why I sold all my music gear.
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- 00:00 Intro
01:00 Digital Workflow
02:31 MIDI Controllers
03:37 Define Creativity
04:23 Blank Canvas
05:33 Context
08:28 New Stuff is Fun
08:46 Not a DJ Anymore
09:38 Credibility
11:18 Broken (& Free Gear)
11:57 Next
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I thought you were gonna say sold everything and invested in crypto.
Hahahahha yeah
lmao
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That's exactly what I thought!
I'll give it another year and his rooms will be filled with gear again 🤓
The GAS is always too strong.
Agreed. Lol!!!!
Nah. He’s completely right. If you enjoy playing with bits of gear fine, but it’s basically superfluous.
You bet. I experienced it myself already.
We‘re doomed. Total victims.
I always feel like my workflow/creativity suffers when I don't have my midi keyboard/headphones.
Same thing, bro! I’ve sold everything except upright piano and stage piano. Cause ton of gear is not about music. It’s about collecting.
This has to be my favourite video of yours - ever. Really resonates with me and some of my studio /life decisions lately. Love the honesty and the new place looks perfect.
This video felt somewhat nostalgic to me! Glad to see you’re doing fine Multi! Keep the good work and stay safe.
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Homie looks like he's going to put out a video on the importance of mental health in a few weeks
No matter what, you'll always need a good pair of monitors or headphones.
He doesn't need that anymore. He knows what the notes sound like.
@@tomburden 😂
I agree, but I would add a good sounding room to that.
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Just headphones. And an iPhone to check the translation of sound.
Absolutely thrilled that you're back!
Thank you for posting this. It sounds like you are finding value in the open spaces! Congratulations on releasing the instruments that don’t serve you anymore. You have inspired me.
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I've found that whenever you think a piece of gear is exhausted, some one comes along with a new way of using it that you didn't think of, proving that it's your imagination that's limited, not the gear.
Computer work flows can suffer the exact same fatigue of imagination, that's not exclusive to gear.
Computers do make life easier though, less cabling, everything in one box.
And fx processors like simple fx pedals with knobs you can turn is definetly also a way of changing things up.
completely agree
Well said but to say ya bored with a machine and all I see in a machine is a lifetime of possibilities he went bad not the gear and talking about replacing a computer every few years where gear last a lifetime sometimes
Even writers. You wouldn't think that it would matter if he were dipping a quill or clacking away at an electronic typewriter, but in fact it completely changes how you think. I've written things on paper that I never would have thought to write while sitting at a computer.
There are probably ways to manipulate how you think without changing the medium, but it certainly is a quick and incontrovertible aspect of the creative mind.
@@Selrisitai
Going for a walk... going to a club... going to work at a day job... traveling..
Change inspires ideas, and yeah a new or different media definitely inspires...
But also, think about a guitar or a piano and the seeming infinite ideas that have come from only having a single medium.
Pretty much, you hit prestige mode :P
For real!
Exactly... I've hit prestige mode as well but I noticed going back to less reminded me why having certain equipment is a blessing. These plugins emulators are cheaper than some hardware but they tax the 💩 out of you cpu and if you don't have a great interface you're dealing with all types of issues (my komplete audio 6 interface is trash as I become a better engineer). I plan on buying 3 sets of plugin bundles (I already own a few and I rather collect the rest so I don't need more outboard gear), 1 to 2 warm audio eqs and a mastering processor to wrap up my final mixes. I know I'll be on the road and going to other studios so I might buy another maschine mk3 (or mk4? If it comes out) controller so I can be on the move (that if NI doesn't allow me to install it's software on my laptop). I basically gave people some a lot of my gear that said they needed it. My goal is to make music the best way I can without going through what I'm experiencing now with my setup. Later down the lines I want one of the new Mac pros so I can be complete updated but at the moment I'm using my 2010 Mac pro that I hacked to be stronger than a regular Mac pro for video production.
Good to see you again. Also thanks for all the useful info over the years. Cheers!
