Lane 8 Arps are simple but nice as heck. Wanted to create a video based on this for you guys knocking down those stereotypes that make you create Big Room arps... we need progressive arps.
This is a brilliant piece of music education. Zen does this fast 'cos he instinctively knows what's likely to work through experience and theory but follow these techniques and with bit of work that killer ARP is just waiting to be found. My big takeaway? He starts each one by finding the rhythm, not so much the notes. The note selection then follows from the rhythm as much as the chord progression.
@zenworld /// Hello, could someone help me? At the very beginning of the video at 3min30. Looks like, Abelton is giving him some automatic chords (3min35) following what he just did. Could we please explain. Could that help me? pleaseee
Hey there. I assume you’re talking about the chords that are located to the left of the playing field, in the darker grey area? You can place a scale or chords there and save it as a template for future use. Because they’re behind the play head, they aren’t played out and so can be considered a nice reference for you. I learned about this at “You Suck At Producing”’s video on lo-fi hip hop. That video taught me a ton of Ableton tricks for having near immediate chords at your finger tips. Not long and also very entertaining, give it a look. I don’t do anything lo-fi so don’t skip it because it’s not a genre you’re not into, it’s reference gold.
@@Artersa YES !! Yes that's exactly it! how i can go to set up this help on ableton. Should I check something in the ableton preferences ?? Thanks for your help ;)
Maybe it's a good idea to leave some notes out sometimes. Make some notes longer, other shorter. Bring some human factor into it. Add some randomness and it will be much much more cooler and non stiff sounding. Try to play the arp notes live with your keyboard and add swing to it at some positions. You will bring your arps on next level. Another great thing for a more vivid sound is to play with attack and release of your synth envelops and modulate for example the lenght of the release with an LFO. it's not a mistake to learn sheet reading and do some Bach stuff either. He's master of universe with arpeggios :) Have fun.
Similar to 5min22, there are notes not activated but where did they come from? Looks like it's ableton that automatically offers him. please help me ;) My english is so bad.
Never knew you could get results like this so quickly. I've been screwing around with the arpeggiator. I should have been doing this all along. Great tutorial!
Yesssss zen, you really helped me with this, thx, if you love arps listen to some funkin matt, hes a FUCKING god at that shit man, btw my arp leads always sound too harsh/too digital, any tips? Also that arp sounded sick, even in the beginning
Thanks Zen World.. was just listening to Lane 8 & Yotto I/Y and was thinking to add some arps in my latest track and this video was in my inbox.... spooky :)
I'm not Zen but....the drop is three/four main sounds, the lead, the bass stabs, bassline, and the sub (bassline and sub could be combined hence 3 or 4). They are as follows: Main Lead - three/four note plucky arpeggio following chord of bassline bass stabs - these are the key. They have stereo image (aka they're wide) and follow the bassline for note progression in 1/16th note fashion. sidechain to kick. similar to psytrance bass stabs. EQ out low end to give room for bassline bassline - reese bass with some top end and low end EQ'd out (if you split the sub). sidechained to the kick. Sustained note for entire bar. bass stabs should be same note as this sustained bassline. sub - same as bassline just the sub part so the mix is cleaner In terms of sound design, they are all saw based, besides the sub (sine based). main lead and bass stabs are saws with low decay/filter cutoff to make them plucky. bassline is dropped down an octave or two and still saw based just a bandpass filter applied on top. Hope that helps!
Just wanted to say a big thanks. The tutorials are really good. I am producing electronic music in various styles since 20 years and there is so much valuable info in there. Also sitting at home with a cup of tea and really enjoying a good programme instead of some crap on TV. So thanks man and keep it up!!!! Big up from Hamburg / Germany
Zen, another great demonstration. Do you always use the piano roll for arps? When do you use the midi arp plugin? Is it too limiting? Any advice on using the arp plugin?
Thank you very much, everybody can gain his knowledge by watching your tut´s. You are one of the nice guy´s of this platform and I am proud to be one of the first hours on your channel. It´t so nice to see how you forward musical information and inspiring people to make music.
Love this idea that you don't have to do the same rythm for a nice arp ! I wasn't think that but with you're tutorial I see it's work really well ! Thanks you for sharing this ^^
It's a sample from Sound Of KSHMR Volume 2 or 3, I don't remember. But I think Volume 2. I can't remember the name of the sample but there's a word "Ethnic". So look there for some Ethnic Ambience!
