Please ask me any questions in the comment section, I will be replying to every comment in the next few days. ▶ Chapters 0:00 - Intro 0:35 - User Interface 1:00 - Loading Presets 2:10 - Voice Tab - Generating Sound 6:00 - Stereo Width and Unison 6:50 - Wave and Spectral Morph 8:20 - ADSR 9:55 - Additional Ocsillators 10:50 - Sampler/noise 12:00 - Filters 14:00 - Polyphony, Pitch Bend, Glide and Stereo 16:00 - Effects Tab 20:00 - Matrix and Modulation, LFO and Envelopes 25:00 - Randomness generator 25:40 - Performance settings and MPE 26:30 - Macros 27:15 - Advanced Tab - Unison Settings 29:20 - Outro and Further Learning
You had an early access to vital and your sound collection for 20 dollars in your first Vital video. Is that no longer valid as it is a few days before the 24th? @IntheMix
The first few things I want to say about this plugin: it has a beautifully constructed GUI and provides an insane amount of features for the little price of zero dollars.
As a 60 *cough cough* year old skint bass player I've recently got into home recording and am getting to grips with the wonderful world of DAWs. I've downloaded a few free/cheap synths and have spent many happy hours sifting through the presets without the faintest idea of how they worked. I wouldn't know an LFO from a UFO. I've tried tweaking knobs and buttons with zero success and watched numerous YT vids that left me more confused than ever. Then YT pointed me in your direction. I am therefore eternally grateful to you for 1) introducing me to Vital and 2) explaining in clear, concise and logical terms, not only how Vital works but also simultaneuosly the basics of synthesis and which bit does what to which. Within 5 minutes I'd come up with my first, admittedly very basic, synth pad - it was like discovering as a 5 year old that I could ride a bike without stabilisers - revelatory. Thank you so much for your tutelage. Instantly subbed and I will now begin trawling your archive. Cheers!
Reminds me of that Calvin Harris song lyric....Pushing knobs pushing faders but I don't know what they do . I agree though, I know have a rough idea of what things do! Had no idea you could link each thing together like that. I assume if you actually know what you are doing, you could create an entire song from scratch all in this synth with no samples or anything. Any sound can likely be achieved with the know-how or enough messing!
I'd also recommend getting into orchestration with virtual sample libraries. It is a whole lot of fun, once you know how to arrange music(voice leading, counterpoint, and spacing rules, etc) and orchestral textures. It can really add a whole new dimension to a composer/musician.
@@Dareyouhow I personally think it’s better becuase the mechanics of the synth are very modern and smoother to learn in my opinion. You can do the same things serum can do and possibly even more with it’s newer modulation mechanics also. And it looks better lol but this is all my opinion
Im broke af right now, but when i have the money, i will buy the plus version... just tested the free version and it made me feel dirty man... i feel i just cracked this synth... it's just unbelievable that this synth is free. Thanks a lot for this Matt and also Michael
Bro the plus version really doesn't have many more features. You can import external wavetables for free. So that virtually gives you the features of the plus one. Hope that helps!
I used to get this feeling but have come to the understanding that there are tons of companies that get that people just starting a hobby or begining to produce aren't gonna be able to drop 3 bills plus on every piece of new kit that has come out or continues to come out and allow for unlimited demo with the option of either a sub service or paying for expanded features shouldn't feel dirty about it. It is starting to become far more normal.
You're a legendary tutorial maker. You can give proper teacher's a run for their money. edit: I keep forgetting that all the features are going to be free.
@@DonKynos I don't know what it is, but just comparing the basic Saw wave sounds, Serum's sounds "fuller" for some reason. So far, I really like Vital tho, I guess with a bit of parameter tweaking you'll get the same sound in Vital..
You can import wavetables into Vital from other wt synths like Serum, Phase Plant, Pigments, etc. I have imported them all into Vital and they sound great. But don't dismiss Vital's own or it's overall sound until you have fully explored the synth. Also, Vital's own wavetables are also great.
@@DonKynos Vital can produce sounds just as good if not better than Serum already, that's not an issue. What Vital will need to get in the future is some of the things Serum already has, like X-Shaper waveshaping in the distortion unit. But Vital already is a better Serum and I say it as a long time Serum user that knows it in and out.
It's worth pointing out that not all the modulation sources are displayed on an initial preset setting. There are, in fact, 6 envelopes, 8 LFOs and 4 randoms available to you. They become available as you use up those initially displayed so after assigning (say LFO4) you will find an LFO5 available to you, and so on.
Only five days ago i was sitting in front of my PC, racking my brain over both the Massive X and the Serum demo and wether i really should spring for one of these, 200 bucks being quite a tall order. By complete accident i found out about Vital and i absolutely could not believe it. Now i got it and it is _everything_ i've ever wanted from a synth. It is _literally_ the best thing to have happened to me this year.
Sort of the same for me. I was watching one of Michael's sound design videos, where he first started playing around with, and explaining Serum. But I don't have the money to fork over right now, so I wound up finding Graphite, which I struggled to figure out, and which just didn't feel right for me. On top of that, when I saved my first preset it didn't save 90% of what I had setup, which was disheartening. Today I was looking for a tutorial for Graphite when I saw someone mention Vital, so I figured I'd cough up my email address and go ahead and get it. Then, when I went to search for a Vital tutorial so I could learn it, the first video in the list was this one! It was that moment I knew I was on the right track. And he explains it so well!:)
I genuinely can't believe how effective and clear you were in this video. I mean, this is NASA level or something. And I just discovered a whole new musical world, so this is a double thank you sir !
Hi! I am an old-School synth geek, and I am not opening my mouth too often, but this time I will, in a positive way. You have a very fine approach to the matter and a fine appearance. This is a very good teaching video as well as explaining this wonderful synth. Keep up the good work!! Thumbs up!!
