The Wonderful, Amazing Vector Synthesizer
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ค. 2024
- The Vector is a polyphonic digital synthesizer that uses partials and filters in a corner matrix with orbiters to create wild sounds. In this video, we'll go through how it works and make some stuff with it! www.vectorsynth.com/
00:00 Intro
00:31 Demos
08:41 Overview and features
18:41 Overtone generators
24:47 Mono and dual-mode
31:04 Making a pad, matrix editing
36:33 Delay looper
39:46 Arp and sequencer
46:00 Outro noodling
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And the stems: / 46614437
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That is an absolutely wild synth. I love the visual feedback in that UI, I feel like I could run a sequence through it and just stare at it for hours.
Yeah I had that issue too haha
What an amazing tone i almost started crying
Insane 34.30 min
I'm back pining over this synth again, watching you and Benn, plus a few others now and getting my head around it more. I love how you had this synth going from the mono line sounding like demons dancing in hell, to the pads sounding like Angels coking to church. This is still the best demo of this synth out there, but I'm glad others are catching on.
''Coming' to church I mean, not 'çoking'. Wasn't implying Angels would do lines off the pews, although I would put that past them.
I am not a musician, but I realy like how we came back to these retro synth sound + add some new wave.
Geez! When I was a kid music was learning to play a clarinet and now technology has changed it so much! After over thirty years without playing an instrument I'm now starting to get into computer music and this just blew my mind.
Unbelievable.
yeah, it sounds digital. thanks karen, i get it. that's the point.
Patrons get the demos: www.patreon.com/posts/46614307
And the stems: www.patreon.com/posts/46614437
How do I get in touch with you? Job offer.
1-800-DES-NUTZ should do the trick
Called and got a sex line. What the hell?
YOOOOOO! Jeremy, PLEASE release all of these songs you made (in the beginning demo section) for download somewhere. FUCKING SICK stuff man!
Mind 🤯
Some of those basslines are just nasty crunchy Distorty INCREDIBLE! Those are my type of BASS! Creations!
Email me? Contact is on TH-cam
I was weeping at one point. The joy and wonder this has brought me, im in awe.
Excited to see yet another amazing synth I can’t buy haha. Good to see the options for some day down the road. You always do a good job on these, Jeremy
Coolest synth I’ve seen in a long time! Hope they mass produce this.
When I saw all this lines and vectors automatically reminded me of that Nintendo DS game that I used to play when I was younger called Elektroplankton.
this reminds me of my first Game Console, the MB Vectrex from 1982 ;-)
This synth looks like Nexus and Serum had a son. 😂
Nexus in a case would be a game changer with 128 voice polyphony
Yeah
lol, fr
VirSyn Cube
I thought the same xD
You did such a great job with this. Your enthusiasm and thorough explaining of it was so awesome, but then the sounds and that rhythmic patch you created and play throughout is really beautiful. It's the best I've heard in demos of this synth. Thank you.
What really sold me during the awesome demo section you did was just how versatile and fun this thing sounds! It's a mite chameleonic, and I love the range it has when it's doin the super-bright digital sounds.
As neat as this synth is, those beats are incredible Jeremy! Bringing back the 90's big beat sound!
Excellent demo. Really enjoyed your playing but the sound of this machine is absorbing. So much interesting timbre-shifts that I constantly focused on the sound and really got sucked in. Want this in my collection!
You made my Saturday evening special. I just received mine a couple of days ago. Super helpful video to understand this unit. Thanks, man.
On listening to the demos on their site, and the other reviews, it sounded like and interesting synth. But your review blows them out of the water. Constantly bringing fresh and outstanding sounds out of this machine. At times I had remind myself it was just a synth and a simple drum pattern playing. I can only imagine they are over the moon with the service you have done them.
This synth sounds so fresh. Would have a lot of fun with this.
In case no one else mentioned it, there should've been a Vicks Inhaler on the table next to this thing. Kidding aside, I like its very particular sound. It reminds me of FM and wavetable goodness. And I'm old, so I like printed manuals. I bought my Deluge because it came with a printed manual, and it just happened to be a wonderful little instrument.
