@@f0rth3l0v30fchr15tsame, probably grab some dark angels or maybe some paragon warsuits, could get two boxes and morvenn vahl for £150 if my math is right and I’m remembering the right prices.
I would not deny Emily a lego set. Let the girl have some fun once in a while, she's always cooped up in that room - let her breathe some oxygen. Okay?
My daughter wanted a "beat maker" for christmas one year, so I bought her an Orba. She loved it, still plays with it to this day. It might not be a serious machine to people but it was always meant to be something you could just pick up and make some music with, not necessarily make an award winning track with :)
In high school jazz band we would often have to drive ourselves to district performances. My Manhassat stand somehow remained in my 89 Ford Escort after I graduated in 2004. I still have it and use it lol.
Hold on though, the Cetus reverb wave algorithm adds filtered noise (modulating the cutoff frequency? envelope controlled?) so the reverberations sounds like waves??? That's actually pretty neat, I've never seen a reverb pedal with an algorithm like that
@@emilyharpist plssss do a full review/review the other ALAB pedals! Would love to see more about this brand as a beginner looking for something decent for a low $
I have to say, the Jack White pedal is a pretty good introductory, "baby's first effects unit". I could see 14 year old me buying that as a starter thing.
@@Marynicole830 well past you is in luck, Donner pedals are actually 35 dollars or so. This one is just one of them priced at 100. Don't you wish Emily would review actually awesome 100 dollar pedals of which there are many? I do. I really do.
"You bought me a chore!" took me out lol The melodies from the Cetus were pretty dang good would make a killer BGM for a videogame. It kind of reminds me of Celeste
"money emily didnt want" thats so good ps: 4:52 the third man pedals are quite cool, this this weird one that has like an envelope on it and completely destroys the sound of a guitar in a really cool way, ive noodled with it before and its quite fun for noisy stuff
So I agree about Orba sound being cheesy and making it a toy. The new one just released has a sampler but not sure its sound quality is any good. That said you did miss one use that MIGHT elevate it back up a tier. It can be used as a midi controller with all that expressiveness (the tilt, shake, hit, vibrato etc converted to midi cc parameters. Still not sure it’s worth the price but it is a nice use.
Your channel is like a dating website. You’re just trying to pair equipment with their potential match. There’s somebody for every piece of equipment! 😂
Cetus is a constellation of a whale/sea monster and the art is a space whale with several eyes haha. Also you opened the box side ways lol. It has art and some writing on the inside panels when you open it the right way. Idk about "ritual-like unboxing", but it certainly has cool presentation when you open it right and fold it out. Also as a side note, it took me a while to fully understand the functionality, but it can do some really fun stuff. With the switch up, you hold the footswitch to do an infinite reverb of whatever was playing when you pressed it down. So you can use it to hold a drone. That also makes the bottom middle knob do pre-delay. With the switch down, the knob does modulation (for the waves it increases the intensity/volume of the waves). The switch down also puts it in a really cool mode where you can record knob changes (multiple layers of changes) and then whenever you hold the footswitch it repeats those knob changes. So for example, you can "record" the mix knob slowly increasing, and so whenever you hold the footswitch it will do that increase you recorded and then go back to the current settings when you take your foot off. Then you can layer on say the bright knob rolling down at the same time, and when you hold the foot switch it will roll up the mix and down the bright at the same time as you recorded them. I can't remember off the top of my head but I think it records the mod knob as well. So you could have it so that holding the footswitch increases/decreases the waves until you release it. All 4 of the pedals in the series have this function iirc. I only have the Cetus so far though.
IKR? I was like "Yeah they got the art but do they... Oh my god this sounds amazing" It reminds me of like Alpine Universe, Era, maybe David Arkenstone stuff?
