I heard you like polyrhythms

I've been watching this UA-cam channel called ProjectJDM with these oddly satisfying pendulum-like sequences and I thought it would be cool if someone made a full song out of that concept :)
Project file available on Patreon / virtualriot
Inspiration:
www.youtube.com/@project_jdm/...

[@renley5778]

this is the auditory equivalent of watching the dvd screensaver and cheering when it hits the corner

[@ryantowell]

Oh shit I remember that. Yeah that was so satisfying when it did.

[@totodos]

oh my gosh, honestly, that's exactly the feeling somehow

[@MatthewCarven]

Yes but mate do you know how much memory is being pushed around just to achieve that and all the technical knowhow in its eventual re-invention after doomsday if those guys have it right. Strange things happen... And I find this sound mesmerising.....

[@xRastaBlack1]

Literally

[@MrThestevster]

Yes, unless you have a degree in music...
I'm here listening and trying to find out our which 16th/32nd/64th/128th note is on the down-beat at any given point in time. This would be HELL to actually perform. It sounds awesome, but if someone was asked to actually perform this on a real instrument their mind would melt.

[@TheFatRat]

Didn't know that I like polyrhythms that much though.

[@spectruum]

okay i did not expect to hear of virtual riot randomly again in 2024 but to see TheFatRat in the comments nevertheless is a huge throwback

[@Blastigerr]

for real m8

[@BooTube5]

Well... you do now!

[@S3vRne7]

TheFatRat jumpscare

[@Maxmilian5238]

No way TheFatRat is here!

[@official_Quube]

"What type of music do you like?"
"It's complicated"

[@bryanschultz5241]

Thats always been my answer, dont feel bad :P

[@joachimsrensen7666]

4/4 XD

[@snailofkale]

it is not complicated

[@official_Quube]

@@snailofkale okay

[@snailofkale]

@@official_Quube yeah a lot of people overcomplicate the type of music they listen to when the answer is just “comedy songs” or in this case “aggressive polyrhythms that people with adhd like”

[@SuspiciousTemmie]

This is like the feeling of being so locked into something that hours pass without you even noticing, but in song form

[@Yeetus47]

perfect description, brain empty, just music

[@Hoodperd]

me with deadmau5 be like:

[@yoshi_drinks_tea]

Reminds me of a shepard tone

[@user-ei5sh8wm4u]

Its like i'm drinking water with my brain.

[@_sandy_]

specifically, cold clean water when you're a bit too hot and it hits just right 😌

[@WobblesandBean]

​@@_sandy_ Ugh YEEEEEESSS that's the perfect description

[@ChronicNewb]

HOW is this correct?

[@wacksnack157]

it's like when Gallaxhar (from monster vs aliens) drinks his coffee

[@asdfasdfasdfasdf246]

@@wacksnack157galaxar*

[@TheBushPilot]

the sorting algorithm is evolving

[@SmashGuru007]

😂😅 OMG that’s Jason Bourne

[@theonesleepyboi]

@@SmashGuru007 dead internet theory

[@TheFoilistMusic]

Bogosort has been shedding jazz standards for so long that it finally ascended

[@Macc985]

​​@@theonesleepyboino i think thats just an old guy

[@everchanging19]

Thats 😂

[@mollym3100]

these are some of the most liquid noises i've ever heard in my life. absolutely sopping wet sounds. great job! i love it!

[@Schnort]

I think you would be a Rain World enjoyer based off these words

[@plyd2101]

it has me sopping wet after listening to it

[@aubueruser7228]

@@plyd2101Actually wild

[@icchasaki_music]

… ayo???!?
💀 lmao

[@strehlowo]

wet ass polyrhythms

[@parham4038]

The drum doesnt give a shit about the melody. Doing its own thing. True legend

[@treddox5880]

Melody: Constantly evolving and doing something new.
Drum: I SAID 4/4

[@estebanod]

Without that you wouldn't really hear the polyrhythms

[@lukejackson5481]

This is an ADHD trap

[@DetachedHat]

Might try listening to this while I go zz tonight :)

[@Richardwalsh00]

I just realized I was spaced out deep thinking for the entire song. holy moly adhd trap is right

[@its_deer]

as someone with adhd, yes absolutely

[@js_a_nighmare_fan5384]

well it caught me so i guess you're right

[@thecalebwalker]

Rap over this about being an Adderall dealer and then it'll be ADHD trap

[@EstanBulLoFre]

I learned three things today:
-what a polyrhythm is
-what a polyrhythm can do
-that this video is not a shitpost

[@efbless]

This is actually a technique called phasing! :)

