I thought you were gonna say sold everything and invested in crypto.
@JeiShian
3 жыл бұрын
Hahahahha yeah
@isaacnewton5543
3 жыл бұрын
lmao
@steveclem7873
3 жыл бұрын
SayVzThyEthaz!!
@RiversGarcia
3 жыл бұрын
That's exactly what I thought!
@clemcusato
3 жыл бұрын
This video felt somewhat nostalgic to me! Glad to see you’re doing fine Multi! Keep the good work and stay safe.
@steveclem7873
3 жыл бұрын
used2doBeatAroofenNezelf!!
@KLabTVkicksass
3 жыл бұрын
My Favourite part "If you sell all your stuff, YOU GET TO BUY NEW STUFF!!!"
@OscarUnderdog
3 жыл бұрын
Man, have loved your videos for years. Great to see you back. 💛
@VOODOO808
2 жыл бұрын
I did the same thing with my setup and never looked back. Keep up the good work 🔥
@Slamagotchi
3 жыл бұрын
If you wanted to work in a 'new' way, you could have done that by using any piece of gear you didn't or weren't used to using, and constrain yourself to using ONLY that for a period of time. I notice that most studio gear that goes unused is simply because we don't know what its actually good for and its not until we spend an extended period of time with it before we actually get a feel for its use.
@BryceDoesLife
3 жыл бұрын
so stoked you're back king
@rocky_racoon3183
3 жыл бұрын
I have just moved house also, I am in the process of filtering through my gear to reduce the ridiculous amount of cables, adaptors, and keyboards etc I have. You may need a gear demo corner somewhere but keep it away from your creative space.
@Hlecktro
3 жыл бұрын
This is why I've shifted to gear like Virus TI and Elektron Overbridge. Lets me play the physical gear seperately, but it gets used often in my DAW as it's as easy to connect with VST. Gear is best for live perf tho
@allstar930
2 жыл бұрын
Man, I did the same thing. I've been DJing since middle school in the '80s and the pandemic completely upended my life. I stopped doing gigs, started a family, and transitioned to grinding out as many mixtapes as time allowed as my primary musical output. Quickly, I realized that I could make great mixtapes in a box using MixMeister. After a year of that, I sold nearly all my DJ gear. I kept one controller in case a gig ever pops up and one of my Technics 1200's for vinyl ripping and flipped everything else to eBay. The only small upside is that my gear was mostly pretty new so I got good resale prices because of pandemic-related electronics shortages. Cheers.
@DopamineOverload
3 жыл бұрын
I love this honesty. Everyone's just stripping down... getting back to basics. I'm not there, yet. But... I get it. I've bought and sold countless things for the past 20 years. I'd love to have a simple desk with a laptop and a pair of headphones. Not the way I work, though. I think a lot of multi-instrumentalists (guitarist / drummer / bassist / keyboardist / singer / producer) have a lot of trouble slimming down to a minimalist studio. I wish I could, but can't. Not yet.... anyone else in the same boat?
@HotStrange
3 жыл бұрын
I play multiple instruments and have never had an issue working with a limited setup.
@kurisuchiinathecrocodile333
2 жыл бұрын
getting back to basics would be some cheap synth and 4track recorder, lol
@jdstarek
3 жыл бұрын
Glad to see you again. I’ve always been against hardware. I think hardware is pretentious. 99% of the time it’s just about telling people you have the gear.
@dingbatjack1234
3 жыл бұрын
Pretentious guy over here 👋
@darkuniversesound
3 жыл бұрын
Unless they're making *all* their music on hardware like me 🙄🌌
@boulevardsound5137
3 жыл бұрын
In other words, it's time for you to go modular. Like proper modular. With the hardware you've bought, the main upside you get is that it goes through a preamp - downside to those particular devices is they won't offer you anything your DAW won't. Modular on the other hand.....That's why it became obsolete to you.
@gotyor
3 жыл бұрын
My new challenge has been to make music in the box VS. using a bunch of expensive analog outboard gear. I figure if the music I make sounds better than those who need a ton of expense analog out board gear to achieve the same result then I truly evolved as a producer. I do use a lot of controllers to still have that turn the knobs and fader feel I like, but I never going back to analog...ever!
@Tristin.Midnight
3 жыл бұрын
Welcome back man. Congrats on the new place.
@v3zMedia
3 жыл бұрын
I feel you 100% I sold everything during the pandemic and I’m starting fresh this fall. Might be switching to Mac and buying a new camera, keyboards, mics, monitors etc... Only things I kept were my Apollo X4, Beyerdynamic DT 770’s, and Sennheiser HD 650’s.
@manny_f
3 жыл бұрын
The fact that you have to make a video about it tells me you still have G.A.S.
@FreshnessStudio1
3 жыл бұрын
welcome back bud and to the freshness of a new beginning - all the best
@philippebackprotips
3 жыл бұрын
Glad to see you back. Love your Groove3 content as well.