I've worked for the Pela Case guys up in their plant in Canada and I have to say, to top all the other reasons you might buy one (environmentally friendly, good designs, custom etc) is that you're supporting a small business and a good group of people. The owner and all the employees I interacted with were super nice and you're not giving your money to a multimillion dollar megacorp. And they use PLA/Flax so it's all naturally derived stuff which is cool.
if you change your phone every two years or so, the case lasts that much. I am at the second cover for my current phone, when they reach end of life they disintegrate slowly. it's not a bad thing, it's just a need to know thing I think this my fourth pela cover, second for this phone
I personally would be fine with it, but that's cause I know my hazards and love the thrill. This is just dangerous in like 99% of the cases. It'd be better if they came already soldered or smth, but then it wouldn't be a diwhy, right?
For ~$100 I-just-need-a-reverb-pedal I'd recommend one of the JHS 3 series reverbs ahead of the Cletus/chodus/Cedis thingy. I'm partial to the hall reverb. I plugged it in in the guitar shop and it instantly became S tier for me. Then two guitar guys came up and asked me what I was playing around with. I think I accidentally sold 2 more for Josh that day.
So many people on UA-cam recommended Cetus as a budget ambient pedal. Is that JHS reverb good for that kind of music? I mean if I really love to shoot my sound in the head with effects
@@zhenyaloginov Well its important to note the JHS ones don't get as ambient and only have 1 algorithm each, and are mono! That being said, they're realllly good for what they are
My dad passed away when I was 22 and I didn't get to see him much due to life/work etc. Sold/set up professional audio and was a collector geek musician! He always told me stories of "The Namm Show" when I was really little. "Daddy's going to Namm next week" was a phrase heard yearly in the early 90s. He would always return with such fantastic stories and free swag, it was like he went to a party at Santa's from the sound of it! Fast forward to 2024 and I hear this fresh take on the stinky Namm show 🤣 life is stranger than fiction!
: The first one's synth pad is very Beach House, I dig that. The second one has a lot of promise for people who see Oasis' reunion shows live and want to do more of what they're doing come 2026. That third one though - if you're gonna be soldering components to make a synth, have it be grimy like a Transcendant 2000 or something, don't give me this lo-fi nonsense. The fourth one looks pretty, so that's fun I guess. also that "aahcent" you have is very strong in this episode
I'm so happy that I stumbled across one of your shorts a couple months ago. These videos are so entertaining, even though I had very little interest in either harps or pedals before. You're just so funny and obviously passionate and well-informed about the things you talk about that I get sucked in regardless.
This was a fun video. The past several vids have been great. More vids of you reviewing gear on this scale would be fun. I want the friendship with goth egg to turn into her just randomly showing up to do random stuff.
@emilyharpist I wouldn't have believed you if you didn't look like you just got in 15 seconds ago and had no idea what was going on, what you caught, or how you caught it.
I have no sane reason to buy any music gear, so I don't know why this was in my feed, but it was funny as hell, and I watched the whole thing! Emily, you're hilarious. Subbed just for laughs.
i've been wanting a lap drum for sitting at my computer, like a bongo or hand pan. but maybe an Orba? 12:49 Cetus (/ˈsiːtəs/) is a constellation, sometimes called 'the whale' in English.
11:40 was playing World Warcraft and kind of just forgot. This video was playing in the background. You really do make some great music that just blended in with ambience of the game. Thats a great pedal for your music imo
The Orba is a good toy. The Orba 2 is a great toy that shouldn't have to exist. The first one is really fun, I carry it with me everywhere it's a great way to jam/de-stress on the road. But the 2nd one can be personalised, the first one is just an expensive toy.
That orb thing seems like it’d be cool for live shows if you’re mostly doing something else. Like if you need quick drums or samples as a solo/duo or to add some extra flavor here and there. I’d use something like that.
the first orba one seems nice, like.. idk if id use it, or if it makes sense for you to use it, but if you play piano, thats basicly a mini sound board, which could be nice if you needed a beat or chores or something like that. i belive it could be usefull for ppl who just plays music as a hobby. also, id love if youd try and make the best song you can make, with as many horrible paddles you can use, but it have to be actully good, i feel like that could be a fun experiment, id do it if i used peddels, but acustic pianos dont rlly do that also, are those peddels only for harp, or would they work for guitar too?
