Aside from the great review of a beautiful new little box from SonicWare, I have to say True Cuckoo is one of the if not the most positivity driven channels on the KZread. Good job man! Never stop!

@truecuckoo

Жыл бұрын

🥰 thank you so much! 🙏🏼

@allehooop

Жыл бұрын

@Contentibus 😂😂😂

@HumbleInitiative

Жыл бұрын

Such a stress-free zen music producer.

@alb_reuel

Жыл бұрын

cuckoo is the most chill sweetest mellow dude on youtube

@alb_reuel

Жыл бұрын

@@gartgreenside3657 😰

Thank you sooo much for showing us your fantastic workflow for the SmplTrek! 😍😍😍

@truecuckoo

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your work with the SmplTrek. You’re stepping up your game 🙌🏼

@boydw1

Жыл бұрын

How many simultaneous effects can be used? Is there amp envelope & filter control of samples, and any parameter modulation for this?

@blazrodic

Жыл бұрын

@@boydw1 There are 3 FX processors inside: one insert (for one track), one send and one master. Each FX processor has a different set of effects available. You can also resample. Tracks can have eq/filter applied, but that can't be sequenced yet. There is an AR envelope on instrument track.

@mybrighton

Жыл бұрын

Looks like an MC-101 with more accessible features for sampling into the unit, I like it.

This is the only video I've seen so far that really made me want a sampletrek

@robbiep742

Жыл бұрын

Same, I dismissed it at first but it has more features than other samplers at a fraction of the size and price??

Came for the hardware, stayed for the vibes

@truecuckoo

Жыл бұрын

Vibes 🙏🏼 Thanks for staying, mate.

@BeichtstuhlBasement

Жыл бұрын

same!

@gossounddesign8293

Жыл бұрын

Same, hardware brought me in, vibes had me sub

This is the first video where I've realised i'm in the meta-future. We've got a dude, with his own style, and his own mannerisms, teaching us about a seemingly obscure little device from halfway across the globe in a highly professional and aesthetically pleasing manner. I can't put my finger on this, but there's just something about it that is just on another level. Maybe it's the composition work of the camera, the beautiful fashion of our presenter or the, post processing of the audio, maybe it's the next level creative choices like the mirror? But this is like... melding the barrier between a high production studio job and one dude in his room doing his thing. There's an element of cyberpunk here. When I envision us in a 100 years, in our corporate apartments eating our corporate food and watching videos on our corporate eye implants - it'll be these videos, the embodiment of creativity, the pinnacle of the human spirit (to create, and share and, enlighten) that will drive us through. I don't really think I got my point through on this one, but this is not only art, and a documentary, and a review... it's something else. and it's good.

@truecuckoo

Жыл бұрын

❤️🙏🏼

@drownthepoor

6 ай бұрын

I find Red Letter Media to have taken the major KZread career to a wild place. Their whole VCR Repair Shop and uniforms, and then also the Mr. Plinkett's House set. Plus the sets they have for their game shows, and Best Of The Worst. But yes, him using a single camera, and the mirror is a very stylish choice.

I love that fully analog PiP feature made with a makeup mirror .😊 Great channel!

@akf2000

Жыл бұрын

😃😃😃 I didn't even notice until I read this

@MrGuma888

Жыл бұрын

This is Cuckoo trademark :D

@jepulis504

Жыл бұрын

I just came to comment on that. Such a vibe. So glad to have found this channel. ☺️

@Tapepusher

10 ай бұрын

Is it one of those concave ones that magnifies the zoom? I really like the analog-ness of it, I want to do the same but not sure which type of mirror to get 🤔

I've been dying for this video....and for my SmplTrek to arrive! Thanks Cuckoo. You are a treasure!

@truecuckoo

Жыл бұрын

❤️🙏🏼

@duster8373

Жыл бұрын

mine just showed up so hopefully that means yours is just around the corner

@jboulderct

Жыл бұрын

@@duster8373 fingers crossed for this week...

@P-S-T

Жыл бұрын

@@jboulderct Did you get it? What’s your thoughts?

@jboulderct

Жыл бұрын

@@P-S-T Mine came on Tuesday evening. As of now, I've just been playing around with functionality and recording some already made loops from my Circuit Rhythm, just to get a feel for things. Going to load my sample library this weekend and really dive in. So far I love it, as I have always been aware of the limitations.

