I learned in 13 minutes what Ive been hoping to learn the past 13 years....synths & oscs makes SO MUCH MORE sense now. One of the best synth tutorials online & ive been surfing through youtube tutorials for over a decade. Just having this video's insights w/ the video/audio demonstrations is enough to get the mind jogging & feeling less intimidated when opening up synth plugins hoping to craft these different styles we've all heard but so few of us understand...til now. Thanks man!
This video fills a perfect niche in the TH-cam sound design tutorial environment. Instantly on the list of my favorite tutorials that I'll probably recommend to friends in the coming months and years.
Normally I resent adverts but on this occasion I needed the break to allow my brain to stop whirling with overwhelming ideas and possibilities. Big Love for uploading this.
I'm a 49yo Heavy Metal bass player who just bought his first groovebox the other day (a ZOOM ARQ AR-96). And even though I've 'been around' and 'seen some stuff' this is my first time really exploring this genre so it's great to be able to come here and get a good, quick rundown of the fundamentals (both kinds). I actually sat with the ARQ as the video played and followed along, it was super-fun. Thanks.
If this guy isn't, he definitely should be making BANK... as good as or even better than so many of the other guys on YT who proclaim their multi-platinum credits ! Amazing stuff...
Hi. I'm not an EDM guy, but I needed to work with the basic EDM sounds these days, so thank you for a very to the point video that got me covered on all I needed.
I like the way you articulate what you are doing, easy to understand. First half of this was my fav. Love to see some emotional deep and beautiful strings.
I've been using Rytmik Studio and for the most part I'm ambling about trying different combinations without any idea what does what. So sometimes my songs sound really awesome, and sometimes they sound just milquetoast and I'm never sure what I did with the synth to make it sound as good as it did "that one time". With your tutorial, I'm feeling more confident now. :)
You've basically summed up what I've learned over the last couple of months into one video, really cool stuff! Feel like I could learn a ton from you, subscribed!
Thanks, really. I just studied a bit of synthesis (subtractive, fm, wavetable) but even though i do know exactly how many different synths works now i didn't know how to make some basics sounds
Gabe that was fantastic - Just coining the term "supersaw" was in itself helpful - since I'm working on a project with a friend who does electronic music , and communicating sound ideas can be tricky without a shared language D: , also the shaping of the saw wave to achieve different popular aesthetics was very clear . TBH if you'll make a series out of this - Exploring different popular sounds and naming them \ bringing up song refferences to them then diving quickly to shaping them - would be very practical. On another note - As a new circuit user - the lack of arpeggiatior and scatter effect does not leave much room for odd explorations of melodies and harmonies (the scales options nice though) which Is somewhat of a bum , it leaves you to explore with what your hands can tap to record or trying different stuff slowly on the sequencer which isn't the most the most fun . I saw your video about creating tracks mixing the circuit with a traditional DAW , which was nice - I was wondering if you have Ideas on fun ways to use the DAWs midi capabilities with arps and scatters \ other simple tricks which do not involve too much midi programming VIA the mouse and keyboard (which is why most people get a groove box) to speed up the flow of writing in the circuit and explore different rythmical and harmonical variations . This could make the circuit so much better.
Glad it was helpful, although to be clear, I didn't come up with the term supersaw, that's been around for a while. I'm definitely thinking about making a series out of this... We'll see if I can come up with a way to make that happen. For arps in the Circuit, usually programming them in by hand is faster than playing them in. For doing automated arps and such, it would be worth looking into a plugin like Scaler or Cthulhu.
This is fantastic! thank you creating this video, looking forward to watching the others. You've got a great narration feng shi - easy to comprehend and follow along. Many Thanks (and of course, subbed!)
This is awesome! I'm dying to get the heck out of the office, run home and try some of these on my analogue synths... While relatively short; this video is more densely packed than the posterior of a Kardashian...
Incredible bro, thank you for doing this. I would LOVE to see more content like this, maybe breaking down classic sounds by specific genre or doing like an artist profile (Flume/SOPHIE something like that).
