HAINBACH's New Filterbank Is the Size of a Piano

video upload by HAINBACH

"German HiFi Manufacturer Teufel was getting rid of the analog system they used to design crossovers for their loudspeakers. I could not pass up the opportunity to get this piano-sized analog filterbank in my studio. Together with @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER I explored the musical use of this gigantic piece of obsolete technology.

Support the vinyl campaign: https://hainbach.bandcamp.com/album/r..."

HAINBACH Built An Early Electronic Music Studio In His Basement

video upload by HAINBACH

"Inspired by German experimental music studios like the WDR and SWR, I build Studio B (B for basement). It is a creative playground for my "Schlaufenzeit" setup, and I am working on a live show and album there. In this video I go into details on the gear and thought process behind its, how I put everything together and the big challenge using the cellar poses. I hope this video inspires in your own music studio setup, be it big or small, or 100% DAW.

SOUNDPACKS, MUSIC and LOVE: http://patreon.com/hainbach"

A Kinetik Filterbank: Skulptur with Bram Bos

video upload by HAINBACH

"The best instruments I have made solved a problem for me, and my new filterbank Skulptur with Bram Bos is no different. It was designed for a very special performance with Ensemble Modern, and worked wonderfully there. Now, a much expanded final version is available on iOS and MacOS, this it what it can do."

Bram Bos x Hainbach Skulptur Walkthrough // Filterbank // Mac, iPad, iPhone, AUv3, Standalone

video upload by Gavinski’s Tutorials

"This is my walkthrough, demo and review of Skulptur, the new, very enjoyable performance-oriented filterbank app from Hainbach and Bram Bos. It works on Mac, iPad and iPhone, standalone and AUv3. Enjoy, and smash the like, comment and subscribe if you find the vid helpful. Cheers! Gav"

Hate Loop Tape Destruction feat. Red Means Recording, Simon The Magpie and Noir Et Blanc Vie

Published on Aug 27, 2019 HAINBACH

Note this one is not safe for work.

"In which I tackle the troublesome topic of online hate, namely YouTube comments, with tape loop destruction. Featuring hateful comments read by Red Means Recording, Simon The Magpie and Noir Et Blanc Vie, I create an abrasive yet strangely beautiful collage from some the worst stuff we get thrown at us regularly.

FULL AUDIO OF THE DESTRUCTION: www.patreon.com/hainbach
(and soon on YouTube, too)

Machines used: Nagra III 64, Nagra 4.2, Uher Report Monitor 4000
Tape: SM468 and unknown consumer grade tape
Destruction: Leatherman Wave, boxcutter blades, sand paper

Questions and answers: http://reddit.com/r/hainbach
Chat and Post-Show hangout: https://discord.gg/MUBp5AB"

Playing live with nuclear instruments and unknown synths

Published on Dec 16, 2019 HAINBACH

Some new gear in the second half of the video includes the Herbs and Stones Liquid Foam and the Neon Egg Planetarium (demos below).

"In which I play an improvised live show with a setup that is new and barely rehearsed.

Usually when I play live, I like to work with the setup I have had for the past three years. In fact, the reason for this channel was that I needed an audience to get better at improvising on my instruments, the camera became an important tool to get good it. But after five weeks of doing art projects, theatre soundtracks and live performances I was burned out. So I decided to play myself a little bit - I choose a completely new setup. Only the Plumbutter was with me on stage before, the rest, including FX and mixer, are studio pieces. Some, such as the Boxcar I had never used in that function before, and one synth had just arrived that day. I did not even know if I could safely travel with the nuclear instrumentation modular rack, without it breaking. The excitement of trying something new helped break the block I felt and I had a good time at the show.

You can find the full audio here: www.patreon.com/hainbach"

Check out more of HAINBACH's experimental lab and test equipment in previous posts here.

Herbs and Stones Liquid Foam - patch from scratch

Published on Dec 5, 2019 Gianluca Herbertson

"A quick jam with Liquid Foam, showing some of its patching possibilities.

herbs---stones.com"

2X Liquid Foam jam

Published on Aug 7, 2019 Gianluca Herbertson

"Quick jam with two Liquid Foam prototypes on a hot and cloudy summer afternoon"

Neon Egg Planetarium - Sidechain Compressor, Reverb, Delay, Chorus

Published on Feb 8, 2019 NEON EGG

"This is the Planetarium from Neon Egg.

