What's your favourite Future Ninjas episode? I liked the one where they fled into the lithium mines of New Madagascar and escaped on a battery powered ninja scooter they built from scrap parts.
@bencetasi9943
Жыл бұрын
Mine is the one where the ninjas saved a time travelling composer named Van Sclänger who was imprisoned by the dictator because his music was considered too revolting.
@Avisogreif
Жыл бұрын
Honestly? The weird crossover episode with "ALF", which many think was really cheesy, but it holds a special place in my heart . . .
@focusource
Жыл бұрын
My favorite is the Easter Island episode. The fight scenes amongst the Moai are amazing!
@tobiaskarlsson3298
Жыл бұрын
The season finale was by far the best episode. Who would have thought that all the ninjas were clones of Kryto!!!
@PocketUnv
Жыл бұрын
As long as you remember that friendship is the real Ninjitsu, every episode is a winner.
@XavierRadix
Жыл бұрын
Man, so nostalgic! I remember watching Future Ninjas when I was older!
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
😆
@thebkstank2095
Жыл бұрын
Can the BBC please make this show and have Alex as sound design engineer?
@marcinha1973
Жыл бұрын
The Alex Ball Show, as is, would perfectly suffice.
@h2o1969
Жыл бұрын
Yes, please do this
@TayWoode
Жыл бұрын
Not the bbc they’d have to change all the characters to be diverse and inclusive and make it political
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
So long as they let me do Cryto Noon's voice, I'm in.
@legionnairegonk4425
Жыл бұрын
The beeb would absolutely ruin it.
@graemedavidson499
Жыл бұрын
Future Ninja here - great to see this documentary of how it all began so many years ago…
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, always wondered how they did it back in the day.
@MEGAMIGA
Жыл бұрын
Alex, I always enjoy your videos, because, beneath the zaniness, there is genuine talent and knowledge!
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. 😊
@TommyLoaded
Жыл бұрын
My favorite one is where the future ninjas transcend ennui through the power of teamwork and belief in themselves.
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
Wholesome.
@preferredimage
Жыл бұрын
Future Ninjas. The cross over Monkey Magic / Ulysses 31 you never knew you needed!
@Mcflurry420
Жыл бұрын
I would totally watch that show “) Great video as always Alex. Thank you for all the hard work you put into your content
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
You can borrow the VHS boxset if you want.
@mubakka2642
Жыл бұрын
Holy future ninjas... Amazing Alex....Literally lost for words.. U are still the most fun synth channel on the interwebs
@kaitlyn__L
Жыл бұрын
My favourite episode was the one where they were stranded in the deserts of southern Europe, and had to help each other snap out of hallucinations and find food. Plus those mysterious ruins they find which serve as the cliffhanger for the second series we never got.
@Flat8G
Жыл бұрын
Luuurve this! ❤ Didnt know you made a similar one earlier, will have to check that one out at once! 🤟
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
Hope you enjoy the trip to Omicron 9.
@wingflanagan
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like an 80's Japanese toy-company-sponsored Saturday morning anime. Just the kind of thing I grew up with. I want _Future Ninja_ actions figures!
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
Obviously in a plastic tub with a big cardboard backing showing a cool picture of them from the series.
@chedhead3278
Жыл бұрын
Cheers Alex. My favourite episode was when they suplexed the train, no one saw that coming. The train horn that presaged the rave stab was iconic.
@robertsymes462
Жыл бұрын
Future Ninja's yeah eh eh eh eh eh, future ninja's yeah! 😂😂 everything about this was so awesome. Alex you outdid yourself.. just brilliant!
@TDRKB
Жыл бұрын
You had way too much fun making this awesome video! I hope that your invention isn't as prophetic as the omicron film. Loved the sneak peak from Oblivion. As always this was a great demo of a great piece of kit.
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
Hopefully no Ninja variant coming our way. 😉
@Waldemar_la_Tendresse
Жыл бұрын
If one of the better (whatever that means) synths channels deserves more subscribers on youtube then it's definitely your channel. Every single video I have seen so far has been an entertaining delight made with much knowledge and passion.
@djsquarewave
Жыл бұрын
excellent work, i think you've got a bright future in writing theme songs for 1980s cartoons!
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
If only time moved backwards.
@epromenator
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant video Alex! I’m huge fan of your vids. Well done
@PocketUnv
Жыл бұрын
Oh man, if only Future Ninjas got a proper Betamax release I would have been all over that.
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
The rival show "Space Karate" did an endorsement for Betamax and so there was a conflict of interest. Thankfully, VHS proved the popular medium.
