I still come back and watch this from time to time, James. You've done a real honest service to the history of this genre that serves as both inspiration and entertainment.
Who in the F$#%#&^#*#^ is Bob Ross????? Ewe toobers seem obsessed with this person. I'm not going to boogle his name as I don't want to be sucked in to this cult!!!
@@spiderlab2526 I'm not from the US neither, just Googled him some time ago. He was actually a pretty chill dude, I recommend his shows. There is even 24 hour livestreams on youtube with his stuff.
Bob Ross was fantastic. Not unheard of outside US at all. Im from UK and watched his programmes in the 90s. He had a calm soothing voice.... Techno ....... Lets go crazy
"using different swing values on different percussion elements" Thanks for that tip. I almost always use the same value, just cause i never thought to do otherwise.
Great balance of sound design/tweaking and moving forward / arrangement. I love how you see the big picture and the details at the same time, and make it clear to us what your thought process is :)
Could watch James do a tutorial making beans on toast! Legend! Easy to follow, calm and collected, pure inspiration. Makes things look easy. Cheers mate and cheers PB for making these free vids.
AMAZING value video, truly a master at this craft, it's so elegant, the way you crafted everything seemed so off individually, but when you crafted the track, oof, you literally put your own words into an entire video "house is about a feeling while techno is more about the landscape" you truly painted the landscape with all of those beautiful colors.
Fantastic. I just want to mention one important element in techno that I think is essential to making good techno. Polyrhythms. Having different elements of the track in different time signatures makes the track more interesting and helps people to "disconnect" their brain on the dancefloor. Good example: I Hate Models - Sorrows of the Moon
Thanks for these posts. Really enjoyed them. Won’t ever forget those 24 hour sessions with my best mate in his studio. We didn’t know that much but we had lots of fun. Miss the speed. Don’t miss the zzzzz from the desk!
Tuplets and nested tuplets etc. can also be really cool ways of mismatching swing percentages, can have a really distinct sound when stuff locks into those patterns, but make sure it's subtle unless you're being particularly experimental or merely doing it for a little fill. This is also a great way of getting grace notes to sound a particular way, a lot of cool stuff can be done, from smooth to jarring, and I think Techno producers will have fun with either variety. (Try nesting triplets in a 5/8 polymeter, for example, the sky is the limit)
So awesome to watch. I want to get out my MS 20 right now. But with out any studio space I can't. Thanks for this great video but no thanks for the frustration James 😣😎
Holy shit, the finished arrangement is great! 👍 James, could you finish the track and make it available to stream?! Would love to hear an extended version from start to finish! Thank you, you made it look easy 😊. Pure talent!
Yes you nailed it, that´s Techno, of course the similar techniques, coming in from another mind should sound compeletly diferent, but the key is to think Techno (to not to loose the style type of sounds) try to have a transcendental subject for your song, when doing sound desing or when preparing the track, it´s pretty much like painting. keep a global idea and imagine how the sound for the track should be, Keeping the title in mind as an objectif is the starting point to me, Sorry for my bad English
Part 1 reminds me of this old doco I have on VHS about Detroit techno. The tape is totally stuffed thou as everyone kept watching that and Alchemy's New Years special with Underworld live.
A great series... Got to see your inspirations in past works and "home made kitchen ingredients" made for your next meal... Back in the days of early Synclavier sampling the libraries were absolutely awful outside of a few orchestral tid bits thus every Synclav user was a cast away thrown on to a desert island without a map compelling a survival instinct or sorts to basically make happen what you just demonstrated! For sure the biggest weakness of any new artist is undue enthrallment of "factory" preset or "pre fabricated" libraries... Dare I utter the letters "PNC." A fun ride sir - thanks for sharing!
Finally someone who knows a lot about music.. not just another "take this sample and compress it, then EQ it and compress it again. If the red lights are flashing, it doesn`t matter because the internal resolution of this daw. Just make the drop badass and everybody will scream and jump.."
Thank you for your job! Loved the way you gave the material and explained the stuff. You've really helped me to get off that creative stagnation I've been suffering from!)
It gets too busy in the version at the end, but until about 2/3rds of the way through, it sounds like something off Basic Channel circa 1997/8. Great stuff!
3:08 the thing that kind of confuses me about layering the reverbed kick and the dry kick together is won't that reverb wash your kick out a bit in a club that is already providing reverb?
Jake Butler not if the reverb track doesn't have much low frequency content. If there was a lot of low end in the reverb track, then yes, that would muddy things up and lose "punch"
I still come back and watch this from time to time, James. You've done a real honest service to the history of this genre that serves as both inspiration and entertainment.
He would for sure be the coolest Dad/Uncle in the world
As a primarily hardcore techno producer, this was really inspiring and gives me a lot to take back to my hardcore productions.
