A Laughable Sales Pitch - The Unison MIDI Chord Pack 

Since I already know they will try a copyright claim, please tell us what are they using. Probably their own name?

Very funny and entertaining video. After watching it, I even felt inspired to try learning to make music in a DAW. How lucky, then, that the advertising that followed was for a drag&drop MIDI pack of melodies and chord progressions.

@@zetizahara -I got unison as my ad before the video and then another MIDI pack...

WHERE IS THE LINK

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You musician youtubers really do know each other, don't you? 🤣

rEpEtItIOn lEgItImIzEs.

[delay lama sfx]

ironically yours is the only channel i see stuff like this come up as ads until i got an adblocker.

He did say that

I remember when he said that, truly inspiring

I could have sworn that was Thelonius Monk that said that. "Ain't that a bitch?"

You're making me speculate, "If I'd had MIDI chord packs, I could've lived past 70. In that time I would have advanced the scope and glory of music by over 200 years." - Mozart

"MIDI chord packs are what make free jazz free" -Ornette Coleman

Quickly, RUSH some WATER on it!

More like *RUSH* some wat *E* r on it

Mark Rober????

Rotfl

2 weeks ago? It can't be! Your music was good beforehand! There was no need to become pro-level! Now I'll never hear more sick food-type beats.

Can you sell us your pro level recipes

pro level wangjangler

I always jump a bit in surprise when I see a youtuber I watch in the comment section of another person's video

PRO LEVEL FORMULAS (only for 30 bucks)

Collegiate maths textbook industry has entered the chat.

i usually see flaws in these types of comments but if you think about it... thats kinda exactly what it is

it's like charging for the times table for every number

@DELORM Lol same

Hello brother.

That’s just splice ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

The new drum monkey plugin is kinda like this

Cymatics did it

has anyone seen the meme with the red button. "make music" O

W H Y W O U L D Y O U T H I N K

@@digitaldeathsquid3448 Because the alternative would be unthinkable.

@@digitaldeathsquid3448 Wow, are those pro vowels?! Amazing!

Those are friends of tantacrul doing a parody... right? ... Right?

hahaahah OMG i read this before the pro-vowels bit, i was like "what does he mean", then that part came and i was howling (vowels)

Lol.

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I got a Unison ad in the middle of the video and burst out laughing. It was the most ridiculous (definitely not a coincidence) thing I've ever experienced. The sheer irony of Unison promoting themselves as a good company using this video's ads while the company itself is being absolutely roasted to the lower circles of Hell by critics like Tantacruel and the others who actually know what music is.

And its not even a joke

I think I've spent more time WATCHING it.

Exactly what I thought.

Well yeah. Kinda the whole point of jazz.

Beautiful

The old jazz man aka my guitar teacher told me that metal does not pay at gigs but jazz does and I stopped going to his guitar lessons. And it happened two times by a different teacher. So they basically told me to go f*ck myself and listen to jazz instead of the genre I actually like. Edit: added stuff and had to get this out of my chest

@@_nurmi06 there do be shitty teachers out there sometimes I dont know how indicative this is of all jazz teachers though

Hahahahaha

Sounds like a plan: 1) become head of unison audio 2) refund all customers 3) declare bankrupcy

LOLLL

@@DevonDekhran Audacity created an OPT IN analytics feature to help them diagnose issues. None of your data will be collected unless you specifically ask for it to be. It's disabled by default. Ignorant fools like yourself freak out about it because all you never read the article, only the headlines that you see while circlejerking on reddit

Lol. Would he be able to juggle all of them at once, though?

Only the 2nd invention is pro level.

I prefer the diminished b flat 7

@@DanielSilva-gc4xz lol that is a thing!

But is it a pro level B flat 7???

​@@TotalTimoTimeuhm, acktchually, all regular 7 chords have 4 notes in them, making them pro-level

Same here, the whole influencer content style of the ad is painful, watched it until the end though, saw it as a part of the experience :)

Same. It even happened the exact moment he said pause and watch their commercial

yeah, I got the ad mid video too

Same…I flagged the ad as “inappropriate” 😂

I think that happed to a lot of us

I have a 16-bit computer. Do you have an advanced pack with 65536 pro-level words?

