The Moog Subharmonicon Is Music and so Are You
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Music is rhythm, pitch, pitch relationships, and timbre. The Moog Harmonicon is a great example of how these all come together in one of the most interesting performance synthesizers I've touched. Let's talk about it.
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I play the exact same game with my fingers! :O Who else?
I do as well!
me too, all the time. hearing the subharmonicon do it's thing gives me great comfort, a feeling of being perfectly safe.
i need one.
Yes I do it all the time. Sometimes when I'm falling asleep next to one of my partners I'll subconsciously be doing it on her leg or something and she'll say "I like your beat"
Add counting syllables to the mix and you have my brain. :)
Du skremte meg.
Lovely small setup and sounds! Release the jams... (in Mr. Burns voice)
Boo urns!
The synths that have bees in their mouth, and when they play, they shoot bees at you?
I know, we’ll take the JamCopter, get in! But Sir, it’s only a conceptual...*cocks gun* I said, GET IN.....
Damn loopop comments on videos? Personal goal of mine right there.
First I gotta make some videos
Release tigers!:))
My wallet hates this channel.
Yeah but Visa and Mastercard LOVES it
@@Jin-Hu 😂
I'm gonna stick to samples and not go down this rabbit hole I think!
😂
@@RaverOperatorGeeza ha ha ha, I said the same thing, fast forwards 3 years now I have 5 synths and 2 pocket operators lol oops now 8
I really enjoyed your approach to breaking this down. Sometimes videos like this can wander or feel disorganized, but this format was just right. Thanks.
I wasn’t that interested in the subharmonicon when it was initially debuted, until I saw this (just now.) This is hands down the best subharmonicon demo on youtube. Great explanation and great showcase of this synth’s capabilities!
I love this video! I also love the Subharmonicon, there’s something special in that things design.
Yeah it's brilliant. Like you.
Watching videos on gear I already own to fight G.A.S. This one gives me a lot of inspiration thanks man!
After watching just about all the Subharmonicon videos on youtube, I am proud to say I am doing fine without one!
Then the RMR videos came out. My Subharmonicon is on its way.
Loopop's sold me, then a few others udnerlined it (BoBeats/Andrew Huang having fun). But this; this just made me lean back in my chair and relax.
It's next on my list, moved up over the tr-8s; I'll keep doing drum stuff with the Circuit / maschine mk3 for now with some prep work.
Come on Black Friday sale!
I’m two years late to this but do either of you have music made with the SubH that I can listen to? I’m doing all my homework before I commit to buying. Thanks
Thanks so much, Jeremy, for taking the time and effort for making this video! Really inspiring! Will play with my Subharmonicon & other Moog gear now, too! ❤️
STEVE REICH!! it reminds you of steve reich. probably "music for 18 musicians."
I love that moment when I put a kick on something that’s a little off kilter and my brain suddenly *gets* it and then it’s a groove.
I'm so insanely impressed with people that can articulate abstract feelings and ideas so succinctly. They way you can explain how you connect with this device is wonderful.
Fantastic stuff. That was a really unique walkthrough of the Subharmonicon. A lot of the other videos I’ve seen for it go through the controls one by one but I really like your grouping of them by rhythm, tone, harmony, and timbre. Makes a lot of musical sense.
I’ve been fascinated by the Subharmonicon ever since I first heard about the Moog workshop version a couple of years ago. I was not disappointed when I finally got my hands on one a couple of months ago. Such a strange, fun, and inspiring synth.
wow this sounds so great! nothing beats moog for me
Ugh, the SubH just moved up on the gear wishlist...not enough stimulus checks in the world to get that list cleared out! Haha!
Hey, these stimulation checks aren't for fun! They're for hand sanitizer, toilet paper, and face masks. We need to be fully suited up to keep Wal-Mart and MacDonalds open in these hard times.
Dan Bocook VCV Rack is free.
If you have an iPad, Drambo has some nice emulations.
Andy Channelle that’s for iPhone as well. And MiRack is a mobile port of VCV Rack and now features Auv3 so it can be used in DAWs like Cubasis3 ect.
KK I have avoided MyRack because the modular stuff doesn’t excite me, but Drambo’s ease of use (and loads of patches on the internet) made it easy to get into. Is it worth getting on the iPad?
Brilliant! I hope Moog are paying you for this because you have probably just sold a buck-load of these little beauties. Best demo of this synth yet. Fantastic stuff!
Super inspiring! The Fugue machine iOS app offers similar fun if you are interested but don’t have the cash.
Sorry, proper usage of this instrument REQUIRES psychedelic substances, OR, a twisted brain! Combination of Both will totally buy you the "E" ticket!
