How to sound TRULY unique (feat. Robert Henke)

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In this video, you're going to learn how to develop a truly unique sound by combining two of my favorite sound design techniques: Field recordings and granular synthesis.
We'll be using Ableton Live 12 with its newly updated granular synth Granulator III, which you can download here: www.ableton.com/en/packs/gran...
Thanks to Ableton for sponsoring this video and giving me the opportunity to speak with Robert Henke, aka Monolake. He's not only the creator of Granulator (and, to a high degree, Ableton Live since the early days), but he's also one of the most forward-thinking yet kind-hearted artists I've ever met.
Watch out for next week, as I'll release the full-length interview with Robert Henke.
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  • @pickyourselfofficial
    @pickyourselfofficial2 ай бұрын

    FREE guide - The Finisher Framework: pickyourself.com/framework

  • @PitchDriftProductions
    @PitchDriftProductions2 ай бұрын

    Congrats on the Ableton sponsorship!!

  • @_Xza_
    @_Xza_Ай бұрын

    Yes please do a tutorial on grain delay. I love using it and would love to see how you use it

  • @mariabr8954
    @mariabr8954Ай бұрын

    super cool! I'm excited to use this technique thanks!

  • @karlklee9418
    @karlklee9418Ай бұрын

    Ambitious Ideas that sound great, good explained. Thank you!

  • @rtoipbezecha4257
    @rtoipbezecha42572 ай бұрын

    So cool! Thanks❤

  • @NIGH.NE.
    @NIGH.NE.2 ай бұрын

    Thanks for this little tutorial, love tips like this. First Class, much respect X

  • @pickyourselfofficial

    @pickyourselfofficial

    2 ай бұрын

    So happy you found it helpful, thanks for the great feedback!

  • @stoxxhunter
    @stoxxhunter2 ай бұрын

    I literally just finished a track using foley sounds from London and now hugely inspired to use granular synthesis on my future tracks. Awesome video! Thanks

  • @pickyourselfofficial

    @pickyourselfofficial

    2 ай бұрын

    That's awesome! Let me know how it goes!

  • @OoraMusic
    @OoraMusicАй бұрын

    Great video!

  • @douglasfugazi
    @douglasfugazi2 ай бұрын

    This video is a piece of cake 🎉 thanks for sharing 💪

  • @pickyourselfofficial

    @pickyourselfofficial

    2 ай бұрын

    It was an absolute pleasure :)

  • @craigheneveld
    @craigheneveldАй бұрын

    Nice one Philip! Thanks for sharing!

  • @pickyourselfofficial

    @pickyourselfofficial

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks Craig 💯🚀

  • @elektroschmaus
    @elektroschmaus2 ай бұрын

    I have a lot of field recordings but have never been able to use them properly. Very inspiring and helpful. Thank you - AND YES, please - give us a deep dive into Grain Delay. Thanks for sharing this. :)

  • @pickyourselfofficial

    @pickyourselfofficial

    2 ай бұрын

    Awesome, so happy you‘re seeing a way to use them now :)

  • @JakobGille2
    @JakobGille22 ай бұрын

    Wonderful!

  • @pickyourselfofficial

    @pickyourselfofficial

    2 ай бұрын

    Thanks Jakob 💯❤️

  • @dominikhoffmann2898
    @dominikhoffmann28982 ай бұрын

    Great video! Super interesting insights from Robert too!!

  • @pickyourselfofficial

    @pickyourselfofficial

    2 ай бұрын

    Thanks Dominik, Robert is such a great artist and kind human being. He deserves all the success in the world.

  • @sub-jec-tiv

    @sub-jec-tiv

    Ай бұрын

    Robert is the very best.

  • @lacrymoboy
    @lacrymoboy2 ай бұрын

    Great video. Thank you. I use a lot Granulator … Never know where I ll end with.

  • @Clic-ac
    @Clic-acАй бұрын

    Great stuff, really interesting & encouraging! And yeh, I'd like to see one about Grain Delay ;-)

  • @duflo0408
    @duflo0408Ай бұрын

    非常棒的分享!

