An Impossible Synth Challenge For Alex Ball?

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  • @Hainbach
    @Hainbach  2 роки тому +18

    And here is me on the System 100m: ua-cam.com/video/rdL66aRXnyk/v-deo.html
    Also check out our artist packs for the M-Tron: www.gforcesoftware.com/products/hainbach-artist-pack/

  • @AlexBallMusic
    @AlexBallMusic 2 роки тому +176

    "This knob with no label introduces chaos"
    Ah, of course, why would it not.
    Thanks for the challenge Hainbach, with your help we got something out of that chopping board!

    • @Hainbach
      @Hainbach  2 роки тому +18

      Thanks for having me, it was a lovely time!

    • @chinor3999
      @chinor3999 2 роки тому +5

      Even with no labels you managed to create a good experimental jam there

    • @AlexBallMusic
      @AlexBallMusic 2 роки тому +2

      @@chinor3999 Thanks!

    • @billklement2492
      @billklement2492 2 роки тому

      ...Why would it not? sounds a little too much like me!
      And anything with a Chaos knob is ok in my book!
      Great video!

  • @benanderson89
    @benanderson89 2 роки тому +145

    Alex: here's a system 100 with many very clearly labelled controls and a mountain of patch cables
    Hainbach: wood

  • @ukiemexican
    @ukiemexican 2 роки тому +56

    I would love to see the same challenge with that box given to Lookmumnocomputer

    • @benanderson89
      @benanderson89 2 роки тому +9

      That is such a damn good idea. The chaos would fit his punk aesthetic down to the floor.

    • @DewtehDew
      @DewtehDew 2 роки тому +10

      And Simon the Magpie

  • @mirkocaserta
    @mirkocaserta 2 роки тому +41

    When the 303 started I thought "Oh, sounds like The Prodigy" but then Alex played a jazzy Cm4 and my brain just crashed instantly.

  • @ladyapp-titude
    @ladyapp-titude 2 роки тому +42

    Perfect example of solving by the method of error and error.

  • @monk3ymasta
    @monk3ymasta 2 роки тому +8

    Immediately looks up Ciat-Lonbarde Cocoquantus MK2 - disappears into multidimensional modular wormhole - loses connection with previous plane of existence - hours later comes to, clicks thumbs up and comments. Thank you both!

  • @bababooie9420
    @bababooie9420 2 роки тому +13

    Your content is always so enjoyable, there’s always something to learn and marvel at- keep doing what you do, you’re awesome Hainbach 🤗

  • @bricelory9534
    @bricelory9534 2 роки тому +3

    This was fun! I love these sort of collabs - both for making artists stretch and exposing audiences to different artists adapting and playing with new instruments/ways of thinking.
    Thanks!

  • @Chi_Mecha
    @Chi_Mecha 2 роки тому +4

    I enjoyed watching both videos. And they actually tell a lot of lessons about gear and workflow. Alex made a fair point about the Cocoquantus: between the unlabeled functions and the ducking feature it was actually harder to figure out than a monster modular system. And while the System 100m is a pristine instrument; the Cocoquantus packed some serious sonic potential in a portable wooden box.

    • @AlexBallMusic
      @AlexBallMusic 2 роки тому +1

      I couldn't even spell Cocoquantus, let alone figure out how it worked!

    • @AlexBallMusic
      @AlexBallMusic 2 роки тому +1

      (and yes you're spot on, it's quite a fascinating thing)

  • @KamikazeVildsvin
    @KamikazeVildsvin 2 роки тому +4

    Seeing the two of you just having a good time makes me so happy! This is what music is about! Thanks

  • @monoamin_
    @monoamin_ 2 роки тому +41

    Using a 303 to accompany a guitar... Like it was meant to be??? Absolute madlads.

