thank you so much, coming from a synth mastermind like you means a lot to me! 🙏

I searched your channel for the Bass Station 2 review? Couldn't find. I do hope you will do a review for the AFX variant. Huge fan. Thank you!

an honor to hear that man, really appreciate it! It was actually quite a lot of fun to work on them. Hope the patches can inspire people to elaborate on them or maybe just serve as examples what’s possible with the device. Funny that you mention Autechre since i actually never listened to them, will definitely have to do so 😊

Funny you mention Autechre, I heard this kina sound in there as well. from around the same time LFO - Tied Up kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rcyUnsJ2spnPgIk.html

i could'nt ask for more! Thanks a lot man!

thanks for the super kind words man, really grateful for that! Thanks for your support!

Thanks a million for the kind words!!! I‘m already happy with a few subscribers that appreciate what i‘m doing 😊 Thanks a lot for stopping by!

thank you very much Matt! For me even the BS2 was a new thing couple of months ago and i haven’t thought i would have so much fun with it. Now i know why many people like it 😉

such a pleasure to hear that man! Thanks a lot! I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun with it! 🙌

thanks a million man, really appreciate it!!!

Thanks my friend! Told you so! ;) Glad you like 'em! 🙌

also the projection mapping is 💯

thank you soooo much man, can't be more grateful! Glad you enjoyed it!

a huge honor for sure! Thanks a lot for the kind words!

thanks man, really glad you enjoyed it 🙌

so much gratitude goes to you Jerome! You made it possible in the first place!!! 🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️

thanks man!🙏

Holy moly...my jaw dropped!!! Ordered this morning

@@greatorderofchaos Congrats man! Not that i would get any royalties, haha, but i'm sure you'll like it!

thank you very much man, really appreciated 🙏🙏🙏

so pleased you enjoyed it, thanks a lot for stopping by!

truly an honor to hear that man, thank you so much for stopping by!

@@PerplexOn Audio and video quality are top notch. Always a pleasure to watch and listen to your channel!

so glad you liked it, thanks a lot!

such a pleasure man, thank you!

honored to hear that, thank you very much!

so happy that you enjoyed it, thanks man!

haha, thanks a lot man! An honor to hear that! Well, at least you found it now 🙏🙌

i‘m sure you’ll have a lot of fun with it! 🙌

@@PerplexOn Pretty sure I will after watching all your videos with it!!

glad you enjoyed it man! Thanks a million! 🙏🙏🙏

awesome man, i‘m sure you‘ll have a lot of fun!

an honor to hear that man, thanks a lot! 🖤

thanks for stopping by man, highly appreciated!

Rubber Johnny was definitely invoked in the process of making this machine 😄 A pleasure to hear that you like it, really appreciate it!

thank you mate! 😊🙏🙏🙏

definitely, i would be in for sure! 😄 Thanks for stopping by man!

a pleasure to read that Paul, glad you like it!

thank you so much!!!

so much appreciated mate, thanks a lot for the kind words! ❤️

thanks a million man! So glad to hear that!

@@PerplexOn a really good work!

thanks a lot man, glad to hear that! Cheers!

thanks for the kind words! Hope the hype was justified 😊

man, thank you so much for the kind words! That really means a lot to me! Sure, like many others, i was and still am quite influenced by Aphex, among many other great artists out there, so it clearly shows in my musical taste and style. And no, unfortunately this project didn’t include meetings in person, haha 😆 For me, it’s already such a great honor to even being asked to participate, still so stoked about this! I‘m just so happy that i could contribute a tiny bit to this and share it with others.

Such a bummer, but you’re totally right. It would just have been an extra plus to share the room and exchange some words and jam with this legend. Congrats one more time. Maybe I should finally crawl out of my autistic hole and start sharing my work as well 🤔 I think you inspired me... it’s about Time to show people what I am doing, Even if that’s totally not my thing. I’m really shy about stuff like that and spend my time alone with the machines.

