One of those times when Aphex Twin wasn't Aphex Twin - Polygon Window hardware only cover/recreation

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  • Опубліковано 17 тра 2024
  • A few people have requested this one - happy to oblige!
    A sense of the synths and drum machines that Richard had around the time is mostly based around the '93 Future Music interview - lannerchronicle.wordpress.com...
    Since the Roland R8 was used for a lot of SAW - see my Xtal video • Aphex Twin - Xtal - ha... - it makes sense that he was using it for the "updated 808 sounds" on Polygon Window too. The retuned, panned and pitch automation sort of gives it away. Also interesting that Autechre were (really obviously) using the same drum machine at the same time, which might have been a driver behind his move away from it.
    The Yamaha TX81Z, DX21 and DX11 are pretty much interchangeable, and the bassline you can make on any FM synth
    Sorry there's no MS20 😢
    There's not much by way of sequencing, but what is sequenced is pretty unusual, particularly the discordant strings. Fun times.
    Please don't forget to check out my other videos, and please do comment, like, subscribe, share, remix etc - it all boosts my ego no end.
    Thanks for watching!!

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  • @BenColemanUK
    @BenColemanUK 26 днів тому +15

    Amazing work, I had no idea that was an FM synth at the start, and I've listened to this track about a billion times. This is an incredible recreation. It's amazing how little there is going on in this track; bass synth + drums + strings + mono lead + absurd amounts of delay - it's almost text book building blocks, but in the hands of a master

    • @bleepsandboops
      @bleepsandboops  26 днів тому +4

      Right? It's mad when you break it down - the end product is way more than the sum of its parts 👍👍👍

  • @tomparkinson8448
    @tomparkinson8448 28 днів тому +6

    These videos do a great deal to put in perspective just how much work these tracks take to create. Always excited to see when a new one comes out. Great job, as always!

  • @weakend
    @weakend 27 днів тому +5

    S1 punching above it's weight again! So crazy what you can squeeze out of it at that price point... This was an awesome video, killed it.

    • @bleepsandboops
      @bleepsandboops  27 днів тому +2

      Thanks for watching, and yep! 💯 The S1 is fantastic bang for the buck - best thing Roland have put out in ages!

  • @Cires789
    @Cires789 28 днів тому +9

    Very well done Sir. I love the Polygon Window album. 😀

    • @bleepsandboops
      @bleepsandboops  27 днів тому +2

      Thanks! Yeah - SOSW is way way up there!!

  • @gabrielsyme4550
    @gabrielsyme4550 20 днів тому +1

    Watching your content is always a great pleasure and a great oportunity to discover new elements on familiar tracks. Thanks for your amazing work.

  • @markcartwright8169
    @markcartwright8169 27 днів тому +3

    Really impressive recreation!

  • @jdrukman
    @jdrukman 28 днів тому +5

    Nice one, you nailed it again.

  • @suspiciouswatermelon7639
    @suspiciouswatermelon7639 27 днів тому +11

    Congratulations.... you're Aphex Twin now!

    • @bleepsandboops
      @bleepsandboops  27 днів тому +4

      😂😂 Me and millions of others...

    • @artificalqphexian
      @artificalqphexian 26 днів тому +1

      not really, i feel he didn't lie enough

    • @bleepsandboops
      @bleepsandboops  26 днів тому +3

      @@artificalqphexian plot twist - all the audio is actually a Digitakt and Hydrasynth...

  • @echodepth_
    @echodepth_ 22 дні тому +2

    This track always sounded a bit like a boss battle theme in places. Really cool to hear all those components broken down and remade. Nice video!

    • @bleepsandboops
      @bleepsandboops  19 днів тому +1

      Thank you! Yeah, it's an unusual track but comes apart once you spot the patterns... Duck, roll and swipe at the ankles seems to work!

  • @binchsoda
    @binchsoda 27 днів тому +5

    Great vid as always! Keep em bleep bloops coming!

  • @Stazma
    @Stazma 18 днів тому +1

    Ouch the sound of the Waldorf! Nice video as always ;-)

    • @bleepsandboops
      @bleepsandboops  16 днів тому

      🧊😎🧊 The Waldorf is pretty spectacular tbf (currently jamming some Thomas Dolby ppg things on it because I'm that kind of guy...), just maybe not for analog analog things..!

  • @conk971
    @conk971 26 днів тому +2

    love these vids. great work as always. cheers!

  • @AppaBoy
    @AppaBoy 28 днів тому +3

    so excited to see another video from you

    • @bleepsandboops
      @bleepsandboops  27 днів тому +2

      Thanks! Still working on more, just takes ages!!!

  • @garaughty
    @garaughty 27 днів тому +2

    Truly excellent insights... lovely work on this !

  • @mattkaz9604
    @mattkaz9604 17 днів тому +1

    Pretty good, especially the synths and samples strings.

