Great video! Amazing signature sound! i like that you show your chain of process in some tracks, not everybody shows that, I'm sure everyone here apreciate that detail, great content!
Hi. Usually I never comment such videos but this kind of signature sound is really what I need in my current track for trailer label. I would like to see something like how you do such sound with serum or other synth. It's easy to find such moment in newest trailer libraries, but if we talk about unique sound we should try to do some layers by ouself. And for me personally it will be very interesting. Thanks.
Hey Minas, thanks for your comment! The sounds in my video is nothing really special and if you roam through the presets, you should be able to find something similar that you can start tweaking! Anyway, I noted it down and try to see to come up with something! :)
Brilliant video, I’m mentoring someone at the moment and this was a very key element for me. That element that will prick the ears up as something new, unidentifiable, interesting. I have a set of homemade elements I try and insert in everything I do.
Awesome breakdown of the signature sounds Alex! Thank you again for uploading this material! Please keep them coming! :) Also looking forward to see how the course will look like.
Great video. I've wanted black hole verb for a long while. I just can't bring myself to spend that much. Wish it would go on sale. I opted for seventh heaven brucasti and it's just awesome but black hole does a whole other thing. Someday, lol.
Love your videos and general demeanor👍 Looking forward to the course. It would be great if you made a session available as a download to go with the course. Even if it's not one of your album tracks, just a track that you would consider finished by your standards. You may not want to release tracks with all your VSTi and effect plugins active etc, which is totally understandable. Just a printed audio version of the tracks and maybe the midi track info. (That way it's also DAW agnostic) It would be an invaluable learning tool and the type of thing that is missing from most courses/tutorials. I understand that this might present some big technical/logistical issues for you, but if you don't ask.....you don't get 😁 Anyway, Very excited to see the new course, Keep up the great work.
Thank you so much John. The plan is to talk about a few of the tracks of this album in all detail. Plugins and libs used, mixing approach, why I wrote what I wrote, the purpose of it ... and then having around 2-3 tracks (exclusively written for the course) that will be available as MIDI, DAW files (probably Cubase), stems and mix.
Liking the balance of VO vs main track when watching, some videos one encounters the music can be for instance too quiet and when the VO comes back in it's way too loud, or sharp or boomy. Schwooooop! Schwoooooop! Schwoooooop! DadadadadadaDahhh!
Another great video Alex keep these coming in this series. Question when working on this album was it Thomas and Nick themselves giving feedback and reviewing each track as a normal library/publisher would?
I was missing those tutos of yours. Not a big fan of the "you should buy this new one library that will change everything in your sound" type :) Keep up and thanks
I really like hybrid tracks that move from the heavier industrial type of sounds into orchestral climaxes. What did you use for the choirs? Sounds great!
Dank Two Steps from Hell hab ich erst mit dem Musikmachen angefangen! :D Ich finde es lustig wie ich fast alles darüber von Alex und Alex (Moukala) gelernt habe hahah. Wie genau hast du es eigentlich geschafft Musik für TSfH zu machen? Das ist ein riesiger Traum für mich. Und willst du auch mal Musik für die machen in public Albums, also die dann auf Spotify hochgeladen werden? Sorry dass ich das alles auf deutsch frage, aber du solltest es ja verstehen. :D
Hey Fabian, vielen lieben Dank! Um ehrlich zu sein, ich kenne Thomas Bergersen schon sehr lange, aber das reicht natürlich logischerweise nicht aus, da die Jungs ja auch nen gewissen Ruf haben. Irgendwie muss meine Musik wohl doch Aufmerksamkeit erregt haben. Ich denke mal, dass Chaos Theory nicht public gehen wird, da es ja nur ein Album für Two Steps from Hell ist ... und nicht von, also Thomas bzw Nick.
Fellow Devastator fan :)
Yay! :D
Make sure you tell them that fans of their music and your music appreciate you doing this.
Thanks, will do!
My favourite track from the album. It has the driving force we expect from this genre. Raw power.
Stay strong. Your work is awesome!
Thank you sooo much!