@@analogfrog5180 totally get that. Actually i'm quite introvert and totally fine with that. That's why i'm not presenting myself but only the "work" i'm doing. That's a way for me to overcome this timidity. Most importantly, you should feel comfortable and have fun with what you're doing!

Thank you a lot for your answer. Klingt sehr pathetisch, aber ich habe tiefen Respekt und Bewunderung für deine/eure Kunst - genau darum bedeutet es mir tatsächlich was wenn diese Worte auf einer Social Media Platform (die ich sonst völlig meide) von dir kommen. Das war wirklich bestärkend.

Haha, 1000 Dank für die Blumen 💐 😊

glad you enjoyed it!

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i would get it for sure ;)

@@PerplexOn It goes without saying, but what you're doing with projection mapping is simply stunning. Great work!

such an honor man, thanks a lot!

Roli does something with light up keys … ? 🤔 Just a controller, but still …

it’s been a while i visited the afxstation, but i think that the overlays are stored within a patch, yes. Definite answer will give you the manual probably! Cheers!

thanks man, it was achieved with a projection mapping software called HeavyM and a little projector facing the AFX Station from above. Hope this helps!

@@PerplexOn Hey, really cool patches ! can you tell me which projector are you using ?

thanks a lot! I‘m using a Ricoh PJ WXC1110 for this

it’s projected from above, not part of the synth (not yet unfortunately 😉)

absolutely, yes, coming straight out of the bs2. Such a pleasure to hear that you enjoyed it!

btw. the afxstation comes preloaded with them but if you have a bs2 it’s a free download with novation components

@@PerplexOn can I make all these exact type of sounds on the original bs 2? Only difference the nicer colour and artwork?

@@swishyfish325 yes, you can even download these patches onto the bs2 for free via Novation components. Have fun!

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yes, i've done this with projection mapping.

@@PerplexOnGreat job. Loved it

@@keeeeerdi so pleased to hear that! Thanks a lot!!

the ? we all wanna know the answer to

it's still a mono/paraphonic synth. You obviously won't get huge chords and pads out of it (but a whole bunch of other great sounds)

thanks a lot! Actually i have no idea how hard they will be to get. While it’s a „limited“ edition there are no clues about how limited the quantity is 😉

Selling out at a lot of online stores, bleep and Novation both sold out in a day...

@@esdubya1259 Yeah, ended up getting mine ordered at zzsounds, sold out a few minutes after I placed my order!

magic!

i would say the Bass Station 2 (or AFX Station if you prefer the updated colors) is definitely a great synth to start with! If you're on a tight budget i would look out for a used BS2, they may be more affordable right now and technically identical.

Thank you, I'll get one so

@@paulgalligan6292 you won‘t regret it, i promise 😊

yes indeed, almost vowel sounds. I was actually surprised too how this patch happend 😅

@@PerplexOn Typically those robotic vowely sounds are made by modulating the Filter incredibly fast and cranking up the resonance. If the Envelope also affects the Filter cutoff (more slowly) that helps a lot too. But on the Mono Station the LFO is too slow to do this Afaik. Not sure if they put the same LFO in the BS2 though.

@@OttosTheName thanks for the technical explanation man! Apparently the BS2 can handle it 😉

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it's a cruel world, i know ;)

yes, they are available via Novation components for free

@@PerplexOn That’s fantastic. Thank you for being awesome!

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You found it, so there’s hope 😉 thanks for the support man!

technically, sure. Lucky for you if you're a BS2 owner, you get all the new patches and functions for free. And if you're not, you can decide between this and the limited edition with updated silkscreen and knobs.