  • @taviimihaimsc
    @taviimihaimsc2 ай бұрын

    brilliant vid

  • @pickyourselfofficial

    @pickyourselfofficial

    2 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much, really appreciate it 💯🙌🏻

  • @mariabr8954
    @mariabr8954Ай бұрын

    please do make a tutorial on grain delay! :D

  • @NoNo-jh5yx
    @NoNo-jh5yx2 ай бұрын

    "One grain, ten thousand grains" -George Ohsawa

  • @pickyourselfofficial

    @pickyourselfofficial

    2 ай бұрын

    Word! :)

  • @sub-jec-tiv
    @sub-jec-tivАй бұрын

    For more on the first technique, check out Ezekiel Honig’s excellent book about using field recordings in music. It explores the ‘why’ to use field recording, more than ‘how,’ which is great because it helps you to understand the topic more deeply and build your own unique ideas. It’s called ‘Bumping Into a Chair While Humming: Listening, Sounds of the Everyday, and the Potential of the Personal.’ I think it’s available as an e-book. (I have the paper version which is gorgeous, if you can find a copy.) Ezekiel was an early pioneer of field recordings in techno-related electronic music. His music is great, too.

  • @liamdjofficial
    @liamdjofficial2 ай бұрын

    The loop you used to demonstrate is quite unique and intriguing! Will you ever turn it into a finished track? 🎶

  • @pickyourselfofficial

    @pickyourselfofficial

    2 ай бұрын

    There’s a high probability ;)

  • @pongmaster123
    @pongmaster1232 ай бұрын

    oh i found a channel of a guy i actually like the sound he makes!

  • @pickyourselfofficial

    @pickyourselfofficial

    2 ай бұрын

    I’m humbled ;)

  • @pongmaster123

    @pongmaster123

    2 ай бұрын

    @@pickyourselfofficial yes and robert is great - saw him some years ago at the terraforma festival in italy- great performance with speakers separeted hundreds of meters on a big field - iirc he plays this year too - actually in 2 weeks, some friends and i are considering going again...lets see

  • @matthewbullock2842
    @matthewbullock28422 ай бұрын

    Thanks. Great video. By the way, which field recording instrument do you use...I'm just starting out in field recording and was wondering what to buy. cheers.

  • @pickyourselfofficial

    @pickyourselfofficial

    2 ай бұрын

    Zoom H6. Super happy with it. Lots of other brands require you to menu-dive a lot just to change the gain. The layout and quality of this one has convinced me :)

  • @GenocidePanda
    @GenocidePanda2 ай бұрын

    everything now is granular or spectral. ready for that next thang

  • @pickyourselfofficial

    @pickyourselfofficial

    2 ай бұрын

    Any idea what could be next? Apart from AI stuff, haha.

  • @GenocidePanda

    @GenocidePanda

    2 ай бұрын

    @@pickyourselfofficial more concatenative synthesis like dillion bastions plugin or better tone transfer. or more plugins like synplant but with more oscillators lmao. AI will definitely be involved in the process tho. it’s inevitable

  • @ObviousArtists

    @ObviousArtists

    Ай бұрын

    Spectular?

  • @JimJohnMarks
    @JimJohnMarksАй бұрын

    Yes please on grain delay

  • @JimJohnMarks

    @JimJohnMarks

    Ай бұрын

    Actually if you could at a minimum demonstrate the pitch shifted reverb thing which Mr Henke described I’d be grateful. I gave it a shot but must misunderstand because it wasn’t anything like what he described.

  • @ironqueen_osrs
    @ironqueen_osrs16 күн бұрын

    This sounds so good! Do you release music and where can i find it?

  • @pickyourselfofficial

    @pickyourselfofficial

    16 күн бұрын

    Thanks so much, that means a lot! In recent years I've worked mainly on 3D-sound installations and sadly, that music is location-specific and only composed for the occasion. You can't really turn it into a (good-sounding) stereo piece that one can stream on Spotify. But the good news is: I'll get back to releasing music in a more "traditional" way as I find it frustrating not being able to share my music outside of these events.

  • @ironqueen_osrs

    @ironqueen_osrs

    16 күн бұрын

    @@pickyourselfofficial Thanks for your answer! I'm looking forward to that moment

  • @333_Tarot
    @333_Tarot2 ай бұрын

    Do you know channel Crescent London? Seems you might like their long (those 1+hr) sets..

