Im impressed by your production skills, well done. How are you keeping up while shows are not happening? Anything new you are doing next to Drum & Bass?
"This is Drum & Bass, so we can do whatever the hell we want" That quote should be the "official" slogan for DnB. lol But man, regarding the breakdown, where do you get the time to crank out such awesome and complex tunes in such quick succession....? Btw Ex Machina was the first vinyl purchase I made in over 15 years... Way to go Metrik my man. Much Love from Detroit!
Mmm ... Most will -- these are not secrets, but basics. People are kind. Do you believe it? Real secrets may indeed be withheld to friends and initiates who have "proved themselves". So, I think your comment is well intended but somewhat ignorant. Peace!
@@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858 thank you for your analysis of my comment, I appreciate the custructive criticism and will try do better next time to be less ignorant. PEACE
@@GemPotagueule that's a great thing about music right? Everyone can have their own opinion. I also agree with OP about the "full" album. I'm so impressed by the quality of production and the consistency of sound. So many bangers in one album. Not to mention Metrik used his own vocals, and nailed it. As he said himself, it may not win certain awards, but there are some pretty extraordinary aspects to the album. I don't believe many people could achieve its level.
@@GemPotagueule I agree, it's very good for a mainstream dnb album. But to say it's the best dnb album in a very long time is a long shot or shows how little someone actually knows the genre. There's been way better albums in the past few years. Not to make Ex Machina sound bad, I actually enjoy it as well, just would never even come close to think of it as a 'best' dnb anything.
Ex Machina is my favorite album from Metrik. 'Ex Machina' (the best track from the album, period :P), 'Thunderblade', 'Hackers' and so on are such great tunes.
Wow! I was just thinking the other day that I`d love to see Metrik give us mortals some insight into his process of building dnb masterpieces. Thank you so much!!
Omg, I've discovered you like one week ago, was pretty obsessed with this song. As a guy who plays alot with Ableton recently I was super curious how you achieved so dynamic and loud mix. And then this film appeared on my wall, lol. Life's good
Hi mate. Came across a couple of your older tracks a couple of years back,ad only this week discovered EX Machina. Listened to the whole album from start to finish and was utterly blown away. I put in an order for a vinyl copy this week. Just wanted to say: top work! looking forward to hearing your future concoctions. The masterclass video above was really inspiring and you seem like a really genuine guy. Might even get me back into dabbling with making some tracks again, so nice one! All the best. Peace x
Thanks so much Tom for this walkthrough. I promise I'm not going to ask about your spectrum analyzers haha. This is a not-too-involved but not-too-basic walkthrough. Spot on! Very inspiring, and a tip to watchers and budding producers: TAKE NOTES.
Loved seeing how you use LFO tool and the latency thing was a key revelation. Also love seeing how you apply Trackspacer at full spectrum. I want to learn more about about good use of that plugin. Both you and Danny Byrd have much good to say about it. I am encouraged by your stuff and how many layers you have cuz I also have lots of layers, but how you control them for your mixdowns in inspirational. Thanks Tom.
Really great walkthrough Metrik! Really well explained, clear and concise. Learnt so many new things from this. Hope to see more like this from you soon! Big up
Ok I'll just have to apply this in my future drum and bass production I guess ? Well better get going based on the master level he has ! Nice tutorial. Thank's Metrik. Keep doing bangers
Hey Tom, did you go to music production school to learn? I'm trying to learn Ableton at the moment, but am finding majority of the online tutorials a bit shit. This is the first amazing video I've found (obviously because it's you)! Thank you so much for sharing with us. You're the best, I genuinely worship you ❤️🙏🏼
I need to know and understad how and why you created "Time to let go". This track has hit me in so many ways, made me feel so many types of feelings but most importantly hope for the future. I need to know how and why yu made that track and how its meant to be percieved. Please reply!
I really find your work awesome... And sooo perfect! I'm not a professional but I'm always inspired by you. But when I watch this I feel uncomfortable regardless the work I do on my own computer. When I watch you, when I watch Mefjus, Neonlight and all the Artists I love I have a question. A really deep question. How do you manage to accept things not perfect as you want in your music, if you feel needing them but feeling unable to solve? I mean, how do you manage your tolerance with yourself?
Why do you use the LFO tool in sync mode with the offset instead of MIDI triggering? I use Shaperbox for the same purpose and on the Cableguys website they claim that when MIDI triggered the latency is not an issue.
Insane work! Such attention to details makes the track very so pumpy! Using LFO Tool for sidechaining is a great hack. Thanks! BTW Does anyone know what spectrum and phase analyzers used there? I mean below the video monitor. Seems on the upper monitor are Ozone visualizers.
