Ten points if you spot the typo.

@Stevensonnnnnn

10 ай бұрын

Similarillyilly ;-) Great review. Might need to check this out.

@StephenMcLeod

10 ай бұрын

@@Stevensonnnnnn I cannae say that word but it's not the one!!

@mikevanderheiden

10 ай бұрын

I can't read😢

@StephenMcLeod

10 ай бұрын

@@mikevanderheiden I cannae spell, so we're even.

@yongamusic

10 ай бұрын

Roland D-11

Nice one! I do like your take on the whole music theory thing - and humour 😊

@StephenMcLeod

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!!

This one had missed me by in my hunt for a sequencing/arp assistant, thanks for the heads up

@StephenMcLeod

8 ай бұрын

It's well worth a look!

Sounds like it likes the M8 also! I do like a lovely arp, this has got me very interested!

@StephenMcLeod

10 ай бұрын

It works soooo well with the M8. All cyclically and cool.

Pretty cool bit of kit. New colour palette for your videos?

@StephenMcLeod

10 ай бұрын

Started shooting in SLOG for better details and nonsense, so using conversion LUTs... but they are very dependent on the ambient light/white balance, so I'm experimenting a bit!

@RabRabNZ

4 ай бұрын

It's the ASM hydrasynth scheme 👌

seems like it has some similarities with how the torso T1 does melody sequencing (basically a very flexible arp you can nudge in different ways)

@StephenMcLeod

10 ай бұрын

Seems like I need to get myself a Torso!

Great video. And probably resulting in me buying one as I hadn't come across it. I note you, (and others in the comments), mention the NDLR - I think there are similarities (obviously) but agree that the NDLR is more complicated - probably because of the 2 "Motif" or mono voices. There is also the Torso Electronics T1 which is sort of similar but has 16 channels and can do both drums and notes. And is really easy to use as well as also being a beautiful piece of design. Although it is possible more generative and less easy to directly control but even without a screen it is easy to see what is going on. And with an Op-Z makes a really interesting setup you can almost carry in your pocket...

@StephenMcLeod

10 ай бұрын

Torso T1 is an interesting one! I haven't tried that out myself. I'll need to do some digging.

My question here is. Can it play polyrhythms? And if so, will the polyrhythm work with the toraiz sp16? If so that would be a game changer for the sp16

@StephenMcLeod

2 ай бұрын

Hmm when you mean work with the Toraiz SP16... whatdya mean?

Cool piece of gear. 👍

@StephenMcLeod

10 ай бұрын

I love weirdo dedicated boxes like this!!

Would love to see how you would setup and play something like you mentioned, from scratch : external sequencer/synth and Arp. Maybe a Deluge or a Play, or even a Circuit (with 2 external sound modules) - or recommend a good video on the topic.

@StephenMcLeod

9 ай бұрын

I haven't come across a specific from scratch video like that but it should be fairly straightforward to do. That's what I was doing with the M8 effectively. It was sending the notes out to the ARP to shift the sequence.

That dirty wave M8 went hard.

@StephenMcLeod

7 ай бұрын

Hey thanks!

Uhm, 12:05, the Deepmind is not multi-timbral... How many points do I get for that?

@StephenMcLeod

10 ай бұрын

Ah pish. Slip of the tongue. You win the extra bonus prize!!!! FAAAKK

@xarisal

10 ай бұрын

@@StephenMcLeod You were probably thinking of the Blofeld?

@StephenMcLeod

10 ай бұрын

Let's go with that

Rad Sir!

someone knows how it compares/differs with the "NDLR" or the "Kordbot"?

@StephenMcLeod

6 ай бұрын

Ooh I've never seen the Kordbot before...

There's a midi generator called the T1 that works like this . In fact, there a a few of them that I'm fascinated by like T1 , Hapax. This midi cake looks soo cool. Wowww

@StephenMcLeod

10 ай бұрын

I have a Hapax! It's not quite to the level of the midicake for arps though. It is an awesome sequencer but.

@audiolego

10 ай бұрын

@@StephenMcLeod I think for creative ideas, Midicake is going to be my friend. I'm so used to step sequencing on Renoise and or MPCX to get those 16ths basslines. It's really trial and error . Midicake, it's pre order now. I want one.

Neat piece of gear to play with. And I agree with your take on music theory. Someone without an understanding of music theory knows that a melody sounds good. Someone with an understanding of music theory knows WHY a melody sounds good. But the "rules" of composition go extremely deep, and not everyone needs a doctorate level understanding of composition, any more than you need to be a world class chef to make a tasty dinner. I understand what's happening in most jazz music, but having an understanding doesn't make me like it. I'd prefer a good strong melody over someone playing "outside" of a song.

