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Another way is to sidechain the gate using a hi-hat on a midi channel then you just program the trigger rhythm into the hi hat pattern, gives you a lot more control than triggering with an audio track. You can also physically play in the trigger part in this way. Been using this technique with physical gates ( and their key input ) over pad sounds and vocals since the 90's in dance music. The Camelspace VST has a trance gate preset that allows you to do this automatically too.
Really clear tutorial, now I get there is many possibilities from this, like experimenting with the sample of the trigger track Can produce interesting enveloppes
Hi everyone, just thought I’d educate you lot on the history of this technique. Boards of Canada (possibly one of the most prolific electronic music duo to exist to date) were the founder of this, you can find this being used in their track called “staircase whip” the date this track was made is not know but it was before 1995. Just thought I should inform people since he named artist that use this technique.
nice track indeed , seems to be an very early example of the trance gate effect , if they were the founders of it does not seem so clear to me as in the record is stated : Boards Of Canada - Old Tunes Vol. 2 Recorded Between 1985 and 1996 , so could also been recorded after 1990 , in fact there are trance gate effects in other productions from end of 80s - early 90s like in A HOMEBOY, A HIPPIE & A FUNKI DREDD - TOTAL CONFUSION (HEAVENLY MIX) 1990 , which was recorded 1989 and released 1990 , just for info , no offense :D maybe there are even earlier examples in 80s synth music
I'm not so sure about that. A lot of effect boxes in the late 80s had MIDI gate. The ability to control gating via midi notes or CC. This technique even started before MIDI. Just using noise gates in a way that only let the duration of on audio source last as long as the length of the audio clip triggering it. As way for example, to have the duration of a bass line whose notes extend a littler longer to match the exact length of the kick drum. Sort of like an inverse of side chaining compression/ducking. The target audio signal stays muted until the triggering audio signal unmutes it. It only became known later on as trance gating for the abuse it got under that genre.
Yeah I doubt it. I listened to electronic music on my Amiga in a tracker app (old skool daw) and the demo scene and they were doing this in the late 80s early 90s.
Hey up, thanks for the tutorial. I have just made a very sexy base synth type noise in Waveform DAW, using 40SC. I have then recored in a drum rythm from my RD-6 and used that to gate the base line. In waveform you use use the pluging called "comp" and sidetrack it.
Recently found you in my suggested videos: all videos are gems! Clear, too the point and exactly in the genres I like ;-) as a ‘senior’ beginner in track production your tips and tricks hit the sweet spot. Long story short; keep up the good work!
We used to do this the oldskool way, volume flipping on protracker by manually typing the volume of the channel, it used to be a lot of work. 64 entries for every pattern.
Yeah I've always preferred how it's done in trackers and I wish there was a VST effect that did it in a similar fashion. Or it could be triggered with MIDI notes instead of a sound.
I've just bought a Boss SL-20 Slicer pedal, which essentially does this. It's got MIDI for clocking, stereo in/out, and a variety of slicing patterns and stereo panning effects. A great tool for anyone looking to do this DAWLESS.
Great video . I used to create gates with an Alesis Compressor /limiter that had a trigger for the gate which you'd feed in a high hat or something . This gating effect became very dated sounding by 1995 IMHO but I'm sure kids who weren't even born then would think it pretty fresh .
I love your channel man - even when it’s stuff I already know, watching you explain it is really enjoyable and I usually come away with something new to try. Hope things continue to grow for you!
For most of this, an LFO mapped to a synth's master volume would work a bit faster, and depending on the synth can provide control over more interesting shapes.
Even Grossbeat has some decent trancegate presets built right in. That's definitely the easier route, though I'm sure doing it this way would provide more control in certain applications.