@BenjaminFrock
11 ай бұрын
interesting. for me, it’s been the opposite. realizing that I don’t enjoy a DAW workflow has been so liberating
@watchyamouth5053
3 жыл бұрын
We used to beat in the lunch table and freestyle, that’s truly liberating 😎
@SixPalms
3 жыл бұрын
Great to have you back, man!
@linovinn7011
3 жыл бұрын
I forgot: My meanwhile go-to keyboard is a Korg Nanokey2, a simple 2 octave microkeyboard sized 3 cigarette cases. Makes fun, is portable, never missed the big ones .... ;-)
@Proxima04
3 жыл бұрын
The only real surprise for me is your decision to get rid of the Push, but I agree that ‘Influencer’ is a worrying but honest term in that has somewhat contributed to GAS and gear credibility, I do think that a ‘New’ way of working can be to focus on selecting 1 or 2 bits of gear and see what comes from that gear alone, but In the end, you have to be honest about your current musical direction, clearly there’s not much point in buying and TR8’s if you are really inspired by orchestral percussion. I think you are brave and that regard. There is also the saying, better to have something and not need it, than need something and not have it, perhaps a more honest look at that before purchase could be a good thing for all of us. 👍
@miserycodebeats1722
Жыл бұрын
Wish I found your channel earlier. Awesome video !
@jacobsmith1877
3 жыл бұрын
Minimalism is great, and there is so much you can do in the box these days. Between some wonderful plugins, like Slate VMR, Arturia FX Bundle, Liquidsonics Seventh Heaven Professional, and some of my favorite VSTIs (Omnisphere 2, Trilian, a few Kontakt libraries), I don't feel like I will ever need any hardware other than my midi controller, good mics, and my interface.
@mattihol726
3 жыл бұрын
I like that direction. We all have too much stuff.
@TheAmirSheidaei
3 жыл бұрын
Excited for this Journey!
@fuenstock
2 жыл бұрын
I’ve had more synths and gear then I can recall. Ultimately what I ended up with is 1 poly and 1 mono synth, a Peak and a Pro 3. I wanted very versatile hardware synths since I was only going to have 2. Of course I do have a ton of synth plugins. The limited hardware gear and workflow because of it have been liberating!
@Juline1221
3 жыл бұрын
I feel like u can't go wrong with a keyboard and a mpd or some kind of pad. You'll be good for the rest of your life with just that
@fattyboombatty7736
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting. I've gone the other way, stopped using a DAW not because one system is better than the other, I just can't stand using a music word processor any more - I find it soul destroying, scrolling, scrolling, scrolling, presets, plugins, more presets, aaarrrggghhh! I find a small amount of focused hardware and really knowing how to use it great for my personal workflow, though may not suit everyone. One aspect I don't like is cables - so cable management is crucial to making the experience more pleasurable.
@kurisuchiinathecrocodile333
2 жыл бұрын
well, alternatively you could use max/msp with a controller :D
@elyot4010
3 жыл бұрын
I agree. Though I still get inspired by jamming with my synths and create melodies and chord progressions that way, I find myself most times deleting the audio and using Diva, Hive, or an emulation of the very same synths. When I hear someone say that they need to buy this or that in order to "make it", I remind them that Skrillex blew everyone away with a laptop and a skateboard cruising Huntington Beach. Boris Brejcha does everything in the box. Finneas O'Connell & Billie Eilish won Grammys using Logic Pro and stock plugins. We don't need any of that extra stuff
@elyot4010
3 жыл бұрын
This past year, I've bought so many things and then sold them back because I didn't like them. I bought an MPC X, hated it... too many things to do that I could do in the DAW without all of the steps involved. I bought a Behringer Deepmind. Hated it. Sold it back. Had a Behringer ARP 2600 on order, they couldn't get it off the line before I changed my mind. I have a few Moogs I'm keeping. Sold the Subharmonicon though. Hated it. Didn't use it. I have some desk modules. I don't use them. I do use my synths though. Most of them anyway. Ok, I'm going to rearrange things around for better use.
@kurisuchiinathecrocodile333
2 жыл бұрын
@@elyot4010 yeah well. idk. for me, its harder to COMPOSE inside daw/pianoroll/etc. Usually its my fingers who find melodies - on guitar, keyboard etc. So controller helps i think. Then you go and put notes into your digital studio and work further. But moment of inspiration often comes during "live playing" process. Especially when you like things such as finger drumming.
@elyot4010
2 жыл бұрын
@@kurisuchiinathecrocodile333 I agree 100% If I find a great melody or progression while jamming with what I already have, be it a drone or a beat, I will record the midi. I see my post was done 9 months ago. I must have been in a very bad mood lol
@joonglegamer9898
3 жыл бұрын
For me it went the entirely other way around. I like "Live playing" and DAW just don't do it for me, too much fiddling, delays, dependencies etc. So I went all Dawless. But there's a difference, because a lot of people out there seem to think that these 1 monoponic synths are all the rage with their displays and twistyknobs, and I'm thinking - how would you even make music with that? So when I purchase synths, they are always hefty ones with TONS and TONS of Polyphony, and preferably "insta recording" or "step recording" where I can do stuff and make changes on the fly, I find that easier, more inspirational and more interactive with the music. But hey - we're different, and that's not a bad thing.