I can't believe this is free. I can create whatever sound I want with it with just a little trial and error. The variety of sounds you can get is amazing. LOVE IT, and IT'S FREE!
The beginning is always the hardest part. All musicians and artists have been there. All it takes is time and practice. You'll get there eventually. Good luck :)
Hey Michael, I've just bought your preset pack! Finally a small way for me to support you and your work, besides the comments and likes and stuff :) Thank you for everything you do! Btw the pack is fire 🔥👌
I just found out, that Vital can load and use Serum Wavetables and Noises. I'm playing around with it since 2 days and I love it! And also of course as usual a nice tutorial. You're a great teacher.
@@myke.p It was in a vital video from last week. It popped up on the menu and he said oops I'm not allowed to show that this early. I can't remember whose video it was unfortunately. I immediately checked and my $25 version did not have the menu option.
Bought the 25 $ version because I want to make sounds from scratch (don't care so much for presets, all though they are really good), had it for roughly 4 hours and... Wow! The interface is so clear and logical, the workflow is intuitive (if you have experience with synths, of course) and inspiring sounds are a breeze to make. I'm barely scratching the surface, there is so much potential here, losing hours modulating the modulators, adding randomisation to anything... This synth has reignited my love of sound design, it really is that good! Please support this project financially if you can, Matt Tytel absolutely deserves it. I kind of regret not paying 80$ now...
Am happy for you in the mix, i learnt all tutorial for fl studio from you with no going to school of music, and now am the best producer in Kenya, thankyou so much,for the best explained tutorials
for the most part the fundamentals of sound design are the same across most interfaces, the smartest thing you can do in this aspect is apply what you learn regardless of which vst's knobs you turn. Tutorials can be inspiring and educational, but in the long run following them entirely just shuts down the endless avenues you'd otherwise find yourself exploring. stay creative!
I wish there were sound design courses for trap hip hop sounds , i would even pay for a course like that but there is nothing , null nada on youtube or google or skillshare or udemy etc any website whatsoever. I understand all the things about a synth and what each individual aspect does in any synth but i am not able to create a damn trappy sound , I just wish someone taught me sound design
I dont Understand any words of things related to music like what is semitones, filter, envelopes, formant i also dont understand waves in oscillator, how everything works i cant understand, i am absolute newborn when it comes to music, tell me where should i learn all these things.
a guy once said that Micheal could talk him into buying a rusty paperclip. I'd have to agree with him. tbh, I am loving Vital so far... but it's going to take me a while for me to move from serum to vital. but so far, I love it, my CPU loves it... and the UI may be a little weird to navigate at the moment, but I am sure that as time goes on, as more people try it, and as more updates come out, Vital will take Serum's place as the "king of wavetable synthesizers". Micheal, please tell Mr. Tytel that we all thank him for the dedication he has put into this synthesizer. Vital is still a very new thing, seeing as it only came out a few hours ago, but it is still, very much a game-changer!
I literally don't know what would I do without your channel. I really do resonate with you and your methods of simplifying and efficient explaining sound design :O you are a lifesaver! Thank you so much for being such a selfless human being! Know that you are much appreciated!
I've been looking at dozens of VSTs that I think are amazing, but I wouldn't call worth the $199 they're asking for. THIS has so many incredible features, I'd say its work that $199, and yet its completely free. That beyond awesome!
As always, fantastic educational tutorial of things, you should be a teacher in various music skills( maby u r). Maby i dont need it but a long time ago it would have been awsome. Keep upp the god tutorials. AND OF COURSE...LOOKING FRWRD AS HELL TO GET VIIIITAAAAL!!
One thing that i think that you may have missed (or perhaps I missed you saying it) is the transpose snap feature found in the oscillators in the pitch section. I'm not exactly sure what this is doing. If you or anyone else here knows what that does then I'd appreciate a reply with a brief explanation.
That feature is mainly for ARP sounds. You can select the dots which will represent your scale so when you hit a note, it will automatically play the arp in your scale. Watch VENUS THEORY's Vital tutorial to know how to use it.
its unbelievably lovely how polite, quiet soothing straight forward i could go on for days with talking about how you deliver your tutorials and videos, i love everything you do keep it up man you're a life saver for everyone :D
Thank you my friend. Very informative and helpful. I'm usually just a "find a patch guy" to get a sound I can use, but this really helped explain a lot how these synths actually get their sounds. Your preset pack sounds great btw.
Very good tutorial! One of the small advanced features I found very useful is the 'Stereo' modulator (next to the performance settings tabs). One can drag this over any control, and upon doing so, that control can have different values for the left and right channel (the difference is adjustable, of course!). This allows us to create wider sounds in a very different way than usual and I think that is really cool!
Uhh! Very excited & impressed! 5stars for the sound & tools! Another 5 stars for the GUI. Negative kbd trk - btw - actually would be great to crossfade separate OSCs through KBD but for this it should be involved in the 3 osc and 1 sampler. Worth to overthink. (Kbd zones w X fade are unkempt issues, always) Congrat Congrat Congrat & THX for your precise and professional walk through!
Anybody know why each time I adjust a setting on vital, my “typing keyboard to piano keyboard” stops working? In order for the keys to work again, I have to click anywhere on the screen OUTSIDE of the vital plugin window. Using FL20 (scaled)
What a fantastic tutorial. If only all tutorials could follow your clear, no nonsense approach, learning would be made so much easier for many people. Thank you for this.
Thanks for the kind words, this is exactly why I started doing these tutorials. I love it when I go onto TH-cam looking for a tutorial and there is a straightforward video without fancy editing or flashy graphics everywhere!