LFO only provides a constant rhythm though (eg 1/4 or 1/8) - you can’t give it a groove (unless you use a lot of automation, but at that point it’s easier to just use a gate with a drum pattern like in this vid)
Not sure, but if you mean this low end boost that took out the hard knee of the kick and was a novelty in the early 90s: ua-cam.com/video/q6dErWsvvMU/v-deo.html
@@nohodev Hey, thank you but I was talking about running the kick through a reverb and then gating that reverb. They do it a lot in nowadays techno, but i prefer the old sound x): ua-cam.com/video/NFLT6IeSUW8/v-deo.html
@@mhv91 I actually dont consider that old, because I'm about middle aged lol. This is what I remember as hard when I was a much younger due: ua-cam.com/video/nmYi5u9BhtI/v-deo.html
man great tutorial. I love that you're going these and you make them so easy to follow and talk don't about bullshit for 7/8ths of the video. These are so good thanks man. They help with stuff I've heard in other trucks and wanted to know how to do but didn't necessarily have the words to describe.
After watching Ableton turtorials for several years it`s rather hard to find new techniques, most of the content repeats itself. At this channel each video contains super useful information. Massive respect!
Nice technique. I have used LFO tool and Gatekeeper to do the same thing but I can see that the ability to automate the release time and/or use a triple note bassline as the trigger would be pretty useful.
Recently found you in my suggested videos: all videos are gems! Clear, too the point and exactly in the genres I like ;-) as a ‘senior’ beginner in track production your tips and tricks hit the sweet spot. Long story short; keep up the good work!
Once again, you've explained something so clearly that even though I don't use Ableton, and have no interest in the dance genres where we'd typically find this texture in use, I can see how to adapt the technique into my workflow.
I find it easier to just use the Alex Hilton Trigger Gate plugin, which is free. But, you gotta learn the fundamentals yeah? Awesome channel man. Glad i discovered this.
I like doing something similar with the auto pan to get a similar effect. Change the time to1/16 notes the phase to 0 so only one channel is panning side to side and set to a saw tooth wave. The time & amount can be modulated for interesting results
It's a cool technique indeed! Only downside is you cant skip steps, you cant make patterns that dont include all 16th note every time. Same with LFOtool etc.
Great to see someone that not only makes a tutorial but also explains the way effects are actually working. Then people can come with new ways of using them and thus new sounds and music! Thank you for that, subscribed
Ive been binge watching your tutorials for the last two weeks now but I always find another video for exactly what I was looking for! Keep up the amazing work!🙏
Hey dude. The name underdog suits you perfectly - you are indeed the most underrated channel on youtube. What is the purpose of the speakers you got on top of your Adams? Do you use it as a second pair of monitors to check your mixes or do you use them at the same time to enhance your Adams? (If that's even a thing) Thanks for everything you do.
Love that comment :) It's an avantone mixcube. A single-driver speaker that shows only the mid frequencies. If you can get your track sounding good on that, it will sound even better on good speakers. People also refer to it as a grot-box! And you A/B switch between the good speakers and the grotbox, never play them at the same time.
Love this effect. Top Tip: if you want to do this really quickly you can use AutoPan in Tremolo mode (Saw wave works best) and set Phase = 0. You have less control over the rhythm and shape of the gating but it works well as a quick substitute. Plus you can reverse the Saw to get a Ramp reverse type sound.
Great content, crystal clear easy explanations Thank you a lot for that! I'd only suggest you apply (more?) de-esser over your voice, tends to get scratchy for the ears 👉👈
Good feedback, thanks! Am still trying to understand my own vocal chain to be honest :D One day I hope to get in the ballpark of House of Kush, that's the ultimate vocal dream 😁
Wicked ! So that's how it all works ! KISS - Keep It Super Simple gee my days playing with Player Pro are so far behind, I wish I would've sticked to something in my darn life lol ;)
One of my favorite production channels. Many thanks for so many useful techniques ! I've been messing about A1 Trigger gate plugin lately which has nice sequencer section. Cheers !
Thanks Oscar. I'm learning a lot from you, especially being new to Ableton. Is there a way to do this in session view? Can we write a trigger midi track and sidechain it to that? That seems to be a quicker way IMHO. I'm moving over from Presonus Studio One and they have a plugin called X-Trem were you can quickly draw in your gate notes. I was hoping Ableton would have something similar and just as fast and easy.
sounds like the beginning of psy trance or goa drop. Too bad i don't like that genre. I can make it. I just don't like it. you can draw the gate with volume automation or you can use gross beat or any glitch vst to gate. LOLs. another way.