I love the idea of a track being becoming associated with a particular sampling excursion. Probably more memorable than loading up a VST.
This is like the bob Ross of techno
Who in the F$#%#&^#*#^ is Bob Ross????? Ewe toobers seem obsessed with this person. I'm not going to boogle his name as I don't want to be sucked in to this cult!!!
@@spiderlab2526 Regular and down to earth dude who made nature paintings on live tv back in the 80s and 90s.
@@anrsbo1964 Thank you. Unheard of outside the US :-)
@@spiderlab2526 I'm not from the US neither, just Googled him some time ago. He was actually a pretty chill dude, I recommend his shows. There is even 24 hour livestreams on youtube with his stuff.
Bob Ross was fantastic. Not unheard of outside US at all. Im from UK and watched his programmes in the 90s. He had a calm soothing voice.... Techno ....... Lets go crazy
This is the best series you guys have done in a long time, just amazing :)
aquamentum keep doing them guys! Id like to watch a trance one of this and maybe a trap one haha
fun fact; off camera James was break dancing in the tunnel
Behind the scenes footage coming soon 💃🏼
I hope he was using a square of lino..
kristianTV1974 obviously not judging by his polished head!
hahahaha
Creased hahaha!
"using different swing values on different percussion elements"
Thanks for that tip. I almost always use the same value, just cause i never thought to do otherwise.
I know !
Level of using Ableton: God
love the workflow. More videos like this please. Very inspiring.
Holy Moly - That groove towards the end
you know what you're doing. what a gem of a tutorial. you don't normally find good quality tutorials like this. good work !
More James Wiltshire, please. He's so good.
James Whiltshire is brilliant! Bravo!!!
Great balance of sound design/tweaking and moving forward / arrangement. I love how you see the big picture and the details at the same time, and make it clear to us what your thought process is :)
Could watch James do a tutorial making beans on toast! Legend! Easy to follow, calm and collected, pure inspiration. Makes things look easy. Cheers mate and cheers PB for making these free vids.
Omg, amazing how great it sounds when he layers the 2 kicks!! Love it!
AMAZING value video, truly a master at this craft, it's so elegant, the way you crafted everything seemed so off individually, but when you crafted the track, oof, you literally put your own words into an entire video "house is about a feeling while techno is more about the landscape" you truly painted the landscape with all of those beautiful colors.
love this new series guys!!!!
Love the industrial sound!
Fantastic. I just want to mention one important element in techno that I think is essential to making good techno. Polyrhythms. Having different elements of the track in different time signatures makes the track more interesting and helps people to "disconnect" their brain on the dancefloor.
Good example: I Hate Models - Sorrows of the Moon
Are you sure you don't mean polymeter if there are different time signatures
For those that missed it, you can watch Part 1 here: ua-cam.com/video/kXwA-BRoYQs/v-deo.html
I am so glad, that I boight the Zoom H6 !
Watching this series makes me want to experiment more outside!
Download James's Ableton Project and WAV stems here :: bit.ly/2e4LGnk
What version of Live is on show here? I don't recognise any of the native plug-ins
9.5 or later. Big update to Sampler.
Thanks for these posts. Really enjoyed them. Won’t ever forget those 24 hour sessions with my best mate in his studio. We didn’t know that much but we had lots of fun. Miss the speed. Don’t miss the zzzzz from the desk!
the way this guy moves around in ableton makes me feel like a snail trying to race with a ferrari
This guy doesn't have a bad video. Period.
mmmmm...prophet 6...yum! I can't wait to get my own. Made one of my coolest tracks using some noises from that!
I loved this tutorial I love sound designing my own sounds and this has got me ready for my next level of creation
This was probably the most inspirational and instructive video on Ableton Live I have seen so far... Thank you.
That sounded so raw...
Love watching this guy work. So effortless.
Tuplets and nested tuplets etc. can also be really cool ways of mismatching swing percentages, can have a really distinct sound when stuff locks into those patterns, but make sure it's subtle unless you're being particularly experimental or merely doing it for a little fill.
This is also a great way of getting grace notes to sound a particular way, a lot of cool stuff can be done, from smooth to jarring, and I think Techno producers will have fun with either variety. (Try nesting triplets in a 5/8 polymeter, for example, the sky is the limit)
It looks so easy when he does all this things
i never had an interest in techno till i saw this. thanks for this!
Thank you
i watched it again and now i understand the craft of it. Top!
Fantastic series!
More of this Series please, this is really really good Dance music education!!! Thanks James and PB
Awesome, inspirational electronic music education. 👏👏👏
Omg, you explained it very simply! It's really easy to understand. Thank you so much! I've always wanted to learn these.
Thank You for providing this for free ❤️❤️❤️☺️
We need more of this guy! Love these videos!