Hi In The mix I went to your link (@t ) to find some sounds you made for Vital. Unfortunately, the link leads to the message below: "Region not supported by shopify Store is unavailable within the EU while EU VAT registration status is pending. This is to comply with the changes to B2C VA" Do you have a solution? Thanks a lot for your answer. Happy New Year with Great Music
Could you ask the Vital developers to fix the visual glitch in Helm? I recently downloaded it, and the interface of the plugin was a mess (literally, not that I feel lost or so). While searching for a solution on google I found out I wasn't the only one with this problem. Turned out I have to go to my settings and set the Windows OS scaling to 100% (instead of 125%, which is the default setting). But as you can imagine, that is really, really, really annoying since everything looks so small. I heard this plugin was dope, so I hope I will be able to use it properly ;-)
Hello, I have a question and I may sound very beginner with it (wich I am xD) How do I record the Vital Synth or how do I bring it into the playlist? I don't have an external keyboard, so I use the keys in the Vital window. I tried it with simply recording through FL Studio but the finished audio is always empty. When I go from the channel rack into the playlist and try to put the notes in there, there is no tone from the vital synth. I hope someone can help 🙈 And thanks alot for your videos Michael! They are extremly helpful and incredibly good explained! Greetings 👋
Hey can someone please help with an error I'm facing!! I downloaded the plugin and when I opened it in my daw (cakewalk) I was asked to sign in. I accidentally clicked on 'use offline' option and have since been unable to access the presets. I uninstalled the plugin and reinstalled it, found the way to log in with my email but I'm still unable to access the presets and sounds. Can someone please suggest a way to fix this?? I'm a beginner when it comes to music production so I'll really appreciate if anybody can find a way to help a fellow producer. Peace ✌️
After of few days of use and creating patches I would say this plugin is BRILLIANT. The GUI was arranged so well that it is so easy to take control of everything. And this will be a free plugin.. pretty sure this is a 'must learn' plugin for every beginner in the near future...
My poor current plugins. About to get neglected and forgotten :'O Great tutorial and absolutely insane plugin! Christmas came a month early this year!!
Oh man... you explain this so clearly man. You affirm everything so clearly and have such a good feel for the shoes of someone starting out with something (me with vital for sure). Such a good resource, man.
I must say of all the zillions of tutorial vids I have seen, yours was one of the best. Concise, on topic, well paced and well spoken. And Vital having no manual yet to be seen, an important chunk of info to use it.
Thank you! There were so many more advanced features I wanted to cover but I hope this is enough to get anyone started. Vital is one of those softwares that keeps giving you more as you use it!
I seriously watched most of this with my mouth open. Luckily, I purchased this program for the discounted price and what a treat. Now I can go back and forth through this tutorial to learn its capabilities, so Thank you very much! We are all looking forward to the next tutorial and also to the updates. Can only imagine what they will bring...
this thing is as much a visual design masterwork as it is a sound design tool - I am so thrilled that the whole world can access this - I kind of want to buy it again! Matt Tytle is a genius!
Hey Mike, another amazing video! Are you planning on doing a video regarding loop recording with Midi Controller in FL Studio? I wasn't able to find it in your channel, and a lot of people seems to struggle in this regard. Thank you, once again :)
This is awesome! I bought this synth a few days ago and this is so helpful. I'm more of a rock and metal kind of musician. I love synth music, though, retro wave, synth wave, dark wave, that kind of stuff. I've been writing synth music off and on for a few years now, but never really studied the technical side of it. This is a great starting point. And your channel as a whole is a huge help for me to get to know the more modern side of music. Thanks for everything, Michael!
Haven't watched all the way through yet, but I didn't notice the ability, like in Serum, to make a wave table of the current sound you've created. "Baking in" the sound and effects you've created, in other words. Do similar options exist in Vital? I guess you could always record the output in Edison, and then drop that audio in as a wavetable
I was really looking forward to this tutorial and you definitely delivered! Thanks again for the excellent content and for helping so many of us to unlock our creativity
Don't have Serum but Duda seems the real deal. He's a MUSIC MAN 😀 Nerve and lfo tool are savage audio tools and well worth the admission price. Long live all these passionate inventors!
I don't think so. I would be a little bit tentative with these sorts of comments. Matt is amazing and I dont think he would like to be seen as the man who tried to ruin someone elses career. Remember that Serum will still stay on the market. It has a gazillion of presents and many many people are very familiar with it and will keep using it. So let's just enjoy how awesome Vital is
Thanks for the excellent tutorial, Michael. I'm an old-school prog guy who grew up programming real subtractive synths and have been looking to dive into a newer soft synth or two that, at least at first, would be capable of emulating the classic sounds I love (but ideally offered more). I'd seen many rave reviews for Vital but the factory presets and majority of third-party demos I'd heard caused me to write it off as being unmusical and unusable in my particular context. After spending a bit of time learning Surge XT (which I really like though takes quite a bit of time to understand and master), I thought I'd try one Vital tutorial and see if it might be worth investigating as well. Based on what I learned here, I've now programmed my first few lead patches from scratch and find that the resulting tonality and functionality of Vital is among the best I've tried recently and I now think it may be my "go to" new soft synth as a result. Again, appreciate the very helpful guidance here.
Please make a video about correlation issues and all that phasing problems stuff... In your span tutorial I suppose you missed an extremely accurate and important meter which is the correlation and in another video about stereo width it was like an overview about what ozone imager can do but you really haven't tackled the issue most people I believe suffer from it without even knowing it really sounds not cool at all.. Please mike do it for us 🙏🏻🙏🏻 love for brothers
A great tutorial. The first really music-based video I’ve seen (as opposed to the deeply-modulated-fart-noise videos). :-) The visualisations of functions in Vital are simply brilliant. So helpful. Based on your video I will have to add your presets when I have the synth. :-)
Your pace was great to get through this in 30 minutes! Look forward to seeing this synth and your tubes on its details! You will do well This one will go VIRAL" Bravo!