This video is fking fantastic! I love your You Tube channel and I am glad to have come across it! I am definitely subscribing! Cheers to Belgium beating Russia in the Euro Cup 2021!
@@Sharper290 not sure what daw you use but Ableton will still send out the information from the channel to the gate when muted so you get the gated effect but not the sound of the trigger itself
I would suggest people to use a bounced saw wave with maybe a few seconds of sound instead of a kick. That will allow moments where the gate can be constantly open for more than the length of a kick drums, which is super short.
That’s okay but what about people training and learning the official technique? It’s all to easy considering I never had tools of this ability when I first started out. Please remember one point music production should be enjoyable but what then is defined as a professional? Software where programming? Music ability? Scientific understanding? Knowing your marketing or genre?
yeah, I even didn't realised that I will live in time when people who don't make a Trance music will teach how to do a most easy thing in Trance for the big auditory)
Awesome video as usual man!! I have a question for anyone reading, how can this be achieved flawlessly with a full song sample like Disclosure did in their track "Expressing what matters"? They have this Boz Scaggs soul sample sounding and then when the break drops it gets all micro gated in a super groovy and clean way. Idk if they using the hihats pattern to trigger the gate or what, and how does it gets gated that clean and tight. Thanks!!
Download 'A1 Trigger Gate' - free vst for exactly this. It's really good, nice'n versatile, cool 'in-channel' gate pattern sequencer with volume and ties, lots of parameters, lots of preset patterns or make your own - easy gating without creating a separate gate pattern sidechain channel.
Hey there oscar, could you tell us how to get the main stab in this Marco Carola track 'ManTrain' : ua-cam.com/video/2gI-xzgT2_o/v-deo.html&ab_channel=P%C3%A9terR%C3%B3zsaP%C3%A9terR%C3%B3zsa ? (5:30 to about 11:30, I cant find the original single anymore sorry) I would like to know how to get that chunky main stab that builds and builds and also, if you dont mind, could you speak a little about those snares that almost form a breakbeat? Thankyou Muchly, Tom..
I use a Utility with a fast LFO set to the down pattern and mapped to the Gain of the utility. Just for the love of God, turn down the Depth of the LFO first! I forgot that once and had a very brief moment of very loud sound. By turning the depth between that perfect spot and zero you can create a "fake reverb" effect, good for build ups.
Love your videos, btw, I have one request... can you please add some overlay program, that records your key strokes as you do something in Ableton, thanks!
How is this better then making a gated pattern in any of the plugins like Volume shaper, or gatekeeper? I mean it’s not even sounding 100% accurate as there is a low volume part of the signal always there, also attacks are becoming too soft and there is not much control over it. IMHO best way is cutting manually.
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Another way is to sidechain the gate using a hi-hat on a midi channel then you just program the trigger rhythm into the hi hat pattern, gives you a lot more control than triggering with an audio track. You can also physically play in the trigger part in this way.
Been using this technique with physical gates ( and their key input ) over pad sounds and vocals since the 90's in dance music.
The Camelspace VST has a trance gate preset that allows you to do this automatically too.
this is a really good pt, thank you!!
Is it free?
I'm very impressed with these tutorials, even though the channel is so small, the quality and detail of these lessons are next level.. Thank you
I hope so! Spread the word 😁🙏
@@OscarUnderdog i will, definitely
It's not small, just on its way to 1 million subscribers 😁
You call this small?? 😬
I think Darius must have misread the number of subscribers. If close to 100K subs is small, there’s little hope for most youtubers just staring out!
This channel is a miracle
Awesome! Reminds me of Age of Love with the vocal track.
Oh this is what I was looking for since I started learning music! Wish you were my friend haha
😁🙌
great video - cheers from vegas
Such a good tutorial ❤️
Hey, Oscar, though I'm using Cubase, I really like your channel and your movies! Keep it up!!!
Really clear tutorial, now I get there is many possibilities from this, like experimenting with the sample of the trigger track Can produce interesting enveloppes
That was very cool. I can imagine this tecnique being good for build ups.
Oh so that's how Glue was made. Cool.
great video
great comment
06:09 ehhh Macarena!!!
