I imagine half the fun is plugging it in and letting it go crazy, and when that craziness has done its job you move the wires around, turn some knobs and let it do more crazy.
It's a bit redundant to say at this point but I just wanted to let you know that since you've dropped the schedule and just made whatever you want at your own pace, all your content has been fantastic and incredibly inspiring.
That joke would've worked except mescaline is natural - not synthetic - It is usually harvested from cacti like peyote and san pedro IIRC. Well, I guess if we were splitting hairs it would be considered SEMI-synthetic... but y'know, just felt like it was *my* turn to be "that guy" for once lol
Well.. they probably dont like it, Pink Floyd (minus Waters) has made a couple albums in the 2000s and 2010s so they could've use this if they wanted to... They use better synths and similar sounding equipment already.
Yep!! This synth is the BEST!!! I have one as well, and though I'm a guitar person, it's one of my fave things EVER! Thanks so much for this video--and the rad tuneage!!
Hey Andrew I know your probably not going to see this but I love your videos. Their can dive deep into music theory and recording but also have comedy and are weird and wacky. Your videos make me happy when I get sad and put a smile on my face. I just wanted to thank you for helping me through rough times and making me laugh. Your awesome
I am absolutely livid. The lines at 7:25 remind me of a song I used to listen to in middle school, and I’ve been up for 2 hours just trying to find this god forsaken song. Curse you, Andrew, I will never find this song again and I will forever be tormented by it’s tune.
Now normally, I appreciate all of your music for the creativity and musicianship, but not all of it is for me. That track at the end though, that's something else. Very, very nice work Andrew.
I can't even pinpoint what genre it'd be; ambient pop? Experimental electronic? Techno jazzy... Thingy? But it's good enough for me to not write it off as "just pop" And by good i mean nit so repetitive, simple and samey as a billion othee songs to either make me go to sleep or want me to pull my ears out.
I really like the sounds you got out of this thing. The dark industrial tones really seem quite different to a lot of stuff you use, but you still crafted a really sublime song out of them in the end.
Great Song Andrew, love your Weird gear segments and as someone mentioned, since you’re not on a schedule, your videos are even better than before!!! Love the one in Berlin, that was great, and to see how you put together Weird Gear - stinger/bug. Was really fun!!!! You are so much fun to watch, love your energy, just have one cup of Java a day!
I'm gonna compare the songs at the end of these weird gear episodes to different artists. So last month was Death Grips and this month is Radiohead post Kid A
Wow the song you did at the end of this was really good!! It sounded very reminiscent of a modern Radiohead track except (sorry Thom) I enjoyed it quite a bit more.
Woah that vocal bass line in the last song is sick. I'm assuming you just sang it and pitch shifted it. It worked really great doubled with the bass guitar. Keep up the good work man!
This is all way over my head. Sounds dope though. I love that deep crazy bass at the beginning. I definitely understand why they gave it the name “mescaline.”
Andrew would you consider making a track with VCV? its a virtual modular synth, its open source so it would be very intresting to see what you could make using it. cheers and keep up the great work!
If I'm completely honest, I love messing with synthesizers that I'm not familiar with. The strangeness of walking through the dark, the feeling of not knowing what that knob or output does, for some reason that gets the best kinds of music out of me.
I have been following your channel for a while now mainly for your excellent gear reviews but damn you can compose great music too (and what a singing voice!) Big love for all you do from the antipodes.
Serious question... is it really frustrating to work with an instrument that is so unpredictable and you can't just get right to what you want? Or do you just have to deal with surrendering yourself over to trial and error until something sounds good? The latter is usually difficult for me anyway.
It makes you press record every time, because next time you turn it on it may not behave quite the same. The unpredictability is a strength, and a weakness. Mostly a strength IMHO.
;~; Sponsor or not, that song still spoke very strong, saw so many colors. Can't even compose a proper comment because I'm still crying. Keep being inspired and making stuff from your heart.
ANDREW HUANG hey, I loved the master mix. I downloaded it on Reverb, opened it to listen to it, and discovered that it is totally and utterly corrupted. It worked for the first couple seconds, and then it started breaking, it started freaking my computer out, so I had to force quit iTunes. I LOVE the song, but it is definitely screwy, is that possible to fix?
