Meng Qi Wing Pinger

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  • čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
  • In which Chinese instrument maker par excellence Meng Qi visits my studio and we chat about his new instrument, the "Wing Pinger".
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Komentáře • 218

  • @T.H.W.O.T.H
    @T.H.W.O.T.H Před 5 lety +101

    Two mad geniuses in a nerd cave...
    ... this is the future I voted for! 🌼

    • @OlBunnah
      @OlBunnah Před 5 lety +6

      .... instead we got a bad knockoff of Idiocracy.

    • @the_meta4589
      @the_meta4589 Před 5 lety +3

      Watching this makes me so jealous and happy at the same moment...

  • @patrickconnelly2904
    @patrickconnelly2904 Před 5 lety +24

    Music might be the only thing that can save the world, by bringing us together.

  • @SlightlyNasty
    @SlightlyNasty Před 5 lety +86

    I would LOVE to see more builders from non-English countries including their native language on front panels, or even just using it exclusively.

    • @hArtyTruffle
      @hArtyTruffle Před 4 lety +8

      I’m already struggling on a steep learning curve. I vote for English AND the designers native tongue 🥴

    • @xDRAGONSHAGGERx
      @xDRAGONSHAGGERx Před 3 lety +2

      Include a easy to change cover with different languages :o

    • @KazmaHD
      @KazmaHD Před 3 lety

      This would be sick, but they'd need to hire a translator

  • @elijahhasskamp7657
    @elijahhasskamp7657 Před 5 lety +183

    Lyrics to a song that never was:
    “An instrument designer from... Chiner”

    • @moonscore
      @moonscore Před 5 lety +18

      “His Wing Pinger was quite a... Singer.”

    • @NineHellHeaven
      @NineHellHeaven Před 5 lety

      Uh huh!

    • @fortheloveofnoise
      @fortheloveofnoise Před 5 lety +3

      I guess he is working on his American Hillbilly dialect.

    • @theothertonydutch
      @theothertonydutch Před 3 lety

      @@fortheloveofnoise Brits do it too. "I'm going for a drive in my 'Honder'"

  • @northerncatto
    @northerncatto Před 5 lety +58

    It’s like a box full of electronic birds.
    I have never wanted something so bad so quickly.

  • @bitegoatie
    @bitegoatie Před 5 lety +47

    I love the instrument and the sensibilities of its maker. Plus he seems to be a lovely person.
    Thank you.

    • @musictech_10us
      @musictech_10us Před 5 lety +5

      I've met Hainbach and have corresponded with Meng Qi. Both super lovely, brilliant people.

  • @lilakmonoke982
    @lilakmonoke982 Před 5 lety +18

    sweet, audio nerds from east and west are finally united! amazing instrument too ...

  • @slashess69
    @slashess69 Před 5 lety +60

    Hainbach's reactions to exploring this instrument are a real mood lmao 13:35

  • @jimmy_jamesjams_a_lot4171
    @jimmy_jamesjams_a_lot4171 Před 5 lety +12

    THANK YOU Hainbach!! Not only for having a great interest in perpetuating some of the more esoteric methods that can be applied in all things music, but also for hosting one of my personally favorite and inventive DIY folks! This was a very welcome and pleasant surprise for I didn’t know that many musicians would know Meng Qi personally. He is a very approachable and personal guy. I don’t personally know him but he has always seemed so accessible. And GREAT AESTHETICS!! Great to hear him openly admit the ideas that he has appreciated and burrowed from other builder folks and implemented in his own developments, not prude at all. THANKS AGAIN for sharing an awesome job!

  • @georgeredpath5394
    @georgeredpath5394 Před 5 lety +23

    Bloody class Collab! The internet is a fantastic place

  • @patches4306
    @patches4306 Před 5 lety +66

    I realized the secret: this guy caught the forest spirits and locked them in an enchanted box. It's easy to understand)

    • @Monkeyshaman
      @Monkeyshaman Před 3 lety

      Is that not how instruments are made? 😐

  • @shookstylez
    @shookstylez Před 5 lety +13

    I guess this guy was a big fan of Isao Tomita. Using the resonant to recreate a whistle sound, (almost bird like) for his recreation of the melody of Claire De Lune from Claude Debussey.

