Be good to see a house beat creation, it's difficult to get certain drums to feel like they are rolling or shuffling towards the clap like in deep house
@@decapitateallcops3214 substitute ableton with daw and you will see what I mean. and btw, everyone knows FL studio ain't really good for anyone above rookie level. I notice it is mostly used by trap artists, and trap music being obviously low IQ music. At most, a gateway to real limitless daw's like ableton and bitwig.
Man, just love you. I'm 54, from Buenos Aires. Started using a bit deeper Ableton 2 years ago. A Beatstep called a miniLab and then the SQ-64. Then came the volca Sample , TR-6S and the Roland S-1 Well, now is time to learn. I never subscribe myself to any channel. But your deserve it. Thanks a lot. You make the universe be nice Que sea Rock
Ableton shortcuts are pretty intuitive and easy to learn. I appreaciate that he doesn't include them they make tutorials boring and take away from musical making
This might be my favorite video of yours yet. Would love to see a video about how you take something like this and hold that interest for a full 7 minute track, especially in this minimal style. I feel like it's kind of touched on here as you show how to create the tension and "make them wait," but would still love to see a video on expanding ideas like this out even further. Great stuff. About to go try some of these techniques to a track I'm currently working on to see if I can improve it.
Love this idea. I'm all about the "track in 90 minutes" style videos and think Oscar would make a great one to show the start to finish decision making.
it's crazy how much useful information you put in these 18 minutes. Basically a guideline for developing an electronic music track in general, helped me a lot!
Cheers Oscar, I really to appreciate your consistently interesting, inspiring and actionable videos. You always find some original approach or subject that nobody else seems to be talking about.
What I really like about it is: i almost never use any DAW, so when watching his videos, my mind always messes with how to implement this with my hardware. And most of the times, i find solutions, so I'm learning new things, but also am "forced" to get to know my gear better - double win. 👍 Thanks, Oscar.
Watched hundreds of hours of TH-cam videos over the last couple of years but learned more in 20 mins from this video than all the others!! Can't wait to see the others! Great work.
I’m just starting in ableton and the poly meter advice REALLY helped me understand why everything was sound so repetitive and flat. I feel like I just learned more in 15 minutes than I have after hours of tutorials.
I produce for a while now, like 6-7 years and I always love how your videos explain me everything I've self-taught myself, difference is, I finally understand technically what I'm actually doing. Keep up the fantastic work! Really love your teaching method!
Your videos are absolutly great! Just booked you course "Industrial Techno" and can not stop watching,... so many little ideas I got,... and I'm currently at Chapter 3!
Pan Modulation is a favorite trick of ours for adding extra movement and groove - works great on midrange dotted basslines for creating bouncing plucked basses that make the mix feel more expansive and interesting without affecting stereo phase or cause sub bass clashes. Prophet Rev2 and Virus TI are superb for these kinds of sounds!
I love watching your videos. Lol I’m at a thanksgiving get together and I’m in the corner watching your videos 😂 happy thanksgiving! Very thankful for you and these videos!!
love your videos! would love you to do a video on meditation or trance music such as you might hear in a yoga class. So obviously less danceable, less beat
One of your best, if not your BEST video ! Thanks a lot for all these pieces of advice, learned a lot, and now I just want to go in the DAW to experiment that!!
Another stellar 'tutorial'! In that it totally IS a tutorial but it's you producing at the same time and in a groove. Love it. Great minimal track aswell, fair play.
Thank you for this. Just for the sake of adding info for the guys in the comment section: On simple hardware sequenzers or grooveboxes these polymeters can be achieved by using the "Active Step"-function
Oscar your content is fantastic ! I do have a question; do you actually cover how to make/design these grooves in a separate video ? or maybe in your course ? Thank you again for your content; it's truly top notch knowledge, well produced and entertaining 🙏
hey mate your face when you play the "less amateur" track at the beginning of the video when you start like grooving is Hilarious jajajajajajaj I Love you videos, your passion and your tips are VERY, VERY helpful by the way. thanks so much!! ;))))
Love your videos! I actually don't listen to techno, as I am a guitar player. Being said, I'm obsessed with rhythm, and your videos are very descriptive and informational!