[@minkmiau]

that video was a polymeter, not a polyrhythm

[@Isalick34]

this is a polyrhythm, a polymeter is 2 or more different time signatures being played at once.@@minkmiau

[@PunishedDad]

Please explain all of these things thanks

[@Isalick34]

A Polymeter is 2 or more different time signatures being played at once, like a melody in 3/4 being played at the same time as a melody in 4/4.
While a polyrhythm is 2 different amounts of notes are being played at once, like 5 evenly spaced piano notes and 3 (also evenly spaced) piano notes being played in 2 seconds@@PunishedDad

[@ultimate1410]

Doctor: you have eight minutes to live
Me:

[@thazmania120]

BRO I DIDN'T NOTICE HOW LONG THE VIDEO WAS

[@PizzaGuy22]

This song was EIGHT MINUTES?

[@4BENCHMARK]

@@PizzaGuy22 I AGREEE WITH YOU

[@MishaDark]

The last 8 minutes of my life passing by way faster than I expected.

[@Wintergatan]

amazing!

[@adragon]

Wow, hi! Didn't expect to see you here, love all the stuff you do, Martin!!

[@user-og4vk6mc9i]

No way, so many artists here lol

[@renkaizaki4764]

Woah I didn't expect to see you here haha

[@Erik_Blomgren]

It really is yeah :)

[@henry8432]

Didn't expect to see you here. Love your videos and admire your dedication to the marble machine

[@derateddesign]

no matter how many polyrhythms we add, we cannot escape from 4/4

[@johnnycruiser2846]

That's such a bizare phenomenon. Why does the brain do it xd

[@myrcyr4191]

What does this comment mean

[@derateddesign]

@@myrcyr4191 4/4 will always find you. you cannot run

[@Jakecake95]

​@@myrcyr4191they're prolly talkin about the time signature 4/4

[@whodatSean]

@@myrcyr4191 4/4 time signature. 4 beats per measure

[@BluDaFloof]

This is like waiting for car blinkers to match up in sync only for them to slowly fall out of sync then sync back up again and repeat.

[@existenceispain_geekthesiren]

that's pretty much exactly what it is, actually. those blinkers are on a polyrhythm.

[@thealchemycatalyst8306]

😂😂😂😂

[@DetachedHat]

*gets out of car and walks up to you, in front of me*
Hey, uh just cane to let you know, your car blinkers blink 16 times every time mine blink 15 times. Can you please make it a 1:1 coordination as soon as possible? Thanks :)

[@kadenic]

@@DetachedHat relevant xkcd: 165

[@David-bk4tg]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@eggystarfish833]

you just made the equivlent of human catnip.

[@fatfard]

pretty sure thats called cocaine

[@grettelv8653]

This is what I imagine serotonin would sound like if it spoke

[@bradymitchell8744]

This man somehow turned a water fountain into an LSD trip

[@ChaceBonanno]

He turned math into magic

[@lexruptor]

​@ChaceBonanno Magic is just bango zonkus math bro. Big brain tunes.

[@user-jd9uc5gl1d]

best description of my feelings

[@Akab]

​@@ChaceBonannothat's what magic is 😁 unexplainable math, and I love it!

[@adamgreenhill110]

Weirdly, the stuff at 1:42 and 1:53 are EXACTLY what I hear on DMT. At least one of the common sounds. That weird, swirling, gurgling effect that changes timing

[@ObjectsInMotion]

"Oh you like polyrithms? Name every one."
me:

[@mateogaitan2371]

they have names?

[@Gameboy-2007-yt]

@@mateogaitan2371yeah just name every possible number combination and add a slash occasionally and eventually you can name them all

[@harmony4445]

@@mateogaitan2371 Yeah, I have one named Gerald.

[@heysiri3327]

​@@mateogaitan2371 It's proven to be a countable infinity

[@zekeforgey4552]

@@heysiri3327 This song has all of them

[@ExzonaGaming]

Dang polyrhythms, I didn’t know you were chill like that

[@DoggoGod]

This sounds like a song for some crazy underground biome in a video game

[@IliterateAshole]

“The upside-down”

[@electron8262]

This sounds way prettier than I was expecting a 20-fold polyrhythm to sound

[@vindi167]

did you just smash two sentences together

[@Skymustbelimited]

@@vindi167 he just forgot the "what"

[@vindi167]

@@Skymustbelimited ah, now i get what he said

[@imacup.2667]

it is correct, it's most likely just a language comprehension issue on your side ​@@vindi167

[@animowany111]

@@SkymustbelimitedNo, this is a perfectly grammatical way to use "than" for comparison. You don't need to say "than what" here. Although you could argue the sentence should end with "to sound like", which may have been slightly clearer.

