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Advanced Music Production Techniques explained in a simple way. New video's every Monday.
Digitakt 2 - First Jam! (Synthwave)
Man this thing is sick! Just a Digitakt 2, a TD3MO on the bass and a Blofeld for some Arpeggio's. No mixing, no editing, no mastering, just the raw sound of these wonderful machines :)
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How to make Punchy Kicks on the Analog Rytm
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A lot of people struggle to create punchy kicks on the Analog Rytm. Here's my solution. And the good part, you only need to do this once. *Get my Free Modular Getting Started Guide* 👇 www.optoproductions.com/modular-synth-guide/ *Learn more about hardware in this group* 👇 groups/electronicmusicproductionforum *Social Links* 📷 optoproductions 🎬 www.tiktok.com/@optopro...
Modular Synthesis can't get any easier than this
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If you're new to modular synthesis, breaking it down into digestible chunks is crucial for grasping the basics. I'm currently working on a full-on modular course for beginners, but in the meantime, you can check out my free modular getting started guide. *Get my Free Modular Getting Started Guide* 👇 www.optoproductions.com/modular-synth-guide/ *Learn more about hardware in this group* 👇 faceboo...
Analog Rytm Techno Kick with Soundlocks
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Here's a cool tip to create Techno Rumble Kicks without sacrificing additional tracks thanks to sound locks. *Get my Free Modular Getting Started Guide* 👇 www.optoproductions.com/modular-synth-guide/ *Book a free coaching call* 👇 www.optoproductions.com/coaching/ *Learn more about hardware in this group* 👇 groups/electronicmusicproductionforum *Social Links* 📷 optopro...
Tyso Daiko VCV Rack 2 - Is it any good?
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You can never have enough drum modules. ALM Busy Circuits Tyso Daiko is great for quirky percussion parts, but it's great for kicks, snares and hi-hats too! In this video, I'll show you how to use it along with some example patches. *Get my Free Modular Getting Started Guide* 👇 www.optoproductions.com/modular-synth-guide/ *Module Links* library.vcvrack.com/ALM031/TysoDaiko *Download this VCV Ra...
Behringer Vintage Synth Plugin Review (Ableton Analog Clone)
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Behringer is notorious for cloning hardware, but it seems they've started cloning software now too! *Get my Free Modular Getting Started Guide* 👇 www.optoproductions.com/modular-synth-guide/ *Download Vintage right here* plugins.musictribe.com/behringer/0723-AAD *Learn more about hardware in this group* 👇 groups/electronicmusicproductionforum *Social Links* 📷 optoprod...
Stop making boring music!
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A problem I often encounter with beginning music producers, is that their music sounds boring. The sounds are static and just not interesting, enough by themselves. In this video, I'll show you a simple solution to this problem. *Get my Free Modular Getting Started Guide* 👇 www.optoproductions.com/modular-synth-guide/ *Learn more about hardware in this group* 👇 groups/electronicmus...
Turn any hardware effect into a plugin!
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Here's how to connect your hardware effects to Ableton Live. This method works with guitar pedals, outboard EQ and compression, and you can even create some cool feedback loops this way. *Get my Free Modular Getting Started Guide* 👇 www.optoproductions.com/modular-synth-guide/ *Learn more about hardware in this group* 👇 groups/electronicmusicproductionforum *Social Links* 📷 instagr...
MXR Distortion+ Synthesizer Demo (No Talking)
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There are way too few demos of guitar pedals with synthesizers and drum computers. I was looking for a distortion pedal that would pair well with my TD3 -MO and Blofeld. This MXR Distortion Plus is an amazing tool and I love how it distorts the lower frequencies, without sounding harsh. *Get my Free Modular Getting Started Guide* 👇 www.optoproductions.com/modular-synth-guide/ *Pedal links* www....
Modular Feedback with Doepfer's Wasp Filter!
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Modular Feedback with Doepfer's Wasp Filter!
Ableton 12 Finally Fixed their Latency Issue!!
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Ableton 12 Finally Fixed their Latency Issue!!
