Claude Debussy "Clair de Lune" // a modular reflection
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- reflected in a modular landscape ~
patch notes below...
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a haiku:
from the modular,
a landscape a wee sterile,
just a reflection ~
PATCH NOTES
HERMOD //
- Sequencing 4 Voices ~ Two note and Two Velocity.
- Note Tracks sequencing Rings Pitch.
- Velocity Tracks controlling rings brightness CV.
- Sequence written from a Kawai Piano. ~ Piano Midi out -- Logic Pro X -- Hermod -- Voices.
RINGS //
In 4 voice polyphonic mode processed by clouds.
CLOUDS //
In Granular mode warping under LFO's from Ornament and Crime.
In my entire 73 years of life, I cannot remember a time when I did not proclaim Clair de Lune my favorite piece of music. Has always been and will always be.
So I thought I had heard every rendition of it ever played. Now you give me this. I am too grateful for words. Thank you!
I agree!
So agree.
I've been a professional for almost 50 years. I've played this more times than Debussy and most people. I could play it a million more times and each rendition would be different. I want to write more pieces like this. I hope I can someday.
75 (74 when you posted this) and i am exactly the same.
Have you heard the Kamasi Washington version? Very beautiful and soulful. ua-cam.com/video/KqJJ-2cRR0M/v-deo.html
I bet debussy would love synths if he ever saw one
I sometimes wonder what these musical geniuses of the past would do with synths. I'm currently remixing chopin into hip hop though
@@tomkenning5482 haha nice. I bet the best romantic composer are born to be rockstars and you cant know what mozart would write for an electric guitar
@@raz7590 Classical and metal were made for each other
@@tomkenning5482 every western music is based on classical
@@raz7590 Kind of, but there are other influences like how African music and then slaves' working songs influenced Jazz and Soul.
This might be the first time Ive heard a modular setup not be used for incessant laser sounds
Mistress Fannypack listen to Idioteque by Radiohead!
Truly, price does not equal equality when it comes to music. A $25 keyboard has made better music than many $25,000 ones.
also listen to papadosio!
Switched-On Bach, Trans Electronic Music Productions
or fart-noises
Funny how Claude Debussy been real quiet since you’ve posted this😳
I think like died of butt cancer or something
@@elfagottist Yikes, I mean this is fire, but I hate to hear that it gave the original composer butt cancer :(
LOL gurl these comments are messy rn
@@elfagottist this is the best comment I've ever read honestly
@@TaKKun1123 I try
This sounds like something you’d hear in one of those chill RPG games
우유파인애플 you re almost close its in Danganronpa V3 not an rpg but a visual novel
zelda
fairy water spring
Chrono trigger or minecraft :]
Or an Elevator.
@@urbannpa nothing that good in a elevator.
It’s like 4,000 years into the future and most of humanity was wiped out along with our history but somehow the civilization that reigns was able to recover and reconstruct this beautiful piece using their technology. What was left of it was translated to this.
M M thank you imma right story about this
Joshua Bonifacio can you share when done?
Joseph Davis Hello! Unfortunately i wrote it with my native language (which is PH) still not done with it uwu
That's the feeling ^^
How is that not our civilization now? Have you heard Ethiopian music? Tell me that’s not ancient future music
When I was a kid I used to spend all my holidays in South of France. I remember my mom making the breakfast. As we were eating our breakfast in the early hours of the morning in front of those huge huge huge wheat/corn/sunflower fields in the valley in front of our house she always put this same old kind of classical music in the background.
Delibes. Saint-Saëns. Satie. And Debussy of course. This is what this song reminds me, 30-ish years later. This kinda hurts but it also makes me feel good at the same time.
Merci beaucoup.
That's really touching
That memory looks like a beautiful painting
Looks like the flashback ego had in ratatouille
When I was young we were very poor but in me my parents instilled a love of reading and music. Days where there was little to eat, I would return from school and just eat chips and sandwiches and have milk or whatever and listen to classical music while reading. Good times.
Sweet Mom
this is what i want to play when i get stabbed in the canal behind my house and i'm slowly drifting away
sleepy bee that’s beautiful
What would then be the best sound when being plowed over by a red Mercedes?
oddly specific.