Great video! Amazing signature sound! i like that you show your chain of process in some tracks, not everybody shows that, I'm sure everyone here apreciate that detail, great content!
Thank you so much Javier!
Hi. Usually I never comment such videos but this kind of signature sound is really what I need in my current track for trailer label. I would like to see something like how you do such sound with serum or other synth. It's easy to find such moment in newest trailer libraries, but if we talk about unique sound we should try to do some layers by ouself. And for me personally it will be very interesting. Thanks.
Hey Minas, thanks for your comment! The sounds in my video is nothing really special and if you roam through the presets, you should be able to find something similar that you can start tweaking! Anyway, I noted it down and try to see to come up with something! :)
There's a free synth called Podolski with some great signature sound-ish patches, probably not what you asked, but worth checking out🙂
@@tylerk-composer9529 big thanks, I will check.
Great video! Looking forward to the next one. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Tim!
Great video. And yep, that breath is now haunting me in my dreams.
Hahahha! :D
Brilliant video, I’m mentoring someone at the moment and this was a very key element for me. That element that will prick the ears up as something new, unidentifiable, interesting. I have a set of homemade elements I try and insert in everything I do.
Thank you so much, Michael!
Very helpful Alex! Thanks for tips!
Happy to help! Thank you!
I love this series of videos you're doing right now man! Also, the music on your new album is in incredible. Very inspiring to look behind the scenes
Glad you enjoy it! Thank you!
Thank you Alex. Great video.
My pleasure!
Thanks for all the free tips and the insights!
You're more than welcome! Thank you!
Awesome.! Thanks for sharing.! 👍🏻
Thank you again Pablo! :)
YESSSSSSS, these are the best videos coming out on youtube at the moment!
Thanks for the great content as always Alex🙂
Thank you so much for checking them out! :)
Wonderful and creative!!!! Thanks for this amazing video!!!!
Thank you very much!
What a great piece! Thanks so much for sharing Alex!
Thank you so much for checking out that vid! :)
Awesome breakdown of the signature sounds Alex! Thank you again for uploading this material! Please keep them coming! :) Also looking forward to see how the course will look like.
Thanks! Will do!
Great ideas. I'm gonna try making a lot more of my sfx. Best way to learn soind design,
Still one of my fav fellas! Thanks for your help always Alex
Thank you so much!! It's a pleasure!
I love it,awesome track!
Thank you!
Wonderful videos. You are very generous with your knowledge!
Thank you so much!
Wow very cool again ! Thank you sharing your knowledge with us 😁
Thank you again, for checking it out! :)
great helpful tutorial
Thank you!
Very Cool! Good lesson, and I wanna all the other parts to be shown!)
Thank you, more coming and full blast details in my upcoming course.
This is badass!!!!!
Cooool!! 😁 👍 Voll mein Ding, danke Alex! Hab mir gerade dein "Audio Artist Essentials" gekauft. Freue mich schon auf den Kurs. See you!
Vielen lieben Dank!!
Another cracking track! Well done Alex
Thank you so much Robin!
Great video. I've wanted black hole verb for a long while. I just can't bring myself to spend that much. Wish it would go on sale. I opted for seventh heaven brucasti and it's just awesome but black hole does a whole other thing. Someday, lol.
another alternative would be Valkhalla Shimmer, but I think it oculd happen that Black Hole goes on sale again.
Love it!!!!!
Hey Yves, thank you so much!
Great video Alex!!
Thank you so much!
Love your videos and general demeanor👍
Looking forward to the course.
It would be great if you made a session available as a download to go with the course. Even if it's not one of your album tracks, just a track that you would consider finished by your standards.
You may not want to release tracks with all your VSTi and effect plugins active etc, which is totally understandable. Just a printed audio version of the tracks and maybe the midi track info.
(That way it's also DAW agnostic)
It would be an invaluable learning tool and the type of thing that is missing from most courses/tutorials.
I understand that this might present some big technical/logistical issues for you, but if you don't ask.....you don't get 😁
Anyway,
Very excited to see the new course,
Keep up the great work.
