Great stuff The 90's were incredible for ambient and electronic. I started in about 88 and every week new tracks would come out that were so wonderful. My best setup back then was a Wavestation, Roland sampler, ARP2600 and Jupiter 4. Made so much music with them.
Thanks David. Have to agree, endless quality electronic releases from the 90s - really inspiring to go back & listen to a lot of stuff. Which Roland sampler did you have back then? S-330/550? Isn't it incredible how the simple setups are where we get the most work done?
@@DavidMorley Ace! Actually just snagged an S-750 a few months ago, just haven't had time to mess about with it yet. Have heard nothing but great things about the sound on the 750/770
This style is a huge influence on my own music-probably from seeing the infomercials all the time! Enigma, Enya, Kitaro, Deep Forest, all that stuff is fantastic! Thanks for the tips, I will definitely be working these into my own productions.
Whoever edited that commercial was a true god. The timing and organization of each clip was perfect. I can't hear any of those songs without thinking of its place in the commercial.
Didn't know the Bitwig sequencer looks this good! Anyway...I've been trying to make this kind of music on and off for a while now, but somehow avoided installing Wavestation in favor of M1&Triton, only to be dissapointed by them for this particular genre. Time to add WS to my active VSTs. Thanks for the tips!
Bitwig is a slick, slick DAW. General navigation is so incredibly smooth and intuitive. Highly recommend giving it a test if you haven't yet. Wavestation is absolutely the one you want for this genre. Have fun!
Watched a lot of your vids recently and bought the korg Triton vst. Subbed by accident of misclick but might as well since you make a lot of classic 90's type songs. I want the cheese of the 90's 🧀
You pretty nailed it. Really brings back time. It has the vibe of that Enigma song with the French vocal (forgotten the title) One little tiny thing I'm missing the little pitchbends with the shakuhaschi-flute sound. Otherwise great production, such simple tools but hey they do their job! Nice work! 😎
I was trying to figure out the swing to the hats in that sample at 1:10, (I've never been good at swing, though love how it's used in 90s music like this, I wanted to see exactly what subdivisions the hats were landing on), and I noticed there isn't one definite bpm where everything lines up to grid. Multiple measurements I got an average of 95.23bpms, but as low as 95.1bpm and high of 95.44bpm. While that is only a 0.35% difference, I found the discrepancy odd, I would have expected a by-hand playing to be more out of time, and a programmed beat to be more in time, so I don't know what's going on here, regardless, the timing imperfections probably only add to the feel of the swing. // Great tutorial, nailed the sound. That wavestation plugin sounds awesome, I'll have to get it!!
The swing on those hats are legendary. Was trying to recreate it manually at first then just ended up dropping the sample in after 30 minutes of no dice. Want to tinker with it some more & see if I can't recreate. Thanks mate! The Wavestation VST is a MUST! Let me know how you like it once you grab it
Procedamus in pace In nomine Christi, amen Cum angelis et pueris Fideles inveniamur Attollite portas, principes, vestras Et elevamini, portae aeternales Et introibit rex gloriae Quis est iste rex gloriae? Sade, dis-moi Sade, donne-moi Procedamus in pace In nomine Christi, amen Sade, dis-moi Qu'est-ce que tu vas chercher? Le bien par le mal? La vertu par le vice? Sade, dis-moi Pourquoi l'évangile du mal? Quelle est ta religion? Où sont tes fidèles? Si tu es contre Dieu, tu es contre l'homme Sade, es-tu diabolique ou divin? Sade, dis-moi (Hosanna) Sade, donne-moi (Hosanna) Sade, dis-moi (Hosanna) Sade, donne-moi (Hosanna) In nomine Christi, amen
The Extended Trance Mix adds the following during the middle section: Sade, dit-moi: Pourquoi le sang pour le plaisir? Le plaisir sans l'amour. N'y a t'il plus de sentiment dans le culte de l'homme?
Valhalla is probably the best you can find in VST form, they did a bang up job for sure - but STILL, that Quadra just has some magic in it...there is nothing like it imo
@@Thought-Forms I start to think bass was not so prominent in this genre. It made space for the imagination or something. It sounds right without a big bass.