7 minutes in to the first video iv explored from underdog. So much to learn from playing upright piano for years to now taking this to an electronic platform - from how the fx work alone to the ability of working together - when discussing new pieces or ideas of the track. It has been so difficult to process the reasons for some Fx. Most instruction will only tell you what and do it. If you want a full definition or understanding of why and how to use certain Fx. so far so good. expecting ill continue to learn more from underdog than iv gained anywhere else. Very informative - already know ill buy in here over anyoother.
When talking about minimalism in techno. There is one thought which also gets its fair share of support. Once you delve more into minimalism you often encounter songs that don't utilize breakdowns or drops at all. There are some percussive elements dropped of and brought back and synths an other components faded in and out but any major anticipations of big changes are absent. I get the appeal of risers and huge drops and how they work on a dancefloor. Also you need that release of energy in form of breakdown to actually build that energy again for that big drop so in that sense breakdown and drop goes hand in hand. Then again people who are not that much into a big breakdowns and drops say that they interfere with that repetitive and hypnotic nature of techno and therefore prefer minimal techno which just makes more subtle changes to carry song forward. There is still that common ground that I think almost all of the people across genres agree that there needs to be movement in the sounds to keep it interesting. That is of course up to debate how fast it should be e.g. compare some glitchy dub step or hardcore to ambient and you might find some different opinions how fast things should evolve.
Agreed! Music generally needs some form of tension and release too keep the interest driving forward. How much tension you build depends on taste and genre, as you say!
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Be good to see a house beat creation, it's difficult to get certain drums to feel like they are rolling or shuffling towards the clap like in deep house
You always make me wanna get up and go straight into the DAW. Thank you.
Yeah, I can never get through an episode without having to bust Ableton open mid video.
But do you? I sure dont
@@decapitateallcops3214 Good motivation is to realise that if you don't open up ableton and follow your dream, you will regret it before you die.
@@jocee2257 I open Ableton and every time regret that it isn’t FL Studio that Im working in
@@decapitateallcops3214 substitute ableton with daw and you will see what I mean.
and btw, everyone knows FL studio ain't really good for anyone above rookie level.
I notice it is mostly used by trap artists, and trap music being obviously low IQ music. At most, a gateway to real limitless daw's like ableton and bitwig.
I'd wager a tidy sum a lot of folks who watched this are gonna make the tune they're currently working on sound a whole heap better.
I hope you’re right 🤞
@@OscarUnderdog you are def helping me with my track and album!
I agree
Man, just love you.
I'm 54, from Buenos Aires. Started using a bit deeper Ableton 2 years ago.
A Beatstep called a miniLab and then the SQ-64. Then came the volca Sample , TR-6S and the Roland S-1
Well, now is time to learn. I never subscribe myself to any channel.
But your deserve it.
Thanks a lot.
You make the universe be nice
Que sea Rock
This information is far more important than some people realize. I'm guilty of the "amateur" and "underproduced"
A tip for ya! You can reverse any audio clip by simply pressing R (so you don't need to menu dive!)
Came to say the same, so much faster, I need a chart for all the shortcuts
@@lecoughskiofficial you can get a keyboard overlay
❤️ u angel
@@omnifvck2596 ?
Ableton shortcuts are pretty intuitive and easy to learn. I appreaciate that he doesn't include them they make tutorials boring and take away from musical making
These are the rules not only for techno but for life
Groove at every level 🌊
There isn't enough love for techno out there.
I have been watching tutorials more than 10 years about grooves, techno, edm, etc. and honestly this is the best one I have ever watched!
❤️
This might be my favorite video of yours yet. Would love to see a video about how you take something like this and hold that interest for a full 7 minute track, especially in this minimal style. I feel like it's kind of touched on here as you show how to create the tension and "make them wait," but would still love to see a video on expanding ideas like this out even further. Great stuff. About to go try some of these techniques to a track I'm currently working on to see if I can improve it.
Love this idea. I'm all about the "track in 90 minutes" style videos and think Oscar would make a great one to show the start to finish decision making.
I don't usually make Techno, but these are solid tips for composition.
I love the look of excitement in his eyes...he's like a little kid! Nothing like passionate teachers!
it's crazy how much useful information you put in these 18 minutes. Basically a guideline for developing an electronic music track in general, helped me a lot!
Best tutor,ever. Period!
