I didn't know that people visited the About page of KZread channels! But since you are here, let me tell you what Synaptic Schism is about. Synaptic Schism is a musical project, more specifically, my music project. I'm Vlad by the way, nice to meet you.
Every Synaptic Schism track has a music video and you'll only find those here, on the project's KZread channel. If you are a fan of the project or a musician, you'll also find content tailored especially for you.
If you want more Synaptic Schism you'll find me on:
Twitter/X: x.com/SynapticSchism
Bandcamp: synapticschism.bandcamp.com/
Glad you made it this far! If you want to have some fun, write in the comments of one of the videos "I was there and I read it all!"
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This is a great opportunity for everyone involved. Thank you for being passionate about music and being willing to share not only yourself but also being willing to help other artists. That's community. I appreciate you!
Thank you for your kind words, Khalima. :)
Very noble of you! Also, very interesting BandCamp vs Streaming comment at 5:03. 🙂
Grande iniciativa man 😎🤘🏻👊🏻👍🏻
Obrigado. :)
Very intense and ‘full on.’ I love the energy and dystopian chord progressions. Bravo Ricardo 👏
Thank you. I can't take credit for the progressions though. :)
@@synapticschism 😂 I’m not sure what happened there. I was commenting on your video, Disturbed! Mind you I’m not fast at typing with my thumbs!
@@GrahamCaseyMus ahahahahah! KZread doing KZread things!
Well do they {people} upload ai music on bandcamp is my question
That's a different question. It's also relevant, I admit, but not the same concern I think.
Great one!
Thank you! I haven't been on FB, how's everything?
@@synapticschism it's going, one day at a time.
Hey I love it.
Hey mate, I'm happy you love it! :)
The production and performance of this track is stellar!You went above and beyond my friend!
Thank you, Scott. From my perspective, this is the best release so far. I can't possibly know what listeners feel but as the composer, producer, mixing and mastering "engineer", this one is really up there with the best of this project.
The Bends Ⓜ️etal Sickness, 882nd day motherland time for me too must die madness.
Great video!. Really like the concept and how you have managed it. The music sounds great and very powerful.
Thank you. :) I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I bought all, previously had some packs. In general I would say that the deal is GOOD if you are doing metal.
Yeah I agree. With the exception of some drum kits and the video games sampler, everything is very metal oriented.
Loved it 😁😎🤘🏻
Bro! Thank you!
🔥🔥🔥 Awesome! I like the rhythm - were there some unique time signatures? Really cool video editing towards the end. Nice work!
Thank you, Pype. There are indeed some odd time signatures. I'll be releasing a video about how I wrote the song.
Great song, it gets better everytime! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Thank you! :)
Awesome music!🎸💕👋💯🥁🎵👍
Thank you so much! :) I'm glad you enjoyed it.
If you use high cpu demanding plugs like acustica audio than reaper is the best choice because it is handling multitasking process way better like other daws.
I use amp sims which are cpu hogs. I just mixed a track with a ton of them, and no hickups.
Enjoyed your customisation and glad you're happy with your choice
I am! I just finished a track and the experience was really good. And I customised even more actually. I can't help myself...
If you like to customize Reaper is the only option. It’s a power users DAW but can (and will) be customized more and more over time and as you use it until it fits your needs nearly perfectly.
I agree. Studio One is second best but not even in the same level. I never thought of Reaper as a power user DAW, but that is a good description.
great track!
Thank you, my friend, great to see you here. Fun fact I was listening to your music just 5 mins ago. :D
@@synapticschism So I focused more on the music the first time (knowing right away that it a more than one listen kind of vid) But this time I just got swept into the pictorial poetry of the video itself. Are we really willing to sacrifice young people on the altar of money/power? And wonder why they might obliviate themselves with drugs or (pick your poison). Very powerful imagery, but also it's the placement of those images that made everything hit home. You're a master!