@throblet
Жыл бұрын
But what about the short lived laser disc release with Dolby stereo sound? Those big shiny discs will be the future!
@vinnieRice
Жыл бұрын
You are going to lose your sh*t when they call the next Covid wave the Ninja variant... Outstanding work as always Mister Ball. I would buy that ending jam, moving pads over a distorted 303 baseline? Hell yeah.
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
Imagine if they did. 😂 303 - always fun.
@galacticom
Жыл бұрын
Its your silliness that makes your channel unique... thank you for your genius.
@IanWaugh
Жыл бұрын
Ha! Ha! That's awesome Alex 👍 What is it with EMS stuff at the mo? I've just put up a couple of vids about the originals. Erica always produces cool stuff!
@digitalduch1111
Жыл бұрын
In a parallel-universe, Alex is famous for his cult B-Movies!
@lukemillionmusic
Жыл бұрын
Love this Alex! Amazing sound design. Future Ninjas needs to happen! 😁
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
Hey Luke! Let's arm ourselves with keytars and storm Netflix. They'll have to commission it.
@lukemillionmusic
Жыл бұрын
@@AlexBallMusic Count me in! 🎹🎸
@timburdsey
Жыл бұрын
Really clever and engaging demonstration video. So much to love and admire in your work, Alex.
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
Cheers Tim. Goofing around FTW!
@NVM_S
Жыл бұрын
Your videos are the best they have the perfect balance between music and history/informations !
@tommycato6368
Жыл бұрын
Bill Nelson´s Red Noise comes to my mind for some reason.
@2.7petabytes
Жыл бұрын
You sir, are a genius! And you make me realize how much of a synthesis neophyte I truly am!
@snorrevonflake
11 ай бұрын
Cool. And wow someone who actually makes music with synths, not only weird sound effects.
@ProfessorHumblesDelusions
Жыл бұрын
I like that you produced a finished track with the equipment your showcasing, and not just noodled about with it.
@dominiquebontemps6147
Жыл бұрын
Great video and example on how to use the new Syntrx II! I have mine on preorder since a few weeks but looking forward for getting it in April or May
@kenschestok9515
Жыл бұрын
that intro jam!!!! (edit: never comment in the very beginning of an Alex ball video, wait until the end.) dude the entire video! deceptively nostalgic but aren't we all looking for that? well done, I genuinely needed to see something like this this week.
@LFOVCF
Жыл бұрын
I was expecting....'A Netflix original series'😂 Great song! Future Ninjas!... Made me reminiscent of something I've never seen😂
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
We've all seen it with our third eye.
@TisMeJohnDee
Жыл бұрын
Trouble is Netflix would disregard source material.
@RoadhawK66
Жыл бұрын
Jeez, this is everything making music should be, bonkers fun!
@MathHammer
Жыл бұрын
I thought the spring reverb in the original was an essential feature. I have two different spring reverb Euro modules (plus three more in guitar amps), so it is not a super big deal, but as a self-contained thing, I think the spring reverb should have been left in and the VU meter taken out. I would have also added a couple of jacks and a switch to allow patching in different tanks. I am not a big fan of built-in speakers in any sort of device, so I am okay with those going away. I read that some users think feeding the speakers back into a microphone input was a fun thing, though.
@printingnature
Жыл бұрын
Great Stuff can't wait for the sequel
@HOLLASOUNDS
Жыл бұрын
Future Ninjas, comming soon to Netflix, A Netflix Original series you wont want to mis.
@arthurcrime
Жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness, this is beyond fantastic, what a great pilot, pretty good synth too.
@trevypoos
Жыл бұрын
I think the important things is the ninja friends we made along the way.
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
❤
@DrLaemmerbein
Жыл бұрын
That outro jam was madness.
@needfortweed8734
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful to be allowed to follow along parts of the creative process; I need a gong, we'll do it like this, I would like something else, I'll do it like this. Don't know where the footage came from, but I have to give props to the edit of this video. The effects (fingerprint and all) made it all seem somewhat coherent...
@Kev5565
Жыл бұрын
That vehicle noise was very reminiscent of Forbidden Planet
@brentgreeff1115
Жыл бұрын
This was awesome - I was just watching your terminator vid which I loved also. - Do a "Big trouble in little china" style vid next please. -- Do you have any other videos on the other gear in this video? - besides the keyboard, - what mixing desk was that? and is that a mastering bus? What else did you use to produce the final track besides software?
@dreamhyperdrive
Жыл бұрын
Very good. Very informative and interesting as always. Cheers 🙂👍
@4CloudySky
Жыл бұрын
Classy. I'm in love with your arrangements.