  • @noelfountain
    @noelfountain 27 днів тому +2

    Amazing! Great work on this recreation, definitely has the vibe of the original. Pretty inspiring, thanks!

  • @MattWhitehead80
    @MattWhitehead80 24 дні тому +2

    This is a superb job.

  • @SuperRingoffire1
    @SuperRingoffire1 18 днів тому +1

    Great cover and thanks the album recommendations cant beluve they passed ne by 👌☮️

    • @bleepsandboops
      @bleepsandboops  16 днів тому +1

      Yeah! You have to start with Artificial Intelligence - it's the start of all of this!

    • @SuperRingoffire1
      @SuperRingoffire1 16 днів тому +1

      Cheers 👍​@@bleepsandboops

  • @silvertongues2
    @silvertongues2 27 днів тому +3

    That FM bass sound is on so many things from 88-91…. I recently spent ages trying to work it out…..

    • @bleepsandboops
      @bleepsandboops  26 днів тому +3

      Early Prodigy too - all over Experience 😎👍

  • @Vauun
    @Vauun 28 днів тому +4

    Amazing video as always! I look forward to seeing you when you've got hundreds of thousands of subscribers and you're rubbing shoulders with IDM giants like Richard. If you keep putting out stuff as high quality as this you're going to be there in no time. Love from the US!

    • @bleepsandboops
      @bleepsandboops  27 днів тому +2

      ♥ Thanks for watching! Think I've a long way to go before I get the phone call from Warp!!!!

  • @meso1979
    @meso1979 17 днів тому +1

    That's incredible!

  • @earlsfield
    @earlsfield 24 дні тому +3

    Ah tmz and Alesis quadraverb. My first effect processor, still have it after 30 years. I swear when I watch your videos its like you shot them at my studio lol

    • @bleepsandboops
      @bleepsandboops  23 дні тому +1

      😂😂👍 It's that or a bunch of Bad Gear cast-offs!

    • @earlsfield
      @earlsfield 23 дні тому +2

      @@bleepsandboops lol spot on. good work as always mate

  • @evilmario6061
    @evilmario6061 17 днів тому +1

    Incredible!

  • @alexconroy696
    @alexconroy696 25 днів тому +3

    NORD RACK 2
    v i r t u a l a n a l
    he returned

  • @alexblunt7493
    @alexblunt7493 26 днів тому +3

    Is the picture of Venetian Snares at the beginning intentional? Amazing recreation of polygon window though! 100% subbing.

    • @bleepsandboops
      @bleepsandboops  26 днів тому +1

      Thanks for subscribing! And yeah... something about a peep show reference...

    • @alexblunt7493
      @alexblunt7493 26 днів тому +1

      @@bleepsandboops aha I thought I might be missing something. Time to rewatch peep show.

  • @ryankelly4080
    @ryankelly4080 22 дні тому +1

    Well done!

  • @TyroneCLove
    @TyroneCLove 26 днів тому +2

    Nice rendition of Windowlicker in the beginning

  • @JustDatBoi
    @JustDatBoi 24 дні тому +2

    the *DICE MAN*

  • @artemvsprime
    @artemvsprime 24 дні тому +1

    Sick!

  • @tomfenn7149
    @tomfenn7149 26 днів тому +3

    This Linux box has no microphone, but spookily enough, this very LP is playing right now on my CD player, (ie no physical connection whatsoever between CD player and PC) , and your video about Surfing on Sinewaves comes up while I'm doom scrolling. Thanks!

  • @doktorwer
    @doktorwer 28 днів тому +2

    Excellent!

  • @federicobersano
    @federicobersano 27 днів тому +2

    At 5:30 ...I hear you. I don't have an Iridium because I spent all my money on two MS-20.

    • @bleepsandboops
      @bleepsandboops  26 днів тому +2

      STEREO MS20s HAVE ENTERED THE CHAT
      bet that sounds awesome!

  • @sunilsolanki
    @sunilsolanki 25 днів тому +2

    "You crazy son of a bitch... You did it.".
    Dr. Ian Malcom reacting to your recreation.

  • @Eightball69
    @Eightball69 28 днів тому +1

    Incredible! 💥✊

  • @MLochMusic
    @MLochMusic 27 днів тому +1

    Very well done sir!
    Congrats on the Iridium. I bought the M. Its a modernday microwave. I think its superb.

    • @bleepsandboops
      @bleepsandboops  27 днів тому +1

      Thanks! Big fan of the Waldorf gear - was really unsure about the Iridium compared to (say) a used Virus or even a Novation, but genuinely very happy with it! Just need to find a way to fit it into something that isn't just a sci-fi soundtrack!!