@kurisuchiinathecrocodile333
2 жыл бұрын
what genres you do? as for monosynths, id say those make more sense with DAW track-by-track "studio" work, haha. personally i always liked grooveboxes like electribe esx instead
@raindaresmusic
3 жыл бұрын
i have a lot of gear that I could technically get by without, but I draw the line at the push. and a keyboard controller, at least.
@ThreeBeingOne
3 жыл бұрын
Loopop only shows one piece at a time. He has peak credibility.
@DivineMisterAdVentures
3 жыл бұрын
Okay bro - you should repack this as general life advice - with a title like Should YOU dump the elephant on your back - (just a suggest) Key is at 3:30m. I just happened to be interested enough in music 'gear' and production evolution to want to give a hear to your 'personal issues' about it - but it turns out to be a major issue - I have an elephant on my back - course could also flip him around and give him a ride - but your key question there is the solvent to loosen the old bowels .. LOL.
@License2Bust
3 жыл бұрын
“Oi mate I sold me instrimints and me equeepmint cuz I’m just soer createchiv that I don’t need it” -Insufferable brit
@coolwero
3 жыл бұрын
13 minutes in one sentence lol
@michaelkonomos
3 жыл бұрын
I am glad this works for you, but I really don’t understand the premise that creativity and creating something “new” can only come from new tools. I feel like you must not be listening to the same music I am listening to. There are so many amazing musicians making incredible music that is new, from hardware. No one is going to tell me that Alessandro Cortini isn’t innovative and new. Trent Reznor? Please.
@TheValueOfN
3 жыл бұрын
I really like all of the words that I just heard you utter.
@WilliamPreat
2 жыл бұрын
I feel the exact same way.
@mrgreen6221
3 жыл бұрын
That was me 20 years ago. Got rid of everything. 1 keyboard, 1 pc... done!!
@aleksandarcrnomarkovic8360
3 жыл бұрын
"Dobby is a free elf" :P
@Growlbittz
3 жыл бұрын
Holy shit dude! It's been a while!! 😭😭😭
@RunOfTheHind
3 жыл бұрын
I did the same thing and sold nearly my whole studio, altho I'm still hardware. Just an MPC60, Novation Bass Station Rack & Roland VS880EX now and have never been more productive. PS - it really irritates me when modern bods refer to anything hardware as "analogue", when, obviously, hardly any of it is.
@kenzieprice6745
3 жыл бұрын
Did you seek out the old Roland VS880 or did you already have one/got it easy or cheap?
@RunOfTheHind
3 жыл бұрын
@@kenzieprice6745 I was using reel to reel and cassette before I got it a few months ago for £50. I had the bigger VS1880 briefly about 10 years ago but when I found myself looking for digital effects to make it sound more analogue, that's when I realised that I should probably just stick with tape, ha ha. But recently I just wanted things as simple as poss so flogged my tape recorders, mixer, outboard, keys and other samplers and got the smaller VS. I have never and would never use a computer/software for my tunes, mostly just coz I'm one of those people that needs the "limitations" of hardware to find inspiration.
@RunOfTheHind
3 жыл бұрын
Also, like the man says, I just got sick of constantly thinking about and chasing and swapping around my set-up, wasting hundreds of hours and thousands of pounds. Now all I want is my SP1200 back and I'm set for life.
@kenzieprice6745
3 жыл бұрын
@@RunOfTheHind Thanks! I guess I asked because I bought a couple of the older hardware multitrackers with the idea of more simplicity and live playing work flow but the workflow seems slow on the units I have and I feel too much time dinkering with them. I wanted to see your attraction and experience. I think my problem too (and probably mostly everyone else's) is not spending enough time with gear and writing it off before it clicks especially because of the plethora of gear available. ....looked at the isla 2400?
@RunOfTheHind
3 жыл бұрын
@@kenzieprice6745 Yep...and that's a no for S2400. Ain't no thing like the real thing. It was when I got the 1200 that the 'simplicity unlocks creativity' thing really kicked in for me. Gutted I sold it...and not just coz it'll cost me 2 or 3 grand more than I sold it for to get another, roflz. Re: the multi-tracks, I guess it depends on what you've come from. If you're used to pooters, it probs does seem clunky. But I'm coming from cassette multi-tracks etc so the only difference is that it's less easy to fuck up your recording, ha ha, and everything sounds a lot tidier (albeit with less character too).