Emily I was so excited to find this video and subscribed immediately. I'm at my Wit's End for all of the influencers, one after another that are sponsoring Temu I am absolutely appalled that they are accepting enormous quantities of merchandise showing it on their channels and pretending to roast it, then even posting a code number for their viewers. I find this Behavior despicable thank you for being a role model for those Young UA-cam viewers who need to see what quality values in a person look like.
Just to start, the ORBA seems like a good idea, until you realize that on a keyboard you can use all your fingers at once when doing Drum patterns. You can't on this. And when your hands are more spread out on an actual keyboard, you can keep time better too. On the music stand, ok, you can't flip it around-but 'giggers' memorize their music. We just use that stand for words we haven't memorized yet. That reverb? I loved it! It would fit right in with my originals, stuff no one wants to hear. Love the "wave" setting. All of that said, I LOVE watching intelligent people do their thing! Great job Emily!
Some other channels have covered the ALabs pedals, and they do sound pretty good in the demos. In addition, IIRC all but the first one in the chain are stereo. And there is some sort of automation / sequencing that you can get them to replay / or something... So $100-120 each for stereo effects... pretty cool... (I opted for the cheapy Chinesium affordaboard mono pedals... cause that's what I could afford at that moment. I should've saved up a bit more. )
@@PhillipRaymondGoodman Noir isn't a genre in the same way as "punk" genres, noir and neo-noir are more related to tone and themes while "punk" sub-genres are more about aesthetics and settings that tend to be used to support or contrast certain themes. So, a noir solarpunk novel might have a bright setting on a surface level but have high contrast in aesthetics and themes, and the main characters might deal with cynicism and crime that come with new or aging technology (which may or may not make it more tech noir or possibly even post- or pre-apocalyptic). Anything can be merged together if you're creative enough, even seemingly opposite aesthetics like solarpunk and dieselpunk exist simultaneously in real life, same with rural slice of life and urban warfare, or psychological thriller comedy romance.
@@ichortide as far as I know solar punk is meant to be utopian, as a purposeful contrast to cyberpunk and it's related genres which are dystopian, I always assumed the punk aspect is that the stories are meant to be subversive
@@PhillipRaymondGoodman Subversive can mean a lot of different things, though, depending on the context, and genres are never that strict. The utopian aspect of solarpunk doesn't need to define the rest of the themes in the story or other elements of the setting at present. It could be a future the characters are working toward, or a previous version of society that is falling away or being held together. Although noir tends to focus on cynicism and moral ambiguity, it isn't required to be set in a dystopia, or any particular kind of setting. And in real life, many people would call certain big cities or small towns a utopia while others would argue that place, global society, or human existence itself is a dystopia. In a solarpunk noir, I can easily imagine cynical characters battling the remnants or reemergence of cynicism, crime, doomerism, and so on in the dark shadows of a utopian landscape, needing to contend with living a life unseen or unappreciated by others, or antagonists (be they regular people or criminals) who struggle with letting go of vanishing lifestyles as society changes to something more sustainable.
Bonus points for having a blue burst Meteora Mk. III (aka Player Plus) on the wall, and I believe the testing guitar is a blue Iceman like Daron Malakian plays.
“You have $150 to buy a toy” “I’m buying a Lego set”
real af
$150?
*me and the bois on the way to buy 1 single warham for $150 (we might not have enough money)*
Buy a lego set, and a light kit for it
@@f0rth3l0v30fchr15tsame, probably grab some dark angels or maybe some paragon warsuits, could get two boxes and morvenn vahl for £150 if my math is right and I’m remembering the right prices.
I would not deny Emily a lego set. Let the girl have some fun once in a while, she's always cooped up in that room - let her breathe some oxygen. Okay?
