Don't Fall Into The Same Trap I Did // Lessons From My Mini Modular System
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
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Know when it's the right time to unpatch and pump the brakes on the endless possibilities of a modular system. just because you ahve it doesn't mean you need to use it, this is a comment i failed to heed recently which caused me to put my modular system away! So hopefully in this video you'll find some helpful modular synth tips to keep you from getting stuck at certain points.
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Ricky, I want you to know, that your lighting, production quality, your straightforward, friendly approach and all around your down-to-earth, amazing videos have been SUCH a highlight of my pandemic. I built my first modular because of you and even though I found dozens of channels after, I still never miss a single one of your vids (modular aside, you got me into MPCs too) and you're just my favorite content creator in the music realm right now.
Khash… thank you so much, this is such an amazing content and I appreciate you a ton. Keep it up and post me a link! I want to hear the tunes :) which MPC did you get?
@@RickyTinez got an MPC one hah and honestly got sooo into Noise Engineering because of you. Bought 4-5 modules of theirs hah
@@RickyTinez I have to say that the same applies to me. Thanks to you and your videos I got the confidence and began branching out into the hardware world. A lot of my gear, from my modular stuff to everything else has been purchased by your recommendation. I sincerely appreciate what you do. You have a way of approaching things in a very friendly and relatable way. It almost feels like we’re all sort of hanging out and talking about music etc. Keep doing what you do and thank you!
Dude, we could spend hours talking about this subject. This is why I go through cycles between modular and my guitar stuff. Having effects pedals isn’t any better either. While setting up my ambient pedal board, I found myself going to overkill with pedals. I’ve finally settled on maybe five pedals to accomplish what I needed, whereas before, I had two whole boards to cover so many sounds, I couldn’t even use it. So yes, it’s absolutely so easy to miss the forest for the trees.
Yes exactly. Thanks for this Brian, I’m trying to apply these lessons to my pedal collection that is slowwlllyyt growing haha
This is one of the best modular post-mortem videos I've seen. I love your gut-check on your motivation to over-engineer patching. Much of what you said hit home for me. I've made all the mistakes, including making new mistakes trying to fix old mistakes. It is also reassuring to know that I am not alone in realizing what I've done wrong. Thank you!!
if you're after doing work to release one day, you're right.
I myself use my modular more as a thing to meditate on, the complexity and surprise give me joy and excitement I can earn energy from...
That's what I figured the "purpose" was for many people - it's nore satisfying than TV etc! You don't really have to justify it by releasing records. You can, but some people treat that as the only justification for a modular, but these comments have taught me some uses that had never occurred to me. You're reason seems pretty intuitive to me - many of us use instruments this way. Someone else talked about thinking of modules like a record collection used to be, which I'd never thought of. "Producing tracks" is only one of many things you can do with a modular system.
This is the Ricky Tinez i subbed. Thanks for thinking out loud bro respect 🤙
I'd be down to hear a full song with that final patch, it was a banger.
Yep, trying to break old bad habbits or take on new ones - that's basically what my life is about... ;-)
I started with a MS-20m and went through the same thing. Now that I have a larger eurorack system the lessons I learned with my MS-20 have really helped with my focus on the larger system.
My man, I am always mind blown seeing how we share lot of the same struggles. Thanks for the video!
we're allll in the same boat its just extra foggy out
I really enjoy your videos man. You really have a gift for making your videos seem like you are talking to "me". Your humble style even though you are obviously very skilled comes off as friendly and approachable. Not everyone can do this. It's very genuine. I hope that you continue to share your work and thoughts with the world, because we need more people like you. Also, your videos are visually enjoyable to watch. Everything is on point.
I read a book called ‘Start with the why’ by Simon Sinek and it radically changed the way I approach music..and I feel the key is to find your ‘Why’
In one of Hainbach´s videos he describes how he started with one skiff and was very happy coz he didn't change anything. My plan now is to find a final module configuration and not changing the patch cables once for many years to come. So it becomes a fixed instrument that I can learn playing on. How many of you had the same plan once ? ;)
Eurorack reminds me of Assembly computer language. It’s extremely powerful but requires great effort to do even the basics of functions.