@AmericanAstroMonkey
3 жыл бұрын
A lone PC! Hmmm. A single mouse! Hmmm. No monitor speakers. No bigger speakers to check how the music sounds for that format. Hmmm. No midi input keyboard or controller. And then the body language. It was a difficult year in 2020 for all and everyone. However some things we need to retain as tools of the trade. Are you modifying the picture on the website to show the current setup? I'm in agreement, that there is so much we can do in software, but for me I need manipulators to add that essential human emotion and feeling. I hope it all works out for you with the new start.
@mrnelsonius5631
3 жыл бұрын
I thought you were going to say “because of my horrendous gambling addiction. When I’m not producing, I’m at the racetracks, I owe money to bad people ”. Glad to hear that’s not the case and it’s just a philosophical reappraisal of your process 😉🙏
@DJYOMTV
3 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear from you, rumors said you have been arrested by the "cracked plug-ins Police" :)
@shinji1264
3 жыл бұрын
Damn man, thought you was dead... Great video, seems like a new man... I definitely sorta saw this coming tho in terms of the gear, you get boxed in and it screws your creativity...
@steveclem7873
3 жыл бұрын
hayesKnoFeeshlinPoza?
@michaels5166
3 жыл бұрын
Now anyone with a brain knows it's his opinion,and not a reason to sell nor give away YOUR gear.Much of the time,if you're trained as a musician,having hardware might work for you.If I am a bass/guitar player,I am certainly not going to use a laptop/mouse,etc,to reinact the same results.With hardware,it's tactlie,does not require paying more updates/versions,and generally does not crash,since the DSP/OS does only one basic job.Now when you marry a computer to open source,then that's like icing,on sugar,on pie,because so many worlds open wide.That's when you can REALLY amaze yourself everyday,and there's only limits with the obvious,like the CPU/RAM.I have hardware,and I use different computer platforms,not just MaC/PC,and it brings so many more options.Its' all about the skills,imagination,and implementation,no matter which path...
@kurisuchiinathecrocodile333
2 жыл бұрын
yeah. some people were programming their own instruments inside max/msp or csound. some were happy with pedalboard. its all different paths to take
@experimetalfan8851
3 жыл бұрын
I'll give it another year and his rooms will be filled with gear again 🤓
@insepticdnb
3 жыл бұрын
The GAS is always too strong.
@charleyfame9443
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Lol!!!!
@dazboot2966
3 жыл бұрын
Nah. He’s completely right. If you enjoy playing with bits of gear fine, but it’s basically superfluous.
@SevanStick
3 жыл бұрын
You bet. I experienced it myself already. We‘re doomed. Total victims.
@EveryStylez
3 жыл бұрын
I always feel like my workflow/creativity suffers when I don't have my midi keyboard/headphones.
@2ndbleak
3 жыл бұрын
Homie looks like he's going to put out a video on the importance of mental health in a few weeks
@OmoiSenpai
3 жыл бұрын
Pretty much, you hit prestige mode :P
@TheMusicVII
3 жыл бұрын
For real!
@cooperhiphop
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly... I've hit prestige mode as well but I noticed going back to less reminded me why having certain equipment is a blessing. These plugins emulators are cheaper than some hardware but they tax the 💩 out of you cpu and if you don't have a great interface you're dealing with all types of issues (my komplete audio 6 interface is trash as I become a better engineer). I plan on buying 3 sets of plugin bundles (I already own a few and I rather collect the rest so I don't need more outboard gear), 1 to 2 warm audio eqs and a mastering processor to wrap up my final mixes. I know I'll be on the road and going to other studios so I might buy another maschine mk3 (or mk4? If it comes out) controller so I can be on the move (that if NI doesn't allow me to install it's software on my laptop). I basically gave people some a lot of my gear that said they needed it. My goal is to make music the best way I can without going through what I'm experiencing now with my setup. Later down the lines I want one of the new Mac pros so I can be complete updated but at the moment I'm using my 2010 Mac pro that I hacked to be stronger than a regular Mac pro for video production.
@RomanWave
3 жыл бұрын
Same thing, bro! I’ve sold everything except upright piano and stage piano. Cause ton of gear is not about music. It’s about collecting.
@380stroker
3 жыл бұрын
No matter what, you'll always need a good pair of monitors or headphones.
@tomburden
3 жыл бұрын
He doesn't need that anymore. He knows what the notes sound like.
@watchyamouth5053
3 жыл бұрын
@@tomburden 😂
@michaelgraflmusic
3 жыл бұрын
I agree, but I would add a good sounding room to that.
Just headphones. And an iPhone to check the translation of sound.
@theelephantofsurprise8564
3 жыл бұрын
I got rid of all my stuff - I have much more fun recording real instruments only (that includes analog synths) - very liberating just banning all midi controllers and digital sound sources/sample packs. If it comes through a microphone or a TRS cable it's good fun :)
@theblowupdollsmusic
3 жыл бұрын
I did this exact same thing and I'm making the best music I've ever made. And I'm having the most fun doing it. I just record everything as audio.
@ahyaok100
3 жыл бұрын
Workflow is fast too that way. I do the same thing but add a bit of digital spice in there sometimes. Endless fun.
