Ean Golden (DJ Tech Tools) caught up with Edison to check out how he jams and to get an inside look at Edison’s rig and how he lays out clips in Ableton Live.
You gotta love that lunchbox controller!
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Ean Golden (DJ Tech Tools) caught up with Edison to check out how he jams and to get an inside look at Edison’s rig and how he lays out clips in Ableton Live.
You gotta love that lunchbox controller!
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Impressive and refreshing to see IMO!
The one thing which is a love/hate relation for me wrt electronic music is the performance aspect. Its simply easy to setup a set and then just start pushing some buttons to play stuff. This is IMO a classic example of a home-set studio which obviously required some time to setup (the boombox, the samples, the automation in Live, etc.) while still leaving enough room open for manual input. Its not merely Live doing all the work.
And that boombox is just uberfunny, very cool to see IMO.
i beg to differ. i am so sick of this totally crap irrelevant music that has no emotional content… and i am supposed to care because he presses buttons on a lunch pail? gimmick. Also, i have yet to hear one interesting piece of music done on a damn monome. The best producer to use it is Daedelus, and that is pathetic as he is pretty much crap.
Seth Godin quote:
Great means unsettling. Great means open to criticism. Great means booed off stage. And great music, like a great idea, spreads. Ideas that spread, win, and so the goal today is not to make great music for 1970 or 1990, but great music for today, for a market that's super picky and selfish and has ADD. Great is in the ear of the listener, of course, and the definition is simple: if it spreads, then for this market, it's great.
I like it… very cool.
moped you sound like a parent of the 50's commenting on Rock & Roll LOL…
I like it… very cool.
moped you sound like a parent of the 50's commenting on Rock & Roll LOL…
hahahah this video is fucking horrible.. also think this guy is overhyped. way to trigger clips with a monome!!!! WOOOOOOOOOO
Why does everyone take pot shots at this guy? People like his setup because it has the appeal of live, MPC-like drumming. Yes, he's "just triggering clips" with buttons- but that's the fucking point. It's sample based music. DJ Shadow "just pressed buttons" on an MPC. That was just a gimmick too, right?
Sure, the music might not be the best (it's definitely a little too 'mid-90s experimental hip hop' for me). But he's playing it all live. This is the point. It's a response to accusations of laptop acts merely checking their email. It's visually engaging.
Hating on Edison is starting to become on par with "First post!" in terms of tired comment thread activities.
Why does everyone take pot shots at this guy? People like his setup because it has the appeal of live, MPC-like drumming. Yes, he's "just triggering clips" with buttons- but that's the fucking point. It's sample based music. DJ Shadow "just pressed buttons" on an MPC. That was just a gimmick too, right?
Sure, the music might not be the best (it's definitely a little too 'mid-90s experimental hip hop' for me). But he's playing it all live. This is the point. It's a response to accusations of laptop acts merely checking their email. It's visually engaging.
Hating on Edison is starting to become on par with "First post!" in terms of tired comment thread activities.
Seth Godin quote:
Great means unsettling. Great means open to criticism. Great means booed off stage. And great music, like a great idea, spreads. Ideas that spread, win, and so the goal today is not to make great music for 1970 or 1990, but great music for today, for a market that's super picky and selfish and has ADD. Great is in the ear of the listener, of course, and the definition is simple: if it spreads, then for this market, it's great.
Seth Godin quote:
Great means unsettling. Great means open to criticism. Great means booed off stage. And great music, like a great idea, spreads. Ideas that spread, win, and so the goal today is not to make great music for 1970 or 1990, but great music for today, for a market that's super picky and selfish and has ADD. Great is in the ear of the listener, of course, and the definition is simple: if it spreads, then for this market, it's great.
Is pressing a button to trigger a sound so much from pressing a string down to get a note? What about twisting a knob to change a filter then pressing a key to play a note? Is that not the same as having one pad to manage an effect and another pad to trigger a sample which has its own note? Bring logic into play before you bring in your musical opinion considering again musical opinion is an opinion. I could be completely wrong considering I'm the amateur of amateurs when it comes to audio engineering.
Is pressing a button to trigger a sound so much from pressing a string down to get a note? What about twisting a knob to change a filter then pressing a key to play a note? Is that not the same as having one pad to manage an effect and another pad to trigger a sample which has its own note? Bring logic into play before you bring in your musical opinion considering again musical opinion is an opinion. I could be completely wrong considering I'm the amateur of amateurs when it comes to audio engineering.
to comment on my above comment, isn't this site to go to for those interested in the advancements of contemporary music? Why are you on the site if your going to complain about such a thing?
to comment on my above comment, isn't this site to go to for those interested in the advancements of contemporary music? Why are you on the site if your going to complain about such a thing?
The monome is just a collection of on/off switches, so it is clearly going to be less expressive than a guitar or violin. Even a piano offers multiple ways to control the sound of each note.
That doesn't mean you can't make interesting music on a monome – it's just not going to be expressive in the same was as many well-established instruments.
The monome is just a collection of on/off switches, so it is clearly going to be less expressive than a guitar or violin. Even a piano offers multiple ways to control the sound of each note.
That doesn't mean you can't make interesting music on a monome – it's just not going to be expressive in the same was as many well-established instruments.
edison FTW. Loving the way he's using the Monome and LP as an alternative keyboard-style instrument. It's not all loops and presets; he's taken the time to put the samples together himself, set up the set to run as he wants it. And, I defy ANYONE to play beats like that, live and in time, without some serious practice hours.
Legendary, man.
edison FTW. Loving the way he's using the Monome and LP as an alternative keyboard-style instrument. It's not all loops and presets; he's taken the time to put the samples together himself, set up the set to run as he wants it. And, I defy ANYONE to play beats like that, live and in time, without some serious practice hours.
Legendary, man.
grumpy people here :p
if you don't like the music, just don't listen to it (and leave it the way it is).
He might be hyped, but he brings (to me) good music for the people who love it.
good samples, that create a certain mood, that's what I like to hear (and that is what he brings).
Luckely you guys are all great musicians who (no doubt about that) bring the best music and have the best taste in music 😉
less talking, more making music guys!