@nitbot
Жыл бұрын
Future Ninjas yeah eh eh heheeeeyeah
@SockSockson
Жыл бұрын
I've still got some Future Ninjas action figures in the loft including an unboxed Kryton Noon.
@bepec1431
10 ай бұрын
stunning video
@Altropos
Жыл бұрын
I'm hoping you do another "how this movie's music was made" video!
@Scodiddly
Жыл бұрын
My favorite future ninjas episode is the one where they ran into the corrupt local lithium mine boss and had that awesome tunnel chase sequence on improvised ninja scooters. The song under that scene totally rocked.
@LarsBjerregaard
Жыл бұрын
Great fun Alex!
@macronencer
Жыл бұрын
Haha, wow! You made me want a SYNTRX II. Sadly I can't afford one, but still. You not only showcased this in a plausible context, but you also made practical use of new features, highlighting them specifically. Manufacturers must love you :)
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. My preferred approach is to show features with some sort of context. Loopop has mastered the art of tech run throughs, too, so another reason to do it a different way. 🙂
@macronencer
Жыл бұрын
@@AlexBallMusic Indeed. Yours and loopop's are two of my favourite music YT channels, and I need both of them in my life :)
@donaldpriola1807
Жыл бұрын
Can't wait for mine, and I've waited nearly a year.
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
Waited for mine since 1969.
@donaldpriola1807
Жыл бұрын
@@AlexBallMusic Hahahahaha! Good one. I've always wanted an EMS Synthi, so I guess I'm in the same boat.
@nexuzeb79
Жыл бұрын
😆Excellent! I just turned 8 again watching cartoons on fun factory, awesome!
@nagchumpalot
Жыл бұрын
Very cool, Pro 3 is awesome for this kind of effect work also! great video
@Shred_The_Weapon
Жыл бұрын
Future Ninjas, it easily brings to mind several things at once, Saturday morning cartoons, the David Lynch version of Dune and the Hunger Games. Earlier this year, I will fanfiction story called Stalemate 2099. The premise is a lot like your concept for this nonexistent franchise, only in it based on characters from the MTV adaptation of the Teen Wolf franchise and doesn’t involve martial arts warriors. Now, here I go being thick as a brick, something I do almost every day. Knowing as little as I do about Syntrix and being too lazy to research it myself, I have a question. The mod matrix is accessed withy those LED buttons instead of physical pins. Is there patch memory storage included on either model? That would make sense, since the modular functionality is not dependent on physical parts like the original EMS line.
@k.i.ntothe7thletta270
Жыл бұрын
This is the best part of the 90s that never was
@adamoliver82
Жыл бұрын
I'm sure I used to watch that show on a Saturday morning before live and kicking.
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
Oooo flashback.
@DangerAmbrose
Жыл бұрын
I want to know, who was like "O.K. that's enough ninja movies." Because I was defiantly not done wanting to see more ninja movies.
@EricBalcon
Жыл бұрын
Very impressive composition, well done ALex.
@ramsaysg
Жыл бұрын
excellent
@80ssynthfan48
Жыл бұрын
Scoring for non-existent TV shows and films is defnitely a most worthwhile pursuit.
@walrtbstudios5430
8 ай бұрын
A few days into my ownership of a Syntrx II and the only thing I’m having any difficulty with is the ‘trapezoid’. Oh, that and the curious fact that, even though there is no ‘clear patch’ button combo, I find that every time I try to switch between the sequencer and the patch itself, I clear both sequencer AND patch!
@Mouxbar
Жыл бұрын
The Omicron-9 Chief Coms officer is a peach though. Gonna be hard to sway me to Ninja Number 3 and her throwing star collection... 😀
@jriceblue
11 ай бұрын
...and how are you going to feel when the FUTURE NINJA variant of COVID breaks out this winter?!?
@PCoyte
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant show - slightly worried it might happen like Omicron… really would like. Syntrx but kept thinking I can achieve most things with my Dominion 1 I never use so that has inspired me!
@horizontalblanking
Жыл бұрын
So much "BBC Radio Workshop" goodness.... loving it!
@MusicalWizardryMarcoIannello
Жыл бұрын
Just pure brilliance ❤
@NormanStansfield1
Жыл бұрын
Take that show or movie idea to Ridley Scott. You and Gary Numan can do the music. It would be awesome. Just don't go all "Hollywood" on us when you make it big.
@alejandromagana1554
Жыл бұрын
Gosh I love those swwweeeeeetttttt creamy sounds at the end, would dance to it at a big sound system for shoooo
@BeatMax2023
Жыл бұрын
Nice sounds!