This is such a great video! The idea of explaining the Subharmonicon by picking apart the basic building blocks of music is absolutely genius. Great work, Jeremy, and thanks for the inspiration!
Just rewatched this video of yours .. one of the best walk-throughs of gear I've seen for a long time. I owned the Subharmonicon but felt overwhelmed with how quickly things got out of hand, of all the recent Moog offerings, this one is easily the most complex and one press of a button or turn of a knob can instantly change the vibe - often times for the worse. BUT .. your walkthrough made me rethink working with this instrument, in that it's perfectly okay to have the levels of the subs turned down or off, and explore slowly starting with just VCO1 .. and leaving VCO2 and it's subs untouched. My "instant gratification" attitude made me give up too quickly, me thinks. I may need to revisit this device. Thank you, Jeremy.
Its beautiful, isnt it? Such a great device. The only instrument I've ever found I can play properly :) Its inspired me to start uploading jams weekly. Great video btw, thanks for the ideas and exploration you've done! I just learned a bunch of stuff from you :)
Wait, I thought it was pronounced "Moog" not "Moog"
@@Om_aum_ohm He called himself moo-g growing up but his wife liked moe-g better and he switched. Moral of the story is, it doesn't matter really.
Although the OP was clearly being humorous, To me the name of the Moog "Rogue" synth was meant to be a rhyme scheme showing how Moog is meant to be pronounced. Also, my friend and I called Big Briar (Bob's company) in 1992 to see if they wanted to buy 2 broken Memory Moogs and a person answered the phone saying, "Big Briar, Bob Moog speaking" and yeah he said it like "Rogue".
well it is actually pronounced “moog” ... but others prefer to say it like “moog”
Dude, it's obviously 'moog'. What is wrong with people?
HOW DARE YOU?! It's obviously "Moog". Anyone who says "Moog" is an evil nazi.
Honestly this is my favourite synth review on UA-cam. It convinced me to buy a Subharmonic on and I keep coming back for inspiration.
who are the 45 people that dont like this video? why? bad people.
I think this is my favorite video of yours. You taught music while reviewing a piece of gear. Thanks. And damn it, now I want a Subharmonicon.
I had the same feeling at the end of this video as I did after those massive outdoor raves when the final come-down track would play after the sun had come up. Gratitude for the journey, and sort of waking up from a blissful trance going "man that got deep there for awhile, where have I been?". I made music 25 years ago but let it slip away, now coming back via modular synth and hopeful there are ways of performing modular live without necessarily using a keyboard controller, just as you've done here. So grateful to the YT community for demystifying all of this for me. Thank you Jeremy
❤️🎶❤️
Mind. Blown. Thank you SO much Jeremy for helping explain the subharmonicon. Really level-ups the game :)
Like you, I’ve been a long-time elektron user, and recently came about a subharmonicon. I was close to offloading it until I walked through this video and really learned how to think about the instrument. I’ve been addicted to it since I first watched this video a few days ago and am pleased to admit it’s probably one of my desert-island devices now :)
Excellent stuff! What you said at 10:20 totally resonated with me, I do exactly the same being a drummer of some 40 odd years. I have the Model Cycles, I imagine it would pair exceptionally well with this too... You’ve just given me a reason to sell body parts to raise the funds to buy a Subharmonicon, peace ✌️ p.s. on the subject of the jams, give us the full Bernard, warts n all ✌️
That was one of the most inspiring videos I've seen in a while. Restraining the urge to run out and find a subharmonicum and will instead to try apply the concepts to other gear. Thanks Jeremy.
You have everything figured out, don't you?
Hope to some day be as articulate as you are, both verbally and musically.
Love your channel.
Very late to this party, but damn this rocks! What a beautiful way to show this instrument. Full of heart. I can’t afford the Moog now, but I’ve just got Slime Child Audio’s Substation for VCV Rack, and now I can follow along with this and it’s splendid. Of course the Substation lacks the beauty of the Moog VCOs, but if you’re on a budget but want to get some Sub and Polyrhythm in your life, then I can fully recommend it. Of course it helps if you have Jeremy’s seemingly magic touch, but you can pretend like I do. Stellar!
You have octatrack. You have Subharmonicon. You have modular. So when are you going to go LYRA-8!?!?
1:03 I swear I listened to that 5 times and it totally says "interface with your drugs." Maybe I need some water.
I gotta say, jeremy... I really, REALLY love that you took the opportunity to discuss some synthesis basics & fundamentals of music itself in a demo of an unconventional synthesizer that appears to be somewhat confounding for lots of folks. I've been wanting the subharmonicon, & I'm just about to get one. so this presentation of yours is absolutely perfect inspiration & information for me right now. thank you, sir!!