This happens when you've bought gear without understanding why you "needed it" in the first place.
Life is a journey of self-knowledge, nothing more nothing less.
I call bullshit, this happens when you evolve.. no rules.
bruh.. you’re mad annoying 😭
he explains most of the gear was free or broken when he got it.
Stop being a gear lusting audio hipster. You do it for the gram, lets be honest with each other. You watch old videos of a kanye or some 90s house producer making bangers on an asr 10 or something so you run out and buy one so you can put it up on the gram to show how cool you are, but you dont understand what you are doing so you pirate fruityloops and then you spend the rest of your days using fruityloops and telling people you are using all that cool gear but secretly it keeps you up at night. Just stop, you drive prices up for people that actually care.
@@jonathansoko1085 Gram? you mean instagram...lol? No...he does it for UA-cam...IG is the proper abbreviation, not GRam..u confuse with Telegram! lol a back channel internet... no money there....only YT!
I'm going the opposite way. I bought a Prophet Rev2 and just love the unquantized feel of recording into my interface with real keys. I got so bored of soft synths and i love the tactile process of designing a patch from the ground up on hardware.
great synth. incredible sound. you'll never get that from a plugin. or a novation peak, for that matter
With you on this one. I think the difference is the level of stuff I've been getting too, last year bought a Virus TI2. I think thats where it can really make a difference with analog stuff especially synths; you get what you pay for. Obviously creative process is a different discussion but I feel ya.
If only you could have bought Multiplier's gear! Perfect exchange. 😂
@@TonsOfFun411 the Virus isn’t an analog synth.
@@HotStrange It’s got analog output transformers and that makes a noticeable difference.
Stoked to see you back Multiplier!!
Man, have loved your videos for years. Great to see you back. 💛
I always end up finishing or remaking anything i make on hardware in the box... but it's still fun to play with the hardware!
I got rid of all my stuff - I have much more fun recording real instruments only (that includes analog synths) - very liberating just banning all midi controllers and digital sound sources/sample packs. If it comes through a microphone or a TRS cable it's good fun :)
I did this exact same thing and I'm making the best music I've ever made. And I'm having the most fun doing it. I just record everything as audio.
Workflow is fast too that way. I do the same thing but add a bit of digital spice in there sometimes. Endless fun.
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I prefer to watch and listen to people doing this kind of thing as well. I find digital-only music to be "all well and good," but it hasn't yet beaten the genuine airy blast of a trumpet or the commanding thump of a drum-stick on the kit.
Good for you dude this is awesome! That new place looks amazing!
Glad you are back!
Thanks for being honest. I know a lot of us get GAS and hyped about new gear, even tho we don't really have the cash and/or need for it. Most of the time they are a headache anyways because they are not ment for certain DAWs that you might want to switch around so you have to keep tweaking midi settings which takes out all the fun/motivation and time you wanted to put into your music and not into making something work. I sold most of my stuff and just keep a small drumpad and a small keyboard. Mostly because I just like the tactile feeling of both keyboard and drumpad. But that's about it. My advice to anyone out there is, you don't really need much more than either a good drumpad and/or keyboard which is geared towards your favorite DAW. Don't get fooled by the idea that this other gear will make your music any better. Anyways good luck to everyone.
My Favourite part "If you sell all your stuff, YOU GET TO BUY NEW STUFF!!!"
Excited for this Journey!
thanks for making this video, good luck with your new place
This is a really good and reflective video. I have been thinking the same since Apple released the M1 chip. The rationale for using hardware and offline effects is I found that creativity was stifled because eventually the CPU an memory crapped out in the DAW but like you I have a lot of stuff that I simply don't use anymore because other newer stuff came along and piqued my interest.
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Dude!! Have been wondering where you’ve disappeared to! Glad to see you’re alive!!!!