@@nickwallette6201 Sure, but access to that DLC will be a monthly subscription of just 6.99$* (billed 12 months in advance)

@@nickwallette6201 Available for a limited time only! Brand new pack of over FOUR MILLION 32-bit words! That's right! 32 BITS! Your friends family will be blown away, guaranteed, or a full refund*! ORDER TODAY! * - refund process takes 12 months minimum and requires proof of purchase, which in some cases may not be provided to you, rendering you SOL.

I actually copyrighted the binary bit 0, so please refrain from using it

@@sbrevoltuion5 Pro tip to avoid copyright claims from Seth: Use the uppercase letter O when programming in binary. It's almost as good.

it WAS

Bro holy shit I also got a unison ad I’m laughing my ass off

@@immaderpo5218 Yeah. I immediately got an ad for Unison Drum Monkey when the vid finished.

That's why you use an adblocker I recently got one just so I could stop seeing uNiSoN mIdI cHoRd PaCk BuY nOw FoR oNlY $100 wOoHoO mOnEy

@@immaderpo5218 same, they must be salty af

Me too

The generic story that he crafted with the vowel pack is on the short list for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

"Bflat7" on the top of the charts killed me

"I know words. I have the best words."

Cabbage?

But do you speak minor 9th or diminished words?

Pro Level Words, lol 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Now I have the best words, lol OMG that's is too funny, lol

Sir, I have copyrighted the word it. Please pay the appropriate royalty before I launch a copyright claim.

Yeah same, really just for now I want to just make remixes of songs and then make actual original music. I’m not sure if this is just a thing musicians have but I’ve been trying to get my ideas in my head onto my computer but I don’t know really anything about music theory so it’s difficult. I know a lot about instrumentation but that’s it.

@@Azurethewolf168I’ve been producing and composing for a few years and I’m studying composition in school, and the general consensus even from professors that have doctorates is that what you make will never sound exactly like what’s in your head. You can try and get close, but it’ll always be different somehow. My advice is to embrace it and go where the song takes you, not where you want it to go. Also try learning basic music theory, it’s actually really simple and you can find good videos on RU-vid about it. Hope that helped :)

@@youngsqueeks okay, thanks.

that's so fucking cool. never lose that passion. make a music every single day. try and make something new or find a new thing to play with and discover something awesome. also metronome do that it's boring but it does more than you realize

@@LiLComeInClutch what about the metronome?

Epic, shattering, beautiful. Where did you buy your vowels?

Thanks for taking the time ti do that!!!@

You think you're slick. I recognize the "the woman was sad" word progression! You got that from flush valve

I'm legitimately enthralled by this tale and wish it was a full novel for me to enjoy! With the inclusion of PRO VOWELS as well!? What a read!

I like the way the man kicked the ball.

Innovating. Forward. Forever.

Keywords: Corporate, Uplifting, Contemporary, Electronic, Joyful, Calming

It was truly my middleschool dream to make corporate music before I realized it wasn't real music apparently. Then I realized real musicians make corporate music, not corporate musicians.

Synergy. State-of-the-Art Technology.

@@AGLubang It’s not science fiction, it’s science fact.

Same haha

same lmao

I got a Unison ad too, it's like they are trying to respond to this criticism or get people to change their mind after watching this

At first I thought it was actual video with an excerpt from the ad so my reaction was delayed :D

didnt expect to see you here

Football in the Groin won eleven Academy Awards including for Best Original Screenplay.

@@DerekPower those are some PRO LEVEL WORD PROGRESSIONS you've got there

"Let's go up there" was better and you know it.

You just described basically all knowledge.

I find it fascinating how visual art can be compared to music. The colors are literally harmony and contour is literally melody. The word color is frequently used in music.

I do some digital art as well and your comparison has some validity. That said, one of the most import aspects of music theory is that it is the language most musicians use to communicate with one another. You can get by without it but it’s an almost essential tool in a lot of instances.

Tantacrul: No Survivors

You could say, he is Tenta-cruel

@@consider_mo Actually you can't. I checked and yeah, you definitely can't. Sorry.

​@@consider_mo I thought Tantacrul was trying to *avoid* DMCA strikes…?