  • @archebeats
    @archebeats Před 5 lety +9

    This guy makes legit stuff. I wasn't aware he seem to be so "stand alone". I tried his modules back in LA the voltage memory is a great module from his craft.

  • @eonsfollower
    @eonsfollower Před 5 lety +6

    Meng Qi loves to label his instruments with poetic names, like this one as Wing Pinger in English and 振翅 (Flapping Wings) in Chinese. They sound so scholarly beautiful, both the names and the music!

    • @Hainbach
      @Hainbach  Před 5 lety +2

      That is beautiful, I will have to talk to him about that!

  • @JC-bf9zm
    @JC-bf9zm Před 5 lety +6

    I used to think I was satisfied with my gear and setup... thanks, Hainbach!

  • @VinnieLeeStudio
    @VinnieLeeStudio Před 5 lety +4

    Master MengQi! Got a chance to chat with him last year at a synth event, he was very nice and friendly. Glad to see both of you in one video!

  • @waltmodul7948
    @waltmodul7948 Před 5 lety +6

    This video could be a part of a lecture ,about Musik making with electronic instruments.

  • @PastelComGini
    @PastelComGini Před 5 lety +9

    It's impressing how linear the commands are. It looks like there's no "1/1000th degree and BANG" situation.

  • @baleinerenard7629
    @baleinerenard7629 Před 5 lety +3

    This "synth" sounds so promising ! Meng is a wizard ! It's fun to see your enthousiam when Meng discribes the Wing Pinger :) Thank you for sharing these moments !

  • @V3xxe
    @V3xxe Před 5 lety +3

    Man, I want one of these so much.

  • @TayTayMakesBeats
    @TayTayMakesBeats Před 3 lety +1

    I'd love to see more vids and interviews with Meng Qi. The way you guys talk and think about music is almost spiritual in nature, very interesting and inspiring to hear.

  • @inwex8350
    @inwex8350 Před 5 lety +3

    Just had an amazing ASMR experience to this video for some reason. I'm just digging the vocal conversation and musical conversation you two are having. Meng Qi and Hainbach!

  • @SourceRE
    @SourceRE Před 5 lety +2

    Jam at the end was gorgeous. Good work, you two!

  • @chrisbliss7130
    @chrisbliss7130 Před 5 lety +8

    this is such a lovely thing to watch! two likeminded musicians chatting and exploring sounds. it is beyond my imagination how he is able to create such beautiful circuits on purpose. loving these organic, intimate sounds!

  • @fedesartorio
    @fedesartorio Před 5 lety +3

    I really love the way the “experimental” music manufacturers are going recently. This reminds me a bit of the Soma Laboratories products too. Meng Qi and a few others are making real instruments that you can play and get lost with for hours, with a coherent design and that produce beautiful sounds

    • @jbowmanmusic
      @jbowmanmusic Před 5 lety +1

      I agree the comparisons with Soma are interesting, particularly with both playing on the line between musicality and chaos. My initial take is that the SOMA are very "hands on" in that the Lyra and Pulsar respond very deliberately and directly to the player's intentions (particularly touching the key contacts) whereas the Weng Pinger seems to have more of an interface between intention and outcome with the chickenheads (but no less beautiful result!) Possibly the Weng Pinger more like the DFAM in that regard - do you have to play the pulses on this the way you have to play the sequencer on the DFAM?

  • @danzender7665
    @danzender7665 Před 5 lety +5

    Hainbach, you are truly an influence! Keep up the great videos and music. Always looking forward to your next one!

  • @thamitri13
    @thamitri13 Před 5 lety +1

    This just knocked my socks off. What a beautiful amazing instrument. Very unique. The sound feels very warm and natural. His explanation is very clear. We should start calling him Meng Qi lăoshī! Except for the hair you guys are pretty much alike. ☺

  • @jackantharia
    @jackantharia Před 5 lety +4

    Always felt mr. Meng Qi will make some chaos circuits. Great stuff!