Great samplers! I think old gear sounds better. Also limits your choices which I think breeds more creativity than endless possibility in a DAW. A hybrid approach is a good mix of best of both worlds
90s jungle? Yeah. 90s romplers? Yeah. 90s spacious pads? Hell yeah! 90s new age compilations? TOO FAR 😂 Honestly I thought this was pretty cheesy at the time, and haven't changed my mind. Great job recreating Enigma though! The 90s hardware outboard is real attention to detail. I dug out my old ART Multiverb last week and unfortunately it no longer works. Looked at buying another one for a laugh and they go for 70 quid now! WTF. I may have to get it fixed for purely nostalgic reasons, but it's crazy how stuff from the 90s is becoming desirable again.
Believe it or not - there is a level beyond 90s New Age we can go 😃 and we may go there because why not LOL. Cheers mate. The old ART stuff seems to usually go for DIRT cheap, 70 quid does seem a little high. I see a multiverb for $30 USD locally. You should totally snag one for nostalgia. No doubt, all the 90s stuff has been skyrocketing since covid, but it's cooling off a little, and I do think prices are going to slowly drop down across the board....except maybe a JD-990
I feel a video entirely about these kind of drum loops could be super useful, and as usual, I probably missed the one you already might have made lol, so I’ll go looking lol🎉
@@Thought-Forms That would be nice, and I also think talking about how to program them when you have the sampled drum loop in the sense of Slicing the transients to make a performance of your own would always be a welcomed thing! Which you've done in multiple videos already, but With slightly different context it won't hurt to reiterate!
Enigma's production for its day was phenomenal. If you haven't already, checkout his album The Screen Behind The Mirror. there's defo some proper cheese on here, but the production for its day and especially the mixdowns are insanely good. not to mention the arranging and sound choices that sounds like it inspired most 90ies console music that matters (Donkey Kong Country for instance)
They really were. Some would argue it was cheesy even back then, but to your point - the mixes were fantastic. Guy is really talented. A few studio videos floating around that were pretty interesting to watch
The adverts for Pure Moods are forever stamped in my head, damn things were on every channel.
Will never forget falling asleep on the sofa, waking up at 2AM to sound of a Pure Moods commercial. Good times
Certainly has that Enigma's Sadeness vibe to it ;)
Mission accomplished! Cheers mate
Great stuff
The 90's were incredible for ambient and electronic. I started in about 88 and every week new tracks would come out that were so wonderful. My best setup back then was a Wavestation, Roland sampler, ARP2600 and Jupiter 4. Made so much music with them.
Thanks David. Have to agree, endless quality electronic releases from the 90s - really inspiring to go back & listen to a lot of stuff. Which Roland sampler did you have back then? S-330/550? Isn't it incredible how the simple setups are where we get the most work done?
@@Thought-Forms cheers! I used the S-750 with 2 megabytes for years! Still have it. Sounds lovely.
@@DavidMorley Ace! Actually just snagged an S-750 a few months ago, just haven't had time to mess about with it yet. Have heard nothing but great things about the sound on the 750/770
This style is a huge influence on my own music-probably from seeing the infomercials all the time! Enigma, Enya, Kitaro, Deep Forest, all that stuff is fantastic! Thanks for the tips, I will definitely be working these into my own productions.
Padness
😅
The Zoom1201 was so underrated in its time.
seriously. the reverb algos on it with percussion is the ultimate chefs kiss
This is the sound I will always love
Dream tutorial - that space bell with deep atmosphere is perfect ❤
The Korg Collection is dumb hard. My favorite synth VSTs
The nostalgia 😍
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one!
Love your tutorials man, keep up the great work!
Been itching to do this one for a while! Thank you for the kind words mate
Love that stuff. I didn't have a TV, no-one I knew I had a TV, so I didn't see the ad, but that music was for a long time the only way to come down
Whoever edited that commercial was a true god. The timing and organization of each clip was perfect. I can't hear any of those songs without thinking of its place in the commercial.
Top tier commercial. Deserves a Clio award
Masterfully done man. Somewhere Michael Cretu is either laughing his ass off watching this or drinking himself to sleep... Probably the former
Didn't know the Bitwig sequencer looks this good! Anyway...I've been trying to make this kind of music on and off for a while now, but somehow avoided installing Wavestation in favor of M1&Triton, only to be dissapointed by them for this particular genre. Time to add WS to my active VSTs. Thanks for the tips!
Bitwig is a slick, slick DAW. General navigation is so incredibly smooth and intuitive. Highly recommend giving it a test if you haven't yet. Wavestation is absolutely the one you want for this genre. Have fun!
