Yep, flashing lights and plonk noises are cool. The modular community / communities seem pretty open to people who want to just have a fun toy to play with or a therapeutic hobby, with no real traditionally musidal intention in mind. Eurorack is still so niche, they’re probably keeping half the manufacturers going.
― ShariVari, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 23:40 (five years ago) link
otoh posting a video to youtube with succulents and careful mise en scene does feel like a bit of a let down if you're making something with a modular synth and that's how you want to share it.
― macropuente (map), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 23:40 (five years ago) link
no real traditionally musidal intention in mind
lol suddenly we're all hoity toity now huh
like a dang ol string quartet up in here
― j., Wednesday, 13 March 2019 23:56 (five years ago) link
"i mean you could presumably be a low-level wage slave and save up for one of these. it takes some project time and the results are fun and therapeutic."
I think that is more for the guys taking apart Speak N Spells with soldering irons.
― earlnash, Thursday, 14 March 2019 00:34 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-GE6NEXPBQ
― earlnash, Thursday, 14 March 2019 00:37 (five years ago) link
<3 map
― marcos, Thursday, 14 March 2019 00:46 (five years ago) link
i don't think it's any different from the turntable-playing youtubes. it ain't about you, it's about the synth!!
yeah but some of these ppl are evidently trying to make some kinda hustle from this + promote themselves/their other work. this 'ann annie' person has an instagram page, facebook page, bandcamp etc. + tour dates, appearances on compilations with other musicians and such. not or barely appearing onscreen i guess adds to some mystique + i guess with 'ann annie' there may be some who want to find out if the artist's gender is what's suggested by the stagename
― dyl, Thursday, 14 March 2019 01:44 (five years ago) link
the synths aren't the funny part of this it's the hygge goop dot com vibes, big step down from the IRCAM basement snaps of yore
― adam, Thursday, 14 March 2019 02:09 (five years ago) link
god i'm glad i don't have the energy or desire to snap a devastating, obscure referent around an aesthetic i've singled out for derision any more
― macropuente (map), Thursday, 14 March 2019 05:26 (five years ago) link
kudos thats real progress
― adam, Thursday, 14 March 2019 11:51 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=croyGB8nRsE
― Lowell N. Behold'n, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 07:49 (three years ago) link
that's a good one! i just made a tidy profit selling all my mannequins modules. currently jamming some marcus fisher who is for whatever reason the institutionally approved king of overexposed polaroid modular ambient, here's a performance with his cool gear and a tour of said gear:https://youtu.be/TSFMINIO7eA
― adam, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 11:49 (three years ago) link