@@edwardgivenscomposer that means a lot to me. Synaptic Schism isn't just the music. The videos are part of the project and I try to tell a story the best I can with the limited resources I have available. That story is often political or social. As for the topic of this video, I have a daughter and I know that if we don't fix "this", from politics to the environment, it's her generation who is going to pay the bill like the millennials are paying the economical bill of my parent's generation. I'm convinced we need to plan further into the future. It can be quick buck now and that's it. Sorry for the semi-rant. :) And thank you not only for listening but also for understanding the project.
Your Channel IS amazing man, great job. Has our music ever been safe though? Is our music even ours once we release it?
Thank you for your kind words, brother. It means so much to me you enjoy my channel. No, our music is never safe after we release it. But at the very least, we should be releasing it with the platforms that protect or try to protect us the most.
@@synapticschism LOVE, LOVE what you do. My pleasure mate, please keep going. 🤘❤️❤️
¡Esoooooo cabron! 🎸🎻💯
I'm Portuguese, and although I don't speak Spanish, I understand your excitement. Thank you for this, you made my day!
@@synapticschism First I want to congratulate you on your great song, second you are very perceptive or as we say in Mexico you are very chingon! It means you are great with a unique gift. greetings!
I LOVE Bandcamp.
It's slowly growing in me.
Thank you for your thoughtful presentation.
My pleasure. :) I'm happy you enjoyed it.
I love reaper so much. Bitwig too - I feel like between them I have a great traditional linear DAW and a more modern beat making app. They are both new kids on the block and don’t have the hang ups and old code of pro tools or ableton. However, studio one is amazing. I miss the great organisation for files, projects, mastering, presets etc. The arranging tools, lyrics, live playing - all incredible. I also don’t like the look of reaper at all and never found a third party skin that comes close to s1. Also being able to save unlimited track views / snapshots is great. Somehow reaper still feels clunky handling windows. However, I love how reaper deals with tracks. Audio/midi/vca/folder etc. it’s unparalleled and one of the main reasons I keep coming back. There is no perfect DAW and somehow I can’t help but think I will be back and forth some more 😂
Cool video! If you want to experiment with the Master Assistant, it can also be useful to match a reference song using the custom targets
Yep, that is something I want to test. I have a crazy idea with pink noise that I want to try also.
@@synapticschism Ooh interesting, what's the crazy idea?
@@billpodolak7754 create a profiles for Ozone with noise, especially pink noise.
@@synapticschism That could be cool! The new Clarity module is actually targeting pink noise
@@billpodolak7754 Oh that's interesting and maybe it doesn't help with what I have in mind.
do you have any instructions on how to use the Key switches/ articulations , I use Cubase 13 pro as my main DAW -
I don't use Cubase, sorry. I know there are expression maps that you can build for keyswitches. Search for that on KZread and maybe you'll find a way to deal with it. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.
Before I love using both. Studio 1 for production and recording and reaper for mixing but I had big issue with studio when I notice that my recorded sound after opening it again in a few days I would hear a out of phase like sound. It seems that the audio is corrupted or something that’s why i stopped using it.
That is really strange. I hope you are able to do your music without issues now.
Reaper is like an early access to a prototype
Why? What is it not implemented or bugged?
@@synapticschism It's advanced and not finished at the same Time. Ei : the routing and editing is out of this world. But producing or beatmaking Can turn out to be tuff!
@@thelinkofperfectioncharity9469 I can't comment on beatmaking since it's not my thing. I find production is as accessible as any other major DAW I've tried. You can complaint about the stock plugins I guess. They do the work but I can't stand them.
@@synapticschismthe stock gate plugin is shockingly good. I dropped it on a tom track and picked the Tom setting and it cleaned them right up like nothing I’ve heard. Some gems in there.
@@phadrus I believe you, but I have a really hard time with Reaper's stock plugins. I'm very visual, things need to look good and stock plugins just don't. I know it's my problem, but it is what it is.
I started making music with FL, and after three years I decided that it was time to move on and chose reaper as a reference, and in literally an hour I had already learned everything I could do in FL, but now it has become faster and more optimized, and yet I only completed an hour of use, in general, I was not mistaken in choosing reaper
That's... impressive! I don't know FL at all but that is quite impressive!