Not really, the only thing better about vital is the green highlighting for selection and its U.I. is a lot less confusing for a beginner, as for sound in my opinion, serum is alot better
If Serum is giving you CPU problems, you might consider switching as Michael stated that Vital has been going way easier on his CPU than Serum did. Other than that unless you want to go for the 3 oscillators, Serum will still do the job for you. In the end they are both fabulous synths
hi, maybe a dumb question but i know nothing of sound design, yes am willing to learn it and am new in music production/beatmaking. but still i ask that will this synth fit in hip hop, trap and rnb genres? perhaps there will be presets that will? especially on the free version? have yet to earn money from production so will be getting the paid one if i do. cheers!
Hey man, great video! I'm using this plugin for a while now and I'm actually planning to release a soundbank. However, I was wondering if you know how to solve this problem. So look whenever I have sound with a long release, how do you fix the overlapping notes. I serum you could click the MONO function to solve this problem. I haven't figured it out yet which is super frustrating since that is the last thing I have to tweak to some of my presets I created for my new soundbank. I hope you have the answer to this question :)
Thanks for producing a great tutorial. I really appreciate the straightforward presentation. I designed and built my first hardware analogue synth 45 years ago but this Vital synth is absolutely superb and easy to use,
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Please ask me any questions in the comment section, I will be replying to every comment in the next few days.
▶ Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:35 - User Interface
1:00 - Loading Presets
2:10 - Voice Tab - Generating Sound
6:00 - Stereo Width and Unison
6:50 - Wave and Spectral Morph
8:20 - ADSR
9:55 - Additional Ocsillators
10:50 - Sampler/noise
12:00 - Filters
14:00 - Polyphony, Pitch Bend, Glide and Stereo
16:00 - Effects Tab
20:00 - Matrix and Modulation, LFO and Envelopes
25:00 - Randomness generator
25:40 - Performance settings and MPE
26:30 - Macros
27:15 - Advanced Tab - Unison Settings
29:20 - Outro and Further Learning
Create videos that give a classic reverb to the voice.
Like you kept the voice reverb classic in this video
th-cam.com/video/mwaZ85VeUoU/w-d-xo.html
can you show us how to use fruity love philter in the next video?
You had an early access to vital and your sound collection for 20 dollars in your first Vital video. Is that no longer valid as it is a few days before the 24th? @IntheMix
Sorry, I see that was only valid for 7 days since you posted that video. Thanks
What do you guys think about that sound? th-cam.com/video/hOGGQDonvoY/w-d-xo.html
Vital: hey serum can I copy your homework?
Serum: yeah just make sure you don't make it obvious
Vital: don't worry bro
*Gets a better mark.*
@@ReckDemon lmao right🤣🤣
Vital looks on another level to serum?
@@MartinJFalls I I haven't used it cus my laptop is shit but its free
*ends up being the best student in class*
The first few things I want to say about this plugin: it has a beautifully constructed GUI and provides an insane amount of features for the little price of zero dollars.
Talk about visual
I'm left clicking to browse and see the list of presets but nothing is showing up can someone help
@@ghostfrieza2904 you have to log in to your vital account within plug in, and then it will download your current tiers presets
So much better then Serum in my opinion
@@xyzyzx1253 oooooh, so that's why I could only choose a saw wave lul
As a 60 *cough cough* year old skint bass player I've recently got into home recording and am getting to grips with the wonderful world of DAWs. I've downloaded a few free/cheap synths and have spent many happy hours sifting through the presets without the faintest idea of how they worked. I wouldn't know an LFO from a UFO. I've tried tweaking knobs and buttons with zero success and watched numerous YT vids that left me more confused than ever. Then YT pointed me in your direction.
I am therefore eternally grateful to you for 1) introducing me to Vital and 2) explaining in clear, concise and logical terms, not only how Vital works but also simultaneuosly the basics of synthesis and which bit does what to which. Within 5 minutes I'd come up with my first, admittedly very basic, synth pad - it was like discovering as a 5 year old that I could ride a bike without stabilisers - revelatory.
Thank you so much for your tutelage. Instantly subbed and I will now begin trawling your archive. Cheers!
Loved reading this. Happy music making!!
lol the lfo/ufo line made me laugh! I love that you have embraced DAWs and music making in general, it is a really rewarding hobby. :D
Now I'm imagining riddim bluegrass
Reminds me of that Calvin Harris song lyric....Pushing knobs pushing faders but I don't know what they do . I agree though, I know have a rough idea of what things do! Had no idea you could link each thing together like that. I assume if you actually know what you are doing, you could create an entire song from scratch all in this synth with no samples or anything. Any sound can likely be achieved with the know-how or enough messing!
I'd also recommend getting into orchestration with virtual sample libraries. It is a whole lot of fun, once you know how to arrange music(voice leading, counterpoint, and spacing rules, etc) and orchestral textures. It can really add a whole new dimension to a composer/musician.
I find it insane how this synth is *way* better than Serum and it is FREE.
Frrrr
Why is it better than serum? Ive never used either, I downloaded Surge recently though
@@Dareyouhow I personally think it’s better becuase the mechanics of the synth are very modern and smoother to learn in my opinion. You can do the same things serum can do and possibly even more with it’s newer modulation mechanics also. And it looks better lol but this is all my opinion
@@Voltic707 hmm I think Ill have to download it so haha. Cheers for the reply!
@@Dareyouhow No problem man ;)
Im broke af right now, but when i have the money, i will buy the plus version... just tested the free version and it made me feel dirty man... i feel i just cracked this synth... it's just unbelievable that this synth is free.
Thanks a lot for this Matt and also Michael
i had the same feeling hhhahahahahah
Bro the plus version really doesn't have many more features. You can import external wavetables for free. So that virtually gives you the features of the plus one. Hope that helps!