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Lane 8 Arps are simple but nice as heck. Wanted to create a video based on this for you guys knocking down those stereotypes that make you create Big Room arps... we need progressive arps.
very elegant what you do here. One can't help thinking about tweaking the concept here and thefe while watching it. neat! Thanks for sharing!
can you do a sax house tutorial ehrling style?
hell yeah bro nice vid :D much appreciated vid too
polyrhythms vid next maybe?
you did a video regarding the bgm music in the start.. but i cant remember it... can you help me out plz. want to view it again
That's my original progressive & big room Zen i'm finally watching after months of tech house.
yeah i subscribed to him just for progressive house and bigroom. i dont fuck with tech house.
I read the damn notification and thought it said “How to make better asparagus” LMAO I need to take my ass to bed
This is great! More progressive tutorials please, Lane 8 is life
would love some tutorial on lane8 style or even Sasha/Digweed type of tunes !
This is a brilliant piece of music education. Zen does this fast 'cos he instinctively knows what's likely to work through experience and theory but follow these techniques and with bit of work that killer ARP is just waiting to be found. My big takeaway? He starts each one by finding the rhythm, not so much the notes. The note selection then follows from the rhythm as much as the chord progression.
THANKS ZEN WORLD YOUR THE BEST 🔥🔥
@zenworld /// Hello, could someone help me? At the very beginning of the video at 3min30. Looks like, Abelton is giving him some automatic chords (3min35) following what he just did. Could we please explain. Could that help me? pleaseee
Hey there. I assume you’re talking about the chords that are located to the left of the playing field, in the darker grey area?
You can place a scale or chords there and save it as a template for future use. Because they’re behind the play head, they aren’t played out and so can be considered a nice reference for you.
I learned about this at “You Suck At Producing”’s video on lo-fi hip hop. That video taught me a ton of Ableton tricks for having near immediate chords at your finger tips. Not long and also very entertaining, give it a look. I don’t do anything lo-fi so don’t skip it because it’s not a genre you’re not into, it’s reference gold.
@@Artersa YES !! Yes that's exactly it! how i can go to set up this help on ableton. Should I check something in the ableton preferences ?? Thanks for your help ;)
please make a video about bass too.
Damn that shallow depth of field, is that a new camera buddy? Looking good
that track at the background maaaaaaan
make a progressive techno track start to finish god! there is no one in youtube to show us this kind of style
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Release the flute track!!!
Maybe it's a good idea to leave some notes out sometimes. Make some notes longer, other shorter. Bring some human factor into it. Add some randomness and it will be much much more cooler and non stiff sounding. Try to play the arp notes live with your keyboard and add swing to it at some positions. You will bring your arps on next level. Another great thing for a more vivid sound is to play with attack and release of your synth envelops and modulate for example the lenght of the release with an LFO. it's not a mistake to learn sheet reading and do some Bach stuff either. He's master of universe with arpeggios :)
Have fun.
Similar to 5min22, there are notes not activated but where did they come from? Looks like it's ableton that automatically offers him. please help me ;) My english is so bad.
Zen teach us melodic dubstep leads
A good start is a square wave with the sync warp mode and having the sync be automated by a slow LFO
Nice tutorial man been struggling thinking of some arpeggios thanks.
Wow!!! U got a haircut
Please a tutorial on how you Made the bass and pluck presets!!!!!
3:33 That's actually called "Voice Leading" bro ;-) Thanks for the tutorials btw. I always watch your vids and never been disappointed.
Try Tricky Traps, and prepare to be amazed...
Never knew you could get results like this so quickly. I've been screwing around with the arpeggiator. I should have been doing this all along. Great tutorial!
David McCoy arpegiator is good for fast rumble arps, but if u want something more melodical i think this is the way
hey zen world how do you make this melodic synths?
The background song is Ardian Bujupi - Policia Instrumental
it sounds quite the same but it is not the song i think maybe the same fltue sample based song
Do you have any presets for serum on splice?
Thank you for covering this Zen ! Waiting for the sample pack !
easily my favorite tutorial channel 🤘
bebebe bebebe dadada dadada
What preset are you using at 10:04?????
Yesssss zen, you really helped me with this, thx, if you love arps listen to some funkin matt, hes a FUCKING god at that shit man, btw my arp leads always sound too harsh/too digital, any tips? Also that arp sounded sick, even in the beginning
Such a great video! I definitely walked away with a few new ways of creating better arps, thanks!
Great video thanks.
Magic 🪄. I’ll be practicing my Arp’s for the next fortnight 😇. Cheers
Great vid. A little fast for me as a newb but your detailed instruction makes it look pretty easy to be the next Boris Brejcha!!