  • @my4trackmachine
    @my4trackmachine Před 5 lety +5

    Meng Qi makes some great stuff. Really cool to see this interview. If you haven't I would definitely check out his youtube channel. Some very cool things there.

  • @polutropos
    @polutropos Před 5 lety +3

    Was just writing that it kind of reminds me of Rob Hordijk's Benjolin - different but similar - & then you mention it. Love this sort of thing.

  • @josdurkstraful
    @josdurkstraful Před 5 lety +1

    It doesn't get more nerdy than this...... love it!

  • @avantlanuit
    @avantlanuit Před 3 lety +1

    Je ne me lasse pas d'écouter vos improvisations _ c'est un très très beau moment _ bravo à vous

  • @siryba
    @siryba Před 5 lety +1

    This is brilliant. Thank you for introducing me to Meng Qi and the Wing Pinger. What a fantastic instrument!

  • @flaminggarlic
    @flaminggarlic Před 5 lety +2

    Just before watching this I was thinking of designing a trigger sequencer that takes a lfo signal at the input and uses a state variable filter to adjust the phase and sends it to a series of comparators set to various points of the phase. with a sine wave and no filtering you would get something like a eighth note pattern as you add filtering you increase the swing one way or the other. with more complex signals you would get increasingly chaotic repeating triggers.

  • @Projacked1
    @Projacked1 Před 5 lety +3

    I have been looking for a long time for a macine that can do what my MicroModular does...I think this is it. SUPER-LIKE!!

  • @localtechnique
    @localtechnique Před 5 lety +1

    Great to hear there'll be a minijack version. Definitely going to check this out later today. Really enjoyed the performances last night!

  • @ThomasBaxter
    @ThomasBaxter Před 5 lety +1

    There are few things I enjoy more than watching two people use a lingua franca like this.

  • @MODUS_OP
    @MODUS_OP Před 5 lety +1

    Most excellent, Meng Qi! Love your work! Thanks for covering this, Hainbach!

  • @chriskostelec
    @chriskostelec Před 5 lety +1

    So cool! I love Meng Qi's designs as well, I love the mix of English and Chinese as well.

  • @volanoisystuff2879
    @volanoisystuff2879 Před 5 lety +3

    Wau! this was awesome. Really cool instrument. Love the jam at the ends. It was beautiful.

  • @circuitousvibes5226
    @circuitousvibes5226 Před 5 lety +1

    What a beautiful instrument. The filter I have been waiting for.

  • @DanJohnson
    @DanJohnson Před 5 lety +1

    I've been a fan since I bought KARP a few years ago, this new instrument sounds great

  • @Racosz
    @Racosz Před 5 lety +3

    The final jam sounds like Pan Sonic. Very nice instruments and gear.
    Greetings from Colombia.

  • @simoantere8738
    @simoantere8738 Před 2 lety

    That ooh at 13:38 hit the spot! So nice sounding pings.

  • @0Fdigital
    @0Fdigital Před 5 lety +1

    Amazing instrument, great insights/philosophy re: electronic instruments, and a great jam at the end. I love your channel!
    I really need to check out the MengQi gear.

  • @dwilliams4142
    @dwilliams4142 Před 5 lety +1

    Very cool Meng Qi! Looking forward to seeing this.

  • @downer9098
    @downer9098 Před 5 lety +1

    this is a very beautiful conversation, and a good example of an artistic research

  • @triplebacon1
    @triplebacon1 Před 5 lety +1

    Loving this box of magical sounds! What a fantastic clever guy Meng Qi is ;-)

  • @thomasbeckett1174
    @thomasbeckett1174 Před 5 lety +1

    Just amazing! What a beautiful device.

  • @QuimFont
    @QuimFont Před 5 lety +1

    "start with a harmonic and then go into chaos and then come back again ... that's like how life is" 2:41

  • @aeonhorizonmusic8130
    @aeonhorizonmusic8130 Před 5 lety +1

    Wow, the sounds at arround 16:00 are truly amazing!

