This just came up on my feed. Beautiful ! One of the nicest things I've seen on the Easel. Very Cortini-esque at the start then totally beautiful ambient. So well patched and performed.
Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. I have a "modern" Easel preordered for Fall of 2023. It's almost humbling given how amazing is this instrument. So great to hear and see you play and perform on it!
I keep coming back to this video. One of the best Easel compositions I've heard. I have an easel command but still waiting on the LEM218's to be available. This is fantastic.
Yeah, it’s certainly debatable whether or not they’re worth the money. I think so, not because of sound specifically, but more for how inspiring the instrument and interface is as a whole! Really nothing else like it that I’ve used
Caid Johnson the most fun. I did sell it, but it would still be my pick for desert island Synth. I just had modular fever haha the easel is so fun to play but I just find it can’t get away from itself, which is a really lovely sound but true none the less! I will probably end up getting GAS for another some day ❤️ Also, thanks for the kind words 👍
Wow, that was a fast turnover. I wonder if the Easel is one of those "can do everything, but it's hard to do anything" synths. Is that what made you sell it? It looks like so much fun to play with, but hard to make music with, especially with other gear and it together.
Caid Johnson yeah I think it definately prefers to play by itself apart from effects n pedals. I sold it because I couldn’t afford to buy it when I did haha that being said, I consistently regret it. I think it’s as special as it’s made out to be but also as quirky and annoying
Why not name it: "lady death got the key to hell" ;)... but anyway, I now can´t await to get my Easel, bittersweetest clip this year :D, thank you for your amazing work :) And sorry for discovering it just now.
just wonderful. full of subtlety and emotion. the mantra is never broken thruout entire piece. ps what was the reverb used that you cranked almost 100% wet, sometime halfway thru piece..? seems like an ideal combination for creating ambient wash from the easels percussive input.
Funny - I’m considering adding an Easel, mostly for live performance. As my setup has grown it has become harder to transport and carry. I’m going to try setting up a “Skeasel” in my Skylab case for an upcoming performance, but an actual Easel is a very attractive option.
Mike Thomas yeah, the easel is real special. I love it. It’s just, I really want 200e 😐 certainly nice to have a thick analog oscillator to pair with the digital too
For sure, 200e adds a LOT more options and possibilities. But sometimes constraints are good. Definitely force you to be more creative. There’s a real tension there. Will be interesting to see what I can do with an extremely cut-down setup. I’m planning on putting the 223e (bird) controller into the case. That, with its matching module eats up 4 spaces in a 10U space. You pretty much have to have the 281/292/206 (env/LPG/mixer) combo, so that leaves 3U of space to play with. I’m fighting with myself whether to use two oscillators and just one other module (say 2OC vs 267 (random)), or one oscillator and have a bit more flexiblility on CV and filters. Tricky trade-offs.
Mike Thomas well if you choose one of the random sources, you get some noise! That’s been kinda my plan on how to get “more” out of a skylab case. I learned a lot about that from my shared system. I’ve used the wogglebugs audio outs WAY more than anyone should haha
Excellent work. Check out Charles Cohen. Smoke sumpin, grab some audiophile headphones and start with “Duos-Solos.” You’re in for some psychedelic soundscapes.
Jan Jiskra it is custom! It’s a “latch” switch for the arpeggiator so it will hold notes without fingers on the keys, freeing up 2 hands to play with the sliders! The unfortunate thing is that it will only ADD notes to the notes that were played previously, so you can’t for example latch a bass line :(
Jan Jiskra yeah, I really don’t think it’s a mandatory mod honestly. If I could use it to latch individual bass notes I’d be super happy with it, but it’s still nice to free the hands for wiggling! Lots of content on your channel, seems like we have very similar taste in gear! Gonna subscribe n try to check out all the jams ❤️
Appreciate the kind words! There’s nothing in this “style” properly released but you can find my self released ambient stuff here: samueledmund.bandcamp.com AND my album available on cassette via Folded Note Records here: foldednote.bandcamp.com/album/due-to It may not be your cup of tea based on this specific track but who knows ❤️
@@jawoody9745 it’s a hell of an instrument! I’m currently working on a record with the Easel right now. Nothing but Easel, a Chase Bliss MOOD pedal and some loopers! Using the Easel in such a focused way has led me to a whole new world of sound possibilities 🤭
Autotross thanks! It’s all one take on the easel. The later section just takes the spring reverb and avalanche run into almost fully wet territory for a new “space”!
