Outstanding video, Ian! Excellent production. Your commentary is top notch. I appreciate how clear the concepts are portrayed and your enthusiasm is infectious! Cheers🍻🙏
I’ll probably have to watch this video a few more times before I can make it work because you’ve been doing it a lot longer it comes naturally to you keep making good tutorials and I Will keep watching them 😊😊😊😊
I’ve been saving your videos as they are great fun and always good for reminders. Great tip about the fading, it’s something I’ve done with BV’s before but never thought of it for chord changes, superb. I’m going to generate a keyboard chord chart around your idea of moving 1 or 2 keys around say the c major chord structure, just because I’m interested in knowing the chords, but as you mention ‘as long as it sounds good’, really great idea. I’ve done this with guitar chords in the past and it’s great to create interesting structures, I heard an interview with Joe satriani who suggested it.
@@markbelcher1777 Hmm... I've been trying to produce methods that are easy and require minimal music knowledge. This might be a bit trickier but I'll give it some thought 😊
@@IanWaugh Virgin period T'Dream Berlin-ish but more ambient? That is how I think of it anyway, but I could be wrong or getting my definitions wrong, at least I can blame my age now for that! 😆
Loved your video, Ian. Especially the crossfading. Thank you. (also there were some nice dark ambient vibes during your experiment with the chords :) )
Thank you, Martin 👍 Yes, I was sticking mainly to white notes but when you stray a little from the path dark things happen 🫢 You have a super channel 👍
To take this just another little step further, I tried to experiment with playing the chord base / bottom / topmost note on another synth, and the result was quite decent.
Hi - There's a section about this in Ambient For Beginners and we also do a similar thing in Improvising Ambient Piano. Links to these and more in the Description 👍
Very interesting and useful tips. Thanks so much. I notice that the lower the notes, the more spread out (open voicing) they need to be. I notice this most on the piano, where chords played close together lower in the keyboard sound muddy. It seems that other patches are more or less forgiving for this, probably due to the relative strengths of the overtones within the sounds. The Omnisphere patch you were playing sounds great. There are so many wonderful libraries and patches for ambient music, that the variations are truly unlimited.
Hi - thank you. I reluctantly upgraded to Cubase Pro 13 (ua-cam.com/video/SDNUmmRMFAk/v-deo.html) 😊 I willpropably get the 14 upgrade which is what the 13 should have been, but waiting till they offer a discount 😊
So for my channel not this account, I have been wanting to do ambient music and this is what I would like. Can you use GarageBand or something? That’s not $500
Hi - Not familiar with Garage Band but essentially you just need a good pad and the ability to play several notes at once. You don't have to bounce to audio. If you have a computer there are actually free DAWs (at least for the PC) and most DAWs have affordable versions which will do the job and there are tons of free plugins and sample libraries out there. Hope this helps 👍
That was amazing!
So glad you enjoyed it, thank you 👍
Outstanding video, Ian! Excellent production. Your commentary is top notch. I appreciate how clear the concepts are portrayed and your enthusiasm is infectious! Cheers🍻🙏
Thank you sooooo much, that's very kind 👍
I’ll probably have to watch this video a few more times before I can make it work because you’ve been doing it a lot longer it comes naturally to you keep making good tutorials and I Will keep watching them 😊😊😊😊
Thank you, Andrew 👍 The basic principle isn't difficult once you try it 😊
Great technique. Thank you ❤️🇨🇦❤️
Glad you liked it, thank you 👍
Well done, Ian. It’s great to see so many folks being helped by your very generous sharing of knowledge. Keep it up!!
Very kind, thank you 😊👍
Thank you very much for this excellent information. Really great to know.
Glad you found it useful 👍
Magnificent tutorial, Ian! Thanks so much for sharing!
Thank you, Matt, really appreciate you watching 👍
Thanks so much. Ian. This was very inspiring and helpful. I love your works and really benefit from all of your great videos.👍❤️👍
That's very kind, thank you very much. So glad you find them useful 👍
I’ve been saving your videos as they are great fun and always good for reminders.
Great tip about the fading, it’s something I’ve done with BV’s before but never thought of it for chord changes, superb.
I’m going to generate a keyboard chord chart around your idea of moving 1 or 2 keys around say the c major chord structure, just because I’m interested in knowing the chords, but as you mention ‘as long as it sounds good’, really great idea.
I’ve done this with guitar chords in the past and it’s great to create interesting structures, I heard an interview with Joe satriani who suggested it.
Thanks for your kind comments, Christopher. Chord chart is a great idea - wonder what you'll discover 🤔😊
As usual, very good video. Well thought out and well presented. I'm learning so much about ambient music under your tutelage.
Very kind, thank you. So glad you are finding them useful 👍
Thank you for this! Please more of these ;) ❤
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
What sort of thing would you like to see?
