How I Draw With a Piano // Live MIDI Art Tutorial
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- čas přidán 30. 05. 2024
- Join me as I create some live MIDI art from scratch and explain every step of my process (from composition to performance). I got a ton of requests for this, so I'm really happy to answer your questions in this video!
For this tutorial I picked the Apple logo, which is easily recognizable yet simple enough for me to attempt in one session.
I've been making live MIDI art for a couple of months now, and the response has been incredible (thanks so much)! The videos have received millions of views on Instagram and TikTok, which I honestly still can't process.
If you enjoy this, please consider supporting me on Patreon:
/ glasys
As a member, you'll get to download all my MIDI art files as well as most of my recordings from the past year.
If you'd like to see a playlist of my live MIDI art, click here:
• Live MIDI Art
Video chapters:
00:00 Intro and Background
02:27 The Basics
05:14 Top of the Apple
09:09 Leaf
11:19 Bottom of the Apple
13:36 The Bite
14:57 Learning to Play It
15:59 Recording It Live
16:51 Trying Different Sounds
18:46 The Apple Waltz
Technical details: my DAW is Cubase 11, the keyboard I'm using as a MIDI controller is the Sequential Prophet XL.
Thanks for watching, feel free to share any thoughts / questions in the comments! :) - Hudba
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I think visual art made from music belongs in a museum where you can press a button and it lights up the canvas and our ears simultaneously. Very cool stuff. Such a cool fusion of mediums.
You just described my perfect house. What you said plus more robots. Always more robots.
Doing this live, is absolutely insane, just creating the art is impressive as it is.
Thank you! I appreciate the compliment 🙏
Midi art. Taking the term "Musical Expression" to a whole new level.
Somebody said you were the best on this. That intro left me speechless. You make it look as easy as eating an apple (no pun intended)!
I saw 3 of your footsteps in CosmoTourism...
😉💪😎
Dude, this is amazing . I don’t know why I’m so late to this
Thanks for watching! :)
@@GLASYS no no, thank you for your inspiration. Truly you showed me how creativity and passion come hand to hand, to actually make things, that no one has ever seen, happen. I would’ve been too nervous to even try to make a CZcams video about midi art you kidding me. I wish you all the success in the world GLASYS! Thank you for being so brave and trendsetting . P.S I’m a producer but I haven’t tried midi art. If I were to make one, how could I send it to you?
@@OfficialChoriqua I appreciate the kind words! You can always email me, info at glasysmusic dot com
Thank you GLASYS for revealing your creative process! I would have thought it works quite the opposite way and finding the appropriate scale including note lenght is the step after having a high-resolution stencil of the required intervals containing equal incrementals (like a quadratic pixel grid) over the full keyboard which is shrinked in the next step! But there is no downscaling in your process; you figure out the parts of the image while playing live using a predefined scale - even more impressive! As revealed secret we now know in addition E-flat major is the Apple scale. I'm guess there is more mystery behind which belongs to the initiated ones for now ... All the best :-)!
Thank you Curtis! Always super grateful for the support my friend! Glad you found this enjoyable! :)
Awesome man!
Thanks Barnaby! Hope you've been well my friend!
I love seeing creative channels interact with infectious positivity. Both of you guys are great!
Which piano sound is that and why are you using the prophet xl if the nord has the best piano sound ?
@@briannicepianoworship8944 I use the Prophet XL as my main controller. The sound comes from Halion Sonic, I use it as a placeholder plugin while working on the composition
Ever since I saw the Zelda midi art, I was like "this would 100% blow up on tiktok..." Looks like I wasn't wrong. Keep doing amazing things! Excited for the trampoline keytar jam ;)
Haha thanks Nate! It's coming up, right after the hot tub stream... :D
That's very fascinating. Thanks for the explanation. Greetings from Germany
My prayers have finally been answered! I would try this if my keyboard wasn’t so stiff but still loved the video!
Stiff keyboards are the worst! Hope you get a new one soon! Thanks Javy :)
the 3/4th part of that sounded so nice
Thank you for such a great and in-depth tutorial! You're the best!
I'm glad you like it Nikki! Thanks so much! :)
The chiptune version sounds like a startup set to an old computer, so... Perfect!
You are an inspiration to us all. Been watching you of FB for years but never subbed on the YT. And I regret not doing so sooner.
Hey Tru Bell, thanks so much! I really appreciate your support, and glad to see you here too! 😊🙏
This is incredible!
I always wondered how you do it and my mind was blown for actually seeing you in action. Keep up the good stuff coming 🤘🏽🤗
Tal ya melech!! Thanks man! Hope to see you soon ❤️🙏
Really nice of you to make a video explaining how you do this! I’ve gotta try it eventually
Thank you so much for sharing this. Awesome work!
