I bought this VST when it first came out and it is THE BEST instrument out and a force in Music Production. What I love about it the most is it constantly keeps you experimenting with sounds like never before and takes you to another dimension. It also makes you pull up VSTs that you haven't used in awhile and turns them into gold!
Same, I grabbed it right of the bat, it's such a beautiful and inspiring instrument, I wish I had have conceived of it, art and function in perfect harmony....
Clear and concise explanation..(with enthusiasm) best tutorial I have seen and you obviously have spent the time to really learn the instrument..refreshing in this overwhelming wack-a-verse of information!
Harmony Bloom is such an amazing tool. I bought it immediately after watching this video and created some amazing tracks in a few minutes. Great walkthrough!
I made a few pieces now with Harmony Bloom like you showed here and it works great, even with 6 Blooms. Apart from Paul's Stretch it also works great with Dawesome Love if you have it. The possibilities are endless and Mario is developing very active in Harmony Bloom. It's a great tool.
One of the benefits of Bitwig is that you can put Harmony Bloom before any VST instruments and the MIDI will just feed seamlessly with no need to do tedious capture record. Makes it super easy to just let it run and make musical sequences.
@@b3owu1f yes because this is all done on the say track in Bitwig with no additional routing. It’s literally just two instruments in series on one track lane.
Great Video! Love you enthusiasm, it's inspiring, i bought Harmony Bloom instantly on seeing this video and connected it up to my Tempera, it's sick! Thank you so much for sharing!
Wow I've been waiting for something like this for years now, I'm so glad TH-cam algorithm showed me this, also great tutorial of it, you answered all the right questions
Really impressive how quickly you put this all together Chris. I like the idea of feeding the same piano sound into two channels, one stretched and the other "raw". I remember seeing HB a while back and noting that I needed to get it, but I haven't done so yet. I think it's time to go for it!
Harmony Bloom is a phenomenal plugin 👌Thanks so much for creating this tutorial! Really helped me understand how to use it and work with it. I'd heard of PaulXStretch, but never looked into it until I followed along with this video--another phenomenal tool! Thanks so much man! 👊
When I saw your reel yesterday, you tipped me on the idea of using an LFO to modulate movement of the radial shape. I need to give that a go in Bitwig!
Thanks for this tutorial,loving Harmony Bloom ,I do not have Ableton but I can replicate the lfo into Harmony Bloom within waveform free with no routing just drop harmony bloom before any vst instrument drag the lfo tool onto bloom and pick the parameter you want to modulate and away you go , wouldn't have even tried this without the tutorial,it's awesome thanks again👍
Really a novel way to generate sequences. Of course to make it sound as wunderful as Chris, takes a lot more, but I always learn some new tricks in his videos, and with practice and repitition, i might slowly get there. Thank you for the inspiration 😊
Thank you for this Chris. I was already a Harmony Bloom user, but I found your tutorial so helpful. I was particularly fascinated by your use of an LFO for modulating one of the Offset parameters, so of course I had to see if it is possible in Reaper. For any Reaper user out there, you can apply a LFO to any of the settings within Harmony Bloom (or any other VSTs) by using the Parameter Modulation function (page 380 of the User Guide).
Thanks for the introduction, I bought the plugin yesterday and have already experimented a lot with it The User interface is self-explanatory with so many options. Amazing Sequencer, the only limitation there may be is your imagination. For example, consider the combination with Stepic or Hypnus devices... 🤪
Just curious why you didn't use Vital as opposed to Pigments in this video! This is one of the most useful Harmony Bloom demo videos that I've yet to see. Cheers, Chris!
Great video, I love your enthusiasm. I believe the 1010 nano box lemon drop can achieve the same sound in a small fraction of the time albeit with less control over the outcome. Keep it up. 👍🏼
This is a great sequencer, indeed! This plugin does in a few minute, what it would take someone hours to program into a piano roll. Great video, too! Adding to Paul's, is a great idea! I know the Hourglass granular dev, made the Paul's vst, I really wish the dev would make an Hourglass VST.