It's a stereo reverb and chorus, running into a delay (with stereo modulation) which then runs into a compressor (with external sidechain).

Create beautiful tapey wobbly reverb tails from any instrument, then sidechain it live to a drummer (or anything else) without needing a computer or click track."

Neon Egg Planetarium - In Depth Video

Published on Jun 29, 2019 NEON EGG

Hainbach - SK-1 Dreams - Full Album HD 4K

video upload by HAINBACH

"A collection of pieces I recorded in the early hours and the afternoon heat of Hydra, Greece. A reflection on leaving spaces unfilled.

Buy it here: https://hainbach.bandcamp.com/album/s...
Bram Bos Fluss App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fluss-g..."

This Rare Anatolian Drum Machine Hits Differently

video upload by HAINBACH

Bojidar Alaturka RITM - BOX

"I had no idea what to expect when I got this vintage drum machine from Istanbul. It looks like a classic Elka Drummer One style preset rhythm box, but there was no 'Tango' or 'Slow Rock' on here. Instead, the patterns are marked by timings, 9/8, 7/8, 5/4. I was fascinated but needed a lot more input, so I kicked of a little investigation into traditional Anatolian dance music, the history of the machine itself and the musicians that used it.

Music and samples: / hainbach

Listen to my music: http://hainbach.bandcamp.com"

00:00 Intro and translating
01:58 Turning it on
03:53 Making a track
05:39 A look inside
06:36 Anatolian Music Primer
10:31 Who made it and who played it?

Noises - HAINBACH's New Experimental Instrument With AudioThing

video upload by HAINBACH

"Noises is the latest collaboration between @AudioThing and me. This time, we created an instrument (AU/VST/AAX) focused on creative exploration of textures. With unique controls, an internal sequencer, 21 banks of 8 unique sampled atmospheres each, ranging from Autobahn to forgotten flight simulator and 118 presets lovingly crafted by yours truly, Noises is made to inspire.

We believe it is a unique instrument to add texture to your music and media productions, as well as becoming an important tool in your tracks. Get it now on intro price: https://www.audiothing.net/instrument..."

"A Twisted Rainbow Of Sound

Noises is an experimental instrument with a playful and inspiring interface, designed to bring a vast world of noise into your music and audio production.

Noises is the fourth plugin we developed together with German composer and “that guy with the sweaters” Hainbach. He crafted hundreds of recordings of rare vintage measurement and tape equipment, analog synths, strange field recordings, electro-acoustic and magnetic field experiments, and more in his lab to create this creative noise instrument with us. It is designed to be fast and inspiring to use, with a big dial at its center inviting you to search for sounds and a sequencer to make them music. This results in a minimum of clicks for a maximum of sound.

Used subtly, it adds coherence to your tracks. Used creatively, this can be the basis for whole tracks. It is easy to create modern scores for film, games, and podcasts with it and a quick tool for sound design. If you need a break, put it on and relax to carefully curated noise sequences."

The Massive Sound Of The Logan Vocal Synth

video upload by HAINBACH

"The Logan Vocal Synth is the most massive Italian synth I have encountered, both in size and sound. It combines no less than three of Logan's solo keyboards and adds a monophonic synth. I got to play it at Museo del Synth Marchigiano with my friend ‪@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER‬ . If you want to get a taste of its sound, I have made a Decent Sampler instrument of the "A" voice that is available on my Patreon for all members, including the free tier: / hainbach

Music and samples:

Listen to my music: http://hainbach.bandcamp.com"

We Play THIS Song On RARE Italian Synthesizers! - Logan Vocal Synth - Crumar Spirit - Siel Mono

video upload by LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER



Additional Logan Vocal Synth posts

The Folktek Omnichord | A Demonstration

Published on Jul 7, 2017 Hainbach

Bleached Debris | OP1, Folktek Omnichord, Walrus Audio, Strymon

Published on Jul 2, 2017 Hainbach

"Empty beaches, quiet waves.
New release out now: https://gohantapes.bandcamp.com/album..."

