Moldover's Octamasher

[TheUrbanaStyle]

wowwowo sexyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy­yyyyyyyyy i like it!! i whant this

[h3lm92]

Dude, that was cool. very innovative!

[DemascoNY]

Everything you said about creation and the group experience makes me really wish games like guitar hero and rock band would eventually evolve into something like this- a way for groups of people to collaborate on something truly musical, without needing a ton of experience to for it to sound pleasant

[wentbackward]

Well done dude, we can all carry an entire orchestra in a rucksack and you've really broken new ground to use the same brain to pull people together. Let's face it Karaoke is a ton of fun, but this is better.

[bpatey12]

congratulations, you can use ableton.

[mimaxworld]

this is genius!!!

[theinfinate]

what a fucking inovater, i love it! i've just started using ableton and this has just blown me away to see the possabilities!

[typeanoise]

when having 8 people at once, it sounds like a bunch of mush.

[deadlover73]

right on wtcbd, i agree whole heartedly. if you cant do it better or have something just as cool shut the f--k up and go back to yr hole.

[Cracadesubcur]

hobbesthecat7 u;re a fucking cock sucker and u're ....aa...gues what ..an idiot!

[hobbesthecat7]

god everything your doing is good but... your face... just... i just wanna hit you.. im sorry man idk what it is but, i wanna plow that face with my fist. cool machine though though but... like i said i just wanna punch you in the face

[Sirch100precent]

@hobbesthecat7 wow dude.. go punch yourself.

[pimptastic13]

@hobbesthecat7 Yeah we got it, you're gay. Now shut the hell up.

[Ianmundo]

this is kick-ass and must of taken a lot of hard graft, excellent work!

[djstory]

I've been watching your video, and I'm really impressed by your setups. You are a real midi routing master. Congrats! I am still working out my ideal performance setup. I have been able to successfully DJ/Produce with Ableton and reason, although I would really like to make music live for an extended period of time. I am getting some great ideas from you.

[tunespt]

Its ideas like this tha make my day! Thanks beardyman for fiding this to me!

[xXsamurai36methodsXx]

sissy....word.....good shiizz mate love the vid

[CamBL3s]

Ingenious! Bringing the people together to perform as one...amazing!

[SkeletinProductions]

noble cause man i agree 100 %

[JaceInman]

what an incredible idea!

[cumbialeal]

not if they all have a good sense of rythm and question answer ideas, don't have to be a musician , get 8 brazilians together and they would do wonders.

[P0cketfull0fsunshine]

Pretty cool idea actually, not sure how it would work in practice though. Might just be a bunch of noises without much synergy - I mean 8 different samplers all scratching / tweaking at the same time is kind of a lot

[mirelasidofarekokrra]

this is very smart actually :)

[shoes320]

he is routing 8 seperate midi controllers through a single laptop with ableton live. i wish i thought of this lol

[RamzGT]

such awesome simplified yet powerful concepts!

[timexile]

Great stuff. Really good idea well executed :)

[PaulRayIsMe]

My head explodes at the wonder of this!! Every Museum, School and Music lad should have one of these.

Moldover, you are amazing. I feel like I'm witnessing the birth of the next Ray Kurzweil.

[varadioxbon]

poor old oxygen keyboards....

[decmasta]

best fucking thing ever

[xiro0999]

This needs to be in schools everywhere!

[jammer496]

anyone remember "jam mode" on music 2000 ps1? not a new idea but very cool!

[wtcbd]

I'm at a loss to see why some people are not only missing the point, but missing the whole concept. If you look at some of his OTHER videos and shows around the WORLD, you will understand it took years for him to program a system that would interact harmonically as well as with HIS creative effect assignments. Its not just taking apart a F*****G midi controller. Basketball is just putting a ball in a hoop, Michael phelps is just a pool guy right? He innovates. Do it better or SHUT UP!!

[johnisfaster]

so you're saying that only people with more skill are allowed to have opinions?

[Nickydisko]

@wtcbd to assign a button/knob, you click the midi thing, click what you wanna program to a knob, then turn the knob, turn off the midi thing. vuala. lol... "program a system that would..." u must not use ableton.

[johncalcinotto]

sweet as a nut bruv

[waxcanbile]

the furmen seems a little overkill

[mattysen]

With electronic music its easy as hell on the final layer, unless you want to do some crazy shit. The pain in the ass is the organising and preparation. You've done a really innovative creation here. Making it so all the aspects of the music is mapped out to the final layer probley makes it easy and a hell of alot of fun. Well done mate

[integer22]

this is literally the best thing ever...haha well maybe on youtube anyway...

seriously impressed. ive been a producer for years, very much into ableton and trying to get more into the programming side of using reaktor. you've really done something good here, i completely agree the social aspect of music making is sorely lacking in electronic genres.

this is a clever step in a good direction.

big ups.

ps ignore the ignorant comments, they obviously have no idea.