@@charlieswagger6786 he wants to purchase the plus version to support Matt
corny
I used to get this feeling but have come to the understanding that there are tons of companies that get that people just starting a hobby or begining to produce aren't gonna be able to drop 3 bills plus on every piece of new kit that has come out or continues to come out and allow for unlimited demo with the option of either a sub service or paying for expanded features shouldn't feel dirty about it. It is starting to become far more normal.
You're a legendary tutorial maker. You can give proper teacher's a run for their money.
edit: I keep forgetting that all the features are going to be free.
Thank you!
*VITAL to Serum*
i'm about to end this man's whole career
Yeah, I still prefer serums base sound though. VITAL could be huge if they could just make it sound a bit more beefy.
@@DonKynos I don't know what it is, but just comparing the basic Saw wave sounds, Serum's sounds "fuller" for some reason. So far, I really like Vital tho, I guess with a bit of parameter tweaking you'll get the same sound in Vital..
@@DonKynos im just glad im getting a wavetable synth that has a more visual interface. Surge is good but mostly for melodic stuff.
You can import wavetables into Vital from other wt synths like Serum, Phase Plant, Pigments, etc. I have imported them all into Vital and they sound great. But don't dismiss Vital's own or it's overall sound until you have fully explored the synth. Also, Vital's own wavetables are also great.
@@DonKynos Vital can produce sounds just as good if not better than Serum already, that's not an issue. What Vital will need to get in the future is some of the things Serum already has, like X-Shaper waveshaping in the distortion unit.
But Vital already is a better Serum and I say it as a long time Serum user that knows it in and out.
It's worth pointing out that not all the modulation sources are displayed on an initial preset setting. There are, in fact, 6 envelopes, 8 LFOs and 4 randoms available to you. They become available as you use up those initially displayed so after assigning (say LFO4) you will find an LFO5 available to you, and so on.
That's good to know! THX!
damn, thats fire. thx mate
i love u
@@erdwuzz OMG yes, just found them, 8LFOs and 4 randoms........ please make sure I never buy another synth- this is just KILLER!
Thank you so much for this!
Only five days ago i was sitting in front of my PC, racking my brain over both the Massive X and the Serum demo and wether i really should spring for one of these, 200 bucks being quite a tall order.
By complete accident i found out about Vital and i absolutely could not believe it.
Now i got it and it is _everything_ i've ever wanted from a synth. It is _literally_ the best thing to have happened to me this year.
Sort of the same for me. I was watching one of Michael's sound design videos, where he first started playing around with, and explaining Serum. But I don't have the money to fork over right now, so I wound up finding Graphite, which I struggled to figure out, and which just didn't feel right for me. On top of that, when I saved my first preset it didn't save 90% of what I had setup, which was disheartening.
Today I was looking for a tutorial for Graphite when I saw someone mention Vital, so I figured I'd cough up my email address and go ahead and get it. Then, when I went to search for a Vital tutorial so I could learn it, the first video in the list was this one! It was that moment I knew I was on the right track. And he explains it so well!:)
every tutorial on this channel is tip top, like always high quality and super easy to understand each step
I genuinely can't believe how effective and clear you were in this video. I mean, this is NASA level or something. And I just discovered a whole new musical world, so this is a double thank you sir !
Hi! I am an old-School synth geek, and I am not opening my mouth too often, but this time I will, in a positive way.
You have a very fine approach to the matter and a fine appearance.
This is a very good teaching video as well as explaining this wonderful synth.
Keep up the good work!! Thumbs up!!
I can't believe this is free. I can create whatever sound I want with it with just a little trial and error. The variety of sounds you can get is amazing. LOVE IT, and IT'S FREE!
I lost hope in making music my friend, whenever I try to do something I fail, but I will keep watching your videos and learning.
Just remember why you started producing bro, dont give up :)
✊✊✊bhai
It took me probably 100 hours to learn to use fl 20 at least half well.
The beginning is always the hardest part. All musicians and artists have been there. All it takes is time and practice. You'll get there eventually. Good luck :)
Keep going. Turn nobs and slide sliders until things start to sound good.
This is a Serum killer plugin, I must have it!
Sort Of. It is unreliable/unstable in some ways though...I have both and Vital so far crashes every 30 minutes or so.
The only problem is it’s harder to find presets
Those are just presets and you greedy person have the guts to charge for them. A real example of doing things for money only
Hey Michael,
I've just bought your preset pack! Finally a small way for me to support you and your work, besides the comments and likes and stuff :) Thank you for everything you do!
Btw the pack is fire 🔥👌
3 days... so grateful for Matt releasing this with a free version! Wish I could buy a paid version to show my support
@xSFuSioNx no money, that’s what I meant 😭
@@alxkeda are you also a broke teenager
@@kimyona9746 yup
@@kimyona9746 same with me :/
Does anyone know if anything is locked in the free version?
The compressor in single band mode (17:00) looks like solid state physics energy levels
It does! I was wondering what it reminded me of
These 3 last days will be days of SUFFERING
2 days.
Freeware producers, rise up!
@@bluefire9113 im in EU time zone so it's worse :(
Not much of a difference. What's important that it's close by
which do you prefer? like: vital, comment: serum
Vital
I just found out, that Vital can load and use Serum Wavetables and Noises. I'm playing around with it since 2 days and I love it! And also of course as usual a nice tutorial. You're a great teacher.
How???
Now the real question:
Will it have a option to change the plugin skin similar to Serum?
So far there's no custom skins yet. maybe in the future it might get added.
There's already a skin editor, so it's already functional just needs to be patched in at some point.
Honestly the stock skin is beautiful lol
@@johnnyt5054 where is it?
@@myke.p It was in a vital video from last week. It popped up on the menu and he said oops I'm not allowed to show that this early. I can't remember whose video it was unfortunately. I immediately checked and my $25 version did not have the menu option.