Mescaline is a great synth, and a real treat for anyone who enjoys experimentation and innovation (which I would argue is one of the real values in music and art in general). There are templates that are kicking around too to that you can write down the patches we create and get some semblance of repetition. I forget where they are, probably on the mescaline Facebook page though. check it.
What separates Andrew from other youtubers, "so I read the entire manual ..."
*from other people
RTFM!
Lmao right, I look up tutorials on UA-cam and use google combined with just playing around with stuff to learn.
Obviously he didn’t look to far into how to use it. It’s a pretty straightforward groovebox.
@@ellorenzo9389 correct!
„What are going to produce today?”
“I don’t know.”
“Because your creativity is lacking?”
“No, because my synth is unpredictable.” 😂
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I imagine half the fun is plugging it in and letting it go crazy, and when that craziness has done its job you move the wires around, turn some knobs and let it do more crazy.
I think he missed the point of this synth by writing a poo song.
This is great for movies
The TB303 sequencer is like this. Very difficult and annoying to enter stuff accurately, but random button mashing creates awsome acid basslines.
It's a bit redundant to say at this point but I just wanted to let you know that since you've dropped the schedule and just made whatever you want at your own pace, all your content has been fantastic and incredibly inspiring.
*OuTbREaK* I wholeheartedly agree.
I concur fully, my good man.
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And it makes me scream when he uploads
wEirD geAR
PEKSYK weird ge🅰️r
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I feel exactly the same way
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Mescaline was Hunter S Thompson's favorite synth as well!
i was wondering if it was named after what the creator was on when he designed it
Mine too! 👍🏻
Its the right word for the sound though. It was somewhere around Barstow...
It's the only way to fly. soundcloud.com/stephenkarnas/the-only-way-to-fly
That joke would've worked except mescaline is natural - not synthetic - It is usually harvested from cacti like peyote and san pedro IIRC. Well, I guess if we were splitting hairs it would be considered SEMI-synthetic... but y'know, just felt like it was *my* turn to be "that guy" for once lol
the song you made from this device is stunning
Yeah! He should properly release it somewhere, I wanna listen to this all day XD
This is like a sound designer’s wet dream. Bro can I have that when you’re done?
haha it’s the office guy
haha its the office guy
haha it's the office guy
Omg 😂 never seen three of the same reply in a row!
Me too
Andrew that final product is DOPE. What a MELODY!!! Such a great groove in your vocal phrasing during the verses too.
The music community on UA-cam is such a small world. It’s like all the music youtubers watch eachother!
That song has some REALLY cool chords! As a songwrite myself, this inspired me, so thank you for that!
Kurtsiecolferite S Right? That is exactly what I said to myself.
ok I loved that song at the end holy moly
Oh how I love this series
jd712
Quote from Abraham Lincoln himself
No other content inspires me so much.
this is the most amazing musical series ive seen i love it
imagine pink floyd having this
Would be amazing
Ili Oliver Dragojevic
Broooo!!
Well.. they probably dont like it, Pink Floyd (minus Waters) has made a couple albums in the 2000s and 2010s so they could've use this if they wanted to... They use better synths and similar sounding equipment already.
@@Noah-wv4td I don't think even Syd, the most druggie member, used mescaline
Yep!! This synth is the BEST!!! I have one as well, and though I'm a guitar person, it's one of my fave things EVER! Thanks so much for this video--and the rad tuneage!!
daleturner hey, you get the first comment award
Wow! I've never won anything before! It seems my time has come, lol!
If you ever wanted to sell your mescaline plz let me know, thanks!
WEIRD GEAR'S BACK !!!! get in !!!! Hell yes
0:57 gives Derezzed from Tron: Legacy vibes
I was thinking about Daft Punk too
Good movie
I was gonna say it’s a Tron machine lmao
Reminds me of gessafelstein with a touch of blade runner
Straight outta The Matrix
This sounds like something from the Transistor soundtrack. In other words, I absolutely love it 😊
That intro alone is worth several Oscars.
sounds like if radiohead made funky futuristic pop music. i would kill for an album in this style!