The four magic ingredients:
BOM BOMM BOMMMM BOOOOOOOOOMMM!!!!!
You're a genius, Oscar!!
😁❤️
4:51I didn't fully get how flat the "no groove" was until you switched back to it... the "yes groove" has a sort of heartbeat to it, a rolling.
Cheers Oscar, I really to appreciate your consistently interesting, inspiring and actionable videos. You always find some original approach or subject that nobody else seems to be talking about.
What I really like about it is: i almost never use any DAW, so when watching his videos, my mind always messes with how to implement this with my hardware. And most of the times, i find solutions, so I'm learning new things, but also am "forced" to get to know my gear better - double win. 👍
Thanks, Oscar.
I love how these great tutorials can be aplied to so many more genres than techno
Watched hundreds of hours of TH-cam videos over the last couple of years but learned more in 20 mins from this video than all the others!! Can't wait to see the others! Great work.
I’m just starting in ableton and the poly meter advice REALLY helped me understand why everything was sound so repetitive and flat. I feel like I just learned more in 15 minutes than I have after hours of tutorials.
I produce for a while now, like 6-7 years and I always love how your videos explain me everything I've self-taught myself, difference is, I finally understand technically what I'm actually doing. Keep up the fantastic work! Really love your teaching method!
Bro, that posters free. Mind-blown 🤯
Decades of experience condensed in a few sentences. This is golden.
Your videos cover the parts of production that really push people from amateur to professional. Thanks for all your work!
This is genius! Something that I’ve been looking for for a very long time.
Your videos are absolutly great! Just booked you course "Industrial Techno" and can not stop watching,... so many little ideas I got,... and I'm currently at Chapter 3!
Yeeeeah happy to hear it!
Pan Modulation is a favorite trick of ours for adding extra movement and groove - works great on midrange dotted basslines for creating bouncing plucked basses that make the mix feel more expansive and interesting without affecting stereo phase or cause sub bass clashes. Prophet Rev2 and Virus TI are superb for these kinds of sounds!
one of the best channels on youtube
The tip with dealing too much movement is again a hidden gem. Love this channel
Keep it up Oscar
Thanks for teaching groove, movement, polymeters and tension & release. Brilliant Lesson in minimalist electronic music production.
Oscar dropping the knowledge on us again! Thanks for sharing! ✌
One of the most comprehensive and understandable cookbook for techno I found so far.
I've been waiting for this video for years
YES. Agree with comments below, this was very clear and very instructive. I want to get something like Tomas Novoa style. This will help a lot.
I like it. I'll be transposing these techniques for my dawless setup! 😆
luky ive found you! i use to make songs FULL of EVERTYHING... now, i will try to relax and do as you showed... thknx
I love watching your videos. Lol I’m at a thanksgiving get together and I’m in the corner watching your videos 😂 happy thanksgiving! Very thankful for you and these videos!!
😂🙌
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Oscar, thank you very much.
Enjoyed this,especially the polymeter solo'd tip
You're a genius, man. Thank you!
Best video in the history of music production tutorials. Thank you sir!
Nice clean explanation , and love the nail colour ‼️
Like budsticky says: also my favourite Video from Oskar😀!
Thank you so much for the education and inspiration!
Great video. Directly to the point. Very useful informations. Thanks.
THX Oscar! Very valuable video as always :)
So cool, thank you for these gems. God bless 😊❤
This tutorial is good for more than just techno. It's a good fundamental tool for understanding how to engineer your drum patterns
Great Video - Many Thanks - this helps to improve my live Loopings 🙏🏻
Using polyrhythmic alone, bring you far with minimalistic music.
One of the best trick for techno music ☝️
Good video.
Greetings from berlin
Omg your explanations are so fun!) The groove is spreading through you)))❤
super helpful for a beginner as myself. Thank you!
Great content as always - you never fail to inspire me your insights and technical elements.
Another triumph, Oscar, thank you for sharing!
love your videos! would love you to do a video on meditation or trance music such as you might hear in a yoga class. So obviously less danceable, less beat
Cool idea! Do you have any references of songs like that or are you suggesting more conceptually?
One of your best, if not your BEST video ! Thanks a lot for all these pieces of advice, learned a lot, and now I just want to go in the DAW to experiment that!!