So so true I used to buy everything now I only have logic and complete it’s not more gear it’s about makeing music not buying the latest gear sampling makeing your own sounds cutting up loops I would love to hear your music thanks some finely see’s what iam talking about
so stoked you're back king
Glad to see you're back!!
lets gooo
I've been doing the same but "inside the box" way, getting rid of anything I don't use
and setting up the workflow focusing only on the Creative Process, the mental process behind creation.
Lots of organization marathons worth doing.. selecting fewer and better samples, presets, plugins and so on.
Yes, very good. For my latest computer gone down to Logic/NI/Izotope - plenty.
I haven't done this process just once, and I keep going through it over time 😆
What an interesting journey you’re on. Something must have dramatically changed inside you to get you to pull the trigger on selling everything. A leap of faith.
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Probably because everything he had was Guitar Center-tier crap. He even pointed out 6 pieces that were broken
This is a excellent update and inspiring...I applaud you as I can't seen myself doing that. Then again you are levels and levels above me.
Glad you have been doing well man!!!!
Good to downsize on the digital midi controllers etc, but nothing beats hardware. Computer screens and software just don't do it for me. Different strokes.
computer is bad with its big bad screen, I'd rather use many different hardware with many tiny good screens.
@@ruslanr.6171 Lol are you just trolling everyone who enjoys hardware with this exact comment? You’re boring.
@@HotStrange i enjoy hardware too, but i don't blame computer screens for my GAS. modern computer screens are awesome.
@@ruslanr.6171 sure but you’re commenting this as a reply to people that gave perfectly reasonable explanations of why they prefer to use hardware.
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Flume had an interesting interview on this. Said all he needs is a fast computer and a good set of monitors in a treated room. Maybe a midi controller. I tend to agree. Minimalism FTW. Limitation = freedom.
for me, i like physical devices BECAUSE they limit my choices. In a DAW i can go any which direction and that's too much for me. Obviously, i'm not very experienced in the production side. And i'm sure that's a contributing factor.
Flume has a lot of hardware equipment.
@@eventhorizon1414 I'm sure he HAS a lot of fun toys. His point on the interview is that all he really NEEDS is a daw and speakers.
and bread and water but I bet he eats other things too.
limitation = freedom is often an argument for owning hardware.
there's infinitely many things you can do with a computer. not so with a box that has a fixed featureset.
great to see you moving forward
Glad to see you back man!
I relate to this very much. It's hard to write a track with all that gear looking at you. And many times I want to start something new, but cant bc I'm still working on something that requires a slightly different signal path and I end up not doing anything. I started doing my sketches in DAW. It's much less distracting and stressful .
patch bay. done.
@@mattwalsh9413 True, I gotta look into that
Spent around 1.5 years in this loop: buy gear / get bored / sell gear / buy new - this video is soo accurate illustration for this. Sure, I’ve learned a lot from all that gear, but eventually it boils down to «cool, now I should do this in my DAW as well, so what should I buy next when I sell this thing? »
Good to see you again.
welcome back bud and to the freshness of a new beginning - all the best
Multiplier ! Immediately clicked on this ! Inspiring change of direction ! Looking forward to more videos !
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I sold 90% of my gear too when I realized my best music was made entirely in the computer.
Glad to see you back. Love your Groove3 content as well.
This by far is the best insight on the mental aspect of music production and all its aspects I've seen. And I've watched a lot! I'm currently where you have been right now. I want to sell everything and really focus on where my best work has been generated from (hardware/software). And what really gets me excited about making a beat. Thanks bro!
You're One of many who have inspired me to start attending production school.
I been wondering where you went for the past year and I am personally really excited to see you back on the internet!
Congratulations on the life upgrades like the new Home, I hope this means the internet world will see more of you soon?
I feel plugins are similar. Too many plugins to master but they all do the same thing. Just master what you got, don't let marketing fool you.
I love the minimalistic approach...I'm excited to see how this goes for you.
Great video! Love the new place! 😀👍🏻
i always remind myself that Burial made his best music in Soundforge
wailNowAintVatSW!!
