I used this library a lot on my most recent album Hypnagogia. You can check it out here if you enjoyed the music in this video: polarcoaster.bandcamp.com/album/hypnagogia
Thank you for all your support Mark! It’s difficult not to let all the horribleness in the world overwhelm us at times and I also find it quite difficult to be hopeful at times. I’m glad that these videos manage to brighten your day!
@@LillySchwartz Its weird, I am an ageing, CIS, straight, white man and yet I somehow manage to love all the Ls Gs Bs Ts and the Qs of all shapes, colours and faiths. Why cant other people?
I always found it baffling too. I fall within LGBTQ myself and have been subjected to a fair bit of hate because of it when I was younger. I never truly understood why? I could quote some fairly academic theories about it, but on an emotional level it still doesn’t make sense to me. And it’s depressing that it still keeps happening so many years later. That’s why I wanted to make sure that it’s clear where I stand with this 🏳️🌈
@@LillySchwartz You already know I respect you as an artist so now I get to respect you as a person too and, maybe, give me a bit more hope. Thank you.
Your tape players probably just need belts, that is quite common on older units. You're pretty handy, I imagine you could fix it yourself. This makes me think I should check to see if mine still work... I haven't used them in years. I actually have a working vacuum tube powered wire recorder, I REALLY need to make some recordings with that!!
Well, some of them do, others just mysteriously stopped producing sound although everything else seems to work. I’ll fix them eventually. That wire recorder sounds really cool. I use Hainbach’s emulation of a wire recorder a lot in my music!
Great video as always. Many of your ideas are “grist for the mill” as the old saying goes. I purchased Haibach’s Landfill Totems about a year ago so I should look into his Spitfire Samples. Thanks for the heads up.
I’m glad you enjoyed it! The Spitfire library is definitely worth checking out, so many cool sounds in it! And it’s nice to hear that you’re finding the techniques I’m showing helpful! Thanks for watching ✨
I just think that you have thirst for je ne sais quois... and like me, tu dois continué à chercher, rechercer, trouver et en fin, voila, la creation. Salut, Chao bella
Came for a discussion on ambient music and a sample library I was considering purchasing. Left with a discussion on historical materialism and a shoutout to David Harvey. Subscribed!!
Thank you, Lilly, for this interesting and entertaining video with a surprisingly wide scope at the end. I never read anything from Marx, but I'll have a look at these instructions on "how to read Marx" you mention. As always, it's nice listening to your voice and the sounds you provide, thanks again! 🤗
Thanks Wolfgang! I’m so glad you enjoyed the video! The David Harvey course is super interesting. It’s especially useful because he’s been teaching Marx for decades by now and knows what students struggle with the most in the text. He puts it in the context of our own stage of capitalism too, so it’s also an interesting interpretation of our situation now. I found it very helpful to get through the denser chapters. Definitely an eye opener even if you don’t agree with his conclusions.
I need to revisit this library. Like you bought it when it first came out but didn't get to deep with it. Having said that and thought about it I might have used it on my Songs from the Shed album 🤔 Liked and subscribed 😊
Really enjoyed this thanks, was worth the wait... and I liked hearing the rain 🙂 Both Spock and I would be fascinated to learn what 'knarz' actually is 😉
Oh, I’m glad you enjoyed it! Surprisingly difficult to film a video without rain these days with the studio under the roof 😂 Knarz is a sort of creaking sound I would say, now that I had time to think about it a bit more 😁 I definitely drew a blank while I was filming. My German is so rusty after many years out of the country!
The extent you go to in order to remove quality from your production is awe-inspiring. I enjoyed Kapital when I read it in Uni. Been meaning to return to it. Yes, life would be impossible if we submitted to analysis paralysis regarding ethics. But it’s good to be aware.