  • @vaspers
    @vaspers Před 5 lety +1

    I can't wait to buy one of these weird little sonic monsters! Love it.

  • @beenmicrophone5817
    @beenmicrophone5817 Před 5 lety +1

    that jam was mesmerizing 💖💖😮😮😮👌👌

  • @starblindtv3988
    @starblindtv3988 Před 3 lety +1

    Really love the sound but I am wondering how you would implement this in a more traditional setup

  • @shpongled587
    @shpongled587 Před 2 lety

    Don't ever change! You guys are amazing!

  • @antfactor
    @antfactor Před 4 lety

    this was VERY fun to hear - both the conversations and cool demo(s)! Thanks, guys - OMG - sounds BEAUTIFUL!! Great job!

  • @Slope114
    @Slope114 Před 5 lety

    thank you for this! so cool to see Meng Qi interviewed in english!

  • @2.7petabytes
    @2.7petabytes Před 5 lety +1

    What a great interview and such a great idea! Love it!

  • @GoldenBoyDims
    @GoldenBoyDims Před 5 lety

    man this is such an intuitive design

  • @TedPeeples
    @TedPeeples Před 5 lety

    It's fucking electronic wind chimes. It's fucking amazing.

  • @intafon
    @intafon Před 5 lety

    I love your reactions to this instrument -- you're obviously super excited about what he had to say and what he's done with the Wing Pinger; he does have a really cool way of thinking... Great interview/video.. :-) Also, I love those dials... ok, maybe i should watch the whole thing before commenting -- the jam at the end of the video is awesome...

  • @d3a1990
    @d3a1990 Před 5 lety +1

    Wow!! How cool. These videos add real excitement to my day and inspire me to dig into hardware more. What an incredible machine. The pentatonic frequency modulation is such a cool function.
    Can you do a video about tape machines and digital integration of the signals?

  • @particlejones
    @particlejones Před 5 lety +1

    Hainbach for president

  • @sampleexamplemusic
    @sampleexamplemusic Před 5 lety +2

    THE MENG QI HAS SPOKEN.

    • @Hainbach
      @Hainbach  Před 5 lety +1

      Oh my dude, thank you for that!

  • @ThomasonBitchTamer
    @ThomasonBitchTamer Před 5 lety +1

    Man, your voice is awesome! Do audio books or something!

  • @AmbientSky
    @AmbientSky Před 3 lety

    Great work Meng Qi!

  • @TheScreamingFrog916
    @TheScreamingFrog916 Před 4 lety

    Sept. 2020, and no sign of this being for sale anywhere.
    I hope Meng Qi is happy/healthy.
    Maybe this will still appear someday.

  • @laicamusic1
    @laicamusic1 Před 5 lety

    The track at the end of this video was so great

  • @buyukberber
    @buyukberber Před 5 lety +1

    This is really beautiful!

  • @SourceRE
    @SourceRE Před 5 lety

    2 of my favorite people in music in one video.

  • @robotboot
    @robotboot Před 5 lety +1

    liked the jam. Wing Pinger looks fun to wiggle

  • @landwirtschaft2116
    @landwirtschaft2116 Před rokem

    That's some hot otherworldly shit! I'm very glad i just discovered this… thank you!

  • @LucasMarchal
    @LucasMarchal Před 5 lety

    I love pings, what a beautiful design ! This will be tempting :)

  • @flowerpower111
    @flowerpower111 Před 5 lety

    maaan that jam at the end was unreall

  • @HBCrigs
    @HBCrigs Před 4 lety

    The vocab is way above my knowledge level haha

  • @wanggarlen
    @wanggarlen Před 5 lety

    Really didn't expected to see Meng Qi in your channel...

  • @johnrichardson3297
    @johnrichardson3297 Před 5 lety

    Thank you Meng Qi!