13:14 its so interesting you should say that. One of the things ive been on the hunt for recently is a standard (software) midi sequencer that I can use to send notes to my other VST. Something simple that lets me specify tge number of steps, the synchronized duration of the sequence (maybe a way to automate the individual steps as well as a to swap between sequences) and that has a nice approchable interface. But all I can seem to find in this vein are sequencers that arent trying to be that.
Stepic will still be my number 1 sequencer but Harmony Bloom does help create some wonderful music and it’s a pleasure to use so definitely worth adding to your arsenal.
God damn, this is going straight on my shopping list. Some Forbidden Planet drones in the background from EW, pure bliss..my folks will be sending out a search party for me. For what it does, really affordable VST
Great use of this plugin. Followed it through. Do you have a video about mixing and mastering to the right levels for these kind of atmospheric tracks - sttll aim for the -14db ?
I don't think I have ever seen any program "render" a sequence. So let's say you like the settings and you want to record it. You want a full 60 minutes of midi notes. I am gathering currently that you would have to wait for it to play for an hour while it records. Well...what about having a "duration setting" and have the program "render" the sequence and create a .midi with that hour long midi file? Just a thought.
how have i not found this channel?! i just got harmony bloom and its perfect for ambient with my Norns and Mood MKII pedal. Do you have any jam videos where its less demonstrative and informative but performance like?
Thank you for the detailed demo! Bought the plugin right away. Quick question, any away to achieve LFOi modulation in Logic, is there a comparable plugin that would do the same on Logic Pro X?
Hi Chris.I find your channel really a very informative one. .It would be great to know whether you use DT770 250 ohm or 80 ohm ???? and whichever you use between the two do you find it good for Mixing and Mastering ??? I'm just starting out so need to chose between the 80ohm and 250 ohm for learning to mix...
I use the 250ohm and they are great headphones. Suitable for both mixing and mastering! Be sure your audio interface can drive the 250s. If it can, I highly recommend them over the 80ohm version. Hope that helps!
Setting up stepic is a nightmare! (or its just me, thats a very likely scenario....). Any easy guides for this?? I mean, adding a track and output it to stepic, after adding it to another track, and output stepic to that track?? Waaaat???
i really like the part where you added a third vst, sounded great,but to be fair it has more to do with midi programming than with making music..i bought it ofcourse.forgot to ask..could you describe the setup midi triggering part in Live because i saw you started of with an ableton plugin but that's a bit confusing..i am still uncertain how to logically get it to work.cheers
Harmony Bloom needs to be on it's own track. Then on the track you have your synth on, set the MIDI input to the Harmony Bloom track and set the monitor to "In" and press play. Also be sure Harmony Bloom is in "sync" mode which is the button on the bottom left of Harmony Blooms interface. Hope that helps!
@@s1gns0fl1fe thanks Chris..you had some ableton apps already placed ( i saw uitility) so i thought maybe this is how it works,but it wasn't easy to figure out the right configuration,also because you had the GUI blocking the view of ableton..couldn't find anybody else explaining the setup so that's why i asked you..got it working now but i discovered that when i place something out of order ableton easily crashes..so to be clear,it's just harmony bloom first and then routing a vst to harmony bloom..? i also will see if i can get it working with stepic for even more random generativity..thanks again..🤗
ohhh my it looks really easy - ableton live if more simple then logic pro x that i use - my point would be to record the actual notes produced - to make tracks - i mean not to perform only .... dont know maybe you have some suggestions to give even if i use a different daw - i am italian - and i do not understand everything you say ....
Great stuff can come out of structured randomness.. Can you give some insight (or point me to a video if you have about), on that EQ curve and what is happening on the Busses (synth / pad etc)? Cheers! Keep up!