@steveclem7873
3 жыл бұрын
notStuffJungleePeepPol!!
@Selrisitai
3 жыл бұрын
I prefer to watch and listen to people doing this kind of thing as well. I find digital-only music to be "all well and good," but it hasn't yet beaten the genuine airy blast of a trumpet or the commanding thump of a drum-stick on the kit.
@shaft9000
3 жыл бұрын
This happens when you've bought gear without understanding why you "needed it" in the first place. Life is a journey of self-knowledge, nothing more nothing less.
@MM4F
2 жыл бұрын
I call bullshit, this happens when you evolve.. no rules.
@latinacroft
2 жыл бұрын
bruh.. you’re mad annoying 😭
@TheKayoO0
2 жыл бұрын
he explains most of the gear was free or broken when he got it.
@jonathansoko1085
2 жыл бұрын
Stop being a gear lusting audio hipster. You do it for the gram, lets be honest with each other. You watch old videos of a kanye or some 90s house producer making bangers on an asr 10 or something so you run out and buy one so you can put it up on the gram to show how cool you are, but you dont understand what you are doing so you pirate fruityloops and then you spend the rest of your days using fruityloops and telling people you are using all that cool gear but secretly it keeps you up at night. Just stop, you drive prices up for people that actually care.
@techreviewz87
2 жыл бұрын
@@jonathansoko1085 Gram? you mean instagram...lol? No...he does it for KZitem...IG is the proper abbreviation, not GRam..u confuse with Telegram! lol a back channel internet... no money there....only YT!
@oryxandcake2011
3 жыл бұрын
I've found that whenever you think a piece of gear is exhausted, some one comes along with a new way of using it that you didn't think of, proving that it's your imagination that's limited, not the gear. Computer work flows can suffer the exact same fatigue of imagination, that's not exclusive to gear. Computers do make life easier though, less cabling, everything in one box.
@nym053
3 жыл бұрын
And fx processors like simple fx pedals with knobs you can turn is definetly also a way of changing things up.
@kiqyou
3 жыл бұрын
completely agree
@SonicVibe
3 жыл бұрын
Well said but to say ya bored with a machine and all I see in a machine is a lifetime of possibilities he went bad not the gear and talking about replacing a computer every few years where gear last a lifetime sometimes
@Selrisitai
3 жыл бұрын
Even writers. You wouldn't think that it would matter if he were dipping a quill or clacking away at an electronic typewriter, but in fact it completely changes how you think. I've written things on paper that I never would have thought to write while sitting at a computer. There are probably ways to manipulate how you think without changing the medium, but it certainly is a quick and incontrovertible aspect of the creative mind.
@oryxandcake2011
3 жыл бұрын
@@Selrisitai Going for a walk... going to a club... going to work at a day job... traveling.. Change inspires ideas, and yeah a new or different media definitely inspires... But also, think about a guitar or a piano and the seeming infinite ideas that have come from only having a single medium.
@willdobson79
3 жыл бұрын
This has to be my favourite video of yours - ever. Really resonates with me and some of my studio /life decisions lately. Love the honesty and the new place looks perfect.
@thomascp33
3 жыл бұрын
Dude!! Have been wondering where you’ve disappeared to! Glad to see you’re alive!!!!
@samglass2004
3 жыл бұрын
So so true I used to buy everything now I only have logic and complete it’s not more gear it’s about makeing music not buying the latest gear sampling makeing your own sounds cutting up loops I would love to hear your music thanks some finely see’s what iam talking about
@ThinkerThunker
3 жыл бұрын
I understand. But it's just the opposite for me. I find ZERO inspiration trying to make music on a PC and DAW.
@metalhoe
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for being honest. I know a lot of us get GAS and hyped about new gear, even tho we don't really have the cash and/or need for it. Most of the time they are a headache anyways because they are not ment for certain DAWs that you might want to switch around so you have to keep tweaking midi settings which takes out all the fun/motivation and time you wanted to put into your music and not into making something work. I sold most of my stuff and just keep a small drumpad and a small keyboard. Mostly because I just like the tactile feeling of both keyboard and drumpad. But that's about it. My advice to anyone out there is, you don't really need much more than either a good drumpad and/or keyboard which is geared towards your favorite DAW. Don't get fooled by the idea that this other gear will make your music any better. Anyways good luck to everyone.
@musicofdarius
3 жыл бұрын
I feel plugins are similar. Too many plugins to master but they all do the same thing. Just master what you got, don't let marketing fool you.
@alexanami9948
3 жыл бұрын
Good to downsize on the digital midi controllers etc, but nothing beats hardware. Computer screens and software just don't do it for me. Different strokes.
@ruslanr.6171
3 жыл бұрын
computer is bad with its big bad screen, I'd rather use many different hardware with many tiny good screens.
@HotStrange
3 жыл бұрын
@@ruslanr.6171 Lol are you just trolling everyone who enjoys hardware with this exact comment? You’re boring.