@@jaeryan1337 Wonderfully executed, the idea with using the spring reverb in such a way. Mine seems really noisy though, I'll have to double check if something's wrong with it.
Kalli this is ALL the EQD avalanche run v2! It’s been glued to my Easel since I’ve got it. I usually use Strymon, but I’m keeping those with my euro rig ATM. Once I finish this tape of all Easel w/ the avalanche run I’m gonna swap out for the strymons and try and make some more ambientish stuff!
However, later in this track the spring reverb goes full wet too! At 2-3 setting it’s a great “filter” for the Easel and past 6 it starts to make some really cool swampy textures. I could never use only it, but I certainly make use of the fact that it exists. Amazing for softening things up ❤️
Kalli the avalanche run is a great pedal, but like everything EQD does, it’s a very specific sound. Not a workhorse. Just a cool tool. I’m super interested in the flanger they just put out. Glad they’re finally going stereo with their effects for all us synth people that need to widen up our patches ❤️
OMG what is this??? I've never heard such sounds, this is amazing!!!! Now I'm gonna research this instrument the whole night...
Wow. That transition to the fully wet reverb was so great. It moved me to places. Excellent.
✈️
This just came up on my feed. Beautiful ! One of the nicest things I've seen on the Easel. Very Cortini-esque at the start then totally beautiful ambient. So well patched and performed.
Thanks Ken! Really appreciate it
I got some Nils Frahm vibes on this one as well.
Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. I have a "modern" Easel preordered for Fall of 2023. It's almost humbling given how amazing is this instrument. So great to hear and see you play and perform on it!
Enjoy it! It’s a classic
3 years to late and I discovered this. Absolutely awesome. What a great performance 🎭
Wow,that's amazing.
this begins sounding so humble and eventualy evolves into a deep track, love it
A tip: watch movies at Kaldrostream. Me and my gf have been using them for watching loads of movies recently.
@Daxton Keaton definitely, been watching on KaldroStream for months myself :D
@Daxton Keaton yup, have been watching on Kaldrostream for since november myself =)
@@jamesterrance688 I'm getting tired off this bots fucking spamming my YT comments
I keep coming back to this video. One of the best Easel compositions I've heard. I have an easel command but still waiting on the LEM218's to be available. This is fantastic.
One of the best machine ever made
I'm also doing live jamming and recording, but you're on a different level. Beautiful music, nicely performed, well done.
I just got an Easel a couple days ago. Definitely have to keep referring to this video for inspiration.
This is great! More!, please!
So perfect track... this transitions... and so well tuned
Lovely and warm.
Absolutely brilliant, just love that music. Thanks for sharing it, so inspirational.
Wonderful performance!
Sounds like Alessandro Cortini. The sound of the Easel is incredible! I really dig this!! Awesome, brilliant work! Thank you for sharing this!
I do agree hi ! did you ear Caterina Barbieri Immersive Modular Live Set (see below ),i think you will appreciate ? salutations Emmanuel
Fantastic! What a wonderful piece! Thanks for posting. Cheers. :)
Just popped up in my feed and gotta say this is amazing work. Thanks.
Great performance, thank you! Came here looking for Easel info, but was happy I decided to give it a listen. Subbed!
Thanks for listening! I suspect you saw the “new” ease today haha
@@jaeryan1337 Exactly :-)
This is a proper easel👽
Wonderful piece of music ✨🎶👌
This is giving me easel fever, wow--such an amazing performance!
Wonderful track, I really enjoyed it. Thank you :)
Finally someone that can make this thing musical. Seems so many struggle with making it sound good
You can listen to Elaine Walker, I think she used it on ZIA - Big Bang album on bandcamp, and it's always great
This is tops. Thanks for sharing.
MAGNIFICENT PIECE!
Goodness I really want one of these. They sound amazing.
They cost as much as a house.
Most excellent patches
Thanks Stephen 🖤
Wonderful and great sounds!!!
Im interest in this instruments, thanks for making a video to show the capabilities and use of it. good work
I love this sound and that wonderful endless loop -It went straight into my playlist :)
love this
Love it! I will see if I can copy it but with my one variation....❤️ by the way I feel the same with my easel...😍
Really really nice!
Amazing music!
That is some good Easel!
excellent. i repeat. excellent.
Very nice piece!
This Video really make me want to sell some of my Euro Stuff and buy an Easel Command Center :-) Great Work!
Just ... Waw ... nice work dude !
Just beautiful.
Gorgeous
Beautiful!