Bought the 25 $ version because I want to make sounds from scratch (don't care so much for presets, all though they are really good), had it for roughly 4 hours and... Wow! The interface is so clear and logical, the workflow is intuitive (if you have experience with synths, of course) and inspiring sounds are a breeze to make. I'm barely scratching the surface, there is so much potential here, losing hours modulating the modulators, adding randomisation to anything... This synth has reignited my love of sound design, it really is that good! Please support this project financially if you can, Matt Tytel absolutely deserves it. I kind of regret not paying 80$ now...
you can upgrate if you want! :)
@@dR0L0b Thanks! I´ll do just that :)
Thanks for all the tutorials I wouldn't know so much about FL without you! Thanks for all the years!!
Am happy for you in the mix, i learnt all tutorial for fl studio from you with no going to school of music, and now am the best producer in Kenya, thankyou so much,for the best explained tutorials
I wish there is someone out there that will start a channel for sound design tutorials with Vital (like SynthHacker does with Serum)
I’ll be doing sound design videos with vital, maybe if we are lucky, Tom/Synth Hacker will use Vital too
for the most part the fundamentals of sound design are the same across most interfaces, the smartest thing you can do in this aspect is apply what you learn regardless of which vst's knobs you turn. Tutorials can be inspiring and educational, but in the long run following them entirely just shuts down the endless avenues you'd otherwise find yourself exploring. stay creative!
I wish there were sound design courses for trap hip hop sounds , i would even pay for a course like that but there is nothing , null nada on youtube or google or skillshare or udemy etc any website whatsoever. I understand all the things about a synth and what each individual aspect does in any synth but i am not able to create a damn trappy sound , I just wish someone taught me sound design
Yo Jazen Sounds is doing it. Here’s a cyberpunk bass he designed th-cam.com/video/Qnwpf_YVKNY/w-d-xo.html
@@SamirPatnaik This is exactly what i wished !! Thanks man
Word on the street is this is gonna take serums place
I dont Understand any words of things related to music like what is semitones, filter, envelopes, formant i also dont understand waves in oscillator, how everything works i cant understand, i am absolute newborn when it comes to music, tell me where should i learn all these things.
a guy once said that Micheal could talk him into buying a rusty paperclip. I'd have to agree with him.
tbh, I am loving Vital so far... but it's going to take me a while for me to move from serum to vital. but so far, I love it, my CPU loves it... and the UI may be a little weird to navigate at the moment, but I am sure that as time goes on, as more people try it, and as more updates come out, Vital will take Serum's place as the "king of wavetable synthesizers". Micheal, please tell Mr. Tytel that we all thank him for the dedication he has put into this synthesizer. Vital is still a very new thing, seeing as it only came out a few hours ago, but it is still, very much a game-changer!
I literally don't know what would I do without your channel. I really do resonate with you and your methods of simplifying and efficient explaining sound design :O you are a lifesaver! Thank you so much for being such a selfless human being! Know that you are much appreciated!
Thanks Miran. Honestly I’m lucky to have the time and place to make these videos!
That's it.....in any more sound design tutorials of yours, we need a vital version too.
Can you make tutorials for song writing and track arrangment please????
bruh you are too fast to announce on discord. I really get discord notification before youtube notification
XD
How many ppl are in his discord?
@@certified_geek7536 We just surpassed the 10k mark. But it never feels crowded, so feel invited to check the place out
@@Windklang705 I think I'll join it tomorrow, thanks for the input though 👍
@@certified_geek7536 See you there then
I've been looking at dozens of VSTs that I think are amazing, but I wouldn't call worth the $199 they're asking for. THIS has so many incredible features, I'd say its work that $199, and yet its completely free. That beyond awesome!
I’m getting deja vu.
I'm getting VITAL ... ;p
As always, fantastic educational tutorial of things, you should be a teacher in various music skills( maby u r). Maby i dont need it but a long time ago it would have been awsome. Keep upp the god tutorials. AND OF COURSE...LOOKING FRWRD AS HELL TO GET VIIIITAAAAL!!
Thank Michael
You showing us a new world in tutorials❤
One thing that i think that you may have missed (or perhaps I missed you saying it) is the transpose snap feature found in the oscillators in the pitch section. I'm not exactly sure what this is doing. If you or anyone else here knows what that does then I'd appreciate a reply with a brief explanation.
That feature is mainly for ARP sounds. You can select the dots which will represent your scale so when you hit a note, it will automatically play the arp in your scale. Watch VENUS THEORY's Vital tutorial to know how to use it.
its unbelievably lovely how polite, quiet soothing straight forward i could go on for days with talking about how you deliver your tutorials and videos, i love everything you do keep it up man you're a life saver for everyone :D
Thank you my friend. Very informative and helpful. I'm usually just a "find a patch guy" to get a sound I can use, but this really helped explain a lot how these synths actually get their sounds. Your preset pack sounds great btw.
Thanks Dave!
Very good tutorial! One of the small advanced features I found very useful is the 'Stereo' modulator (next to the performance settings tabs). One can drag this over any control, and upon doing so, that control can have different values for the left and right channel (the difference is adjustable, of course!). This allows us to create wider sounds in a very different way than usual and I think that is really cool!
this was vital for me! Thank you
Haha
In 3 days this video will be useful.
Or for those who bought it early during my presale :)
Uhh! Very excited & impressed!
5stars for the sound & tools!
Another 5 stars for the GUI.
Negative kbd trk - btw - actually would be great to crossfade separate OSCs through KBD but for this it should be involved in the 3 osc and 1 sampler. Worth to overthink. (Kbd zones w X fade are unkempt issues, always)
Congrat
Congrat
Congrat
&
THX for your precise and professional walk through!
Thanks! much appreciated ...! Also just wanted to know ...are you going to be using this more than serum??