@LUGER97
Жыл бұрын
Radiophonic Workshop, Dr. Ninja!
@compucorder64
Жыл бұрын
Very cool. Would love to hear you take on the Perkons too. And maybe score a matching blue Groove Synthesis 3rd Wave. Think those are top right on my most wanted / most unaffordable matrix. Hmm ... scoring a non-existent aquatic film (like the game Dave the Diver)?
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
Perkons looks amazing, but I've not used one. I have a 3rd Wave in the studio and the video is underway. :)
@jay_you
Жыл бұрын
Great!
@InfoAbsorbent
Жыл бұрын
I didn't know you had the full green-face system 100 collection ! Did I miss a video on that? That's a dream setup.
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
Recent surprise acquisition. Might actually be getting the speakers for it to finish it off soon, too. A thorough video will be done, yes. It's a very special one indeed.
@DarrenLandrum
Жыл бұрын
I want to see this show now.
@DaveKeechMusic
Жыл бұрын
This is f**king badass
@andlinux
Жыл бұрын
We need to kickstart this show ;)
@WoodyAki
Жыл бұрын
The spoken word intro on that theme tune is reminiscent of Spinal Tap's "Stonehenge". 😉
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
But where are they now.....the li'ul pe'ul of stown enge?
@TheActualJae
Жыл бұрын
I can't think of anything more 70s Sci-Fi than referencing your enemies, who, you know, exist at the same time as you, as the "future ninjas". You know, just to drive the point home for the audience that this is indeed the future.
@chriserikbarnes
Жыл бұрын
The outro had me singing (in my head), “too shy shy, hush hush, I do I”
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
The kaja variant?
@johnrduartesgv
Жыл бұрын
I like it. I wish there would be a cartoon that starts with the song as an introduction with an 80s American/ Japanese inspired animation style
@jennoscura2381
Жыл бұрын
I loved ninjas as a kid. If Future Ninjas had been around when I was a kid in the 80s; I would have been all over that shit. There would of course need to be action figures with "Ninja Action". The shock troops for the villain ate his swarm troopers. He would also need right hand people for the Future Ninjas to battle. I love how you turned a simple concept into something that would be a believable kids show from the 80s that would have enjoyed. There was already a live action sci-fi show for kids called Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future. So Future Ninjas would have fit right in.
@Medniex
Жыл бұрын
Ninja chops on point 🥷
@TheOriginalCoda
Жыл бұрын
I want to see this show! 😀
@maykstuff
Жыл бұрын
Ahhh come on guys! How could you all forget the Season 13 finale! You know, the one where the future ninjas beat the ninjas from the alternate present caused by digging up the Time Crimper!!!!
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
Ah, yes. The infamous time crimper! The plot really got messy after they introduced that.
@randydean23
Жыл бұрын
Rad!! My question is: do you think it possible to compose a piece with the word "yeah" as a written lyric and it not sound like a long last vestige of a forgotten 80s low budget sci fi/horror flick?? I mean that's just cheesy gold right there.
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
Yeahs are obligatory.
@DerekPower
Жыл бұрын
I’m going to mess with people’s heads and say “I’m going to watch Future Ninjas on [randomise streaming service]” And yes, on Saturday mornings with a bowl of cereal.
@imlxh7126
Жыл бұрын
mom: "we have power metal at home" power metal at home:
@budgetkeyboardist
Жыл бұрын
Dammit, I wanna see that show!
@iskandertime747
Жыл бұрын
Oooh! I remember this show! They really jumped the shark in season 7 when they introduced the irritating kid and his wise cracking robot dog. My favorite was probably the "Witches of the Wasteland " story arc from season 3. Anyone else?
@AlexBallMusic
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, always a robot animal in these things. Always wished he'd bite that annoying kid.
@klinkske
Жыл бұрын
Really like the guitar and the chorus.
@jasonakagecko
Жыл бұрын
Sounds a lot like Queen’s Flash Gordon.😂
@electronictiger
Жыл бұрын
Fun stuff Alex!
@kgbinfo
Жыл бұрын
This song reminds me of the one from Big Trouble in Little China
@MaEasy_official
Жыл бұрын
Killer!
@_greenleader
Жыл бұрын
Catchy theme song!
@briancorbino2043
Жыл бұрын
Espen Kraft is gonna sue you for being too 80's!
@Datacult
Жыл бұрын
Glorious idea :D
@JDStoneCreations
Жыл бұрын
That was awesome. Unfortunately it was so good and so complex that my brain fell out. Once I've put it back in I'll try and watch it again in a bit.
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