I Made a Modular Chord Machine

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Published 2024-06-13
Chords are at the heart of almost all of my music. Here are some tricks I picked up along the way when designing my modular system around chord progression sequencing.

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0:00 - Hi & Cthulhu!
0:32 - The power of modular chords!
1:09 - Sinfonion & Oscillator setup
3:28 - Music theory?
4:10 - Make Noise Pressure Points & Sinfonion setup
4:30 - The best looper ever made?
5:19 - Lets make our palette of chords!
6:24 - Setting up a backing beat & making our chord progression
7:15 - Bassline setup
9:24 - Moar drums
10:30 - Lets make another chord progression!
11:11 - Here come the breaks!

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All Comments (8)
  • @BrailleSounds
    How do you come up with your chord progressions? Let me know in the comments 🙌🏽
  • @schnoodlevideo
    round 2! thanks for watching everyone, stoked to be slicing these...
  • @tomio_ueda
    holy cameras batman, that’s a lot of footage! Can totally tell this took a ton of time and effort — it was well worth it. Great video!
  • @alexlines
    Great video, man ! Really good video quality. Are you just using an iphone camera or have you got a separate dedicated camera ?
  • @jonaseggen2230
    Yes of course I want a Sinfonion, damn it! Like you can't spell that without onion, something that makes you cry. Right? Anyway, have you tried the Five12 Sequencer? If not I think you should. It's complex, seems hard for a novice and much to learn from videos and the manual, but one button per function, shallow menu, surprisingly fast to learn, and fun. But for real, pros and cons of the Instruo vs ACL? I know, not comparable, but still, when would Harmonaig be of better use if ever?