So yesterday I saw this video in my suggestions. Seeing the length of it I knew it would be a breath to listen to while gaming. Great vid dude ! Great music as well ofc haha I really enjoyed it. Almost as much as your videos on modular synthesis :D
Always a joy to watch you patch new equipment. So much potential with the vector it's insane
synths like this are the reason i'd take digital over analog any day! i'll never be able to afford one of these, but it still gets me excited because of how stuff like this pushes music technology forward
Inexpensive ipad app alternative is Aparillo by SugarBytes
Limit yourself to one or other just means you'll be missing out on the other one,
They both have huge merits,
I have both in my studio, digital works wonders for some things, but even with 7 or so different digital synths, I have one analogue that they cannot create the sounds it can,
And vice versa.
No way analog furshure !!
Actually with a side of digital is perfect
Ym2612 from sega genesis is fm synthesis
Some of those demos were WILD! Amazing sounds
I have one of these, and still found this Video MASSIVELY informative ..... Thanks Jeremy..
this thing sounds amazing! i haven't been this exited about a synth in years!
The pad about 34 mins in hits you in the feels ... I think it's the ride of Jeremy's joy throughout the video.
Wow, yes !!
If I could get that one patch I’d buy this thing.
This is really cool hardware and software implementation 👍
Ok. Mind blown. It sounds fantastic as well. That pad you made...absolutely brilliant sounding!
I’d love to have this synth. Great UI and unique in many ways. Thanks for sharing Jeremy 🤘🏻
Looks like I'll be selling that other kidney on the dark web after all.
That UI is nailing it.
I'm selling BOTH my Kidneys and 1 World Cup! DAMN!!! This machine will get E.T back home with pockets FULL of 'Blow', and a massive hangover! 😂
@@dannynewey4056 hahaha tell em! 😅
I'll sell one of my kidneys, if can share the unit on a weekly basis?
same
don't sell your own ;)
first off this is the first time I've seen this synth and you have blown out my mind with it, and i am already a registered synth enthusiast.. second, the jams you were pumping through and around that thing were equally as tasty, you sir have my undivided TH-cam attention
Exacy how I felt!
The overview beat you had playing is 🔥..great work as always...more GAS for me
This is amazing. The sounds and the interface are some of the most interesting I've seen. Great video.
I knew I needed more Ambient Jeremy Blake in my life
ooohh.. lovely... the screen is what I imagine my Wavestation is doing in it's head. :)
The delay looper segment was amazing. I have a Vector here on my desk and I'm learning it to some extent by watching your video. That was pretty inspiring even though I had no desire to use a looper at the outset.
This is a really unique approach to synthesis. You did a great demo of a complicated system. 👍
It´s something like mixture of digital synth, chaoss-pad, and some Eventide multieffect, awesome idea, want it!!!
I've got a boutique taste on a craigslist budget.
Don’t we all..😒
Then get a Raspberry Pi and put SunVox on it. Add some pots and switches with an Arduino or something, and throw it all into an old shoebox with an cheap tablet LCD. That's essentially what this thing is. Realtime Linux is a helluva drug!
For $99 you can get Rob Papen’s Blade 2, which is pretty much this in plugin form.
@@zerocrossing with the audio interface, the touchscreen, and the midi controller, and the cpu to run it on?
@@brmbkl You don’t need a touch screen and you already own a computer and audio interface. If not, you’re using tape and that’s way more expensive, or a hard disk recorder, and in that case you made poor decisions.
So glad this popped up in my feed. What a delight. Thanks for sharing.
this thing is nuts. Love it. Great video as always!
Remarkable! Sure looks like a lot of fun! Thanks for the review.
How could I miss this one? The Vector Sequencer is already the center of my DAWless setup ... so welcome Vector? Yes!
i freaking love the sounds you made with this
That's fantastic! When I see things with touchscreens I usually fear the worst but this one really seems to put everything to good use.
This synth is made in my home country... I am so proud of that! It sounds absolutely amazing.