Showing your face through a mirror is one of the coolest filming tricks ever

Brilliant! I love the journey you take your listeners on in your videos....simple bass/snare/HH beat to a finished idea! What a fun ride! Thank you for sharing!

you have so much calm talking that I almost got sleeping watching this

Came for the deml, stayed for the chill amd happy vibes. Thx brother :)

@truecuckoo

5 күн бұрын

Thanks for popping by, and vibing! :D

oh lord, i just randomly came across your channel and I am already in love with your vibe. a really wholesome review, thanks for that.. looking forward to view more of your stuff

Great showcase of this fantastic device! Really love the song you put together ❤️

Bro this is so cool, and I really enjoyed what you created. I appreciate you and KZread's algorithm for showing me this.

Thanks for this Cuckoo. My smpltrek arrives tomorrow so this is really helpful.

What a delicious vibe. This might be the sampler I’ve been looking for. Thanks

I play my XFM and 8bw just about every day, still, since they came out. So happy to see you love the SmplTrek. Sonicware deserves some big fans! Can't wait to see what you think of the Lofi-12

Thank you for having a calming voice. I have seriously painful headaches and you truly are calming. Have this review on repeat. Plus you make beautiful music and review great gear.

This was absolutely great!!! Also, my 1st time seeing you and I have to say I'm hooked! I can't wait to watch all of your other content! Thank you

@truecuckoo

Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks Evans! Glad you found me :D I've got a lot of electronic music related videos to backtrack ❤️

i love watching other musicians create music in their own ways. it's inspiring. i wish there were more purpose driven recording devices.

ahh, thank you for actually showing what to do with the little device instead of just how to do it in all the other reviews I have been watching so far. Great video! The SmplTrek is such a cute little box, and reminds me of a Tricorder from Star Trek TOS. I'm very happy that I received mine this week, and pretty sure that it's going to become much better still in future firmware iterations, though it's really usable right now also. Just need to step up my Sample collecting.

Your passion is amazing, you are my favourite synthtuber and people like you really show how much joy can be had through these amazing devices. You introduced me to Sonicware with your 8Bit Warps video and I agree, they've really come a long way and made something special here (again). This video was also something special, thanks dude. You put a big smile on my face :)

@truecuckoo

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Much love 🙏🏼

Appreciated the zoomed screen in the top right. Pleasantly transparent. :)

Nice demo, thanks for that. I have one on order and from what I see here it does everything I need it to.

I took a big gamble and backed this. I was pretty surprised when mine actually showed up yesterday. I was immediately stuck by the GameboyMaxx form factor too. I like the way it feels in my hands. Pretty excited by it. Always a treat to watch you try out a new gadget!

What a joy to watch a craftsman at work. I Love Cuckoo.

Hello Cuckoo !! - I love your videos / reviews from new hardware releases !!! - cheers Rio / Brazil

this thing functions so similarly to the step sequencer of the Korg app, which is how I introduced myself to music theory and production. seeing it in the hands of a practiced master gives me so much encouragement to keep up with it, even though the pitfalls of self-education have netted me more than a few financial losses and project failures. this machine makes sense to me. I'm so excited to get my hands on this

@brotusclips

Жыл бұрын

it also functions similarly to the sequencing functions of the KeyStep Pro, which I also happen to own. it's more visually clear how the scenes are organized and how the songs are structured around the scenes, however, so I'm also pumped to pair my KeyStep up with this. and my 8bitWarps. so thrilling :)

By far the best review of a product on the tube! Explained it very clearly. I want one now.

Loving the little song you just made. Makes me wanna try and give this a go.

I don't know how you are in life. But your vibe just made my day. Hope you're doing good. Keep creating king

@truecuckoo

Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! Let’s vibe ✨

I like this! Definitely will be picking one up in the new year.

It was few years ago that youtube brought to me your review. Since that day i never been disappointed ) Thanks dude !

I always love how relaxing and ASMR like your videos are❤️, just pure flow that I could listen to for hours, ACE🙌🏻

@truecuckoo

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏼

@ZetaCarinae

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I know I don't want this device but I'm listening anyway.

This device looks very interesting. Great demo as usual! 👌

Very nice review! Loved the jams too. Cheers!

I love seeing the Nausicaa books in the background of your videos. I just finished reading all 7 volumes last week. Wow.

this is amazing for long train rides - might have to look into getting one of these - love that its made by a smaller company too

A lot of slick production decisions here. The beauty mirror instead of a second camera. Compositing the synth's screen in the top right corner. Hard not to admire doing this sort of work with those design aesthetics.