Awesome vid! Got any tips for electro? There’s a song, smoke by au5 and fractal idk if you know it if not check it out, but I wanna make music like that, also how would I do drumstep?
It's been a while since this video came out, but if I recall correctly I had a limiter applied (I usually use LoudMax, which is free), so it keeps stuff from peaking.
Are you just messing with Serum's default settings, or did you get the sound you wanted before the tutorial started? I'm just trying to see if Serum sounds that good out of the box
I started from the default settings. It can sound that good out of the box, but do note that a lot of synth plugins that use subtractive synthesis are capable of most of the sounds in this video (other than the growls near the end).
@@GabeMillerMusic I was following along in Sytrus. I'm starting to feel comfortable enough with it too make nice saws, but I was impressed with Serums sound right away. 16 unisons definitely added some depth. Plus, the tone was warm with a healthy amount of coarseness from the detune
I just got Serum and followed this video, you can get the EXACT sounds you hear just by following along. The only sound you cant get is the last one where Gabe is using a custom wavetable he made from a dubstep song. Would luv to get that wavetable to follow long :) hint hint!
You can do most of the stuff I showed on a whole lot of hardware synths. The only thing you can't do on every synth is the wavetable based growl stuff.
I wanna learn to do the "chopped up" or "intermittent cut off" stuff that starts happening at 3:07 here: th-cam.com/video/vS7X5nuvjHo/w-d-xo.html Is the last part of your video (bass growls) what will lead me there?
1:18 start
1:52 trance chords
2:06 pad
2:22 smoother pad
2:40 gritty bass
3:24 lead foundation
3:56 pluck
4:38 pluck variation
5:15 pluck arp
5:27 build energy, automation
5:45 acid bass
6:37 sub bass
7:08 808
8:13 bass on any sound system
8:52 bass growls
Thank you!
This video is PRICELESS with how much it teaches fundamental concepts in such a short time. Thank you so much!
*Pricefull
I learned in 13 minutes what Ive been hoping to learn the past 13 years....synths & oscs makes SO MUCH MORE sense now. One of the best synth tutorials online & ive been surfing through youtube tutorials for over a decade.
Just having this video's insights w/ the video/audio demonstrations is enough to get the mind jogging & feeling less intimidated when opening up synth plugins hoping to craft these different styles we've all heard but so few of us understand...til now. Thanks man!
im 4 months late, and me too . babout the same time frame. Gabe Miller Music you are the man
This video fills a perfect niche in the TH-cam sound design tutorial environment.
Instantly on the list of my favorite tutorials that I'll probably recommend to friends in the coming months and years.
i don't even like/make edm music but this is still so helpful for anyone who wants to learn sound design
Normally I resent adverts but on this occasion I needed the break to
allow my brain to stop whirling with overwhelming ideas and possibilities.
Big Love for uploading this.
I'm a 49yo Heavy Metal bass player who just bought his first groovebox the other day (a ZOOM ARQ AR-96). And even though I've 'been around' and 'seen some stuff' this is my first time really exploring this genre so it's great to be able to come here and get a good, quick rundown of the fundamentals (both kinds). I actually sat with the ARQ as the video played and followed along, it was super-fun. Thanks.
This is SO INCREDIBLY USEFUL JESUS
Holy shit this is quality material.
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED thank you.
Love the choir analogy for unison.
If this guy isn't, he definitely should be making BANK... as good as or even better than so many of the other guys on YT who proclaim their multi-platinum credits ! Amazing stuff...
Hi. I'm not an EDM guy, but I needed to work with the basic EDM sounds these days, so thank you for a very to the point video that got me covered on all I needed.
Glad it helped! These techniques go way beyond EDM, but fully writing out electronic music made the title a bit too long
For me, this is one of the best and easiest to understand videos about using synths and stuff. Great job and thanks, man.
Very helpful. Thanks
YOU GOT MY RESPECT Im not into EDM but im into pink floyd so this be usefull
I like the way you articulate what you are doing, easy to understand. First half of this was my fav. Love to see some emotional deep and beautiful strings.
You are a wonderful BEING. Thanks for all your hard work and constant pervasive youtubery.
