If you dug this episode, I revisited it in Live 12 and went an extra step - I think you’ll love it! - th-cam.com/video/wO4XO15I-WA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=7eQlHoYzEymAFIoD
Cool idea. Another option here is looking at the peaks the sound already has and accentuating one of those more and then tuning accordingly, rather than just brute forcing out an A.
You can also use this method with lower frequencies (0-100hz) on drum loops to create sub bass that plays off your drum groove. It will feedback since you spike the resonance but you can automate this for cleaner sub basses. Very simple way to add a sub bass over a drum loop without using a synth. =]
Yes! I figured that out too. The great thing about it is that when you create a sub in this way, you can get a lot of dynamic motion. The spike creates a sine wave, but the sustain varies. I also like to make a super-spike of EQ of a snare, which creates a wonderful sustained tone, which fits into the track variously as background textures. Lastly, normally you can isolate on an EQ the exact frequency selected by you, by clicking and holding the mouse. So, if you record and resample that, that's there's another great, creative way to get a great creative sound. Normally by the way, the sound is super full, and loud and resonant. Make textures with mid range frequencies.
I opened this for something to just have on while I ate my lunch and fully expected it to just be something like layering texture noise against an existing synth or pitched sound. That 440hz trick is absolutely awesome. Great stuff, can't wait to use this.
I've tried a lot more complicated things to try to get this sound and never really nailed it. Not only does this work, but it's way simpler than whatever dumb tree I was barking up. Thanks!
An alternative to granular synthesis (although the technique in the video isn't granular it has some similar principles) that acheives similar results from the same kind of material is Izotope Iris 2
What a great tutorial. I was going to say you can achieve the same result by layering a sine wave synth with noise, but that sample start trick is amazing
man, you're amazing! its such a joy and inspiration to watch a tutorial and to follow it and actually s e e how much there is opportunity to create great stuff. such a motivation to learn and to understand all of this complex mess of an ableton. thank u! really do want to check out your other videos
Great video man, found this through Damian on the network. I love burial but haven’t thought of trying out his sound in a while, this is amazing how we can transform ambient recordings into a pad.
Great tutorial...first came across this 440 method in one of Elphant's tutorials and I have been using it ever since because it yield amazing results EVERY SINGLE TIME!!!
@@WillHatton it's crazy, right? I recently used this method to turn a recording of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover into an Aphex Twin style pad...I love this method!!!
Amazing tutorial Will, i love your way to teach, and i see you really like burial and his aproach to music, he is one of my biggest inspirations :) Thank you and looking forward for more Best wishes from valencia, spain Diego RG
The intent here is really good! Something, more music creator's should do. I think the execution of sounds could have been a little better, but not to cloud the intent. Keep up the idea, my friend. That is truly the key! All the best. 👍 P s add a clean digital reverb extra strong, then reverse the sample. Re record that with a digital delay on a new track for some excellent drones and/or pads.
Bro! That first pad's chord progressions sounds a LOT like one of those in the "MIDI chord pack" ads here in YT haha. Anyways, good job, man! Loved this tutorial :)
Thanks for this is cool little technique that I definitely wanna mess around with more in the near future. It also reminds me a lot of the kind of sounds that Sangam makes that I really love too.
For some reason, setting the LFO to trigger the sample start does not work for me. I've tried it a few times, even resetting the software and re-following the tutorial.
Hey man, great video and thank you for this smart trick ! I was just a bit frustrated because despite being great, the trick allows almost no real time control over the background noises. So what I did was all the same process but without the EQ trick so I have the granular effect on the noises. Then I stacked a wavetable as a rack for the sine wave. This way you can independently process the sine wave and the noises even with several layers of noise (just need a bit of random LFOs on pitch and volume on the sine to replicate the effect of the EQ trick). Cheers !
Subscribed - really helpful thanks. Should you make sure that when you freeze the audio with the EQ with the A frequency it doesn’t clip? Have tried a few times to get the balance right between the note and the sound of the rest of the audio - a bit tricky! Thanks a lot please do more pad sound tricks cheers
wow, for a new to Abelton complete idiot like myself, this was fantastic.... I have simpler, so used the LFO dragged in for the randomise, but brilliant! Thank you kindly. *And so few subscribers : ( obviously need more cats or babes on your thumbnails (sadly)...
