The Art of Percussion with Little Bits: A Collaboration with Kip
I've always been fascinated by percussion, but unfortunately, I never quite excelled at it. However, my friend Nico, who is an avid drummer on the Skins, has shown me that playing the drums can be a lot of fun. With that in mind, it's time to host a percussion party, and I'm excited to collaborate with Little Bits, the easiest way to learn and invent with electronics.
To give my fans a special gift, I partnered with Little Bits, who kindly agreed to send me a synth kit for free. This kit is packed with an incredible 60 modules that can be combined in trillions of ways, making it easy to create unique sounds without any soldering required. The beauty of these modules lies in their ease of use, as they snap together using magnets, allowing for endless possibilities.
For our percussion party, we'll start by assembling three essential modules: the power module, which uses a 9-volt battery or AC adapter; the micro sequencer with four variable pots; and the splitter that sends the signal in two different directions. We'll also be utilizing four additional modules: the random module, which generates noise or random voltage; the envelope, which has attack and delay effects; the filter module, which cuts off and changes Peak; and the syn speaker for output, featuring a small efficient speaker and a headphone out jack.
Once we've snapped our first three modules together, we'll add the random filter envelope and speaker modules to one end of the splitter. These four modules will come together to create an incredible sound that's unlike anything I've ever heard before. To get started, we'll snap everything together, and then we'll power it up, adjusting all of the controls to unleash an endless variety of sounds.
As we adjust the filters and envelope, we can actually get a sound that resembles a snare drum. By tweaking the filters, cut off and Peak changes the timber, while the tempo is adjusted with the speed dial on the micro sequencer as well as the Rhythm. I spent an entire hour playing with this setup because it was so much fun. This is just percussion with Little Bits – you can build an entire synth band.
In fact, Little Bits are really awesome, and they're offering my subscribers $20 off their first kit. So, if you want to check out Little Bits, go to littlebits.com, use the promo code Kip K, and you'll receive $20 off your first kit plus free shipping to the US. They have over 60 modules that can be combined in trillions of ways, making it an incredible resource for music enthusiasts.
As a special treat, I'm giving away one free synth kit, which is valued at $159. All you need to do is click on the link on the screen or in the description, put in your name and email address, and I'll choose someone at random to send them this amazing kit. The giveaway ends March 31st, 2015, so don't miss out on this incredible opportunity.
I'd like to thank Little Bits for their generosity and support of my channel. Without them, this percussion party wouldn't have been possible. Thanks for watching, and I'll see you next time. Good luck in the giveaway, and let's keep making music with these amazing modules!
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enI've always loved percussion but never really excelled in unlike my buddy Nico here who's a mad man on the Skins playing the drums is a lot of fun so it's time for a percussion party this video is in collaboration with little bits the easiest way to learn and invent with electronics in fact I wanted to give my fans a kit for free and the fine folks at little bit said that would be great so stay tuned for details on how you can win this little bits kit now this is the synth kit and in case you're not familiar with little bits they have over 60 modules you can put together for trillions and billions of combinations and they're really easy because the modules snap together using magnets no soldering here for our percussion party we're going to start with three modules the power module which uses a 9volt battery or AC adapter the micro sequencer with four variable pots and the splitter that sends the signal in two different directions and we'll be using four other modules as well the random module which generates noise or random voltage the envelope which has attack and delay effects the filter module that does cut off and Peak and the syn speaker for output which includes a small efficient speaker and a headphone outjack okay let's get started we'll snap our first three modules together then the random filter envelope and speaker modules come off one end of the splitter and those four modules are together okay tux what do you say let's have a percussion party I plugged a cable from the speaker module directly into my camera so you can get really good audio and we're powered up adjusting all of the controls will give you an endless variety of sounds and by adjusting the filter and the envelope you can actually get a sound that sounds like a snare drum adjusting the filters cut off and Peak changes the timber the tempo is adjusted with the speed dial on the micro sequencer as well as the Rhythm I literally spent an hour playing with this because it was so much fun and that's just percussion with little bits you can build an entire synth band you really should check out little bits they are really awesome in fact they're offering my subscribers $20 off your first kit so go to little bits.com slkk use the promo code Kip K and you'll receive $20 off your first kit plus free shipping to the US okay now I am going to give away one free synth kit this is the kit they sent me and I'm going to give it to one lucky subscriber all you have to do is click the link on the screen or in the description put in your name an email and I'll choose someone at random and send you this $159 value kit it's that simple the giveaway ends March 31st 2015 and I'll put the Winner's name right here on this video so that's little bits percussion and synth party thanks thanks for watching good luck in the giveaway and I'll see you next timeI've always loved percussion but never really excelled in unlike my buddy Nico here who's a mad man on the Skins playing the drums is a lot of fun so it's time for a percussion party this video is in collaboration with little bits the easiest way to learn and invent with electronics in fact I wanted to give my fans a kit for free and the fine folks at little bit said that would be great so stay tuned for details on how you can win this little bits kit now this is the synth kit and in case you're not familiar with little bits they have over 60 modules you can put together for trillions and billions of combinations and they're really easy because the modules snap together using magnets no soldering here for our percussion party we're going to start with three modules the power module which uses a 9volt battery or AC adapter the micro sequencer with four variable pots and the splitter that sends the signal in two different directions and we'll be using four other modules as well the random module which generates noise or random voltage the envelope which has attack and delay effects the filter module that does cut off and Peak and the syn speaker for output which includes a small efficient speaker and a headphone outjack okay let's get started we'll snap our first three modules together then the random filter envelope and speaker modules come off one end of the splitter and those four modules are together okay tux what do you say let's have a percussion party I plugged a cable from the speaker module directly into my camera so you can get really good audio and we're powered up adjusting all of the controls will give you an endless variety of sounds and by adjusting the filter and the envelope you can actually get a sound that sounds like a snare drum adjusting the filters cut off and Peak changes the timber the tempo is adjusted with the speed dial on the micro sequencer as well as the Rhythm I literally spent an hour playing with this because it was so much fun and that's just percussion with little bits you can build an entire synth band you really should check out little bits they are really awesome in fact they're offering my subscribers $20 off your first kit so go to little bits.com slkk use the promo code Kip K and you'll receive $20 off your first kit plus free shipping to the US okay now I am going to give away one free synth kit this is the kit they sent me and I'm going to give it to one lucky subscriber all you have to do is click the link on the screen or in the description put in your name an email and I'll choose someone at random and send you this $159 value kit it's that simple the giveaway ends March 31st 2015 and I'll put the Winner's name right here on this video so that's little bits percussion and synth party thanks thanks for watching good luck in the giveaway and I'll see you next time\n"