F A C T S - imagine using a scalpel to butcher a 3/4 tonn cow.
that's exactly right. And in time, its a good refresher to go back to the basics :)
If i wanted to make "music" i would stay with a DAW and plugins and sample packs, maybe add a particularly interesting hardware synth at some time. Modular for me was about fulfilling a childhood dream and exploring sounds and what all those crazy modules could do. Filled 500+ HP in no time, then was overwhelmed with the possibilities, bought more stuff before learning the modules i had, then thought "are you crazy to spend half a years income for making that noise", thought about reducing it to one 2x104 HP case and noticed that i would rather completely quit than do that, too much interesting stuff out there. Will probably end with selling it all. Also i find it especially difficult to keep it small for a beginner. Only now after owning and trying out more than 100 modules i would be able to configure a small case for a certain purpose (like Ricky does here and in other videos), that would have been impossible at the beginning. But i am also someone who went through owning 150 guitars (in 30 years) before i found one i really liked. (And still can't play decently).
I am definitely more interested in exploring sounds than in making music.
Definitely merit to the “modular as sonic exploration” aspect. Part of the reason I was drawn to the modular world is for the exploratory and meditative benefits. Where I generally get tripped up is when I try to blend the worlds of exploration with songwriting. Nine out ten times those are the moments where I feel most frustrated with modular and fight with gear, sync and software. I’m gravitating more toward a world where modular is just a playground for inspiration. Nothing more, nothing less.
Hey exploring sounds and making music are two different things! Some might find it difficult to see that. Hearing you say it helps a lot so thanks for sharing! I make soooo much more music with my modular now that it's in a tiny case with a purpose! My old 2x104 6U was fun but i found it so difficult to use it if the song writing process started without it. My small case that is "weird/funky bass/lead lines only" is so much easier to manage within a track. I apprecaite you Snorrevonflake!
Just got through to the sponsor shout out, but philosophically, I think you're touching on a VERY important point here of knowing when it's enough. Keeping it simple is often, I personally feel, more important because ultimately it helps you express effectively while servicing the song. The ego service is an important thing to be aware of in today's amazing world of options. I see this often with newer mixing engineers who go crazy on their plugin use or in some cases their analog GAS, but keep running around in circles never truly understanding the basics.
its like in drawing or painting. the skill to see and decide when its enough is a long process. but the more you do the faster you get better in not overdraw a drawing. nice groove goin, especially the last part at the end ;D
Mate, what a super valuable video! And I'm the idiot with 8 X 104hp of modular which has become so daunting to use, I now only turn it on to illuminate my Mother 32/DFAM combo... GAS boys n girls, don't do it!
i always describe modular synths as not having an inherent "technique" or "theory" like other instruments, even keyboard based synthesizers, but the main musical muscle on display is "taste"
what sounds good to you and what works for you are just as hard to Get Good as technical mastery on guitar for example. Learning and having a discerning ear isn't something that happens overnight but it's possible! lots of practice and lots of listening.
great work!
Huh... that kinda reminds me of the function that record collections used to serve, back before we had instant online access to almost everything. I never thought about it, but I guess module selections/your case can be seen as statements of taste. Just like records used to be, unless you're wealthy and connected, you have to build it up thru quite a bit of time, finding limited editions and so on. You can't just buy whatever you want - it's out of stock. You have to hunt for it, and persist, just like crate digging used to be, to obtain the rare desirable gems. That's really an interesting perspective.
The bass patch is so slick man! Wicked! Great Channel my brother. I’m a complete beginner when it comes to modular. I have gained much knowledge and confidents from watching your videos Ricky and have just about settled on my shopping list for my first euro rack set up. Thanks so much for sharing your skills
I love your tag line, man! One of my favorite parts of your videos (outside of the awesome content)!
dang this hits right in the feels. I went through a similar experience with modular. I would justify my patching insanity by telling my self I was doing "experimental sound design". Several months went by and I accomplish nothing musically, but spent tons of money.
Yea i feel you. Thanks for sharing Brent. And questioning it is the beginning of understanding what you actually need. Sure its fun! but is it what you need right now? Sometimes having the modular system to build an appetite for making music is a great place to start. But not always necessary to use, and that's alright!
