Aphex Twin's Old Synth 

Imagine being so talented that you just shit out a track that puts half of Richards catalog to shame. (Not that Aphex Twin makes bad music, but he makes a lot of music, and not all of it is good)

As always you killed it again! Also what did aphex say when you got a hold of him???

digital love Imagine you’re so talented that you just invent a style many people trying to get close to but never really nail it like you do. Still really like the track no offense 🙃

@@GuyGamer1 what is your good music i musty havs it

Really like this track, would love to hear a whole album in this vein

Yes.... Yes it is

It makes me think that Jesus Christ might have been someone having a laugh.

I'm printing those labels for all the gear I want to sell.

We worship Dick

@@greenie2600 yeah I get what you mean, elevating a artist to god like status seems a bit fan girly or occult

The man himself. Glad you enjoyed it. Many thanks for dropping by.

Dude seriously, is that available for download somewhere?

@@evanbarnes9984 Yes. alexball.bandcamp.com/track/theis-modular-jam

Ancient Juan!

Agreed, that was dope!

Haha. Sorry to be the one to break it to you...

Right? Time flies

That feeling when you're getting older and realising life is... what it is.

I acknowledge the standard psychological time deviation encountered by all through natural aging, but there is something else going on. I don't know if it is merely the internet and its inherent ability to create time consensus ripples and pockets, naturally occurring time (our consciousness exists in a half of a single dimension, the unidirectional experience of a single dimension of time) echos propagating in the other half of the single dimension of time we experience, the echos of a near future event of profound magnitude reflecting back at us from that near future event, possibly 7 years away, or potentially the worst scenario, man's artificial manipulation of time in other potential dimensions or axes, off of the unidirectional single dimension of time we traditionally experienced in the past. Any of these can lead to very strange outcomes, and may explain some of our more outstanding misperceptions, or difficultly, perceptions of time that some of us are experiencing. Food for thought. Drink Orange Fanta, very cold and undiluted by melting ice. I recommend a stainless steel, double walled container and a ratio of ice to Orange Fanta of 3:1. Oh, also only Orange Fanta from a 2 liter plastic container, no cans or bottles.

@@alphanumeric1529 Terrance McKenna talked about the phenomena of time speeding up in his last interview. It's available on RU-vid, very interesting stuff.

Pretty much.

Holy fuck how does he do those fucking snare rolllssssssss

@@gribo.9543 One way is by getting a digital delay to self oscillate with a fast delay time so you get a stuttered, glitchy sample. I show the principle at 6:20 in this video and then do it with a TR-606 at about 7:00. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mnOCDnx5Bdc.html

@@gribo.9543 This is also a pretty wicked machine: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kQFIdMmrYQ0.html

Lol

Yes! Alex a lot of your tracks are great, you should post them on RU-vid

Thanks. I'll stick it on Bandcamp when I get a moment.

@@AlexBallMusic That's great man.

Done: alexball.bandcamp.com/track/theis-modular-jam

@@AlexBallMusicSpotify too please :(( Great track

Thank you. Glad it wasn't a disappointment. :)

Or do...

Is it acid dipped like a buchla?

Thanks very much!

It's borrowed. ;)

@@AlexBallMusic Damn you lucky :)..theres something about these modular synths...like classic cars

@@NirSharma1 So if this is something like an old sporty compact, what would Emerson's wall of moog be ;)

@@AlexBallMusic I have mentioned more than once to people who get trusted to demonstrate gear that could or would never own that if they have people that want them to exercise things andor see them demo'd a lot then they should get together with their other assumed investor buddies (because who can afford such things) and get curators set up with tone museums where we can have a living custodianship of events in musical history, as well as the significance of other art related things/tools. I mean, imagine how inspiring it would be, for a painter, to paint with picasso's actual brush? How inspiring would it be to merely *see* that on the internet, for other painters who for whatever reasons didn't have access and believed they probably never, ever would?