Wow
How romantic of you...!
it’s amazing when it hits a low note, the rich bass texture with everything else is just breathtaking
ICU ViZioN wasn’t expecting it to do that, was quite the surprise for myself too
@@annannie Are the low notes also coming from the Plaits? You might have just sold me on that as a first module (apart from my Neutron)
I know right? So much girth in the bass.
No, you're breathtaking.
Gave me goosebumps every time it hit
Man your getting a very organic sound out of that rig. Its like some sort of sci-fi version of a nylon guitar, or maybe a harp. Masterful work.
The picked / strummed nature of the sound is incredible. Very akin to a harp at times. Well done
I was genuinely questioning if i was listening to samples from a guitar cover at certain points, i have never heard such organic rhythms and patterns of notes played from a nodular setup or even software
@@markog1999 Its Mutable Instrument Rings, it falls under the Physical Modelling umbrella. The notes themselves are a MIDI version of Claire de Lune. :)
Incredible
good meeting you last week! hopefully can make some trouble with the doc soon in the future
@@annannie You too man!!!
Holly shet! That's high praise coming from the doctor himself. You also rock man! Greetings from Puebla México
There is something oddly congruent between this manner of modular synthesis presentation and the musical impressionism of Debussy.
Mmmm yes I concur!
He was not being pretentious at all.
What seems 'pretentious' to you, that is simply called 'knowing how to write eloquently in one's mother tongue'.
Oh, one more thing: this rendition is beautiful!
Thank you so much for uploading it, Annie.
I do kind of talk like I ate a dictionary, but I come by it honestly. :)
This makes me want to learn everything about modular synthesis.
Also, everything about Debussy's composing techniques
right at 2:20, there is an almost brassy sound momentarily that took my breath away. i don't know much about modular synths but that alone makes me want to understand what the heck is going on here (besides the incredible arrangement and rich textures that others have noted)
Thank you :) honestly surprised me too, modular has a mind of its own
ua-cam.com/video/0MCnnfXPSHw/v-deo.html. I hope you enjoy.
I'm a little late but it's actually the sound of the synth getting too loud and clipping
@@mophead0766 otherwise known as the cutoff filter wasn't as tight, that doesn't mean it didn't create beauty.
Multi-waves Offischal music You could consider it a kind of incidental distortion, it certainly accentuated the bar with some intense texture
Some might decry this display, but I think Debussy would have experimented with it.
Bravo.
He absolutely would have - with the way he played with his thematic material based on his travels, his instrumentation, his risk taking... we often think little of ourselves where I think the 'greats' would be smiling down saying "keep going!"
Thank you! I think the greats in classical and “traditional” music would’ve loved seeing the evolution of their music, at least the curious ones
Jon Stewart what a beautiful comment :)
What is this thing even?
@@brandoncostner7437 it's a small kind of domestic dog
As a pianist that holds this as one of my favourite pieces to play, and as also a rabid synth fanatic... I think this was marvelous. Debussy was arguably the father of impressionism in the musical form, and had a thing for gamelin music so he would have LOVED this version! I've been fumbling around with the question of whether a eurorack rig would be money well spent for me. This goes a long way toward my justification! Don't tell my wife.
This is just so ridiculously beautiful sounding. I swear to you I had a speaker that was crackling and your music helped somehow fix the problem. Whoever you are, I love you. I'd love to hear Rhapsody in Blue sequenced through your setup like this.
This is perfect quarantine music
Still perfect quarantine music 😔
@@louisopit255 nothing makes you feel your own mortality like a UA-cam comment you made when you thought quarantine was gonna be like 1 month tops
How did the next 8 months go?
Still relevant
it keeps going, but at least we have this music to keep us company
Woah, wasn't expecting this to be so good.
Ikr it sounds so beautiful
Same, mate. It's bloody beautiful
Same here. Blown away.
「Clair de Lune 」 is the culmination of Debussy's aesthetics .
This performance is the supreme arrangement of Debussy's aesthetics called 「 Clair de Lune 」 .
I just am intoxicated with this incomparable arrangement's performance and this Debussy's masterpiece .
From chaotic Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun .
It really starts to sound interesting when you break away from the original and start to alienate the harp like sound bit
This is my favourite video on youtube, I keep coming back to it. So incredibly beautiful, thank you.
I think one of the best aspects of this Clair de Lune is the attention to musical expression; I adore the many rubato you give to its passages.
This is one of the most amazing things I've ever heard synthesized on a modular. The pinnacle of expert-level programming.