@Edward Godsall not really interested in the synth as a whole really, mfb dominion 1 is better imo

personally, i‘m using it for fun for example.

ahhh i see@@PerplexOn

Thanks for letting me know, glad you made it so far! 😉

Thanks man, glad you enjoyed it! You’re right, it’s almost vowel like stuff. Actually this surprised me as well. It’s not that i thought „let’s make some vowels“, it more or less happend during the sounddesign process while tweaking random parameters, so it was actually a happy accident, haha 😅 i found it quite interesting how sonically versatile and surprising it is so this patch made its way to the final bunch of patches for the machine. I‘m sure some smart people can exactly explain why it sounds how it sounds but for me it was just fun to explore. Cheers!

@@PerplexOn I'm tempted to buy the AFX Station just so I can deconstruct what's going on with that patch! Great work man.

@@matthewbucknall8350 really appreciate it man! It’s definitely a really fun machine to play with! Just to let you know, these patches are also available for the Bass Station 2 via novation components, for free! Just in case you can’t get your hands onto an AFX Station

could you please be more specific! If you're searching for a How-To on creating custom patches for the BS2 there are plenty of tutorials out there!

@@PerplexOn oh i have no idea about any of that, first of all, thanks for responding, and second, i mean like what is a patch and how did you make one?

a patch is just a custom setting of various available parameters of the machine. Either you or other artists have created these presets that can be loaded into your machine, resulting in different sounds. If you want to create your own one you can take a initial setting of the synth or any other premade patch, tweak knobs and settings to your liking and save it as your very own patch.

@@PerplexOn oh ok that makes sense. i was thinking of buying it (because all i have is a DAW) but its pretty expensive. also i like your music!

thanks man, really appreciate it! You definitely can achieve this kind of sounds with software plugins and your DAW, too, no question. You may just search for sounddesign tutorials that match your current setup to start with. There are even some great free software synths out there, so you don’t have to spend a lot.

That’s just because this video showcases the few glitchy presets i‘ve created for it, which demonstrate a little fraction of all patches coming with it. 😉Besides ALL patches ever made for the Bass Station, which actually spread across a vast variety of sonic possibilities. Definitely check out the other artists patches like Lightbath and rBeny on their channels.

Thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts! While i do get your point that every artist wants to be recognized for his/her own style and voice, i personally have no problems with people saying my stuff is sounding like artist xy, especially when i‘m highly influenced by this very one (among many others!). Or maybe my ego isn’t just as big enough, quite possible. 😊 But let me assure you that everything i make is 100% myself, too. And a sidenote regarding this project in particular: i nor any other contributing artists i assume ever wanted to „clone-emulate“ a certain RDJ but rather create interesting, inspiring, unusual patches that fit this rather experimental genre while being true to their individual taste and style at the same time. Neither more nor less. Actually i think the electronic music genre is at least if not an even more versatile, multi-layered and complex genre compared to many other musical genres. And not everybody will do „aphexy“ songs with this machine despite it’s named after him 😉 In the end, AFX is a household name that helps raising attention and selling it, and i am absolutely honored that i got the chance to create patches that other people can now experience, too! Cheers!

Tuff to be original these days as it is all covered and the bar has been raised.

@@atommachine Too true, - Currently, I blame the internet and social media for most of the stagnation within the sub/counter culture phenomena. - For a long time there was an 11yr cycle that existed within the youth/cultural expression field, that came about after the world wars... It started in '55 with Elvis and prescription drugs like Quaalude's, Valium, opiates etc. In '66 we reached the heights of the psychedelic revolution. '77 saw the birth of Punk, with Speed and Heroin being the substances of choice, - those were the days, yes I'm that old. In '88 we had Acid House, MDMA, - where we inadvertently developed the chemical sound for the chemical compound - LSD. And in '99 the internet came along, and the youth got sidetracked into a virtual world of mediocrity, a world so full of noise, even the innovators have a hard time getting heard... btw, I love this guy's visuals, very bespoke... Not too sure about the synthesizer though, it looks much better without the blue, and the oscillators sound great, - but the filter always feels a bit lacking, - though if I wasn't retired and watching my pennies, I'd probably buy one... There's just too much choice at the moment. stay safe, be well

@@corrosiveabuser very interesting thanks for that and i agree. Atb