[xsquizet]

its seems like everybody is getting the wrong idea, people just look at it like guitar hero or rockband, its really no diffrent its to take non musicians and let them have fun with music, isn't that what music is supposed to be about to have fun. Its not supposed to be a serious music making machine.

geesh some of you guys need to leave the house and get out more and have fun.

[walikai]

thats cool, looks like fun

[zaphyman]

Ok So if Its So Easy we're going to see an exact replica designed by you on a website with a video with all teh software setup the same way he did. I'll wait. I'll even give you 90 days to do it. doulos 24 I am talking to you. Since you hae more talent and skill then this guy I'm sure that you wouldn't mind showing that skill at Winter Music festival or Namm right? I'll be waiting for the youtube video to be posted in response to MOLDOVER's. Did I mention he's on the front of Novations website?

[djdiggla]

I think it's really cool what he's doing but he did say it himself--with technology today it's all so easy. And it is. Not to knock it tho--obv a lot of work and time was come it and it looks hella fun which is at least half the point. Nice work.

[darryllicht]

To all of you holier than thous, what are you doing musically besides smack talking a guy who is motivated enough to blaze his own trail and make music, art installations, modded controllers, etc.? "...it's nothing more than a glorified midi setup." misses the point and contains an unintended compliment: it IS a pro audio setup. It's an art installation you cretin. Why don't you come up with something original on that scale and make it happen? I'm sure that you could.

[doulos24]

kids toys do the same thing so thee kids can play around and sound good this takes zero skill and zero tallent

[theobvious32]

i think you're missing the point..

[cranie4]

It's like an exhibit at the Science Museum. Kids must love it. Seriously though, running that many clips together at the same time sounds like crap regardless of the software auto matching the key and the tempo. Anybody with a copy of Reason and controllers can do this. It wouldn't even take 8 if you split the controller up into sections. So kudos for actually doing something interesting..but groundbreaking? Nah...

[doctorrin]

Thank you, yes.

those who know nothing about it are impressed.

But once you learn, or if you already know about this stuff you will find its just typical midi to software setup. Big whoop.

[bvanoudtshoorn]

It's not so much the fact that the system *can* exist, as the fact that it's a public installation which allows people to make music in what (to the general public) is an interesting and novel fashion, imo.

[doctorrin]

I'd say this would be best used at like a Chuckie Cheese, but take this into a pro audio environment and it's nothing more than a glorified midi setup.

[theobvious32]

i'm not gonna lie.. i like glorified midi set ups! it's really creative, and there's a hell of a lot of preparation gone into this... its pretty boring just cracking along with an oxygen 8 or something like that.. its wicked that they've been modded cos it makes them into instruments rather than just generic and confusing maps.. pretty neat moldover!

[Nicuu2000]

WHEEEEW! I wanna play with this one :D

[Th3SundanceKid]

the meters

[doctorrin]

I find a problem that he's calling a bunch of midi controllers assigned to Reaktor HIS creation. Reaktor and Ableton was DESIGNED for things like this.

He did not create the hardware or software, just manipulated it. As well, does any user get to increase the sample bank, or synth bank? No.

This shit is no different than setting up a room at guitar center.

[Th3SundanceKid]

well...its the same thing with turntablism and DJing these guys don't "create" the music likewise he did not create the hardware nor the software...and DJs don't "play" their turntables...if you see it that way you should have a problem with DJs calling the music they mix together their own "creation" aswell...this whole topic is a bit tricky, but i understand whats bugging you.

[doctorrin]

My thing is, turntables were created to play one record at a time, somebody came along, used two at a time, blended beats and we ended up calling it turntablism OVER TIME.

This guy though, uses software and hardware MADE just for what he's doing and wants to coin a term like he created the whole shabang.

The only thing he's contributing is to DIY midi controller remodeling.

I'm not questioning the musicianship, it's just, I can make the same music without taking apart my midi controller.

[nas032]

IT IS LIKE THE MUSIC IS NO MORE ART, IT IS MORE LIKE PROFESSION...LIKE CONSTRUCTOR WORKER.....I DON SEE ANY SOUL.....JUST A EASY WAYS TO CONTROL SOUNDS......THAT is STUPIDDDD

[lukagerm]

You're right but I suggest that you're talking about some people in the pop music industry. This video is just a different form of creativity.

[metalliNERD]

great!

[ronaldb7]

Man that was brilliant.I've learned so much in such little time.