[@5MadMovieMakers]

This is like if a rainstick was turned into a song

[@Boombampop.]

Agreed

[@Austin_K312]

mario kart 7 cube

[@SiEmG]

what is a rainstick?

[@HezrouDhiaga]

It's a stick with beads in it that when you turn it over it sounds like rain@@SiEmG

[@SiEmG]

aaah yes got it, thank you very much

[@potatocouch6081]

The shift at 2:00 is just *buttery smooth*
it scratch a part in my brain that words can't do it justice

[@DisgruntledPeasant]

Yeah that is magical, I feel ready to replace my feeble human flesh with the purity of of steel.

[@vaportrails7943]

This is rhythmic phasing. It cycles through continually shifting polyrhythms. The drums are in 4/4, the synth is playing sequences of different lengths that are slowing down and speeding up through the song, generating different polyrhythms as it goes. It’s not one polyrhythm, it’s every polyrhythm that can possibly exist. In case anybody was wondering.

[@davidtuell5558]

Sort of, but also not quite. This is 20 different ryhtyms stacked on top of each other; you could make more but it wouldn’t sound as good or translate as well.

[@jaiwatkins2820]

Maybe the right phrase is every sequential polyrhythm that can ever exist? Wouldn’t there be an exponentially infinite amount of polyrhythms out there?

[@YoungEldritch]

None of the sequences speed up or slow down at all, and neither is it every polyrhythm that could exist. Each note in a particular row is playing at the same tempo throughout the entire song. The slight differences in tempo create "shapes" over time, similar to setting five or six pendulums of different lengths to all go together. It's all the same polyrhythm, just playing out for eight minutes.

[@vaportrails7943]

@@YoungEldritchThere are sequences…because the notes are arranged in order. And the length of the sequence is speeding up and slowing down due to increasing distance between the notes. Rhythmically, it is every possible polyrhythm. There could be different notes or instruments used. You’re just arguing semantics here.

[@c4tohagen]

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[@Spaceman0025]

This has earned my approval

[@OdysseyRebuild]

They’ve got some great work but this really tickles my brain I feel like I’m evolving

[@dentonzh]

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[@PRIMEmcPapercraft]

the illusion of the midi notes scrolling up and down is so satisfying

[@PRIMEmcPapercraft]

btw i will be seeing you live on saturday, very excited!!!

[@klick2destruct]

Look up shephards tone if you don't know it already :-)

[@lunaTunez7]

@@klick2destructs/o u for this :)

[@big_chlen]

They do

[@Inf1niteDreams]

I got high while watching this

[@greebo4446]

watching everyone's turn signals in traffic be like

[@gracieshank]

"Taste the rainbow"

[@Jayy_Does_Stuff]

Trying to match your car’s blinker with the car in front of you:

[@ianrobinson222]

lmfaooo

[@RennieAsh]

And it's a long traffic light and more cars are lining up

[@theavera9ejoe]

If this ain't a global truth I don't know what is

[@colinmurphy4861]

Nice

[@ArDeeMee]

The pain is real. 😭

[@starboom7730]

When you put your ear directly onto Rainbow Road, this is what you hear

[@randomness.stupidness]

fr

[@festyferny4543]

You might feel the warmth of the sun on your face, too. But your hair might also catch on fire.

[@ultralemon3731]

Exactly man, exactly

[@AntoScrujo]

​@@festyferny4543 PORTAL 2 ❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥

[@dwilt.c]

IT'S A CRIME TO NOT RELEASE THIS ON STREAMING PLATFORMS

[@bosssub-master6799]

I'd listen to this everyday

[@marcmontero2260]

6:55 is when you get an item box in old mario kart games lol

[@verebellus]

the drums and bass just really ties this together so well

[@ObviousDood]

Yeah, man, it really tied the groove together

[@ruaheadjunkee2]

​@@ObviousDoodFuckin' A

[@evangreavu9621]

Anyone know what drum pack it is?

[@gilsonpereira655]

😂😂😂😂@@ObviousDood

[@jaagle]

@@evangreavu9621 he designs his own drums a lot so they probably aren't from a pack

[@degstep9968]

As soon as you recognize one rhythmic pattern, it begins to evaporate, giving way to another :)

[@ChaceBonanno]

The only constant in life is change

[@henryzhang3961]

such an interesting listening experience

[@punkyhoe]

it is case of using fractality theory in music

[@Flecone]

And i love it

[@GastricProblemsHaver]

the main beat is mostly consistent through the whole track which serves as a grounding point for your ears. I imagine if you removed the unce-ing it would be quite a bit more disorienting

[@progidy7]

It's like you gave a harp some mdma and some glow sticks, then played bass as the roll began

[@garrettparks516]

Man is low key cracking the depths of how we perceive sound reality with this

[@joetomp]

This is interesting because there’s these odd transitional periods where it sounds completely awkward between parts that just sound blissfully perfect

[@NinjaRose23]

Any prog rock or metal that is playing intense polyrhythms sounds awkward but badass 😂

[@michaelmcclain6899]

I can't find the awkward parts...