    • @ORACLEBALL
      @ORACLEBALL 2 роки тому +8

      Funny enough, it originally was meant too 😂

    • @DarkSideofSynth
      @DarkSideofSynth 2 роки тому +3

      Roland waited 40 years for that but no biggie. Some retired executive would just go "See? I told you we had the right product!!!"

    • @ORACLEBALL
      @ORACLEBALL 2 роки тому +1

      @@DarkSideofSynth 😂

  • @HoraceMash
    @HoraceMash 2 роки тому +2

    Super interesting to watch someone so capable and experienced tackle this kind of challenge. Just goes to show how much we rely on having a mental model of abstract technology (cf. my dishwasher or MS Teams)

  • @jazzseba
    @jazzseba 2 роки тому +5

    Love the way we all evolve into a child like beings when confronted to experiences like this!!!! pure gold!!!

  • @ejwatts25
    @ejwatts25 2 роки тому +2

    Props to Alex, there was a moment or two there where I would have gone in to meltdown, he kept his cool. Loved seeing you both working together and bouncing ideas off one another.

  • @CtDawG77
    @CtDawG77 2 роки тому +7

    "Ok, so this is a woodworking class?" Best description of Ciat-lombarde ever.

  • @illustriouschin
    @illustriouschin 2 роки тому +25

    Alex should have covered all of the labels on the System 100.

    • @AlexBallMusic
      @AlexBallMusic 2 роки тому +13

      I should have turned it upside down too.

  • @mattevans7884
    @mattevans7884 2 роки тому +3

    It's wonderful to see Alex totally baffled for once!

  • @kaitlyn__L
    @kaitlyn__L 2 роки тому +1

    This is just like my first time with unlabelled Eurorack nodules, which I didn’t know if they were filters or oscillators etc etc, hahaha. My main instinct was MOAR PATCHING just like Alex.

  • @everpuremusic
    @everpuremusic 2 роки тому

    Obviously, your other challenge video brought me here. It is really amazing and inspiring to see both of you getting totally out of your comfort zones and getting creative in a completely new way. :D Oh, and btw, The Notwist called and said they want that effect instrument for their studio too!

  • @FLH3official
    @FLH3official 2 роки тому +7

    2 legends together.
    With a mystery woodbox without any label, the challenge is quite hard, almost impossible!

  • @RobFlaxMusic
    @RobFlaxMusic 2 роки тому +7

    It's the look at 8:34 for me-that mixture of revulsion, wonder, self-loathing, and curiosity... "What?! How did you...?"

  • @RedMeansRecording
    @RedMeansRecording 2 роки тому +2

    I like it when the cows came in

  • @gustavoberocan
    @gustavoberocan 2 роки тому +3

    4:20 the subtitles go: no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no nono no no no no no no no no nono no no no no no no no no nono no no no no no no no no no... :D

  • @skaermf
    @skaermf 2 роки тому +2

    I love this so much! Hope to see more coco in the future ✨✨✨✨

  • @gooneybird808
    @gooneybird808 2 роки тому +1

    Just beautiful...there’s so much pressure from my friends to make popular music but all I really want is to express myself with sound. Beautiful

  • @JonMurray
    @JonMurray 2 роки тому +4

    The collaboration the world needed to see 🙌🏻🖤

  • @jossedobben
    @jossedobben 2 роки тому +3

    Haha, poor Alex is really struggling. 😆Then Hainbach joins and all of a sudden we're in the realm of Fripp & Eno. ♫
    Nice collaboration!

  • @Winterdagen
    @Winterdagen 2 роки тому +10

    Hahaha the "okay, I've made the mutant cows from hell" made me laugh out loud

    • @AlexBallMusic
      @AlexBallMusic 2 роки тому +3

      That's the name of my next album sorted too.

  • @marcelloursic424
    @marcelloursic424 2 роки тому +2

    Scanner (Robin Rimbaud) released an album in 2020 that features the Ciat-Lonbarde Cocoquantus MK2 front and center. It's titled Warp and Weft... I suggest checking it out! He also released an album last year composed entirely on the Wing Pinger, another fascinating little instrument.

