why I sold all my music gear.

00:00 Intro
01:00 Digital Workflow
02:31 MIDI Controllers
03:37 Define Creativity
04:23 Blank Canvas
05:33 Context
08:28 New Stuff is Fun
08:46 Not a DJ Anymore
09:38 Credibility
11:18 Broken (& Free Gear)
11:57 Next

Loopmasters sample packs I made:

Multiplier on the web:

And his label, Relentik Records:

Multiplier's old podcast BLOUNCE:

[experimetalfan]

I'll give it another year and his rooms will be filled with gear again 🤓

[willdobson]

This has to be my favourite video of yours - ever. Really resonates with me and some of my studio /life decisions lately. Love the honesty and the new place looks perfect.

[sqwop]

I thought you were gonna say sold everything and invested in crypto.

[ndbleak]

Homie looks like he's going to put out a video on the importance of mental health in a few weeks

[RomanWave]

Same thing, bro! I’ve sold everything except upright piano and stage piano. Cause ton of gear is not about music. It’s about collecting.

[stroker]

No matter what, you'll always need a good pair of monitors or headphones.

[arkatheprod]

This video felt somewhat nostalgic to me! Glad to see you’re doing fine Multi! Keep the good work and stay safe.

[shaft]

This happens when you've bought gear without understanding why you "needed it" in the first place.

Life is a journey of self-knowledge, nothing more nothing less.

[oryxandcake]

I've found that whenever you think a piece of gear is exhausted, some one comes along with a new way of using it that you didn't think of, proving that it's your imagination that's limited, not the gear.
Computer work flows can suffer the exact same fatigue of imagination, that's not exclusive to gear.
Computers do make life easier though, less cabling, everything in one box.

[metalhoe]

Thanks for being honest. I know a lot of us get GAS and hyped about new gear, even tho we don't really have the cash and/or need for it. Most of the time they are a headache anyways because they are not ment for certain DAWs that you might want to switch around so you have to keep tweaking midi settings which takes out all the fun/motivation and time you wanted to put into your music and not into making something work. I sold most of my stuff and just keep a small drumpad and a small keyboard. Mostly because I just like the tactile feeling of both keyboard and drumpad. But that's about it. My advice to anyone out there is, you don't really need much more than either a good drumpad and/or keyboard which is geared towards your favorite DAW. Don't get fooled by the idea that this other gear will make your music any better. Anyways good luck to everyone.

[NineInchFailz]

I'm going the opposite way. I bought a Prophet Rev2 and just love the unquantized feel of recording into my interface with real keys. I got so bored of soft synths and i love the tactile process of designing a patch from the ground up on hardware.

[KLabTVkicksass]

My Favourite part "If you sell all your stuff, YOU GET TO BUY NEW STUFF!!!"

[theelephantofsurprise]

I got rid of all my stuff - I have much more fun recording real instruments only (that includes analog synths) - very liberating just banning all midi controllers and digital sound sources/sample packs. If it comes through a microphone or a TRS cable it's good fun :)

[VOODOO]

I did the same thing with my setup and never looked back. Keep up the good work 🔥

[charalove]

Thank you for posting this. It sounds like you are finding value in the open spaces! Congratulations on releasing the instruments that don’t serve you anymore. You have inspired me.

[andriinikitin]

Spent around 1.5 years in this loop: buy gear / get bored / sell gear / buy new — this video is soo accurate illustration for this. Sure, I’ve learned a lot from all that gear, but eventually it boils down to «cool, now I should do this in my DAW as well, so what should I buy next when I sell this thing? »

[defenderstargate]

Just a note about the broken gear. After burning out some power supplies I started using line conditioners (like the APC Line-R). They smooth out the voltage hitting the gear and can protect the circuitry, and made a real difference in reliability. I think these are important if living in a place with older power lines, etc.

[nodz]

This is a really good and reflective video. I have been thinking the same since Apple released the M1 chip. The rationale for using hardware and offline effects is I found that creativity was stifled because eventually the CPU an memory crapped out in the DAW but like you I have a lot of stuff that I simply don't use anymore because other newer stuff came along and piqued my interest.

[skyreadersociety]

can affirm that empty table experience, often just keep one or two boxes there - and enjoy having space again.

[thomascp]

Dude!! Have been wondering where you’ve disappeared to! Glad to see you’re alive!!!!