Best 4:33 version of all of time
Sounds like that relaxing music at 3 am in Animal Crossing, love it
idk why this was recommended to me but this is beautiful
Omg you have no idea how much I love this!! Tomita (Snowflakes) was my first listen in 1985 - He would have loved this!!!
You're beautiful. Thank you for this
i understand nothing of synths but this is beautiful to listen and to watch. i love it. great job.
So do the people that are not from the institute ...
Watching this made me realize how tired I am of the notion that synthesizers have no soul. They do. This one has part of your soul in it. Your work and your human touch are decidedly audible.
This froze me absolutely still. A perfect entry for the colorful history of impressionistic classical synth music. Also it's raining on my face. *; _ ;*
Literally the same
I'm not crying, you're crying! :'|
Ann, you've made a stranger weep. Beautiful, what you've done here. Thank you.
A wonderful version of this piece. I was expecting to be disappointed, being a huge Tomita fan, but I was not. This sounds great. Great patching.
Tomita's version is a classic, but he gets off the leash a few times on that track.
When the singularity happens, AI will play this in our funerals as a tribute to humanity.
The funeral Dancer waiting outside with the coffin. *Vicetone - Astronomia Plays*
We demand your flesh
37 months to go.
DUDE. Duuuuude. Dude.
A decent enough sendoff..
Ahhh, it's like I am floating on a cloud, with other clouds surrounding me, protecting me from the harsh rays of the sun. Truly, a wonderful interpretation of a wonderful piece.
At 1:06 when the deep bass resonates out I feel my chest rise up in response. This is such a stunning version of this song. Absolute perfection
Honestly this feels like the cross center of art, beauty, commerece and music. Fucking gorgeous how everything is put together
Bar way to explain it imo
*best
don't forget technology
I must admit my favourite song from Bon Iver - Blindsided, has now a strong competition. This is so unique and stunning that I barely find words...
a tribute to man kind. our accomplishments, our many failures and the many recoveries. our determination and our incredible connectedness.
It is simply strikingly beautiful!
3:17 always gets me, so tingling.
If you like this you'll absolutely adore Isao Tomita's version from the old 70's "Snowflakes are dancing" album.a true piece of electronic beauty.✨
Thanks for that!
Please do Arabesque No1!
barondorado please
@barondorado please do it!
Narrator: He did not do it.
@@jwaj :D
@@jwaj goddammit
One of the few recordings out there that actually gets the rhythm and time signature correct
Switched-On Debussy
I had no idea how much I needed this until now
tomita did it really well
I don't get it. Can someone pls explain?
@@NoNTr1v1aL It's a reference to the album "Switched-On Bach" by Wendy Carlos in which Bach's music is performed on a Moog synthesizer.
@@ProfoundPlasticBag thanks
This is absolutely gorgeous.
I have tears in my eyes.
This and Seong-Jin Cho's rendition are my favorites.
I understand why Debussy originally entitled this piece ""Promenade Sentimentale".
I'm taken back to a warm spring day when my grandmother held my hand as she walked me back from school.
Thank you for your beautiful effort into this piece 💗
"I looked at the red box with it's yellow wires and it talked to me. It had so much to say, and what it said was beautiful. So beautiful..."
That was just such a treat on the ears. And to do it using modular synthesis is even more impressive . As a small time amateur composer I salute you and envy your brilliance . Thanks for sharing this with the planet. What a beautiful interlude .
my favorite part was around 0:46 because the bass note took me by surprise but I love it soooo much
When mother's play music for their unborn children, this is how I imagine it sounds on the other side
I just played this for my unborn child...
Now turn down all the treble on the stereo and put a glass of water over your ear... then...
comments that give you an existential crisis omg
Dat bass note tho 😍
Perfect music to listen to while cops are on the way to arrest me. I’m on a tractor in a construction site, there is no cloud in sight, only stars.
Wherever you are I hope you’re doing ok
@@slyfox6417 it's probably a reference to some movie or something
I promise, Claude has quite the grin on his face. Bravo!
So amazing that a song as old as this can still be transformed into new and exciting versions of itself, so incredibly beautiful
I love that everytime I listen to this theres something new to appreciate about it, your rendition, the original tune, music in general.
the peaks that happen every once and awhile add to this piece
well i started crying so its good.
truly appreciate when I can convey emotion :), many thanks
Now I am interested in getting a HERMOD module for my rig :-)
What are all the modules in your setup here? I see clouds, rings x2, Ornament and crime, HERMOD , plaits, varigate, what are the others?