@@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t hello Game Workshops Deli I would like one warham please
“Who goes to NAMM anymore” my grandpa every time he sleeps apparently
God damn
Took me a sec, but well played, well played
🔥🔥🔥
Sad, if true. But I still chuckled.
whoah 😂😂
My daughter wanted a "beat maker" for christmas one year, so I bought her an Orba. She loved it, still plays with it to this day. It might not be a serious machine to people but it was always meant to be something you could just pick up and make some music with, not necessarily make an award winning track with :)
I agree!!
It’s something I’d bring to school for my friends and I to play around with during lunch tbh
Spending your own money out of spite is definitely on brand 😂
It's a vibe😂 and I dig it.
I stole my music stand from school too.
I find the government issue stands to be the most satisfying to use, and have not enjoyed "portable" stands in the past. I, too, would say no.
In high school jazz band we would often have to drive ourselves to district performances. My Manhassat stand somehow remained in my 89 Ford Escort after I graduated in 2004. I still have it and use it lol.
I don't even know where you'd get one otherwise!
I think you mean you "strategiclly aquired a music stand through unconvential means".
The stolen music stand was a fixture of every rehearsal during my music school days 😂
Hold on though, the Cetus reverb wave algorithm adds filtered noise (modulating the cutoff frequency? envelope controlled?) so the reverberations sounds like waves??? That's actually pretty neat, I've never seen a reverb pedal with an algorithm like that
I've never seen one do that either, that mode in particular was a big reason we thought it was so cool!
Cetus = Whale (in latin)
I was into it.
@@emilyharpist plssss do a full review/review the other ALAB pedals! Would love to see more about this brand as a beginner looking for something decent for a low $
The Cletus
I have to say, the Jack White pedal is a pretty good introductory, "baby's first effects unit". I could see 14 year old me buying that as a starter thing.
14 year old me wouldn’t have the money for that 😂. 20 year old me, maybe.
@@Marynicole830 well past you is in luck, Donner pedals are actually 35 dollars or so. This one is just one of them priced at 100. Don't you wish Emily would review actually awesome 100 dollar pedals of which there are many? I do. I really do.
@@Marynicole830 tbf I more see it as something a parent could reasonably buy a kid who was super into guitar for christmas.
gotta admit the peas were S tier, though
😂 they really are
Where did you get those?! Lol I want to buy one
@@andrewsm00 ali express, theyre like a dollad and a bit.
🗣️Today's mission
Wait you have a UA-cam?
"maybe a doobie"
you have to tell us if you're a cop
also hell yeah nice soldering!
didn't look like a beginner to me
That's actually a common misconception
@@alec7364Yeah. They can lie all day. Because they suck as humans.
@@alec7364 I think law enforcement is one of the only occupations that is trained to lie
still not legal there eh?
If I had the first one, I would get absolutely no work done.
It does seem really fun to mess around with tho
same. nor anyone within earshot tbh...
you can take it in the car! i want one on sale.
it seems so much fun
although i though the same thing when i bought a kalimba, played like 5 times and just meh
it gets old fast
The segment with Cyberattack was brilliant. You two are delightful tag-teaming a gear review.
"You bought me a chore!" took me out lol The melodies from the Cetus were pretty dang good would make a killer BGM for a videogame. It kind of reminds me of Celeste
It was the "choooor" that got me! It did sound like Celeste for sure!
"money emily didnt want" thats so good
ps: 4:52 the third man pedals are quite cool, this this weird one that has like an envelope on it and completely destroys the sound of a guitar in a really cool way, ive noodled with it before and its quite fun for noisy stuff
So I agree about Orba sound being cheesy and making it a toy. The new one just released has a sampler but not sure its sound quality is any good. That said you did miss one use that MIGHT elevate it back up a tier. It can be used as a midi controller with all that expressiveness (the tilt, shake, hit, vibrato etc converted to midi cc parameters. Still not sure it’s worth the price but it is a nice use.