[@TaylorGerrior]

Some sound awkward at the start but the transition end is beautiful*@@michaelmcclain6899

[@kevinwho9007]

@@michaelmcclain6899me neither

[@boolightningstudios]

Yes!

[@SovereignAi]

Utilizing the way multiple polyrhythms naturally fade in and out of sync as a natural transition is genius

[@AC-qe7cq]

is it genius, or does pointing it out make you feel like a genius? Maybe both

[@7XHARDER]

@@AC-qe7cq not as genius as you, the fact that you can remember how to sign in with a username like that is all the proof I need.

[@GG_BigLog]

I think this stresses phasing and subdivision more than polyrhythms. Steve Reich popularized phasing in the 60s. Music for 18 Musicians is a masterpiece.

[@simonnguyen692]

i dont think it would sound good any other way, its almost forced

[@RampaDarling]

It's some kind of fucked up abstract jazz if we stretch the meaning of it

[@sin1301]

this tickled my brain too good

[@mjrmls]

The concept is so cool I fell into a rabbit hole after seeing this. I made my own using a python script. If it does well I'll turn it into a website where people can make their own polyrhythms!

[@nicolasbraschilehmann6043]

Please... Link the website if you finish the project, i fell into a rabbit hole of polyrythms...

[@puzzlepuddles6712]

there is no way a 8 minute song with just polyrhythms sounds this good

[@drdca8263]

Well, it isn’t *just* the polyrhythms? There’s various effects that are enabled/disabled at different times, and there’s the, bass?

[@ccs4321]

To make a polyrhythms as a main melody on a song , he make a lot of work in it , you can hear it.

[@antimotors5429]

Theres literlly drums, bass, and other effects, but i get whatchu mean

[@dexleo_]

TOUHOU SPOTTED 🔥🔥🔥

[@mudpill7509]

You guys are good at taking things that are funny and making them not funny

[@_sandy_]

i thought this was just a shitpost and ignored it for a few weeks but youtube insisted on continually recommending it to me and holy, i am so glad i finally clicked it. this is wonderful

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

Honestly it was convinced I need to watch it to. That damn algorithm knows us better than we know ourselves. This is so inexplicably satisfying

[@redorchidee1372]

exact same experience, the algorithms are starting to get more and more attuned to our actual patterns of thought, to the point where some vague association you had with a certain video suddenly actually shows up in the recommended column. i always keep thinking like it can't be good to allow a company to hook into your mind like that, but i'm also learning and seeing so many different things.

[@mysticalmind5115]

That was my experience too wtf lmao

[@Chsbobcat1]

Same here. But I like Virtual Riot so I figured why not. 😅

[@tspis]

Same!

[@novaflareq4788]

This is actually magical and I love this. It tickles my brain and scratches it at the same time.

[@Mr_Wiley]

we thought we were here for the memes, but my man put in the actual work for us

[@Omaga297]

I love raw screen recordings of someone’s DAW project, feels much more genuine. It’s like instead of showing someone a finished painting, you show the canvas and colors used

[@SpicyMang0s]

Agreed

[@8thlvlMage]

Yeah every time I go to an art museum (as an artist this is often enough) I see all the wonderful paintings and think, "Gosh if I knew that exact red this would feel so much more genuine."

[@woodybob01]

@@8thlvlMage Everyone loves a peek behind the curtain

[@fluffsquirrel]

@@woodybob01Yup! Like those deleted scenes and behind the scenes bonus features on DVDs!

[@dream_arcade]

Agreed. I should make some more. I think this kind of thing will become even more precious to be able to witness if AI continues on its path, as much as I appreciate its capabilities.

[@ewthmatth]

So it's like that trick when they start a row of pundulums swinging together but they all have gradually varying lengths... So they slowly go out of sync, then apparent chaos, then partial patterns... And eventually they all return to being in sync.

[@fleezy2008]

Scrolled to far to find this

[@cxlev01]

E X A C T L Y !

[@jonnystockwell5837]

Check out lucid rhythms on UA-cam. More ambient but similar polyrhythm style with visuals

[@dayquanmoeller9738]

Steve Reich has entered the chat

[@kisawisa1769]

Same math

[@CameronSalazar2113]

The sounds that you make out of sounds is crazy wow!