@@IanWaugh working through long melodic lines to accompany the chords would be great, how you then phase them into the piece too pls
@@markbelcher1777 Hmm... I've been trying to produce methods that are easy and require minimal music knowledge. This might be a bit trickier but I'll give it some thought 😊
@@IanWaugh❤
@@markbelcher1777 👍
Very easy to realize technique, Ian! Great video! Cheers!
Glad you found it useful 👍
The Vangelis sound for beginners ❤.
Awesome Ian, looking forward to what you got coming next.
Shared this one 🙏.
Thank you 👍 Sharing is good 😊
Not sure what's next...🤔
@@IanWaugh Berlin school?
@@TheSemtexCow Hmm... Some Ambient is a bit Berlinish... Will think on it, cheers 👍
@@IanWaugh Virgin period T'Dream Berlin-ish but more ambient? That is how I think of it anyway, but I could be wrong or getting my definitions wrong, at least I can blame my age now for that! 😆
@@ralphhathaway-coley5460 I think there's a lot of crossover in genre definitions 😊
Nice 😊
Thank you 👍
Loved your video, Ian. Especially the crossfading. Thank you. (also there were some nice dark ambient vibes during your experiment with the chords :) )
Thank you, Martin 👍 Yes, I was sticking mainly to white notes but when you stray a little from the path dark things happen 🫢
You have a super channel 👍
A good tutorial - thanks.
Thank you, Eugene, glad you enjoyed it 👍
To take this just another little step further, I tried to experiment with playing the chord base / bottom / topmost note on another synth, and the result was quite decent.
Hi - yes, you could split the 3 notes and playy them with different sounds. Next step is to use 4 notes 😊
I really like; Desert Sand Feels Warm at Night!
Good to hear, thank you 👍
@IanWaugh Desert Sand Feels Warm at Night, is like extremely soothing vaporwave.Most of their songs are 15min or longer.
@@-WillAlone- Cool. ER, or warm... 😎
@IanWaugh lol.
@@-WillAlone- 😊
These tutorials just keep getting better Ian! This note leading business it actually great. I think more of this technique would be great.
Thank you so much. I just sort of make videos that I think will be interesting and useful 😊
hi, Ian its great to be reminded of the basics. Lovely video :)
Thank you, Tim. I do my best 😊
@@IanWaugh ya do good :)
@@DisciplinedCommotion Thank you kindly 😊
Great stuff Ian. Keep it up!
Thank you. I'll do my best 😊
Great video, thanks Ian!
Thank you Frederik, glad you enjoyed it 👍
Thank you for your wonderful tips. They really give me new impulses when composing
So very pleased to hear that, thank you Marcus 😊
Do you have a video on how to add melodic lines on top of ambient chords.
Hi - There's a section about this in Ambient For Beginners and we also do a similar thing in Improvising Ambient Piano. Links to these and more in the Description 👍
Ian this video would be the best video I have seen about ambient music.
Hi Paul - wow, that's high praise, thank you. Just happy you found it helpful 👍
GREAT UPLOAD.😀
Thank you kindly 😊
Great work! This takes me back to my polytechnic days when we used to have free music lessons.
Yep, definitely showing my age there!
Ha! Ha! Er, what's a polytechnic 😄
Very interesting and useful tips. Thanks so much. I notice that the lower the notes, the more spread out (open voicing) they need to be. I notice this most on the piano, where chords played close together lower in the keyboard sound muddy. It seems that other patches are more or less forgiving for this, probably due to the relative strengths of the overtones within the sounds. The Omnisphere patch you were playing sounds great. There are so many wonderful libraries and patches for ambient music, that the variations are truly unlimited.
You are most welcome 👍
Yes, open voicing is very useful and we now have a seemingly-unlimited range of ambient sounds 👍
Thank you father for the science. Indeed, without any theory. A small question remains. What are these letters above the keys?))))
They are the names of the notes, many of which I say aloud in the video. Most of the examples only use the white notes which form the key of C.
Great tutorial! I was wondering, what cubase version are you using here?
Hi - thank you. I reluctantly upgraded to Cubase Pro 13 (ua-cam.com/video/SDNUmmRMFAk/v-deo.html) 😊
I willpropably get the 14 upgrade which is what the 13 should have been, but waiting till they offer a discount 😊
@@IanWaugh Thank you for replying! Planning on getting the Cubase 14 aswell! Cheers!
@@mjbernardomusic You are most welcome 👍
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So for my channel not this account, I have been wanting to do ambient music and this is what I would like. Can you use GarageBand or something? That’s not $500
Hi - Not familiar with Garage Band but essentially you just need a good pad and the ability to play several notes at once. You don't have to bounce to audio. If you have a computer there are actually free DAWs (at least for the PC) and most DAWs have affordable versions which will do the job and there are tons of free plugins and sample libraries out there. Hope this helps 👍
THE BLACK KEYS MADE IT DARK AMBIENT🤔
They sorta did 😄