Hey Andrew I know your probably not going to see this but I love your videos. Their can dive deep into music theory and recording but also have comedy and are weird and wacky. Your videos make me happy when I get sad and put a smile on my face. I just wanted to thank you for helping me through rough times and making me laugh. Your awesome
"provides no further explanation"
" *W E I R D* "
really love your experimental stuff!!!!!!!!!!! Not quite into your poppier vibes but that pocket you just found for your voice is perfect!!!!
I love in the middle where Andrews like “it says you build a circuit with these and provides no further instruction”
WEIRD GE...
pretty sure that this was created by a blade runner's replicant :"do robots dream of mescaline synth"? :)
This is rad!
I am absolutely livid. The lines at 7:25 remind me of a song I used to listen to in middle school, and I’ve been up for 2 hours just trying to find this god forsaken song. Curse you, Andrew, I will never find this song again and I will forever be tormented by it’s tune.
Now normally, I appreciate all of your music for the creativity and musicianship, but not all of it is for me. That track at the end though, that's something else. Very, very nice work Andrew.
Andrew always makes these sick accidental prog songs
Buys a weird unpredictable synth. Then uses it to produce the best song of 2018. Andrew is freakishly talented.
I can't even pinpoint what genre it'd be; ambient pop? Experimental electronic? Techno jazzy... Thingy?
But it's good enough for me to not write it off as "just pop"
And by good i mean nit so repetitive, simple and samey as a billion othee songs to either make me go to sleep or want me to pull my ears out.
That song? I. Need. More. Hoooooooly, those chords are just beautiful. The synth gives a perfect feel to the song too.
I really like the sounds you got out of this thing. The dark industrial tones really seem quite different to a lot of stuff you use, but you still crafted a really sublime song out of them in the end.
that song at the end is eargasmic on a level unprecedented by man
Andrew is the best human ever.
Such Will I agree
Epic epic epic epic epic epic. Please only do this series forever and ever. This was an audio treat to be sure. Yes.
Great Song Andrew, love your Weird gear segments and as someone mentioned, since you’re not on a schedule, your videos are even better than before!!! Love the one in Berlin, that was great, and to see how you put together Weird Gear - stinger/bug. Was really fun!!!! You are so much fun to watch, love your energy, just have one cup of Java a day!
I'm gonna compare the songs at the end of these weird gear episodes to different artists. So last month was Death Grips and this month is Radiohead post Kid A
That is definitely some weird gear. It give me anxiety just looking at it. Some really awesome sounds coming out of that though!
I've been waiting for this :D
In a few more episodes I would really love to see you make a track including all the weird gear you accumulated.
That song at the end was so sick I actually gasped when you did the hard cut to your outro cuz I was grooving so hard
If any of you like the track at 6:01 , you might also like:
Jan Jelinek - Loop Finding Jazz Records
Gramm - Personal Rock
Thanks a lot, never heard of these two but checked them out and love it!
I know nothing about synths but you make me want to get one
That song at the end is one of the best I've ever heard from you! Great job.
I am addicted to your channel, you are becoming one of my favorite youtubers.
Wow the song you did at the end of this was really good!! It sounded very reminiscent of a modern Radiohead track except (sorry Thom) I enjoyed it quite a bit more.
Loving these instruments like the PO series and other circuit board ments!
Woah that vocal bass line in the last song is sick. I'm assuming you just sang it and pitch shifted it. It worked really great doubled with the bass guitar. Keep up the good work man!
Andrew, I think I found my hero, I'm probably gonna cry in a few minutes. YOU ARE SO GREAT
How did you learn to make such engaging videos? The filming and production is just amazing.
Love. This. Series.
Top notch editing. Top notch content! Weird gear series quality standard is so high ^^
The editing on this video was hilarious. Well done!
Song at the end is incredible. Reminds me of Radiohead with a bit more funk and pop.
WHAT. THIS IS MAGIC!!!! AHHHHH.
This is all way over my head. Sounds dope though. I love that deep crazy bass at the beginning. I definitely understand why they gave it the name “mescaline.”
high atmospheric sounds like No Man’s Sky ost. bass line sounds exactly like Justice. i love this
Andrew would you consider making a track with VCV? its a virtual modular synth, its open source so it would be very intresting to see what you could make using it. cheers and keep up the great work!
That first patch is like a Justice song.
