That's the first thing I thought when I saw "no grid."
@ALTAMICHANNELАй бұрын
This feels like opening up a DAW for the first time as a kid, I kinda wanna try it haha
@soundlearnАй бұрын
It’s $3, so it’s worth a shot just to mess around with!
@killer3544Ай бұрын
more like opening paint as a kid
@reddleyTVАй бұрын
I was kinda like, “yeah that’s cool I guess” until 10:08 and my jaw hit the floor. That is unbelievably dope. I can’t count the number of times I was messing around and made something cool only to mess with the settings and lose it, never to figure it out again.
@privatedomicile6627Ай бұрын
You should check out the rolling sampler from bird bird. It will do exactly this in whatever saw you want and it’s only $20.
@Radgerayden-istАй бұрын
Also a feature in BespokeSynth
Ай бұрын
This is actually a concept I've seen before in a Mr Bill video tutorial - he sets a resampling track recording and then just has fun messing around with things, then comes back and clips what he likes. He called them 'idea jams'. I love using this technique to make sample packs!
@SadTown99Ай бұрын
Always save your sound presets in a custom folder as you continue working on your track, the file sizes are so tiny you can really go crazy without any concern for space... & consider turning on auto-save for the entire project or get used to quick saving every 10-15min when you make a drastic change within the track.
@jonautryАй бұрын
@@privatedomicile6627I think Melda has one too
@CassantiАй бұрын
It's a raw piece of software right now but I can see the vision. Traditional DAW's have a lot of hoops to jump through to get this level of detail in your song so it's refreshing to see a new concept and have it just make sense. Right now, it looks like it takes the flexibility and ease of use of popular DAW's and combines it with the detailed editing of trackers. Very interested to see where this goes.
@WhizPillАй бұрын
this should be a plug in, not a DAW
@kewdiiАй бұрын
Right? This totally reminded me of absolute macro control you'd have on a tracker. This seems so cool and makes me want to mess with it.
@UndarZАй бұрын
@WhizPill there's no way this could work as a plugin
@kevinkrebs1412Ай бұрын
legitamately excited to hear what music is going to sound like in 10-20 years with tools like this available to the next generation
@WiltingGardenOfHeathenАй бұрын
Just look up various granular vsts and resampling tools. This really isn't anything new just expand your listening and find new genres :p
@benjoe999Ай бұрын
Based on the music nowadays it will be just a pure sine wave
@jackmonoАй бұрын
The lane effects create a way better workflow and ease of use of the effect than for instance using an effect on a track in ableton, toggling the on and off and then automating the effect. This seems more in line with how a producer want's to use those effects. Very nice.
@le-jesuveАй бұрын
my cpu wheezin watchin this
@mikemartin655429 күн бұрын
Indubitably!
@theorize999Ай бұрын
this looks great for sound design, like the type of sound design you would do for movies and games, where you’re layering many sounds into one
@ViRiXDreamcoreАй бұрын
Great point! Layering here is goiunt to be great.
@JoshuaDb_The_WitnessАй бұрын
This reminds me of my first "DAW", Acid Pro - back in 1996(?) I think. It was my introduction to making music with a computer - had to keep everything on external disks - had 12k of memory and a shitty Turtle Beach sound card - that I had to install myself. lol... I swear I made better music when I had shitty gear and no idea what I was doing. Since then I have gone to music school and audio engineering school - worked as a professional bassist, an engineer, and sound designer for film and theater - all kinds of gear has passed through my hands since then - but Id give all of it up - to go back to that time when everything was still an adventure - and I had no clue. lol.
@JoshuaDb_The_WitnessАй бұрын
Okay - spoke to soon - MUCH cooler than ACid! lol
@JoshuaDb_The_WitnessАй бұрын
This would REALLY benefit from a touch screen - a port to iOS would be fantastic.
@ennayanneАй бұрын
I feel that, I feel like the most fun I had producing was when I first started and really sucked at it lol
@onlyusernameleft2Ай бұрын
I was just reminiscing about Acid Pro yesterday how weird
@JoshuaDb_The_WitnessАй бұрын
@@onlyusernameleft2 it's what got me into making music with computers back in the day
@timdanyo898Ай бұрын
I like the clean sketch aspect. It’s open and exploration beckoning.