😅 Well, I also half speeded it by re-recording it to tape, so it wasn't just a way to remove quality. I added distortion, saturation, pitch shifting and hiss in one single step. With VCV rack I often find that it sounds a tad too clean at times and quite digital, especially when I use clouds. Tape fixes this quite nicely. Of course I don't use it on all elements, just one is usually enough to take that overly clinical sound out of it. Kapital is fascinating imho. I don't necessarily agree with everything he says in it, but the analysis is definitely interesting. And I definitely agree, awareness is very important.
I’ve wanted to put VCV on my Raspberry Pi (if it’s compatible) just because I want to know what everyone’s talking about. A virtual mod synth? What an odd idea. I just picked up a cheap oscillator though, and I think VCV could help guide me through what kinds of connections are available. I hope I haven’t misread Marx. I never thought of him as an ideologue. For me, he just reads like an economist as shocked by the industrial production model as Dickens or Blake, with a regard for the humanity of those whose labour is commodified. I don’t really see the controversy in it. Yet, it’s 2024 and the notion that labourers are human is somehow radical.
@@2NZday That doesn't really sound like it would be compatible, but it would be cool if it worked. VCV rack actually needs quite a lot of resources, my old laptop was struggling with my bigger patches, so I wouldn't think a Pi would have the horse power. VCV is definitely worth checking out though. If you're on iOS you can try out miRack, it's the same code base I believe. I agree with you, I don't see the controversy in that notion either. But well, the comments section on this video actually shows that it's not as bad as we think. I kinda expected the comments on this to turn full on crazy, but so far there hasn't been any backlash from showing Capital. Interesting indeed! I mean, I've done it in a fairly hidden way at the end of the video but still? I think before the pandemic talking about Marx like this would have turned out quite differently. People are much more open to anti-capitalist ideas, now that they've seen its ugly side in action. (Or well, maybe that's just wishful thinking on my side, could also be.)
Excellent content! I really enjoy how you produce your music, from an artistic, politic and economic point of view. Thanks for sharing y espero que la pases bien en España, es un lugar muy agradables, disfruta :)
I have all the free libraries from Spitfire and have had a blast with them, tons of fantastic and interesting sounds. This one looks fun too! I wasn't aware of controversy around Spitfire, but I have to realize that I can't live my life checking the politics of every company whose products I use. Plus... I haven't paid a dime to them since I have only used the free libraries.
Their free libraries are really cool too, I use some of them as well occasionally. I don't think I would have noticed the controversy either if I hadn't been watching Red Means Recording for years already. Love his content, so fun! Spitfire somehow managed to prevent it from making too much of a splash which is kind of disturbing in its own right. We definitely can't be aware of everything that's going on because companies try to brush it all under the carpet. Researching that part of the video was quite depressing actually, every single one of those screenshots was an immediate WTF is wrong with those people? And usually it involved businesses so universal that it's next to impossible to avoid their products.
I think it’s more of a creaking sound. Wood expanding that sort of thing? It’s really hard to translate because it doesn’t quite exist in the same way in English. I do like both the sound and the word for it 😅
I keep watching stuff like this while I am working.... so I can't download samplers or libraries..... then forgetting to look them up on my personal computer when I get home 🤣🤣 Yeah I know, first world problems.
Definitely goes in a similar direction. Knarzen feels like a quite specific sound to me though whereas gnarly seems more openended? Not sure. It's a strange word for sure.
Christian Henson left Spitfire Audio after the backlash over his comments to avoid any damage to them. So... ok to use Spitfire libraries with a clear conscience I guess. :) Still it's a point that needs to be made, all power to you.
It was incredibly difficult to find any current info on this. Did he sell whatever stake he had in the company or did he just stop working for/with them? The last info I found is that he still owns part of the company but this was from a while back too. I really just wanted to make it properly clear that I will always stand with trans people.
@@LillySchwartz Paul Thompson from Spitfire has never apologized for Henderson's transphobic language. Also, I am not sure whether Henderson has divested himself of any ownership of Spitfire. I am sorry for Hainbach, BT, and other artists who have made libraries with Spitfire, but I will not use a Spitfire product that I purchased before the controversy and I will not buy any new products from Spitfire until Thompson makes a formal apology and verifies that Henderson owns no interest in the company.