@ruslanr.6171
3 жыл бұрын
@@HotStrange i enjoy hardware too, but i don't blame computer screens for my GAS. modern computer screens are awesome.
@HotStrange
3 жыл бұрын
@@ruslanr.6171 sure but you’re commenting this as a reply to people that gave perfectly reasonable explanations of why they prefer to use hardware.
I sold 90% of my gear too when I realized my best music was made entirely in the computer.
@NineInchFailz
3 жыл бұрын
I'm going the opposite way. I bought a Prophet Rev2 and just love the unquantized feel of recording into my interface with real keys. I got so bored of soft synths and i love the tactile process of designing a patch from the ground up on hardware.
@christdolphin69
3 жыл бұрын
great synth. incredible sound. you'll never get that from a plugin. or a novation peak, for that matter
@TonsOfFun411
3 жыл бұрын
With you on this one. I think the difference is the level of stuff I've been getting too, last year bought a Virus TI2. I think thats where it can really make a difference with analog stuff especially synths; you get what you pay for. Obviously creative process is a different discussion but I feel ya.
@hey_maurice
3 жыл бұрын
If only you could have bought Multiplier's gear! Perfect exchange. 😂
@HotStrange
3 жыл бұрын
@@TonsOfFun411 the Virus isn’t an analog synth.
@TonsOfFun411
3 жыл бұрын
@@HotStrange It’s got analog output transformers and that makes a noticeable difference.
@oscarg8119
3 жыл бұрын
Its all about having the RIGHT gear. And, respectfully, I think you didnt have the correct gear. If I had yours I will sell it too and buy usefull pieces.
@steveclem7873
3 жыл бұрын
oscarMaxwellsAmmerNailsYooTuneCruxeefeex!!
@oscarg8119
3 жыл бұрын
@@steveclem7873 aha.....
@teabreakbeats
3 жыл бұрын
I always end up finishing or remaking anything i make on hardware in the box... but it's still fun to play with the hardware!
@clubbedtobreathe
3 жыл бұрын
I've been doing the same but "inside the box" way, getting rid of anything I don't use and setting up the workflow focusing only on the Creative Process, the mental process behind creation. Lots of organization marathons worth doing.. selecting fewer and better samples, presets, plugins and so on.
@dazboot2966
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, very good. For my latest computer gone down to Logic/NI/Izotope - plenty.
@nym053
3 жыл бұрын
I haven't done this process just once, and I keep going through it over time 😆
@nilespeterclemens8328
3 жыл бұрын
What an interesting journey you’re on. Something must have dramatically changed inside you to get you to pull the trigger on selling everything. A leap of faith.
Probably because everything he had was Guitar Center-tier crap. He even pointed out 6 pieces that were broken
@nodz007
3 жыл бұрын
This is a really good and reflective video. I have been thinking the same since Apple released the M1 chip. The rationale for using hardware and offline effects is I found that creativity was stifled because eventually the CPU an memory crapped out in the DAW but like you I have a lot of stuff that I simply don't use anymore because other newer stuff came along and piqued my interest.
@steveclem7873
3 жыл бұрын
didridallFoSoundengVisionzz!!
@zakur0hako
3 жыл бұрын
i always remind myself that Burial made his best music in Soundforge
@steveclem7873
3 жыл бұрын
wailNowAintVatSW!!
@kittensinkmusic
3 жыл бұрын
dude, you're fucking adorable and i'll always check out whatever you have to say. i've learned so much from you. thanks.
@andriinikitin6139
3 жыл бұрын
Spent around 1.5 years in this loop: buy gear / get bored / sell gear / buy new - this video is soo accurate illustration for this. Sure, I’ve learned a lot from all that gear, but eventually it boils down to «cool, now I should do this in my DAW as well, so what should I buy next when I sell this thing? »
@jasonmudgarde286
3 жыл бұрын
I've gone from pc recording back to a 4 track tape machine, far simpler and more immediate.
@tronlady1
3 жыл бұрын
I wrote hundreds of things on my four track and I’ve written about 10 things on my d.a.w. with its thousands of sounds and options (and headaches/frustrations/tears……yes, tears). What I have been enjoying though recently is the novation circuit as it is so portable and fun!
@twistedspanner
3 жыл бұрын
I don't blame you. Recording on 4 track back in the early 90's was my most creative prolific fun period of songwriting and recording. You'd actually rehearse and practice your instrument before you actually pressed record cos space was rare. With digital you end up about 50 guitar & vocal takes that you'll later sift through but never get round to and when you do it's a chore. I was gonna re recorded what I recorded on 4 track on a computer and do it properly. 25 years have gone by and It hasn't happened. Think I'll just clean up the tape versions in audacity. The definitive versions. Now I know why Hugh Cornwell (The Stranglers) also dismantled his home studio. He never knew when a song was finished. 😁
@tronlady1
2 жыл бұрын
@@twistedspanner I HEAR you brother!
