Guitars and Synths

Guitars and Synths

Focus on learning how to make fun electronic music as well as guitar jam sessions with hands on approach and focus on music demos versus lots of boring talk. No BS just having good times making music with synthesizers, live instruments, computer software and hardware synthesizers. I also post videos and how-tos on useful things like home and auto maintenance tips and swimming pool ownership experiences and tips from time to time.

My Experimental Music Recorded from Guitar, Synthesizers and Modular Setups

soundcloud.com/modben

My Modular Setups

www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/1391380

plant not getting water

plant not getting water

Bogner Uberschall amp issue

Bogner Uberschall amp issue

Virus Darkwave Presets

Virus Darkwave Presets

Virus Darkwave Trance Jam

Virus Darkwave Trance Jam

Virus Experimental Live Jam

Virus Experimental Live Jam

ZOOM LIVETRAK L12 ISSUES

ZOOM LIVETRAK L12 ISSUES

MIDI Sync Elektron Gear

MIDI Sync Elektron Gear

Oberheim OB X8 First Jam

Oberheim OB X8 First Jam

Oberheim OB-X8 Unboxing

Oberheim OB-X8 Unboxing

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  • @adriansalinas1572
    @adriansalinas15722 күн бұрын

    This happened to me as well. All I did was uninstall the drivers from my computer and then reinstall them. Make sure when your reinstalling the drivers that your usb cable is NOT Plugged into your computer or it will not read it. So after it’s reinstalled then plug your usb cable back in and it should be good to go. Hope this helps.

  • @Nachtdwaler
    @Nachtdwaler28 күн бұрын

    Probably your best video yet! Good job!

  • @renanfelix259
    @renanfelix259Ай бұрын

    hello, nice video! where you got it? do you have any link for presets?

  • @charlesbidwell82
    @charlesbidwell82Ай бұрын

    Good presentation!

  • @endtimeguitarist
    @endtimeguitarist2 ай бұрын

    How did you get so much gain with the dial so low? I’ve had this amplifier for two years now and it’s possibly become my favorite. It’s so sensitive to the guitar you are using. My cheap Kramer got more gain out of it than my prs cores. Also between models of prs it sounds like two different amps. In a case you don’t like this amp I strongly suggest you hold onto it because for a while I considered selling it but now I actually look forward to it like when I used to feel the enthusiasm for when I first picked up my guitar!

  • @GuitarsAndSynths
    @GuitarsAndSynths2 ай бұрын

    I use a boss sd-1 in front to boost the gain and keep it tight

  • @JacobFury
    @JacobFury2 ай бұрын

    maybe you should add a mulch which helps retain moisture

  • @GuitarsAndSynths
    @GuitarsAndSynths2 ай бұрын

    I repotted with Fox Farm potting soil and that seems to help but will add some mulch. What mulch do you recommend?

  • @Fonimu
    @Fonimu2 ай бұрын

    The quickest and easiest solution is to apply a wetting agent like yucca extract. It comes in a concentrated syrup which you dilute in a watering can apply to the soil. You then give a really good soaking to the soil with a water hose, and it should foam a little. To further conserve moisture, you can apply some mulch. I like 'gorilla hair' mulch but you can use anything rated for gardening.

  • @GuitarsAndSynths
    @GuitarsAndSynths2 ай бұрын

    will look into it thank you!

  • @hamlet-artist
    @hamlet-artist2 ай бұрын

    I've had a Deopfer A190-4 for many years and from the start the midi input socket was ultra tight! Well lo and behold recently when I tried to unplug the midi cable it broke the whole socket and the (female) midi input is stuck onto the midi cable. Im just wondering if I was unlucky with my module or if others have had a similar midi socket issue....

  • @GuitarsAndSynths
    @GuitarsAndSynths2 ай бұрын

    yea I have a good set of eurorack sequencers now with MIDI that make life way easier.

  • @hamlet-artist
    @hamlet-artist2 ай бұрын

    @@GuitarsAndSynths I was asking if anyone else had a super tight midi in socket on the A190-4 that made a midi cable nearly impossible to remove and eventually broke the input socket when I tried to remove said midi cable. I'm not quite sure I understand your reply about sequencers....

  • @Punkored
    @Punkored3 ай бұрын

    Y por qué no le quitas el modo PLAY (luz verde). Si le tienes con la luz verde, lo tienes modo play y es por esa razón que no se escucha en ese canal porque está en modo play del proyecto que tienes guardado. Tienes una pista activa en ese canal y no te va a sonar entrada si no desactivas la pista del proyecto (desmarca el botón verde).