If you dug this episode, I revisited it in Live 12 and went an extra step - I think you’ll love it! - th-cam.com/video/wO4XO15I-WA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=7eQlHoYzEymAFIoD
Thanks a Lot!
The 440hz sine wave method is a game changer learnt something new in every video of yours!
Save it as a preset bud! I use it in most of my comps!
Dude boosting at 440 and sampling it… just blew my mind.
I wonder if you can make it sound brighter by using a comb filter instead of just cranking up 440Hz…
Brilliant, subscribed, thank you!
Cool idea. Another option here is looking at the peaks the sound already has and accentuating one of those more and then tuning accordingly, rather than just brute forcing out an A.
That 440Hz technique is wild. Never seen that before. Opens up a world of possibilities. Thank you so much for sharing 💚
I use it in almost all of my personal projects, love it!
Thank you for always supporting buddy!
You can also use this method with lower frequencies (0-100hz) on drum loops to create sub bass that plays off your drum groove. It will feedback since you spike the resonance but you can automate this for cleaner sub basses.
Very simple way to add a sub bass over a drum loop without using a synth. =]
this is super creative. Does the sub sound glued so to speak coming from the drums itself?
Perfect, I'm using this tonight. Thanks for the tip.
Yes! I figured that out too.
The great thing about it is that when you create a sub in this way, you can get a lot of dynamic motion. The spike creates a sine wave, but the sustain varies.
I also like to make a super-spike of EQ of a snare, which creates a wonderful sustained tone, which fits into the track variously as background textures.
Lastly, normally you can isolate on an EQ the exact frequency selected by you, by clicking and holding the mouse. So, if you record and resample that, that's there's another great, creative way to get a great creative sound.
Normally by the way, the sound is super full, and loud and resonant. Make textures with mid range frequencies.
15yrs or so producing and still so many techniques to find out. This tutorial is amazing man, gonna have so much fun with this !
I’m so glad! Enjoy creating!!!
I was genuinely confused on how people just "get" ambient sounds. This is genius!
Mission accomplished!
I opened this for something to just have on while I ate my lunch and fully expected it to just be something like layering texture noise against an existing synth or pitched sound. That 440hz trick is absolutely awesome. Great stuff, can't wait to use this.
Your comment means the world to me, thanks so much, have fun using this method!
Boosting 440 Hz! The life has divided into before and after for me! It sounds sooooo awesome!
I've tried a lot more complicated things to try to get this sound and never really nailed it. Not only does this work, but it's way simpler than whatever dumb tree I was barking up. Thanks!
Thank you man!! That’s a pleasure to read, glad you got your sound!
Okay this might be one of the coolest sound design tips I've ever seen, bravo 👏
Thanks so much! Glad it was useful!
one of the most useful tutorials that i have ever seen in youtube by far
Oh my goodness, thanks so much!
An alternative to granular synthesis (although the technique in the video isn't granular it has some similar principles) that acheives similar results from the same kind of material is Izotope Iris 2
This is super cool but also very complex. Thanks for showing this. Definitely want to give this a try
The sample start time jumping around is a nice trick! Thank you for sharing.
What a great tutorial. I was going to say you can achieve the same result by layering a sine wave synth with noise, but that sample start trick is amazing
I've often shifted the sample start point around using the LFOs, but applying them to the loop start and end points sounds great!
Just when I thought I'd seen it all... well done man. The result is so organic.
man, you're amazing! its such a joy and inspiration to watch a tutorial and to follow it and actually s e e how much there is opportunity to create great stuff. such a motivation to learn and to understand all of this complex mess of an ableton. thank u! really do want to check out your other videos
What a gorgeous comment, thanks for swinging by and I hope you enjoy the other content too!
Great video man, found this through Damian on the network. I love burial but haven’t thought of trying out his sound in a while, this is amazing how we can transform ambient recordings into a pad.
Max Scott thanks so much, glad you found it useful!
Unbelievable 🤯 I'm binging through your videos, this is some of the most inspiring stuff I've seen on YT 💖
You’re so kind to say so, I’m glad it’s been valuable! Thank you
Mate this is absolutely insane.
