The comedic timing of talking about saying the wrong thing, then immediately saying "Do you ever want to top yourself?" hahahaha!

Love this edition and can resonate with a lot of the points - the "what you want vs what you need" thing is a continuous journey of discovery! Thanks for the brilliant content!

@mylarmelodies

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for supporting m8 🙌

Filling the gap in the modular is one of my favourite ways to find out about modules I have never heard of. I often intentionally mock up a skiff with different combinations of modules I own which will result in different 'left over' amounts of hp. Then, I search for modules with the exact hp remaining and then there's a few hours gone to reading right away.

1:08:46 Sam's answer blew my tiny mind. I genuinely need time to process the amount of thoughts it triggered lol. Great convo guys

Love the conversation about simplicity and knowing when to stop. Something like Selected Ambient Works II, for example, takes an impressive level of constraint to pull off.

Great conversation! And always great to come away from listening to an interview with piles of new things to read and explore. ❤

Thanks guys, this was a fantastic interview!

I just watched this all the way through again... the best why we bleep!

The two KZreadrs I like the most! Fantastic pairing. I hope you guys don't mind being nicknamed "Gnome" (Alex) and "Goblin" (Sam), when I explain you both to my wife. (It's a World of Warcraft reference, where both groups are tinkerers, some more controlled than others. Needless to say, they often cause wanted or unwanted colourful explosions.) Thanks for the great content from both of you! And happy belated Christmas and happy new year!

@mylarmelodies

6 ай бұрын

I’ve been called far worse, don’t worry 😂 Merry Christmas and happy new year!! Wishing plentiful bleeps in 24 x

@treschlet

6 ай бұрын

This is perfect XD

I really enjoy your long chats with such interesting people. Thanks also for the book suggestions. It’s great to know people still enjoy reading, even if it’s just listening to someone reading. ❤

Wish I just had the energy level Sam has, I'm struggling with my projects. But I'm 44 and have a chronical illness. But music helps me a lot to deal with it.

Alex- very recently reflashed the lead on my chimney, so held a fist up in your honor when you talked about your building project and the "think like a rain drop" sentiment (paraphrase). This was a worthwhile conversation, and the first I've heard of this series. Alex, you have a knack for a natural and engaging interview -thank you. Sam really hit home with me when he spoke about the desire for more options when instead what we all really want is less- dropping science. yay!

Lovely video. I think something that works for me when it comes to learning coding/electronics is having a project you want to do. That makes it really easy to find the motivation and direction to go learn.

Nice talk. Also it’s interesting to hear how you both get along with KZread as other synths KZreadrs seem to struggle a lot with the platform. I hope you can keep your enthusiasm in the videos. See you next year.

Yeah, you guys distracted me from doing my work :) Great conversation, thank you!

Great interview, being a builder tinker I can relate to Sam immersing himself into his projects. Fun to see him in this format!

Love this. You're a great host.

@mylarmelodies

Ай бұрын

thanks m8 x

this was such a treat. Sam is such a humble guy, there's definite genius in there but he plays it down like it's nothing. He just seems like a genuinely Lovely bloke

@chriszanf

6 ай бұрын

The 'genius' label is bandied about, mostly over- and inappropriately used and unfairly puts people on pedestals. Sam explained it all himself: he picked up his willingness to experiment from his dad, who did it out of financial necessity. What Sam said was a lot more empowering than just labelling him a genius. Anyone can do what he does - its all trial and error and repetition establishes knowledge to reduce future failure. What most people dont have is that willingness to experiment and *fail* because, and this could be blamed on SM, we usually only see peoples carefully curated successes and not how may times they tried beforehand.

Great chat. Sam's a nice guy. Had a brief chat with him in February at synth east in Norwich whilst perusing various Korg synths. That was a good surmise at the end. Reminded me of a interview with a Hospice nurse who said that very few dying patients wished they had worked more or worked harder.

Great chat guys.

I’m an illustrator who dabbles in a bit of music production and this was such a great and useful convo especially with regards to the creative process, it applies to all crafts, so thanks for this, feel inspired.

What a treat!

i’ve not heard every single episode, but this is probably the best episode of WWB

nice chat, Alex, Sam nice close out too, Alex, thanks for that 🙂

Organic conversations about Synths, creative process and plumbery are the best. ....Also 1:03:44

The external signal processor on the MS-20 is great... for making fat distortion, filtering a signal, and make gates and envelope following. Sound to pitch-cv though... State of the art at the ancient time... which means almost unuseable.

Bleeping on Boxing Day! Cheers 🎉

I related so much to the first 3 minutes of Sam's description of himself cause I've felt that way about myself for years.

Very good, yes.

What a great episode. The part about making things worse and then it gets better. This is what you miss when following internet guides. You don't learn 100 ways to not do the thing - the failures are probably a better learning experience.