Hey man, big fan. When it comes to your bass sounds do you change the width in serum or leave them default? It's just ive noticed as standard they are set at 100 each side which seems super wide.
Hey Luke, thanks for reaching out and good question. The main bass patch in this was just 1 oscillator with no unison so in this case no width adjustment required. I do however sometimes control the width setting in Serum depending on the patch. More often though I prefer to adjust width using something like Izotope Imager to control individual bands or a M/S EQ for even greater precision. Hope that helps 👊🏻
@@metrikmusicWhat do you tend to have on your master channel throughout your sessions? Do you mix in to anything and if so what sort of plugs are you using and why do you use them?
i ask cause it sounds kinda similar to some shuffles i heard in some sub focus tracks - thought maybe it was something available to producers, unless it was custom created
The track is a masterpiece, however it does not truly fit into any real DnB mood in a club/festival setting as it truly is its own journey. We may see some remixes though, however. The biggest issue drum and bass producers who remix tracks face is that their mix downs are always busy. Look at the care and precision Metrik places into the LFO tool to seperate the distortion in his drum sounds. Unfortunately, when remixers get their hands on stems, the wet stems don‘t work well with their track when they remix it and try to add their own flavour, and the dry stems don‘t have the drum patterns flowing in and out nicely, which cause sound quality and flow issues This is why we get some terrible, busy remixes. It isn‘t their track - and they simply don‘t put the time, love and attention into it like Metrik shows is here.
Hi everyone, hope you're enjoying the video. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask in the comments 👊🏻
No questions, just love for you! ❤️❤️🦀🦀
I know basically nothing about production, but still enjoyed the video!
There is one BIG Question! Can u do more?
Im impressed by your production skills, well done. How are you keeping up while shows are not happening? Anything new you are doing next to Drum & Bass?
"This is Drum & Bass, so we can do whatever the hell we want" That quote should be the "official" slogan for DnB. lol But man, regarding the breakdown, where do you get the time to crank out such awesome and complex tunes in such quick succession....? Btw Ex Machina was the first vinyl purchase I made in over 15 years... Way to go Metrik my man. Much Love from Detroit!
Thank you so much for sharing, hopefully a lot of cool tunes will come from people watching this!
Not many artists would give away such knowledge and production secrets for free like this. So much respect m8! Can’t thank you enough
DecoderOfficial 💯 % agree
Mmm ... Most will -- these are not secrets, but basics. People are kind. Do you believe it? Real secrets may indeed be withheld to friends and initiates who have "proved themselves".
So, I think your comment is well intended but somewhat ignorant.
Peace!
@@anhumblemessengerofthelawo3858 thank you for your analysis of my comment, I appreciate the custructive criticism and will try do better next time to be less ignorant. PEACE
whole album is insane... best full-DnB album in a VERY long while
It's a good album, but not "that" extraordinary (amo)
@@GemPotagueule that's a great thing about music right? Everyone can have their own opinion.
I also agree with OP about the "full" album. I'm so impressed by the quality of production and the consistency of sound. So many bangers in one album. Not to mention Metrik used his own vocals, and nailed it. As he said himself, it may not win certain awards, but there are some pretty extraordinary aspects to the album. I don't believe many people could achieve its level.
When dimension drops his album, that will definately be the best this year imo but this was a dope album
I knew you would be watching this
@@GemPotagueule I agree, it's very good for a mainstream dnb album. But to say it's the best dnb album in a very long time is a long shot or shows how little someone actually knows the genre. There's been way better albums in the past few years. Not to make Ex Machina sound bad, I actually enjoy it as well, just would never even come close to think of it as a 'best' dnb anything.
One of the best DnB Albums I've ever heard in my life. all songs are fantastic and as always Metrik never disappoints
I don’t understand like 90% of all this but this is so interesting and kinda inspires me
Get a DAW, pick some more basic tutorials and start going :)
Ex Machina is my favorite album from Metrik. 'Ex Machina' (the best track from the album, period :P), 'Thunderblade', 'Hackers' and so on are such great tunes.
Automata is so good too.
Dude yes it’s still constantly in my rotation!❤
Do a shot every time he says the word techno
Wow! I was just thinking the other day that I`d love to see Metrik give us mortals some insight into his process of building dnb masterpieces. Thank you so much!!
This track literally makes an average set of speakers sound like a wall of sound, absolutely massive!
Besides being a briliant track breakdown, this video also teaches us exactly what we miss out on a banger due to TH-cam compression
The sample from The Animatrix is also used at the start of Bad Company - Bullet Time.
The Matrix series are my all time favourite movies.