Chopped Chord Rhythms with Ableton Live 12 and Vital
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Chopped Chord Rhythms with Ableton Live 12 and Vital
Waldorf Blofeld - Importing Presets, Wavetables and Dumping Banks
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Waldorf Blofeld - Importing Presets, Wavetables and Dumping Banks
This Electronic Music Live Setup will cost you just under $400
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This Electronic Music Live Setup will cost you just under $400
Generating Rhythms with Ableton Live 12
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Generating Rhythms with Ableton Live 12
The Metropolix Sequencer we've all been waiting for is now in VCV Rack!
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The Metropolix Sequencer we've all been waiting for is now in VCV Rack!
Waldorf Blofeld Multimode (16 track drum machine)
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Waldorf Blofeld Multimode (16 track drum machine)
Analog Rytm Techno Tutorial (No Samples)
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Analog Rytm Techno Tutorial (No Samples)
Let's make Ambient with Yamaha's DX7
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Let's make Ambient with Yamaha's DX7
You don't need a Juno when you've got Ableton Drift
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You don't need a Juno when you've got Ableton Drift
Starling Via Scanner - Waveshaper Tutorial
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Starling Via Scanner - Waveshaper Tutorial
Pamela's Pro Workout - VCV Rack (The Basics)
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Pamela's Pro Workout - VCV Rack (The Basics)
Hybrid Studio Setup - Recording Workflow Explained
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Hybrid Studio Setup - Recording Workflow Explained
VCV Rack Live Performance - MIDI Controller Setup with Patchmaster
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VCV Rack Live Performance - MIDI Controller Setup with Patchmaster
Shapemaster Pro Oscillator! (Phase Modulation, Hard Sync, Warp)
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Shapemaster Pro Oscillator! (Phase Modulation, Hard Sync, Warp)
splendid 😎
how do you find the A.R more suitable, as a performative tool or rather sound design machine? Anyway thanks for your vids man, much appreciated
The way I use it is more of a sound design tool, although it could use more LFO's or mod destinations. Performance mode is great, but the pads on the mk1 are really stiff though, so I don't use those as often as I would want to.
@@optoproductions yes I get it. Thou it has performance parameters to mess with I rarely do it, and I m on MK2, so it is not about the model, it is about easiness, especially ran thru OT. OK, thanks for the chat, see ya
There is always something to be admired about Musician’s who push to get blow and beyond the front panel of this synthesizer. After over 40 years, I’m glad to know that people are still trying to create their own patches on it, even though the main reason I never bought one for me was that I was nervous I would be stuck with the classic 32 presets. As the owner of a Roland JX-8p, whose shape, size and interface are all modeled after the DX7, despite it being an analog synthesizer instead of a digital, I understand what you’re saying about this one being heavy. This may come as no consolation, but imagine if it was the DX7’s precursor, the GS1. Apart from not being programmable from the front panel, the GS1 was built like a Yamaha CP80.
I'm still looking to get a Hcard one day, so I can load more than 32 patches on there. The JX8p is great, I've been keeping the eye on the market for a while now but didn't come across an affordable one yet.
amazing
Thank you very much. What you are showing here is really very useful. Thank you for the great and creative examples.
I'm glad you found it helpful 😀
What nord is it?
A nord rack 2 🙂
How you do this in ableton?
You could select a range of 1 beat, and then just create a separate track for each sample. In the export window you can export all selected tracks, and then normalize there as well.
@@optoproductions thx
all that faffing around for a kick
The most important element of an electronic dance track requires some attention 🙂
good kicks do need some workout, whether just samples like here, or purely synthesised, or layered
tbh, this should be more a "how to make kick samples" video, because this has nothing to do with the Rytm anymore and it has great engines itself! I was hoping for a nice visual guide for how to create great kicks on the Rytm, but this is in the end just applicable to any device that loads samples. Not bad in itself, but also not really playing to Rytms strenghts
Thanks for the feedback, did you see my other video about Rumble kicks? That one uses only the synths. I obviously can't cover everything in one video, but I'll see if I can find a way to dive deeper into the machines 👍
@@optoproductions I did not, so thx, I'll give it a watch
отличное видео!!!!
I want one of these but heard it was pretty bad compared to other sequencers
The sequencer is like original one, pretty hard to use that's right, but it's the sequencer that's a huge part of the 303 sound. But you can sequence it from MIDI or USB with your DAW or with another sequencer just fine as well.
Best tutorial yet. I thought I was going crazy with this compared to how logic does it automatically. In Ableton you have to fix it yourself. Like a child. Can they not fix the code to do it. Geez.