  • @100ThingsIDo
    @100ThingsIDo 2 роки тому

    Lots of fun! Nice to see some vides with you both :D Hope to see more in the furuew!

  • @DMTCYMATICSDreamMusicTemple
    @DMTCYMATICSDreamMusicTemple 2 роки тому +14

    So much to learn and get inspired by these two upstanding gentlemen of electronic sonic exploration. Humour, nostalgia, the best of synthesiser, studio, and test equipment pro users!

  • @kennethjanczak4900
    @kennethjanczak4900 2 роки тому

    Great..... thanks for taking the time to make the musik and videos, and sharing...

  • @DMTCYMATICSDreamMusicTemple
    @DMTCYMATICSDreamMusicTemple 2 роки тому +2

    Reminds me of circuit bending.
    That feeling of discovery and plenty of happy accidents.

  • @LaraSchilling
    @LaraSchilling 2 роки тому +1

    "I've made the mutant cows from hell."
    NERDS!

  • @pablogutierrezsanchez5693
    @pablogutierrezsanchez5693 2 роки тому

    It's great to make videos about colaborations with other people doing this stuff. Sometimes it feels like the synth and production world is so individualistic, we need to construct differents ways to share with others our passion cause loneliness sucks!! Love you Hainbach, from Spain ❤️❤️

  • @williamtell1477
    @williamtell1477 2 роки тому

    That was cool, thanks you guys. Never heard of this device but it looks really interesting!

  • @surrealchemist
    @surrealchemist 2 роки тому +3

    I’ve avoided even researching what that instrument did exactly because I might want to get one. It might be an odd reason, but a big one was because I didn’t want to end up with a different format of patch cables. Anyway, I was worried half way through because of that acid bass sound but it turned out to be a nice result in the end.

  • @jlindborg1105
    @jlindborg1105 2 роки тому

    This was nervously fun to watch! :)

  • @PetterBruland
    @PetterBruland 2 роки тому +1

    Slightly high, and man... some of these sounds do not jive with me right now.... still, so retro super awesome. Thanks Hainbach

  • @jeanbonnefoy1377
    @jeanbonnefoy1377 2 роки тому

    so typical of the Hainbach's way: creating ambient soundscapes and pulsating quasi random rhythms just by connecting things "sideways" ( or oblique ways, Brian Eno would say) even with a "classic" old school analog modular just calling for the traditional vco>eg>vcf/vca path. Toll!

  • @RobinRimbaudScanner
    @RobinRimbaudScanner 2 роки тому +2

    "How does that even work!?" - the perfect response to be honest 😂

  • @d42kn355
    @d42kn355 2 роки тому +3

    Well, I see a coco so I’m excited for this

  • @simonisenberg4516
    @simonisenberg4516 2 роки тому

    Some beautiful disintegrations. Makes me yearn for some live synth jam sessions.

  • @LFOVCF
    @LFOVCF 2 роки тому +1

    The irony of it sounding like I've dropped some acid.
    I sit here gaffawing my head of, especially the cats after the cows🤣

  • @kyarsm
    @kyarsm 2 роки тому +4

    7:19 - 9:19 is beautiful

  • @PocketUnv
    @PocketUnv 2 роки тому

    I did try the Cocoquantus for like ten minutes at one point, it infuriated me to no end, but apparently there are some really cool sounds to be had if you put in the effort to understand it somewhat.

  • @eagereyes
    @eagereyes 2 роки тому +2

    "Mutant Cows from Hell" would be a great name for a band!

  • @RikMaxSpeed
    @RikMaxSpeed 2 роки тому +1

    I like the bit where the mutant cows from hell morphed into wailing cats! 🤣

  • @pugix
    @pugix 2 роки тому

    Lots of fun! Didn't hear any Chaos, though. I got my Coco V1 in November, 2011. I think it's Peter Blasser's most astounding invention. Took me years to understand the Quantussy.

