Yes this is one of my most successful videos, quite surprised (in a good way) about the response. Thanks for taking the time to reply. I'd love for you to subscribe to my channel. Means a lot to me.
@@decibelboy83 sure I reckon I can do that. I did a video response to someone who was quite anti DAW a while back on my channel but it didn't really get any traction. Funny how these things cycle around.
This is awesome! I'm like 100% Dawless. I have a room of classic 80s gear and pretend I'm a musician in the 80s. It helps make it all come together artistically. Love the channel man!
Hey Kris thanks for leaving the comment and so happy that you like my channel! Please subscribe if you haven't already. I love that you do the 80's thing, I think I'm still trying to find my sound, I'm getting close though.
I had to comment on your video, being a fellow South Londoner. My inspiration is most definitely activated by my DAWless setup. However I do use VSTs in the PC, to not only enhance my recordings, but also to expand on a theme. Many of my favoured enhancing VST I have picked up for free. And for ideas on the move I use the free modular environment VCV Rack, again using the free libraries. And here's the point for which I had to comment. I try to now only purchase hardware equipment, when my sales will cover the re-sale loss. I have looked at the OP 1 Field but could never justify it. For the British pound price, I have a second hand MonoPoly, Korg MS20, Korg Wavestate (which came with Ozone Elements free), and a Novation Circuit tracks. That still leaves change left over for midi leads, and decent audio leads. The equipment listed here, are my favoured ones for playing solo, and for playing live as a sequencing set-up. I in all honest do suffer from GAS, but it's under control so that I can do all the other activities I enjoy to do away from the music creation. To end it's not how expensive or unique the gear or even software is, that creates music worth the time listening to. It's the unique way in which you might use that gear to create sounds that stand out. Definitely a big challenge in a world where the many won't listen for more that 5 seconds. This is my opinion from watching the youngsters flicking their mobiles on the wonderful old London Underground Tube. Good luck, and keep up the passion.
Thanks for taking the time to comment. I agree with all of your points to be fair especially the last one about finding the unique way you use it that is important. Ive been on a year or so's journey now and really only in the last couple of months have found my "sound" and realised what I want to make and I actually have a fair amount of gear in my studio now that does not help towards that, but I know from past experience that at some point I'll be wanting that sound etc again and will regret selling an item, so for now they stay. Music and I think particularly electronic music is a journey where you're experimenting yo find sounds that you wanna make. Would I buy the op1 now, no probably not, but it was the starter point for all this and is still key in my setup (along with the opz) and both are far more useful than other TE products of late! Thanks for taking the time to comment, I'd appreciate if you'd follow my channel, I put out a couple of videos a month musing on this stuff, with actual music in between.
I agree. I loved my old Atari with CLAB, then in 1990 I switched to Mac and Logic. Everything stopped. I got going on a Portastudio, a Fostex 8 track, a Yamaha QY-300 and a Tascam DP-32 but every time I used a DAW everything stopped. Now, my prime directive is to Write The Song First. Like you, I have a DAW on the side but that comes LAST!
Yes! It's(the daw) really become for me just the bucket to pour the mixture into at the end and get it polished up. A very interesting change in headspace. Thanks for taking the time to comment, I'd love if you'd subscribe to my channel.
While I use Logic 10, I still have my Korg D1600 from the year 2000. Originally I wanted to keep it only for remote recording when the opportunites came up. I like the immediacy as well as the limitations built into it. My main interface is a Tascam Model 24 where I can record to an SD card, and then transfer those tracks to Logic if I want. I have a Maschine MK3, a Roland MC-707, and a Roland TR-8S. I like phyiscal gear for the buttons, faders, and knobs. I can do all this inside Logic but I like having the option of not turning Logic on, and I've realized the physical interaction with these pieces of equipment can be inspiring. I'm currently thinking about acquiring a reel to reel or cassette multitracker.
Since making this video I've rewired my studio as I was also looking for a more basic multi track recorder like an old portastudio, but after seeing the prices they're going for now, I decided against it. I then realized that the op-1 Field has a cassette type multi track so the new wiring has that as the four track now. I'll have a video on a couple of weeks going over the workflow for that. Thanks for the comment, I'd love if you subscribed to my channel, it really helps me out.
Right! First have something to say, after that, choose the style and colour, compose in your instruments, and finally use your DAW to record, mix and produce…
I've been making music for 25 years and for 24 of them using a computer if some description and honestly was so done with it all, but I'm really enjoying music again now and it's all because of this. I'm now trying to work out how to perform live without having to take the whole rig out
At nowdays I am totally DAWLESS.. and I use only hardware sequencers to control my synths. I record track by track and mount them with Vegas for Windows.