Okay honestly I need to do an updated short trying it as a MIDI controller
Your channel is like a dating website. You’re just trying to pair equipment with their potential match. There’s somebody for every piece of equipment! 😂
This is SO true!!!
The money bin animation is S tier
big thanks to Evan Lee for that!
Not knowing who Jack White is and the "oh boy" 😂
I died. it killed me.
jack white has me blocked on insta bc I called him out for being a lefty weirdo lmaoo
I have a Jack White pedal and have no idea who he is. 🤷♂️
@@_B.C_ the guy from the white stripes
@@leonasty69 I don't even play or mess with pedals, and even I know.
Cetus Nuts is going to be my next DND character name.
Cetus is a constellation of a whale/sea monster and the art is a space whale with several eyes haha. Also you opened the box side ways lol. It has art and some writing on the inside panels when you open it the right way. Idk about "ritual-like unboxing", but it certainly has cool presentation when you open it right and fold it out.
Also as a side note, it took me a while to fully understand the functionality, but it can do some really fun stuff. With the switch up, you hold the footswitch to do an infinite reverb of whatever was playing when you pressed it down. So you can use it to hold a drone. That also makes the bottom middle knob do pre-delay. With the switch down, the knob does modulation (for the waves it increases the intensity/volume of the waves). The switch down also puts it in a really cool mode where you can record knob changes (multiple layers of changes) and then whenever you hold the footswitch it repeats those knob changes. So for example, you can "record" the mix knob slowly increasing, and so whenever you hold the footswitch it will do that increase you recorded and then go back to the current settings when you take your foot off. Then you can layer on say the bright knob rolling down at the same time, and when you hold the foot switch it will roll up the mix and down the bright at the same time as you recorded them.
I can't remember off the top of my head but I think it records the mod knob as well. So you could have it so that holding the footswitch increases/decreases the waves until you release it. All 4 of the pedals in the series have this function iirc. I only have the Cetus so far though.
Russ, this was a GREAT idea for a video! Also, found CyberAttack through your channel and gd that dude is rad.
Ludwig did it a couple months ago
The quick sniff after every unboxing kills me.
Who doesn't love the new-tech smell? :D
"Ohhhh, it comes in a nice little beg."
"You C dis reverb?" XD
You think I'm reaching for the Orba!? 😂
As a drummer, I also said no to the Orba - I can't imagine ever wanting it on stage or in the studio.
Tip for manufacturers: make it smell good…nothing else matters!
Wait I need a full track from the Cetus, that was such a vibe
IKR? I was like "Yeah they got the art but do they... Oh my god this sounds amazing" It reminds me of like Alpine Universe, Era, maybe David Arkenstone stuff?
I was genuinely impressed by the reverb. I also was expecting it to sound worse, but for the price it’s a nice sounding reverb.
"This is so hard to open" - ignores obvious opening flap on side of box and tears through end
stolen music stand - s tier #justiceforuncleem
"Who goes to NAMM anymore? Smelly" That killed me. Smiles and chuckles all the way through.
2:00 That could be a great replacement organ for a budget church.
FREAKING Love the analogy of tiers explained 😂 totally agree.
It's like she doesn't think we'll notice GothEgg and HarpLady permaswapped.
Not a single original thought inside that head of yours
@@Cassandra_Steel its just a meme miss
@@Cassandra_Steel I'm having one right now :|
@@Cassandra_Steel No u.
Manchurian Harp Lady for sure. Who knows what the shadow UA-cam govt is really trying to do. I presume overthrow guitar pedal companies. Lol
Smell test right out the box LMAO 00:51
wasnt expecting 5/4 straight out the gate with the first track
I thought that was a nice touch, too. The Orba may be a toy, but it can do weird time signatures? I'm actually kind of impressed
regret right off the bat is fantastic
That 5/4 orba beat was really nice, I think you're underrating it
who would sell a DIY kit with SMD components that they expect you to solder??? thats insane
I agree... my roommate can solder smd but to me that's crazy.
