I struggled this week you know good music is so subjective and I'm my
biggest critic we all are right when you're uninspired or stuck on a bead or
stuck on a melody just get out of your head
suck it up and go bigger you've got this one life don't stop creating that's not
I think it's a burgers with champagne nothing
what's up guys the beat that you just heard uses some interesting plugins and
some Ableton Max for live devices that I recently found if you're looking for
some really playable 808 bass some customizable risers and some quick
scratch solutions I've got them for you right here let's deconstruct this beat
and I'll show you how I used them all first I started out with a sample of
Henry Mancini's Meglio Stasera from the movie The Pink Panther I just cut it up
into some slices and you can hear what it sounds like
so those two samples I really loved because it's such a full powerful sound
Henry Mancini's sound is so 60s chic but I wanted to make it my own
so I slowed it down quite a bit and in the beginning I started with one track
by applying the iZotope vinyl plugin to make that sound like an old record
you'll hear it in the beginning
so iZotope vinyl is free and it's got such nice controls to get that sound
right and you can even just choose a year if you wanted to sound like 1930s
1950s and it's got so much control and yeah you just can't complain this is
free you could use it in so many of your samples to make them sound more
authentic I'll put the link for iZotope vinyl in the description alright next we
get right to the drums I use Ableton's kit core 808 and then modified
everything I put in my own kick I put in my own snare I ended up putting my own
high hats it's nothing like the original kit but who cares I really like the way
it sounded in the end I have the high hats doing a little weird thing but I
really liked it all I did with the drums I just applied
some glue compressor and that was it done so put on your headphones for this
part the 808 bass sound comes from the tricky traps max for live pack which is
$60 totally worth it it comes with a bunch of different things the MIDI
effects in particular allow you to create drum sequences in really cool
unique ways I really love it totally worth the money currently it's on sale
for forty seven dollars go get it it's worth a lot more
now the 808 bass instrument in particular is so playable and sounds so
good
I forgot to mention this in the middle of the song you hear the Henry Mancini
clip slowed down like like somebody is slowing down a vinyl record here's what
that sounds like so to get that I actually wanted something that's very
authentic I wanted to use the original sample and actually slow it down I found
some really complicated ways to do this but then what after finally looking for
awhile I found this Ableton max for a live device called pitch drop and here
it is right down here and it has just two simple controls activate and the
drop duration so you can set the drop duration if you want it to be a slower
drop or a faster drop and then just automate the activation of that drop I
love stuff that's this simple shortcuts you know that gets the song done quick
so when the beat slows down in the middle of the song you'll also hear it
pick up again with a snare riser so it's just a snare hitting really quickly and
getting louder so here's what that snare riser sounds like that's it it's very
short for that I used Native Instruments rise and hit it has such simple and nice
control you can specify how long you want it and if you want to tail this one
I didn't even apply the tail so I just have it stop rise and hit cost $150 but
I wouldn't recommend buying it alone if you just need a few risers like this
just buy a few samples I got risin hit with the complete
ultimate collection from Native Instruments so with that it's definitely
worth having next I use output signal library for contact to produce that
high-pitched siren kind of noise
signal has great sounds and rhythm patterns they call a pulse engine I
tweaked the sound a little bit just adjusting the reverb and delay signal
isn't cheap it costs $200 but it's super versatile and designed beautifully so
easy to use and the sounds are extremely nice oh my god
all of output sounds are mmm yummy the other synth sound I use is by Native
Instruments as well it's called prism currently this is my favorite Native
Instruments synth the sounds are nice and full on the return track I put in
some reverb it's the AR verb from waves and on the master track I put in G W mix
centric master it's just a really simple plugin for getting that nice punchy
mastering sound so that's it I like to keep things simple if I put a sound in a
song I want to make sure the listener hears it that's the beat anyone want to
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and don't forget to make the music that you love and I will see you guys later