Was just here from Reverb and this is the first vid I'm watching. And I'm loving this - thanks dude I'm a guitarist and just getting in to this world.

I don't even own a single piece of hardware but i love watching these anyway :D also love your sweater in this vid Cuckoo! lovely colors

@dezelve

Жыл бұрын

Hahah same. I do have a 404A tho. Use it as an FX box.

Nice song, good quality, interesting tool. Thanks for review

You have the happiest chillest vibe man

Perfect! Just needs the sound of a distant train rattling through city nightscape on its way to who knows where ...

Such a nice look! Love your channel!

Love the Nausicaa book on the side! I bought that as a present for my sister a few years ago.

Always a chill time. Cheers

Really cool tool, fun way to chill

Great review. This is the best I've heard it sound thus far. I was getting a lil worried that the sound was a lil muddy coming out the unit. Can't wait for mine to arrive.

@truecuckoo

Жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏🏼 As with all samplers, it all starts with the samples, and then you build from there.

@StrillLife

Жыл бұрын

@@truecuckoo true true... Garbage in garbage out.

possibly one of those instruments that creates a new genre by accident.

thank you for the demo , really intersting

Sick!!! amazing workflow and musical vibe. ⚛ Respect

Thank you so much Cuckoo san! 🙏🙏🙏🥹❤ I enjoy to watch your workflow and music!

@markn8535

Жыл бұрын

You da man Yu Endo

@truecuckoo

Жыл бұрын

❤️

@eightytwenty2368

Жыл бұрын

I am not surprised that you and Cuckoo have brought this many views together on this video. It's a super product which I am very much enjoying, but the musicality and life Cuckoo has brought to the workflow has brought be back to this clip multiple times to get a better understanding workflow of the obvious charm of this device.

I have an SP-404MKII but I want this! Great video 😁

LOVE the idea of a quarter inch mount on the bottom. That's incredible and I think more companies could benefit from this addition. HATE USB micro in 2022 😭😭😭😭😭 As always, awesome video!

@zbsfm

Жыл бұрын

yeah, seriously, there's no excuse for micro usb. THE WORST

@zebarzebra

Жыл бұрын

@@zbsfm I absolutely agree, but you only really need it for Firmware updates - right?

@zbsfm

Жыл бұрын

@@zebarzebra audio interface mode as well, unfortunately

@truecuckoo

Жыл бұрын

Firmware updates on SD card. USB for audio interface operation.

i love this channel. it feels like a secret bar that i`ll come and visit one day and there will be a million subs.

@truecuckoo

Жыл бұрын

🧡 Right now it's just us cat people :D

Nice review, glad you're enjoying it too. Love that beat you made 😁👌

This looks like something I was looking for. :)

Brilliant use of the mirror 🙂

This one convinced me to become a patron. FWIW, my first Patreon membership!

@truecuckoo

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Thomas! I appreciate it 🙏🏼

Lol u are touched,always make good music with every single machine u touch!!thanks u too much!!

I have no idea why this came up in my feed, as I am not a musician, but while watching I said to myself several times, "I really like this guy". Consider me subscribed, to watch videos of you speaking of things I know nothing about.

@truecuckoo

Жыл бұрын

I love it. Thanks for stopping by Sharon 🙏🏼

That was a great demo have seen some others and they didn’t do what you did or say but for what I can see it’s a lovely bit of kit and it’s just released give them some time to take all the feedback and eventually they will iron out everything they possibly can great job sonicwaree

@truecuckoo

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah, it’s hard to know what the cpu and memory overhead is, and what is possible vs not possible. But I think it can be improved a lot and become even better with firmware updates.

@SONICWARE

Жыл бұрын

@@truecuckoo We promise to keep updating the firmware!

@sambeard4428

Жыл бұрын

@@SONICWARE if only I could order it in the Netherlands! Such an amazing little box it seems :)

Little studios in a box are awesome, so you can just grab it and make songs. I have a Deluge for that, and it made me so much more productive. But if I didn't already have that I'd probably get this. Really clever to have a high gain mic input and a high impedance guitar input that also can do stereo line in.

@roryjineffect

Жыл бұрын

I have a Deluge, love how immediate it is, but have a SmplTrek on the way, different beast for different times and *even smaller*.

🔥 vocals and beat 🎧 🎶

great job! great vibes!

Top man, best review of this yet!