I've worked for the Pela Case guys up in their plant in Canada and I have to say, to top all the other reasons you might buy one (environmentally friendly, good designs, custom etc) is that you're supporting a small business and a good group of people. The owner and all the employees I interacted with were super nice and you're not giving your money to a multimillion dollar megacorp. And they use PLA/Flax so it's all naturally derived stuff which is cool.
if you change your phone every two years or so, the case lasts that much.
I am at the second cover for my current phone, when they reach end of life they disintegrate slowly. it's not a bad thing, it's just a need to know thing
I think this my fourth pela cover, second for this phone
8:28 Wait, they legitimately expect you to hand solder surface mount capacitors? Yeah, they can get bent.
no they can't; that's why surface mount is harder (I'm so sorry)
@@valdir7426 :)
@@valdir7426 That was a good one ahahaha
YES! *that is the WORST thing ever!*
it's like they tried to mix warhammer miniature building with music peripherals.
I personally would be fine with it, but that's cause I know my hazards and love the thrill. This is just dangerous in like 99% of the cases. It'd be better if they came already soldered or smth, but then it wouldn't be a diwhy, right?
For ~$100 I-just-need-a-reverb-pedal I'd recommend one of the JHS 3 series reverbs ahead of the Cletus/chodus/Cedis thingy. I'm partial to the hall reverb. I plugged it in in the guitar shop and it instantly became S tier for me. Then two guitar guys came up and asked me what I was playing around with. I think I accidentally sold 2 more for Josh that day.
those are so good for the price, I have a bunch of them
@@emilyharpist Indeed! The whole line has kind of a pokemon 'gotta catch em' all' vibe. Thanks for the great video AND reply!
So many people on UA-cam recommended Cetus as a budget ambient pedal. Is that JHS reverb good for that kind of music? I mean if I really love to shoot my sound in the head with effects
@@zhenyaloginov Well its important to note the JHS ones don't get as ambient and only have 1 algorithm each, and are mono! That being said, they're realllly good for what they are
@@emilyharpist Oh, I get it, thanks a lot!
“It’s in a nice little begg!” - Probably Goth Egg, probably
"I'm beggin' ova here!"
Ever since to coat where they were in the same room I'm never fully convinced they didn't do a switcheroo on us
11:00 Forget the Instagram ad, why the hell are you eating yogurt with a fork??????????
EGGZACTLY! I haven't seen a fruit corner in a long while
as a guitarist the jack white + the cetus reverb would be a good starter effects kit
It really would!
My dad passed away when I was 22 and I didn't get to see him much due to life/work etc. Sold/set up professional audio and was a collector geek musician!
He always told me stories of "The Namm Show" when I was really little. "Daddy's going to Namm next week" was a phrase heard yearly in the early 90s. He would always return with such fantastic stories and free swag, it was like he went to a party at Santa's from the sound of it!
Fast forward to 2024 and I hear this fresh take on the stinky Namm show 🤣 life is stranger than fiction!
Emily: D-tier. Wait...
*sniff*
Emily: Okay, B tier.
I absolutely love the cyberattack crossovers. Please do more! Also this was just so gd good
i actually enjoyed most of the sounds of that Cletus pedal. Letus? Cotuf?
contemplating my Orba
1:14 SHINEY TEETH AND ME!
talking about ecofriendly while having several apple devices is just funny
: The first one's synth pad is very Beach House, I dig that. The second one has a lot of promise for people who see Oasis' reunion shows live and want to do more of what they're doing come 2026. That third one though - if you're gonna be soldering components to make a synth, have it be grimy like a Transcendant 2000 or something, don't give me this lo-fi nonsense. The fourth one looks pretty, so that's fun I guess.
also that "aahcent" you have is very strong in this episode
I'm so happy that I stumbled across one of your shorts a couple months ago. These videos are so entertaining, even though I had very little interest in either harps or pedals before. You're just so funny and obviously passionate and well-informed about the things you talk about that I get sucked in regardless.