I legit randomly stumbled upon this and am actually kinda excited to try and learn this shit
Your video is super well made. Great teaching, editing, and recording.
Subscribed from just this video. Great teaching, thank you dude!
I've been using Rytmik Studio and for the most part I'm ambling about trying different combinations without any idea what does what. So sometimes my songs sound really awesome, and sometimes they sound just milquetoast and I'm never sure what I did with the synth to make it sound as good as it did "that one time".
With your tutorial, I'm feeling more confident now. :)
You've basically summed up what I've learned over the last couple of months into one video, really cool stuff! Feel like I could learn a ton from you, subscribed!
thank you so much, i was losing hope in making music, but this video helped me understand it so much better
Your bass growl really reminds me of a lot of Svdden Death songs lol. Fantastic video man.
This video really helpful! I was confused by what is lead, bass, pad, pluck, etc. for a long time. Now I know the fundamental difference! Thank you!
Thanks, really. I just studied a bit of synthesis (subtractive, fm, wavetable) but even though i do know exactly how many different synths works now i didn't know how to make some basics sounds
I hope this comment get liked a lot, so I get these techniques second nature. GREAT VIDEO MAN!
This is a great video - I wish I had this breakdown when I was first getting into EDM.
One of the best tutorials I ever watched. Keep it up!
Excellent video dude, well done and thanks 🖤
So appreciative of this video... great work, great channel! Thank you.
Thank you we need more videos like this 🙏🙏🙏
This is an AMAZING how to Serum basics. Props!
Thank you for the video! Everything is starting to make sense now
Thanks Gabe
this was very helpful, thank you!
I had no idea how technical this style of music can be.
Thanks for posting this... 🤙
awesome! helped amazingly, I had no idea it was this simple to make edm type sounds!
So helpful. Many thanks!
Excellent sound design tutorial!
I would love to never hear that Super Saw sound in another song for the next 100 years but that's a whole other thing
Good collection, mostly just watch and comment to support ya a bit
really well explained!
Brilliant! Thanks so much, Gabe for sharing your knowledge! Very much appreciated.
Great stuff, as always!
Blew my mind. Great job covering the basics!
intergalactic planetary!
Thank you! Sometimes simplicity works best to learn.
HOLY COW!!!! there's a lot to learn here! great, GREAT video
Thanks a lot, you really helped me understand the key elements of EDM a bit more
This was a great video. You made classic sounds so quickly. Thanks.
Super useful for beginner !!thanks so much!
great video thank you!
Wish I had this kinda vids when I was starting out! Very useful!
I just earneded a sub dude, much respect.
THANK YOU BRO
Gabe that was fantastic - Just coining the term "supersaw" was in itself helpful - since I'm working on a project with a friend who does electronic music , and communicating sound ideas can be tricky without a shared language D: ,
also the shaping of the saw wave to achieve different popular aesthetics was very clear .
TBH if you'll make a series out of this - Exploring different popular sounds and naming them \ bringing up song refferences to them then diving quickly to shaping them - would be very practical.
On another note -
As a new circuit user - the lack of arpeggiatior and scatter effect does not leave much room for odd explorations of melodies and harmonies (the scales options nice though)
which Is somewhat of a bum , it leaves you to explore with what your hands can tap to record or trying different stuff slowly on the sequencer which isn't the most the most fun .
I saw your video about creating tracks mixing the circuit with a traditional DAW , which was nice -
I was wondering if you have Ideas on fun ways to use the DAWs midi capabilities with arps and scatters \ other simple tricks which do not involve too much midi programming VIA the mouse and keyboard (which is why most people get a groove box) to speed up the flow of writing in the circuit and explore different rythmical and harmonical variations .
This could make the circuit so much better.
Glad it was helpful, although to be clear, I didn't come up with the term supersaw, that's been around for a while. I'm definitely thinking about making a series out of this... We'll see if I can come up with a way to make that happen.
For arps in the Circuit, usually programming them in by hand is faster than playing them in. For doing automated arps and such, it would be worth looking into a plugin like Scaler or Cthulhu.