EG&G 124A - from lab instrument to analog synthesizer

Published on Nov 11, 2019 HAINBACH

"In which I demonstrate the awesome sound power that is the EG&G PARC 124A lock-in amplifier when used for #willitmusic. This research instrument is a crown jewel of making music with test equipment, as it has all the parts that make an analog synth - VCA, multimode filter, oscillator. I have covered lock-in amplifiers before, but this one truly is the best so far. It can do tiny microsounds, glassy pings, throbbing basslines and process a TR-606 into a monster. Check http://patreon.com/hainbach for the sound pack."

Also see: The Sound Of Atoms: Nuclear Instrumentation Modular, and more HAINBACH here.

Inside Hainbach's Wonderful Brain | Fundamental | haQ attaQ

video by Jakob Haq

"Fundamental for iOS and desktop, is the brain child of Hainbach and Sinan Bökesoy. But what is Fundamental and how did it come to be. To understand it we have to dive deep into the world of test equipment music, a world that Hainbach is deeply embedded in. A world where music is made with towering statues of old, obsolete, lab test instruments and cables named "Groß Tuchel" and "Klein Tuchel". -This has without a doubt been one of the most fun haQ attaQ docutorials I've ever had the pleasure of making."

When Worlds Collide | Why I don't need a lock-in amp | COLLIDE 4 Ep. 03

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

Cinematic+Laboratory+COLLIDE+4

"I didn't realize my episode 01 was about three weeks ago. It felt like three months or more. As you may know, this channel is not sponsored and I usually do my research before I buy a module. So far, it didn't work out well and since I am planning to clean-up my collection in 2025, it ended up on my 'may need to go' list.

Don't get me wrong, I think it deserves the 2024 eurorack design award. It's just me not getting along very well. It's advertised as a lock-in amp, but its main purpose is kind of useless in electronic music. So it's meant to be creatively 'abused' and 'repurposed'. Please note I am not trying to use it as a lock-in amp, I am exploring new creative ways to use it.

Instead of making sure your delicate faint source doesn't clip, you'd go for 30 dB gain compensation, turn up the resonance and then gain the filter some more. It's designed to isolate a faint sinewave hiding in a wall of noise and extract phase and amplitude. But why should we even want to do that? And then there's a simple ringmod, a relatively simple sine VCO with TZFM support and some logic. It can't process stereo signals because it will cancel out your center information.

Since I have a huge collection of modules, I always wondered about making my own 'recipe' with a separate amp, filter, frequency shifter, ring mod and quadrature VCO. I think I came a long way this time, only enforcing the idea that the C4 is 'obsolete' in my collection. So even though it's an excellent module, you'll need to double check if you can build one with separates. It wouldn't be a lock-in amp, but I truly believe I don't need one in its designated role and I will explain why.

If you do not agree, PLEASE don't just dislike this video, but share your tips and patching tricks, so the community will be able to learn how to appreciate it - including myself.

And then I hooked up the C4 with my improvised version, and a wonderful world of magic opened up. It was so good that I decided to keep the C4 after all, and follow that path. So it's an all over-the-place personal struggle video, but I think it's real and honest. We all end up struggling from time to time. However, my number 1 rule is 'when you feel a module sounds bad, you're not patching it right'. It's not always true, but it encourages me to try things.

Hainbach is a master in restoring life to old 'crap' we'd throw away as trash, and I love his work. But I am not Hainbach and he's not included in the box. I can only stumble in his footsteps. Fortunately, I can just be myself and do my own thing. Just like there's nobody like YOU either."

COLLIDE 4 | Episode 04 | Post-Collision Course

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"I felt I had to make this episode before anything else. In episode 03 I posed the question whether or not I'd need a 'lock-in amp' in eurorack. I got myself into kind of a rut after making two episodes, wondering if I made the right decision to get one. And if this happens, I need to openly reflect on that because there's something to learn from it. If it happens to me, it will definitely happen to you too, because I make these mistakes for a living.

By all means I never meant to say 'do we need a C4'. It depends on your own journey. It turns out Hainbach needs four. Blush Response definitely loved every single HP of it. For his genre and style, the C4 immediately delivers. Truckloads of it.

I was hoping to open a discussion and learn from others, but I've also seen signs of the wasp-nest cancel-culture. I've seen comments I had to delete and I permanently muted some. I do not allow any insults to me, my fellow youtubers and beloved manufacturers. To anyone. But I am too old to get angry about it, or take the insults personally. I learn from personal opinions, I learn from revising my own conclusions, and I always rectify a few episodes later, sharing any new insights. This is a good example.

