules.
Original Doepfer modules are really affordable too
There are so many better cheap options than the Behringer modules.
@@mycosys recommendations are appreciated!
i love my both fantastic korg er1 - i need noooo mooog equipment . thank you for the upload . i hope you have a beautiful weekend - best greetz from austria !
Servus! They certainly go together well;)
Beards will drop off over this 🧙♂️
;)
I used to have the DFAM & Mother-32 in a tower, but just couldn't personally seem to get enough out of them for the desk space ... with the DFAM in particular I just didn't seem to be able to get it to make the noises I wanted/needed. So I part-exchanged for a Hydrasynth recently, and whilst that obviously isn't a 1-1 swap in terms of features it seemed like a good deal for usability. However, I guess I have the combo to "thank" for otherwise pushing me into the rabbit hole of modular as I started to get into Eurorack shortly after initially getting the tower ... Anyhow, another fine episode!
Thanks! Hydrasynth is such a great instrument
Here's my main takeaway from these videos. Anything sounds good and is usable if you hook up a bunch of other gear to it.
You might be onto something;)
I mean, in the case of the DFAM or really _any_ Moog synth except maybe the Minimoog, that's kind of the point. They're not meant to be used on their own. Problem is they're also expensive and a fully kitted out all-Moog setup is going to cost thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars depending on what you're doing.
That last jam is fire.
Thanks!
I have to say as someone that owns a Mother 32 and a DFAM, but was not an already experienced Modular person, It is incredibly difficult to learn and get amazing sounds out of. I feel like I was the wrong customer to buy it but I'm not going to sell it so that over time I can learn more with it
Definitely a keeper!