Hi everyone, just thought I’d educate you lot on the history of this technique. Boards of Canada (possibly one of the most prolific electronic music duo to exist to date) were the founder of this, you can find this being used in their track called “staircase whip” the date this track was made is not know but it was before 1995. Just thought I should inform people since he named artist that use this technique.
nice track indeed , seems to be an very early example of the trance gate effect , if they were the founders of it does not seem so clear to me as in the record is stated : Boards Of Canada - Old Tunes Vol. 2 Recorded Between 1985 and 1996 , so could also been recorded after 1990 , in fact there are trance gate effects in other productions from end of 80s - early 90s like in A HOMEBOY, A HIPPIE & A FUNKI DREDD - TOTAL CONFUSION (HEAVENLY MIX) 1990 , which was recorded 1989 and released 1990 , just for info , no offense :D maybe there are even earlier examples in 80s synth music
I'm not so sure about that. A lot of effect boxes in the late 80s had MIDI gate. The ability to control gating via midi notes or CC. This technique even started before MIDI. Just using noise gates in a way that only let the duration of on audio source last as long as the length of the audio clip triggering it. As way for example, to have the duration of a bass line whose notes extend a littler longer to match the exact length of the kick drum. Sort of like an inverse of side chaining compression/ducking. The target audio signal stays muted until the triggering audio signal unmutes it.
It only became known later on as trance gating for the abuse it got under that genre.
Yeah I doubt it. I listened to electronic music on my Amiga in a tracker app (old skool daw) and the demo scene and they were doing this in the late 80s early 90s.
this track is from 1980 and sounds like it makes use of this technique - Telex - My Time ua-cam.com/video/nlNYF1Dq44I/v-deo.html
Educate yourself lmao this technique has been used way before ‘95.
VIVE LA TRANCE!
Hey up, thanks for the tutorial. I have just made a very sexy base synth type noise in Waveform DAW, using 40SC. I have then recored in a drum rythm from my RD-6 and used that to gate the base line. In waveform you use use the pluging called "comp" and sidetrack it.
There are tools that make the process much simpler, like Gross Beat in FL Studio
You can do this with an autopan and just set the degrees to 0
Otto - million voices
This man is a legend, He gives us free lessons in which he could take hundreds of dollars from each student, best of luck for you.
7:56 it suddenly became a psytrance sound
Was going with more anthem or euphoric trance.
Good tute, gives me some ideas (may be dangerous!)
Wow my mind is blown how simple this is, can't find tips like this from other places
Recently found you in my suggested videos: all videos are gems! Clear, too the point and exactly in the genres I like ;-) as a ‘senior’ beginner in track production your tips and tricks hit the sweet spot. Long story short; keep up the good work!
We used to do this the oldskool way, volume flipping on protracker by manually typing the volume of the channel, it used to be a lot of work. 64 entries for every pattern.
Yep the old skool way offered a fair amount of control and I remember doing this on OctaMED back in the early 90's.
40-10-40-10-404040-10. Rah!
No disrespect but before trackers we used actual gates triggered by drum machine hi hat outputs. Really old skool!
Did that in Fasttracker! Don´t exactly miss those times but sometimes you got some interesting results...
Yeah I've always preferred how it's done in trackers and I wish there was a VST effect that did it in a similar fashion. Or it could be triggered with MIDI notes instead of a sound.
I've just bought a Boss SL-20 Slicer pedal, which essentially does this. It's got MIDI for clocking, stereo in/out, and a variety of slicing patterns and stereo panning effects. A great tool for anyone looking to do this DAWLESS.
You can’t easily make custom patterns on the slicer, though
Omg YES I finally learned the name and understood the fundamental part of my favourite electronic music genre - trance - thank you SO much !
Great video . I used to create gates with an Alesis Compressor /limiter that had a trigger for the gate which you'd feed in a high hat or something . This gating effect became very dated sounding by 1995 IMHO but I'm sure kids who weren't even born then would think it pretty fresh .
It's all going in circles 😁
Wildstylez seems to use it in Exist, just listen to the intro and you'll hear it. Circles indeed!
I love your channel man - even when it’s stuff I already know, watching you explain it is really enjoyable and I usually come away with something new to try. Hope things continue to grow for you!