In the beginning there was man then man made the machine in this own likeness and thus man was the architect of his own demise
Cool to see your process!!
I was today years old when I learned that FabFilter Q has this "EQ Match" feature. Thank you sir!
I love classic sci fi movies and the wipeout games. No wonder I enjoy your music so much.
I immediately recognized that sample from Animatrix!! such a great track
Ahh, loved your Hackers Breakdown, so stoked for this one!
is that breakdown on this channel? cant find it
Learned a lot from this. Thanks for this breakdown. It was my second favorite track in the album (1st being gravity). Please keep doing these!
Omg, I've discovered you like one week ago, was pretty obsessed with this song. As a guy who plays alot with Ableton recently I was super curious how you achieved so dynamic and loud mix.
And then this film appeared on my wall, lol. Life's good
Hi mate. Came across a couple of your older tracks a couple of years back,ad only this week discovered EX Machina. Listened to the whole album from start to finish and was utterly blown away. I put in an order for a vinyl copy this week. Just wanted to say: top work! looking forward to hearing your future concoctions. The masterclass video above was really inspiring and you seem like a really genuine guy. Might even get me back into dabbling with making some tracks again, so nice one! All the best. Peace x
Your drum hits are always so powerful and atmospheric ! i love the new album m8!
Every dnb producer: 2-3 layers for the snare
Metrik: hold my madshaker beer
lol I got this joke
Thanks so much Tom for this walkthrough. I promise I'm not going to ask about your spectrum analyzers haha. This is a not-too-involved but not-too-basic walkthrough. Spot on! Very inspiring, and a tip to watchers and budding producers: TAKE NOTES.
Thank you Tom! I'm your fan! Like this track really much!
So much gold production knowledge here. Blew my mind. Thanks so much for the quality and effort in the presentation!!
best album for the whole universum 🔊🔥
Loved how you recreated the vocals man, touch of genius there!
This is my favourite DnB album ever! Also these production breakdown videos are amazing - I really hope we'll see more of these!
Such a cool track! I used it as my outro at our last rave. Btw it's awesome to see Diva getting some love in dnb tracks!
I'm in love with this song!
Love this so much buzzing for more
Very educational, the whole album is insane. DNB album of the year for sure. 💙💙
This is some prodigy level shit!
the only one albums my favourite ❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥 with the all tunes... 😍😍😍😍😍😘😘😘
Butterfly Effect, Ex Machina, and soon Portals album. Omg🥰🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️
Banging
Loved seeing how you use LFO tool and the latency thing was a key revelation. Also love seeing how you apply Trackspacer at full spectrum. I want to learn more about about good use of that plugin. Both you and Danny Byrd have much good to say about it. I am encouraged by your stuff and how many layers you have cuz I also have lots of layers, but how you control them for your mixdowns in inspirational. Thanks Tom.
My ringtone since was released :D
One of the best and most comprehensive production breakdowns I've seen! Big up for sharing and going so in depth with it
love this man thank you so much!!!! keep droppin em :D
Really enjoyed that. Learnt loads from it. Thanks dude! Can't wait to see more of these.
This is a gold mine, love the workflow and insight!
Really great walkthrough Metrik! Really well explained, clear and concise. Learnt so many new things from this. Hope to see more like this from you soon! Big up
Thanks for your tips ! You are an amazing producer, deconstruct your track is very instructive 😍
Thanks for making this tutorial. Def gonna be hearing this track with a brand new perspective. Come play the states when the pandemic is over.
Ok I'll just have to apply this in my future drum and bass production I guess ? Well better get going based on the master level he has ! Nice tutorial. Thank's Metrik. Keep doing bangers
I look at all this and to me this is basically Japanese to me haha but it's nice to see how everything sounds separated :)
thankyou, if u have time, i would like to watch another one!
Would love to see one for Time To Let Go!
i do not know that shaker. What's the shaker? Also this is the best dnb tutorial ive ever seen hands down
Hey Tom, did you go to music production school to learn? I'm trying to learn Ableton at the moment, but am finding majority of the online tutorials a bit shit. This is the first amazing video I've found (obviously because it's you)!
Thank you so much for sharing with us. You're the best, I genuinely worship you ❤️🙏🏼
Genius track :)
Thanks for that Video. Great! Love the Album. 👍
Very nice!
This man really loves LFOTool
this is an old vid but i loved it, super inspiring
btw your mic has TONS of low end :)
They had a quite interesting story.... as far as shakers go. LoL. Fucking great!!
Thanks bro, interesting video. Btw. At first I thought the track was just alright and nothing special but now I'd say it's very, very good.
Thank you so much for this, you explain things very well!