When he said "your head" I noticed I was Bobby mine to the rythm..
What I loved about this one is that you weren’t just teaching, you were actually making really gorgeous music. Wonderful to listen to and very inspiring. Thank you!
nervous ticks ... i know how to use them now for good :) right on Jeremy!
The classical piece might be In C, by Terry Riley.
That was probably the best video to showcase what this machine does. I have been playing with mine for months and never could quite get my head around what was going on. Thanks.
Hello :)
Just re-watching numerous Subharmonicon videoes looking for ideas to steal.
How you gonna sell me a digitakt in a video about something else
Music is also intent. You have to want it, mean it and pursue it, to make it real. A lot of people forget this. :-)
The simplest and best compliment I can think to give is that this is really, legitimately inspiring. Glad that you’re doing what you’re doing!
This Synth would be great for creating "Mass Effect" style melodies and progressions. Very spacey and ambient.
Oh totally
It's the ultimate happy accident machine.
Some good simple moves, making me rethink how I use this instrument. At 23:16 you found some real magic (bringing in that bouncy polyrhythmic VCO 2 sub 2 under the octave triad)- wish you'd stayed there a while... !!
Nice Zwanze Day mug!
I really appreciate the way you talk about what music is and break down the concept of music and show that the subharmonicon affects those important aspects of music, I have arturia synths right now but I think in the future I'd definitely really consider getting a subharmonicon
You can make a pad to sit underneath the Subharmonicon with something that freezes the sound. Clouds comes to mind but there are plenty of other options depending on taste. Every time you feel the need to change the tone/note of the "pad" you just freeze a new portion of what's coming out of the Subharmonicon.
I LOVE this video, Jeremy. I just got a Subharm and am in awe of its potential. I imagine putting a quantised LFO into the OSC pitches would create some lovely 'sections' in the composition.
I feel like you and Hainbach would have a blast working together.
I want to subscribe to that thought.
I do that same rythm thing too woah im not the only one! when i cant tap my fingers I rythmically swish my saliva in my mouth or make weird soft beatboxing noises. I also like to smack my thighs in a different rythm than my footsteps for some extra fun. Keep slappin.brotha
Awesome. Add a DFAM to acquire extra jamming superpowers (be sure you also grow 3 more hands for timely controls).
The chord stack makes me think of Holst's suite, The Planets -- especially when you started adding to it. Maybe that's the one you're thinking of?
You're absolutely right.
@@RedMeansRecording I had my money on Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians (which you'll love if you don't know it yet)
@@DrJedd Yep - exactly where my mind went as well.
Show us what you're comfortable with! Music isn't always perfect and it's important for people to know that even experts like yourself can have messy jams.
I'm going to listen to Bach now.
I suppose some might say 'its pronounced TAM-burr' but I don't see anything wrong with liking Tom over Tam.
Love this so much!!1
Hmm, could one take the SEQ 1 and 2 out, put it into something like the Beatstep Pro CV pitch input and see what the CC values are? Just about to attempt to add the BSP to the Subharm to see how well they work together...
Always the messy parts, plz.
I've been really trying not to get this Jeremy
Same
Same. Still trying or gave in?
Make sure to like, comment and subharmonicon.
More great synth content, nice 1 bro. I think what sets your content apart is the fact you don't resort to the crutch of technical jargon, but rather talk in much more universal terms, "timbre", "energy", "pitch" etc. Keep 'em coming!
fat review, one of the best ive seen on the subharmonicon yet
The Best Subharmonicon AND Digitakt video out there! Your videos amaze me everyone! So informative. So approachable. So fun and playful. Thank you for doing what you do. 100%
Subharmonicon can be extremely frustrating to tame but once you do, it's probably my most versatile and inspirational machine.
Thank you so much for this video! I've been frustrated with my Subharmonicon and needed to hear every one of these tips to get it sounding more musical. I really appreciate this!
This was really Dope Jeremy, Thank you!
This has to be the best introduction to the subharmonicon. Amazing overview!
Sorry for the bevy of comments, but I'm sitting here picturing you using foley of orchestra and instruments to make a piece like the rest of yours, but orchestral, instead of electronic. I'm continually happy to watch your process.
Absolutely gorgeous. The timbres and grooves you get out of the subharmonicon are hypnotic. I think the paired down setup is excellent. Still. I can’t help but wonder how two might sound together playing off each other.
what a cool video! I now know what the subH is... and that I'll get one eventually during GAS attack.
Did you ever use it with a DFAM?
I've never owned a dfam
OH yeah! Thanks for a cool into to the Subharmonicon. Inspired.
Can you get it to play in key with other synths?