  • @DarkSideofSynth
    @DarkSideofSynth 2 роки тому

    Alex's challenge: let's just have him figure out a modular synth he probably never played before but with clear labels, and we all know it DOES make sounds.
    Hainbach: let's go full-on SAW-style riddles, and hand him his guitar and an alien wood plank with holes and banana cables.
    Pretty fair... KEINE FRAGE!;)
    What could possibly go wrong? You've probably summoned creatures from other worlds which summoned other creatures from other worlds, and so on and so forth.
    Not sure we'll even get to to the end of April but hey... thanks!:))))

  • @petersirca223
    @petersirca223 2 роки тому

    Halleluyah, I can see the light now - guiitar into modular ! Thanks guys ..

  • @Apg002
    @Apg002 2 роки тому

    I love that both videos have the same amount of views.

  • @reggiep75
    @reggiep75 2 роки тому +2

    No labels? Hmmm.. I'd be inclined to have just run the 303 into the chopping board then plugged, turned knobs in small increments, unplugged, next socket, turned knobs.. rinse & repeat. I've no doubt that there is magic in the chopping board tho!

  • @scottstevens7639
    @scottstevens7639 2 роки тому

    Chaos in a Box - love it! So squelchy…

  • @LaraSchilling
    @LaraSchilling 2 роки тому

    Just FYI, when the 303 starts going and there's nobody talking, the auto-generated captions keep popping up with "no" to the rhythm played. Haaaaa!

  • @d.u.o.digitalunitoperated5256

    In addition to what concerns synthesizers we all want to know where you buy your t-shirs your sweatshirts and sweaters!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @customerservicerobot454
    @customerservicerobot454 2 роки тому

    THOSE CHORDS ARE SO BEAUTIFUL

  • @louadmurphy2587
    @louadmurphy2587 2 роки тому

    This little wood box of pure feed-back chaos seems realy inspiring

  • @Chuck-Bob
    @Chuck-Bob 2 роки тому

    Man, that sounds amazing, y'all.

  • @vvvictoriav5958
    @vvvictoriav5958 2 роки тому +2

    What is this, a crossover episode?

  • @SusanAmberBruce
    @SusanAmberBruce 2 роки тому +1

    Cows from hell was the most musical part haha

  • @michaelharmer8591
    @michaelharmer8591 2 роки тому

    Damn, that jam around 9:00 is something else...

  • @cosmicbackgroundnoise
    @cosmicbackgroundnoise 2 роки тому +3

    I'm sure that that is literally a bread board synth.

  • @projectz975
    @projectz975 2 роки тому +13

    lets be honest, Alex had the harder challenge

  • @robertgevere113
    @robertgevere113 2 роки тому

    Very cruel of Hainbach to do that to Alex! LOL. Love you guys.

  • @RikMaxSpeed
    @RikMaxSpeed 2 роки тому

    Proof, if ever it was needed, that an excellent musician can make harmony out of any gear!

  • @RosalvoParadella
    @RosalvoParadella 2 роки тому

    "Coisa de outro mundo." Incrível, Hainbach !!

  • @multicatart7939
    @multicatart7939 2 роки тому +1

    This reminds me of Czesław Niemen's "Catharsis"

  • @danjwalker
    @danjwalker 2 роки тому

    Just watched Alex's video. Now for the sequel.

  • @matsewunderlich
    @matsewunderlich 2 роки тому

    So a nice Sound Laboratory 😀 very cool idea

  • @adub303
    @adub303 2 роки тому +1

    Why can't I get my mancala or cribbage boards to sound like that?