Thanks, although theres a lag (very small but noticeable) any fixes ?
You can change the clock delay in live's preferences menu, that should help
Latency was the main reason i left Ableton Live. I was really sick of it. Between all those DAW alternatives i decided to give a try on Reaper and i was amazed that it can do everything that every major DAW's do, it is fast, light on CPU, really really flexible and adjustable, it have major community support, many many of good freebies and it doesn't have that really annoying latency problem no matter how many heavy plugins you put on a track and i use the default DAW settings. I'm still on Reaper DAW ever since.
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I'd say you can even make it easier: there are only 2 categories of modules. 1) signal generators 2) signal modifiers All signal generators could be considered modulators (after all, you can use ANY signal as CV if you so wish). Traditionally though, if a signal generator outputs a signal that oscillates more than 20 times a second (so, above 20 Hz) you've got an audio generator (oscillators, noise generators..). Slower than that? Then you've got a CV generator (low frequency oscillators, envelope generators, clock generators..). The two can overlap of course, if a module provides you with a wide enough frequency range. Signal modifiers may also cover both the world of audio and the world of CV at the same time, but traditionally they are also called in different ways depending on the signals they deal with. If they transform audio signals (specifically, if they change the timbre of the signal) then you may know them as audio modifiers or simply audio effects (stuff like filters, wavefolders, distortions, echo, reverb..) whilst in all other cases they are usually labeled as utilities (amplifiers, attenuators, mixers, multiples, slew limiters, sample & hold, comparators, clock dividers..). Gotta say though, nice video dude! Yep, if we boil it down it really is that simple, enough to narrow it down to just 4 or 3 (or hey, even 2) types of modules. Then as you learn more you can dig down and learn about all the various types of modules there are and what they do, but at the end of the day a module either: 1) makes a signal, or 2) changes a signal And that's part of the beauty of synthesis I think. That from something so simple we can get something so interesting and complex.
Oh yes, you're absolutely right, I love that! I never want to box in Modular in any way, as it's all voltage and the possibilities are endless, but it does help to simplify the process for first-timers. Thanks for sharing your ideas :)
wtf how.. thx dude i was desperate
Oooh, early enticement for comments! "Just 3 types?" Ok, I'm curious, let's hear what this fella has to say.
I guessed the 4th correctly! Yay for me. I'm also wondering where a vca might fit? Modulation, effect, utility? Does it matter? Not a bit.
@@CatFish107 VCAs would be in the "utility" category =) They don't generate any signal on their own, so they're not audio generators nor modulators. They don't change the timbre of an audio signal going through them (well, you can push some of them to do that, but it's not their intended purpose), so they are not effects. By a process of elimination, we can say they are utilities 👍
And if you want a "brain crash" as a beginner, go experiment with the next concepts in Modular Synthesis / Sound Synthesis: modulate the modulators and randomize the randomizers :)).
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There's always 2 questions that can lead me down interesting paths in modular: 1. What happens when I plug X into Y? 2. What happens if I modulate this thing at audio rate?
As a modular starter i thank you!
You're not hearing the delay, you're hearing a feedback loop... I cannot FUCKING believe ableton doesn't have an ACTUAL way to use outboard gear
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@@optoproductions dude I'M CORRECT... do you hear how wild and loud and fast the delay gets when you crank the volume?????? THATS NOT THE EFFECT... IT'S A FEEDBACK LOOP!!!!!!
@@YoungNino2017 lol
Thanks!!!!
Thanks for the video man!!! For some reason I was going to producer zone and only able to get vital for linux, now I have Vital thanks to you!!!!!!!!
Great, you're welcome! 😃
Wow, that is amazing! Thx
Let's definitely not innovate - only emulate.
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More rytm tutorials pls 😊, thx
Will do 😀
this fix is not done through proper plugin delay compensation, right?
Delay compensation always worked, but now also when monitoring.
@@optoproductions delay compensation never worked, at least not as expected. Here is what I mean: Put a latency heavy plugin on a track & put LFO tool, shaperbox or any other time linked plugin after it, said plugin is not in sync with the project. This is because ableton is the only DAW which compensates delay per track, not per plugin. While this makes sense in a live performance setting as the overall latency will be lowest, in a production setting, this gets annoying quickly. I've always believed for ableton it should be togglable to choose between per plugin & per track compensation and I was hoping that this was that too...