@@MathHammer I totally get that, Thomas and I probably won't buy new products from them anytime soon either, but I will keep using their free libraries and the libraries I bought from them because basically I can't afford not to?
I am aware of the ills of late stage, unfettered capitalism and associated greed, but I don't think Henderson's hurtful language has anything to do with it. Such hurtful language is the product of lack of empathy, rigid thinking, fear, and an inability to form a mental model containing concepts that a person can't explain and/or understand.
You're probably right, but I do believe that there is definitely a correlation between the having what it takes to make money and lack of empathy for example. If the people committing the crimes of late stage capitalism had any empathy they wouldn't price hike drugs that people need to survive by 500%, fund death squads to do their dirty work, test potentially lethal drugs on children in India etc. And the worst part is: We can't avoid buying products from those kinds of people and their companies because we're talking about huge corporations with monopolies on drugs or that have such a large market share that half the food industry uses their products. Hurtful language isn't quite at the same level, so if I can't boycott Nestle and Monsanto because they maneauvred themselves into a position where their products are unavoidable I don't see the point in boycotting Spitfire either. I honestly don't think ethical choices are possible for consumers within a capitalist system.
I used this library a lot on my most recent album Hypnagogia. You can check it out here if you enjoyed the music in this video:
polarcoaster.bandcamp.com/album/hypnagogia
I am finding hope in increasingly short supply these days. So, I just wanted to say thank you.
Thank you for all your support Mark! It’s difficult not to let all the horribleness in the world overwhelm us at times and I also find it quite difficult to be hopeful at times. I’m glad that these videos manage to brighten your day!
@@LillySchwartz Its weird, I am an ageing, CIS, straight, white man and yet I somehow manage to love all the Ls Gs Bs Ts and the Qs of all shapes, colours and faiths. Why cant other people?
I always found it baffling too. I fall within LGBTQ myself and have been subjected to a fair bit of hate because of it when I was younger. I never truly understood why? I could quote some fairly academic theories about it, but on an emotional level it still doesn’t make sense to me. And it’s depressing that it still keeps happening so many years later. That’s why I wanted to make sure that it’s clear where I stand with this 🏳️🌈
@@LillySchwartz You already know I respect you as an artist so now I get to respect you as a person too and, maybe, give me a bit more hope. Thank you.
@markhayward9764 thank you! I’ll try to keep the hopeful content coming Mark 😊
Your tape players probably just need belts, that is quite common on older units. You're pretty handy, I imagine you could fix it yourself. This makes me think I should check to see if mine still work... I haven't used them in years.
I actually have a working vacuum tube powered wire recorder, I REALLY need to make some recordings with that!!
Well, some of them do, others just mysteriously stopped producing sound although everything else seems to work. I’ll fix them eventually. That wire recorder sounds really cool. I use Hainbach’s emulation of a wire recorder a lot in my music!
Great video as always. Many of your ideas are “grist for the mill” as the old saying goes. I purchased Haibach’s Landfill Totems about a year ago so I should look into his Spitfire Samples. Thanks for the heads up.
I’m glad you enjoyed it! The Spitfire library is definitely worth checking out, so many cool sounds in it! And it’s nice to hear that you’re finding the techniques I’m showing helpful! Thanks for watching ✨
Amazing!
Aw, thank you! ✨
Awesome, just Awesome.
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you liked it! ✨
I just think that you have thirst for je ne sais quois... and like me, tu dois continué à chercher, rechercer, trouver et en fin, voila, la creation. Salut, Chao bella
@@j-jlevy Merci beaucoup! ✨
Came for a discussion on ambient music and a sample library I was considering purchasing. Left with a discussion on historical materialism and a shoutout to David Harvey. Subscribed!!