😂😂😂😂

10:22

it's a funny video all round but that line in particular had me laughing for ages. I just love his flat delivery of such obstinate, pig-headed laziness, it just perfectly sums up what this company seems to be about.

hit my core

It sounds like a line out of one of those late 90s/early 2000s Chuck E Cheese commercials where it starts out with kids having a miserable time doing homework, and then their cool dad comes in and is like “WE’RE GOING TO CHUCK E CHEESE TONIGHT!!” Then it cuts to one of the kids playing Skee ball, and he turns to the camera to deliver the line “Learning is stupid!”

i see what you did there ,':^)

are those unlicensed word progressions? be careful

"I like the ball in the sink."

damn those are some pro level word progressions

“The plate is orange.” Keeps inspiring…. But i keep seeing it used everywhere.

Same, he pulls it off pretty well!

That's David Bro

...and HOW many HEADPHONES did he have on? 🤣

@@lclatt8198 Three. That’s Pro-Level.

But... That's how musicians look.

Now this was some *Pro-Level Commenting*

@@lilyofluck371 Not as good as your *Pro-Level Replying*

i do not need to think

You would be surprised by how many great musicians wrote songs that went to the top of the charts without knowing a single line of music theory. Did they use pre-made packs? Nope... They sat down with their instrument or sampler, and tried things until something made "sense" for them musically speaking. They could have learned theory and cut the time needed for exploration, but that would kill their creativity because knowing theory they would never try something they were told "won't work"; and that means no innovation would ever happen.

@@fcf8269 theory > > > > > > > > >

@@fcf8269 disagree with this take. Knowing theory isn't gonna stop experimentation. If anything, knowing what's "expected" or "common" often leads people to try new things out *because* it's not what's expected. I really don't see why people are so averse to learning about the things they're into. Learning music theory isn't so much about learning "rules that must be followed", as much as it is learning about how to identify and describe aspects of music in a concrete way.

@@kohai-kun9261 I didn't exclude that theory can lead to breakthrough and innovation; but it is clear that most of the great things happening in music history were not only driven by knowledge, but at times by the lack of knowledge. When you know "something", you are setting yourself in a box with well defined walls; going outside these walls is something that our brain does implicitly; because we are used to accept some things as being true, and live and operate in the realm of what is true. If you would know nothing about physics, you could think about creative ways to explain what gravity is, because you can "feel it"; and yet you have no clue of the theory behind it. For music you can't follow the same process because it is not something you feel and there is room for getting it right in different ways. Music either sound good or not, and that is what theory teach you. Once you are bound to those rules that make music sound good, you follow them and avoid to go out of that path. Learning is not wrong; nobody is against it; and the only ones against it are lazy people that do not want to put time in it, and just look for a way to get good at something or make money in the easy way. From my perspective you need a base of theory to do anything, but when you start to fill the voids on your own, you may end up in places that others have been already (so you wasted time, because you could read a book to learn it), but you may also end up in a different place you would probably not end up if you were only following what you know.

@@carbdebunkshate8967 Some musicians write their song before even know what a scale or the circle of 5th is. And when they learn it they improve their work (sometimes it ruin it but that is a different story). You don't need to be an expert to write music or play an instrument; you need the right skillset, a good dose of patience and inspiration. Then if the results are a masterpiece or garbage, that is up to debate. I listen to music that sound like garbage of mixed sounds with no interesting qualities, and those are called artists. If I need to study to understand why that noise is considered music, then it is not art anymore. I get feelings listening to music, looking at a painting or a sculpture; that is what art is all about

His cadence reminds me of Donald Trump

​@@craigstephenson7676 They are the best chords. They're tremendous. The most pro level chords since, well I'd say forever. Crooked Tantacrul is a sick man. MAKE ARPEGGIO GREAT AGAIN!

How can you make money with such a stupid idea? “And how can you not make money with such a brilliant idea?”

🤣🤣 so true. This is such a scam and anyone who falls for it I feel very sorry for them

hey dont step on fl.

@@thekidpiddy6538 he's not. He's saying FL already has all this inbuilt for free

@@thekidpiddy6538 bro i use fl, but this is exactly the kind of comment people expect from fl users

FL gaming

*flushvalve

Other that the ones where the root is above the fifth or other aWFuL NoT pRO things like it.

Adam Neely: "You can't OWN chords!"