Anybody know why each time I adjust a setting on vital, my “typing keyboard to piano keyboard” stops working? In order for the keys to work again, I have to click anywhere on the screen OUTSIDE of the vital plugin window. Using FL20 (scaled)
Vital is probably using your keyboard input, some plugins will do this. Not sure why there's not an option to disable it though?
What a fantastic tutorial. If only all tutorials could follow your clear, no nonsense approach, learning would be made so much easier for many people. Thank you for this.
Thanks for the kind words, this is exactly why I started doing these tutorials. I love it when I go onto TH-cam looking for a tutorial and there is a straightforward video without fancy editing or flashy graphics everywhere!
Hi In The mix
I went to your link (@t ) to find some sounds you made for Vital.
Unfortunately, the link leads to the message below:
"Region not supported by shopify
Store is unavailable within the EU while EU VAT registration status is pending. This is to comply with the changes to B2C VA"
Do you have a solution?
Thanks a lot for your answer.
Happy New Year with Great Music
Could you ask the Vital developers to fix the visual glitch in Helm? I recently downloaded it, and the interface of the plugin was a mess (literally, not that I feel lost or so). While searching for a solution on google I found out I wasn't the only one with this problem. Turned out I have to go to my settings and set the Windows OS scaling to 100% (instead of 125%, which is the default setting). But as you can imagine, that is really, really, really annoying since everything looks so small.
I heard this plugin was dope, so I hope I will be able to use it properly ;-)
I think if you press the Vital logo in your VST, you can adjust the visuals to scale them correctly.
@@Windklang705 He was talking about HELM not vital.
Try to resize the scale of HELM without changing your OS settings.
@@myke.p oh whoops XD
@@myke.p yeah I dont think thats possible, its been a glitch in forever. Its fixed in vital now though...
Hi, i bought your vital pack and my card was charged twice. Where can i contact to get help fixing the issue ?
First🎉
Been waiting for this since last week 😭
Hello, I have a question and I may sound very beginner with it (wich I am xD)
How do I record the Vital Synth or how do I bring it into the playlist?
I don't have an external keyboard, so I use the keys in the Vital window. I tried it with simply recording through FL Studio but the finished audio is always empty.
When I go from the channel rack into the playlist and try to put the notes in there, there is no tone from the vital synth.
I hope someone can help 🙈 And thanks alot for your videos Michael! They are extremly helpful and incredibly good explained!
Greetings 👋
Thanks for this brother, we really appreciate it !!
How do I get the oscillator to retrigger at the same point each time? Like turning down "rand" on Serum or the "restart via gate" in Massive
Cheers, I like your simple no frills presentation as there are enough in your face personalities coming at us on TH-cam. Great synth too.
great video... do you have more tutorials about Vital??... How can I save my settings ? can I record the sounds without a DAW ?
I’m still gonna use the plugin that I don’t even have to say the name of
2 CLICKS AND ITS PERFECT
for those who don't know they're talking about serum
@@gim3209 looool
your joking right, b r u h
There is no control or drop down for init control
Hahaha yes I'm getting tired of that commercial. ..
Hey can someone please help with an error I'm facing!! I downloaded the plugin and when I opened it in my daw (cakewalk) I was asked to sign in. I accidentally clicked on 'use offline' option and have since been unable to access the presets. I uninstalled the plugin and reinstalled it, found the way to log in with my email but I'm still unable to access the presets and sounds. Can someone please suggest a way to fix this?? I'm a beginner when it comes to music production so I'll really appreciate if anybody can find a way to help a fellow producer. Peace ✌️
After of few days of use and creating patches I would say this plugin is BRILLIANT.
The GUI was arranged so well that it is so easy to take control of everything.
And this will be a free plugin.. pretty sure this is a 'must learn' plugin for every beginner in the near future...
Wow...so many morphing algorithms...I think I’m not going to buy SM1 now.
My poor current plugins. About to get neglected and forgotten :'O
Great tutorial and absolutely insane plugin! Christmas came a month early this year!!
Vital:-
Serum:- DESTROYED IN SECONDS
What really separates Vital from other free synths is how good it sounds. Even a basic saw has such richness and clarity to it.
Oh man... you explain this so clearly man. You affirm everything so clearly and have such a good feel for the shoes of someone starting out with something (me with vital for sure). Such a good resource, man.
I must say of all the zillions of tutorial vids I have seen, yours was one of the best. Concise, on topic, well paced and well spoken. And Vital having no manual yet to be seen, an important chunk of info to use it.
Thank you! There were so many more advanced features I wanted to cover but I hope this is enough to get anyone started. Vital is one of those softwares that keeps giving you more as you use it!
I downloaded the plug-in but I don’t have presets how can I fix it?
I seriously watched most of this with my mouth open. Luckily, I purchased this program for the discounted price and what a treat. Now I can go back and forth through this tutorial to learn its capabilities, so Thank you very much!
We are all looking forward to the next tutorial and also to the updates. Can only imagine what they will bring...
Man awesome tutorial! thanks, and this Synth is EPIICC I just downloaded it its awesomeee
this thing is as much a visual design masterwork as it is a sound design tool - I am so thrilled that the whole world can access this - I kind of want to buy it again! Matt Tytle is a genius!
Serum can go home xD. It's so brilliant
I absolutely love this synth! And it's even free, which is crazy :D Like a budget Serum haha
Hey Mike, another amazing video! Are you planning on doing a video regarding loop recording with Midi Controller in FL Studio? I wasn't able to find it in your channel, and a lot of people seems to struggle in this regard. Thank you, once again :)
Good idea, Ill look into it
@@inthemixThat's amazing news! Now I'll finally be able to properly use pads/knobs and keys while loop recording 😁 looking foward to it
This is awesome! I bought this synth a few days ago and this is so helpful. I'm more of a rock and metal kind of musician. I love synth music, though, retro wave, synth wave, dark wave, that kind of stuff. I've been writing synth music off and on for a few years now, but never really studied the technical side of it. This is a great starting point. And your channel as a whole is a huge help for me to get to know the more modern side of music. Thanks for everything, Michael!