...don't feel intimidated,.... great attitude. I worked as a metal worker, then you work along other trades, 90° is square and a tape measure is universal. My dad didnt teach me anything, but I saw him repair his car and house bashing, so I just had a go, because thats the norm.

Fantastic conversation, I thoroughly enjoyed it. So many truths to consider. I have been following what Sam is doing for a couple of years now, and gets me interested in a few things that I can also add to my DIY projects. The stuff you two mentioned about what to REMOVE when designing a module is absolutely true. I have had to work through the struggle of feature creep so many times when working on my own modules. I have a bit of a request to make, Mylarmelodies - not sure if it's on your radar or not, but have you considered trying to get Moritz Klein on a 'Why We Bleep'? Another DIY'er I've followed for several years, since he not only designs his own circuits but also takes time to explain how they work (and demonstrate it). I think you two could have a fantastic conversation about what it's been like for him to work with Erica Synths. Cheers!

That custom Rhodes is truly outrageous! If you lived in Las Vegas I’d ask you to build me a pink synthesizer like Kimber’s from the 80s Jem and the Holograms cartoon! You are awesome! 🎹🤟

the answer to "what should I put in this 4hp hole?" is always "a blank panel"

@mylarmelodies

6 ай бұрын

or “a mult - to better use what you already have”

@dillipphunbar7924

6 ай бұрын

or a passive DIY LPG@@mylarmelodies

@R3fuge

6 ай бұрын

DIY VU meter is my endgame for 4hp slots. Until then, blanks!

@jsleeio

6 ай бұрын

@@mylarmelodies sure, that too. I suspect a better answer than both, considering the general direction of Eurorack lately, is "four 1hp blank panels sprinkled between your modules". I wanted some recently to go at the row-ends of my Doepfer suitcases and ended up installing a bunch between some modules also, so worth it

@g3cd

6 ай бұрын

I thought the proper answer was 4x 3HP modules (and then get a bigger Eurorack as it's never done)?

great chat, great thoughts, great people, great scott! Hussle culture - yeah I quit the "career" in 2011 and sure it's not been without drawbacks, compromises, stress and an adjustment to less income quite often but like Sam said - we have what we need already, that applies to alot more aspects of life than just music tech, buy less you can earn less. Freedom, space and time to think or not think are lost to too many people and they're at the core of my life now, for which I'm incredibly grateful and it turns out that was my "ambition" all along. It's great to see you settle into life rather than career and seem happy with the decision, life is way too short for bullshit and doing what you're told. I'll check out 4000 weeks, 40,000 days? Whatever it was I'm there. Cheers from cold rainy NZ "summer"!

@mylarmelodies

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for this comment and hear hear. The book was 4000 weeks by Oliver Burkeman! Check the description for more links but see here also: www.oliverburkeman.com/books

I always struggle with Plaits knowing what the heck I’ve selected. Braids is much cleaner in that regard.

Quadraphonic rumble knickers, yeah!

"The only constant is synth!", now put that on a t-shirt XD

Lol, I loved the adds, Ive been too broke to buy new gear. As a thrifty shopper/builder Im all over the idea of thd pico sampler, for my live noise rig. As soon as Ive paid my debts and grown a new kidney Im going for it. The mafia "doctor" loan organiser reassured me it will. Thats where the pain comes in, no pain no gain, especially growing vital internal organs.

Not Smaug!! I’m dead

I’ve been a Patreon of Sam since the Zine days 😁

I found the camera hard until I joined a group podcast where it was just conversation then I found myself at ease (it’s also comic book talk which I have read since k was 5 so 45 years of knowledge)

The presence on the ms10 ... maybe down to gain staging within circuit .

A very inspiring conversation to help prepare for 2024! You both promote a hands on approach. Did you say Margate instead of Ramsgate to promote engagement?!

@mylarmelodies

6 ай бұрын

Whoops, yes of course!!

Pt2399 is one of thd best, the filtering and the abuse of the one bit feature is lush. Its almost infinitely useful. Belton brick is just a multi pt2399 unit that replicates spring reverb. Most reverb algorithms are a series of delays in series/parallel with a bit of dirt, filtering and modulation. Try using a signal splitter, a stack of delay pedals and send/return them through a modulation and overdrive combo, oh and have a dry signsl into the mixer. Lush, curate your own reverb with all the settings.

WhyWe Bleep FTW

You can make sequences longer than 64 steps per pattern on the keystep if you chain patterns, you can go as far as 64x16

@iiaaiiaannaaiiaaii

6 ай бұрын

I thought so, too. Do the patterns have to be prerecorded or can you chain them as you are recording/building them? I forget.