Man. Thank you. No more words needed. Just: Thank you!
that was an absolute groove
thanks a lot for this video man, I was struggling with my new track and got inspired by your video, all the best for you and your family
I’m a dawless guy, but your tips are just as effective when using hardware. Thanks 🙏 for the helpful tips.
Amazingly explained.
Short and efficient
It is about time someone pointed out these facts. Well done.
These tips are golden! Real fundamental stuff that is so easy to forget...
Another stellar 'tutorial'! In that it totally IS a tutorial but it's you producing at the same time and in a groove. Love it. Great minimal track aswell, fair play.
Great video and tips, thanks Man.
This is awesome! It answers a question I always had but never consciously asked it.
Great video, thanks. I love minimal techno
Really nice explained... thanks you
Thank You!! You are Awesome !!!
Always a pleasure my good man
Thank you for this.
Just for the sake of adding info for the guys in the comment section: On simple hardware sequenzers or grooveboxes these polymeters can be achieved by using the "Active Step"-function
Love that your videos, while based in the DAW, give inspiration and advice on music theory that can be applied to DAWless music too 👍🏼
Hey - those posters look great! Is there somewhere where I could get them all to print?
Essential video for the minimalist in me :-)
Oscar your content is fantastic !
I do have a question; do you actually cover how to make/design these grooves in a separate video ? or maybe in your course ?
Thank you again for your content; it's truly top notch knowledge, well produced and entertaining 🙏
Absolutely outstanding work, thanks for sharing this incredible knowledge!!! Invaluable
hey mate your face when you play the "less amateur" track at the beginning of the video when you start like grooving is Hilarious jajajajajajaj I Love you videos, your passion and your tips are VERY, VERY helpful by the way. thanks so much!! ;))))
Hey man. This was great. Thanks!'
💎💎💎 dropping some GEMS! 🤯
Turkey great video.. thanks for sharing.
love the new poster thanks
Absolutely love this channel❤😊
Great tips, thank you
Love your videos! I actually don't listen to techno, as I am a guitar player. Being said, I'm obsessed with rhythm, and your videos are very descriptive and informational!
This is spot on. Thank you kind sir
7 minutes in to the first video iv explored from underdog. So much to learn from playing upright piano for years to now taking this to an electronic platform - from how the fx work alone to the ability of working together - when discussing new pieces or ideas of the track. It has been so difficult to process the reasons for some Fx. Most instruction will only tell you what and do it. If you want a full definition or understanding of why and how to use certain Fx. so far so good. expecting ill continue to learn more from underdog than iv gained anywhere else. Very informative - already know ill buy in here over anyoother.
Cheers max 🤗
When talking about minimalism in techno. There is one thought which also gets its fair share of support. Once you delve more into minimalism you often encounter songs that don't utilize breakdowns or drops at all. There are some percussive elements dropped of and brought back and synths an other components faded in and out but any major anticipations of big changes are absent. I get the appeal of risers and huge drops and how they work on a dancefloor. Also you need that release of energy in form of breakdown to actually build that energy again for that big drop so in that sense breakdown and drop goes hand in hand.
Then again people who are not that much into a big breakdowns and drops say that they interfere with that repetitive and hypnotic nature of techno and therefore prefer minimal techno which just makes more subtle changes to carry song forward.
There is still that common ground that I think almost all of the people across genres agree that there needs to be movement in the sounds to keep it interesting. That is of course up to debate how fast it should be e.g. compare some glitchy dub step or hardcore to ambient and you might find some different opinions how fast things should evolve.
Agreed! Music generally needs some form of tension and release too keep the interest driving forward. How much tension you build depends on taste and genre, as you say!
I immediately like this guy
Exactly what I was looking for once again! Thankbyou Oscar 😀
Very helpful tutorial!
Thanks for the posters
You hit where you should ! I was really waiting for that
this is insanely good, thanks Oscar!
Excellent work. This is the second time I’ve watched this 😂. Do you have a video explaining the backbeat and turn around?
Wow awesome you know your stuff, know if i can only incorporate the instructions into my dawless setup 😢😂😅
Polyrhythm technique ... clutch. 👍
Thank you so much!!! Greetings from Germany
Glad I found this channel. Keep up the good work!
Awesome tutorial! I'm using Logic but still relevant, I've learned so much from this one video! Thank you.