Synthesizers, As Digested by a Classical Musician 

The legend himself!

Music theory God himself

Bat'ka is here

Bashlyk is here

President of musical RU-vid is here

I'm ams vibratez now! Am I gooseflesh or a deadening clash on the threshing floor?

*laughs in string instrument*

I wonder how she'd do with a Roli Seaboard, with vibrato & pitch-bend available on a per-note basis? I've seen some people playing those & making it sound like a string section in an orchestra, but with the soloist doing different stuff to the rest of them. On ordinary keyboards, you get a pitch-bend & a mod wheel but they're global - they bend or modulate *all* notes at once.

Vibrato is a modern affectation - dating from the mid TwenCen. Go back and listen to singers and musicians from the 1920s and 1930s.

I'm mainly a guitar player and I always wiggle my fingers back and forth when I play piano even though it doesn't do anything lol

Nahre Sol, latest Dr Who incarnation apparently.

Can I get an amen

@@pabloemiliorui2281 No Jk AMEN

@@pabloemiliorui2281 I'm more concerned that 4 people liked your comment and didn't say amen. What a bunch of uncultured swines

Always be ready to record or sample. Or use VCV. 😎

It's also a blessing, you're always in for a surprise

Or, stick with synthesizer models equipped with modulation matrices and user-created patch memory.

I don't get why would anyone use modular at this day and age. Sounds like wasting absurd amount of time to get most basic ugly sounds.

then play backwards. sell again. more profit ;)

You forgot Step 3: ????

Step 4: see people using your sound to make billion of dollars and you having no right about them

Stonks

add trap beat sell ringtone trap to drake profit

I'd make a modest guess of at least $20,000 worth of gear on that wall.

haha dude has finally cashed out that youtube money

I'm pretty sure that he earns an income not just doing RU-vid hehe

Im sure since he gets free music products and sponsers maybe the same could be said for modules

@@Skrinkus894 Nah, it's gotta be more then that

Well... I think he IS a mad scientists of music.

Nah, he looks more like he's ready to operate some spaceship from the 90s.

@@bohlam6c Absolutely! XD

@@juanmoralesvideo That would be "look mum no computer"

That whole console is a thing of beauty

Thank you!!!

@@NahreSol I have to wholeheartedly agree with Anna! To be honest, I wondered for a while you had a professional editing the videos for you. I suppose that in itself shows the quality of your work :)

Came to say the exactly same thing. Reeeeally good!

Industrial was the answer to that stopping by the late 70s and still is around

Wow,, thank you... 🙏

I'm definitely in for (post-)minimalism! I love minimalism.

This is exactly how I would describe it myself...

this is a great comment.

It's like where modern classical and prog should be converging

You mean "smooth jazz but for millennial" ? 😉

Breath of the wild ost

I said the same thing when it was playing in the video...

this is where the magic of synth comes through first in this video IMO. Ms. Nahre Sol is so technically proficient that exploring depth through simplicity could be a new direction... as opposed to astounding virtuosity that she already can demonstrate endlessly. I find her desire to explore new worlds very brave and inspiring. :-)

This comment has to be about Adam's o-face when she plays it, right? I thought it was a lil weird. I guess I haven't played enough to understand the feel.

I agree

I like what Nahre is doing at 7.05. already. But I agree. And I like that part better than what she is doing later herself.

...and it would fit into the game perfectly. Imagine a boss battle with it.

This was exactly my thought, too.

Was looking for this comment

Or the horse riding theme

But more aggressive

Until Junkie XL pulls up 😂

@@zamplify Junkie XL really takes the cake when it comes to modular. And he mostly uses a DAW anyway.

I never realized how big it was until this

That’s just the showroom at Perfect Circuit

Have you seen Look Mum No Computer?

She should make a longer version of this I really enjoyed it as well

Yah, I actually enjoyed that more than the final piece tbh.

I loved that part!

It was the best sound indeed

@@SukoSeiti the ending was very experimental, even i can't say i loved it but it is quite unique. it makes you wonder what future tastes may be like in music and the sort of opportunities that will be available that modify timbre

I would have to go all the way back into high school physics and work my way up to college level. Only remember frequency, amplitude, phase, and multiplexing, also time multiplexing.

Nadeem Bitar The first question I have for you is do you understand harmonics? Understanding the basics of harmonics - well, overtones, which is to say harmonics specifically in sound - is something you need to understand filters, and filters are a key building block, along with oscillators and amplifiers, in analog all voltage controlled, I don’t know how things are done in digital.

Yeah, it sucks that others say that it doesn't take that much skill 😢

@@jccanizal6410 They are just ignorant people, it is better to instruct them, but there are people so stubborn, that it is lazy to explain them... :(

I was looking for this notion in the comments. I feel the same way. It's a wonderful composition and a really well done video, but I feel like she really resisted the instrument.

@@ErikNonIdle to be fair, as a classical musician, she'd be terrified of this new world

Nahre, Thanks for All You do, and this is an excellent piece, and brilliantly played,... However what You have really done is play on piano an imitation of what "electronic music" sounds like to You. There is nothing here that is an exploration of sound, timbre, or form, as enabled by synthesizer and or sequencer, or electronic sources and manipulations of sound. Your exploration of synthesizers was more like a kid sampling sweets, at a sweet shop and deciding which ones appeal to them, without knowing anything about how they are made or why. Synthesis is about exploring the possibilities of sound, but it seems that there are few videos that go into the aesthetics of sound and how various gadgets can help a person reach the unchartered territories of the "minds EAR " ! Most of what i see about synthesis on YT seems to be more about being wowed by some rich kids fiddling with gadgets and hoping that all the knobs, flashing lights, and cables will obscure the fact that they really are not musicians, or composers. You are both a great musician and composer, but this is not really electronic music! And although Your friends , who helped you "explore" seem very knowledgable, there was really very little discussion of substance, or an explanation of basics. A missed opportunity. Agree with Synth Future, and Satchmo Plays.