Most honest music gear reviewer of all time
This was a fun video. The past several vids have been great. More vids of you reviewing gear on this scale would be fun. I want the friendship with goth egg to turn into her just randomly showing up to do random stuff.
7:21 that catch was cold AF, but was it on the first try?
Yes first try!
HAH I was thinking the same shit! Smooth
@emilyharpist I wouldn't have believed you if you didn't look like you just got in 15 seconds ago and had no idea what was going on, what you caught, or how you caught it.
I have no sane reason to buy any music gear, so I don't know why this was in my feed, but it was funny as hell, and I watched the whole thing! Emily, you're hilarious. Subbed just for laughs.
So funny, I had to watch it again a month later...
03:10 Man, the Mockingbird guitar shape is really underrated.
I hope you say no to a lot of sponsor proposals because I want WAY more of this.
That bit of ambience music with the cetus was really really good tho, love it.
coo Cyberattack is my favorite. i think he's the master of "the medium is the message" pedal influencer. btw the medium is the pedals
There is no reason Jack would put his name on a shit pedal.
Emily Harpkins and Cyberattack collab? My two favorite gear channels… together? 🤯🤯 What a time to be alive.
CYBERATTACK SIGHTING
god DAMN seeing Cyberattack unexpectedly was amazeballs thank you Emily youre awesome with the best jump scares!
That Meteora and Emily's smile in the same shot is beauty overload.
"Maybe a doobie…"
Uncle Em is back, y'all
i've been wanting a lap drum for sitting at my computer, like a bongo or hand pan. but maybe an Orba?
12:49 Cetus (/ˈsiːtəs/) is a constellation, sometimes called 'the whale' in English.
It is the Latin word for whale
11:40 was playing World Warcraft and kind of just forgot. This video was playing in the background. You really do make some great music that just blended in with ambience of the game.
Thats a great pedal for your music imo
You bought me a chore!
"The pedal is really good, but ok."
that is an actual email reply I got from somebody lmao
@@emilyharpist Yeah, that's why it's hilarious! 😂
Came for the accent, stayed for the accent. "Dumb aeeyzz"
"you bought me a chore!" Lol
Instagram definitely listens to you I was in school once talking a lot abt gambling and then later at home EVERY ad was abt casinos
That’s so wild
The plate reverb on the Cetus massaged my brain so hard I kinda want to buy one now
2:30 OMG I LUV U
11:26 I love how the first thing is always smell the electronics (I also do this)
The Cetus was actually really nice!
The Orba is a good toy. The Orba 2 is a great toy that shouldn't have to exist. The first one is really fun, I carry it with me everywhere it's a great way to jam/de-stress on the road. But the 2nd one can be personalised, the first one is just an expensive toy.
9:37 Cruelty Squad type beat
That orb thing seems like it’d be cool for live shows if you’re mostly doing something else. Like if you need quick drums or samples as a solo/duo or to add some extra flavor here and there. I’d use something like that.
“Who goes to NAMM anymore? You know? SMELLY”
Emily is my goddamn hero
the first orba one seems nice, like.. idk if id use it, or if it makes sense for you to use it, but if you play piano, thats basicly a mini sound board, which could be nice if you needed a beat or chores or something like that. i belive it could be usefull for ppl who just plays music as a hobby.
also, id love if youd try and make the best song you can make, with as many horrible paddles you can use, but it have to be actully good, i feel like that could be a fun experiment, id do it if i used peddels, but acustic pianos dont rlly do that
also, are those peddels only for harp, or would they work for guitar too?
12:05 .... What!
😂🤣 laughed out loud throughout. This is mad fun
"Yeah."---Harp Lady
11:37 brooo i need this as a full song it makes my ears so happy!