So awesome to watch. I want to get out my MS 20 right now. But with out any studio space I can't. Thanks for this great video but no thanks for the frustration James 😣😎
These style guides are great! James is the man and I really like the F9 audio packs too. Thanks guys.
Thanks James that's quite some impressive landscape you have shaped. Thanks for sharing, very helpful.
James is the man.
Amazing workflow
exactly what i was thinking the whole time i was watching this.
BRING THIS DUDE BACK!! I headbang so hard i broke my neck. well done love the vids
Holy shit, the finished arrangement is great! 👍 James, could you finish the track and make it available to stream?! Would love to hear an extended version from start to finish! Thank you, you made it look easy 😊. Pure talent!
Yes you nailed it, that´s Techno, of course the similar techniques, coming in from another mind should sound compeletly diferent, but the key is to think Techno (to not to loose the style type of sounds) try to have a transcendental subject for your song, when doing sound desing or when preparing the track, it´s pretty much like painting. keep a global idea and imagine how the sound for the track should be, Keeping the title in mind as an objectif is the starting point to me, Sorry for my bad English
Brilliant . Right up my alley Sir!!!!!
Love it after the breakdown!
that rimshot in the underpass sounds massive!
great video once again,, makes me think how many styles can this guy create would love too see more
Part 1 reminds me of this old doco I have on VHS about Detroit techno. The tape is totally stuffed thou as everyone kept watching that and Alchemy's New Years special with Underworld live.
I used to have that exact same JVC boom box. It was awesome!
Thanks for sharing this James! Very cool, from the history section in the beginning and into the process; i thoroughly enjoyed it.
This guy is absolutely amazing
damn... hands-on street technique ^^ now, that was actually rather inspirational
So damn good. You make great videos. Don’t ever stop please. Also if you wanted to make more on techno, I wouldn’t be mad
A great series... Got to see your inspirations in past works and "home made kitchen ingredients" made for your next meal... Back in the days of early Synclavier sampling the libraries were absolutely awful outside of a few orchestral tid bits thus every Synclav user was a cast away thrown on to a desert island without a map compelling a survival instinct or sorts to basically make happen what you just demonstrated! For sure the biggest weakness of any new artist is undue enthrallment of "factory" preset or "pre fabricated" libraries... Dare I utter the letters "PNC." A fun ride sir - thanks for sharing!
THIS IS FREAKING AMAZING!!!!!
fantastic tutorial and work James. Thanks!
Yes, we for sure ❤️ your amazing videos, Sir!
Finally someone who knows a lot about music.. not just another "take this sample and compress it, then EQ it and compress it again. If the red lights are flashing, it doesn`t matter because the internal resolution of this daw. Just make the drop badass and everybody will scream and jump.."
Great couple of videos!
complete. So I put a few videos up to show what i've got so far, and i'm hoping that soone will take the ti to watch them, let
Thank you for your job! Loved the way you gave the material and explained the stuff. You've really helped me to get off that creative stagnation I've been suffering from!)
This was so helpful!! Thank you
hi James, thanks so much for your Techno- and House-tutorial series. Great stuff, very inspiring : )
Sausage your audio , ah priceless.
THIS IS BRILLIANT!! MANY THANKS!!
Some masterful work right there, bas
Fantastic 💯💯💥💥🙌🙌🙏🙏
This was amazing to watch
this video it's blowing mai maind! :)
Thats a super great series !!!!!
Im a logic user and even i loved this
Love the sample work you did, I need to try more things like that.
Super inspirational!
great video, love the history and your approach to finding some inspiration.
Absolutely brilliant!
brillant tutorial mate , was the start of a decent track very detroit sounding
Where's part 3 ?!?? 😃 can't wait!
Still waiting for part 3 🤷🏽♂️😁
Part 3?
Anyone?
It gets too busy in the version at the end, but until about 2/3rds of the way through, it sounds like something off Basic Channel circa 1997/8. Great stuff!
That was incredible!
sounds good. i like that prophet...
Thank you man for sharing this stuff
This is fantastic! Thanks for making this.
James, great vid! Gave me a bunch of ideas!!
That was phenomenal. Thank you👍🏻
Really clearly explained thank you James
Thankx Talib Bahi..
Thank you so much buddy i digg whole youtube for this but you are the only one ❤️🔥
Awesome. Thanks. Very clear. Would love more.
3:08 the thing that kind of confuses me about layering the reverbed kick and the dry kick together is won't that reverb wash your kick out a bit in a club that is already providing reverb?
Jake Butler not if the reverb track doesn't have much low frequency content.
If there was a lot of low end in the reverb track, then yes, that would muddy things up and lose "punch"
Wicked demo, thanks!
Just awesome 🙏
Loved the history and the Journey,too the end result
Good work sir 🤙🏻
thanks for the help it help my every thing i need to install