@@Projektor_music Ah thanks for clarifying. Unfortunately, you're right, this hasn't been fixed.
@@optoproductions yeah unfortunate...
Nice! Please make a video or short about making the amapiano log drum sound :) Either with Dexter or Vult (Trummor 2, Trummor FM), like this: ua-cam.com/users/shortskAGP-_Lf5Ps
Thanks for this video 😊
If that’s the Nord rack 2 I believe it also has a built in organ emulation mode too if I’m remembering right I remember seeing it in the manual back in the day
Yes that's right, I've made another video about that.
what about recording vocals ?
I always use direct monitoring for that.
@@optoproductions still latency - the only way to solve it before ableton 12 , was to have to audio one on "auto" the other on "off" , record both of them at the same time and keep the "off" version , i wonder if that can solve our issue with vocals ... please make a video it would be very helpful to a lot of people :)
@@numero-_-uno if you use direct monitoring on your audio interface or a hardware mixer, there is no latency, as you're monitoring before your audio enters the computer.
@@optoproductions you are wrong - check it , everyone knows it ... look it up on youtube n check it for yourself and then make a video for us who dont have ableton 12 yet to see if the pro blem still persists - thank you
Modular!!!
Here you go: drive.google.com/file/d/1OGZAZCKKnNKQq3GZSn3_zX_Lj9k9135Q/view?usp=drivesdk
That's Nord Lead, right?
Yup Nord Rack 2
Great video, thanks
Thanks!
Agree, we need more techno VCV on UA-cam!
You got it :D
Anyone know why audio will be latent even with monitoring off I don’t even touch monitoring
What are you trying to record? There will always be latency, but there are various solutions to make it acceptable.
Thank you, I'm trying modular for the first time with the cardinal plugin and couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. Didn't know the midi signal defaulted to monophonic!
Doing experimental stuff, is the reason I bought the TD-3 and TD-3-MO. I don't really like the basic Acid sound. It's played out and boring to me.
Abelton 11 is fine here with a uad apollo but I beta tested 12 didn’t like it personally didn’t feel 250 was worth a minor update , rather get Logic 11 imo
Wow, such a professional tutorial! For free!!! This is exactly what I was searching for! Thank you!!! Subscribed for more vids!
Thank you! Let me know if you have any questions, happy to help out :)
nice 👍🏻
Very nice ideas!
random sampler drum control very yummy
Very well explained video.. i am about to get tides 2 for my system. this is so helpful. Thx alot!
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thanks man!🙃
Help, i can map the knobs on my Akai MPK miniplus to VCV abso fine, however there is no gradual control. When turning knob, it either goes full on or full off, anyone had this problem?
Maybe it's set up as toggle switch? I'm not familiar with that particular controller but usually you get an editor to change encoder values.
@@optoproductions yeah i sussed it out. The default program on the Akai MPK miniplus is set to MPC. I changed the program mode to Ableton Live (even though i don't have Ableton) to see if it would change how the values on the knobs acted, and HEYPRESTO it worked. Thought i'd share in case anyone else having same issue. Thank you for replying
fantastic tutorial!
Don't think I'll bother downloading this one! Plenty of other free VA synths that sound way better.
Glad I saved you some time :D I think Vital is my favorite, mainly because its easy to use interface, ideal for beginners. I still need to dive into Surge XT as well.
@@optoproductions yeah Vital is pretty good. Haven't used it for a while as I bought Pigments and tend to use that a lot now. Honestly, for analogue sounds I think VCV is perfectly good enough. If you put some work into sound design and use noise, subtle pitch mod etc, it's as good as any commercial VA plugin.
@@VirtualModular Definitely, although it may be a bit too advanced for people just starting out with music production.
@@optoproductions that's true. Nothing wrong with simplicity, but this could sound a lot better. Seems slightly disappointing when the Behringer hardware rip-offs are usually spot on! 😉
@@VirtualModular but to be fair Vital is a totally different type of synthesis. Personally, I’ll cut Behringer some slack as I think the supplied presets are a bit poor. Not really interested how this virtual synth matches the Ableton Live synth, a DAW I have no immediate intention on using. I have the Arturia set, so I’m set with VA.