THANK YOU Hainbach!! Not only for having a great interest in perpetuating some of the more esoteric methods that can be applied in all things music, but also for hosting one of my personally favorite and inventive DIY folks! This was a very welcome and pleasant surprise for I didn’t know that many musicians would know Meng Qi personally. He is a very approachable and personal guy. I don’t personally know him but he has always seemed so accessible. And GREAT AESTHETICS!! Great to hear him openly admit the ideas that he has appreciated and burrowed from other builder folks and implemented in his own developments, not prude at all. THANKS AGAIN for sharing an awesome job!
This guy makes legit stuff. I wasn't aware he seem to be so "stand alone". I tried his modules back in LA the voltage memory is a great module from his craft.
Meng Qi loves to label his instruments with poetic names, like this one as Wing Pinger in English and 振翅 (Flapping Wings) in Chinese. They sound so scholarly beautiful, both the names and the music!
This "synth" sounds so promising ! Meng is a wizard ! It's fun to see your enthousiam when Meng discribes the Wing Pinger :) Thank you for sharing these moments !
I guess this guy was a big fan of Isao Tomita. Using the resonant to recreate a whistle sound, (almost bird like) for his recreation of the melody of Claire De Lune from Claude Debussey.
I'd love to see more vids and interviews with Meng Qi. The way you guys talk and think about music is almost spiritual in nature, very interesting and inspiring to hear.
Just had an amazing ASMR experience to this video for some reason. I'm just digging the vocal conversation and musical conversation you two are having. Meng Qi and Hainbach!
This just knocked my socks off. What a beautiful amazing instrument. Very unique. The sound feels very warm and natural. His explanation is very clear. We should start calling him Meng Qi lăoshī! Except for the hair you guys are pretty much alike. ☺
I love your reactions to this instrument -- you're obviously super excited about what he had to say and what he's done with the Wing Pinger; he does have a really cool way of thinking... Great interview/video.. :-) Also, I love those dials... ok, maybe i should watch the whole thing before commenting -- the jam at the end of the video is awesome...
this is such a lovely thing to watch! two likeminded musicians chatting and exploring sounds. it is beyond my imagination how he is able to create such beautiful circuits on purpose. loving these organic, intimate sounds!
I really love the way the “experimental” music manufacturers are going recently. This reminds me a bit of the Soma Laboratories products too. Meng Qi and a few others are making real instruments that you can play and get lost with for hours, with a coherent design and that produce beautiful sounds
I agree the comparisons with Soma are interesting, particularly with both playing on the line between musicality and chaos. My initial take is that the SOMA are very "hands on" in that the Lyra and Pulsar respond very deliberately and directly to the player's intentions (particularly touching the key contacts) whereas the Weng Pinger seems to have more of an interface between intention and outcome with the chickenheads (but no less beautiful result!) Possibly the Weng Pinger more like the DFAM in that regard - do you have to play the pulses on this the way you have to play the sequencer on the DFAM?
Meng Qi makes some great stuff. Really cool to see this interview. If you haven't I would definitely check out his youtube channel. Some very cool things there.
Just before watching this I was thinking of designing a trigger sequencer that takes a lfo signal at the input and uses a state variable filter to adjust the phase and sends it to a series of comparators set to various points of the phase. with a sine wave and no filtering you would get something like a eighth note pattern as you add filtering you increase the swing one way or the other. with more complex signals you would get increasingly chaotic repeating triggers.
Amazing instrument, great insights/philosophy re: electronic instruments, and a great jam at the end. I love your channel! I really need to check out the MengQi gear.
Wow!! How cool. These videos add real excitement to my day and inspire me to dig into hardware more. What an incredible machine. The pentatonic frequency modulation is such a cool function. Can you do a video about tape machines and digital integration of the signals?
ok that is awesome...and a brilliant jam at the end as well. Do you know about/ or have you tried cross patching with plumbutter? Though maybe that would be overkill ( or too much joy!)
Without being technical, it could be called natural simply because all melodic and harmonic intervals sound nice...any note works with any other note! That's why it's used so often in wind chimes :)
Great video thanks, and what a wonderful instrument. Do you know if each of the two keyboards has it's own midi channel? To sequence two separate pings?
Two mad geniuses in a nerd cave...
... this is the future I voted for! 🌼
.... instead we got a bad knockoff of Idiocracy.
Watching this makes me so jealous and happy at the same moment...
I love the instrument and the sensibilities of its maker. Plus he seems to be a lovely person.
Thank you.
I've met Hainbach and have corresponded with Meng Qi. Both super lovely, brilliant people.
I would LOVE to see more builders from non-English countries including their native language on front panels, or even just using it exclusively.
I’m already struggling on a steep learning curve. I vote for English AND the designers native tongue 🥴
Include a easy to change cover with different languages :o
This would be sick, but they'd need to hire a translator
It’s like a box full of electronic birds.