@spawel1Ай бұрын
BwO-esque
@ColdCompАй бұрын
One day, this is going to be INSANE
@Andrew-rz7qtАй бұрын
Unfortunately it's really difficult to break into a market that is already saturated with many other products and then try get people to change after they're used to working on another one.
@Vegan_Kebab_In_My_HandАй бұрын
@@Andrew-rz7qt you don't always have to change, you can just add. If Blockhead remains to be a unique playground, people won't see it as a replacement DAW, rather an enrichment. There already are people who use more than one DAW because they prefer certain operations to be split up across. Like using a different DAW for mixing and mastering.
@Andrew-rz7qtАй бұрын
@@Vegan_Kebab_In_My_Hand personally speaking I started on Ableton version 4 and have tried them all, reason, cakewalk, pro tools and always come back to Ableton.
@neilpatrickhairlessАй бұрын
I use Reaper for recording and Harrison Mixbus for mixing (basically a Harrison Mixbus branded console version of Ardour) and VCV Rack quite a bit. I am in the market demographic for this, I think lol
@Andrew-rz7qtАй бұрын
@@neilpatrickhairless that's the problem with bringing a new DAW to market, once people have found a set up that works for them, it's very hard to get people to switch.
@tzadcannotbeleftblank9765Ай бұрын
so excited for this kind of alt-DAW
@GeorgeLockeАй бұрын
Without a wider palette of effects and synthesis tools, it's more of a sound design toy or experiment. I love the interface for drawing automation, and i love the clarity of just "sound over time." So, as a big sound design nerd, I see it as a place to go after sound design, where the limitations force me to stop sound design and focus on composition/layout.
@Vegan_Kebab_In_My_HandАй бұрын
This is cool, I can definitely see myself making choppy glitchy whacked out breakbeats in this DAW, seems like the perfect environment for it. I'll keep my eyes on this development.
@Joey_HeadsetАй бұрын
Great video! I don't have the sort of galaxy brain that could create entire tracks in this, but I could totally see myself using it for sound design.
@soundlearnАй бұрын
Trust me, neither do (as you can clearly hear in what I created), but it’s fun to play around with nonetheless!
@cardonbmusicАй бұрын
Polyrhythmic music would go crazy in this
@seanephramАй бұрын
paging Virtual Riot!!
@nicstoohighАй бұрын
dude this has some crazy potential, definitely make more videos on it
@soundlearnАй бұрын
Definitely plan on following the development. Next time I’ll be a bit more well versed in it and do a proper walkthrough.
@johannasbjoernson918Ай бұрын
Its back to the start, just with a nice interactive GUI. aphex twin had to do that in consoles, text files and tracker-style tables. its a nice idea to galvanise the many software synth engines which were lost to the advances in OS, filesystems and hardware. its not like the techniques aren't in use anymore: they come carefully curated and neatly packed into synth cases, vst files, modulation and effects boxes. but before they ship out as products they still have to be created. taking a step back to the point where every oscillator can touch any point of every other oscillator.. is a great option to have. cross-, pulsewidth-, audiorate-modulations, wavefolding, feedback, using noise instead of envelopes to modulate amplitude etc. there's a shit ton of sounds to be had when shooting at waveforms for target practice. nice!
@bangkokcanonАй бұрын
thanks for taking the time to make this short film. i found it inspiring. it's great to see tools that encourage manageable, accessible play; building blocks that are simple to put in place yet rich with possibilities. i'd love to see more on it and will probably end up downloading / supporting.🎉.
@zonashi8645Ай бұрын
Damn. I recently fell in love with working with audio over midi. This is perfect 🤩
@stereo-soulsoundsystem5070Ай бұрын
Video games, shows, animations and indie music is about go crazy
@supernatural802Ай бұрын
Oooooh me like! Thanks for the quick demo! Tht always recording feature should be in all daws.
@ueberlicht_Ай бұрын
You can drag in SAMPLES into the CARNIVAL and hit RND also (Sample stays). Glitch heaven.