[@D1v3]

Well it’s like you’ve trickled the ambrosia directly into my ear.

[@nintendude7cubed]

Even your CPU was vibing.

[@LawrenceAaronLuther]

its awesome how the rhythm gets lost then locks in again, so satisfying

[@neonmangoz]

Yeah bro, it's like kinda rickety and springy in a way. Like a train almost derailing, stablizing before it crashes, continuing to glide along. in the most beautiful, metaphoric sense of course. No one likes a train crash lol

[@1337-Nathaniel]

It's like when you're driving and the turn signals or windscreen wipers of the car in front of you and yours sync in and out with each other.

[@LawrenceAaronLuther]

haha exactly@@1337-Nathaniel

[@withoutdaysofficial]

Yeah, it comes to a point where things line up, but immediately begins transitioning to the next arrival instead of staying there. Really cool!

[@TheBanana93]

Something in my washing machine is tapping the glass and it was in time for a bit hahah@@1337-Nathaniel

[@marcossonicracer]

man... the guys doing Hotline Miami should hire you for the soundtrack.
not only this is golden but i can see it playing on the game super easly.

[@cubesquared2291]

This is a future classic track.

[@TGKawikachu]

Everyone's talking about the midi, but watching the individual notes dance around on the spectogram is SOOO satisfying.

[@VirtualRiot]

in retrospect I should have fed the spectrogram with JUST the sine-waves, without any of the effects on it and without the drums. Well, next time.

[@DaRoost3R]

@@VirtualRiot part 2 confirmed??? 👀👀👀

[@juliank0106]

@@VirtualRiotWill you ever remake Idols (with the 2020s songs) or Energy Drink

[@violahero4life]

​@@juliank0106tried it

[@alecjohnson55]

@@VirtualRiot what spectrogram plugin is this!?

[@leeda36]

Once I started there was no going back... Yes, they are symmetric!
1 : 1 - 0:09 7:36
4 : 2 - 3:53 (point of symmetry)
4 : 3 - 2:34 5:07
4 : 4 - 2:01 5:46
4 : 5 - 1:38 6:10, 3:08 4:39
4 : 6 - 1:24 6:23
4 : 7 - 1:13 6:33, 2:16 5:28, 3:21 4:25
4 : 8 - 1:05 6:41, 2:57 4:49
4 : 9 - (more noticeable in half-speed) 1:49 and 5:57 are easy; 0:59 and 3:29: I hear a repeating triplet B-A-G; 4:18 and 6:45 - same but reversed, a G-A-B triplet
4 : 12 - 0:43 7:06, 1:52 5:54, 3:16 4:31
4 : 14 - 0:39 7:09, 3:39 4:08
4 : 16 - 0:34 7:12, 3:14 4:33, 3:41 4:06
p.s. This took some time, but I enjoyed it. These sounds remind me of the sound a comb makes if you pass a finger along its teeth. Anyway, tell me if I missed something cool :)

[@kayasia8916]

that 3:53 really hits the spot

[@Cohen-]

​@@kayasia8916 I swear what makes this so good is sitting there and waiting for that part to come. Is this some sort of phenomenon? Like it happens during the whole track where there are these certain moments that just sound so satisfying but we have to wait for a build up of off tempo beats until we get there

[@spinafire]

I read this as passing a comb along your teeth lol

[@Cath9135]

You’re crazy... crazy awesome

[@ianglenn2821]

@@Cohen- I feel the same way, the eardrum does take on different physical shapes for different sounds, so this feeling might be literally a massage for our ears

[@Cheezeball14]

2:00 gave me chills and based off most repeated, I wasn't the only one.

[@ThawBerry]

This is epic as hell, sounds like a rave being shot through multiple dimensions.

[@KingScienceShorts]

2:00 that vibe is nice

[@stereo-soulsoundsystem5070]

YOO UR ANIMATIONS ARE GAS🔥
DIdn't think i'd find anyone here this is kinda niche😅

[@RUH1G]

i've heard a few songs with a similar sound/vibe i just cant place any of them right now. 2 are from the monstercat library but beyond that i cant remember

[@socialistrepublicofslavist9853]

Oh its this dude. Whats good man?

[@gabrielalmeidaramos5675]

It's my favorite part by far

[@gabrielalmeidaramos5675]

​@@RUH1Gplease remember and tell me I need more

[@heavenly2k]

I'm glad that casual listeners can appreciate how dope this is because as a producer I'm very impressed

[@meh6513]

I mean bro just systematically made every tune possible people will make a tune especially since the visuals look cool and we already invested time in the video...take the small tunes until it becomes a mess of synthy xylofon sounds or door bell chime

[@Axqu7227]

Me, a casual listener: “Pretty synths go plink plonk at different frequencies and do that additive/ cancellation thingy from physics”

[@YourFaceisPretty]

@@meh6513 Clean design and elegant ideas are often easy to execute technically. Thinking up the concept itself though, especially one people haven't seen/heard before, that's tricky.