That was very interesting. Many thanks.
Thank you! :)
@@synapticschism You are most welcome, and thank you for such an interesting video. Way above my head in many ways.
@@drutgat2 any thing in particular that I could make a video about to help? I'm always collecting ideas from viewers. I'm happy to address any points in video.
@@synapticschism Many thanks for your kind offer. I will have a think, and get back to you in the next couple of days. There are so many things that I do not understand, or understand adequately, but I am trying to balance things a bit so that I spend more time recording (even with a just adequate implementation of a Reaper technique) rather than spending more time on Reaper than on song-writing and recording. Watch this space!
@@synapticschism Apologies for getting back to you a little later than I had intended. I just did some recording in Reaper - and would appreciate a video on using Takes in Reaper 7 (not that I was completely unaware of how to use them, but I did somehow manage to mess up a short guitar intro. piece I was adding to my song at the end of my session because I am not as familiar with using Takes as I had thought). I am familiar with Kenny's videos on Takes, and I also read the manual, but given how thorough and how well explained your video on why you chose Reaper vs. Studio One was, I would appreciate a fresh take (ha! ha!) on Takes in Reaper.
I really wish they would reconsider! Ugritone has been imperative to my music making journey, I've spoke a lot with Toni on Facebook and Ron through email and they were ALWAYS super helpful. I hope Ugritone makes a comeback!
Sorry to hear that mate. It seems quite definitive to me, but who knows. It's also possible that they may have a new business or something.
Thanks for the video! I was also interested in seeing Ozone 11's capacity. I'm glad you liked it.
A bit of mixed feelings to be honest. Some things were great, others weren't. I need to try the individual plugins.
I chose Studio One because it is incredibly intuitive. I can focus on creating music rather than wading through a DAW. In Studio One I can compose music as fast as I can think almost. Also support is really good. FB group alone answers my questions in minutes in most cases. Yes there is a learning curve like any DAW but tutorials are great. They cover topics topics in small digestible chunks. Right to the point. I release 1-3 songs per week. Several over 100k plays. Just my 2 cents.
I completely understand where you are coming from and agree with how you assess Studio One and DAWs in general. I think it's important that each one of us understands what is better for our workflow.
I've been on MOTU Digital Performer for 20 years. Is Reaper worth switching to? Does it have an equivalent to Chunks?
I had to educate myself about Chunks. If I understood it correctly, no, it doesn't. The closest you have in Reaper is sub-projects but it's not close. I have considered Digital Performer in the past. What is your take on it?
Reaper is the Ikea of DAWs
That's funny. :D Not true though... it would be true if Reaper was pretty out of the box.
The new 'Hybrid' Studio One license is the best deal ever.
It would be a good deal if you had support after the purchase. If I understand it correctly, with the current deal you get the perpetual license but no upgrades, updates, extra content, plugins or support if you don't keep the subscription. If that is the case the subscription is more valuable.
@@synapticschism All the support I've ever gotten with software has been through asking questions on forums and searching KZread.
Not a better deal than Reaper.
Thank you for sharing this. After about five years of using Reaper, I've been tempted recently to return to Studio One, but what you've shown us here has helped me avoid that mistake. I'm sticking with Reaper. It has extraordinary power and flexibility.
I would like to challenge that. If you feel that a change can improve your workflow, then at least give yourself the chance to try something different. I'm happy I gave you more info, but your experience is more important than my perspective on this.