Where is it made?
@@Lainer1 Czech Republic in Prague
01:00 Takes me back to first playing Fez and Hyper Light Drifter.
Oh jeez... these are available in 2023. I think I'm going to get one. I love having that visual expression of the sound!
Wow, what an inspiring looking and sounding instrument! Great video!!!
As soon as you scrolled that warp function, my brain expanded infinitely.
4:07 onwards. can imagine that in an illegal warehouse rave. Dancefloor missile - Direct hit - No Survivors - Clear up for days! Fabulous sound - Super demo..well done my man !
Stfu, there is nothing illegal in raves, it is government shills who decided to rob ppl who makes private parties where they don't pay taxes to fascists.
@@aleksandrsmasharo5628 yaaaaaawn
@@aleksandrsmasharo5628 STFU you moron!
Omg ! Awesome vídeo ! Im sooo sold ! Thank you.
sounds great. love what you did in this demo. very dope.
Definite Animoog vibes, on top of the other comparisons to Wavestation etc. Loving it 🙌
Came here to say this is just hardware animoog haha
Orbiters are definitely Animmog, but the sound is it’s own right ?
@@mathieuverrier7980 yes I think it’s an original sound engine in this, but does seem to share some principles like the orbiter as you say. Might have to dig out Animoog and play with it again while figuring out if I can justify getting this lol 😝
@@MichaelAldridgeGlidepro Definitely like Animoog, there is a lesser known app called Aphelian that uses the 4 corners thing that Vector does and similar "orbit shapes".
A number of the Arturia V Collection soft synths have similar features in expanded mode. The tactile interfaces on the Vector and the iPad Animoog app are nice, though.
@34:29 actually gave me goosebumps. Very potent little machine it seems :O
Dude, same! I cried a bit.
Absolutely fantastic Jeremy...I'm in awe
everytime I see and hear this little powerhouse again, I'm impressed, looks great sounds even better, would surely look nice in my setup!!
"Request vector, over."
"What?"
"Flight 2-0-9'er cleared for vector 324."
"We have clearance, Clarence."
"Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?"
"What? Huh? Who?"
“And don’t call me Shirley!”
WorldwidePlaneCrashs is leaking :)
Surely you are not making that joke, I picked a bad week to stop sniffing glue
When the vector starts up it quotes this
That’s amazing. First song kinda reminds me of the Stars of the Lid.
You just remind me about them. Really thankyou!
one of the best demo videos i've ever watched. nice job. cool toys
By far, the best video on the Vector. Job well done!
I love the idea of the orbiters and I like that is built on Linux, seems like a clever way to build something like this. Awesome little jam at 38:17, it sounds so cool, put some vocals on top a la Chemical Brothers or Apparat and you got a hit.
Yeah I git a lot of Chemical Brothers vibes from his playing
Very cool, like a Kaoss Pad taken to the next the level with a great control/interface layout. The visuals are very pleasing, it would be cool if it had a video out for the vector 4 corner screen. Then run it to a projector for a stage show. Even a cheap portable projector on a wall would look cool.
Was exactly thinking about the same 👍
Very interesting machine, thanks for the video Jeremy!
I just bought this about 2 hours ago, and I am beside myself with excitement waiting for it to arrive. This is SO my sort of synth + sound design that its bonkers. Thanks for this vid!!
I've now had the Vector for 2 weeks and it's MORE than I hoped for. It's a synth that does "standard" sounds if you like (keys, pads, bass, etc), but with the capabilities it has, WHY WOULD I EVER MAKE NORMAL SOUNDS with this thing?? It is capable of generating hours worth of deep, multi layered, high fidelity(it's clean) unique ambient soundscapes without even connecting external fx. It's internal fx are almost always enough, and the Vector now is really the core of many of my projects.
I'm so happy with this thing!!
We can hear somewhere your work with vector?
Holy quack!
You wouldn't believe this!
These (Beetlecrab) guys are registered in Prague and their HQ is just about 10 minutes by walk from my house :-D
This synth will be on my wish list, definitely!!!
