I am now on Vimeo too

You could have expected this after last post. I am now on Vimeo too. I got https://vimeo.com/kvesti url. There are few places I can't be Kvesti. Vimeo is not one of them. At first I will upload older short movie style videos. I am not sure if I keep weekly schedule after I have uploaded those. I have a feeling Vimeo is not like Youtube which demands constant uploads.

I started with free account so I won't upload more than one video a week and I can't do anything fancy or see proper statistics. Youtube isn't making profits. Vimeo looks like it has solid business model with paid accounts and different monetization model. I would like to get some money from music and videos. Youtube was easy when they did everything for you. But now limits are higher I my channel is not growing. It was time to check something else.

It seems like you have to sell something to make any money from this hobby. I don't expect to make it even or get reasonable money per hour put into this any time soon if ever. But little something would be nice. With pro account you can sell videos in Vimeo. Just have to think what those videos could be. You have to be found for that to make any sense. Being found seems to be the problem here.

Return_of_Black_Christmas from Marko Kovanen on Vimeo.

Youtube needs real competition

I am just tired. You might have heard latest thing Youtube has done. Their golden boy caused controversy and Youtube decided show they are serious by taking monetazition away from all the smaller channels. Like we who have followed the rules and haven't done anything stupid are the cause of Youtube's problems. Probably no channel causing problems will be hit by this last action.

This makes me reconsider what I will do with Youtube. I haven't got money from them but in future there is no hope of getting any. Lately I have got more money but never hit the threshold for payments. When I check my traffic sources most viewers come from social media. Only traffic Youtube seems to give my channel are synth videos which are so niche there is almost no competition. Then they can show my channel.

Probably my content isn't suitable for all the click bate and people doing stupid things videos. I think Vimeo would be better suited but there is not similar monetazition. If there is no monetazition in Youtube for channels like mine I can as well upload my videos for more suitable platforms too. I will upload videos to Youtube because it is still the place to be. I don't know how long. I can't be only one feeling this way. I will probably watch less Youtube if I am only good for bringing audience for others to make money of.

Too bad Vid.me has already closed. They might have got new users after Youtube's latest thing. Youtube is lucky they don't have real competition yet. Maybe Facebok's videos will change that. If Facebook gives similar monetazition I would upload my videos there. Others would do the same. There should be something but it doesn't work for me. I can't even open page which tell the requirements.

Lux Helsinki 2018

Lux Helsinki 2018 started next weekend after New Year's Eve. I didn't dare go there on Saturday. This was shot on Sunday when busiest had already seen the event. You can get more info from the event from https://www.luxhelsinki.fi/en/

I am week late with this video. I didn't want to do editing and music during workday evenings. Music is made for this video. You can hear what Analog Rytm, Analog Four and Roland SE-02 can do.

Editing Lux Helsinki 2018

Tomorrow's video will be from Lux Helsinki 2018. It will be first video where I didn't use auto ISO. I don't remember using manual ISO in previous videos. I am going more and more into everything manual. I still use auto white balance. Everything else is manual when ever it makes sense. Lux Helsinki 2018 was shot using auto focus. It is better option with zoom lens or longer focal lengths. You just need to plan where to set focus points.

Auto ISO let you have darker video without it getting lighter when you didn't shoot at lights. New Year's eve video had one shot where image got brighter when I panned. I couldn't cut that part away. Maybe I should have cut the whole shot but it is there because I liked it too much otherwise. That shouldn't happen in future. Manual ISO wasn't as hard as I expected. Auto ISO is still useful when you want to have same brightness when lighting conditions change. Sometimes you want to show lighting conditions changing.

I used different stabilization methods in all three Lighting the Darkness videos. This time it was monopod. I had lost my touch with it. I have used gimbal after I got it almost always when I would have used monopod earlier. Monopod still have some advantages on gimbal. Overall gimbal is better. You can move with and panning is more consistent if you have correct settings.

I talked about Analog Four and Analog Rytm on Monday's post. Both were used in the video as was Roland SE-02. I waited for plugin controller for it. I found one last week. I want to automate instruments I use. For some reason nobody has made Max4Live device for it or at least released one. First three boutiques got their quite quickly. You can expect to hear more SE-02 in future.

Minibrute 2 announced

I thought there weren't any really interesting synths on market and I didn't have temptations to buy more gear. Then this thing was announced. At first I was like shut up and take my money. Now I am not so sure. I have Minibrute and Microbrute. This video didn't sell me the synth. I wouldn't be surprised if I have this by the end of this year.

I plan to get bigger eurorack next year. This would fit to that plan with eurorack connectivity. I also like how this didn't make original Minibrute obsolete. It can do some things this can't by itself. With eurorack this can do much more. If you think this as eurorack module it is reasonable priced. It is reasonable priced as individual synth but more so as eurorack module. It is good package of analog and modular.

Getting back to Elektron's machines

I found Dawless Jammin' Youtube channel. She played with Elektron Analog Rytm. It made me interested of my Elektron machines. She had mark 2. My Elektron's are mark 1. Analog Rytm mark 2 gives sampling and more bandwidth. Nothing more if you use it with Overbridge from DAW. I can stick with mark 1 because I don't need Analog Rytm for sampling and there is enough of bandwidth with mark 1.

It is always inspiring to see someone who knows their gear using similar gear you have. When I got Analog Rytm I thought I don't need another drum machine. I still thing that. I have used it like much simpler drum machine. I finally updated firmware and Overbridge. It took almost a year and there might be next update February. Overbridge for mark 2 machines is promised then. Analog Rytms should get something new then. Even the older ones.

I decided learn Analog Rytm little bit better. It is drum machine but you can use voices as chromatic voices. More limited voices than in regulars synths but you can use them and use samples too. Mark 1 can't sample but it can use samples. There are better ways to get synth sounds. Analog Rytm's limitations give you sounds you wouldn't use with regular synths. It is good thing if you are looking for different sounds.

I almost gave up getting bass sound for this weeks video. It was hard to get it sound good. Elektron's mark 1 analog machines were made for certain kind of music. It is not what I usually do. Analog Four didn't originally have polyphony. It came with firmware update when Elektron saw people trying to get polyphony out of Analog Four. I am trying to get some elements from style these machines were originally made for.

I said I won't be getting Analog Rytm mark 2. I might get Analog Four mark 2 next to mark 1. Mark 2 sounds different enough for having both to make some sense. Mark 1 has more underground sound and mark 2 more mainstream. I like Overbridge and Analog Four is really versatile. It also connects well with modular gear. If I buy another polyphonic synth Analog Four mark 2 will be high on list. I need to learn mark 1 one better before I do that.