Too be honest, I was expecting way more than those really arbitrary and personal reasons, I find Reaper to be cold and lifeless, and far to OK with the already HORRID windows menu system, like seriously, I'm not saying I love flashy or Id be a traction or FL fanboy really at the end of the day, but Studio ones mastering process alone, once understood and used correctly, from song to project, is so much of a time saving tool than my template loading quickly, it sounds more like a hardware issue, like I though t Isaw windows 7 but I could be mistakenn. Id say get an machine upgrade my man, sorry for assuming you don't have a newer CPU, but like the difference is shocking with the new P and E core system intel is on. S1 is lightning fast on my 13th gen i5k, I make drum n Bass so I so HEAVY processing is like the norm and sometimes ridiculous levels of reverb and delay timing and it doesn't even crash unless I'm careless. And like I mean its so fast I don't even notice it lagging ever, I mean not for a split second unless I'm processing something through the bus with a known latency hit. I really don't think your reason are justified because of this, they are really honestly small unimportant things that I think fanboys get off on, but serves no purpose other than creating as discussion over whether or not your writing music or your computing knowledge is superior to others. Sharing it with the people out here in KZread land, not tryin to be harsh but like there was one real reason Reaper could be called better, price point, but you failed to mention that with the S1 hybrid plan, you DO own a perpetual license after a year, and the upgrade discount in the last few versions the same price as reaper, at least from 4-5 and 5-6. So like, nice content for some views but seriously not relevant at least in a wide End user context. I mean put it this way, your title is misleading, I get it its basically just an OP piece, you make it sound as if there were real issues, like my template is probably fuller than yours, and it loads in perhaps less than 5 secs , how fast do you need that to be? AND there is a key command for the arming of multiple tracks without building a macro (again where studio ones interface is the only reason I understand how to build macros because its quite intuitive), that you can map to virtually anything midi or keyboard.. Although if your loading a bunch of Kontakt libraries, that's not necessarily the DAWS fault either, and If I'm mistaken correct me, but we have come a LONG way in computing in the last 5 years and my machine 3 years ago was slow compared to mine now and it was cheaper than my 3 year old one, from scratch. And do you ever experiment with a blank template, because that's where my best ideas come from personally, and its l don't know, like a mental workout for my skills. Sorry for the long fairly negative feedback I just don't want people to not try Studio One because of your specific issues, I tried reaper for a week and hated it, it really came down to how much I actually HAD to tweak it to get it what i wanted to do, anyone who says its faster is only cause they learned how to do it and I would say the time your saving, can you really equate that to making better music? I don't think they'd have an answer. Anyways good day I respect your opinion, but for those curious about Studio one, his are just that and, so are mine. Think for yourself, be free and never stop moving towards your summit, patience is a virtue.
You are in fact mistaken.
Great sounds. Too bad it's horribly difficult to install more than one of the drum libraries on your computer. Using the installers just leads to errors, and doing it manually is a bit of trial and error.
Sorry to hear that. I had no issues at all. Did you find a way of making it work?
@@synapticschism Yeah, I had to take the main folder "OSDM" for example, and put it in the same folder as the other samples, and the "preset" folder with the other presets. Important thing is also to delete the oneshot folder that comes with every installation, or else you get duplicate errors. Works fine now, but not much point in having an installer when the installer just messes everything up. Also it's no problem if you only install one drum library, but many will want to install more than one.
Reaper is a great DAW and the developers are very good. When people ask me what DAW they should get I always give them a few options but Reaper is always one I mention. Especially if you use Windows or you go back and forth between different operating systems like Mac and PC or even Linux, you can use Reaper which is a big plus. The cost is low and Reaper is stable. Reaper is one of the best Values in audio especially for those who may not be able to afford other DAWs but need to make music! Cheers!
Great Track. Love the musical "surprise" at 1:29. Awesome. Absolutely fantastic Track and perfect fitting visuals. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Hey Ruhum! Thank you, brother. How's everything?
@@synapticschism Thanks for asking, my friend. Well, let's say, things getting better. 😊 and you?
@@RUHUMMUZIK things are well now. The end of 2023 and early 2024 was rough, but I'm doing well now. :)
@@synapticschism Glad you're doing well. Hope soon you/ we will say: I'm doing awesome great perfect...😊
@@RUHUMMUZIK We'll get there, step by step. :)
I like almost everything about Reaper. It's fast, light on resources, scriptable, can be ran portably, super customizable, etc etc. Tried using other DAW's before and always go back to Reaper. Great video
I always forget about the portability! I always install in portable mode!