Thank you so much John. The plan is to talk about a few of the tracks of this album in all detail. Plugins and libs used, mixing approach, why I wrote what I wrote, the purpose of it ... and then having around 2-3 tracks (exclusively written for the course) that will be available as MIDI, DAW files (probably Cubase), stems and mix.
@@AlexPfeffer very exciting. Can't wait 👍
Trailer Music? Into it
Liking the balance of VO vs main track when watching, some videos one encounters the music can be for instance too quiet and when the VO comes back in it's way too loud, or sharp or boomy.
Schwooooop! Schwoooooop! Schwoooooop! DadadadadadaDahhh!
Hhaa yes, those vids always remind me of the tv commercial break. Movie noise ... dialogue ..... *beep* WOHOOOO CHECK OUT THIS NEW PRODUCT!!!1
9:13 Goes directly into Jenova's Theme from Final Fantasy 7
Well, ... it is a minor #5 arp that has been used in many tracks ... FF is one of it, yes ... besides that I am huge fan, especially of FF7.
@@AlexPfeffer Yeah it's pretty common, it just reminded me of it. Awesome track btw!
Nice!
Yoho, thx! :)
@@AlexPfeffer No problem!
Hey Alex, I really like your channel! I have a question, which is the ideal length of a trailer track?
To be precise, 2:30 when it comes to movie trailers. Everything else tv promos or underscore, can vary from 1 to 3 mins.
@@AlexPfeffer you don’t know how much I appreciate your answer! Your videos are such an inspiration to me.
Another great video Alex keep these coming in this series. Question when working on this album was it Thomas and Nick themselves giving feedback and reviewing each track as a normal library/publisher would?
Hey Dean, thank you! Yes, actually I did all the feedback process with Thomas.
Also revisiting this one. Did you just use that microphone in front of you to record your voice?
Hey, nope, I used my Rode NT1000 for that.
@@AlexPfeffer Nice!
I was missing those tutos of yours. Not a big fan of the "you should buy this new one library that will change everything in your sound" type :) Keep up and thanks
Thank you, but as far as I know I have never tried to convince someone to buy something.
@@AlexPfeffer No you're right. Just saying that I am more interested in music making than gear :)
I really like hybrid tracks that move from the heavier industrial type of sounds into orchestral climaxes. What did you use for the choirs? Sounds great!
Thank you Felix, for the entire album I used nothing but Strezov Storm Choir Ultimate.
@@AlexPfeffer Thanks Alex! You come across as really honest in your videos, it's nice to see. Keep up the good work!
Dank Two Steps from Hell hab ich erst mit dem Musikmachen angefangen! :D Ich finde es lustig wie ich fast alles darüber von Alex und Alex (Moukala) gelernt habe hahah. Wie genau hast du es eigentlich geschafft Musik für TSfH zu machen? Das ist ein riesiger Traum für mich. Und willst du auch mal Musik für die machen in public Albums, also die dann auf Spotify hochgeladen werden? Sorry dass ich das alles auf deutsch frage, aber du solltest es ja verstehen. :D
Hey Fabian, vielen lieben Dank! Um ehrlich zu sein, ich kenne Thomas Bergersen schon sehr lange, aber das reicht natürlich logischerweise nicht aus, da die Jungs ja auch nen gewissen Ruf haben. Irgendwie muss meine Musik wohl doch Aufmerksamkeit erregt haben. Ich denke mal, dass Chaos Theory nicht public gehen wird, da es ja nur ein Album für Two Steps from Hell ist ... und nicht von, also Thomas bzw Nick.
@@AlexPfeffer Hey, vielen Dank für die ausführliche Antwort. Jap, vorallem Thomas' Musik ist nochmal auf einem anderen Level.
This is from an album that has yet to release, right? Sounds great
the album isn't public, but has been added to the Two Steps from Hell catalogue on Extreme Music for a few months now.
@@AlexPfeffer Are there any plans to make it public?
@@malino123456 Forgot to say thank you! :) ... I don't know but I think not, because this is not an album by Nick or Thomas.
@@AlexPfeffer Sounds good, thanks for the replies!
If you could don a video about the last part