I have never wanted something so bad so quickly.
sweet, audio nerds from east and west are finally united! amazing instrument too ...
THANK YOU Hainbach!! Not only for having a great interest in perpetuating some of the more esoteric methods that can be applied in all things music, but also for hosting one of my personally favorite and inventive DIY folks! This was a very welcome and pleasant surprise for I didn’t know that many musicians would know Meng Qi personally. He is a very approachable and personal guy. I don’t personally know him but he has always seemed so accessible. And GREAT AESTHETICS!! Great to hear him openly admit the ideas that he has appreciated and burrowed from other builder folks and implemented in his own developments, not prude at all. THANKS AGAIN for sharing an awesome job!
Music might be the only thing that can save the world, by bringing us together.
Bloody class Collab! The internet is a fantastic place
Lyrics to a song that never was:
“An instrument designer from... Chiner”
“His Wing Pinger was quite a... Singer.”
Uh huh!
I guess he is working on his American Hillbilly dialect.
@@fortheloveofnoise Brits do it too. "I'm going for a drive in my 'Honder'"
Master MengQi! Got a chance to chat with him last year at a synth event, he was very nice and friendly. Glad to see both of you in one video!
I used to think I was satisfied with my gear and setup... thanks, Hainbach!
This guy makes legit stuff. I wasn't aware he seem to be so "stand alone". I tried his modules back in LA the voltage memory is a great module from his craft.
Very cool Meng Qi! Looking forward to seeing this.
Meng Qi loves to label his instruments with poetic names, like this one as Wing Pinger in English and 振翅 (Flapping Wings) in Chinese. They sound so scholarly beautiful, both the names and the music!
That is beautiful, I will have to talk to him about that!
This "synth" sounds so promising ! Meng is a wizard ! It's fun to see your enthousiam when Meng discribes the Wing Pinger :) Thank you for sharing these moments !
Jam at the end was gorgeous. Good work, you two!
I guess this guy was a big fan of Isao Tomita. Using the resonant to recreate a whistle sound, (almost bird like) for his recreation of the melody of Claire De Lune from Claude Debussey.
I'd love to see more vids and interviews with Meng Qi. The way you guys talk and think about music is almost spiritual in nature, very interesting and inspiring to hear.
Just had an amazing ASMR experience to this video for some reason. I'm just digging the vocal conversation and musical conversation you two are having. Meng Qi and Hainbach!
Man, I want one of these so much.
This just knocked my socks off. What a beautiful amazing instrument. Very unique. The sound feels very warm and natural. His explanation is very clear. We should start calling him Meng Qi lăoshī! Except for the hair you guys are pretty much alike. ☺
I love your reactions to this instrument -- you're obviously super excited about what he had to say and what he's done with the Wing Pinger; he does have a really cool way of thinking... Great interview/video.. :-) Also, I love those dials... ok, maybe i should watch the whole thing before commenting -- the jam at the end of the video is awesome...
It doesn't get more nerdy than this...... love it!
That ooh at 13:38 hit the spot! So nice sounding pings.
I realized the secret: this guy caught the forest spirits and locked them in an enchanted box. It's easy to understand)
Is that not how instruments are made? 😐
Je ne me lasse pas d'écouter vos improvisations _ c'est un très très beau moment _ bravo à vous
This is brilliant. Thank you for introducing me to Meng Qi and the Wing Pinger. What a fantastic instrument!
Always felt mr. Meng Qi will make some chaos circuits. Great stuff!
Hainbach, you are truly an influence! Keep up the great videos and music. Always looking forward to your next one!
Great work Meng Qi!
Most excellent, Meng Qi! Love your work! Thanks for covering this, Hainbach!
this is such a lovely thing to watch! two likeminded musicians chatting and exploring sounds. it is beyond my imagination how he is able to create such beautiful circuits on purpose. loving these organic, intimate sounds!
Great to hear there'll be a minijack version. Definitely going to check this out later today. Really enjoyed the performances last night!
So cool! I love Meng Qi's designs as well, I love the mix of English and Chinese as well.
I really love the way the “experimental” music manufacturers are going recently. This reminds me a bit of the Soma Laboratories products too. Meng Qi and a few others are making real instruments that you can play and get lost with for hours, with a coherent design and that produce beautiful sounds
I agree the comparisons with Soma are interesting, particularly with both playing on the line between musicality and chaos. My initial take is that the SOMA are very "hands on" in that the Lyra and Pulsar respond very deliberately and directly to the player's intentions (particularly touching the key contacts) whereas the Weng Pinger seems to have more of an interface between intention and outcome with the chickenheads (but no less beautiful result!) Possibly the Weng Pinger more like the DFAM in that regard - do you have to play the pulses on this the way you have to play the sequencer on the DFAM?