  • @BB69175
    @BB691753 ай бұрын

    How does this work with syncing the Virus to other gear as well as using the Touch app?

  • @GuitarsAndSynths
    @GuitarsAndSynths3 ай бұрын

    I tested to Squarp Hapax over MIDI and Elektron Rytm and it works fine but you need to set the MIDI channels on the Virus and external gear to avoid conflicts on MIDI ports.

  • @archievee
    @archievee3 ай бұрын

    zoom live trak is a crappy mixer. i have the same livetrak L12 and everytime it is connected to an e drum set or keyboard it produces an orchestra music, dont know where it’s coming from, i factory reset it and still doing it. One more thing the push button in the recording panel doesn’t work sometimes, i contacted zoom support and they never replied to me! i hope i can return it, 6 mos after I bought it

  • @GuitarsAndSynths
    @GuitarsAndSynths3 ай бұрын

    agree it is garbage. Looking for a better high end mixer and I have a bunch that suck. Anyway probably better go direct to audio interface after upgrade mixers.

  • @archievee
    @archievee3 ай бұрын

    never again to this BS mixer, up to date zoom never reponded to me, now the push button/knob from the recording panel stopped working completely. What puzzles me is the orchestra music coming out of from this unit when connected to my edrums and keyboard. Even if you turn off the drum module and keyboard with the cable still connected, that damn music is still there, my unit maybe is possesed with evil zoom entity!😂

  • @TarshishedCactus
    @TarshishedCactus4 ай бұрын

    Fryette power station is much better if you want to get a diff attenuator

  • @stavrosgregoriou1791
    @stavrosgregoriou17914 ай бұрын

    I'm having the same issue. I'm using Cubase and when I click on the monitor icon I can't hear anything. The stereo input is set on 9&10, I checked all my settings and I still can't hear anything

  • @Matthewsavant
    @Matthewsavant5 ай бұрын

    Turn soft through off, not sure why that fixes it but it does 🎉

  • @MrTelebajsek
    @MrTelebajsek5 ай бұрын

    great video! Do these settings also apply for the AR MK2? I want to trigger my Virus TI2 via AR`s powerful sequencer if it's possible. Thanks in advance!

  • @GuitarsAndSynths
    @GuitarsAndSynths5 ай бұрын

    they would use similar settings for MIDI on the AR but I have not tested it yet.

  • @MrTelebajsek
    @MrTelebajsek5 ай бұрын

    gotcha, I'll try it. Thanks for the quick reply!@@GuitarsAndSynths

  • @DJbuddhakat
    @DJbuddhakat5 ай бұрын

    Holy shit that’s incredible.

  • @ASWAJAPROB
    @ASWAJAPROB5 ай бұрын

    I want to ask bro, channel 6 is not detected in Cubase and how to save it

  • @showyoukids
    @showyoukids5 ай бұрын

    thank you bro!

  • @showyoukids
    @showyoukids5 ай бұрын

    did you forget the issue at the end of the video?

  • @showyoukids
    @showyoukids5 ай бұрын

    dope!

  • @thotth5889
    @thotth58896 ай бұрын

    10:20 those are very annoying sounds. Please stop that!

  • @10000rajaram
    @10000rajaram6 ай бұрын

    Great vid ! Is the virus connected only via USB ?

  • @Tapepusher
    @Tapepusher7 ай бұрын

    Sounds good. How hard do you have to press the preset encoder to save presets? Got a used AHmk2, I have to press it down quite hard to save a preset, as in, I hold it down and it does nothing and then only when I apply more pressure does it show the menú to save a preset and such. This is defective, right?

  • @GuitarsAndSynths
    @GuitarsAndSynths7 ай бұрын

    Not very hard at all as it was fairly soft touch. You may need to replace one of your encoders. I would say a fairly light pressure works on mine.

  • @Tapepusher
    @Tapepusher7 ай бұрын

    ok great thanks for confirming, luckily I can send it back!@@GuitarsAndSynths

  • @davidwoodall2732
    @davidwoodall27328 ай бұрын

    Mute button off

  • @tatangegeboy7318
    @tatangegeboy73188 ай бұрын

    nice guitar bro

  • @mikede2464
    @mikede24648 ай бұрын

    How did you download this app??? I'm trying to get this app on the app store (United States) apple store tells me "App Not Available".