Thanks Zen World.. was just listening to Lane 8 & Yotto I/Y and was thinking to add some arps in my latest track and this video was in my inbox.... spooky :)
explain hexagon records : Zen/it - Hypnosive please! the drop is amazing
I'm not Zen but....the drop is three/four main sounds, the lead, the bass stabs, bassline, and the sub (bassline and sub could be combined hence 3 or 4). They are as follows:
Main Lead - three/four note plucky arpeggio following chord of bassline
bass stabs - these are the key. They have stereo image (aka they're wide) and follow the bassline for note progression in 1/16th note fashion. sidechain to kick. similar to psytrance bass stabs. EQ out low end to give room for bassline
bassline - reese bass with some top end and low end EQ'd out (if you split the sub). sidechained to the kick. Sustained note for entire bar. bass stabs should be same note as this sustained bassline.
sub - same as bassline just the sub part so the mix is cleaner
In terms of sound design, they are all saw based, besides the sub (sine based). main lead and bass stabs are saws with low decay/filter cutoff to make them plucky. bassline is dropped down an octave or two and still saw based just a bandpass filter applied on top. Hope that helps!
@@kulo8911 Thanks a lot
Just wanted to say a big thanks. The tutorials are really good. I am producing electronic music in various styles since 20 years and there is so much valuable info in there. Also sitting at home with a cup of tea and really enjoying a good programme instead of some crap on TV. So thanks man and keep it up!!!! Big up from Hamburg / Germany
Very nice video! Where can I find the LD-BlueBirds Preset?
very nice content mate!
What a beautiful melodies dude, you should bring them into a record...it would be a bang 💥
Great video Zen!
is this serum preset from one of your packs?
it's not that complex really it's just a saw arpeggio with delay
Man speak slower
God damn.... That song at the first 3 minutes of the tutorial is lit..... Can anyone let me know which song is that
Sounds great
What's the name of the song playing behind your voice
Hey great video! BTW how does Alesso mold his vocals as can be heard in Sad song - 1:42 and Falling Drop?
Zen, another great demonstration. Do you always use the piano roll for arps? When do you use the midi arp plugin? Is it too limiting? Any advice on using the arp plugin?
Thanks
9:53 prettyy
marry me
which evo serum preset pack are you using in this video ?
I appreciate this. Thanks man :)
Thank you very much, everybody can gain his knowledge by watching your tut´s. You are one of the nice guy´s of this platform and I am proud to be one of the first hours on your channel. It´t so nice to see how you forward musical information and inspiring people to make music.
Awesome man! Thank you i was looking for this a while ago. I would be cool that you keep on doing this kind of MUSIC THEORY videos. Bests!!
Is this the start of a progressive house pack? I'll pay good money for that
That arp is nice man. I love all your videos man
I love arps that go up. And also up and down but for dubstep
The dissonant section actually sounded better to me
Excellent tutorial. Thank you
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nice tutorial, helpful! thanks
fantástica técnica aprendendo cada vez mais com seus tutoriais obrigado
Great vídeo zen, your skills have grown a ton !
Next vídeo / series can be moombahton / latín style oriented if u run out of ideas
Which Music in background?
16:50 It's where the magic happens.
Where can i download presets?
Where can i download presets?
Your voice cuts out everytime you hit play
That F over Am is horrible! D:
Love this idea that you don't have to do the same rythm for a nice arp ! I wasn't think that but with you're tutorial I see it's work really well ! Thanks you for sharing this ^^
That melody is gorgeous
Don't do drugs kids!
This tutorial is eye opening, thank you!
What is the name of the track playing in the background in the beginning?
i want too !
nice bass texture ! egere is it coming from
Thanks, Sam World!
we almost don't use serum. :)
Exactly what I needed
Thats the sound i was looking for!!!!!!! Thank you 🙏
i really lie the sample sound at 0:00 does someone know which samplepack its from? its kinda overused but its just so good
It's a sample from Sound Of KSHMR Volume 2 or 3, I don't remember. But I think Volume 2. I can't remember the name of the sample but there's a word "Ethnic". So look there for some Ethnic Ambience!
Still waiting for that wild song in the intros to come out....it's amazing
Thanks
Dope Video!
Great video, thank you for the video
:3
Hi Captain zen world
awesome vid !!
super helpful
this is dope
ARP skills: 7/8 out of 10
So good and easy!
Great and instructive vid man!
This is dope
Please release that traaaaack
First, love ya bro
First
Master Zennn
Since when did you make prog house?
He slowly progressed
angery dogger you’ve been added to the list
*WOW MOST ORIGINAL TIPS EVER*
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