I kind of promised if there would ever be an episode 04, it would be about a C8, a dual COLLIDE 4. I'll need to work some more on that, but the lab now has two. I had to pay for both of them myself, so there's no 'paid promotion' of any kind. There were no discounts. This is also why it's so much fun to run this channel. I try to be honest, but I can't be objective. I don't ever want you to buy two because I did. I want you to know what you're getting yourself into. The COLLIDE 4 is an open platform. It has no intended use except the scientific measurements of cyclic waveforms in noise. What you get out of it is what you dialed and patched in.

Thanks for your patience and resilience, and be nice to each other."

The Far-Right Hates This

video upload by

"The far-right AfD party in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany tried to cancel a new music festival critical of them. This is the story of how it happened against all odds and my contribution to it.

SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: http://patreon.com/hainbach MY MUSIC: http://hainbach.bandcamp.com
FASHION: http://teespring.com/de/stores/hainbach"

Related: Hate Loop Tape Destruction feat. Red Means Recording, Simon The Magpie and Noir Et Blanc Vie

Brüel & Kjaer multiplexer from ESA makes test equipment music

Published on Jan 2, 2020 HAINBACH

"In which I show the musical application of the Brüel & Kjaer 2811 Multiplexer that was used by a European Space Agency lab before.

I have been using switches in my music for a long time - the Doepfer A-151 is one of my favorite Eurorack modular synthesizer modules. In test equipment, oscilloscope switches helped in automating note or rhythm sequences. When I discovered the 2811 on my visit to @LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER I was impressed by the musical possibilities. Luckily, eBay came through and I got a unit that was in use at the ESTEC space research centre in the Netherlands before.

The multiplexer enables eight step sequencing of audio signals, which is a game changer for test equipment music. Its fun and playable and would probably be even nice to have in VST form.

Support what I do and get tons of stuff in return: http://patreon.com/hainbach
Find my music on bandcamp, spotify, etc: https://linktr.ee/hainbach101"

The Enchanting LoFi Textures Of An Optical Sound Sampler

video upload by HAINBACH

"Listen to the 'Talentmaker Takes' EP on my bandcamp: https://hainbach.bandcamp.com/album/t...

The Chilton Talentmaker is one of the first samplers, or rather loop players. Like the slightly more famous Mellotron, it allows playback of recorded instruments, but it can play them back as loops. This allows for all kind of endless playback of music, from 'German Band' and 'Polka Band' to 'Waltz Guitar', made famous through Michel Gondry's 'Eternal Sunshine Of A Spotless mind' soundtrack.

The Chilton and its close relatives, the Optigan and Orchestron, were used by Kraftwerk, David Lynch, Tom Waits, The Clash and many more."

Using a Soviet wire recorder as a ghostly space echo

HAINBACH

"In which I explore the wonderful lofi tone of the Soviet made MN61 wire recorder for music. Includes probable Cold War spy communication, a guide on splicing magnetic wire for recording and lots of musical and sound design examples.

Get radio communications from the cold war and support what I do: http://patreon.com/hainbach"

A Polyphonic Synth from 1939? Exploring The Hammond Novachord

video upload by HAINBACH

"Playing the ground-breaking and incredible rare Hammond Novachord was a bucket list item for me. So when I discovered that there is a freshly restored at SMEM in Fribourg, I just had to explore it. I was not dissappointed. Check out the EP:

Patching From Scratch | Ciat-Lonbarde Instruments

Published on Apr 17, 2018 HAINBACH

Support what I do by buying my music: https://hainbach.bandcamp.com/

Dream Steps | Ciat-Lonbarde, D1000, OP1, eKalimba

Published on Oct 14, 2018 HAINBACH

HAINBACH LIVE (+ ORCA visuals)
19.10. Hamburg Uebel und Gefaehrlich (with Bad Stream)
20.10. Berlin Kantine Am Berghain (with Bad Stream)
20.11. Düsseldorf Die Digitale
24.11. Leipzig (TBC)
More dates TBC.

Preparing for my live shows I always try to the make the most upbeat music possible. Usually it ends up much darker once I get on stage, as I find making "happy" music hard when improvising. But still, its good to push myself to different places.