[@meh6513]

@@YourFaceisPretty I think a kid with enough time can think and manually do this... At least the polyrhythms part... The algorithm making process is more interesting that's true

[@yippee8570]

Now there's a job I would have loved to have had, only with audio dramas

[@mightyloa5704]

Потрясающе красивый проект. Простая идея доведена до предела - полиритмы звучат завораживающе сами по себе, а их переливы и синхронизации еще подчеркнуты звуковыми текстурами. Волшебно.

[@AutoMattOn]

the 90's techno scene sends the following message:
sometimes you have the idea, and sometimes the idea has you
very nicely done, have a thumbs up

[@Gnurklesquimp2]

As someone who values being open to approaches and however things work out, that's a great saying

[@ShovelChef]

I know this feeling, but I've never heard it described this way. Have a like. 😊👍

[@StephenFasciani]

In soviet Russia, you don't have idea. Idea have you.

[@DK33O]

Man, I was expecting something done as a joke or to show what happens when you push the boundaries of a setting. Instead it was 8 minutes of sleek, serene vibes. A nice surprise!

[@snoleopard]

for a sec i thought you were the real aphex twin

[@nintendohomeboy]

Well hello there fellow Aphex enjoyer

[@lewt187]

@@snoleopard There is no real Aphex Twin, Richard is an algorithm. A physical manifestation of math and sound.

[@snoleopard]

@@lewt187 next you'll be telling me that marshmello is an industry plant

[@KerriHooper]

8 minutes before the polymeter resolves lol. This sounds so cool.

[@lucylu3342]

Mario Kart Item Box goes hard

[@lazy-oni]

I just realized this is Virtual Riot. Wow! 10 years and still making amazing sounds.

[@fabiangarcia4648]

Lmao at first i thought it was some random UA-camr 😂 then i seen who made it i was like wtff thats cool

[@SilverAg.]

@@fabiangarcia4648same

[@Awesomesus._.]

Me to

[@TocoaPuffs]

I clicked because I was thinking I hadn't heard anything by Virtual Riot in probably a good 5 years. Glad he still makes some slamming stuff.

[@adpl1818]

Same

[@WafflesASAP]

This is fucking _gorgeous._ So many spots where the rhythm and melody come from _just_ out of phase to meshing _just right_ for a second or two, and every time they go back out of phase, you've still got that driving rhythm to keep your feet and head moving. So so so so beautiful, this.
Well done!

[@MrFreakHeavy]

Emergence of order from chaos.

[@WafflesASAP]

@@MrFreakHeavy right? that moment feels amazing.

[@rebusd]

Reminiscent of Steve Reich

[@h_e_x_a_g_r_a_m]

HOW ARE THE TRANSITIONS SO PERFECT HOW

[@_PEPSISUCKS]

Its always in sync. There are times when is sounds weird, but its never off.

[@i_am_kaede]

You cannot escape the 4/4.

[@Luk3r]

this is insane. The way you automate the effects/filters to highlight the parts that make sense and hide the parts that throw off the tempo is genius

[@violahero4life]

I was wondering how he accomplished that. I feel like he also hurried or slowed some parts to adjust for tempo mismatch between sections.

[@arjun_agrawal]

thats exactly what he did@@violahero4life

[@aggu_tairitsu]

​@@veryspicywater you clearly do not produce

[@probablyintervert]

@@veryspicywater he did that

[@Luk3r]

@@veryspicywater which part don’t you understand? It’s not very complicated; the polyrhythm has sections that make up noticeable rhythms and some that sound out of time. He uses filters and effects (which you can see the automation patterns for at the start) to make the off-time parts less noticeable while bringing ur attention to the frequencies where the “on tempo” sounds are.
Next time just tell people you don’t understand, no need to be so confidently wrong.

[@F2PMegaGod]

*Sees video title* "What the f- is a polyrythm?" *Clicks and watches* "I would die for this"

[@Quirrelwithteeth]

This is relatable

[@BustingKidzOut]

yu kno yu had to read the comments first 😂

[@Mardark777]

@@Quirrelwithteeth ye

[@staiain]

When you want a trip but are broke and can't afford illegal substances

[@tomghzel]

Feels like I'm cleaning my hearing nerves with fresh water.