@GiulianoDiaz-cn2rdАй бұрын
CPU GONE WILD🗣🗣🗣🗣
@Jukestar24 күн бұрын
This DAW just needs a piano roll, and it's already on its way to becoming a contender with the Big Boys.
@AmangiechsinАй бұрын
this is pretty sick! it reminds me of seeing these old computer programs that aphex twin would use to make his music back in the 90s
@kassih.musicaАй бұрын
Carnival is crazy! I want to try it! Noise music gona love this!
@SundjiАй бұрын
I definitely think this will help get people out their heads and into the music. The "limitations" of the workflow would probably make me feel a lot less dependent on the end result. I'm genuinely excited to get my hands on this. I can go with the flow here and take it into FL Studio as a sample.
@uazuazuАй бұрын
I like this approach. It seems minimalist and simple (once you've got the basics), but with endless possibilities and few limitations.
@lev7509Ай бұрын
Great video! Your presentation is very on-point, honest, and not dumbed-down. Sharing your enthusiasm, not making an ad. Appreciated!
@abrotherinchristАй бұрын
I really like the idea behind this UI.
@splashfreelance23768 күн бұрын
Workflow is king and queen and this is a fascinating approach to changing the traditional workflow for multitrack sound. I'll keep a keen eye on this product, as stated it seems fantastic for sound design as it appears to make you work within a different paradigm.
@JasonPruett7 күн бұрын
sounds good. almost sounds like something fever ray would use i hope they find this
@FelixArchiveАй бұрын
thank you for showing this off, this is sick!
@lichtfilmeАй бұрын
It’s cool, thanks for figuring it out for us!
@WT8316 күн бұрын
It kinda reminds me of a video editing program. Every block is it's own independent unit with it's own independent effects chain and settings, even if it's on the same "track". The lanes concept is awesome. I also really like how it seems *waveform based* and how everything makes waveforms that you can see and then you click on and manipulate like they're a .wav you loaded up, even if it's actually just the middle of an effects chain, which would be insanely painful to do on a traditional DAW if not impossible. In exchange for that, it seems like it's made all the basic easy stuff you could do in a DAW really painful. I'm curious to see if this DAW takes off before someone else sees the lane system and says, "why don't we make that a VST," or "we should make an instrument in our DAW that works like that". Similar to how basically anytime one DAW gets something really cool and unique, 6-18 months later every DAW has their own version of it.
@REMOTEGIRLАй бұрын
This app seems really freeing and even if I don't use it as my primary DAW I can see it's usefulness for creating new sounds. I became a supporter after this so thank you for the demo!!
@rallokkcazАй бұрын
As somebody who knows a bit about how DAWs and Audio DSP work, this is an incredibly inventive and innovative approach to sound design... I need this.
@danbunge9787Күн бұрын
Thats great, thanks. More please.
@PeteGunnShowАй бұрын
this is interesting. cool video! always fun too see a video not about the same stuff everyone else is doing lol even if its all stuff you can do in reaper using takes and free lane positioning (outside of the carnival thing). The only difference being the way you implement the effects, you would have to use bypass envelopes for it, but still doable. I guess the creative advantage here being the workflow. Even the loopback recording is available via the global sampler script. All that said, the way the effects are implemented gave me some cool ideas to try in reaper!
@danbunge9787Күн бұрын
Randomized 'Drum Computer' beats fed into 'Blockhead', more randomizing, samples made and fed back into 'Drum Computer' and so on...
@callmesleeperАй бұрын
This feels like an evolved thing from Cubase's old *Direct Offline Processing* (which can be done per individual clip or how ever many selected, but can still be reverted back how ever many steps) I can't really agree on "not knowing your way around" being helpful if you are surgical in your sound design, since you really need to know the tools and where to access them. BUT. If you rely heavily on "happy accidents" in the production. Sure, a new "confusing" thing can be helpful I guess. This is interesting nonetheless
@soundlearnАй бұрын
Thanks for a bit of background on DOP. Sounds interesting. I don’t doubt a good sound designer can master a program like this or a synth like the OP-1, I just think there’s something charming about diving in headfirst into unorthodox methods to making music. It definitely makes for something inspiring happy accidents early on that I think tend to disappear once you master any specific tool. Thanks for watching!