Thank you so much for the kind message, I’m happy to have helped :)
An excellent tutorial on a superb free synth. Without wishing to sound too cheesy, now I can actually create the sound I want. Thank you.
We definitely need a PDF manual for this awesome synth.
Really useful video for a beginner in EDM production
This new Serum skin is dope!! :D
Haven't watched all the way through yet, but I didn't notice the ability, like in Serum, to make a wave table of the current sound you've created. "Baking in" the sound and effects you've created, in other words. Do similar options exist in Vital?
I guess you could always record the output in Edison, and then drop that audio in as a wavetable
It does indeed exist in vital. It works really well!
@@inthemix awesome, where do you access those things? Maybe you cover it, still watching
I was really looking forward to this tutorial and you definitely delivered! Thanks again for the excellent content and for helping so many of us to unlock our creativity
Question.
will it be getting 'Vital FX', like 'Serum FX'
& Thank you Michael.
I would suggest matt to make standalone versions of each effect.
Vital FX already exists, so yes
The One Person who disliked is Steve Duda because Matt Tytel is gonna end this man's whole career.
Don't have Serum but Duda seems the real deal. He's a MUSIC MAN 😀 Nerve and lfo tool are savage audio tools and well worth the admission price. Long live all these passionate inventors!
I don't think so. I would be a little bit tentative with these sorts of comments. Matt is amazing and I dont think he would like to be seen as the man who tried to ruin someone elses career. Remember that Serum will still stay on the market. It has a gazillion of presents and many many people are very familiar with it and will keep using it. So let's just enjoy how awesome Vital is
Am I the only one who gets Harry Osborn vibes from this guy
This free synth gonna blow many paid synth directly out of the water.
Literally serum is irrelevant now that this synth exists
@@kimyona9746 I don't think so, serum has couple of feature vital don't.
@@aakashchakrabarty4262 both Vital and Serum have their places uwu
@@autumnbrushtail When did I told vital gonna replace serum?
@@aakashchakrabarty4262 I was agreeing with you
Thanks for the excellent tutorial, Michael. I'm an old-school prog guy who grew up programming real subtractive synths and have been looking to dive into a newer soft synth or two that, at least at first, would be capable of emulating the classic sounds I love (but ideally offered more). I'd seen many rave reviews for Vital but the factory presets and majority of third-party demos I'd heard caused me to write it off as being unmusical and unusable in my particular context. After spending a bit of time learning Surge XT (which I really like though takes quite a bit of time to understand and master), I thought I'd try one Vital tutorial and see if it might be worth investigating as well. Based on what I learned here, I've now programmed my first few lead patches from scratch and find that the resulting tonality and functionality of Vital is among the best I've tried recently and I now think it may be my "go to" new soft synth as a result. Again, appreciate the very helpful guidance here.
Please make a video about correlation issues and all that phasing problems stuff... In your span tutorial I suppose you missed an extremely accurate and important meter which is the correlation and in another video about stereo width it was like an overview about what ozone imager can do but you really haven't tackled the issue most people I believe suffer from it without even knowing it really sounds not cool at all.. Please mike do it for us 🙏🏻🙏🏻 love for brothers
correlation is just how stereo the sound is, 1 is mono and -1 is completely stereo
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! It is very kind and generous.
휼륭한 강좌로 도움이 많이 되었습니다
대단히 감사합니다
Been saving up for this for a while can’t wait to check it out!
A great tutorial. The first really music-based video I’ve seen (as opposed to the deeply-modulated-fart-noise videos). :-)
The visualisations of functions in Vital are simply brilliant. So helpful.
Based on your video I will have to add your presets when I have the synth. :-)
Your pace was great to get through this in 30 minutes! Look forward to seeing this synth and your tubes on its details! You will do well This one will go VIRAL" Bravo!
so 2 more oscillators than serum and 200 bucks cheaper lol
Looks and sounds impressive!
But I have Serum, I like that, i am familiar with that, is there any reason to switch?
Not really, the only thing better about vital is the green highlighting for selection and its U.I. is a lot less confusing for a beginner, as for sound in my opinion, serum is alot better
If Serum is giving you CPU problems, you might consider switching as Michael stated that Vital has been going way easier on his CPU than Serum did. Other than that unless you want to go for the 3 oscillators, Serum will still do the job for you. In the end they are both fabulous synths
Don't switch, but get Vital anyway
Excellent tudorail. The control on this synth is unreal.
hi, maybe a dumb question but i know nothing of sound design, yes am willing to learn it and am new in music production/beatmaking. but still i ask that will this synth fit in hip hop, trap and rnb genres? perhaps there will be presets that will? especially on the free version? have yet to earn money from production so will be getting the paid one if i do. cheers!
Yes any genre... This synth can make any genre of music..
Finally a video thats properly explained EVERYTHING I needed to know!! Thank you!! Liked and subbed
Had to pause it after you said you'd use the reverb as stand-alone. Im like the UI for every effect and would use all of them in stand-alone 💯
Hey man, great video! I'm using this plugin for a while now and I'm actually planning to release a soundbank. However, I was wondering if you know how to solve this problem. So look whenever I have sound with a long release, how do you fix the overlapping notes. I serum you could click the MONO function to solve this problem. I haven't figured it out yet which is super frustrating since that is the last thing I have to tweak to some of my presets I created for my new soundbank. I hope you have the answer to this question :)
Thanks for producing a great tutorial. I really appreciate the straightforward presentation. I designed and built my first hardware analogue synth 45 years ago but this Vital synth is absolutely superb and easy to use,