  • @pickyourselfofficial

    @pickyourselfofficial

    2 ай бұрын

    Oh super cool, didn‘t know them! Thanks for sharing :)

  • @ET2carbon
    @ET2carbon2 ай бұрын

    The MicroFreak does granular now

  • @60secmusic96
    @60secmusic962 ай бұрын

    geilo!

  • @MentalBlue
    @MentalBlue2 ай бұрын

    Well,... looks like Granulator is only useful for experimental music ? What about showing us a "normal" music production use of Granulator III ?

  • @memecoinmafia2732
    @memecoinmafia27322 ай бұрын

    nice

  • @pickyourselfofficial

    @pickyourselfofficial

    2 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much :)

  • @lilbig3685
    @lilbig36857 күн бұрын

    Thats David Cross

  • @ArielAfk
    @ArielAfk2 ай бұрын

    Electronic music would be much different without Henke, a true game changer

  • @pickyourselfofficial

    @pickyourselfofficial

    2 ай бұрын

    So true! Still an underrated artist in my opinion. He‘s bringing a new album this year, I‘m really excited about it :)

  • @xxsomepeperagez
    @xxsomepeperagez2 ай бұрын

    Can you show us the techniques that Henke describes?

  • @pickyourselfofficial

    @pickyourselfofficial

    2 ай бұрын

    Great idea! I'll see how to integrate them in a future video. Maybe on the grain delay one, that will definitely happen :)

  • @alicer3271
    @alicer32712 ай бұрын

    😂 dishwasher? I thought that's the ocean

  • @pickyourselfofficial

    @pickyourselfofficial

    2 ай бұрын

    Haha, that’s what it turned into

  • @vinylarchaeologist
    @vinylarchaeologist2 ай бұрын

    I really enjoy your videos, but if you could be persuaded to turn off those annoying (to me) and unnecessary (to me) swooshing sounds, that would make them even better (to me) 😅❤

  • @djvictornova9188
    @djvictornova91882 ай бұрын

    Maybe it would more natural to not time stretch your recorded sounds , One you time stretch it becomes similar to a typical loop.. Just an idea... Great video

  • @pickyourselfofficial

    @pickyourselfofficial

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes, there’s a spectrum from totally loose and natural to super “on the grid”. I like a combination of both, at least when the music is dancefloor-oriented and not only experimental. Thanks for the comment! 💯🙌🏻

  • @user-ks8ux4ig6b
    @user-ks8ux4ig6b2 ай бұрын

    I think we're past the days when you could be interesting because you used a new or unusual technique or created new sounds.

  • @joshviggiani9844

    @joshviggiani9844

    2 ай бұрын

    I do not think so. No matter the human endeavor, there are always stones left unturned.

  • @user-ks8ux4ig6b

    @user-ks8ux4ig6b

    2 ай бұрын

    @@joshviggiani9844 I hope you're right

  • @Exterxex

    @Exterxex

    2 ай бұрын

    Maybe, if you have tiktok brain

  • @joshviggiani9844

    @joshviggiani9844

    2 ай бұрын

    @user-ks8ux4ig6b It's impossible to be wrong. To think everything has already been done is just patently empirically incorrect. Use weird sounds and make them sound great and usable. Use great sounds and make them sound greater. Record in the field with a decent mic your actual self striking that cool sounding boingy hollow wooden wall or metal chair. (Actually the best results and 100% unique.) Just don't keep doing the same things and expect different results. Stay blessed.

  • @foljs5858
    @foljs58582 ай бұрын

    Why does this "fully unique" sound like every second moody techno track?

  • @ghfjfghjasdfasdf
    @ghfjfghjasdfasdf2 ай бұрын

    If someone needs to watch a video, yours or anyone elses, to “be” unique… then art might not be their cup of tea to begin with.

  • @SmokyFires9

    @SmokyFires9

    Ай бұрын

    That’s like saying that to be an artist, you must be self- taught

  • @ET2carbon
    @ET2carbon2 ай бұрын

    Sorry, not feeling it

  • @Krung0401

    @Krung0401

    2 ай бұрын

    Apology accepted.

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