  • @GuitarsAndSynths
    @GuitarsAndSynths8 ай бұрын

    Apple store on my ipad. The developer may be updating it. Best to contact them directly.

  • @Nosh_Feratu
    @Nosh_Feratu8 ай бұрын

    ive been wondering this also. What i'd like to do is name the folders on my pc: leads pads basslines drums live jams (all instr) then when i record something i can put it in the right folder and keep things organised without having to input names on the zoom.. i still havent tested this yet tho. Did you find anything out about this, any progress?

  • @iam607
    @iam6073 ай бұрын

    If you change the names of the folders you'll disrupt the hierarchy structure that the zoom is programmed to record in. It would be similar to changing the path of source material in a saved document. It wouldn't know the path anymore and would say something like 'file not found'. Maybe you could record them all in one folder and distribute them to their proper folder once you put them on your PC.

  • @CREATEEDUCATEINSPIRE
    @CREATEEDUCATEINSPIRE9 ай бұрын

    are you using the original Access USB drivers?

  • @wrinkles124
    @wrinkles1249 ай бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/e3p9w6yCdrqwYLA.html&si=iLfhazufFEPTdvEk This ( i think ) refers to proper cable type connection.

  • @wrinkles124
    @wrinkles1249 ай бұрын

    Did you try to send the signal out the headphone Jack? Also a reviewer said that the xlr cable to 1/4 Jack to your speaker amp has to be a certain type or you won’t get a signal.

  • @joehertz8903
    @joehertz890310 ай бұрын

    im having trouble saving sounds on the Aura plugin, have you had any success with that?

  • @devereagard5164
    @devereagard516410 ай бұрын

    i have a L8 i just bought a new lap top i cant hear my playback through my headphones plugged into my mixer,ican hear it live though ,im not sure what the issue is.

  • @cocacool9829
    @cocacool982910 ай бұрын

    I want to use Aura Plugin for Virus to save banks in the Flash rom any Idea how to do this ?

  • @GuitarsAndSynths
    @GuitarsAndSynths10 ай бұрын

    I don't think that this is possible and you have to still use the old Virus software to do this but I could be wrong. Perhaps send a friendly email to Aura support? I have an old computer for this reason to update the flash rom banks on my Virus TI2.

  • @cocacool9829
    @cocacool982910 ай бұрын

    @@GuitarsAndSynths thnx for the quick response so you never save to rom with Aura ? How about a new soundbank you put together or downloaded, does that work to burn it to Rom Z?

  • @Berus7777
    @Berus777710 ай бұрын

    I have an L-20, and I have all these issues. It's miserable. I regret the day I bought it. It's funny how reviewers (like Midlife Synthesist, who totally worshipped this thing, and influenced me to buy it) never seem to encounter these issues.

  • @GuitarsAndSynths
    @GuitarsAndSynths10 ай бұрын

    same here and multiple calls to Zoom support have been useless. The record to USB flash drive works well but as an audio interface it sucks! I prefer my other audio interface mixer records like TX-6 and 1010 Bluebox that are easier to use and work well. Zoom is junk!

  • @Berus7777
    @Berus777710 ай бұрын

    I ended up getting an ADAT and adding it to my Apollo Twin X. It was like instant relief. I didn't know ADAT's existed when I started out 3 years ago, but they're insanely easy to use, and if your interface has good management software, then you won't really miss a mixer - or, at least, I don't. I might consider one of Zoom's little microphone recorders at some point, but I'm done with their mixers, and completely agree with your comment.@@GuitarsAndSynths

  • @rhinoskin7550
    @rhinoskin755010 ай бұрын

    P.S I think the philosophy behind the virus is to be a piece of art that will never run out of creative possibility and it's supposed to push an artist into new creative realms by having to really understand how it's programming works..? It's engineered to be future proof maybe..? I wonder what the world would look like if it were engineered like the Virus haha.

  • @rhinoskin7550
    @rhinoskin755010 ай бұрын

    Do you also use Aura Plug-ins software? I may not get aura's software and just hook up my ipad as a controller haha. thank you for sharing.

  • @thesurgingmass
    @thesurgingmass11 ай бұрын

    are you able to change the preset for all 16 channels in Multi mode? I am having an issue where I can only change the first 10 channels. 11-16 will not respond to the app.