[@falconsfeather6970]

Now that you say it, yes. And I’m going to be coming back to this video whenever I need a mental break so I can just space out and stare at it for almost 8 minutes straight XD

[@Cricketz_Pawz]

REAALLL HOLY SHIT

[@RPGmvp]

Reminds me of when your listening to a good beat in the car, you want to turn at a stop light and the sound of your blinker slowly starts to match the beat, then you notice the blinker from the car ahead slowly starts to match the beat too, and then you realize the second car’s blinker ahead of you starts to match the beat, then the light turns green and everything slowly goes out of sink again, but that moment where everything was in rhythm and lighting up right on time was just perfect

[@maryeeeeee]

wow this is beautiful

[@STEVE-ki9th]

It's the little things

[@SAELIOSMUSIC]

this happens on my way to work

[@someone8206]

out of sink, truly /j

[@DccToon]

oh boy i sure hate it when things go out of sink

[@NicholeWilliamsAmorvicitomnia]

This is like waiting for a thought to load

[@leoliu9131]

This doesn’t sound like rain…
IT SOUNDS LIKE A FULL ON FLOOD

[@roro_is_tired9975]

I don’t know who told you I like polyrhythms, but they were right.

[@derblaue]

The tension between the drums and the ever changing rhythms of the melody resolving in harmonies between both is really great.

[@bustamante-music]

that’s where the magic comes in, if you just let it play out with any of that it’s not nearly as entertaining

[@BlackZanderPL]

I thnik there's the magic trick at play here. Seems like the drums are linked to E8 (topmost) note throughout the entirety of the song. Which makes it always in sync with something.

[@Steve91L]

Its like when your window wipers match a song's beat every few measures. makes me happy

[@ISplimeI]

Wait... BUT ISN'T THIS A POLYMETER THO???
It still doesn't change the fact that this is absolute fire.

[@nicktallfox5266]

This sounds like a trippy 60's electronic music experiment with a dope beat under it.
My brain loves this.

[@Allplussomeminus]

Chaos, Order, Chaos, Order, etc

[@lilliana41]

The core of music, really.
And then if we add color, light, design, balance, etc… what do we get? Sunday. :) 😊

[@Zarag0d]

Don't forget the intermitted Charder and Oraos.

[@jameswilkes451]

Very much reminds me of Cymatics and soundwaves. Very cool stuff!

[@satsu3098]

Max Cooper - Order from Chaos. Check it out

[@A-Milkdromeda-Laniakea-Hominid]

Somewhere between the sacred silence and sleep: disorder order, disorder, order

[@superscatboy]

The production takes this from a curiosity to an artwork. Fuckin lovely.

[@scarlettefoxx5585]

What a quote 👀

[@rickmarr9634]

Glad someone else understands how insane it is to produce something like this 😮😮

[@osmacar5331]

a bored engineer who is creative.

[@necr0mancrr]

VR is one of the most talented electronic producers ever his sound design is practically unmatched

[@graysynther2169]

Very clever &very nice 😊
Almost Shepard’s tone thinking about it.

[@DarkYuan]

4:10 - Mario Kart item box

[@shaboogen]

I like this slow transformation into "Jacob Collier for Ableton nerds" you have going here. Very cool

[@younyounyoun.]

Yep !

[@BatmanHQYT]

Perfect description.

[@nilsowsianny]

Virtual Riot x Jacob Collier - polyrhythm in G half Sharp

[@stasmarkin]

It's Steve Reich, not Jacob Collier

[@paul_cochrane]

he has summoned all of the Jacob Collier fans (like me lol)

[@258hunterkill]

This is not a polyrhythm.
This is an omnirhythm

[@Bueller-ni3xo]

Interesting. Can you explain?

[@EArmandE]

Yea…splain it

[@hombrerusode40anos72]

hes clearly kidding

[@JayFFAFAlesanaES]

​@@Bueller-ni3xoMore polyrhythms would still be polyrhythms. Omni rhythm would just be all the things at once and the sense would not be able to detect what was happening. Yes, I'm fun at parties.

[@thefloop2813]

@@JayFFAFAlesanaES You and me both man... I think i've probably explained the difference between uni, poly, and omni at a party before using microphone diaphragm technologies for examples.
I don't get invited to many parties either (at least not the ones organized around alcohol ;) lmao). But yea, an omni-rhythm, in my mind, would be basically this video, but everything thats happens here, happening all at once, in a single instant, while also constantly fluctuating and going on permanently without ever once repeating itself, nor ever once changing what it's doing. Or something incomprehensible along those lines.
It would probably take omniscience to even begin to comprehend what an omni-rhythm would be. Conceptualization and comprehension... two different things

[@blakealbert7451]

Ay the build up through the different sections was awesome I subbed!!