  • @BrunoWiebelt
    @BrunoWiebelt Před 5 lety +1

    Danke für diesen schöne Überraschung. ein tolles instrument . nice performance together ;) ( wäre gerne in Berlin ;()

  • @flaviowilner1288
    @flaviowilner1288 Před 5 lety

    Amazing box for creating musical noises!

  • @ethermod307
    @ethermod307 Před 4 lety +1

    Is this instrument available? I can't find it anywhere, November 2019.

  • @smacksalad
    @smacksalad Před 5 lety

    Awesome jam at the end, amazing work!

  • @h2o1969
    @h2o1969 Před 5 lety

    Great video. His approach is very interesting. Works very well with your style.

  • @McN4styFilth
    @McN4styFilth Před 5 lety

    Fantastic little curiosity. Thanks for showing us!

  • @jonaseggen2230
    @jonaseggen2230 Před 5 lety +2

    look from 16:37, see that grey little guy in the background? He is the one whistling this tune.

  • @brendonmoeller
    @brendonmoeller Před 5 lety +1

    Siiiiiick jam at the end

  • @vandera
    @vandera Před 5 lety

    Great stuff! Love how you two talk shop.

  • @asynchronicity
    @asynchronicity Před 5 lety

    This is truly insanely great!

  • @inventanew
    @inventanew Před 5 lety

    nice drone sounds

  • @slashess69
    @slashess69 Před 5 lety

    This was really cool Hainbach!

  • @avantlanuit
    @avantlanuit Před 5 lety

    merveilleux instrument - merci pour cette démo

  • @RobbekenSynthMusic
    @RobbekenSynthMusic Před 5 lety +3

    12:50
    Give it some
    s p a c e . . .

  • @aeonhorizonmusic8130
    @aeonhorizonmusic8130 Před 5 lety

    Sounds beautiful!

  • @bobpercy
    @bobpercy Před 5 lety +1

    ok that is awesome...and a brilliant jam at the end as well. Do you know about/ or have you tried cross patching with plumbutter? Though maybe that would be overkill ( or too much joy!)

    • @Hainbach
      @Hainbach  Před 5 lety +1

      I hope to do that at some point!

  • @rhohoho
    @rhohoho Před 5 lety

    This was beautiful.

  • @baronswodeck5068
    @baronswodeck5068 Před 5 lety

    This sounds beautiful!

  • @iantanner7579
    @iantanner7579 Před 5 lety +1

    superb, - sounds like "The Clangers" after getting hold of some bad acid.
    - i want one -
    also, it doesn't just sound beautiful, it looks beautiful too

    • @glyn5385
      @glyn5385 Před 5 lety

      no such thing as bad acid just dont eat the brown acid

    • @iantanner7579
      @iantanner7579 Před 5 lety

      true, my worst trips were always the best ones once i'd stopped peaking. - noticing your avatar actually brings back many fond memories, - purple ohms and double-sided silver smileys were my favourites...

    • @glyn5385
      @glyn5385 Před 5 lety

      @@iantanner7579 ahhh them purple ohms where pretty ruthless back in the day 88-92..

  • @patrickclark2801
    @patrickclark2801 Před 5 lety

    That's one hell of an instrument!

  • @FaceStuffer
    @FaceStuffer Před 5 lety +1

    Man that thing is nifty.
    Since it's not a euro rack module maybe it won't cost a ridiculous amount?!🤣

    • @agfagaevart
      @agfagaevart Před 5 lety

      its made in China...so it MUST BE CHEAP!

  • @TRIPPLEJAY00
    @TRIPPLEJAY00 Před 5 lety

    Hainbach I'm and Electrical Engineer and make many gadgets for practical use. However I've never made a musical instrument but a guitar amp from recycled electronics. After watching this again I may consider making an instrument myself. If I do, may I send you a prototype Sir.

    • @Hainbach
      @Hainbach  Před 5 lety

      Absolutely! My email is in the channel overview

  • @horatiopugwash9183
    @horatiopugwash9183 Před 5 lety

    That thing sounds awesome ☺