Thank you so much! Glad you dig!!
I love making music
Same bud, same.
Many thanks Will! I am 6 minutes in and I learned so much already! You've got a new sub!
I love the random loop positioning using LFO. super cool trick
Modular type shish
That trick with the eq to create the A is absolutely genius. Thanks so much for sharing something genuinely innovative 👌👌
Appreciate that, thank you!
Absolutely love this! Instant Burial-style pad, thanks for explaining this
Great tutorial...first came across this 440 method in one of Elphant's tutorials and I have been using it ever since because it yield amazing results EVERY SINGLE TIME!!!
EVERY. SINGLE. TIME!
@@WillHatton it's crazy, right? I recently used this method to turn a recording of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover into an Aphex Twin style pad...I love this method!!!
@@CNTRRNDM thats actually really cool
@@amp4105 yeah, right? Love turning field recordings into playable instruments wirh this technique! You should try it on rain recordings😁
You ever just stumble upon a vid like damn, that's exactly what I wanted to find hnnngg
This is the first time in my life that I said wow to a youtube production trick. Wow…
Thank you so much for the kind words, thanks for swinging by!
Amazing dude! This is really a unique approach to atmospheric pads. Appreciate the hell out of this! Thanks again!
Appreciate your support!!! Thank you so much!
Amazing tutorial Will, i love your way to teach, and i see you really like burial and his aproach to music, he is one of my biggest inspirations :)
Thank you and looking forward for more
Best wishes from valencia, spain
Diego RG
Thanks Diego, really appreciate you taking the time to write!
This is so legit. Thanks for sharing man - going to put this in my tool belt :)
I did an update to this episode in the last couple of weeks which you also might enjoy!
Very cool. Opens some lovely possibilities
I recently did a 2024 update to this episode which you might also dig!
The intent here is really good! Something, more music creator's should do. I think the execution of sounds could have been a little better, but not to cloud the intent. Keep up the idea, my friend. That is truly the key!
All the best. 👍
P s add a clean digital reverb extra strong, then reverse the sample. Re record that with a digital delay on a new track for some excellent drones and/or pads.
This is sssiiiick, I'm definitely using it when I get back to the computer today ❤
There’s an update to this video I filmed just recently in the pinned comments which I think you’ll dig too!
This helped me with my electronic music module at uni. So helpful and useful!
I’m SO pleased! That’s great stuff, keep up the great work!
Bro! That first pad's chord progressions sounds a LOT like one of those in the "MIDI chord pack" ads here in YT haha. Anyways, good job, man! Loved this tutorial :)
Will this is total and utter solid gold man, thank you so much.
Thanks brother! It’s a fun little trick!
Thanks for sharing this.. Lovvvveee it. Will you're over-powered. My brain feels bigger after watching this.
P4nikStudios I’m glad you enjoyed! 🙌🏼
Make more burial inspired videos!!!(future garage)
Excellent tutorial! Cheers Mate!
Thanks!!
Dude these are like the best tutorials I've ever seen!
Thank you so much, what a great compliment!
God this is mad, amazing stuff mate
Thanks bud! This episode is a couple years old, hoping to revisit and rejuvenate it with new ideas soon!!
Wow. Incredible
Absolutely amazing, man. Definitely gonna try this technique out. This vid deserves more views!
Thanks a bunch man!
Love it! Amazing tutorial, Will! 🔥
amazing tutorial. just learned an amazing skill from this. thank you!
Happy to help!
shit i always go down synthesis and preset searching rabbit holes, this is so much cooler, great trick.
Glad you dig it!!
best channel on youtube bro
Thank you SO much!!! That means so much!
So basically using EQ and samples like a subtractive synth? Cool idea.
Thanks for this is cool little technique that I definitely wanna mess around with more in the near future. It also reminds me a lot of the kind of sounds that Sangam makes that I really love too.
Thanks so much!!! Can’t wait for you to try!
That finished pad kinda sounds like something I’d find in Omnisphere or a 90’s Spectrasonics sample pack.
Boards of Canada too.
Dope Technique! Thanks for sharing this! 😁👊
Great video mate. When you hear stuff like this you realise that traditional synths are so dull in comparison.