  • @GuitarsAndSynths
    @GuitarsAndSynths11 ай бұрын

    I need to check as it has been a while.

  • @thesurgingmass
    @thesurgingmass11 ай бұрын

    @@GuitarsAndSynths Thanks. For clarification, 11-16 respond to the app BUT the app will not transmit the preset changes out to the TI2. No issues sending PC messages from other devices to those channels.

  • @jdanielcramer
    @jdanielcramer11 ай бұрын

    Awesome sounds! Giant rack! 🙀😻

  • @Chad.Flenderman
    @Chad.Flenderman11 ай бұрын

    Hello Family! for some reason I'm getting a error that says driver won't initialize. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the l12 driver but nothing. Im trying to sync with my MPC and reason software.

  • @HeyMrwilson11
    @HeyMrwilson116 ай бұрын

    Did you ever solve the problem??

  • @carlolouistiangson
    @carlolouistiangson11 ай бұрын

    Format your sd card

  • @christopherdench1422
    @christopherdench1422 Жыл бұрын

    Hey you drop a comment asking how to trade forex,while I was talking about my broker just want to know.

  • @Ten27StudiosGU
    @Ten27StudiosGU Жыл бұрын

    It appears as though your source input is set incorrectly. It should correspond with the channels on the interface. In this case, it should be set to 9/10 if i’m not mistaken.

  • @fakhrulaiman5909
    @fakhrulaiman5909 Жыл бұрын

    Hey, i had the same issue. can you help me? i have the same problems with you. i did change it to 48khz and off class compliant. however it still fail.

  • @speesychristian7309
    @speesychristian7309 Жыл бұрын

    input needs to be 9&10

  • @davej8045
    @davej8045 Жыл бұрын

    My guess is you have a bad preamp tube because of how it reacted, especially in your other video. Fuses can rather easily and safely be checked for continuity and usually just totally go to prevent the melties. You could probably carefully remove the back when it is off and unplugged, and visually look at the tubes when it is in back on and in standby. The glow should be relatively even between the types of tubes. DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING INSIDE WHEN IT IS PLUGGED IN! It will also take a period of time for the stored voltage to get to a safe level, check your owner’s manual for guidance or take it to a amplifier technician. The stored voltage could be a significant amount! ☠️ Look up Defazio Electric on KZread, she has some great insights that may help you. Be safe and good luck!

  • @jasonkesser
    @jasonkesser Жыл бұрын

    Yah I was like what hahaha

  • @xertiasstrat8957
    @xertiasstrat8957 Жыл бұрын

    not e tuning

  • @GuitarsAndSynths
    @GuitarsAndSynths Жыл бұрын

    yeah it is e flat

  • @joesalyers
    @joesalyers Жыл бұрын

    At the top of the Logic channel strip you have input 1 selected you need it to be a stereo track and the input needs to be 9&10 or what ever channel you choose. Logic has no way to automatically guess your input channel so you MUST choose it at the top of each channel strip in the Logic Pro mixer.

  • @mikg2618
    @mikg2618 Жыл бұрын

    hanging notes plays virus, panic mode

  • @UncleBensRice
    @UncleBensRice Жыл бұрын

    That squeeling noise sounds like a microphonic tube to me. Unplug your guitar, turn the amp on and the volume up. Now start to tap the amp head slightly with your fist, if you can hear noises coming from the cab you can be sure one of the tubes has become microphonic. Other method to test for microphonics is to unscrew the backcover of the amp and use a pencil so slightly tap the individual tubes.Dduring this test, there shouldn't be any excessive noise comming from the cab.

  • @GuitarsAndSynths
    @GuitarsAndSynths Жыл бұрын

    so if that is the case would it be the preamp or power tubes that are bad and need to be replaced?

  • @UncleBensRice
    @UncleBensRice Жыл бұрын

    @@GuitarsAndSynths That totally depends on which tube is causing the problem. No need to replace all of them.

  • @leib109
    @leib109 Жыл бұрын

    You’ve gotta go one by one and swap out them all to determine the bad tube. Start with the preamp tubes.

  • @GuitarsAndSynths
    @GuitarsAndSynths5 күн бұрын

    @@leib109 thanks will do that as soon as new preamp tubes arrive next week. Had bunch of life stuff come up to delay this.

  • @sparkx251
    @sparkx251 Жыл бұрын

    I agree ''Drunk" is genius to offer and use as an option.