@@GabeMillerMusic Thanks , I'l look into them and see how it goes
This is fantastic! thank you creating this video, looking forward to watching the others. You've got a great narration feng shi - easy to comprehend and follow along. Many Thanks (and of course, subbed!)
This is awesome! I'm dying to get the heck out of the office, run home and try some of these on my analogue synths... While relatively short; this video is more densely packed than the posterior of a Kardashian...
Can you give a tutorial on automation?
Thank you man!
Glad to help!
this is EXACTLY what I needed. thank you so much!
that was so use full! !
Incredible bro, thank you for doing this. I would LOVE to see more content like this, maybe breaking down classic sounds by specific genre or doing like an artist profile (Flume/SOPHIE something like that).
Great video!!! You explained everything super well
Thank you brother, also watched your masterclass from deadmaus, highly appreciated brother man!!
Imagine making all these sounds in the 90s . Could have killed the music scene
2:22 in and it is already a great tutorial
I like this video. Thanks for making it and sharing. (I came here from the Deadmau5 Master Class video you made)
this is an amazing tutorial/
I was hoping you would do some videos focused on sound design. This is great!
Awesome but how expensive is Serum?
How do I get that dubstep sound
So awesome to visually see what happens when I tweak knobs in other synth VSTs. Thanks man!!!
_Doomfist Voice_
*JUST WHAT I NEEDED!* 💎
POV: you messed around with DAWs for some years now and all these words make sense when you thought you were just having fun
Why is the audio quality not so good?
Because TH-cams compression?
How do dj effects play into key design?
Finally something actually helpful lol
Nice 👌
Dude - Nice.
Holy F this on here for free!?? Thanks for this man really helpful
Do you think you'll make a video dedicated to bass sounds?
Awesome vid! Got any tips for electro? There’s a song, smoke by au5 and fractal idk if you know it if not check it out, but I wanna make music like that, also how would I do drumstep?
Is the master channel of the setuper peaking into the red? If you have any peaks over 0dB it will distort. Please do let know, We will get
It's been a while since this video came out, but if I recall correctly I had a limiter applied (I usually use LoudMax, which is free), so it keeps stuff from peaking.
Спасибо!
Hi, Gabe regarding Korg electribe shows how about a how to use the master effects I don't know how to add a second effect from the xy pad.
Edm song structure pls!
what is that app
Are you just messing with Serum's default settings, or did you get the sound you wanted before the tutorial started?
I'm just trying to see if Serum sounds that good out of the box
I started from the default settings. It can sound that good out of the box, but do note that a lot of synth plugins that use subtractive synthesis are capable of most of the sounds in this video (other than the growls near the end).
@@GabeMillerMusic I was following along in Sytrus. I'm starting to feel comfortable enough with it too make nice saws, but I was impressed with Serums sound right away. 16 unisons definitely added some depth. Plus, the tone was warm with a healthy amount of coarseness from the detune
I just got Serum and followed this video, you can get the EXACT sounds you hear just by following along. The only sound you cant get is the last one where Gabe is using a custom wavetable he made from a dubstep song. Would luv to get that wavetable to follow long :) hint hint!
Dude I’d love to be your friend lol none of my friends are into this as much as much!
Is this something you can do on one hardware synth? And what type would that be?
You can do most of the stuff I showed on a whole lot of hardware synths. The only thing you can't do on every synth is the wavetable based growl stuff.
@@GabeMillerMusic thanks Mr
Gabe
Is there any free synth that you would recommend?
I haven't used it much yet, but Vital is very much worth looking into.
@@GabeMillerMusic Will check it out, thanks!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
youre Pro Bro! Thanks alot!! Bless by Jesus name!
Great content and it's free OMG 🔥
Wish I could've found this before(pure gold)
I saw this from r/edmproduction
Waiting for more!!!
SEEEEERRRUMMMM
I wanna learn to do the "chopped up" or "intermittent cut off" stuff that starts happening at 3:07 here:
th-cam.com/video/vS7X5nuvjHo/w-d-xo.html
Is the last part of your video (bass growls) what will lead me there?
1:56
Who all felt it was like Another Life At 3:45