"did you do this to meyke me meyd"
Do more of this! Loved it! 😂😂😂
I loved the sound of the Coitus! 😊
Emily I was so excited to find this video and subscribed immediately. I'm at my Wit's End for all of the influencers, one after another that are sponsoring Temu I am absolutely appalled that they are accepting enormous quantities of merchandise showing it on their channels and pretending to roast it, then even posting a code number for their viewers. I find this Behavior despicable thank you for being a role model for those Young UA-cam viewers who need to see what quality values in a person look like.
I'm takeing credit for you owning the Slice Safety Cutter.
Just to start, the ORBA seems like a good idea, until you realize that on a keyboard you can use all your fingers at once when doing Drum patterns. You can't on this. And when your hands are more spread out on an actual keyboard, you can keep time better too.
On the music stand, ok, you can't flip it around-but 'giggers' memorize their music. We just use that stand for words we haven't memorized yet.
That reverb? I loved it! It would fit right in with my originals, stuff no one wants to hear. Love the "wave" setting.
All of that said, I LOVE watching intelligent people do their thing! Great job Emily!
its got that degraded analog thing everybody loves
this is my FAVORITE video so far! please do this again next year?
Planning one for maybe late jan or early Feb!
@@emilyharpist OHYAAAA!! I feel so lucky c: thank you Em!
I can now only imagine a doobie that is the full length and width of the music stand carrying case
always love a bit of Cyberattack
Some other channels have covered the ALabs pedals, and they do sound pretty good in the demos. In addition, IIRC all but the first one in the chain are stereo. And there is some sort of automation / sequencing that you can get them to replay / or something... So $100-120 each for stereo effects... pretty cool...
(I opted for the cheapy Chinesium affordaboard mono pedals... cause that's what I could afford at that moment. I should've saved up a bit more. )
A lot of those tracks you made - especially with the first doodad - make me want to soundtrack a solar punk noir novel with them.
Isn't noir kinda the opposite of solarpunk? Like isn't noir implicitly dystopian?
@@PhillipRaymondGoodman Noir isn't a genre in the same way as "punk" genres, noir and neo-noir are more related to tone and themes while "punk" sub-genres are more about aesthetics and settings that tend to be used to support or contrast certain themes. So, a noir solarpunk novel might have a bright setting on a surface level but have high contrast in aesthetics and themes, and the main characters might deal with cynicism and crime that come with new or aging technology (which may or may not make it more tech noir or possibly even post- or pre-apocalyptic).
Anything can be merged together if you're creative enough, even seemingly opposite aesthetics like solarpunk and dieselpunk exist simultaneously in real life, same with rural slice of life and urban warfare, or psychological thriller comedy romance.
@@ichortide as far as I know solar punk is meant to be utopian, as a purposeful contrast to cyberpunk and it's related genres which are dystopian, I always assumed the punk aspect is that the stories are meant to be subversive
@@PhillipRaymondGoodman Subversive can mean a lot of different things, though, depending on the context, and genres are never that strict. The utopian aspect of solarpunk doesn't need to define the rest of the themes in the story or other elements of the setting at present. It could be a future the characters are working toward, or a previous version of society that is falling away or being held together.
Although noir tends to focus on cynicism and moral ambiguity, it isn't required to be set in a dystopia, or any particular kind of setting. And in real life, many people would call certain big cities or small towns a utopia while others would argue that place, global society, or human existence itself is a dystopia.
In a solarpunk noir, I can easily imagine cynical characters battling the remnants or reemergence of cynicism, crime, doomerism, and so on in the dark shadows of a utopian landscape, needing to contend with living a life unseen or unappreciated by others, or antagonists (be they regular people or criminals) who struggle with letting go of vanishing lifestyles as society changes to something more sustainable.
Bonus points for having a blue burst Meteora Mk. III (aka Player Plus) on the wall, and I believe the testing guitar is a blue Iceman like Daron Malakian plays.
I love how Emily wants to smell every single thing.
awesome idea! thanks for video, already wanna see pt2