@@decibelboy83 me too..! I used it ever only for video. But one day I try to record the first track like metronome. Record live every synth alone... and I put every synth track in Sync manually.. zooming the waveform. Very simple and awesome. Because mountig caming out surprising sequencing..✌🏻😀 Not like when you program beat per beat...
Interesting that the YT algorithm fed me this. I love my OP-1 Field. I have logic on a Mac too. And I know how to use it. But when it’s late and I’m mucking around on the Nord Grand and just want to capture something, it goes into the Field. As soon as I get into Logic and the piano roll all the emotion is gone. As you say, it’s fine for later editing of an idea, if needed. The Field is hard to describe but I’d call it an “audio instrument” - it totally doesn’t feel like a computer at all. In a good way.
Great comment @darwiniandude I have the op1 and OPZ and the z feels like a musical instrument and you're right, the op1 feels more like either an audio instrument or a musical tool. It is quite a swiss army knife in fact or a Leatherman!
I built a dawless rig with 4 cheap (under $200 each) synths and a volca sample2, and having this limited toolset to try to master pulled me out of the "infinite daw" rut. It is maybe counter intuitive to purposely impose limitations, but for me it inspired me to make music instead of getting stuck in the vst candy store.
I totally agree with you on that. Since making this video, I've really got into the idea of creating these smaller boards with only a few devices on and then composing only using those boxes, they together become one larger instrument that way and yes you lose the decision anxiety that comes with the too many options available in a daw etc.
100% agreed! For the same reason, when I’m arranging / composing I prefer sitting at my piano with manuscript paper & a pencil, instead of sitting at Sibelius.
Nice to see this video kicked up on the algorithm. For me DAWless is just more fun and as this is a hobby, fun has got to come first.
Yes this is one of my most successful videos, quite surprised (in a good way) about the response. Thanks for taking the time to reply. I'd love for you to subscribe to my channel. Means a lot to me.
@@decibelboy83 sure I reckon I can do that. I did a video response to someone who was quite anti DAW a while back on my channel but it didn't really get any traction. Funny how these things cycle around.
This is awesome! I'm like 100% Dawless. I have a room of classic 80s gear and pretend I'm a musician in the 80s. It helps make it all come together artistically. Love the channel man!
Hey Kris thanks for leaving the comment and so happy that you like my channel! Please subscribe if you haven't already. I love that you do the 80's thing, I think I'm still trying to find my sound, I'm getting close though.
@@decibelboy83 already Subbed you man. Have a happy and healthy New Year! Synth is life🎹🤟
It’s time for dawless production :)
It is!
I had to comment on your video, being a fellow South Londoner. My inspiration is most definitely activated by my DAWless setup. However I do use VSTs in the PC, to not only enhance my recordings, but also to expand on a theme. Many of my favoured enhancing VST I have picked up for free. And for ideas on the move I use the free modular environment VCV Rack, again using the free libraries. And here's the point for which I had to comment.
I try to now only purchase hardware equipment, when my sales will cover the re-sale loss. I have looked at the OP 1 Field but could never justify it. For the British pound price, I have a second hand MonoPoly, Korg MS20, Korg Wavestate (which came with Ozone Elements free), and a Novation Circuit tracks. That still leaves change left over for midi leads, and decent audio leads. The equipment listed here, are my favoured ones for playing solo, and for playing live as a sequencing set-up.
I in all honest do suffer from GAS, but it's under control so that I can do all the other activities I enjoy to do away from the music creation.
To end it's not how expensive or unique the gear or even software is, that creates music worth the time listening to. It's the unique way in which you might use that gear to create sounds that stand out. Definitely a big challenge in a world where the many won't listen for more that 5 seconds. This is my opinion from watching the youngsters flicking their mobiles on the wonderful old London Underground Tube. Good luck, and keep up the passion.
Thanks for taking the time to comment. I agree with all of your points to be fair especially the last one about finding the unique way you use it that is important. Ive been on a year or so's journey now and really only in the last couple of months have found my "sound" and realised what I want to make and I actually have a fair amount of gear in my studio now that does not help towards that, but I know from past experience that at some point I'll be wanting that sound etc again and will regret selling an item, so for now they stay.
Music and I think particularly electronic music is a journey where you're experimenting yo find sounds that you wanna make. Would I buy the op1 now, no probably not, but it was the starter point for all this and is still key in my setup (along with the opz) and both are far more useful than other TE products of late!