I get that you can tune it, but am not sure how that works with the sub frequencies
You described my mind exactly around 12:05 another great vid👍🏾
You remind me a LOT of Loopop. Your video style and formula is very similar, and UA-cam would be a much worse place without either/both of you. Thanks for the inspiration and information.
Stay up homiezzzzz
Edit: I just saw Loopop in the comments soooo, yeah- that makes sense. Everything comes full circle lol. Even the Algorithm knows what's up 😂
the names Tom, Tom Burre.
just ordered a subharmonicon! guess ill have to watch ur videos impatiently till mine arrives XD i deff wana hear all u got for this machine! plz upload full demos with just the music plz
I have to say I feel strangely connected to and seen by this video. I do the exact same polyrhythm finger tapping thing all the time, I am planning on getting a FMA tattoo (of the human and reverse transmutation circles), and I really love your musings on the structure of music and the title. I'm very happy to have found this channel.
So good. Sorry, that’s all I’ve got 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Damn... I’ve just connect my new Mother 32 in my DT... so... now...
Great video. Would've appreciated a louder mix for the Moog. I did turn my system up but your voice got too loud.
I just ordered the Subharmonicon, and this was the best most straightforward, inspiring, easy-to-follow video I've watched so far. Not only that but the way you describe music and the machine in plain language makes it so much more accessible to noobs like me.
Very cool video thnks!
I'm one day into this synth, and the appeal of selling it and getting something more "traditional" is VERY high. I'll try fighting it and sticking with this for just a little longer. My end goal is to have this inspire and play a role in my song creation. Fingers crossed🤞 !
and...?
I like the "weird" tic thing at 10:15, because it's not weird. I actually have a thing where I do percussion on my teeth. 😁
Hey Jeremy! Thanks for the video. I've been watching your OP-1 and OP-Z videos recently and have been really impressed with the quality of your videos, and this one is no different--really amazing music in this demo, and this might have pushed me into the deep end of buying a Subharmonicon (and experimenting its pairing with a Mother-32).
Something that you said that stuck with me was the usefulness of some kind of visual feedback on the note that is being played. From what I've read, there are CV outputs from SEQ 1 and SEQ 2 in that patch bay. Could these be used to patch to another synth to create that pad effect you were talking about?
In terms of visual reference, it wouldn't be too difficult to create a module that could display the pitch that the sequencer CV corresponds with. I make circuits for a living so your comment has inspired me to make a little module that does just that! I would love to send you one after I've built and tested it if you're interested.
Hey man, I just found your channel and your videos on the subharmonicon, and I have to say that they provide some of the best insight into the subharmonicon that I have seen to date.
I know this video is 2 years old, but if you still have that unit, do some more videos. They are great.
Such an incredible video. Thanks for this excellent demonstration. Once that kick drum came in, I think I peed myself a little.
I have 2 Moog Mother 32 and i Will by One Moog Subharmonicon yeahhhhh 🦍 i have the Moog werkstaff CV exp.❤
I don't understand any of this but its SO COOL!!
@15:25 "That's not really... great..." and I'm sitting here loving it. It just means you're about to resolve to something new man!
You should go on TED TALKS.
Moog Subharmonicon is looking good. Just ordered a Behringer 2600, but might stretch to one of these as well.
Always great videos, man. Live loop the SH to solve your performance problem. I use my Akai Force and Octatrack to record my semi-modular gear and then can launch clips as I please as and you can use them as a transition while changing analog settings. No live looping on Digitakt but with a little planning you can make it work with some recorded loops. Would love to see a performance video.
Amazing Jeremy. Thank you for this. I'm going to have to buy a Subharmonicon now. Wonderful explanation and jam
That was just beautiful Jeremy.
Always great to get your take on a device but hearing your music grow as you progress to a new piece of gear is really wonderful.
Already have a DT and DN thanks to @davemech Dave Mech’s style of music. Now I’m planning to buy a Harmonicon thanks to you :) I like the endless possibilities of playing live more than working on a studio track in a daw. Before I saw this video I thought I was going to buy the Octotrak (song mode and I need a mixer) or the OP1 (versatility). But, I like the sound from the Harmonicon and it’s long live play possibilities. When I can jam for an hour with a DT DN Hcon adding an Octotrak will be even sweeter. Can’t have it all at once :-) Thanks again for the in-depth tutorial. Fun stuff!
Just bought a subharmonicon today and getting to grips with it. Love your video and the fluid way you play it and make adjustments without trying to be too prescriptive. Will check out your jams.
Yeah, so this was one of the main reasons why I bought a Subharmonicon. I'm still getting used to this beast, but damn, it's a whole lot of fun when it's doing strange things that you didn't anticipate.
the diatonic is one of your favorite scale modes huh? (9:15) ^^
ALWAYS