@twistedspanner
2 жыл бұрын
@@tronlady1 so I'm not the only one who feels like this?
@patrick5301
3 жыл бұрын
Btw thanks for the kick sample pack on splice that costs 0 credits for the entire pack😂
@steveclem7873
3 жыл бұрын
jeezKrizdRuTorkENroBotKashaSimpsonSpringBuMain?..
@wackerburg
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting to see, but I use my hardware devices all the time - so I'll keep it. I actually went the other way compared to what you just did :-) --- I find the idea of sitting in front of a computer screen in order to make music frightening to be honest. But... I guess since I am an amateur, as in "doing it for the love" as opposed to professionals as in "doing it for the money", I have no interest in being economic. So I do not need instant and total recall, portability and gazillions of features. I work a fulltime job, mostly in front of a computer, so I want to use instruments for making music. The only computers in my setup are the "computer controlled" TB-303 and TR-808. I don't even like MIDI that much as I found DIN sync to be more solid and reliable. I love that these machines just need to be turned on. No long boot-sequence, no updates needed, no internet connection and what-not. That being said, I am not interested in having a room full of gear, even if it would be all the classics like JP-8s, Memorymoog or huge modular systems. My setup is like 1 meter wide, three tiers within a Jaspers rack, me standing/dancing in front of it. I got all the basics right for enabling myself to make the music I like. Acid techno / house / techno. I do have a macbook, I am an Ableton Live user since the first beta versions pre v1. I know that programm pretty well. I sketch out stuff with it sometimes, but I always get tired after like 30 minutes, whereas creating music with hardware makes me excited and awake. What I don't understand to this very day is why people in electronic music judge the tools so hard in financial regards. I mean, do piano players go crazy like that? Those are instruments, for most of us here, we're using them as toys in our spare time. Why is the money/features-ratio so important? Anyways, have fun guys and girls 😎
@GrantEllman
3 жыл бұрын
Flume had an interesting interview on this. Said all he needs is a fast computer and a good set of monitors in a treated room. Maybe a midi controller. I tend to agree. Minimalism FTW. Limitation = freedom.
@smugler1
3 жыл бұрын
for me, i like physical devices BECAUSE they limit my choices. In a DAW i can go any which direction and that's too much for me. Obviously, i'm not very experienced in the production side. And i'm sure that's a contributing factor.
@eventhorizon1414
3 жыл бұрын
Flume has a lot of hardware equipment.
@GrantEllman
3 жыл бұрын
@@eventhorizon1414 I'm sure he HAS a lot of fun toys. His point on the interview is that all he really NEEDS is a daw and speakers.
@randommcranderson5155
3 жыл бұрын
and bread and water but I bet he eats other things too.
@made.online2149
3 жыл бұрын
limitation = freedom is often an argument for owning hardware. there's infinitely many things you can do with a computer. not so with a box that has a fixed featureset.
@Digiphex
3 жыл бұрын
It's not about your "best work" or "best production", it is about having fun playing with gear, isn't it? My iPad makes great music almost automatically but I never pick it up.
@thereal_ineedHelp
3 жыл бұрын
My 2 cents: I’d say it depends on your end goals. Some want to just have fun and don’t care about “commercial success” or making money. Some people want to be a content creator like the KZitemr Zen World (as I type this Multiplyer literally just said the same thing at 9:04 lol). Zen directly states he doesn’t want to be a “successful/career musician”, he wants to help people achieve that goal with tutorials and selling sound packs, etc. it’s how they pay the bills. Then, some people want to try and be a successful musician, get signed to a label, tour, etc. in this case most successful people will tell you you have to work it like a 9-5 job, and even if you have days/weeks where you lack inspiration or even feel like you hate going into the studio, you do it anyways because quote “you’ve got a job to do.” There’s days where “fun” is the last thing I’m having in the studio lol, but I’m there anyways trying a achieve a goal.
@Shiirai
3 жыл бұрын
If it's your business, I'm pretty sure the only thing that's truly important is that your workflow isn't horrible. Whatever works for you. I can fully understand how 'making your best work' is the most important thing for you. When I create, I'm only truly happy with it when I believe it's the best I could've done.
@WillyJunior
3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like you don't really make or release commercial quality music
@spectralknights2
3 жыл бұрын
@@WillyJunior why only commercial music? It's all about ur passion or hobby
@perrypelican9476
3 жыл бұрын
@@WillyJunior why do you say that? What can you not create using a laptop, an iPad Pro, a sound card, a set of headphones, microphones, a pair of monitors, and a few midi controllers. Every sound can be reproduced with an iPad and software. Any song can be tracked, mixed and mastered with only the previous described stuff.
@zblip22
3 жыл бұрын
You don't need to create something new. You need to create something worthwhile that has a personal touch.
@sushirollusa
3 жыл бұрын
What people will do to get attention, to get views to sell advertising of software products that he is using . Waste of time to watch . Attention Deficit Disorder might be the problem. Music is not about income streams .. Don't Believe what your selling .