Great patching and beautiful melody!
deOrbiter thanks! Stuff like this means the world ❤️
Sounds absolutely gorgeous
beautiful
Wowww this was really good to hear !!
gorgeous!
😎👍
Very good! Thumbs up.
Got sucked into this. Brilliant transitions, very nice in the whole...Thanks for creating it!!
Really good 👌
very nice work !
Those Buchlas have such a unique sound... quite amazing. Guess that's why they cost 5k XD
Yeah, it’s certainly debatable whether or not they’re worth the money. I think so, not because of sound specifically, but more for how inspiring the instrument and interface is as a whole! Really nothing else like it that I’ve used
This sounds fantastic. It's also the only time I've ever heard an Easel sound melodic. Excellent presentation! How fun is this to play with?
Caid Johnson the most fun. I did sell it, but it would still be my pick for desert island Synth. I just had modular fever haha
the easel is so fun to play but I just find it can’t get away from itself, which is a really lovely sound but true none the less! I will probably end up getting GAS for another some day ❤️
Also, thanks for the kind words 👍
Wow, that was a fast turnover. I wonder if the Easel is one of those "can do everything, but it's hard to do anything" synths. Is that what made you sell it? It looks like so much fun to play with, but hard to make music with, especially with other gear and it together.
Caid Johnson yeah I think it definately prefers to play by itself apart from effects n pedals. I sold it because I couldn’t afford to buy it when I did haha that being said, I consistently regret it. I think it’s as special as it’s made out to be but also as quirky and annoying
@@jaeryan1337 lol fair enough. Sounds like having a child, equal parts awesome and temperamental.
Caid Johnson the absolute best metaphor 👌
Wonderful!
Epic! Love it!
beautiful piece
Chris Le Monde thanks. I really miss the Easel. Only Synth sale that I constantly regret :(
its beautiful!
very nice !
Why not name it: "lady death got the key to hell" ;)... but anyway, I now can´t await to get my Easel, bittersweetest clip this year :D, thank you for your amazing work :)
And sorry for discovering it just now.
Don’t be sorry at all, I’m just happy you found and enjoyed it at all ❤️
Hope I get to hear some of your Easel work some day! Congrats
Great, thanks
Nice work!
just wonderful. full of subtlety and emotion. the mantra is never broken thruout entire piece.
ps what was the reverb used that you cranked almost 100% wet, sometime halfway thru piece..?
seems like an ideal combination for creating ambient wash from the easels percussive input.
Amazing!!!
fab stuff, my man :)
🚀
Great piece!
Mike Thomas thanks Mike, having a strong debate currently whether or not I should sell the Easel to fund 200e every since your live stream videos 😬
Funny - I’m considering adding an Easel, mostly for live performance. As my setup has grown it has become harder to transport and carry. I’m going to try setting up a “Skeasel” in my Skylab case for an upcoming performance, but an actual Easel is a very attractive option.
Mike Thomas yeah, the easel is real special. I love it. It’s just, I really want 200e 😐 certainly nice to have a thick analog oscillator to pair with the digital too
For sure, 200e adds a LOT more options and possibilities. But sometimes constraints are good. Definitely force you to be more creative. There’s a real tension there. Will be interesting to see what I can do with an extremely cut-down setup. I’m planning on putting the 223e (bird) controller into the case. That, with its matching module eats up 4 spaces in a 10U space. You pretty much have to have the 281/292/206 (env/LPG/mixer) combo, so that leaves 3U of space to play with. I’m fighting with myself whether to use two oscillators and just one other module (say 2OC vs 267 (random)), or one oscillator and have a bit more flexiblility on CV and filters. Tricky trade-offs.
Mike Thomas well if you choose one of the random sources, you get some noise! That’s been kinda my plan on how to get “more” out of a skylab case.
I learned a lot about that from my shared system. I’ve used the wogglebugs audio outs WAY more than anyone should haha
Excellent work. Check out Charles Cohen. Smoke sumpin, grab some audiophile headphones and start with “Duos-Solos.” You’re in for some psychedelic soundscapes.
Wow!
I want the easel command so badddd
lovely! :-)
amazing almost sounds like formants around 5 minutes
Madness
Do you think this could be recreated with the Arturia software version of the Easel? That is if I can somehow zoom in and see the patch cables!
I don’t see why not! I believe the software has everything and more 🙏
Great !
Bravo
Heureux de trouver un francais avec qui je partage la même admiration et passion Salutations Gluebaby Brubeck ;-)
Dope instrument. Wanted to clone one.