@@russellzauner Look Mum no Computer has a video od such a place, head to his channel, is a must watch

A Man of Honor.

A national treasure.

An absolute window licker

The holy grail of gratitude and good greetings upon arrival & exit

a splendid astral entity

Cheers

Thanks, yes all in 4/4 but I sampled the Juno chords and then moved them around into something unexpected so it has a falling-forward kind of vibe.

Yeah, it was outstanding! Good job, Alex!

Thanks very much!

+1 to that!

Thanks mate. Yeah, he keeps things very private, so any little glimpses like this are very interesting.

Cheers

I totally agree ! 👏

Cheers Bobby, glad it was passable.

Cheers

That would be cool. I'll be honest I've only listened to a handful of their tracks so I'd have to do a lot of research.

@@AlexBallMusic Well worth getting into if only to nerd out about their techniques. Geogaddi is a masterpiece. Would be great to do similar with Autechre's synths.

@Alex Ball there's plenty to enjoy, Music Has The Right To Children is timeless. The pre-MHTRTC unreleased stuff is worth tracking down to see where they were coming from, the so-called "Old Tunes" and "Tape for Marcus' Uncle" stuff is easy to find - at times its like a 1990s Vaporwave. DJ Food did a mix a while ago as a tribute to their early style, starts with the O is for Orange and Aquarius samples that were used in Aquarius off MHTRTC, then with bits of BOC and other random stuff chucked in for fun... DJ Food mix: vimeo.com/69721622 ...the bass and voice sample in Aquarius: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nxByyoMynZA.html a couple of worthy mentions... Left Side Drive ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8ot4pIzb7Vc.html Nlogax ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WmZaMmGxSVo.html For me MHTRTC was the highpoint though, full of gems: Open The Light ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-643nXJGHH7E.html Anyway pardon the fanboy transmission and thanks for another great video. Met and had an odd conversation with Mr Twin once, quite a character.

@@grahamphillips3099 Never heard the DJ Food mix, but this is mint, thanks!

@@AlexBallMusic tracking down their gear list....just go to a local carboot and look for Casio''s :P

Thanks Zack, much appreciated.

Thank you

My Aphex spin. ;)

Cheers. :)

It was. Thanks

Cheers Ned. :)

Cheers

Cheers

same

😉

Thanks. 🙂

Thanks!

Thanks. I find the shorter and tighter the videos, the more views and interaction they get. As much it is fun deep diving a synth.

@@AlexBallMusic yeah that's fair and true, but I really would appreciate a longer video as well if you're ever up for it haha

Maybe I am Aphex Twin? I mean, have you ever seen the two of us in a room at the same time?

@@AlexBallMusic I used to know J Majik and his Mum told me that Richard often came over to their house so pretty sure he's not you!

Did you read that article about the guy who was fixing an old synth and then an hour after getting his hands in there started tripping balls on acid 😂 like damn who had this thing

WATMM is still alive

@@natbvm1880 it was an original Buchla that had been in storage at a university for decades. He found the red panel 🙃. Unwittingly he's one of the few people on the planet to experience 60's era San Francisco acid. There's a news interview with him out there somewhere.

Thanks very much

Feels more like his Tuss and syro projects combined

Definitely no VCF on that zombie. Full spectrum. 😉

Cheers Kevin. :)

Thanks

Hi Pepijn, thanks for dropping by and giving me the backstory. It seems quite a niche club of people who have owned and used these synthesizers and there isn't much info online (no website as you mention) so this is very interesting. I'll have a listen through your tracks and try to look out for it in action. Have you sold it now then?

@@AlexBallMusicThanks for your reply! Ask me anything you want to know and I'll try to answer your questions. No, I will never sell it if I don't have to though I was asked once to sell it by the artist Cosmic Force.

Cheers

Thanks for watching

Thanks!

Yeah, quite surprising!

Thank you

Yeah, was one hell of an experience watching those videos!

Cheers Kevin

Thanks Aaron. :)

Thanks

Many thanks once more. :)