Truly honored. Thank you very much for all of the kind words. John knocked it out of the park with the vocals and brought the intensity and emotion that was needed to make this song happen. Dedicated to all veterans but specifically my grandfather Walter Slattery, who was part of the second wave of troops that landed on Normandy Beach. Thank you again for your incredible words. It means the world to me.
Thank you, James. John speaks very highly of you and you speak very highly of him. I agree with you John's vocal delivery goes from energetic to haunting and everything in between. But mate... this composition, arrangement, production... it's amazing what you did here. It's rock and blues and metal and jazz and weird non-diatonic avant-garde stuff. You rock! I can only hope that you work more together. What you guys did here is outstanding.
@@synapticschism I can't thank you enough for your kind words. The music and arrangement was a reworking of one of my Chronic Ion songs Fire Mountain Funk, which has a very different feel to it. I typically don't write in a specific key or even consider music theory; but rather try to make individual parts that I like work together based on feeling. I also have to shout out our current project. John Serrano, Josh Coker, and I have a full length concept album in the works titled The Castillion. We're all very excited about it and can't wait to share it with the world.
@@jamesslattery4447 I'm looking forward to listening to The Castillion. It's the future project I'm the most excited about.
Wow! That was incredible man, this IS a MASSIVE honor to me. Appreciate your words. The process of making this song was almost as complex as you make it seem! James IS such a BEAST. It's a privilege to work with him and being reviewed by you in such high praise. Thanks man.
I'll admit this song put James on my radar. I recall commenting something on X and you replying in the lines of "it's all James" which, coming from you, should be taken very seriously. I hope you guys are able to work more together. Technique, feeling, and an amazing understanding of musicality. You are a match made in heaven. And this song man... it's just amazing. An honour to have it on my channel.
@@synapticschismit's funny that you mention that! We actually started a band last year, with Josh Coker on guitars and most lyrics/concept. So far, we're halfway there in our first album, and we're also making a comic book about the story (booklet? What's a booklet?). So excited.
@@The_John_Serrano Looking forward to listening to it!
IM sticking to Studio One as my main DAW . I dont want to script or menu dive for little improvements all over the DAW . Nor menu dive all damn day ... The only thing that irritates me about s1 is the fact it still cant link / group plugin parameters across tracks like pro tools or Cubase does ..
Your comment touches on a point most people ignore which is, there is no best DAW, just the best DAW for you.
@@synapticschism Right .. Its like asking whats the best car ...... You can prolly come up with a objective list of cars with the pros and cons of each .. Pro Tools would be the Model T .. LOL .
@@sickmessiah Pro Tools being the Model T can explain its price. It's a relic!
@@synapticschism Exactly . The old standard. People call it the standard without realizing that standards change.
I think it should be noted that Reaper has a "higher learning curve". Yes, once you have been using Reaper for some time it definitely is the most powerful and flexible DAW out there but for many people they just want to make music without having to learn even more stuff - they simply do not have the time for that. I think that and Reaper's GUI is what puts a lot of people off from using it. I switch constantly between Studio One and Reaper - Studio One when I want to just get on with making music and Reaper when I want to continue exploring the learning curve.
I never thought of that. I don't know why, maybe because I've been around DAWs for so long. You are probably right though. There's an added element of complexity to Reaper. On the other hand, when I watch people working with Ableton, everything looks very alien to me. So maybe it depends on what is your previous experience.
@@synapticschism It should also be said that the best DAW is different for different people.
@@tonyrapa-tonyrapa exactly!
Awesome, cant wait to hrear the full project.
Thank you. :)
Thank you so much for choosing our song and for the kind words!! This is a super interesting format and I cannot wait to see more coming!! Really appreciate you!
Thank you so much for supporting this idea guys! I love this track and I hope I can do a bunch of deconstructions. The format turned out great! :)
I used almost every daw, starting from cakewalk sonar, pro tools, studio one ,cubase,fl studio and finally find peace with cockos reaper...the best ever!
Same for me, including ableton and reason. Studio One was my favorite DAW until I tried Reaper.The whole time I've been trying to find a DAW I can call home and Reaper has proven to be that as a daily user for nearly 2 years.
Welcome to the club.
Thank you! :)