Thanks for taking the time to comment, I'd appreciate if you'd follow my channel, I put out a couple of videos a month musing on this stuff, with actual music in between.
I agree. I loved my old Atari with CLAB, then in 1990 I switched to Mac and Logic. Everything stopped. I got going on a Portastudio, a Fostex 8 track, a Yamaha QY-300 and a Tascam DP-32 but every time I used a DAW everything stopped. Now, my prime directive is to Write The Song First. Like you, I have a DAW on the side but that comes LAST!
Yes! It's(the daw) really become for me just the bucket to pour the mixture into at the end and get it polished up. A very interesting change in headspace.
Thanks for taking the time to comment, I'd love if you'd subscribe to my channel.
GAS. Gear Acquisition Syndrome. Saved.
It's hard to avoid GAS though. The equipment is half the fun!
While I use Logic 10, I still have my Korg D1600 from the year 2000. Originally I wanted to keep it only for remote recording when the opportunites came up. I like the immediacy as well as the limitations built into it. My main interface is a Tascam Model 24 where I can record to an SD card, and then transfer those tracks to Logic if I want. I have a Maschine MK3, a Roland MC-707, and a Roland TR-8S. I like phyiscal gear for the buttons, faders, and knobs. I can do all this inside Logic but I like having the option of not turning Logic on, and I've realized the physical interaction with these pieces of equipment can be inspiring.
I'm currently thinking about acquiring a reel to reel or cassette multitracker.
Since making this video I've rewired my studio as I was also looking for a more basic multi track recorder like an old portastudio, but after seeing the prices they're going for now, I decided against it. I then realized that the op-1 Field has a cassette type multi track so the new wiring has that as the four track now. I'll have a video on a couple of weeks going over the workflow for that.
Thanks for the comment, I'd love if you subscribed to my channel, it really helps me out.
Spot on!
Yeah my sentiments seem to be shared with quite a few people!
Right! First have something to say, after that, choose the style and colour, compose in your instruments, and finally use your DAW to record, mix and produce…
Exactly right David! Thanks for the comment and for watching the video. I'd love if you'd subscribe to my channel.
I feel the same way. I got so uninspired sitting in front of a DAW. Now I produce with the Roland mc 101
I've been making music for 25 years and for 24 of them using a computer if some description and honestly was so done with it all, but I'm really enjoying music again now and it's all because of this. I'm now trying to work out how to perform live without having to take the whole rig out
At nowdays I am totally DAWLESS..
and I use only hardware sequencers to control my synths.
I record track by track and mount them with Vegas for Windows.
Interesting I thought Vegas was only for video editing. Never thought about it for using it for audio recording.
@@decibelboy83 me too..!
I used it ever only for video.
But one day I try to record the first track like metronome.
Record live every synth alone...
and I put every synth track in Sync manually..
zooming the waveform.
Very simple and awesome.
Because mountig caming out surprising sequencing..✌🏻😀
Not like when you program beat per beat...
haptics matters for keeping in the groove
So I should buy the rumble pack for my OPZ?
Interesting that the YT algorithm fed me this. I love my OP-1 Field. I have logic on a Mac too. And I know how to use it. But when it’s late and I’m mucking around on the Nord Grand and just want to capture something, it goes into the Field. As soon as I get into Logic and the piano roll all the emotion is gone. As you say, it’s fine for later editing of an idea, if needed. The Field is hard to describe but I’d call it an “audio instrument” - it totally doesn’t feel like a computer at all. In a good way.
Great comment @darwiniandude I have the op1 and OPZ and the z feels like a musical instrument and you're right, the op1 feels more like either an audio instrument or a musical tool. It is quite a swiss army knife in fact or a Leatherman!
I built a dawless rig with 4 cheap (under $200 each) synths and a volca sample2, and having this limited toolset to try to master pulled me out of the "infinite daw" rut. It is maybe counter intuitive to purposely impose limitations, but for me it inspired me to make music instead of getting stuck in the vst candy store.
I totally agree with you on that. Since making this video, I've really got into the idea of creating these smaller boards with only a few devices on and then composing only using those boxes, they together become one larger instrument that way and yes you lose the decision anxiety that comes with the too many options available in a daw etc.
100% agreed! For the same reason, when I’m arranging / composing I prefer sitting at my piano with manuscript paper & a pencil, instead of sitting at Sibelius.
Composing score on paper is on my to do list before I die. Not sure if I'll get there though!
We started DAWless naturally and it always gives the best results...but ATARI ST is still allowed.
I missed the Atari days. I started at Cubase 3 on Windows!