@@RickyTinez It was for sure a hard lesson! But at the end of the day, my little 5 month exclusively eurorack binge really shed some light on where my weakness were as a musician and the music production process in general. After getting that out of my system I feel refocused and am taking it as a harsh reminder that its not so much what gear you have, but what you do with it. I now let my self have 84hp (19in rack width) of Eurorack to play with and shocker........ive actually made some really dope grooves that I can actually use in something!
This is crucial info for me right now. I really appreciate the insights, man. This addresses so many hang ups that I have with getting to that "too much" point. I love this format btw.
Thank you Ben! I'm happy it helped. Its a constant battle for me haha. I eventually get to a point where i ask myself "why am i making this so complicated?"
same same same. I spend HOURS starting from scratch and ending up with a Matrix Resurrections like complexity of Ableton device lines. But the tracks I (still) really enjoy listening to were made on 4 trackers in someones bedroom (Nightmares On Wax - Dextrous). Keep It Simple Stupid.
@@zeitgeist909 yea exactly.. i do think a simple reverb or delay can COMPLETELY transform a "boring" song into something worth listening to over and over. i usualy make the mistake of just creating more and more melodies on top of one-another and then chaos ensues hahaha
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
YES! i litereally just typed this a few comments up before seeing this one hahaha! I love it.
The best part is that you got some good music out of it, that is a solid beginning for a track. I'm fighting the pull of the modular rabbit hole.
I really like that you touch on some of the philosophy and emotion behind music-making, which I've hardly seen anyone else cover. The approach and mindset one takes is almost as important if not more important than the gear one uses. And you're right - the ego or the 'not enough' shadow can sometimes get in the way of letting true creativity shine through, or can distort music-making into a flex rather than just letting expression flow. Learning to accept when something is enough and let go is a huge skill in any artistic creative endeavour.
Thank you for addressing this important side to music 🙏
Hell yeah 5 Five Watt world! Appreciate where you’re coming from with this video, great insight
Thank you for this! Great words to hear that help me to remember to take my time with my current 86 HP case and not get carried away with GAS - gotta spend the time figuring out what I want and how to make my system a good band member
Super relatable well said! I love how your videos combine music technology as well as lifestyle design/ life lessons! Great stuff man!
I keep dodging the hardware modular bullet with software. Voltage Modular and VCV Rack have been satisfying my itch and letting me explore, learn and figure things out. It is easy to make things crazy, adding modules are free, cables are free. This is a great reminder for KISS!
regarding sounds that have been pushed "beyond" useable i remember hearing a quote from one of the noisia members about having sounds with wild modulation and complex harmonic content and using filter sweeps right at the end of the chain in order to make the sound less wild
I love this community, under each video there are only insightful and interesting discussions happy to be here
you hit the nail on the head - very nice patch you made there. emphasizes that a little can go a long way.
my problem is always that i start off wanting to do something specific, but i get caught up in other cool sounding stuff, and i go off on a sound design exploration tangent patching my stuff to oblivion and rarely ever remember what my original musical idea was...
Loving the electro vibe! Great points and vibes as always too
I think have a small case is perfect for staying focused. In a dream world I’d have 4 small cases, bass, drums, chords and noise stuff haha
I love this kind of process video! Great thoughts. I like the idea of getting back to basics in a way.
Needed to hear this today, THANKS!
having owned a modular, this song existing makes total sense haha. that quantized tracking lead lmao. love it. just patching it is so fun that it happens.
Great honest advice, thanks for sharing 🙏🏾
Osiris sounds great in that patch Ricky! I particularly liked the way the timing of the quantised note changes happened. Super dope! I was a little horrified to see mimetic just edging along not doing anything though!!! A great demonstration of a minimalist set up creating a spanking sound. Loving the content.
hahaha! yea i didn't even realize until the end that mimetic was patched and empty!
The notes changed on such a weird but awesome pattern. It was actually really fun to later match actual notes in a midi clip within Live to send to peak to play along to it. It was a pattern my brain wouldn't have been able to make or even see as viable.
Very good and spot on. This is exactly what I realized after few years of patching. It led me to get some small eurorack cases to push the creativity with fewer modules. Sometimes, less is really more.
Lovely old skool Underground Resistance vibes on that track man, nice work 🔥👊🏻❤️
Thank you brother. This is excellent and thoughtful.
i needed this video right now
Love this track. So left field and dope! Crazy drums.