Thank you!!!
Wipeout XL FTW ! .. wipeout arp , perfect reference =)
thanks!! really inspiring stuff there
Thx a lot for the great advice! Cant wait to see what more nasty tunes you come up with too!
Thanks!
Thank you this is amazing!
28:56 watch
29:05 no watch
what plugin did you use to remove your watch?
I need to know and understad how and why you created "Time to let go". This track has hit me in so many ways, made me feel so many types of feelings but most importantly hope for the future. I need to know how and why yu made that track and how its meant to be percieved. Please reply!
I want a video where you use your talent to make a song using only GarageBand!
really cool! What are the meters on the left?
Tom🙏🏽
Many thanks! Those shakers man, you're like a chef.
we need your sample pack :) !
37:43
38:55 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Metrik what are your thoughts about the Pendulum return ?
P.S. Your album is amazing !!
I really find your work awesome... And sooo perfect! I'm not a professional but I'm always inspired by you. But when I watch this I feel uncomfortable regardless the work I do on my own computer. When I watch you, when I watch Mefjus, Neonlight and all the Artists I love I have a question. A really deep question. How do you manage to accept things not perfect as you want in your music, if you feel needing them but feeling unable to solve? I mean, how do you manage your tolerance with yourself?
Hey Brotha , what do you think of the vst "Thermal"? Or have you messed with it yet?
Hi!Metrik!Where do you find inspiration for writing music and do you need it?
Why do you use the LFO tool in sync mode with the offset instead of MIDI triggering? I use Shaperbox for the same purpose and on the Cableguys website they claim that when MIDI triggered the latency is not an issue.
Insane work! Such attention to details makes the track very so pumpy! Using LFO Tool for sidechaining is a great hack. Thanks!
BTW Does anyone know what spectrum and phase analyzers used there? I mean below the video monitor. Seems on the upper monitor are Ozone visualizers.
Thank you. Re: analyzer... check out my studio walkthrough, all is revealed th-cam.com/video/URE_jiFFde4/w-d-xo.html
Hey mate.. quality stuff! what programme would you advise best for producing dnb.. thanks
Then.. Man.. Made.. THE DRUMS
Hey man, big fan. When it comes to your bass sounds do you change the width in serum or leave them default? It's just ive noticed as standard they are set at 100 each side which seems super wide.
Hey Luke, thanks for reaching out and good question. The main bass patch in this was just 1 oscillator with no unison so in this case no width adjustment required. I do however sometimes control the width setting in Serum depending on the patch. More often though I prefer to adjust width using something like Izotope Imager to control individual bands or a M/S EQ for even greater precision. Hope that helps 👊🏻
@@metrikmusic cheers man! Safe for the reply! Looking forward to more music.
@@metrikmusicWhat do you tend to have on your master channel throughout your sessions? Do you mix in to anything and if so what sort of plugs are you using and why do you use them?
Loa remix confirmed? 👀
didn't bad company use that sample in bullet time?
I Must try Ableton , always product my music on Fl studio
Thank the lord
that studio tho
What are the analyzers on your desk
Great job!!! I would like to know the name of this track tool.
its in the title friend ;)
No panning?
Been calling it 'Ex Masheena' this whole time...
i wanna try get my drums shuffling more - i noticed the loop sound for the ‘shuffler’ track, is that from a sample pack by any chance?
i ask cause it sounds kinda similar to some shuffles i heard in some sub focus tracks - thought maybe it was something available to producers, unless it was custom created
Theyre always from sample packs. Don‘t be afraid to use them. Nobody wants to waste time with drum kits and recording stuff any more
not saying i’m afraid to use em 😂 wanna know where it comes from so i can use it too
what are those monitors on the bottom of your desk?
th-cam.com/video/URE_jiFFde4/w-d-xo.html
Just try Bitwig studio and say goodbye to that latency shit
The track is a masterpiece, however it does not truly fit into any real DnB mood in a club/festival setting as it truly is its own journey.
We may see some remixes though, however.
The biggest issue drum and bass producers who remix tracks face is that their mix downs are always busy. Look at the care and precision Metrik places into the LFO tool to seperate the distortion in his drum sounds. Unfortunately, when remixers get their hands on stems, the wet stems don‘t work well with their track when they remix it and try to add their own flavour, and the dry stems don‘t have the drum patterns flowing in and out nicely, which cause sound quality and flow issues
This is why we get some terrible, busy remixes. It isn‘t their track - and they simply don‘t put the time, love and attention into it like Metrik shows is here.
3:36 or use proper daw with proper pdc. Btw it’s 2023 and crapelton still don’t have proper pdc 🤦♂️