New subscriber...loving your content! Your use-case scenarios have convinced me to purchase Harmony Bloom, Steptic, The Utility Template and Vital. You state, you've change the Utility Template to your preferences. Do you, or could you offer up yours...with a list of required resources? Just curious. Thanks for the great ideas and detailed tutorials. Loving the PowerPoint addition!
Thanks so much! I don't have a list...and my best advice is you'll go crazy trying to chase all of it before you actually start making music so go slow. Start learning the fundamentals of sound design and how to use the tools you have in front of you. Cheers and best of luck!
You can divide it up to 1024 in the quantization but you can only have 82 notes max. It's less about precision and more about letting the randomness do the trick. Your mileage may vary my friend!
@@s1gns0fl1fe thank you for the speedy response! May just stick with the oxi as I want weird off times where some stuff is late and some early; not just a dedicated swing and what not
I personally enjoy it more than say...something like the HY-RPE2 which technically does more and is more powerful, but it's not the easiest to use. Harmony Bloom on the other hand...
I really enjoyed your presentation, very professional and informative and wonderful music . I have this but have not worked with it yet so looks like I will be occupied this weekend. 🙏🏿🙏👏👏🫡
I bought this VST when it first came out and it is THE BEST instrument out and a force in Music Production. What I love about it the most is it constantly keeps you experimenting with sounds like never before and takes you to another dimension. It also makes you pull up VSTs that you haven't used in awhile and turns them into gold!
I like the sound of, takes you to another dimension
its exatly waht it does another dimension in to worlds we newer could dream of in your own imagination its absolutely outstanding
Same, I grabbed it right of the bat, it's such a beautiful and inspiring instrument, I wish I had have conceived of it, art and function in perfect harmony....
@@Ninjjadog pay close attention
It’s great. The developer Mario is also constantly improving and adding features. The man never seems to sleep.
Clear and concise explanation..(with enthusiasm) best tutorial I have seen and you obviously have spent the time to really learn the instrument..refreshing in this overwhelming wack-a-verse of information!
Great video man, love the pad and piano you created! Cheers!
Can’t wait to see what you do with it, been one of our most popular releases!!
Harmony Bloom is such an amazing tool. I bought it immediately after watching this video and created some amazing tracks in a few minutes. Great walkthrough!
this is quite literally the only sequencer/melody generator video I have every watched where the music actual sounds good
I made a few pieces now with Harmony Bloom like you showed here and it works great, even with 6 Blooms. Apart from Paul's Stretch it also works great with Dawesome Love if you have it. The possibilities are endless and Mario is developing very active in Harmony Bloom. It's a great tool.
I love it. Ive had a loop on for hours now 😂
One of the benefits of Bitwig is that you can put Harmony Bloom before any VST instruments and the MIDI will just feed seamlessly with no need to do tedious capture record. Makes it super easy to just let it run and make musical sequences.
Is this different than say, in Cubase where I set the output of the HB to another VST and it uses that to play the sounds its feeding it?
@@b3owu1f yes because this is all done on the say track in Bitwig with no additional routing. It’s literally just two instruments in series on one track lane.
The main benefit of bitwig is your are no need any additional plugins. Bitwig has everything.
you can do it on logic to ! so practical
Thought that was standard with most daws?
looks amazing. definitely buying
Great Video! Love you enthusiasm, it's inspiring, i bought Harmony Bloom instantly on seeing this video and connected it up to my Tempera, it's sick! Thank you so much for sharing!
Wow I've been waiting for something like this for years now, I'm so glad TH-cam algorithm showed me this, also great tutorial of it, you answered all the right questions
Same here! Cheers and I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Another great tutorial video! After watching this, I went and purchased Harmony Bloom. It's really cool and a lot of fun. Thank you!
I purchased Harmony Bloom on day 1 of launch. I'm impressed by what you've achieved here. Very good!
looks nice, will have to try to check in depth
I just got it. Videos like your's really give me inspiration. Can't wait to try it out for myself.
That's awesome! Thank you so much
Dude, it’s definitely one of the better sequencers out there!!
