Will have to look that up. Did this track quite some years ago and actually found it accidentally when going through my a 100's of sketches in my computer. And I had no idea when I did this haha
First: Great track. Second: Great presentation. Third: Great attitude. Seriously. This is hands down the most approachable show-and-tell I´ve seen in a long time. Very close to the average user situation I guess. At least similar to mine. A few questions if you don´t mind: Looking at the wall of outboard (7:27), I wonder how much use that gets - since Live has so many tools onboard. And what are those? I see some 1176 and L2A2 style comps, maybe some tegeler, not sure. Would be nice to get some info on that. Looking at the room and the mixing place - doesn´t strike me as "tuned to frequency x room, acoustically treated" etc pp. Is the room treatment cleverly hidden using 19" gear as basstraps and an LP shelve as diffusor? Or do you simply not give a you-know-what and just pump out great tracks? Last: How far in the mastering process do you go? Full self service or just up to mixdown, master track and then treated by someone else´s ears and gears?
about the treatment, seems like he probably did some minimal stuff, the room is quite full so it doesnt really reverberate much, and he probably spent a lot of time there so he knows how music is supposed to sound so he just pumps out tracks. and probably every release he does gets mastered by a mastering engineer. cheers
You saw it right yes about the room! I am not that long in this room yet and it's giving me a lot of shit tbh. My genelecs are officially way to big for the room and for the first time I noticed it's really the case. To solve it cheapest way possible I got the iLoud MTM speakers (on top of the ns10's) because they have built in room calibration . No computer needed just plug and play. And I have to say this really helps me a lot. The Token release is the 1st ep I mixed with the MTM's and was happy with the result. Before the MTM's I mixed 1 of the tracks at least 5 times because I wasn't happy
About the compressors, since I never used them I never paid any attention to them. Because of software I got into it more and learned about them. But by this time originals are way above my budget so these are cheap copies ;) Got them because I hate working with a mouse and wanted hands on to learn and feel.
"Analogue" is a myth! I spent almost a decade building a studio with all sorts of outboard gear. At the end of it all, I consistently produced the best music all inside the box. High quality samples will generally sound better than what most artists can achieve in my opinion. If recorded from an analogue hardware source it's just as analogue as it would be if you recorded it yourself. I still use hardware but mainly for inspiration and tactility, not necessarily sound. The only outboard that really matters is on your mastering chain.
cool! i do not see/hear any automation here, just building up and releasing energy by muting tracks, i was surprised with such minimalist approach. do you skip automation often?
Thanks for taking the time Steve, very encouraging to observe your mentality and workflow towards making tunes. and your sentiments towards what feels good, you mentioned focussing on EQing and the mix, is it an active choice leaving the mastering/making it dancefloor loud up to the specialists? if so, do you have any recommendations?
I love this track and I must say mastering on this is state of the art. Steve you did great job, but mastering engineer just pushed it too another level. I can't find tho, who is responsible for that?
I never use anything on my master channel so far. Also because I mixed it on the desk. But I might try some eq-ing on the master channel to brighten things up a bit because the Ghost can be dark sounding at times
I’m surprised Steve your computer is choking with so few channels. You either have a lot of automation going, although we can’t see it if any, or it’s a computer needing upgrading--> new one!! Either way, as always Steve brings it home and it sounds dope. Great track, moody, sonically sounds great and a nice mix of h/w and s/w. I love how you consistently make everything you make sound analog!!! I’d like to know if there is one piece of gear that’s your favorite that you feel makes everything gel together?🧐
Yeah, my computer is giving me more and more shit lately. For the vid I had to record audio in the background as well which was too heavy (again!!). And no automation, no eq's or anything running. Just the sounds. Might be time for an M1 before this one explodes haha. Hard to choose 1 peace of gear. They all have their own quality and I love them all.
you can get a used m1 for like 500 euros these days, especially with the m3 coming out...im super happy with my m1. reeally love the track by the way and also curious which ableton preset you used. @@steverachmadofficial
this is how techno used to be made. from the heart. not from a technology 'how to overproduce' and 'remove all soul' guide. incredible discog he has!
Thank you!
Find me a human that is more chill.
Great minimalistic track too by the master.
this is GOLD
Legend and beautiful spirit 🤎
THANKS FOR THE HONESTY sorry for the caps .
I just bought those KT-76! very nice setup 👌
Great stuff ! Pure simplistic track, really love it !
I'm wondering which aAbleton pack is used for those pads ?
What a track
Will have to look that up. Did this track quite some years ago and actually found it accidentally when going through my a 100's of sketches in my computer. And I had no idea when I did this haha
First: Great track.
Second: Great presentation.
Third: Great attitude.
