Enlightenspeed Melodic Inverter - New Video!

[Enlightenspeed]

Hi Folks,

Just letting you know about the new video we stuck up for Melodic Inverter.

First up, it's loooooong overdue, but we finally have managed to get a working setup for recording videos that we are pleased with. Hopefully from this point on we will be able to retain a schedule which resembles the release schedule of the devices, although granted, yes, Melodic Inverter was always a bit weird like that due to the very public design and build of the thing.

This first video just concentrates on using the global algorithms to get a good return from an old classical piece in public domain - we also mention that but not going in to any details as it's a jurisdictional thing.

The next video will be a feature run-through of everything else on the device, and we'll be aiming to keep it short and sweet

Enjoy,
Brian

[Bes]

hope you+the family are doing ok also Brian what an intense year indeed. looking forward to diving into those algos in the next video

[Enlightenspeed]

... aaaaand video 2 - this time covering the basics of the step sequencer

[Enlightenspeed]

hope you+the family are doing ok also Brian what an intense year indeed. looking forward to diving into those algos in the next video

Hey man,

Hope you're well - and hope all yours are in good shape also

The 2nd vid is just up and really just covers the step sequencer. I'll do 3 more quick ones - as in a minute a piece most likely to cover target scales, and the pass and step functions, as they all really need to be seen with a relevant example or they become difficult to make sense of. Hopefully they will be arriving with us over the weekend

I actually don't think that there is much necessity for exploring the algorithms themselves. They do what they do regardless, you can't play dry/wet with an integer value like a note number, so they are pretty much set in stone once the user has them in the sequencer.

Add to this that on the first "major" upgrade of Melodic Inverter, it will add about another 50 algos in, so it'll just be noisy to try and explain them all - at the end of the day the device works more like a DJ sport than a methodical musical practice - you listen to the output and see if you like it; so I really feel that going deeply into what the algorithms actually do is of little importance, the end user just wants/needs a lot of them.

your thoughts?

Cheers,
B

[Bes]

especially with the extra randomisation features i think the device reflects how it was intended to be used. the example with LvB's big hit was easily illustrative of that (although i also really wanted to hear it with the chords turned off) and thats a really powerful and useful tool. for me, knowing what a device is doing and feeding it something specific in order to get a specific output is what gets me up in the morning and is how i'll be using melodic inverter. i don't know how i'll go with 50 new algos though, that is a lot to digest but i am super excited about trying. i don't need you to explain any of the current algos to me though, i've already gone over them a bunch but i bet there are other reason users who would get excited about how dense you can get with this device

nice flex with the softube devices

[Bes]

perhaps the manual is the right place to explain the algos, not promotional videos

[Enlightenspeed]

the example with LvB's big hit was easily illustrative of that (although i also really wanted to hear it with the chords turned off)

Yeah, that was an error that I realised after recording - it's absolutely sublime, and waaaaay better if you remember to leave the chords off

nice flex with the softube devices

They sound fantastic under the right circumstances, but TubeTech is best used sparingly as it has some weird high end sizzling in some scenarios. Anyway, smoke 'em if you got 'em

Cheers,
Brian

[Enlightenspeed]

The first video is currently getting reloaded by the way, after a bit of editing, and redoing.

Just in case anyone is looking for it. It'll be back in about 20 minutes I think

[Enlightenspeed]

the example with LvB's big hit was easily illustrative of that (although i also really wanted to hear it with the chords turned off)

Ok,

Check out the re-edited version. I’ve cut out a lot of the chit-chat as well

Cheers,
Brian

[Bes]

yeah it sounds really nice huh.
looking forward to doing something with it

[Enlightenspeed]

yeah it sounds really nice huh.
looking forward to doing something with it

Enjoy

Should be two more short videos turning up tomorrow, too,

Cheers,
Brian

[Enlightenspeed]

....and the third video for Mel Inverter is now up - I'm showing a good way to use the Pass buttons.

I've decided against doing a video for the Mute buttons - I think that would be getting to the point where it is insulting people's intelligence

How are people finding the "less conversational" format? I'm intending to try and keep it this way, but personally I don't like being this short and matter of fact. I guess that's what the public prefer though?

Cheers,
Brian

[Bes]

huh, right now the video is showing as private and unavailable

[Enlightenspeed]

huh, right now the video is showing as private and unavailable

Is it available now?

I jumped the gun with posting it, as it was scheduled for release about 3 minutes later on YouTube. Some people around here are just too fast

[robotgard]

[Enlightenspeed]

Ok, looked into it and the YouTube scheduler thing had transposed itself to December - you would've had it by the end of the year anyway.

Should pop up in 5 minutes.

Cheers,
Brian

[Bes]

simple function, simple video. its good