This video could be a part of a lecture ,about Musik making with electronic instruments.
Was just writing that it kind of reminds me of Rob Hordijk's Benjolin - different but similar - & then you mention it. Love this sort of thing.
There are few things I enjoy more than watching two people use a lingua franca like this.
Wow, the sounds at arround 16:00 are truly amazing!
I have been looking for a long time for a macine that can do what my MicroModular does...I think this is it. SUPER-LIKE!!
Meng Qi makes some great stuff. Really cool to see this interview. If you haven't I would definitely check out his youtube channel. Some very cool things there.
What a beautiful instrument. The filter I have been waiting for.
It's impressing how linear the commands are. It looks like there's no "1/1000th degree and BANG" situation.
Just before watching this I was thinking of designing a trigger sequencer that takes a lfo signal at the input and uses a state variable filter to adjust the phase and sends it to a series of comparators set to various points of the phase. with a sine wave and no filtering you would get something like a eighth note pattern as you add filtering you increase the swing one way or the other. with more complex signals you would get increasingly chaotic repeating triggers.
this is a very beautiful conversation, and a good example of an artistic research
Wau! this was awesome. Really cool instrument. Love the jam at the ends. It was beautiful.
What a great interview and such a great idea! Love it!
Just amazing! What a beautiful device.
I've been a fan since I bought KARP a few years ago, this new instrument sounds great
That was pretty cool! I want one!
Don't ever change! You guys are amazing!
The final jam sounds like Pan Sonic. Very nice instruments and gear.
Greetings from Colombia.
Pan Sonic are gods
thank you for this! so cool to see Meng Qi interviewed in english!
Loving this box of magical sounds! What a fantastic clever guy Meng Qi is ;-)
man this is such an intuitive design
this was VERY fun to hear - both the conversations and cool demo(s)! Thanks, guys - OMG - sounds BEAUTIFUL!! Great job!
Amazing instrument, great insights/philosophy re: electronic instruments, and a great jam at the end. I love your channel!
I really need to check out the MengQi gear.
Hainbach for president
Thank you Meng Qi!
This is really beautiful!
Really love the sound but I am wondering how you would implement this in a more traditional setup
2 of my favorite people in music in one video.
that jam was mesmerizing 💖💖😮😮😮👌👌
The track at the end of this video was so great
Sounds beautiful!
I can't wait to buy one of these weird little sonic monsters! Love it.
sounds beautiful
Wow!! How cool. These videos add real excitement to my day and inspire me to dig into hardware more. What an incredible machine. The pentatonic frequency modulation is such a cool function.
Can you do a video about tape machines and digital integration of the signals?
Would love to!
This was beautiful.
Great video. His approach is very interesting. Works very well with your style.
Awesome jam at the end, amazing work!
Great stuff! Love how you two talk shop.
This is truly insanely great!
Sept. 2020, and no sign of this being for sale anywhere.
I hope Meng Qi is happy/healthy.
Maybe this will still appear someday.
Amazing box for creating musical noises!
THE MENG QI HAS SPOKEN.
Oh my dude, thank you for that!
maaan that jam at the end was unreall
This sounds beautiful!
Wonderful jam!
Fantastic little curiosity. Thanks for showing us!
merveilleux instrument - merci pour cette démo
"start with a harmonic and then go into chaos and then come back again ... that's like how life is" 2:41
ok that is awesome...and a brilliant jam at the end as well. Do you know about/ or have you tried cross patching with plumbutter? Though maybe that would be overkill ( or too much joy!)
I hope to do that at some point!
What an inspired instrument
Siiiiiick jam at the end
Really didn't expected to see Meng Qi in your channel...
I love pings, what a beautiful design ! This will be tempting :)
This was such a fun video!
look from 16:37, see that grey little guy in the background? He is the one whistling this tune.
Dope interview!
Is this instrument available? I can't find it anywhere, November 2019.
It's fucking electronic wind chimes. It's fucking amazing.
That thing sounds awesome ☺
Hey could you explain what you meant by the pentatonic being the most natural scale?
maybe most natural like "essential oils good, vaccine bad"?
@@jonaseggen2230 nah, not like that. Read about the overtone spectrum or natural harmonics. It´s about consonance and simple divisions.
Without being technical, it could be called natural simply because all melodic and harmonic intervals sound nice...any note works with any other note! That's why it's used so often in wind chimes :)
Bobby McFerrin did a brilliant talk on just that.
The sing songy melodies that children sing are often universally major pentatonic.
Such a great combo !!!!
Will there be a PCB or kit?
so exciting instrument!!
Great video thanks, and what a wonderful instrument. Do you know if each of the two keyboards has it's own midi channel? To sequence two separate pings?
That's some hot otherworldly shit! I'm very glad i just discovered this… thank you!
Cool sounds!!! I Love it!!!