😂 thanks for subscribing and I’m glad that my sneaky David Harvey shoutout didn’t drive you away 😉
Thank you, Lilly, for this interesting and entertaining video with a surprisingly wide scope at the end. I never read anything from Marx, but I'll have a look at these instructions on "how to read Marx" you mention. As always, it's nice listening to your voice and the sounds you provide, thanks again! 🤗
Thanks Wolfgang! I’m so glad you enjoyed the video! The David Harvey course is super interesting. It’s especially useful because he’s been teaching Marx for decades by now and knows what students struggle with the most in the text. He puts it in the context of our own stage of capitalism too, so it’s also an interesting interpretation of our situation now. I found it very helpful to get through the denser chapters. Definitely an eye opener even if you don’t agree with his conclusions.
@@LillySchwartz The book is already in my local book store and I'll pick it up soon 😃
I need to revisit this library. Like you bought it when it first came out but didn't get to deep with it. Having said that and thought about it I might have used it on my Songs from the Shed album 🤔
Liked and subscribed 😊
you are really awesome, you are inspiring. It's like a trip to Mars but in the mind.
Thank you so much for your kind words and your support Chris! I appreciate it very much! 🚀
@@LillySchwartz believe in you, the path is full of pain but you are a beautiful person
✨ thank you again. That’s always nice to hear 😊
Really enjoyed this thanks, was worth the wait... and I liked hearing the rain 🙂 Both Spock and I would be fascinated to learn what 'knarz' actually is 😉
Oh, I’m glad you enjoyed it! Surprisingly difficult to film a video without rain these days with the studio under the roof 😂 Knarz is a sort of creaking sound I would say, now that I had time to think about it a bit more 😁 I definitely drew a blank while I was filming. My German is so rusty after many years out of the country!
The extent you go to in order to remove quality from your production is awe-inspiring.
I enjoyed Kapital when I read it in Uni. Been meaning to return to it. Yes, life would be impossible if we submitted to analysis paralysis regarding ethics. But it’s good to be aware.
😅 Well, I also half speeded it by re-recording it to tape, so it wasn't just a way to remove quality. I added distortion, saturation, pitch shifting and hiss in one single step. With VCV rack I often find that it sounds a tad too clean at times and quite digital, especially when I use clouds. Tape fixes this quite nicely. Of course I don't use it on all elements, just one is usually enough to take that overly clinical sound out of it.
Kapital is fascinating imho. I don't necessarily agree with everything he says in it, but the analysis is definitely interesting. And I definitely agree, awareness is very important.
I’ve wanted to put VCV on my Raspberry Pi (if it’s compatible) just because I want to know what everyone’s talking about. A virtual mod synth? What an odd idea. I just picked up a cheap oscillator though, and I think VCV could help guide me through what kinds of connections are available.
I hope I haven’t misread Marx. I never thought of him as an ideologue. For me, he just reads like an economist as shocked by the industrial production model as Dickens or Blake, with a regard for the humanity of those whose labour is commodified. I don’t really see the controversy in it. Yet, it’s 2024 and the notion that labourers are human is somehow radical.
@@2NZday That doesn't really sound like it would be compatible, but it would be cool if it worked. VCV rack actually needs quite a lot of resources, my old laptop was struggling with my bigger patches, so I wouldn't think a Pi would have the horse power. VCV is definitely worth checking out though. If you're on iOS you can try out miRack, it's the same code base I believe.
I agree with you, I don't see the controversy in that notion either. But well, the comments section on this video actually shows that it's not as bad as we think. I kinda expected the comments on this to turn full on crazy, but so far there hasn't been any backlash from showing Capital. Interesting indeed! I mean, I've done it in a fairly hidden way at the end of the video but still? I think before the pandemic talking about Marx like this would have turned out quite differently. People are much more open to anti-capitalist ideas, now that they've seen its ugly side in action. (Or well, maybe that's just wishful thinking on my side, could also be.)
Excellent content! I really enjoy how you produce your music, from an artistic, politic and economic point of view. Thanks for sharing y espero que la pases bien en España, es un lugar muy agradables, disfruta :)
Thank you so much, I'm glad we're on the same wavelength with all of this, that's always nice to hear!