Oh ok let me "Open my mind"

The "deletion of social media accounts" epilogue bit is also that people have stopped being artists and turned into social media managers, concerned more with working the algorithm and posting content several times a day to stay relevant instead of disappearing for several months and returning with an EP/album. (Thats a major bug bear I have: people drip release single tunes over a series of weeks instead of an EP or album. Cant help but feel tepid about their music when its like that)

@mylarmelodies

6 ай бұрын

Yeah it’s a problem! It’s also kind of essential I think to some degree, hence what I was trying to intimate to sam early in the chat, I think you kind of have to have more going on than just music to stand out these days. Nothing new under the sun of course since artists past also had other feathers in their caps and had to work hard to promote new releases. not everyone can be burial, basically.

@chriszanf

6 ай бұрын

@@mylarmelodiesIts also resulted in the displacing/outsourcing of marketing from companies on to the artists, adding to the 'self made myth' of being plucked and given a deal after a viral hit on SM. After seeing how the industry has changed over the last 40 years, I subscribe to the school of thought of 'cultivate 1000 superfans' to establish a sustainable career.

First, I really do enjoy these conversersations. I've learned alot and have often been truely inspired. Sincerely, Thank you. But nearly 40 videos in the series and only a few discussions with female artists?

@mylarmelodies

3 ай бұрын

It’s a problem! I have made some efforts to approach female artists but only had responses from the ones you see in the pod, will keep at it.

I almost feel like I’ve wasted the past decade programming, this stuff is so much more interesting, but damn it’s daunting. Especially since code is free.

Try some onnit alpha brains for focus. They work an absolute treat

"OMG, we had to pay back a loan." You hear that a lot.

Speaking of the intersection of art and capital, Audible is garbage for authors. I'm not sure about the UK but in he US there are companies that have better returns for authors and it's well worth investigating some alternatives. Anyway, great convo. I only watch the occasional Look Mum vid so it was interesting to see what makes a person decide to build an organ in a tiny warehouse.

@mylarmelodies

6 ай бұрын

What are the alternatives?

The future is...... I agree, I know jack shit about synths, I build PA and use tape backing, a few basic diy oscillators through a stack of pedals, and signal paths. Its difficult to get dome sounds but so simple abd accessible.

Ha that's crazy the he went to school for chemistry for 6 months. I'm a chemist. He probably would have made some crazy synthesis protocols or something.

It sounds from your opening comment your ADHD, that hyper focus. Keep hold of the monk mode, its useful. You relentless, do you burn out after particularly long involved all nighter build sessions?

Sam is grrrr8

Lol 🤣 2:11

A delay without a clock input drives me mad

I saw a "how to" on a forum about a sticking gear box. Somone said that you have to fill it with ATF!!!! I then had a big wake up call. He was a top contributor to the forum and people backed him up, it was insane. Moral is, if you use google and KZread, dive deep. Theres no overseeing of content validation.

@petegreenwood2793

6 ай бұрын

Dexron III ATF is often used in manual transmission applications, and often recommended by the gearbox manufacturers themselves.

@stuartchapman5171

6 ай бұрын

@petegreenwood2793 I've heard this online. Why then is it not the lubricant specified by the Vehicle manufacturer in their service schedules? Its been decades since I was a fitter. The variety of fluids used in vehicles was slimmer. But Atf and ep90 are two wildly different fluids with different properties and intended uses. I've gad to check in with the various folk who handle my motor now (arthriti hands, old age sucks), they all say it sounds like horse s#@×. I'm inclined to say if it walks, smells, looks and quacks, then best off going with the manufacturers spec. I'm happy to be wrong, but it seems like a big expensive gamble. At least you'll never damage a gear box with the right oil. Also why do the vast majority of owners never experience sticking gear box issues, using the specified oil, changed at regular intervals?

@petegreenwood2793

6 ай бұрын

I have a vehicle with a Tremec TKO600 5-spd manual 600 ft-lb rated 'box, and Tremec themselves specify Dexron III as a suitable fluid. I also remember it being recommended by Rover back in the day as suitable for the LT77/R380 'boxes (as used in the SD1 etc.) particularly if the synchro's were a bit slow and the 'box was a bit tricky to shift. I'd absolutely agree that it does sound very odd to be using AFT in a manual 'box when you first hear about it.

I promise Ill stop commenting now, although it's been a great podcast thats resonated on sooo many levels. Id just like to chime in though, the idea about tge 40hr week, permission to piss is toxically pervasive. Ive never had a lot of money always felt the puritanical wirk ethic guilt abd battled hard against the guilt that arises. I know Im happier for it. The social mefia thing can be incredibly damaging. Consider this, most people dont make a living from their art, they do it either way. If you chase the unicorn of fame from social media, you temper what you do to alugn with your preconceived ideas of what's successful on tiktwot.

you need to remember to talk to the camera like you are talking to multiple ppl not just one, even just two ppl works.

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