Big smiles to all and especially thanks to Ben DivKid

Tom's one of the most upstanding designers/manufacturers I've ever dealt with. His modules sound genuinely excellent and he really seems like a 100% quality dude. For small things, he's actually refused payment and asked me to donate money to Doctors Without Frontiers. He's the real deal, and I'll bet his kid will grow up rad, too. Thanks for this, @divkidvideo!

@curtguitarstuff

3 жыл бұрын

agree 100%

@princetonimran7524

2 жыл бұрын

I dont mean to be so off topic but does someone know of a way to log back into an instagram account..? I was dumb forgot my account password. I appreciate any tricks you can offer me!

I really enjoyed this and am happy to be a supporter of an independent creator like Tom.

Tom is amazing! I tend to approach modular synthesis from a different perspective when I play my bugbrand system! can't wait for him to continue building new and inspiring instruments! Thanks for the Interview DivKid! :)

So much fun to hear the mind behind Bugbrand

Really nice interview. Nice to hear how it grew up.

this was super interesting. I always love hearing from designers

Great interview Ben, Tom is a top guy & that really comes through ... the spring tanker is definitely on my want list 😀👍🏻

Glad I stumbled on this interview. It's been over 10 years since I acquired a BugBrand rack. In all my emails with Tom he's been super nice. I am really impressed with the way his packaging engineering has developed. Choosing his own standards has let his designs become refined. If Tom's lull period with making the blue modules hadn't coincided with my growing interest in Eurorack, I'd no doubt have investing thousands into more BugBrand. I will check it out again.

@DivKid

Жыл бұрын

HI Richard, I'd love a BugBrand system. For now I just have the PTDelay red box which is one of my favourite delays. The filters in that are gorgeous as is his dialling in of the circuit around the PT chip which doesn't always sound like this in other PT delay designs (pedals/modules etc). I hope we have Tom back designing and releasing things soon.

Tom's work is truly inspiring. Thanks for sharing this outstanding conversation.

Amazing interview! With TOM. He is now carrying the torch for the FRAC format after John Blacet untimely passing

@DivKid

5 ай бұрын

Tom's great, good reminder (your comment) that I have another chat I had with Tom back in late September. I've just been so busy with other video work to get that finished but I will do sometime soon.

@heliumsoundzzz

4 ай бұрын

@@DivKid I'm looking forward

@jammystraub488

Ай бұрын

@@DivKid It'd be great to hear it :)

Its great to put a face on a name and online friend I’ve known for ages - thanks for this!

Great interview. I just popped my banana cherry with a DRM2 and it’s blowing my mind. It’s going to be great friends with my Octatrack!

Wonderful Interview - thanks Ben, thanks Tom! I always imagined Tom as about 25 years older (such is his knowledge and sharing of information on the forums)!!! Great to hear about the process, thank you!

I must have been one of those CHOSEN ONES that happily, by pure CHANCE just happened upon Bug Brand in the VERY early years... I honestly STILL believe that Tom will re-find his TRUE artistic-electronic self: I was COMPLETELY bowled over by his quirky "salad-bowl" electronica back then : MAN! what KNOBS !!! #respect . . . I have often wondered if the "market" didn't (unfairly) overtake tom with his tactile gear. more so to my own sorrow! (imho) I see Tom as being PRE-KorgKaosPad !! I confess to having WISHED he might have taken us further in that direction... MAYBE he might feel inspired ;) STILL Tom remains a HUGE personal inspiration to me as stand-alone designer aka architect ;) BRAVO tom

@DivKid

Жыл бұрын

I wish I'd have found Tom and his work early on I was only very vaguely aware of it when I got into Eurorack but it's been a pleasure to look into further and get to meet Tom since then.

Really nice interview Ben thanks. Tom seems like a really sound guy and it was great to get an insight into his workflow into making such great pieces of kit.

I wish over in this here ‘New World’, the people could and would take a lesson from countries all abroad, Sweden and places where they seem to know how to take care and mind their neighbor’s well being. We should follow their leads, and instill into our society a sense not only of training / development of skills and proficiencies, but of just ‘neighborly love’ - just caring for ourselves as a society at large. Instead of sending would be inventors and innovators to law school, to go waste money and swindle our own families, shouldn’t we maybe try something a little more like team work, and new ways to think and experiment with the new?! It’s serving other countries some good, so why don’t we take a lesson? Thanks for uploading this whole interview, it’s great bits of discussion, very inspiring!

really enjoying watching this Ben awesome!

what a great guy!!

Great interview. Really want to try his stuff out. Has always seemed super cool. He’s got some interesting ideas

Excellent interview!!! Thanks!!

This was fantastic

@DivKid

6 ай бұрын

Good reminder (things are busy here, so a few things had to go on the back burner) that I have another conversation recorded with Tom from a few months back ... coming soon!

Lovely interview. BugBrand seems great, and something I keep looking into to augment my 2 Phenol synths. Bananas are great. I love how all outputs are their own mults.

Thanks for this rare glimpse into the Bugbrand brand and the man behind it. I tried for years to get a Weevil and then the modular stuff but it always sold out, quickly. Never even seen a Bugbrand module or Red box in person. Your products Tom are rare as hens teeth over here across the pond.

@P00pahS00pah

4 жыл бұрын

They're not that hard to get now - lots in stock at the moment actually. And about 50% heads over Stateside too!

@northerntao

4 жыл бұрын

I live in Alaska, and I finally got a DRM2. It was worth the wait. Keep trying!

Really inspiring conversation

Superb!

hey look at that Local 44 sticker! philly in the house

great chat as always, thanks to both of you for taking the time. Could you share a link for the tasty music at the beginning and end?

@DivKid

4 жыл бұрын

I just threw that together quickly on train trip down to London (unrelated to this video) to have some bespoke music for the video. Maybe I should make a full track.

@emptyvesselnz

4 жыл бұрын

@@DivKid yep, maybe you should!

kinda remind me of mark hamill looks wise! build a lightsaber module!

Track in the first 10 seconds?

@DivKid

4 жыл бұрын

something I threw together quickly while on the train to London recently. Might turn it into a full track, got a media library album to do in the coming months so it would fit that.

@ljs8888

4 жыл бұрын

@@DivKid Awesome, it's an immediately great sound.

Behringer need to get on this.... lol