I have all the free libraries from Spitfire and have had a blast with them, tons of fantastic and interesting sounds. This one looks fun too! I wasn't aware of controversy around Spitfire, but I have to realize that I can't live my life checking the politics of every company whose products I use. Plus... I haven't paid a dime to them since I have only used the free libraries.
Their free libraries are really cool too, I use some of them as well occasionally. I don't think I would have noticed the controversy either if I hadn't been watching Red Means Recording for years already. Love his content, so fun! Spitfire somehow managed to prevent it from making too much of a splash which is kind of disturbing in its own right. We definitely can't be aware of everything that's going on because companies try to brush it all under the carpet. Researching that part of the video was quite depressing actually, every single one of those screenshots was an immediate WTF is wrong with those people? And usually it involved businesses so universal that it's next to impossible to avoid their products.
Knarls might be growl though living in Germany for a long time still not sure how it translates myself.
I think it’s more of a creaking sound. Wood expanding that sort of thing? It’s really hard to translate because it doesn’t quite exist in the same way in English. I do like both the sound and the word for it 😅
I love trying things that aren't made for guitar i have a keyboard i found in the garbage that sounds amazing with my guitar
Oh that’s lucky! What kind of keyboard did you find?
I keep watching stuff like this while I am working.... so I can't download samplers or libraries..... then forgetting to look them up on my personal computer when I get home 🤣🤣
Yeah I know, first world problems.
Well then here’s a reminder to download those samplers and libraries! 😂
Knarzen is gnarly in English.
Definitely goes in a similar direction. Knarzen feels like a quite specific sound to me though whereas gnarly seems more openended? Not sure. It's a strange word for sure.
Christian Henson left Spitfire Audio after the backlash over his comments to avoid any damage to them. So... ok to use Spitfire libraries with a clear conscience I guess. :) Still it's a point that needs to be made, all power to you.
It was incredibly difficult to find any current info on this. Did he sell whatever stake he had in the company or did he just stop working for/with them? The last info I found is that he still owns part of the company but this was from a while back too. I really just wanted to make it properly clear that I will always stand with trans people.
@@LillySchwartz but apparently he is back at Spitfire. No apology or comments from the company.
@@LillySchwartz Paul Thompson from Spitfire has never apologized for Henderson's transphobic language. Also, I am not sure whether Henderson has divested himself of any ownership of Spitfire. I am sorry for Hainbach, BT, and other artists who have made libraries with Spitfire, but I will not use a Spitfire product that I purchased before the controversy and I will not buy any new products from Spitfire until Thompson makes a formal apology and verifies that Henderson owns no interest in the company.
@@crhkrebs Ugh, no surprises there. They just waited it out until the internet lost interest 🙄
@@MathHammer I totally get that, Thomas and I probably won't buy new products from them anytime soon either, but I will keep using their free libraries and the libraries I bought from them because basically I can't afford not to?
I am aware of the ills of late stage, unfettered capitalism and associated greed, but I don't think Henderson's hurtful language has anything to do with it. Such hurtful language is the product of lack of empathy, rigid thinking, fear, and an inability to form a mental model containing concepts that a person can't explain and/or understand.
You're probably right, but I do believe that there is definitely a correlation between the having what it takes to make money and lack of empathy for example. If the people committing the crimes of late stage capitalism had any empathy they wouldn't price hike drugs that people need to survive by 500%, fund death squads to do their dirty work, test potentially lethal drugs on children in India etc. And the worst part is: We can't avoid buying products from those kinds of people and their companies because we're talking about huge corporations with monopolies on drugs or that have such a large market share that half the food industry uses their products. Hurtful language isn't quite at the same level, so if I can't boycott Nestle and Monsanto because they maneauvred themselves into a position where their products are unavoidable I don't see the point in boycotting Spitfire either. I honestly don't think ethical choices are possible for consumers within a capitalist system.
@@LillySchwartz Yes, you are right. Those who "win" at capitalism tend to be sociopaths and psychopaths.
Love the music
(thanks for letting me know about Spitfire's bigotry, i'll be unfollowng)