NOICE!!!!!
Noice bro!
Really nice ..... which effects do you use ?
What's it actually doing to produce those ambient tones at the half way mark? Is that mostly the reverb?
Sister Rose yes, the spring reverb on the easel and also the reverb/delay from an avalanche run pedal 👍
What is the switch doing, upper left corner of 218, next to the "THE" in the logo? Some kind of mod?
It’s a latch switch for the arpeggiator! The same thing can be done with a sustain pedal but this is just more convenient 👍
Savage beat...Kraftwerk meets the Pet Shop Boys!
Nice...can I ask you for what is the switch on 218 on the top left side, next to the letter "THE" ?? Its custom, right? Thanks.
Jan Jiskra it is custom! It’s a “latch” switch for the arpeggiator so it will hold notes without fingers on the keys, freeing up 2 hands to play with the sliders! The unfortunate thing is that it will only ADD notes to the notes that were played previously, so you can’t for example latch a bass line :(
Thanks for explain. Its pretty useful, I think...my Easel dont have this switch, but Im still in love with it:)
Jan Jiskra yeah, I really don’t think it’s a mandatory
mod honestly. If I could use it to latch individual bass notes I’d be super happy with it, but it’s still nice to free the hands for wiggling!
Lots of content on your channel, seems like we have very similar taste in gear! Gonna subscribe n try to check out all the jams ❤️
great sound! BTW is that a statue of Death of The Sandman?
Thank you! And that is indeed a statute of Death 👍
How can I find more of your music? You're already in my playlist, but have you released anything that I can get my hands on?
Appreciate the kind words! There’s nothing in this “style” properly released but you can find my self released ambient stuff here:
samueledmund.bandcamp.com
AND my album available on cassette via Folded Note Records here:
foldednote.bandcamp.com/album/due-to
It may not be your cup of tea based on this specific track but who knows ❤️
@@jaeryan1337 Thank you! So much. We share the same considerations about synthesizers and music.
especially, the Buchla...
@@jawoody9745 it’s a hell of an instrument! I’m currently working on a record with the Easel right now. Nothing but Easel, a Chase Bliss MOOD pedal and some loopers!
Using the Easel in such a focused way has led me to a whole new world of sound possibilities 🤭
Very addictive groove! Is this all one track or overdubs?
Autotross thanks! It’s all one take on the easel. The later section just takes the spring reverb and avalanche run into almost fully wet territory for a new “space”!
@@jaeryan1337 Wonderfully executed, the idea with using the spring reverb in such a way. Mine seems really noisy though, I'll have to double check if something's wrong with it.
Automat is it the reverb itself or is it just a noisy knob or pot?
Jae Ryan the reverb itself. As soon as it’s beyond 2-3 on the dial, I have the metal as if I would bang against the case, even if I barely touch it.
Nice ;)
Analog Lab hehe
no multi-tracking here?
Chuyi nope, all live single take. Any dramatic tonal shifts simply come from making the built in spring/pedal reverb fully wet 👍
Jae Ryan Amazing!
Chuyi thanks for listening ❤️
Beautiful! Which pedals do you use?
Kalli this is ALL the EQD avalanche run v2! It’s been glued to my Easel since I’ve got it. I usually use Strymon, but I’m keeping those with my euro rig ATM. Once I finish this tape of all Easel w/ the avalanche run I’m gonna swap out for the strymons and try and make some more ambientish stuff!
However, later in this track the spring reverb goes full wet too! At 2-3 setting it’s a great “filter” for the Easel and past 6 it starts to make some really cool swampy textures. I could never use only it, but I certainly make use of the fact that it exists. Amazing for softening things up ❤️
It definitely sounds great and interesting
Kalli the avalanche run is a great pedal, but like everything EQD does, it’s a very specific sound. Not a workhorse. Just a cool tool. I’m super interested in the flanger they just put out. Glad they’re finally going stereo with their effects for all us synth people that need to widen up our patches ❤️
is that the built in reverb? it’s gorgeous
In the transition part, I go nearly full wet on the built in spring & then nearly full wet on an EQD avalanche run V2!
Jae Ryan stunning funky hooky. diggin that stand too. seems solid and a good angle. what are you using?
fig. 8 it’s just a guitar amp stand from the local music store here in Canada’s brand
Cortina!
Edit: (oh, I so Love auto correct, 😡)
Cortini
The modern musician: with a synthesizer presses two keys and turns two random wheels. Too bad that in the conservatory does not adapt...
que buena la cancion amigo
Love this