Really appreciate your comment man, thank you so much!
so good! thanks for the video!
so much soul in this pad, thanks
This has blown me away😍
Fantastic.
For some reason, setting the LFO to trigger the sample start does not work for me. I've tried it a few times, even resetting the software and re-following the tutorial.
Wow I never thought about doing this but it makes so much sense. Thank you so much !! New subscriber over here !!
My pleasure! Yes it’s one of my go to tricks! Such unique sounds. Thanks for the support buddy!
Another great video, but I really wanted to hear the 'hippo and birds at the lakeside' sound!
Pure gold, thanks for sharing these tips.
Thanks for your comment! Appreciate it
This inspired me to go out and find the sounds to work with in my sampler, thank you!
An absolute pleasure! Thanks for stopping by!
this is also a very good tip thansk the advanced sampling
great stuff, one of the most useful for pad sounds, beats just making something generic in a soft synth every time
Great video, great trick, I am following u up from now on
Appreciate you Nika, thanks so much!
wow def using this in the future! thanks for the knowledge fam
FürDaRepublick Müsic my pleasure!
Me (grinning) at 6:09: "Damn, that's f*cking sick!!" Seriously cannot wait to try this out. Thanks so much, man!
Hey man, great video and thank you for this smart trick ! I was just a bit frustrated because despite being great, the trick allows almost no real time control over the background noises. So what I did was all the same process but without the EQ trick so I have the granular effect on the noises. Then I stacked a wavetable as a rack for the sine wave. This way you can independently process the sine wave and the noises even with several layers of noise (just need a bit of random LFOs on pitch and volume on the sine to replicate the effect of the EQ trick). Cheers !
That was an awesome tip. Thanks
My pleasure!
Thank you，learn a lot from your sharing🥰
Happy to help
no doubt this trick is absolutely useful! thanks!
Thanks!
Quality video, excited to use the 440hz trick!
Glad to be of some help bud!
great inspiration! thank you
No probs!!
Woow this is so cool, this gives it so much atmosphere, thank you!!
Thank yoooooo!
Thats really cool! I never thought to do this
cant wait to try this!
Love it
Thanks man, I love your channel!
Genius
Great one bro
Thanks
F a n t a s t i c - thank you a million
Learned a lot. Thank you very much!
You’re very welcome!
Subscribed - really helpful thanks. Should you make sure that when you freeze the audio with the EQ with the A frequency it doesn’t clip? Have tried a few times to get the balance right between the note and the sound of the rest of the audio - a bit tricky! Thanks a lot please do more pad sound tricks cheers
Absolutely! Throw a limiter at the end of your EQs for a quick fix!
Ok good tip
Mad useful bigup yaself
Thanks so much Milo, Biggup!
Wow that was an eye-opener! Thanks!
That is very clever! Thanks for the tutorial!
God this is brilliant thank you so much!!! Cant wait to play around with this
Thank you for stopping by! I’ll do an update to this video in the coming months too I think!
@@WillHatton thats really awesome to hear!
Wow man this is so inspiring, thank you!
Thank you!
Damn dude. Super useful. Going to attempt this is FL.
My pleasure!
Best of luck!!!
How did u do the sampler part in fl?
Wow! Thanks for making this video. This is seriously amazing. What would be the process for doing the first technique in FL Studio?
The exact same with EQ’s
Caan confirm this does work
very nice tutorial, been having a lot of fun with some random samples
🙌🏽💯
Thanks thats very useful
No problem!
Incredible thanks for this!
Thank you!!
wowww great tutorial, thanks man
My pleasure, thanks!
Genius.
wow, for a new to Abelton complete idiot like myself, this was fantastic....
I have simpler, so used the LFO dragged in for the randomise, but brilliant! Thank you kindly.
*And so few subscribers : ( obviously need more cats or babes on your thumbnails (sadly)...
love these chords , Mind I ask what they are thanks
Can anyone tell me an example of this technique in burial songs? Nice video!
Awesome tutorial, thank you.
Thanks Ricky!
great tip for making pads, thank u so much! Could u pls tell me the chords u used in the video? sounded beautiful!