Oh man... I never wanted to buy a new sequencer this badly... I am new to all this but I really love this random approach... so awesome! Thank you!
You are so welcome... Enjoy!
Really impressive how quickly you put this all together Chris. I like the idea of feeding the same piano sound into two channels, one stretched and the other "raw". I remember seeing HB a while back and noting that I needed to get it, but I haven't done so yet. I think it's time to go for it!
Awesome tutorial. Paul Stretch X for the win.
All day every day!
what a game changer :) simply i love it !! congrats - thank you mate, thank you for your tutorials and presentations.
so nice how happy guy gets when he finds a good tune
Thank you for showing how to use harmony bloom in ambient music!
Cheers!
finally a real world example of this beauty 👍
Harmony Bloom is a phenomenal plugin 👌Thanks so much for creating this tutorial! Really helped me understand how to use it and work with it. I'd heard of PaulXStretch, but never looked into it until I followed along with this video--another phenomenal tool! Thanks so much man! 👊
This is the first time I've heard of Harmony Bloom and I'm sold. I can't wait to see what I come up with using this
Cheers and enjoy!
absolutely stunning! i have been trying to do this kidn of thing using follow actions - it works - but no way near as beautifully as this!
When I saw your reel yesterday, you tipped me on the idea of using an LFO to modulate movement of the radial shape. I need to give that a go in Bitwig!
I'm sure it's just as straightforward in Bitwig. Have fun!
Thanks Chris, Harmony Bloom is awesome!!
It’s an amazing little vst!!!
this is beautiful....
Amazing man! So creative, i use it in Max MSP and it's great.
Thanks for this tutorial,loving Harmony Bloom ,I do not have Ableton but I can replicate the lfo into Harmony Bloom within waveform free with no routing just drop harmony bloom before any vst instrument drag the lfo tool onto bloom and pick the parameter you want to modulate and away you go , wouldn't have even tried this without the tutorial,it's awesome thanks again👍
just bought it! Incredible»!
Really a novel way to generate sequences. Of course to make it sound as wunderful as Chris, takes a lot more, but I always learn some new tricks in his videos, and with practice and repitition, i might slowly get there. Thank you for the inspiration 😊
I gotta check this out!! Looks awesome!
Ok - that's just brilliant. Thank you. 🙇
Great effort man!
Thank you for this Chris. I was already a Harmony Bloom user, but I found your tutorial so helpful. I was particularly fascinated by your use of an LFO for modulating one of the Offset parameters, so of course I had to see if it is possible in Reaper. For any Reaper user out there, you can apply a LFO to any of the settings within Harmony Bloom (or any other VSTs) by using the Parameter Modulation function (page 380 of the User Guide).
Thanks for the introduction, I bought the plugin yesterday and have already experimented a lot with it
The User interface is self-explanatory with so many options.
Amazing Sequencer, the only limitation there may be is your imagination.
For example, consider the combination with Stepic or Hypnus devices... 🤪
Just got Harmony Bloom....can't wait to get lost in it!! Thanks for the review!!💛
Looks great. I’m gonna try feeding a harmony bloom into another instance by using the midi input feature. Wish me luck!
Awesome video! thanks :)
Thanks for putting this together!
Thanks again Chris!! I bought it today using your link!
Just curious why you didn't use Vital as opposed to Pigments in this video! This is one of the most useful Harmony Bloom demo videos that I've yet to see. Cheers, Chris!
Pigments is the new Vital...haven't you heard? Kidding! Cheers to you too.
Great video, I love your enthusiasm. I believe the 1010 nano box lemon drop can achieve the same sound in a small fraction of the time albeit with less control over the outcome. Keep it up. 👍🏼
just bought it. Works great.
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I have just purchased this and I love it
Very cool unique sequencer. Almost a Euclidean sequencer based off of geometry. Really useful.