SmplTrek vs SP404mk2 vs Blackbox?

That's one funky looking game boy haha

Great warm vid! Hello from cold Siberia

ah yeah I heard about this last summer! super neat a wizard such as you has their hands on one. much love - leopard moth/dream time labyrinth

Expecting mine after this weekend! :)

This could totally be a Metronomy song. Even vocals match :o Great work!

@fruglanii8516

Жыл бұрын

yeess!!

@Old299dfk

Жыл бұрын

Metronomy are my favourite band... so I guess we're friends now xD

I can certainly understand your enthusiasm.

Brother, I love you so much. You have no idea the weird shit you inspire me to do. Thank you for that!

@truecuckoo

Жыл бұрын

❤️🧡❤️🧡

Holy crap dude! The final song you created with this beauty hardware is insane, thanks! Can we listen to a final audio version somewhere ? Cheers, love and music :)

that's interesting , that skat Cuckoo is doing is something Anthony Kedis would do according to Rick Rubin, producer and music technician. Just getting the feel for the rhythm and tempo and then adding in poetry and phrases later. Very neat to see. This sampler looks like fun. Great video. Even better en promptu beats ! Cuckoo throws down ... HARD ! Thanks for sharing. Thumbs up.

Great. Nice atmosphere 🎧

Love your 2nd camera lowtech hack.

affordable sampler that can actually sample AND edit. this company gets it. no more leaving out good features for only pricier flagship models. im very interested.

Very interesting.

reminds me a lot of the minimal house coming out of romania. lovely stuff.

As usual a master art work or play.

@truecuckoo

Жыл бұрын

❤️🙏🏼

This chap just chills me out, great to watch after another long day at work...Keep it up

@truecuckoo

Жыл бұрын

thanks Cap'n!

Subscribed the moment you made sound effects lol 😅

Listening to you talk is so soothing 🤣

Great job being entertaining and educational simultaneously... Kit creation is kind of the most boogie bear part of the SmplTrek... and there doesn't seem to be a way back in to re-edit the kit once it's created and saved... also getting SEND FX to work requires that each pad have that feature boosted on the 2nd page of the Instrument Parameters for the kit... that bit me... and I had to create the whole kit from scratch to figure out why the Factory Kits worked with SEND FX but my custom Kit did not work. Gots ta dig deep and be sure before you commit, for now. I have a feeling that existing Kit Editing will be added into the firmware sometime soon. It's a cool box and building yer own Drum Kits makes it even better. Viva la RhythmAce. The color options per pad in the Kits is awesome and the multi-choke groups is nifty... even actually like the per pad send FX level... to just keep the kick out of the SEND FX altogether... but keep yer head in the game when making your own Drum Kits fer sher.

Love to see your channel has grown and see u smile. Keep it up, your passion for music tech is an inspiration.

dzięki stary, sprawiłeś że z chujowego dnia udało mi się wycisnąć szczyptę radości, zajebista persona z ciebie. TRANSLATE IF U CARE or not and let this go away

this gives me hope for youtube again 🤩

This looks great!... I'm a sucker for those battery powered samplers😀

@truecuckoo

Жыл бұрын

The battery the better 🙌🏼😅

@dezelve

Жыл бұрын

Wish it had a built in battery tho. Or are you able to charge the batteries inside by plugging in a cable into the device? (Still watching the vid now. Maybe it gets answered. In that case nvm.)

@dannyvalentino328

Жыл бұрын

@@truecuckoo I see what you did there 😂😂😂

seems like a cool sampler!, but can also give a tip for everyone that does not have budget for these "expensive" sampler, and finding the korg volcas to be too much of a toy, is to get a second hand emu-systems emulator 4 sampler. 128MB ram, 128 voices polyphone. big screen to edit samples, lots of great sounding filters, d/as that sound incredible. and all this for the price of a volca sampler. (yes its 2nd hand).. ive also bought a few esi32 for $50 each, 32voices poly and 16MB ram , and fitted with scsi2sd adapters for using sdcards as harddrives. also yamahas old A-line samplers are often found around $50, and they can even be used as a fx-unit, so I am on search for those now.

yo dope vibes man cheers

So cool!

Very nice pulover!

El mejor (the best) True Cuckoo!!!

Sonicware are making some really great gear lately 👍

You just won a new subscriber

it sounds cuckoo ... interesting box, yeah the formfaktor

Wow you have such a good soul. Feel myself just smiling watching you 😊