I'll drive from Vienna to Prague to get me one in the summer.
At 20:00 you pretty much happened onto the classic snare sound of the 80's (Phil Collins' In the Air Tonight, etc)! I watched a whole documentary about that sound the other day.
What was the documentary? I'm interested!
Great demos. The rhythm programming in the demos is pretty tight! I love the flavor of the synth, and the phat beats help fill in some body around it.
Also: Wonder if the Vector gets enjoyably thicker through that Silver Bullet behind you...
I see a 40+ min review, I know you like it, before I even click.
I see 8+min of demos I know you love it and I will too.
The sequence at 2:30 is very Mr. Oizo, good stuff :D
Reminds me of the Animoog Synth… some very cool sounds from this unit too!
The Animoog just got even better with the Z version.
Great demo. So cool that you demonstrated sounds first, and explained UI next
Wow those demos could fit right into a sci-fi movie, they sound sick as hell
I want to listen to the intro demos on repeat.
Sound quality is phatt and rich.
or my live set, paired with several other synths as layers
:)
This thing keeps on popping up on my radar. I love the interface just not sure I'm in love with the sound.
My thoughts exactly. Listening without the fancy lightshow the oscillators are too digital and brittle sounding for my tastes.
Someone will love it though for sure.
I'm actually the opposite. I love the sound but hate the interface.
@@billB101 Usually these brittle sounds are just not destroyed enough. Put them through some tape delay and call it good.
@@warp9988 Just buy a module with not so brittle sounding oscillators in the first place.
Really enjoyed this demo too. Nice jam!
Wow, something that popps out and sounds fresh. Creativity starts at developing gear, not only while making Music! The enthusiastic Video was so much fun that I saw it twice, thanks!
THIS is first time I hear your voice dude.
Christ this thing has turned me on, blimey, its so ... fun... a fun synth! Original, I want it so bad, I need it, I need this.
Looks way too expensive
Classic 😂
@@SourDiesel69 because nobody else is charging 1k for a synth? at least this one is unique and not mass produced...
he's got the GAS
Wow, that thing is beyond dope !
Very interesting and inspiring synth! Thanks for the detailed review!
That is a video game console, you can't fool me!
Some of the demo section deserves to be part of the Terraria soundtrack!
This is such perfect timing! I just found out about and became fascinated with Vector Synthesis yesterday while Wikipedia surfing.
This is a very cool looking (and sounding) device. Thank you Jeremy for decoding it and explaining all the knobs for us noobs.
Nice homage to Animoog.
Quite wild visuals and touch-interaction without the sound changing too much.
The sound can never change too much imo 😎
@@VirtualRiot Yes I would have expected for bigger changes when you drag things completely around the screen. It was too subtle in my ears.
awesome video and demo of the vector. Oh I need to wait for pay day!!! superb.
You made some pretty awesome sci-fi background music there!
This device is powerfull!
They have one of these on each console on the Rocinante.
the first sound literally sent me to another dimension. Like where am I rn?
Sheeeeeeeeesh Jeremy your job is amazing. Edit : it sounds so dreamy
sounds amazing and its so beautiful
Maybe this has been pondered already but if there was a way to export a HDMI over USB feed of that onscreen visualization... That would be a cool performance tool!
This is the first show and tell video I’ve ever watched where I thought, “those tracks are tight.” Hook it up!
Holy Moly this thing looks/sounds insane!
damn bro, those demos were absolutely slapping
The first demo gave off insane FEZ vibes.
Considering what this thing does (price-wise comparing it to Elektron products that barely get any updates these days) I'm going to keep a very close eye on this! If the support for the Vector continues to be this great it's a high contender for generative music exploration without falling into the endless pit that is modular.
" it's a high contender for generative music exploration without falling into the endless pit that is modular."
Exactly what I was thinking. It's incredible, I have to have it! ugh
Great device and great tutorial of it, thanks!
This is a great augmentation to the manual! It also really was inspirational!!! Can't wait to get my SQ-64 and Deluge to pair with this!
I’m sure Dave Smith is proud.