  • @davidpinto1195
    @davidpinto1195 2 роки тому

    The first 5 minutes were pure cacophony lol but still loved it

  • @silkefupdates8926
    @silkefupdates8926 2 роки тому

    02:30 Thats a new genre - comedy n' synth! ;-)

  • @frenchtrace9862
    @frenchtrace9862 2 роки тому +1

    This was so cruel lol

  • @danielpirone8028
    @danielpirone8028 2 роки тому

    Love the stereo spread

  • @gladlawson61
    @gladlawson61 2 роки тому

    I cant be happier I passed on the Lombard stuff.... I like hearing other people use it though..

  • @danvitco771
    @danvitco771 2 роки тому

    Well yeah, when ‘Bach’ is already in your last name, we get brilliance.

  • @GizzyDillespee
    @GizzyDillespee 2 роки тому +1

    I had to give it a like unseen, after giving the other video a look first. This ought to be ghastly...

  • @byteborg
    @byteborg 2 роки тому +1

    Now this was something... The instrument seems to be made for the evil genius ^^

  • @pugix
    @pugix 2 роки тому

    Imagine if you didn't allow any external inputs, necessitating the use of Quantussy as oscillators!

  • @ozerik
    @ozerik 2 роки тому +1

    I like to pretend that Peter Blasser is my nemesis because his designs are so intentionally (pointlessly!??) obscure. But watching you play your expensive cutting board with the weird name (also the weird names, why are they so desperately awkward!??) is making me respect C-L a little bit more. Not for everybody, that's for sure, but okay FINE, they're pretty good :D
    Also why have I not already subscribed to your channel!???!?? :D

  • @klinkske
    @klinkske 2 роки тому +1

    Ok. Let s not do a search on that coco thing. No gas no 😅

  • @NinoJoy
    @NinoJoy 2 роки тому

    coco is so great (as deerhorn, and others), but so expensive

  • @BobbyLachapelle
    @BobbyLachapelle 2 роки тому

    Is the Cocquantus a little like a Microcosm or a Blooper in some way? It always been a mystery for me.

  • @seaofsinewave9120
    @seaofsinewave9120 2 роки тому

    Wow this sounded great though

  • @nicolasg.1601
    @nicolasg.1601 2 роки тому

    Great job Alex ;-)

  • @ianwynne764
    @ianwynne764 2 роки тому

    Hello: At around 5:46 it sound like something by Philip Glass. This was really interesting. Stay well and safe.

  • @henninghoefer
    @henninghoefer 2 роки тому +1

    This instrument is … a little loopy?

  • @Digiphex
    @Digiphex 2 роки тому +1

    Call this Twins Separated at Birth.

  • @mattypaxton
    @mattypaxton 2 роки тому

    Alex is human after all! Fun :)

  • @RobertDorschel
    @RobertDorschel 2 роки тому

    sounds like a mtl
    count to five pedal, kinda

  • @jhowe5571
    @jhowe5571 2 роки тому +1

    That was not fair!!! Nothing is labeled on that thang!!🤣 Alex wins!😉

  • @ElCharvo
    @ElCharvo 2 роки тому

    Assault and Battery ?

  • @hellf.o
    @hellf.o 2 роки тому

    Cocoquantus+guitar=🖤
    👍👍

  • @jammystraub488
    @jammystraub488 2 роки тому +1

    Lol 😂 that was just mean 🤣 very enjoyable to watch Alex's head explode.

  • @The_Sound_Technician
    @The_Sound_Technician Рік тому

    How is the guitar going into the coco? Is there an amp?

    • @Hainbach
      @Hainbach  Рік тому +1

      It has amps for XLR mic and piezo

  • @thchris
    @thchris 2 роки тому

    just so the thumbnail and have to givbe a thumbs up already.. should be called a thumbupnail

  • @temporoboto
    @temporoboto 2 роки тому

    No labels?! Alex gets 20 minutes🤣😂😛Thanks for sharing.

  • @DeadWhiteButterflies
    @DeadWhiteButterflies 2 роки тому

    "Hi I'm Hainbach, and this is Synth Jackass"