2:25 oh my god the harmony its so beautiful
This is what it sounds like on Neptune, when the clouds occasionally open, and the torrential blue and purple rain stops for a brief few minutes, as sunlight pours in through a few holes in the heavens...glistening on the strange and shimmering crystal-like land below....
it sounds like a never ending use of acoustic guitar harmonics it’s so beautiful
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
The half bar delay is just so nice on this piece
For a moment it sounded like the Great Fairy's Fountain from The Legend of Zelda. I really liked it!
Serene... My musical journey started with classical (like many others) and now I've ended up with modular synths, so this is a beautiful example of the two combined!
No matter the instrument, debussey’s clair de lune will forever remind me of my first love. That night with the rain pitter-pattering across our faces, locked in an embrace atop our mountain. We looked out at the city below and the lights moved like a swarm of bees. In that moment, we realized that we were *not* nothing, and that...that made all the difference then. Rest In Peace querida.
A great piece of work! Philip Glass would be another interesting composer for modular.
I loved it when they put Clair de lun over the Godzilla trailer
I still find myself returning to this. Wonderful patch
1:49 Magic!
I feel that way too !!
lets be honest, thats what we are all here for
This is so beautiful. I'm an avid fan of Claude debussy and this just gives such a romantic, magestic , modern-medieval style string affect version if his original
Sounds absolutely gorgeous a true electronic recreation of European art music - would love to hear something more contrasting with chaos and beauty like perhaps the great Liszt sonata or even a menacing string quartet of some sort.
This is so beautiful 😭
The genuine music box.
mesmerizing. just wow
What a beautiful way to mend the daw and modular worlds. Well done!
dairylandbogurt vcv rack is a virtual euro rack I don’t know of that is answering your question .
This makes an absurdly good lullaby
Just imagine if all the titans of classical actually had access to this technology.
So pure, pristine sound that fits perfectly to the tune. 👏👏👏
Sound like something straight out of Zelda
Yeah it has a zora’s domain vibe
Or maybe Zelda has a Debussy vibe
Fairy Fountain = Clair de Lune
@@wlzo Link headed to the fairy goddess domain
Considering this song is like 100 years old, I'm gonna say that Zelda sounds straight out of Debussy.
So wonderfully delicate. Beautiful!
Omg just the fact that a machine without emotion with just a little help from a human can create such beautiful sounds, its amazing. ☺️
So enjoyable and reflective, thank you for sharing
this is a beautiful and very personal modular synth
Wonderful. I'm a lifelong fan of Isao Tomita and this is equal to anything he did. Thaks you.
i just stoped this video because it reminds me too many bad moment in my life. Sorry, you did such a good job.
Simply... Beautiful.... Thanks for sharing your work
An applause! I liked it more than I didn't. Well the composition is a favorite of mine and the presentation in this medium (synth modular) is good. I feel like with music, I am more critical of than anything else. I think it's brilliant, good work!
Classical music and synthesizers are a match made in heaven; they never fail to mesh well in my experience. What a beautiful rendition of this piece you've programmed and performed for us!
Viens ici, ne reste pas au bord du clair de lune,
Viens ici, nous avons tant de choses à nous dire...
viens ici, dans l'ombre du tilleul.
I find myself returning to this video every few months..... it's just magical...
This sounds like the future
A robot trying to talk
I love modular so much. I understand most of it but it generally racks my brain. 💖
Awesome 👏 I have no idea how you did this but I loved your interpretation ! Please do the main theme of “interstellar”
My Fave Classical tune. Well done. Tomita re born. Love it. Really clever.
I click on everything clair de lune, it's a blessing and a curse.
im 147 old and can remember long time ago my french dude claude played it first time on his moog synth.. the whole gang danced until morning and then walked to work.. thats how it was back then
i can feel the v i b r a t i o n s
Soooo smooth on the ears I love it.
Suite Bergamasque - n°3 Clair de Lune
.... What a fantastic choice, to me Claude Debussy is The Genius +++++ (with Eric Sati and Gustave Mahler) !
And you're a magistral synth designer !
You have kept all the lightness and freshness of the piece !
Bravo !!
Thank you!!
this is what rain falling gently on the water of a serene lake sounds like