@neuralmodulatorАй бұрын
Great video and demonstration! Kind of seems a bit lackluster, but if they flesh it out a little more I could see it being really cool. It kind of reminds me of Audiomulch or something, but hopefully won't stagnate in development as much as that did :)
@soundlearnАй бұрын
It’s very much in what I would consider to be pre-alpha at this stage, but I just really dig the direction it’s taking so I’ve been supporting the dev on patreon for some time now. He’s been consistently dropping updates since release so I’m excited to see where things will be a year or two from now.
@neilpatrickhairlessАй бұрын
Most DAWs stagnate in development without a fat budget or generous development team. A lot of plugin development is the same way, especially when you're talking Linux it seems
@AlithareaperАй бұрын
There Is No "they" , its one Guy creating a daw
@samthesomniatorАй бұрын
Damn. That is pretty much like adjustment clips in Video editing. 😲
@mikemartin655429 күн бұрын
Ok.... I'm sitting here watching this and..... I found myself filled with somewhat giddy wonder! I use Reaper and love it,but this is just crazy enough to bubble up some new juices.....👍
@mundainmonstre2372Ай бұрын
oh snap he got audio inputs working! TO THE LAB!!!!!
@RichCochraneАй бұрын
First I've seen of this so thanks for posting about it -- I've got interested in non-traditional workflows recently and this one looks tremendous.
@scotthjohnson1558Ай бұрын
Thank you...Wonderfully creative, and super interesting.
@Doktor_Video26 күн бұрын
This shit's fucking wild. So glad I clicked this link
@jackmonoАй бұрын
That's it I'm creating a new moniker to release blockhead tracks with named: "no icon"
@colinbudd5840Ай бұрын
Feels like an invitation to break from the formulaic. I’m in.
@michaelshea-wright7940Ай бұрын
this looks incredible, thanks for sharing
@stereo-soulsoundsystem5070Ай бұрын
Two Tempos what was this madlad on thats wild
@peffken8834Ай бұрын
This looks fresh. A cool tool to get or stay creative. At least for new inspiration. I like unconventional concepts - whether good or bad, they are innovative to begin with.
@browncaukАй бұрын
Love the multi-tempo guide idea in a DAW! Midicake ARP can do this for MIDI.
@gesslrАй бұрын
A brilliant video. Really helpful too. Many thanks!
@SuperJslc26 күн бұрын
Awesome thanks bud
@afrosymphony8207Ай бұрын
that carbibal thing is the wetdream portion of this..omg its insane!
@rudolfsilkens604Ай бұрын
This is like a super neat Visual Scripting interface for Audio in a Game Engine.
@Emily_M81Ай бұрын
thanks for sharing, this looks awesome.
@durere27 күн бұрын
Fun fact: there's a great US HipHop producer named Blockhead. Highly recommend a listen.
@JohnSmith-pn2vlАй бұрын
this is really cool, well made video
@f33fifofumАй бұрын
That looks awesome
@Gusrikh1Ай бұрын
Most intriguing. The future DAW or … a DAW within a DAW.. Certainly very unique.
@Maplefoxx-vl2ewАй бұрын
the noise generator is similar to Aparillo synth, its not as complicated as you think. its actually very simple to understand.
@titangames729Ай бұрын
This is definitely cool but you can achieve this in Reaper using the global sampler script. Totally a game changer and I like it a lot
@pattylussАй бұрын
Wow, what a unique approach to the DAW!
@MalcolmBlakeSeeAndHearАй бұрын
Ivy Lab just dropped a new single called "blockhead" ...wander if they used this thing
@unduloidАй бұрын
2:10 "Destructive." It's not changing the original samples. So no, it's really not.
@soundlearnАй бұрын
According to the dev, it is manipulating the actual waveform of the sample in realtime. I guess you could argue that you can you can easily reset parameters to get back to the original sample though so I see what you’re saying.
@A.D.GАй бұрын
@@soundlearn I don't think that's what is happening. The original file you load into Blockhead is not modified. Try it yourself, drag a sample from splice to your desktop then drag that into Blockhead. Modify the sample in blockhead and save the project. Now play the file from splice on your desktop, it will be unmodified
@DileepNowАй бұрын
Audacity is destructive. I would even call this non destructive Audacity.