Less is more

@@Geopholus I somewhat agree. With my own exploration of synthesis, I had to abandon what I know about music to really understand it. But bringing that understanding back to a musical sense was the hard part for me - which was my goal in the first place. Once you marry the two, the possibilities are endless. I didn't expect to see a Lisa Belle Donna level composition (although it would have been dope), but I did like her approach to imitate how a modular synth would sound if it was patched into a classical musician playing piano.

I've wanted that for months.

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I would definitely dig this.

Hahaha, that’s called progressive rock!

It'd be interesting to see her look at a few styles as well. It'd be a shame if she just focused on current trend polyrhythmic metal (which isn't all that to someone trained in classical) rather than looking at the variations in what matters to the artists when comparing Jason Becker with Pantera and Paysage d'Hiver. Obviously she's not gonna see this comment, but as SikTh once said: "can't we all dream?".

New combat theme :DDD

Totally Breath of the Wild, first thing I thought when hearing it

I remember a lot her writing style when i hear the game soundtrack, there's a lot of similarity in there

I was just about to comment this!!

Haha it was irking me what was familiar about it until I saw this

layered with a wurly.. but very true. would like to see a pt. 2 taking synths further into classical realm

This was my sentiment as well. Nahre is undoubtedly talented and the piece is great, but it doesn't cater to the strengths of what a synth can do. I am very interested in what kind of music she would make if she spent some more time absorbing more classic modular synth compositions

Yep. The piece above is just piano music played on an electric keyboard.

I have to disagree, I think the composition really express the two world colliding: classical + synth

@@rangizcool the CP88 is a sample-based stage piano and not a synth. while there are ideas in the piece influenced by the world of synth, there's no synthesis involved here. and i'm very sure nahre knows that and there's probably even more a chance she felt limited by it after having explored the world of synths a bit.

Thank you!!!

As someone who is trained in both classical, jazz and now messing around with electronic; this is exactly how it feels. It is super overwhelming, haha

Her final composition have the blips and blops too

you actually made me fall of my chair

Ni!

@@Rickandmorty_com Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say ni at will.

Modular wall that's actually patched to the max: kjapztkbjrjpervtajkvperpnpbvcpaepcaegt

Vaintti THAT WAS MY FIRST THOUGHT TOO

Exactly what I was thinking. Very frenetic. Love it.

yeah I was going to say the same!

YES.

The sound design in that game is absolutely masterful.

YES!!!

with the looper video and the synth video, she basically got it all already

I recommend Jeremy Blake from Red Means Recording for that, the contrast of personalities would be awesome.

Lilpeach101 you should dig for some... there is plenty good techno.

I wanna see her synthesize a kick drum from scratch :P

Does she knows why?

@@Noiretranquility she's a classically trained musician.

I WAS NOT. I mean, not really.

aberea often times people put themselves in classical music bubbles because of elieteism or other factors. it's nice to see someone be humble and see her embrace other forms of music

Oh heck, looking at the responses I think that close to nobody got the digital/analog joke

Thank you!!!

I immediately thought of the battle themes against bokoblins and small guardians, and also Hyrule field theme (the very last chord)! Wonderful video as usual!

Would say Tarkus by ELP

Thank you!!!

Tim Beaton Tomita

@Dirk-Ulrich Heise No, Tim meant that Wendy Carlos managed to capture polyphonic piece with monophonic synthesizer, with help of overdub tape recording. In live setting it wasn't possible, because you could play only one note at the time. The entire album was recorded a decade before first polysynths entered the market.

B1SCOOP yes. With one hand, playing all the parts, separately one after the other, with each change of timbre being programmed into the Modular Moog requiring separate recording. By one person. Although I don’t know if there was a recording operator too. A real labour of love.

Thank you!!!

🙌

Actually Nares advised Jacob Collier's Songbook

@@ElGrecoOB knitting time

i never comment on youtube, but this comment made laugh out loud. if this was reddit, i'd give you gold

@@anakinnetzellceron4891 bruh

I can imagine Nahre doing some incredible classical noodling on an MBV-type setup and destroying her apartment building from the noise

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@@fermiLiquidDrinker math rock is great

they kindof got into the whole shoe gaze idea with the amount of sound design in this video, but i would still love to see it.

All so much simpler than classical music. (Yes, including math rock.)

I actually really loved that about the final piece. It's not trying to go to the extreme wacky infinite spaces of how a synthesizer can do almost anything, but rather taking a strength - something that is fundamentally a piano composition - and enhancing it with a variety of subtly-different timbres and sonic qualities for each passage, in a way that is only really practical on a synthesizer. To me it's an example of using the synthesizer to add to the art, instead of designing art to fit the synthesizer. Both are cool, but I feel like I've seen this kind of video less often.

Marco Castro my favorite part for sure. Hope an extended version of whatever that turns out to be gets released. Sounded great!

Agreed