This is so on point. Especially with some of the monotony of lockdown life... its been easy to get caught in the novelty of grabbing new gear. Back to basics....
Ricky, very cool patch thanks. Yup the rabbit hole is deep indeed.
Hey Ricky! Thanks for this video! I've been going through the "use every patch cord you have" stuff over here on my end. I already worked through this problem in my classical composition years ago, but seem to be wrapped up in it all over again with modular. Taking this video to heart!
Thanks for stopping by Jamie! a weird thing i've tried before too was to "use only white patch cables" and see what i could do. or only 10 or 15. Some arbitrary number and see what you could do. I would come across moments where i would want to modulate something but i'd have to unplug another modulation source. This forced me to choose which modulation sounded better and fit better when compared? Fun times :)
Great ideas! I've always said that restrictions can be liberating in art. Going to go unplug everything now...
Ricky, 99% of modular stuff I've heard is "interesting sound design" aka ugly noise. But that 1% proves 2 things - 1, it is possible to make musical modular patches. and 2, it's incredibly difficult. One day I will jump down this rabbit hole... Keep up the good work fella!
I’ve jumped into the eurorack after thirty years of synths and DAWs. It’s not hard at all, it’s incredibly intuitive and designs itself, the real issue is the cost. $20K realistically for a decent system. Make a track night almost, release quality
@@AirArtStudiosOfficial Please post a link to your eurorack music as I'm always ready to hear the good stuff.
@@jimlampshady just getting ready, I’m a bit older and happy just making the stuff without all this UA-cam side! But will have an album out later this year :)
@@AirArtStudiosOfficial With making a release quality track almost every night that's gonna be some tough choices or a long album! Either way I'm looking forward to it.
Man, as soon as you transitioned into the “live” version everything just melted!!!
I just got into modular with a small single voice skiff, this is some good advice to keep in mind :)
Oh Man-Happy New Year-but good lord-that mini modular setup looks like a couple grand all by itself!
I appreciate your shift in tone toward self-reflection this year. It's refreshing.
I did the same thing with modular, and eventually realized I was doing it basically to justify having a modular. Like, if I wasn’t going to make something complex with wild patching, why not just own a cheaper non-modular synth? My solution was to get rid of my Eurorack gear… not for everyone, but I realized I just wasn’t going to get over it…
My first attempt at modular ended that way about 10 years ago, now I have a better perspective of how I may be able to integrate, but’s it’s a slippery slope.. that’s why these discussions are valuable
I just sold 20k worth of modular. Ive been using modular since the 90's off and on. So recently i decided to ditch it all and go back to bare bones . And do not regret it at all
wow! Good on you to make the realization. It comes and goes for me, and i've seen myself do this with enough other gear that i let it sit in a closet for months maybe a year then i bring it back out with fresh eyes. otherwise i sell then buy again haha. Always buy used if you can that way its like "renting" it with a security deposit and you'll get your deposit back when done hahah
@@RickyTinez great advice, I am trying to keep things a little longer just to make sure I understand why I do/don’t like them for my setup, which also changes..
@@RickyTinez haha been in that direction too… I now own a MatrixBrute after buying one for the third time… I almost never buy new now because I know myself…
Appreciate the holistic approach, especially when it comes to modular; with so many options, mindset becomes an important ingredient towards the end result.
Great observations, Ricky. For me personally I came to realise that trying to arrange, mix and complete tracks made me frustrated. At times I felt like giving up and selling all the gear I had acquired. Thankful I eventually I came to the conclusion that it was the process of finding that beat, synth sound or baseline and tweaking and playing with it that I enjoyed about music creation. I stopped worrying about finishing a track and just enjoyed creating sounds and music. It's all about the journey for me so I don't think about the destination anymore, I never record anything now. So now I'm happy making a massive jungle of cables because I'm doing it for me as it's only me I'm trying to impress.🙂
Cool AF. Love your content.
Always a good reminder. Thanks! Less is more, sometimes.
Dude running the palette case upside is some kind of genius not gonna lie . Keeps the bulk of the patches in the bottom for utiles
I love your "weird" track! Thanks for sharing the knowledge.