And progressions. So whenever someone uses the same chord progression as you, you can sue them for copyright infringement. After all, you paid good money for that chord progression!

@@InventorZahran Sieze the chords of music production!!!

@Audio Freak I'll hire Adam Neely as my defense lawyer.

AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY AY sup guys its tanglemangle here do you want free chicken nuggets do you want free chicken nuggets do you want free chicken nuggets do you want free chicken nuggets do you want free chicken nuggets do you want free chicken nuggets do you want free chicken nuggets

@Harvest Commands I louve prou voawels

Groovy??

Same here, I noticed it can be quite mathematical in a bizarre way. Some people are just lazy and want a press a button and have some kind of EDM hit coz they can do a bit of producing

Oyea and 8:02 to 12:43 is the MOST hilarious thing I've ever seen yo

​@@zazaballz09It feels like a fever dream lol

where have i heard this before? where have i

He has 12k listeners per month!!!!

r e p e t i t i o n l e g i t i m i s e s

r e p e t i t i o n l i g m a i z e s

𝙋𝙧𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨

Yeah when I heard the price I lol'd because it made me think about AAA video games which cost less than that typically ($60 or so). While those are also somewhat debatable in quality and how they are priced at times, the better examples still represent many man-years of work by teams of dozens or hundreds of people. The chord packs aren't even close to deserving a pricetag like that.

That made me think of a bit from 3rd Rock From the Sun. "You think you're pretty clever, don't you? I happen to know that every word of your book was published years ago! Perhaps you've read... the dictionary?!"

At least you didn’t spit your coffee out laughing, that’s the other one everyone says they do

@@TayWoode I'm not as predictable as others, it would seem

Yeah. I've constructed all of my music with the knowledge of literally just the piano roll in LMMS because that's almost the only thing I've ever used. Learning music theory now I'm realizing it really is just a standard musical language, rather than a musical absolute. Still excited to learn it even if the class is a little boring right now

It is the equivalent of an illiterate person forming a "poet conspiracy", where evil poets and novelists use language to purposefully confuse him.

Nothing wrong in not using basic music theory at all. But I know alil myself after getting really bored and just decided to learn music theory through jazz guitar which was a gener I loved listening to. It's a helpful thing to have because i can make decisions much faster without thinking too much. Then when I got something basic I start to expand from there and usually abandon any really structure or rules. This way it sounds good flows well and it's too basic then it's all gravy

Musicians**

Try writing a book without learning the language in which it is written.

first we should be sure none of us follow these youtubers any more. they are part of the scam...

So true! I was delighted at their parody. I still get the effin Unison MIDI Chord Pack ad before every other RU-vid video and I always feel soooo offended! It makes me really angry...

@@rupertschnitzler * sees a unison chord ad * *furiously picks a chord i know couldn't possibly be in their packs, and constructs it in my head * Repeat and need the app less each time you see the ad lol

I turned off my adblock yesterday and I had an ad played that slammed the importance of intervals in ear training. Then they had random people say how intervals totally ruined their learning experience. They instead offered their method which ofc was "scientifically proven" to be the best method for ear training. And ofc nowhere in the ad did they say what their method actually was. Do people still fall for this stupid advertising?

@@revonfyll My method: play an instrument largely self-taught learning by ear for over a decade. Clearly there is no more efficient method than this and I won't be accepting critique at this time

it's like selling japanese people who're just learning english "word packs". it looks stupid to anyone with even an rudimentary understanding of english, but to a beginner, even though it looks fishy to them too, it still can fool even smarter people

I got the free pack. Bunch of the same chord sequences in different keys, as if we can't simply change the key/move the notes whenever we want

@@darrengordon-hill his genius is unparalleled

You don't need to be amazing at music theory to be good add producing music at all. I still have a lot to learn but with a few years of experience I feel like I do have a couple things to say; First, giving people midi files for something you could teach someone in about ten minutes for $67 is absolutely bonkers. Second, just being creative and working with what you've got can take you a long way. Just keep your head down and keep making music. You'll go far someday!

+1. It gave me some kind of ptsd. I've seen those crappy ads too many times...

Same, I had the primal urge to skip ahead to the actual video.

I had a mid-video ad for unison right before this section. It's uncanny!

I got a Unison ad after the video. I hadn't seen one before. I needed to triple check my RU-vid to make sure it wasn't a sketch.