Wonderful tutorial - that 90’s New Age sound is exactly what I am trying to create - this was super helpful :)
Thanks man! Hope to see a full on new age album from you 💪 the world needs it
Watched a lot of your vids recently and bought the korg Triton vst. Subbed by accident of misclick but might as well since you make a lot of classic 90's type songs. I want the cheese of the 90's 🧀
I think one of the waves that make up that Heaven's Gate patch is the same one used in LTJ Bukem - Horizons
Good ear! I'll have to take a look. cheers mate
Great record.
Pads and stabs forever baby!
Beats and breaks too 😅🎉❤
erm whatt the sigma
I LOVE THIS
That's what i like to hear! Thanks mate
Such a great surprise. I wasn’t expecting a video like this. Subscribed to the channel. Keep up the good work 😊
Awesome mate! Appreciate you tuning in my friend
You pretty nailed it. Really brings back time. It has the vibe of that Enigma song with the French vocal (forgotten the title)
One little tiny thing I'm missing the little pitchbends with the shakuhaschi-flute sound.
Otherwise great production, such simple tools but hey they do their job! Nice work! 😎
Thanks lennert! Good notes on the shakuhachi, will throw some PB action in next time 💪 Simple tools are all you need
Bro this is really good
thanks man
Great video, thank you.
Great video! I actually have that "Pure moods" CD :D
Thanks friend! You have a piece of history. Was actually just pulling up discogs to snag a copy LOL
Soul II Soul used 909 drums
And they sued Michael Cretu for ripping the loop out their song "back to life"
You have officially made the Super Enigma, you took the Enigma sound and you beefed the hell out of it.
LOL the Super Enigma...has a nice ring
The dance cd commercial featuring 2 unlimited, Little Suzi. That was around midnight in 94?
That Enya track I always thought was early Moby lol
Can't wait to get rich off of this 30 years ago in a Shopko music department, selling my CDs with a touch-pad sampler and everything.
If I could travel back in time with my Macbook M1...
Nice Enigma "how to" :)
Thank you very much for this tutorial! I`ve always dreamed about producing this kind of music, but, for some reason, I couldn`t get THAT sound
Cheers mate, glad you enjoyed! It's a fun genre to mess around in where those pads can be front and center. Enjoy!
I was trying to figure out the swing to the hats in that sample at 1:10, (I've never been good at swing, though love how it's used in 90s music like this, I wanted to see exactly what subdivisions the hats were landing on), and I noticed there isn't one definite bpm where everything lines up to grid. Multiple measurements I got an average of 95.23bpms, but as low as 95.1bpm and high of 95.44bpm. While that is only a 0.35% difference, I found the discrepancy odd, I would have expected a by-hand playing to be more out of time, and a programmed beat to be more in time, so I don't know what's going on here, regardless, the timing imperfections probably only add to the feel of the swing. // Great tutorial, nailed the sound. That wavestation plugin sounds awesome, I'll have to get it!!
The swing on those hats are legendary. Was trying to recreate it manually at first then just ended up dropping the sample in after 30 minutes of no dice. Want to tinker with it some more & see if I can't recreate. Thanks mate! The Wavestation VST is a MUST! Let me know how you like it once you grab it
I wonder if recording onto ADAT messes with the sync
Great tutorial. I noticed you’re using the presonus quantum, I too am using one. I have the 4848 and for the money it can’t be beat.
Thanks mate. For sure! The Quantum has been great, thought the price was decent as well compared to other options.
brilliant!
love it! is the quadraverb an emulation? or is it the hardware one? thank you
Thanks mate! Hardware version, don't think anyone has tried to tackle it in VST form yet
*AMENO*
Procedamus in pace
In nomine Christi, amen
Cum angelis et pueris
Fideles inveniamur
Attollite portas, principes, vestras
Et elevamini, portae aeternales
Et introibit rex gloriae
Quis est iste rex gloriae?
Sade, dis-moi
Sade, donne-moi
Procedamus in pace
In nomine Christi, amen
Sade, dis-moi
Qu'est-ce que tu vas chercher?
Le bien par le mal?
La vertu par le vice?
Sade, dis-moi
Pourquoi l'évangile du mal?
Quelle est ta religion? Où sont tes fidèles?
Si tu es contre Dieu, tu es contre l'homme
Sade, es-tu diabolique ou divin?