Thanks so much for the kind words Quadri John! Glad you like it man :)
This is taking ASCII Art to a completely new level, you really excel in this, thank you for this new form of art.
Thanks Christian! I've never tried making ASCII art, but I always liked it! :)
Dude, this is sick! Thanks for sharing! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Glad you like it Marcel, thanks for the kind words man! :)
This is great!! So cool to see you doing it in real time, the way your brain thinks and processes information is so neat! I love the dance to the song at the end, too. haha Very good :) Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Jocelynn! Appreciate the kind words, so glad you enjoyed it! 😊🙏
This is so fun, so cool, so inspirational! Thanks for sharing with us :)
Thanks Lukas! I appreciate the kind words my friend, glad you enjoyed it 😊🙏
Thanks for taking the time to explain to the muggles we are how you are doing this incredibly magic with music.
You're a genius!
You're very kind Alex! Thanks for watching the video my friend! 😊🙏
THIS GENTLEMAN IS FROM OUTERSPACE...DUE RESPECT AND THANKS FOR VISITING EARTH...YOU ARE AN AWESOME HUMAN.
Haha thanks Kent! You're an awesome human yourself!!
Wow, this is really interesting, a lot of thought and work goes into something that's really simple and formulaic on the surface.
Dude thanks so much! Really appreciate the Patreon support too, means a ton! 🙏
perfection
Man - I don´t have words for this as it is far beyond my musical imagination 😂 You´re like the crazy, friendly synth and music professor here on YT. I love this stuff! ❤👌🤗
Thanks KeyRides! Really glad you enjoyed this! 😂🙏
This is amazing !
Thanks Alexis! 🙏
Thx for this inspiration
Badass!
That's creative Inspiration. Thanks 😊
Glad to hear it! Thanks 🙏
That so cool. It looks magical
Thank you! 🙏
this is insane man
I saw a few of these shorts you did and was like, what's this guy trying to pull off lol ?! So I came to your channel to see if this was for real and now I have a new found appreciation for you and this art form! I smashed the sub button too! :)
Thanks Tony! Really appreciate you watching and subbing, welcome to the channel! Happy holidays! 🙏
You are amazing !
Hey Nikos, thanks for the kind words my friend! Really appreciate it 😀🙏
Thank you so much 🥰🥰🥰
Very impressive
You would be an excellent organist.
fantastic. totally assumed you did first mouse in the sketch then marathon practice but your method makes sense as you are learning it as it's being built
I thought the same thing at first.
Thanks Chris! Yeah drawing in notes one by one actually feels very unintuitive for me. I just find it way faster this way
I'm going to make some of this examples with My music awesome work thanks a Lot
Eres un Genio
That's just soo cool 😅👍
Thank you! 🙏😃
amazing!
Thanks so much dude!
Amazing! you deserve 1m views
Thanks so much! I appreciate the support 🙏😊
This is wild
This is rad.
Thanks! 🙏
Oh, so you're a warlock! I get it now! And the way you use computers to try and explain your magic to us mortals is insane! That's the real talent!
Honestly amazing bro! Cheers for explaining the process! You made it easy for an idiot like me to understand! The mark of a good teacher! Now it's just your talent I don't understand! That's magic!
Hey thanks Drew! I'm glad you enjoyed the tutorial, always appreciate when someone takes the time to watch! 😊🙏
Nice!
Congrats on your shorts' popularity!🎊 I did not know that it was so popular cuz TikTok is banned here, but you deserve the praise.
Thanks Anagh! Where are you located? I'm sorry TikTok is banned, that sucks!
@@GLASYS im located in India and due to B or de. R clas Hes the gov has banned Tiktok
@@GLASYS when i tried to type normally, CZcams deleted my reply
@@anaghshetty woah really? I'm so sorry, that's awful! well, if it makes you feel better - you're not missing out on much really. any tiktok video is probably available on IG or other platforms. But still, I hope they unban it soon.
Dude this is so insane... The fact that you can create a picture with midi that actually sounds good would be super impressive on it's own even if it took you a year or more, but the fact that you're able to actually PLAY it and it only takes you 2-4 days to figure out how to do it and practice it and absolutely NAIL it... That is just crazy... Dunno what to say other than well fucking done and keep it up man!
Hey Taurex! thanks so much my friend, you're very kind! These would definitely take way longer if I didn't have the years of experience playing and composing. Luckily these are very short, only 15-20 seconds of music which is why I'm able to get them into my muscle memory fairly quickly. I'm working on my most difficult one yet right now, will probably take a week at least :)
@@GLASYS Wow, looking forward to it! Good luck!