Thanks :D
For most of this, an LFO mapped to a synth's master volume would work a bit faster, and depending on the synth can provide control over more interesting shapes.
Even Grossbeat has some decent trancegate presets built right in. That's definitely the easier route, though I'm sure doing it this way would provide more control in certain applications.
Yep, Serums LFO Tool is the easiest and the best way to do this.
LFO only provides a constant rhythm though (eg 1/4 or 1/8) - you can’t give it a groove (unless you use a lot of automation, but at that point it’s easier to just use a gate with a drum pattern like in this vid)
@@jamie.goodson you might wanna check out synths like Serum where the LFO is highly customizable.
I was expecting some insights on oldschool hard trance gated kicks, but this is ok too hehe
Not sure, but if you mean this low end boost that took out the hard knee of the kick and was a novelty in the early 90s: ua-cam.com/video/q6dErWsvvMU/v-deo.html
@@nohodev Hey, thank you but I was talking about running the kick through a reverb and then gating that reverb. They do it a lot in nowadays techno, but i prefer the old sound x): ua-cam.com/video/NFLT6IeSUW8/v-deo.html
ah yeah I vageuly remember that early hardcore. I liked the 91 style hardcore breaks
@@mhv91 I actually dont consider that old, because I'm about middle aged lol. This is what I remember as hard when I was a much younger due:
ua-cam.com/video/nmYi5u9BhtI/v-deo.html
*When you get to a million subs (some time around 1-2 years from now), I'm going to show my friends this comment from back when you only had 3.3k. :)*
Ima show them this reply hehe
I comment only to point out that there are now 9000 subscribers.
@@julianreverse I move away from the mic to breathe.
He must've hit the algorithm as now, one week later, he's got 11k subs!
That's great though, I hope he keeps that good shit comin'!
@@Flashraize I have every faith...
man great tutorial. I love that you're going these and you make them so easy to follow and talk don't about bullshit for 7/8ths of the video. These are so good thanks man. They help with stuff I've heard in other trucks and wanted to know how to do but didn't necessarily have the words to describe.
Cheers Mo! Glad to help :)
After watching Ableton turtorials for several years it`s rather hard to find new techniques, most of the content repeats itself. At this channel each video contains super useful information. Massive respect!
Nice technique. I have used LFO tool and Gatekeeper to do the same thing but I can see that the ability to automate the release time and/or use a triple note bassline as the trigger would be pretty useful.
Yeah it sets you up to get a bit playful with it!
Recently found you in my suggested videos: all videos are gems! Clear, too the point and exactly in the genres I like ;-) as a ‘senior’ beginner in track production your tips and tricks hit the sweet spot. Long story short; keep up the good work!
Thank you Suzanne 🙏🙏🙏
Thanks for the video tutorial, I did this technique with my vocals trance track.. but thanks for great advice
Interesting technique, this one. I'm really lazy and just use the Kilohearts Trance Gate plugin.
This was useful. You are a great and clear teacher. Your English is so good too. Thank you.
You are becoming aware of yourself... as a gatemaster 😜🎶 (thumbs up if you know the tune! 👍)
i cant believe i found an easy way to make bicep style tunes!!! subed immediately and wait for more!!! thanks!!!
i also just saw your lessons and seem very interesting.lessons are in english right?
Great now everything coming out will have this
It has since the 90s!
don’t be a… gatekeeper
@@44gg37 well done
cosmic gate
TRANCE GATEKEEPER 😭
Thank you! As a metalhead trying to learn electronic music this stuff blows my mind. Thanks for breaking it down so I can follow along :)
The age of love track started much of this..also stuff on Bonzai label
Once again, you've explained something so clearly that even though I don't use Ableton, and have no interest in the dance genres where we'd typically find this texture in use, I can see how to adapt the technique into my workflow.
'when Trance WAS one of the biggest genres in the world' - accurate but depressing. Let's change that
(Psy)trance is coming back baby
@@zellufdoen Psychedelic trance never went anywhere :)
Must go back to 90s Goa trance, it was a lot of things going on and melodic tunes. Psy trance killed it with a few exceptions
Psytrance...the kick alone is horrible
my grandmother used to chain me to the side of our gate. this video was triggering for me.
was I the 125000 th subscriber. awesome!