[@710_ghost5]

This just brought back feelings and emotions that I haven't experienced since the first rave I went to with my brother. the journey I experienced in those 8 minutes, is almost incomparable.

[@Koda-qt7pu]

The experience of watching this at 11 : 30 at night while being that weird kind of tired where your brain decides to lose focus every minute or so and your eyes are weirdly heavy (like not very but still a little) is unrivaled

[@panicat-the-middle-school-6257]

it’s 4:45am (haven’t gone to sleep yet) and thats literally me rn
like this is a better high than being actually high

[@shiro3146]

@@panicat-the-middle-school-6257 its 3:50am when i start to play this after youtube psetering me always!
best night ever cant even sleep!

[@TonyFlacco]

Found this at 11:45

[@Ahs0kaa]

I am reading this at exactly 11:30 & experiencing the same thing haha

[@jeshuagonzalezcalvo1084]

Bro, im at that exact moment, it is literally 11:30 and im like that

[@harperwilson9904]

PUT THIS ON SPOTIFY RN SO I CAN LISTEN TO IT CONSTANTLY

[@0miy0]

Exactly

[@louezmikasa2494]

Said it LOUDER 🗣️📣

[@PurityRayne]

On repeat. For days. Weeks. Months. YEARS

[@happymicrobe8123]

What they said. With a „pleeeease?“ +.+

[@PandiiFilmz]

bump

[@iouri404]

Max Cooper said "yes" to this track 👍

[@user-bi3vo3nl6z]

Joseph Fourier is proud of you

[@poppylem]

PLEASE PUT IT ON SPOTIFY I BEG YOU THIS IS AWESOME

[@KishimotoFan]

^THIS^

[@NightSplat]

FR

[@videoishiki]

BUMP

[@alienhand5891]

PLEAASSSEEE

[@justinj4394]

Yes please.

[@oreodog]

Anyone can make a polyrhythm, but very few can make such a masterpiece out of it like this

[@WiggyWamWam]

this also really isn’t in the spirit of polyrhythms, but more wave interference/periodicity

[@tabbycrumch3062]

@@WiggyWamWam seriously. i've been seeing a lot of "polyrhythms" on youtube, but they aren't like.. quantified or understood in the song itself? i don't know how to explain, but its just like a mathematical stretching of all notes across whatever scale, adding space in between. Seriously not the way they're used in actual music and very weird to even call it "polyrhythmic" when really the rhythm is changing every 0.001 seconds. just a sliding time change that is very whacky

[@bilbofloggins7713]

Not monorythm purists

[@boopr]

@@tabbycrumch3062I feel like there are several sections in here where the backing beat could have done a time signature change or something that would have gone hard as fuck. I dunno seems like a cop out to just throw a boots and cats beat on it and call it day
Edit: not to disparage the creator or anything you may not have been trying to make a masterpiece work of art I recognize that and it's still enjoyable content, I'm just speaking within the context of this thread.

[@edwardmacnab354]

how an oil drum can sound like a church organ

[@user-jv5gr4qq3p]

"I heard you like polyrhythms." *Proceeds to produce an 8 min masterpiece*

[@BustyCatbot]

I wanna see this turned into a 10 hour loop perfectly matching the last beat with the first beat, so it's just a consistent never ending polyrhythm throughout.

[@SavantAudiosurf]

I'll see what I can do

[@noahlani6480]

@@SavantAudiosurfYou a real savant fr

[@gerritpas7877]

Here's a seamless loop of it, just put your player on repeat for hours of listening drive.google.com/file/d/1QBTq_EMQ-kHvyer5HMTrF49XEq45A5Ae/view?usp=sharing

[@CamelliaFlingert]

on my way

[@SavantAudiosurf]

Just got off work. I'll get to it as well!

[@vicenteisaaclopezvaldez2450]

[Downloading spells, please keep your mind open]

[@HXRRVISH]

imagine if this video was a perfect loop

[@carlgeorgbiermann2915]

I love how you subtlely fade in and out different effects and instruments playing the same set of notes, making an actual nice piece of music. Wow

[@chameleonedm]

Same synth, just modulating the parameters

[@HunterPOKE]

i want this on spotify now

[@KutsaiChan]

Oooooo yes!! I'd have a whole playlist dedicated to stuff just like this!

[@dj.matexx]

commenting here to get a notification when there's an update

[@the0barak]

​@KutsaiChan pls send it to me

[@ellion0815]

And a Bandcamp download

[@aqualight1760]

ALSO commenting to get an update if it happens

[@sicktory6334]

with a bit of adjustments this could go incredibly hard at a club