Seriously. This is hands down the most approachable show-and-tell I´ve seen in a long time. Very close to the average user situation I guess. At least similar to mine. A few questions if you don´t mind:
Looking at the wall of outboard (7:27), I wonder how much use that gets - since Live has so many tools onboard. And what are those? I see some 1176 and L2A2 style comps, maybe some tegeler, not sure. Would be nice to get some info on that.
Looking at the room and the mixing place - doesn´t strike me as "tuned to frequency x room, acoustically treated" etc pp. Is the room treatment cleverly hidden using 19" gear as basstraps and an LP shelve as diffusor? Or do you simply not give a you-know-what and just pump out great tracks?
Last: How far in the mastering process do you go? Full self service or just up to mixdown, master track and then treated by someone else´s ears and gears?
about the treatment, seems like he probably did some minimal stuff, the room is quite full so it doesnt really reverberate much, and he probably spent a lot of time there so he knows how music is supposed to sound so he just pumps out tracks. and probably every release he does gets mastered by a mastering engineer. cheers
You saw it right yes about the room! I am not that long in this room yet and it's giving me a lot of shit tbh. My genelecs are officially way to big for the room and for the first time I noticed it's really the case. To solve it cheapest way possible I got the iLoud MTM speakers (on top of the ns10's) because they have built in room calibration . No computer needed just plug and play. And I have to say this really helps me a lot. The Token release is the 1st ep I mixed with the MTM's and was happy with the result. Before the MTM's I mixed 1 of the tracks at least 5 times because I wasn't happy
About the compressors, since I never used them I never paid any attention to them. Because of software I got into it more and learned about them. But by this time originals are way above my budget so these are cheap copies ;)
Got them because I hate working with a mouse and wanted hands on to learn and feel.
I might treat them a litte bit from now on. But never did before. Usually just mixing the track and then straight to mastering.
1:35 "... actually, the only analogue thing in this session is the 909 kick. The rest is actually all loops and software." 🤯
"Analogue" is a myth! I spent almost a decade building a studio with all sorts of outboard gear. At the end of it all, I consistently produced the best music all inside the box. High quality samples will generally sound better than what most artists can achieve in my opinion. If recorded from an analogue hardware source it's just as analogue as it would be if you recorded it yourself. I still use hardware but mainly for inspiration and tactility, not necessarily sound. The only outboard that really matters is on your mastering chain.
does anyone know which pack he used?
cool! i do not see/hear any automation here, just building up and releasing energy by muting tracks, i was surprised with such minimalist approach. do you skip automation often?
I barely use automation. Usually I do it live on the fly
loved it
I know there's multiple free packs for Brazilian percussion loops, but if anyone knows which one this is, let me know!
Thanks for taking the time Steve, very encouraging to observe your mentality and workflow towards making tunes. and your sentiments towards what feels good, you mentioned focussing on EQing and the mix, is it an active choice leaving the mastering/making it dancefloor loud up to the specialists? if so, do you have any recommendations?
I love this track and I must say mastering on this is state of the art. Steve you did great job, but mastering engineer just pushed it too another level. I can't find tho, who is responsible for that?
8:08, nice
this is so good!!
I would like to know if you have any process in the master channel of the Daw and also at what volume is this thanks
I never use anything on my master channel so far. Also because I mixed it on the desk. But I might try some eq-ing on the master channel to brighten things up a bit because the Ghost can be dark sounding at times
Hi Steve,thanks for the answer can you explain what are you mean with ghost track ?
@@romiromera8411 Aah sorry, Ghost is my Soundcraft mixer ;)
@@steverachmadofficial Get it thanks!
I’m surprised Steve your computer is choking with so few channels. You either have a lot of automation going, although we can’t see it if any, or it’s a computer needing upgrading--> new one!! Either way, as always Steve brings it home and it sounds dope. Great track, moody, sonically sounds great and a nice mix of h/w and s/w. I love how you consistently make everything you make sound analog!!! I’d like to know if there is one piece of gear that’s your favorite that you feel makes everything gel together?🧐
Yeah, my computer is giving me more and more shit lately. For the vid I had to record audio in the background as well which was too heavy (again!!). And no automation, no eq's or anything running. Just the sounds. Might be time for an M1 before this one explodes haha.
Hard to choose 1 peace of gear. They all have their own quality and I love them all.
you can get a used m1 for like 500 euros these days, especially with the m3 coming out...im super happy with my m1. reeally love the track by the way and also curious which ableton preset you used. @@steverachmadofficial
Dope… 🇩🇰
you don't process really that much but you have a lot of rack stuff ! don't use them anymore?
Nice approach! Did you use any outboard processing on this track while producing/mixing?
No. this track doesn't have any processing on it. Just mixed it on the ghost and straight to mastering. Like most of my tracks
@@steverachmadofficial That's impressive from you and the mixer!
@@steverachmadofficial Thanks for sharing Steve. Who does your mastering?