@Emily_M81Ай бұрын
space is play/stop tab is "play from where the mouse is"
@ennayanneАй бұрын
omg it has an in-built rolling sampler
@madhavraghuАй бұрын
you can do this in reaper too with BirdBird's global sampler script (also a plugin for other DAWs, just called rolling sampler)
@newvaguecity26 күн бұрын
First thing I notice is this: it’s brilliant cos it concretises invisible fx.
@synthoelectroАй бұрын
There was software during 2000 that gave you the ability to make strange sounds, this reminds me of that.
@unduloidАй бұрын
You mean, like pretty much _every_ software that lets you manipulate sounds? Yeah, this reminds me of those too.
@mvsr990Ай бұрын
Metasynth?
@synthoelectroАй бұрын
@@mvsr990 actually no, I can't remember but this is very nice.
@22222Sandman22222Ай бұрын
soundshaper? (edit: that one is even weirder and much harder to use... :D)
@synthoelectroАй бұрын
@@22222Sandman22222 I just don't remember but it was something odd.
@StevenSmethurstАй бұрын
deffo had a burial/ fred again vibe to it
@AtrazealАй бұрын
It's magix music maker, the first one. Just without the grid. I really liked editing with magix.
@TheQxYАй бұрын
This would be sick with MIDI and plugin support.
@RolieKloeOlieАй бұрын
It looks like most control of the daw is the mouse. If this comes to raspberry pi this would be perfect for the uconsole
@ShnowzАй бұрын
I love this daw, y'know, because of the implication.
@tunesoop765310 күн бұрын
Looks very interesting. I'd check it out if it wasn't for 'Usine Hollyhock'. I frickin' love that software.
@BeritzLofiАй бұрын
Looks so interesting !!
@TC-bc7wo20 күн бұрын
This is like playing a 2D game in a 3D platform
@edmontontech2008Ай бұрын
All of this stuff is super easy to do in Ableton.
@GoogleAccount-kw1mzАй бұрын
I wonder how importing and exporting stems would work, because it looks like automation and stem processing would be fun
@MattStevens982425 күн бұрын
The musician's gonna flip and get mad. The sound designer will do a cartwheel. 😂
@notnoaintno5134Ай бұрын
seems like fun
@noscope1876Ай бұрын
Waiting for the day that someone makes a cover of blockhead by DEVO using blockhead
@jonelversusАй бұрын
This would be dope for sample based songs
@amp4105Ай бұрын
So dope
@fionaskittleАй бұрын
Would love that carnival thing as a vst :o
@kevinlovelace6772Ай бұрын
This would be great for workflow with modular synths.
Ай бұрын
It looks good for fx making software
@dagobjectАй бұрын
check out Bespoke Synth it's another really weird DAW
@DarkGloComicsАй бұрын
RECORD a song you WANT TO sampleee. PULL your CHOPPPSssss!
@synthoelectroАй бұрын
something for experimental artists for a change.
@hanstaagen2066Ай бұрын
The concept that music has evoled so much blows my mind. Songs used to be different by the instruments you would play, then it became what your sheet music was made songs differ, then synths came along and songs interchanged as they were playing and now songs differ depending on the daw you use to record them. Shits pretty wild
@music-zv6jeАй бұрын
I thought this was a reference to the legendary producer Blockhead himself 😭
@Artek604Ай бұрын
I wish the dev did something equally weird & inspiring with MIDI. I'd buy a DAW like this in a heartbeat :)
@periurbanАй бұрын
He is!
@privatedomicile6627Ай бұрын
This would be so sick as a VST with multi out, or maybe even an auv3 on iPad.
@ArkansyaАй бұрын
or just rewire compatible
@privatedomicile6627Ай бұрын
@@Arkansya yeah that would be cool too. Though I think require has lost quite a bit of support in recent years unfortunately.
@lemming7188Ай бұрын
Dude I've been following blackhead since .12, it's gone so far as an independent project
@soundlearnАй бұрын
Same! I wanted to make a video when it first went public but I also felt like it was still too barebones. I think at least now it’s more usable to create with.