@Soloslayer007
3 жыл бұрын
Go spend that 10k on a huge modular setup. Job done
@ZacharySound
3 жыл бұрын
That's debatable I think.
@stringstorm
3 жыл бұрын
I bought a MIDI keyboard thinking it would help me speed up my workflow. It only ended up gathering dust because I discovered that I work faster with an actual keyboard and mouse. Ended up selling it.
@KallusGarnet
2 жыл бұрын
Do you play piano
@charalove6867
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this. It sounds like you are finding value in the open spaces! Congratulations on releasing the instruments that don’t serve you anymore. You have inspired me.
@steveclem7873
3 жыл бұрын
fawkesWayTartzThyzAflyENmazeSoox!?..aintESP!..
@ShopperPlug
3 жыл бұрын
Come on dude, how can you sell your main monitors? I would sell everything but the main monitors, unless I'm upgrading.
@PaulSalamoneComedy
3 жыл бұрын
I can hear the soft sound of synthdads crying in the distance…
@christdolphin69
3 жыл бұрын
i can hear the soy in this comment
@PaulSalamoneComedy
3 жыл бұрын
@@christdolphin69 Actually I was high on seitan when I wrote it
@tylergates4075
3 жыл бұрын
I relate to this very much. It's hard to write a track with all that gear looking at you. And many times I want to start something new, but cant bc I'm still working on something that requires a slightly different signal path and I end up not doing anything. I started doing my sketches in DAW. It's much less distracting and stressful .
@mattwalsh9413
2 жыл бұрын
patch bay. done.
@tylergates4075
2 жыл бұрын
@@mattwalsh9413 True, I gotta look into that
@erestube
3 жыл бұрын
I can relate so much, I almost threw up watching this. Compared with the house's construction, that equipment looked like cheap junk to begin with. By the way, your home needs an animal.
@X-101
3 жыл бұрын
If all you were doing as a 'DJ' was pressing a button and pumping your fist it's prob best your no longer one
@GarrettMusic1
3 жыл бұрын
having stuff that's essential, have 1 thing that does 1 job is important
@DirtyJokesFan
3 жыл бұрын
Great to have you back. Collecting excessive gear can lead to collecting dust as it sits there unused.
@steveclem7873
3 жыл бұрын
YaYaNoKnowENz!!KlookPryTsar!
@tomloftus8275
3 жыл бұрын
Multiplier ! Immediately clicked on this ! Inspiring change of direction ! Looking forward to more videos !
@steveclem7873
3 жыл бұрын
yuh,zo,CauldrenzMaerBrassRite...?ValVozaz!..
@SpecialSaws
3 жыл бұрын
It takes wisdom to know what and why to buy. I like to keep it simple too but on the other hand I don’t like live performances to be on laptops. I like the performance aspect so being able to practice on the equipment I can perform on is crucial. Also important to not have too much gear or honing a craft can be to complicated. My gear fits in a guitar case…4 now
@Hyper5nic
3 жыл бұрын
It always impressed me more to see / hear musicians create music with a very small setup, and so it inspired me to invest more time in refining the creation process than in what instrument to get next. Maybe it helps you too to focus more on that aspect, maybe not too much on sound-design vs sounding good, and much more on spontaneity and fun.
@miserycodebeats1722
Жыл бұрын
I’d say it’s actually more difficult with more gear . No doubt about it
@IAMPolegato
3 жыл бұрын
You're One of many who have inspired me to start attending production school. I been wondering where you went for the past year and I am personally really excited to see you back on the internet! Congratulations on the life upgrades like the new Home, I hope this means the internet world will see more of you soon?
@DemiGodsMusic
3 жыл бұрын
I am the proud new owner of Multiplier's RE20 mic :) Good luck mate with your fresh start, looking forward to more content from you.
@benjamins.335
3 жыл бұрын
Really interesting points you are focussing on. I really understand why you decided to get rid of all that stuff. I sometimes get to the same point. It has some analogy to "renewing" relationships & changing things in your life that makes you restless. Your arguments are comprehensible for studio musicians but for live music? Mhhh. Btw - I accidentally found your video due to hardware reviews because I was looking for a new synth... 😳
@pete3816
3 жыл бұрын
Basically, you sold a heap of stuff you didn’t need and shouldn’t have bought in the first place. What an expensive and wasteful way to discover that you are merely a laptop ‘musician’. If you think the laptop isn’t going to ‘funnel’ you down paths just as much as any other input device, you’re going to be sorely disappointed.
@roelruiz2022
3 жыл бұрын
🥶
@insidethemind6727
2 жыл бұрын
Just to summarize . He sold all his hardware because he doesn't use it .
@skyreadersociety6183
3 жыл бұрын
can affirm that empty table experience, often just keep one or two boxes there - and enjoy having space again.
@phild5322
3 жыл бұрын
10’s thousands lol. Snake oil salesman as always. Cut the bs
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