Mr. Oscar should be mentioned on many tracks as a source of inspirations, thanks
Which track does Ross From Friends use this?
Burner has a pretty clear example in it IMO :)
@@OscarUnderdog right, such a tune
Hi, will you be releasing video courses? I would prefer to study on my own instead of joining a group or coaching. Thanks
Not yet! I think it will be an objective for the 2nd half of 2021 :)
Any ideas how to implement this in FL Studio?
I find it easier to just use the Alex Hilton Trigger Gate plugin, which is free. But, you gotta learn the fundamentals yeah? Awesome channel man. Glad i discovered this.
TriggerGate is brilliant, especially when you get busy with automation. But I'm definitely trying Underdogs way too. Love this channel.
Just found your channel today, and I must say it's super underrated. Such well explained and in-depth quality content - keep it up!
My god. I’ve been wondering how to do this since I was a kid. Can’t thank you enough!!!!! 🖤
I do it with lfo and volume, but I'll try this next time!
Found you on Reddit. Awesome tutorial!
Gorgeous
I like doing something similar with the auto pan to get a similar effect. Change the time to1/16 notes the phase to 0 so only one channel is panning side to side and set to a saw tooth wave. The time & amount can be modulated for interesting results
It's a cool technique indeed! Only downside is you cant skip steps, you cant make patterns that dont include all 16th note every time. Same with LFOtool etc.
@@OscarUnderdog turning off the auto pan with automation also works
I've been sick for a couple of days and all I've been watching were your videos. So much quality knowledge to use later on in my production. Thanks.
What if i told you i can do this in fl studio in 2 clicks. Granted the chord progression or sample is loaded already
2 clicks and it's perfect?
man ... im kinda in love with you now...
Great to see someone that not only makes a tutorial but also explains the way effects are actually working. Then people can come with new ways of using them and thus new sounds and music! Thank you for that, subscribed
I don't even like/know the artists that you always mention but the information I'm learning from your content seems to transcend genre, love to see it
Ive been binge watching your tutorials for the last two weeks now but I always find another video for exactly what I was looking for! Keep up the amazing work!🙏
Hey dude. The name underdog suits you perfectly - you are indeed the most underrated channel on youtube.
What is the purpose of the speakers you got on top of your Adams? Do you use it as a second pair of monitors to check your mixes or do you use them at the same time to enhance your Adams? (If that's even a thing)
Thanks for everything you do.
Love that comment :) It's an avantone mixcube. A single-driver speaker that shows only the mid frequencies. If you can get your track sounding good on that, it will sound even better on good speakers. People also refer to it as a grot-box! And you A/B switch between the good speakers and the grotbox, never play them at the same time.
Great trick. Subbed.
Thaaaaanks
You mentioned Moderat in the title, and I'm instantly reminded of Running. Such a great track with this effect
you're a great explainer
thanks
Cheers, maybe you can endorse me on linkedin for "explaining" :D
In het licht van de laserrr
Love this effect. Top Tip: if you want to do this really quickly you can use AutoPan in Tremolo mode (Saw wave works best) and set Phase = 0. You have less control over the rhythm and shape of the gating but it works well as a quick substitute. Plus you can reverse the Saw to get a Ramp reverse type sound.
Great content, crystal clear easy explanations
Thank you a lot for that!
I'd only suggest you apply (more?) de-esser over your voice, tends to get scratchy for the ears 👉👈
Good feedback, thanks! Am still trying to understand my own vocal chain to be honest :D One day I hope to get in the ballpark of House of Kush, that's the ultimate vocal dream 😁
Even earlier, 80’s synth pop used this technique using Drawmer DS201s
Wicked ! So that's how it all works ! KISS - Keep It Super Simple
gee my days playing with Player Pro are so far behind, I wish I would've sticked to something in my darn life lol ;)
One of my favorite production channels. Many thanks for so many useful techniques ! I've been messing about A1 Trigger gate plugin lately which has nice sequencer section. Cheers !
Awesome. A technique I have totally forgotten to use in my tracks! Will defintely use it in one of my new tunes...