Great little video and totally agree on complications. And Yes the track is too fast for swing here. I would get a Clep Diaz in there on the filter modulation lol
I've been noodling around with modular for about 5 years now, and this is one of the key things and hard to articulate. I think it comes down to the basic advice that experienced users give new users who are eager to build a system and get gear that they never want to hear because it sounds so wishy washy: "Well, what are you trying to do with modular?" It's such a flexible platform and there are so many cool ways to build your own setup that you can get lost in all those details. It's all about what is functionally needed to produce the sounds you want to produce. Yes you could use all the modules in this set up to produce a busier version of what you produced that has cool sound design things and little surprises, but is that what the music needs? Nope. My system now, although it is quite large, is built around a bunch of 3-4 module voices / things I can do that gives me a bunch of variety and options. But I never patch everything all at once. Longer shows / gigs, I'll patch multiple separate things that I switch between and vary.
I've been sampling sounds and patterns from my modular, then using those to make tracks 'conventionally' and it's the best if both worlds and I don't get trapped in modular 6hr bleep bloop sessions
Do you find that just recording sounds in and printing them helps commit and thus push you further in the direction of finishing a song?
For me the parallel is knowing when to stop embelishing the canvas while painting. Im no master but sometimes I ruin it by going too far.
My best paintings are all destroyed because of this
a quote i keep in my head is "“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Get to where you question it and see what can be removed and still get the point across!
That feeling of oh shit I should have just left it.lol I feel ya
Gonna take away a few ideas from this video - slow down ramp LFO into a quantised VCO is super sick. Can see a lot of mileage in repurposing existing modules rather than splashing out on new gear. Also, maybe try setting some limitations on the modular gear, like only use three modules in a patch or restrict yourself to no more than ten patch cables (for example). Maybe make up a set of “patch cards” each with a different limitation and roll a dice to pick one at random?
Sounds great!
Ricky, your methodology has me seriously looking at maximizing what Plaits can do (including the internal VCF & VCA) while controlled by the Digitone via MIDI & Polyend Poly 2.
My personal philosophy for all things in life:
1) Find the line, the limit, the edge
2) Take one step back
I sold all of the stuff from my large mantis case except 62HP worth of stuff. I’m having so much more fun and learning the fundamentals!!!! 💪🏾
Great discussion, thanks. Sometimes we overthink things and that’s normal. But pouring our experiences and emotions into the instrument is the most important patches.
Well said! I've become a stark believer in, the more time you put into something the more you get out of it. When it comes to practice and understanding. If its a song that you've been tweaking the kick for a month then maybe not so much haha
it is not weird man, it sounds great and promising to my ears. it could be turned into a great sounding experimental electro with enough effort.
🔥 🔥 🔥 you need to release this
Nice one! Now it's time to try to apply this lesson to life also.
It's also way too easy to overcomplicate a modular patch for the same reason you shouldn't try "mixing" tracks while they're soloed. You might end up with something that sounds crazy and tickles all the right neurons when you're listening to it on its own, but you're probably just cluttering up the mix and stepping on other parts.
I try to just unpatch my whole case as soon as I'm done recording a part, and try not to spend hours plugging in patch cables and tweaking knobs *while nothing else is playing* because it's way too easy to end up with too much.
Weird? Maybe, but I like it! I get the point you're trying to make, however I find myself in a different boat recently. I'm the proud new owner of a pulsar 23 and it's totally opened me up to a more primitive way of thinking. I'm always so intentful with my modular system and maybe it's the alligator clips system or maybe it's the weird utility modules of the pulsar but I find myself experimenting more. It brings me back to my early days of recording music and I've been rethinking my modular patches in a really fun positive way, like I don't want to understand signal flow anymore. It's even changed my workflow, instead of carefully composing songs I've become more intuitive and improvisational, I feel reborn out of chaos and a lack of comprehensive understanding, which really is the foundation of so many music genres but that's a whole other topic. But like always Ricky great video see you soon!
"Patching to patch"
That's how I felt about Reason when I first got into that DAW
15:50 this whole jam is so good
this is exactly how vcv and phaseplant make me feel, grid sometimes too
I think it happens mostly when I'm starting a patch I'm not particularly happy with
sometimes, especially in our early days of synthesis, we keep adding stuff and eventually it works out
maybe one more modulation unlocks some hidden soundscape in the patch
but often I'll just keep adding stuff like piling bandaids on a broken bone
other times though, "too much" can be great, it's a matter of knowing when you're adding something that you actually want
or adding something just to add it
this is the beauty of modular. You can set up a patch to do everything for you with a million cables, and then sit back. Or you can set up a patch to give you as much control as you want with a few knobs and twist away.