Это наверное лучший канал по данной тематике. ❤
very useful tutorial. thx
This is a great sequencer, indeed! This plugin does in a few minute, what it would take someone hours to program into a piano roll. Great video, too! Adding to Paul's, is a great idea! I know the Hourglass granular dev, made the Paul's vst, I really wish the dev would make an Hourglass VST.
Wow love it beautiful! Cool plugin will check it out 👍
Brilliant ❤
Works great with Scaler - you can get some complex compositions using just the piano and reverb.
Love it, getting it right now
Thank you❤
Awesome man!
LFO trick 15:00
13:14 its so interesting you should say that.
One of the things ive been on the hunt for recently is a standard (software) midi sequencer that I can use to send notes to my other VST. Something simple that lets me specify tge number of steps, the synchronized duration of the sequence (maybe a way to automate the individual steps as well as a to swap between sequences) and that has a nice approchable interface.
But all I can seem to find in this vein are sequencers that arent trying to be that.
Just get Stepic: bit.ly/3QLkkmj - I've got lots of videos on it, including a masterclass on the Devicemeister channel.
Beautiful thanks 🤩Please make more about Bloom and how to make bass line also
I mentioned you to check out this in a comment, glad I see you checking it out!
Stepic will still be my number 1 sequencer but Harmony Bloom does help create some wonderful music and it’s a pleasure to use so definitely worth adding to your arsenal.
God damn, this is going straight on my shopping list. Some Forbidden Planet drones in the background from EW, pure bliss..my folks will be sending out a search party for me. For what it does, really affordable VST
Great use of this plugin. Followed it through. Do you have a video about mixing and mastering to the right levels for these kind of atmospheric tracks - sttll aim for the -14db ?
My new course in Mixing and Mastering for Ambient covers exactly this. Link here: bit.ly/47wvWmX
Thank you for making this video. I use Ableton as well. I’m about to get it. I just wanted to know how it would work and Ableton.
So how would you modulate with an LFO in FL Studio? I can draw in modulation but not randomly. Must be a similar tool in FL?
Thank you
I don't think I have ever seen any program "render" a sequence. So let's say you like the settings and you want to record it. You want a full 60 minutes of midi notes. I am gathering currently that you would have to wait for it to play for an hour while it records. Well...what about having a "duration setting" and have the program "render" the sequence and create a .midi with that hour long midi file? Just a thought.
Hello, how did you create folders to organise your plugins under the Library tab? Thanks in advance.
They're called Saved Searches in Ableton 12 check this video out from Seed to Stage: th-cam.com/video/FIsKZ_coxtI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=VOwkLce-IM5Kupdp
@@s1gns0fl1fe Hey there, thanks for the reply!!
how have i not found this channel?! i just got harmony bloom and its perfect for ambient with my Norns and Mood MKII pedal. Do you have any jam videos where its less demonstrative and informative but performance like?
Nice, finishing and tidying up what Native instruments reaktor spiral started. I'm all for that
spiral is ancient one.
@@adirsabyeah I dare not look tbh, like I remember using it a lot for a while but it was/is a bit janky
Oh yes it does... it's in your head. 😎
Beautiful
Thank you for the detailed demo! Bought the plugin right away. Quick question, any away to achieve LFOi modulation in Logic, is there a comparable plugin that would do the same on Logic Pro X?
This one in combo with Dawesome Myth is hugeee
That was great! Give yourself a pat on the back -- you have a new subscriber :)
Great exploration of this incredible sequencer. How does the stand alone version work? does it have an internal sound generator?
Hard to focus on the technical details when the sonic ambiance is already so good.
Hi Chris.I find your channel really a very informative one. .It would be great to know whether you use DT770 250 ohm or 80 ohm ???? and whichever you use between the two do you find it good for Mixing and Mastering ??? I'm just starting out so need to chose between the 80ohm and 250 ohm for learning to mix...
I use the 250ohm and they are great headphones. Suitable for both mixing and mastering! Be sure your audio interface can drive the 250s. If it can, I highly recommend them over the 80ohm version. Hope that helps!