Thanks Oscar. I'm learning a lot from you, especially being new to Ableton. Is there a way to do this in session view? Can we write a trigger midi track and sidechain it to that? That seems to be a quicker way IMHO. I'm moving over from Presonus Studio One and they have a plugin called X-Trem were you can quickly draw in your gate notes. I was hoping Ableton would have something similar and just as fast and easy.
sounds like the beginning of psy trance or goa drop. Too bad i don't like that genre. I can make it. I just don't like it. you can draw the gate with volume automation or you can use gross beat or any glitch vst to gate. LOLs. another way.
This video is fking fantastic! I love your You Tube channel and I am glad to have come across it! I am definitely subscribing! Cheers to Belgium beating Russia in the Euro Cup 2021!
Took 3 years to find out, what "gated" means. Google would not bring up much, but holes in a wall😅
Been using this technique a while now , but well explained, and no filler. Subbed 👍
@@Sharper290 you can just mute the channel of audio or midi that you are using to trigger the gate if you dont want to hear the trigger itself
@@Sharper290 not sure what daw you use but Ableton will still send out the information from the channel to the gate when muted so you get the gated effect but not the sound of the trigger itself
Really?? I thought it was just clever use of polyphonic synth and a sequencer 🤷🏻♂️
Dope!! Thank you!
I would suggest people to use a bounced saw wave with maybe a few seconds of sound instead of a kick. That will allow moments where the gate can be constantly open for more than the length of a kick drums, which is super short.
Gatekeeper plugin by Infected Mushroom - Life changer
That’s okay but what about people training and learning the official technique? It’s all to easy considering I never had tools of this ability when I first started out.
Please remember one point music production should be enjoyable but what then is defined as a professional?
Software where programming? Music ability? Scientific understanding? Knowing your marketing or genre?
Awesome video man! Very good information. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👌🏼
yeah, I even didn't realised that I will live in time when people who don't make a Trance music will teach how to do a most easy thing in Trance for the big auditory)
Awesome video as usual man!! I have a question for anyone reading, how can this be achieved flawlessly with a full song sample like Disclosure did in their track "Expressing what matters"? They have this Boz Scaggs soul sample sounding and then when the break drops it gets all micro gated in a super groovy and clean way. Idk if they using the hihats pattern to trigger the gate or what, and how does it gets gated that clean and tight. Thanks!!
Side chain compression (volume humping, toddler-knobbing) is the man bun of audio production. Just don't!
Download 'A1 Trigger Gate' - free vst for exactly this. It's really good, nice'n versatile, cool 'in-channel' gate pattern sequencer with volume and ties, lots of parameters, lots of preset patterns or make your own - easy gating without creating a separate gate pattern sidechain channel.
Hey there oscar, could you tell us how to get the main stab in this Marco Carola track 'ManTrain' : ua-cam.com/video/2gI-xzgT2_o/v-deo.html&ab_channel=P%C3%A9terR%C3%B3zsaP%C3%A9terR%C3%B3zsa ? (5:30 to about 11:30, I cant find the original single anymore sorry)
I would like to know how to get that chunky main stab that builds and builds and also, if you dont mind, could you speak a little about those snares that almost form a breakbeat? Thankyou Muchly, Tom..
I use a Utility with a fast LFO set to the down pattern and mapped to the Gain of the utility. Just for the love of God, turn down the Depth of the LFO first! I forgot that once and had a very brief moment of very loud sound. By turning the depth between that perfect spot and zero you can create a "fake reverb" effect, good for build ups.
Thank you for the knowledge jefe!! Great and simply explained.
Love your videos, btw, I have one request... can you please add some overlay program, that records your key strokes as you do something in Ableton, thanks!
How is this better then making a gated pattern in any of the plugins like Volume shaper, or gatekeeper? I mean it’s not even sounding 100% accurate as there is a low volume part of the signal always there, also attacks are becoming too soft and there is not much control over it. IMHO best way is cutting manually.
Wow!!! Amazing! Learning how those vocals are made is so helpful!! Thank you! You’re the best. ❤
How does this guy sound EXACTLY like TechAltar
wow. johnny sins is so talented
i never knew he made electronic music
Thank YOU x 1000