You should stream as you dissect the image it's really interesting seeing how you work out the shapes in a musical fashion. Besides that though you're seriously talented good job insane how easy your making it look!
Thanks Russell! I'm working on a live stream setup, will start streaming on this channel in a couple of weeks! :)
So inspiring! If only we could have a GLASYS brain plugin
I'm thinking of releasing that! $2 on the Apple store... ok, ok, $1... 😂
You mat have heard this because but you’re incredibly talented, dope, and inspiring! Bout to make one of these for smash bros 👌🏾
Dude thanks so much! Would love to see what you make, please send it to me when done! :)
@@GLASYS will do!!!! Also way too many typos in my message but glad you understood it lol
Great stuff as always!
Have you thought about using this ’technique’ in your writing process? Start with an image and work backwards? I’m sure some pretty crazy stuff would come out of it!
Thanks Crumb! I haven't tried that, but that's an interesting idea! :D
I respect you.
I appreciate that, thanks!
I thought there was some app that could draw playing hands.. I was wrong :) great kudos!
AHAAA!!!! So THATS your secret EH!?... just gotta have skill and know your chords and have patience 😂😂
Wow dude, that's still cool as heck even when I can see how it's done. So do you like.... have a favourite one you remember off the top of your head to show off at any moment? Can you just remember how to play em all now? It sure is one heck of a party trick my guy! Have a sub!
Lol thanks for the kind words and sub! I can’t really pick a favorite, they’re all like my children 😂
@@GLASYS I can blame yus, now I know you got like 40 of these joints I imagine it's quite a selection to pick from! They certainly all have their own lil vibes for different doodles... still cant get over that you can literally draw with a piano!
Wow, I think this can be proposed to be downloaded in Garageband as a sample
Wow I can’t do that! What’s the midi software you are using and does it also have the audio at the same time? I’m trying to find a software to where I can export a file to midi of what I’m play and Mclure how audio
I'm using Cubase. In the software, you can route the MIDI to any virtual instrument that turns it into sound. You can do this in any DAW.
Piano goat
Thanks Vincent! 🙏
Ahh, found the tutorial by accident! 😁 Gonna check it out when I've got the time and focus. Adding to "piano" playlist...
But who the f*** is Jacob Colia? (just kidding 😁)
edit: just watched the whole thing! Couldn't stop! 😁👏👏👏
A like for u man😂
Firstly, I have fallen in love with your channel you are very talented and your work is so beautiful. Secondly, what's the song at 15:27
Thanks so much, I appreciate it! It's a tune I wrote a while ago for a pedal contest, never released it officially :)
What midi controller is that you're using?
A Prophet XL synth
I wonder if you could do live oscilloscope music...
I think the oscilloscope art requires hundreds of very specific frequencies at the same time, not something you can play on a keyboard unfortunately :)
I wonder what a TIE fighter would sound like
Did one last year :)
TY I just found it well done. @@GLASYS
how can you download that app
Just Google "Cubase" and you'll find it on Steinberg's website. It's not a free app.
15:30 looks like machine learning
software name and download link
Please make a quiz video where you have to guess the image by only hearing the midi.
That would be cool, but I’d need a lot of midi art submissions from other people. Maybe I’ll ask for that sometime :)
why are you not famous oh God
Could you please take a tutorial class
What do you mean?
Vote
I need the name of your piano pls? I’m a bigginer looking for the best piano under 1,000$ fully weighted and with pedal
The keyboard I’m using here isn’t cheap but with your budget there are quite a few options- I’d look at the cheaper Yamaha or Korg digital pianos
HAHA XDD This interesting
Thanks Josh, really appreciate your comments and support!
App name
what is the website
which website?
that the notes n stuff from keyboard is transfered to
@@Nome2008 that isn't a website, it's music recording software called Cubase
Why don't you try it vertically?
You mean vertically on the computer screen? I don't have any software that can do that. The process would be the same, just rotated 90 degrees :)
can't you reverse the process?
What do you mean?
@@GLASYS drawing and let the programm play, because all is numbers,sound,letters, and by using an electronic device,you can easy reverse
just saying...
Does anyone else think his voice sounds like Andrew from big mouth?
What key beard is that
key beard? maybe that should be my new name lol. The keyboard is a Prophet XL
Hmmm still waiting for the hot tub stream? ;-)
Good eye 😂
I could write a computer program that would chose the best notes for fitting into the hands and sounding good together and still making a recognizable picture.
I made art i hit that red button it turned grey
You need to play the middle note with your nose.