"You can't copyright chords" Unison: "Oh yeah? Watch us."

Adam neely frames his analyses in terms of western music theory. He privilages western theory as superior and dismisses eastern music theory as inferior and unworthy of his time to study and learn for use of musical analysis. According to Adam Neely that makes adam neely a racist white supremacist nazi. Fuck adam neely

OK, so you cant copyright chords. How about the notes in them? Or A=440 pitch?

They can charge for them, but the actual content of the MIDI files is not copyrightable.

Also you ca find like way better midi packs for free lmao

i heard that one of the free MIDI chord packs has been stolen for the Unison MIDI chord pack. :|

@@alexthejapanfan7905 Literally the only original content is the chord progressions, they stole those too??

Did you notice the flash of the cursed video?

Use PrO vOwElS aNd PrO cHoRdS aNd Ye Be FaMoUs ToMoRo

Kinda triggering tho :P

@@ysqys2176 Yeah, doesn't even need the ":P", it was quite jarring to me too. Something where you're literally stabbing yourself, even a comedic context, should probably have at least a moment's notice.

@@pokemonprimed Yes, I definitely understand if the section in question actually triggered someone. I think I, too, feel a bit violated because it was so abrupt and I thought I was watching a music-related video, not a low-budget horror/comedy film.

I think that makes sense in this case. I mean, for using a linux based desktop OS, you need a tiny bit of commitment, interest and intelligence. I mean yes, there are distros that are easy to install and use for everyone, but you have to be the kind of person who tries it. And if you are, it's very unlikely that you are buyin PRO LEVEL CHORDS, especially without looking for FOSS alternatives first ;-)

because most people who use linux are smart enough not to dig that crap.

These hipsters probably have never even heard that they think it's just "Mac and PC" lol

I have a Seagate hard drive, they don't list Linux either

I was very close to writing a bit about that... but couldn't find the right way to make fun of it :)

Could you translate that in to English please?

II - v - I (I'm sOrry my dOg AtE my bAsIc vOwEls)

What is really funny seeing this is I got a Unison ad with random producers doing the exact same thing

@@peterkelly8357 Search for something like "roman numeral analysis music". Those indicate "position" of chords in a scale with respect to the root (the C in C major scale), independent of key. Those also indicate some more info like lowercase -> minor chord, etc. At least that's how I understand it... me no expert.

@@peterkelly8357 it's basically a very basic, generic chord progression with no spice

Maybe the real pro level chords are the friends we made along the way. But nah I'm pretty sure it's more of the way the man kicked the ball

I hope not

lmfao

RU-vid always does this. Watch videos talking about how scams are scams? Get a million ads for scams!

Me too. 😆🤣xD Sounds like the YT algorithm just matches keywords without understanding context.

I thought he was streaming it as an example at first 😂😂

This. I also get religious ads on videos about how religion is a load of BS.

@@o242oTanKo242o Genetically Modified Skeptic has a whole video on that: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lPV_Z2qbAGI.html

I want the ability to wear three closed-back cans at the same time. I guess I’m not Pro-Level enough.

Yeah count es hard

What does 4 mean

@@redpepper74 4 half steps followed by 3 half steps is how you make a major chord from any note. Like with C 4 half steps up would be E and then 3 more would be G, making a major chord

@@fetch7312 Dude I just learned what K means don’t expect me to know that

@@redpepper74 good to see you learning how to spell "know" right after you learned about K! Keep it up homie

“You sound like you haven’t had your two clicks yet”

Im gonna use this one. Pro level insult.

@bonglee66 am I having a stroke or are you

A word doesn't contain "an instrument: our voice". That only happens when your eye passes over the page the word is printed on. It's actually a perfect analogy for midi - the data themselves are just instructions to be followed, which are replayed either by your computer's synthesiser (in the case of midi) or by the voice in your brain (in the case of printed words)

this guy knows what's up

Tom Scott's new channel has a video coming out soon too!

And Patrick (H) Willems!

captain disillusion's a loser

Captain Disillusion uploaded too? Great :D

That was Flushvalve he was endorsing though.

HAHAA SAME

I got an ad for some other chord pack. I was so confused.

same lol

Same happened to me

the exact same thing happened for me