    • @MLochMusic
      @MLochMusic 27 днів тому +1

      @@bleepsandboops I thought the iridium could do anything. Even speech synthesis. I felt it would be too complicated for me. I still live in the relm of single ocsilstor Junos. My kit today much the same as the 90s ha. Even got an Atari.
      I specifically got the M cos I loved the microwave. I must say it hasn't disappointed. But it is complicated in itself.
      Keep in keeping on mate. Your channel rocks 👍🏻

  • @danbad6875
    @danbad6875 26 днів тому +2

    the tx81z sounds so good and is so much fun to use, but what a nightmare to program lol ive had it for years and it still confuses the hell out of me

    • @bleepsandboops
      @bleepsandboops  26 днів тому +1

      No vintage tones without vintage menu-diving hell!!

  • @chips989
    @chips989 27 днів тому +1

    Ate nachos and watched this. Class

    • @bleepsandboops
      @bleepsandboops  27 днів тому

      Hells yeah. Now I'm hungry for nachos dammit

  • @antimoon_music
    @antimoon_music 28 днів тому +1

    Rad! I'd been trying to recreate this myself on the appropriate hardware, but hadn't found a satisfactory string sample. I'm fairly certain the FM bass in the original is a lightly tweaked version of the "wood piano" patch on the dx100, with just a bit more release on op1.

    • @bleepsandboops
      @bleepsandboops  27 днів тому +3

      Thanks! That wood piano patch gets in a lot of places - Orbital had it on a lot of tracks along with the ubiquitous Lately Bass - funny how it sounds nothing like an actual piano but ended up being used for bass all the time..!!

  • @Newmachinemusic
    @Newmachinemusic 23 дні тому +1

    Insane stuff. Tri Repetae autechre next???? Dael or clipper are sublime.

    • @bleepsandboops
      @bleepsandboops  22 дні тому

      Thanks! Maaaaan Clipper has the best kick drum bar nothing.. Furiously trying to find the list of what was used on what, now... 😂😂

  • @atommachine
    @atommachine 28 днів тому +2

    Das is Good.

  • @wax83
    @wax83 26 днів тому +2

    Still sounds like the future

  • @Terrapastel
    @Terrapastel 24 дні тому +1

    Well done.
    I reckon the strings could do with one or two lower notes then high passed.
    Other than that great. The drums are the trickiest to match.
    Great to hear a Quadraverb in action.

    • @bleepsandboops
      @bleepsandboops  23 дні тому +1

      Thanks! Yeah, the QV is a great effects unit - I think people skip over them on account of the age and price but they really do add that early 90s grit to things!

  • @tomfenn7149
    @tomfenn7149 26 днів тому +2

    Pretty well done I have to say. But about that MS20, I've owned three of them over the years, but always sold them when I was skint. Now I have a Behringer K-2 which is identical to the original, but cost less than £200. No excuse not to own one now. :)

    • @bleepsandboops
      @bleepsandboops  26 днів тому

      Don't!!! Especially since there's a mk2 incoming, I'm running out of space as it is!!

    • @tomfenn7149
      @tomfenn7149 25 днів тому +1

      @@bleepsandboops There is nothing in the mk2 except that it can be chained with other K-2's for polyphony. Other than that, they are identical.

  • @binchsoda
    @binchsoda 27 днів тому +4

    Do u have a patreon? I wish to give u money in hopes of more vids

    • @binchsoda
      @binchsoda 27 днів тому +2

      Surely noone would refuse money in this capitalist hellscape

    • @bleepsandboops
      @bleepsandboops  27 днів тому +3

      🤣🤣 I don't have a Patreon, but you can buy me a beer with the thanks^^ button under the video!

  • @auxlen
    @auxlen 28 днів тому +2

    PW: SOSW is the GOAT

  • @supamarx5782
    @supamarx5782 28 днів тому +1

    Great job, but such an evil track in spirit - always been very hard to love.

    • @mynewcolour
      @mynewcolour 27 днів тому +2

      I think that’s why I like it

    • @bleepsandboops
      @bleepsandboops  26 днів тому +1

      @@mynewcolour it wants your soul...

  • @supamarx5782
    @supamarx5782 28 днів тому +2

    I demand the Trance Mix!

  • @ChiefExecutiveOrbiter
    @ChiefExecutiveOrbiter 26 днів тому +1

    I've had dozens of aliases 😉

  • @artemvsprime
    @artemvsprime 24 дні тому +1

    How do you think they used to sequence their gear back then? …vintage sequencers are never really sought after like the vintage synths; interesting, isn’t it? 😂

    • @bleepsandboops
      @bleepsandboops  23 дні тому +1

      I've done some other videos with an old Roland MC50, which is a floppy disk sequencer from the late 80s/early 90s but it's a real faff! Richard apparently had an Atari (fancy...)

    • @artemvsprime
      @artemvsprime 19 днів тому +1

      @@bleepsandboops Benn Jordan has just done a video on this

    • @bleepsandboops
      @bleepsandboops  19 днів тому +1

      @@artemvsprime 😂😂 perfect timing...!

  • @DicksWagon
    @DicksWagon 27 днів тому +2

    A++

  • @pedalpukus
    @pedalpukus 24 дні тому +1

    You can always try.