Thank you

rcb123

[okachobee]

NIIIIIICEEEEEEEeeee

[LeJoker88]

Genius, that would be so much fun at a party

[stringshredda]

does it not sound like musical dirrhea with 8 ppl playing at once? even tho each station snaps to the same beat? good work tho man, always nice to bring ppl together and music is a great way to do that.

[Nickydisko]

@stringshredda we hate him because he has no talent, but all the motivation in the world. but hey man motivation is what counts.. but.. ugh...

[percentius]

THANKS FOR THE EDUCATION! keep up the great work man!

[renegadetrip]

absolute genius!

[marine0302]

so sickkkkkkkkkk

[sandytheeskimodj]

That is amazing. Good on moldover for coming up with such an innovative musical invention.

[darpguy]

lol its that song from ferris buelers day off

[gvillez]

whats the name of that song he took the 3 part bass line from at 3:16? i remember it from back in the day but cant think of the name =]

[downundabruthahood]

It's a song called "oh Yeah"....but i have no idea who makes it.Found it on an old compilation tape i had.

Titled: "Summer '89"

hope this helps..

[holdmyhobo]

Yelo - Oh Yeah

[Hexadecibels]

reckon i saw both Skeeter [Canada] and Zip le Robot [France] playing on that thing in this clip !

whoot !

[uptoenail]

Would make a sic plug-in or stand alone but i guess that'd defeat the hands on/community fun. Nice.

[funkydafunker]

That crossfading is SO fun !! Cool, it made me smile a lot

[SULLYEEE475]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT THATS AWESOME

[germania1]

Who are you and why aren't you a superstar? Your videos are blowing my mind right now.

[bobthabomber]

ABLETON LIVE = "Brain"

LIVE and midi control keyboards = too much time

[K1ngSlayer]

Hope to see a lot more stuff like this out soon... especially something like a fully electronic band playing like this. Absolutely brilliant man. keep it coming!

[cthulufunk]

What he says at 4:00 is so true.

[chrisbuonovideos]

Yeah man! Brilliant!!!!!!!

[AMOKIAN]

FANTASTIC INSPIRATIONAL INSTALLATION!

GREAT WORK!understatment.....ABSOLUT­ELY OUTRAGIOUS!!!!!

Remixing masterwerks!!!!!!!!!

[MrRivaz]

Ableton Live, a Computer, Addictive drums, and some audio loops

comprehensively put togerther though, this guys,where its at with Ableton control

[vadim9687]

What software, vsts, loops (audio material) , interfaces you used here?

[bentosan]

I know for a fact Native Instruments Reaktor is one of the VST's used.

[AppA]

(!)

[davidbrun]

Fucking brilliant!

Hats off!

[nativeops]

how clever

[citizenmanu]

BRAVO!

[catscratchass]

THANKYOU FOR SUCH A FUN IDEA.. creative is as creative does..covers all aspects of contemporary sound design ... Excellent .

[subversive]

Fucking awesome!!!!!! where are you setting up next. I see you're from Rockville maybe you could perform @ Sonar here in Baltimore ?????

[xmike615x]

i played it!!

[qzdt]

Neat!

[pulseforce]

It's not just Ableton. Native Instruments Reaktor seems to be the core of the system. It's a custom made softsynth that plays different loops all in sync (EASY IN REAKTOR!), each keyboard controls it through a different midi channel (ch 1-8). Then it appears to be rewired into Ableton for output processing and some final master stage effect, which I assume because Ableton doesn't seem to have a lot going on.

[ronnysoeberg]

Man, these should be in arcades. Bet my ass people would bunch up on these things bigtime. Problem is that people would most likely have to pay cash to "play". Which would be kinda lame. cause when a guys time is up, the bass fades away :D "hey, we need a bass player over here!" hehe.

[jrwilliams]

top work! you deserve a crunchy bar!

[setantii]

god bless ableton! great idea!

[xDEADBEATSx]

LoV n tHE ideA bLoKE...alT MEDIA thE beST EVer

LeaH C

[moebiuz]

You got a new fan ;)

[Nijnvenijn]

What a creative idea!!!

[johnwally]

I want 1,but then I`d need friends ,boo hoo

[foofango]

Absolutely immense! Such an amazing idea! Congratulations

[psyconius]

Very awesome.. come set one up in my apartment

[Hasouni]

AMAZING!!! I WANNA LEARN HOW TO MASH !!! I just bought Albeton Live so im excited =P

[gershy101]

Very impressive!! Looks like a ton of fun!! Nice informative video!! - Peace

[chuwie80]

very professional! thanks for sharing/explaining your work

[theheadthumper]

Fucking brilliant man! Well done!

[soguy]

One word: AMAZING!!!

[nurseroufentag]

Fantastic!