It's not about your "best work" or "best production", it is about having fun playing with gear, isn't it? My iPad makes great music almost automatically but I never pick it up.
My 2 cents: I’d say it depends on your end goals. Some want to just have fun and don’t care about “commercial success” or making money.
Some people want to be a content creator like the UA-camr Zen World (as I type this Multiplyer literally just said the same thing at 9:04 lol). Zen directly states he doesn’t want to be a “successful/career musician”, he wants to help people achieve that goal with tutorials and selling sound packs, etc. it’s how they pay the bills.
Then, some people want to try and be a successful musician, get signed to a label, tour, etc. in this case most successful people will tell you you have to work it like a 9-5 job, and even if you have days/weeks where you lack inspiration or even feel like you hate going into the studio, you do it anyways because quote “you’ve got a job to do.”
There’s days where “fun” is the last thing I’m having in the studio lol, but I’m there anyways trying a achieve a goal.
If it's your business, I'm pretty sure the only thing that's truly important is that your workflow isn't horrible. Whatever works for you.
I can fully understand how 'making your best work' is the most important thing for you. When I create, I'm only truly happy with it when I believe it's the best I could've done.
Sounds like you don't really make or release commercial quality music
@@WillyJunior why only commercial music? It's all about ur passion or hobby
@@WillyJunior why do you say that? What can you not create using a laptop, an iPad Pro, a sound card, a set of headphones, microphones, a pair of monitors, and a few midi controllers. Every sound can be reproduced with an iPad and software. Any song can be tracked, mixed and mastered with only the previous described stuff.
Great to have you back, man!
dude, you're fucking adorable and i'll always check out whatever you have to say. i've learned so much from you. thanks.
It always impressed me more to see / hear musicians create music with a very small setup, and so it inspired me to invest more time in refining the creation process than in what instrument to get next. Maybe it helps you too to focus more on that aspect, maybe not too much on sound-design vs sounding good, and much more on spontaneity and fun.
I’d say it’s actually more difficult with more gear . No doubt about it
Excited to watch your next journey : )
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yess killa video bro ! i agree in many ways.. good to see you again ! keep it up you are killer inspiration for us
Great to have you back. Collecting excessive gear can lead to collecting dust as it sits there unused.
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You don't need to create something new. You need to create something worthwhile that has a personal touch.
One of the best motivational videos for me! Big love for multiplier
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I did the same thing with my setup and never looked back. Keep up the good work 🔥
Btw thanks for the kick sample pack on splice that costs 0 credits for the entire pack😂
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I've gone from pc recording back to a 4 track tape machine, far simpler and more immediate.
I wrote hundreds of things on my four track and I’ve written about 10 things on my d.a.w. with its thousands of sounds and options (and headaches/frustrations/tears……yes, tears). What I have been enjoying though recently is the novation circuit as it is so portable and fun!
I don't blame you. Recording on 4 track back in the early 90's was my most creative prolific fun period of songwriting and recording.
You'd actually rehearse and practice your instrument before you actually pressed record cos space was rare. With digital you end up about 50 guitar & vocal takes that you'll later sift through but never get round to and when you do it's a chore.
I was gonna re recorded what I recorded on 4 track on a computer and do it properly. 25 years have gone by and It hasn't happened.
Think I'll just clean up the tape versions in audacity. The definitive versions. Now I know why Hugh Cornwell (The Stranglers) also dismantled his home studio. He never knew when a song was finished. 😁
@@twistedspanner I HEAR you brother!
@@tronlady1 so I'm not the only one who feels like this?
Good to see you back, and congratulations on the new house and blank canvas.
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The honesty feels great!
Man, I did the same thing. I've been DJing since middle school in the '80s and the pandemic completely upended my life. I stopped doing gigs, started a family, and transitioned to grinding out as many mixtapes as time allowed as my primary musical output. Quickly, I realized that I could make great mixtapes in a box using MixMeister. After a year of that, I sold nearly all my DJ gear. I kept one controller in case a gig ever pops up and one of my Technics 1200's for vinyl ripping and flipped everything else to eBay. The only small upside is that my gear was mostly pretty new so I got good resale prices because of pandemic-related electronics shortages. Cheers.