Virtual Blaze or Daft Punk
This intro could literally be the promo-video of this machine 😂 great production value :)
If I'm completely honest, I love messing with synthesizers that I'm not familiar with. The strangeness of walking through the dark, the feeling of not knowing what that knob or output does, for some reason that gets the best kinds of music out of me.
That last song was amazing!
You could make a Fuzz Face in the middle… its like 9 components!
You consistently impress me with your artistry. Also, loving the weird gear series. I always look forward to your uploads. Keep being awesome 😊
I have been following your channel for a while now mainly for your excellent gear reviews but damn you can compose great music too (and what a singing voice!) Big love for all you do from the antipodes.
on the black panel you can build some filters with the resistors and capacitors
I think you can find some info online, it is basic electricity
bastien pabiot or really anything. Fuzz pedal, phasers.
Serious question... is it really frustrating to work with an instrument that is so unpredictable and you can't just get right to what you want? Or do you just have to deal with surrendering yourself over to trial and error until something sounds good? The latter is usually difficult for me anyway.
It makes you press record every time, because next time you turn it on it may not behave quite the same.
The unpredictability is a strength, and a weakness. Mostly a strength IMHO.
Love my Folktek Mescaline, got one of the last copper models available in the first batch. This demo is the best one I've ever seen. Thanks, Andrew.
Bro that opening sequence was honestly so cool!
Almost sounds like an intro to a TesseracT song lol
3:10 Ah yes, the 'instant Silent Hill' effect xD also 6:50 really sounded like you sampled Michael Rosen.
;~; Sponsor or not, that song still spoke very strong, saw so many colors. Can't even compose a proper comment because I'm still crying.
Keep being inspired and making stuff from your heart.
Love the jazzy chords of the song and the melody line
Dude you are awesome
*_Awesome_*
wow the track you made was AMAZING like seriously the best of Andrew Huang i think
ANDREW HUANG hey, I loved the master mix. I downloaded it on Reverb, opened it to listen to it, and discovered that it is totally and utterly corrupted. It worked for the first couple seconds, and then it started breaking, it started freaking my computer out, so I had to force quit iTunes. I LOVE the song, but it is definitely screwy, is that possible to fix?
E.T. love making music
The greatest one man band. Hands down.
I love that last song :) I love the development of the B section at the end. That bass line was killer :O
Im sure its been said in the comments , but god damn dude that song at the end😍
The song at the end reminded me of the last Radiohead album
Me too
It's pretty much a Dream Pop song.
this thing is absolutely crazy !!!!
1, weird gear is indeed weird. 2, that song at the end, i have no words, ya blew my socks off so hard their taking selfies with the Hubble.
I am so binge watching your channel. You are in another level. I think we all feel like baby next you.
Where's Andrew? I visited his channel to check out if I missed his new videos but he hadn't uploaded for two weeks. Hope he's ok!
You should cover Rings Of Saturn with it.
Now that's truly some *wEIRd GeAR*
The song at end was honestly amazing, i love this series a lot. Keep it up!
Oh man! What a weird machine and what a great song !!!! Thanks for sharing Andrew! ;-) It's really appreciated...
3:18 sounds like Forbidden Planet.
Sounds alot like the bastl kastle
Some of the best editing for that introduction, wow.
Mescaline is a great synth, and a real treat for anyone who enjoys experimentation and innovation (which I would argue is one of the real values in music and art in general).
There are templates that are kicking around too to that you can write down the patches we create and get some semblance of repetition. I forget where they are, probably on the mescaline Facebook page though. check it.
This shirt. I need it! Anyone knows where to get it? (The colored creamy liquid one ofc)
What's the chord on "feel the words falling"??? Please!!!!!!
Jakob D parece ser um G#°
I freaking LOVE the song at the end. Andrew, you're a total genius.
Love the way that the sequence goes one those high freq sounds in "I Am The Kaleidoscope (Dark Click) - Reverb Exclusive"
I wish there was an extra like button.
Huh, didn't know Area 51 could make instruments.
boi
really nigga
holy crap the raid was almost a year ago
You are my UA-cam best friend. haha TY Andrew! most inspiring musician on the net
As soon as I saw the thumbnail I immediately thought of the weird gear intro. 😂 keep it up andrew