@@s1gns0fl1fe thanks a lot ......
What do you think about AudioModern's sequencer suites?
Setting up stepic is a nightmare! (or its just me, thats a very likely scenario....).
Any easy guides for this?? I mean, adding a track and output it to stepic, after adding it to another track, and output stepic to that track?? Waaaat???
I have to say I went and bought it even before watching the video. ❤❤❤ How do we get Pigments for $99? It says $199…
i really like the part where you added a third vst, sounded great,but to be fair it has more to do with midi programming than with making music..i bought it ofcourse.forgot to ask..could you describe the setup midi triggering part in Live because i saw you started of with an ableton plugin but that's a bit confusing..i am still uncertain how to logically get it to work.cheers
Harmony Bloom needs to be on it's own track. Then on the track you have your synth on, set the MIDI input to the Harmony Bloom track and set the monitor to "In" and press play. Also be sure Harmony Bloom is in "sync" mode which is the button on the bottom left of Harmony Blooms interface. Hope that helps!
@@s1gns0fl1fe thanks Chris..you had some ableton apps already placed ( i saw uitility) so i thought maybe this is how it works,but it wasn't easy to figure out the right configuration,also because you had the GUI blocking the view of ableton..couldn't find anybody else explaining the setup so that's why i asked you..got it working now but i discovered that when i place something out of order ableton easily crashes..so to be clear,it's just harmony bloom first and then routing a vst to harmony bloom..? i also will see if i can get it working with stepic for even more random generativity..thanks again..🤗
Okay I bought another sequencer haha thanks 😂
What you use Synth Buss for? Unless is just info for your patreon
ohhh my it looks really easy - ableton live if more simple then logic pro x that i use - my point would be to record the actual notes produced - to make tracks - i mean not to perform only .... dont know maybe you have some suggestions to give even if i use a different daw - i am italian - and i do not understand everything you say ....
Great stuff can come out of structured randomness..
Can you give some insight (or point me to a video if you have about), on that EQ curve and what is happening on the Busses (synth / pad etc)? Cheers! Keep up!
Sure can! th-cam.com/video/DJqt7PT7O3M/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ntzsRR7cAfxoIWDE
@@s1gns0fl1fe Thanks, you re awesome!
New subscriber...loving your content! Your use-case scenarios have convinced me to purchase Harmony Bloom, Steptic, The Utility Template and Vital. You state, you've change the Utility Template to your preferences. Do you, or could you offer up yours...with a list of required resources? Just curious. Thanks for the great ideas and detailed tutorials. Loving the PowerPoint addition!
Thanks so much! I don't have a list...and my best advice is you'll go crazy trying to chase all of it before you actually start making music so go slow. Start learning the fundamentals of sound design and how to use the tools you have in front of you. Cheers and best of luck!
Does bloom have nudging/microtiming or is it only beat divisions?
You can divide it up to 1024 in the quantization but you can only have 82 notes max. It's less about precision and more about letting the randomness do the trick. Your mileage may vary my friend!
@@s1gns0fl1fe thank you for the speedy response! May just stick with the oxi as I want weird off times where some stuff is late and some early; not just a dedicated swing and what not
I ended up grabbing this. The offsets are what I was looking for^^ this is a super handy tool
can you load your own samples into bloom?
Harmony Bloom is a MIDI sequencer so no, you don't "load" samples into it...but you can drive a sampler with it!
I just need a place to cook!
wow thanks
so it doesnt generate its own events?
Interesting. What advantages does it have over some of the Euclidean sequencer's ?
I personally enjoy it more than say...something like the HY-RPE2 which technically does more and is more powerful, but it's not the easiest to use. Harmony Bloom on the other hand...
I really enjoyed your presentation, very professional and informative and wonderful music . I have this but have not worked with it yet so looks like I will be occupied this weekend. 🙏🏿🙏👏👏🫡
Very cool
Looks great, but defo reminds me of NI Spiral.
Opening up the sequencer dreamspace.