Its all about having the RIGHT gear. And, respectfully, I think you didnt have the correct gear.
If I had yours I will sell it too and buy usefull pieces.
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@@steveclem7873 aha.....
This is so spot on. I'm literally there
Nice seeing ya brother! Big hugs
I can hear the soft sound of synthdads crying in the distance…
i can hear the soy in this comment
@@christdolphin69 Actually I was high on seitan when I wrote it
Go spend that 10k on a huge modular setup. Job done
That's debatable I think.
Well said, good narration, thank you!
Glad to have you back mate
Glad to see you again.
I’ve always been against hardware. I think hardware is pretentious. 99% of the time it’s just about telling people you have the gear.
Pretentious guy over here 👋
Unless they're making *all* their music on hardware like me 🙄🌌
I am the proud new owner of Multiplier's RE20 mic :) Good luck mate with your fresh start, looking forward to more content from you.
Welcome back man!
I needed this
having stuff that's essential, have 1 thing that does 1 job is important
I can relate so much, I almost threw up watching this. Compared with the house's construction, that equipment looked like cheap junk to begin with. By the way, your home needs an animal.
Congratulations !
Good to see you back buddy
Dude! Erik Wøllo, Michael Stearnes, Steve Roach have large ROOMS of gear and they use it! They've produced album after album since the 70s and 80s. You can go to the Steve Roach channel and watch them make use of a bank of synths all around them, plus guitars for Erik/Michael. Then you have new people like Martin Sturtzer on UA-cam with a bay of synths integrated with a mac mini M1. You should've kept the hardware synths and got rid of the other crap. Also, why are the studio monitors gone? What did you have against them?
I remember some of your videos on setting up this really complicated USB routing for your Mac. Man, I'd NEVER do that! hahaha. I think you made the hardware more complicated than it actually is. Maybe you just needed to tear it all down and find out which parts you could still use.? Those hardware synths would still have been useful to send MIDI out from the DAW.
Michael Stearns... oh... M'Ocean was amazing. I can also recommend you L'Univers de la Mer (by Dominique Guiot) and Legendes de Broceliande (by Serge Bulot)
“Oi mate I sold me instrimints and me equeepmint cuz I’m just soer createchiv that I don’t need it”
-Insufferable brit
13 minutes in one sentence lol
Love this video. I've been doing a similar thing with my plugin list. Culling down and selling off what I can. Limitations breed so much more creativity with the limited tools you have.
how do you do to sell your plugins? I need to sell some of mine too. Tx.
Such an honest video, thanks for that!
Just came across your channel and I see that probably more than half of the hardware you owned I found to be very excited about myself:)
Support the step you took for sure.
I'm fairly new to this coming from painting, but I can already see that a tool can get in the way of the contact between me and the sounds (or paintings) I'm creating. Also, it's easier to talk about gear and methods than creativity, but some of us love that elusive creativity thingy and the chance of something new being born in our hands.
Welcome back!
Loved your honesty.
Welcome back man. Congrats on the new place.
Been having the same thoughts myself. Thanks for the inspiration to sell my stuff!
Insightful, thank you
Love it.
He’s back!!!!
good luck and have fun pal
All the best on your travels! Hope it works out for you :D
Awesome choice man! 👍🏻
Welcome back
Sounds like you've been through "interesting times". Good to see you back on here.
Enjoyed the Chat!!!
Ok I remember you along time ago, I watched your how to choose good dj/artist name. Good to see you are back man
I understand completely, I almost did the exact same thing this year too. I sold everything, except some guitar pedals and acoustic instruments. The rest is gone, and I also sold a lot of plugins. Cleaning things like that feels super refreshing ! 👍🏻