Sade, dis-moi (Hosanna)
Sade, donne-moi (Hosanna)
Sade, dis-moi (Hosanna)
Sade, donne-moi (Hosanna)
In nomine Christi, amen
The Extended Trance Mix adds the following during the middle section:
Sade, dit-moi:
Pourquoi le sang pour le plaisir?
Le plaisir sans l'amour.
N'y a t'il plus de sentiment
dans le culte de l'homme?
pharoahs jig
♥
Release this track!!
for you mate, ill do it
The Gregorian chants were missing 😏
Saving those for a rainy day 🙂
whats about the vocals? which vocal pack is it. please?
Do you have a decent QuadraVERB vst alternative? Valhalla or something else??
Valhalla is probably the best you can find in VST form, they did a bang up job for sure - but STILL, that Quadra just has some magic in it...there is nothing like it imo
Hah. I have this CD
lol i use to make beats like this like crazy back in the early 90s i call it porno music lol
man that's what I like to hear. you could score an entire decade of adult movies with the wavestation LOL
Pure cheese. Nice job.
Where is the Bass? )
He forgor 💀
oh wow...I did miss adding a bass LOL
@@Thought-Forms I start to think bass was not so prominent in this genre. It made space for the imagination or something. It sounds right without a big bass.
How come you don't finish tracks from your videos and upload them I know it may sound like a copy of other artist but you can name it as mix or remix.
Great samplers! I think old gear sounds better. Also limits your choices which I think breeds more creativity than endless possibility in a DAW. A hybrid approach is a good mix of best of both worlds
90s jungle? Yeah.
90s romplers? Yeah.
90s spacious pads? Hell yeah!
90s new age compilations? TOO FAR 😂
Honestly I thought this was pretty cheesy at the time, and haven't changed my mind. Great job recreating Enigma though! The 90s hardware outboard is real attention to detail. I dug out my old ART Multiverb last week and unfortunately it no longer works. Looked at buying another one for a laugh and they go for 70 quid now! WTF. I may have to get it fixed for purely nostalgic reasons, but it's crazy how stuff from the 90s is becoming desirable again.
Believe it or not - there is a level beyond 90s New Age we can go 😃 and we may go there because why not LOL. Cheers mate. The old ART stuff seems to usually go for DIRT cheap, 70 quid does seem a little high. I see a multiverb for $30 USD locally. You should totally snag one for nostalgia. No doubt, all the 90s stuff has been skyrocketing since covid, but it's cooling off a little, and I do think prices are going to slowly drop down across the board....except maybe a JD-990
I feel a video entirely about these kind of drum loops could be super useful, and as usual, I probably missed the one you already might have made lol, so I’ll go looking lol🎉
Cheers mate. What are you looking for specifically? How to mangle up droom loops for use in tunes like this?
@@Thought-Forms That would be nice, and I also think talking about how to program them when you have the sampled drum loop in the sense of Slicing the transients to make a performance of your own would always be a welcomed thing! Which you've done in multiple videos already, but With slightly different context it won't hurt to reiterate!
soul to soul used a fairlight cmi so sample a sample )
Perfect vibe for a nice lazy Sunday afternoon. Sounds so chill and relaxing.
Sunday eve, vibin out to some Yanni
I always learn something new from your videos!
Can you do tutorials for the korg collection?
I feel like I've come home from the 90's.... your channel is AMAZING - please keep going :))
Haha awesome mate! Thank you
Quasimidi Sirius FTW !
Heard some funky things about Quasimidi - never see them out in the wild!
0:00 I was not around in the 90s
why not?
@@Thought-Forms i was born later
Oh yesh
You missed a flute :P
Say whaaaaa?
@@Thought-Forms your track reminds me one from 90s so hard that just miss the flute part at the end of a phrase, I just can't recall the title :X
@@Thought-Forms i found it "Enigma - Sadeness - Part I"
Enigma's production for its day was phenomenal. If you haven't already, checkout his album The Screen Behind The Mirror. there's defo some proper cheese on here, but the production for its day and especially the mixdowns are insanely good. not to mention the arranging and sound choices that sounds like it inspired most 90ies console music that matters (Donkey Kong Country for instance)
They really were. Some would argue it was cheesy even back then, but to your point - the mixes were fantastic. Guy is really talented. A few studio videos floating around that were pretty interesting to watch
Nostalgia.