"I make some weird stuff once in a while" [laughs in jazz] Dude we like the weird stuff!
I feel called out. Thanks, I guess.
But seriously, this is a great reminder. Much 🧡
15:20 - Finally!!! Thank the lord of the dance!!! A modular demo that actually sounds like it could be used in a set.
[EDIT] - when Ricky started pulling out those patch leads that was cathartic as f*ck - [EDIT]
nice video, on the spot ! There is old gold saying "Less is more" ;-)
As an electro-head, this 'weirdness' is the best thing I've heard in your videos! Please go make some noises with Ben Milstein 👍
It's not weird bro, it's fun and groovy. Me like this mucho.
I had to smile quite hard the moment you removed all the cables from Scales etc. I was almost like witnessing you, applying what you were talking about at the beginning of your video. And apart from being quite an entertaining video (again, thanks so much!) this was actually quite a helpful moment.
What I mean by that is, that it is quite hard to find/identify people, their approach and their workflow in terms of “that’s enough”. If someone like me, trying to start over b/c of realising that things just aren’t getting me/taking me anywhere enjoyable, is trying to find examples out there on how good things that are “just enough” do sound, well, at least for me that is an ongoing and not very successful challenge at the moment.
But it sounds so, so plausible: apart from messing around to learn one’s gear and stuff, just take that small idea and find out if it touches something. If so, it might already be enough, stick with it, maybe just a little tweak - if it sounds just meh, leave it and maybe return to it a couple of weeks later, but don’t try to force it to work by throwing all kinds of stuff at it … b/c by doing so, a lot gets buried under it all, especially the motivation to try something different, something new.
Once again, Ricky, this video was quite helpful and inspiring - and it made me smile on this Sunday morning. Thank you very much!
Der Mann hat recht ... Wahre Worte!
sick man!
Ricky: "I know this song is weird"
Me: Damn this slaps lol
I also unpatch my system after every sound I make then I record it into Live and move on. Love it
dude you found your twin bro ;0) Happy New Year!
I just LOVE how you pulled a Howard Stern in your video!!! Hope you don't have to put up with a pig vomit like he did! Don't forget... Double U N B C !!!
I have the same issue with modular, I only make electronic music with my modular. But if I find myself in that space, I really like to unpatch everything and start over. Of course I'm patching drums mostly the same but it allows me to train in what I dig and what not.
the InControl music scientist Ricky Tinez. Love it
...that was not the "House bass" I was expecting XD it was pretty great, though. I used to have a RackBrute 6U full of modules that I stopped using it more or less, for similar reasons. I've since replaced them all with a K-2, Wasp, and still use the MiniBrute 2S, and the remaining space will just be a few modules that will complement the rest. I'm a lot happier with the setup as a result :D I still have a modular for all intents and purposes, but it's a LOT more focused (for me).
Very wise and very true
Ricky, the bass patch at the beggining and that last section had me thinking
you SHOULD get into producing "ghetto" house/techno, I can see you opening to new horizons and having a lot of fun in the process
Maybe for your next compact creation, who knows 😇
I really like these videos on minimalism. Lady Star Light says to max out everything you can do on one piece of gear before getting another. I’m in the beginning of my electronic music journey so I sometimes get allured by the bells and whistles and knobs and pads, but it’s good knowing I can get a lot accomplished with so little.
I love that, when you can work gear with your eyes closed you're in a good spot haha. Fun tip i do sometimes is read a random part of the manual and try to apply that feature to a song im working on to help solidify the use and muscle memory of that feature so i can easily recall it in my brain later!
@@RickyTinez nice! I’ll have to try that out. Embracing not being attached to a track and creating solely for exercise purposes/experimentation is important and something I’m still working on also. I used to be a ceramics artist and people would freak out when you cut a pot in half to see what the walls look, and they think you’ve wasting your time by killing a nice pot, but you get the knowledge of what’s actually going on which is invaluable. Thanks for the tip and the videos brother!
dope track
I like the little diddy you created.
I still don't know how to modular, but waiting already for the track release 👌🏼🍹