@StephenMcLeod

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to reply! Jazz is something I've started to get into and appreciate lately - though that was probably brought on by mind enhancing substances. I'd love to learn more about it/be able to play it, but I am no good. As I've got older I've made more of an effort to understand theory, and it's been rewarding - but my brain just does not work that way unfortunately.

Why cant I find one for sale anywhere?

@StephenMcLeod

3 ай бұрын

www.midicake.com/product-page/midicake-arp

The MidiCake sounds great in this video. Arpeggios are not easy to play and not hard if you understand how to play chords on keys. But if an ARP generator can do that for you so beautifully with one touch why learn any skills when buttons can be pressed when writing 'non-live' performance? I really like the look and sound of this device and the potential to hook it up to other hardware.

@StephenMcLeod

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for commenting! It's really nicely put together.

I have a NDLR and it's rubbish for UI as you have a tiny screen, this looks a ton more fun.

@StephenMcLeod

10 ай бұрын

The screen definitely helps to understand wtf is going on!

@dankeplace

10 ай бұрын

@@StephenMcLeod I had a good read, this seems right up my alley and I am familiar with how these bits work, and it's not too expensive so I may in the future get one. Just need to see if they're available locally 1st. Much appreciated for the vid, I would never have know it existed.

@StephenMcLeod

10 ай бұрын

It definitely deserves some more attention!

@remka2000

9 ай бұрын

I still need to take time to understand mine. Their (Midicake) channel has a bunch of tutorials but I am still missing something showing an actual jam-ish setup from start to finish (which the ndlr kinda had).

I imagine I'd be using this MIDICAKE with a Gameboy/MGB combo!! 🤯AND I hope this typo you speak of is when you put "one" instead of "other"?!?! Otherwise, I'm stumped!! 🤣🐀

@StephenMcLeod

10 ай бұрын

WHAT. WHEN IS ONE VERSUS OTHER

pound shop NDLR

@StephenMcLeod

10 ай бұрын

I actually prefer this over the NDLR from what I've seen. What strengths do you think NDLR has over ARP?

Of course actually learning theory can be 90% discovering relationships yourself and 10% being told what to do. There certainly isn't a need to be a dull conformist to become an actual musician.

@StephenMcLeod

9 ай бұрын

I always enjoyed learning theory more when I was doing it on my own. I've found it very hard to get it to stick though - at least in terms of scales and chords and what notes go where and what numbers mean in relation to what.

@electrosonicnebula

9 ай бұрын

@@StephenMcLeod Have you tried playing along to your favorite records with no particular ambition except for it to sound close enough? That'll show you many many things that will help you compose. I also put up reminders on the wall, for example when I tried to get into the circle of fifths and how to use it I would get it in the moment but then forget pretty soon. It really helped to put one up on the wall with all the right useful annotations on it and then inevitably see it every day even though I wasn't necessarily playing on that day. I also put up some chord diagrams and some info about modes that exited one ear as soon as they entered the other. I only put up the select stuff that actually made sense and that I found exciting/useful but required memorization and practice.

@StephenMcLeod

9 ай бұрын

@@electrosonicnebula Occasionally, but not a lot, as it's not something that especially excites me. I've never enjoyed playing covers or anything like that, and I quickly get bored. I got the circle of fifths watch a while back when I really got into all of that, but like you said... totally forgot. It's something I should go back and look at again, as I have come to appreciate the value of theory as I got older.

@electrosonicnebula

9 ай бұрын

@@StephenMcLeod Well nice use of Mixolydian on I Bought the Moon anyway :-)

@electrosonicnebula

9 ай бұрын

and Dorian over that Eb I guess lol. I'm generally confused

Blokas Midi Hub...

@StephenMcLeod

10 ай бұрын

Arturia Microfreak...

No sorry bro. Music is math. If you do not understand the math you can still have fun but noone will listen to dissonance. Learn it. It is very rewarding and fairly easy.

@StephenMcLeod

27 күн бұрын

The premise of your statement is that if you don't learn theory then you won't produce anything other than dissonance, which is demonstrably not the case. :)

@emilbergdahl3063

24 күн бұрын

@@StephenMcLeod of course not but there will be an ill note every now and again which will lower the pleasure listening to that music. There will then be a sea of alternatives that do not feature these bummers. Not one hit has been produced that features capital harmonic mistakes. Ppl hear this and dislike it consciously or not.

@StephenMcLeod

24 күн бұрын

@emilbergdahl3063 you can identify these issues without having to grasp the theoretical side of music though. Learning theory isn't required to avoid dissonance.

@emilbergdahl3063

21 күн бұрын

@@StephenMcLeod if you are able to identify these things you, per definition, know music theory brother.

@StephenMcLeod

21 күн бұрын

@emilbergdahl3063 that doesn't mean I can create scales or sroeggiations by choosing note values. That's what I was speaking about.