The 4 rules of techno minimalism
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 มิ.ย. 2024
- A lot of dance music revolves around maximising the impact of a very limited set of musical ideas. How do we achieve minimalist elegance but avoid sounding amateur, simplistic, underproduced?
Here are the 4 steps to getting effective minimalist productions.
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Contents:
0:00 The four magic ingredients
2:38 How to groove at all levels
5:24 How to create movement in the timbre
7:00 Dealing with too much movement
9:19 The golden rule of movement
9:29 How to add polymeters to your techno groove
14:45 How to build tension and release in minimalist music
17:27 Summary and next steps
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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.
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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
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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 information is far more important than some people realize. I'm guilty of the "amateur" and "underproduced"
There isn't enough love for techno out there.
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.
These are the rules not only for techno but for life
Groove at every level 🌊
I don't usually make Techno, but these are solid tips for composition.
Bro, that posters free. Mind-blown 🤯
Using polyrhythmic alone, bring you far with minimalistic music.
One of the best trick for techno music ☝️
Good video.
Greetings from berlin
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!
I love the look of excitement in his eyes...he's like a little kid! Nothing like passionate teachers!
I love how these great tutorials can be aplied to so many more genres than techno
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 have been watching tutorials more than 10 years about grooves, techno, edm, etc. and honestly this is the best one I have ever watched!
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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!
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.
Love that your videos, while based in the DAW, give inspiration and advice on music theory that can be applied to DAWless music too 👍🏼
Great content as always - you never fail to inspire me your insights and technical elements.
Wow really great tips. This definitely took some of my basic sounding techno beats to the next level!
One of the most comprehensive and understandable cookbook for techno I found so far.
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.
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.
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 🙏
Simply awesome! Now i hopefully can implement my own produnction styles i developed over the years into something consistent and useable for the audience 🙏🏼
An endless source of inspiration ❤ Thank you for that.
You make it look so easy, love your content!
Great tutorial! Minimal and straight to the point! Well done!
Very concise and informative tutorial. Highly appreciated!
Need more like this, love your content man!
even looonger tension, sneak in acid sequence (polymeter dancepartner) and boom! Drops with -1oct acid sequence and polypartner gets spicier over time 😎
This tutorial is good for more than just techno. It's a good fundamental tool for understanding how to engineer your drum patterns
Very inspiring! Great tips with many creative possibilities. I'm definitely going to watch other videos you made. Thanks.
So much great input here, even when you don't use a DAW. This is also probably my favorite one of your videos.
Oscar this is what i'm waiting for. After so many videos this is the right one. Please do more in this regard and share it via pattern sheet. Thank you!
Simply fantastic video with very clear examples and practical application! Wonderful editing too
So much useful information packed into a single video! These techniques would likely be applicable to other styles of music entirely. Great stuff, many thanks.
This is awesome! It answers a question I always had but never consciously asked it.
Nice!!! Thank you!
Your videos cover the parts of production that really push people from amateur to professional. Thanks for all your work!
Decades of experience condensed in a few sentences. This is golden.
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!
The tip with dealing too much movement is again a hidden gem. Love this channel
Keep it up Oscar
This tutorial was crazy thanks a lot🙌
Thanks for teaching groove, movement, polymeters and tension & release. Brilliant Lesson in minimalist electronic music production.
This was exactly what I needed right now. I am looking for a how to, on something I'm not sure how to describe. I made a newbie track that has this element that I want to understand and make more use of, but I pulled it from a preset in pigments 3. I plan on studying the sound and design, but would love to see a tutorial on it if I could ever find one.
These tips are golden! Real fundamental stuff that is so easy to forget...
Thanks Oscar for sharing your knowledge. Always a pleasure to watch your videos. :-)
Oscar dropping the knowledge on us again! Thanks for sharing! ✌
Omg your explanations are so fun!) The groove is spreading through you)))❤
Thanks for the tips. As always. Your content is gold!
It is about time someone pointed out these facts. Well done.
Your lesson helped a lot, after that i wrote my first lody. Thank you very much.
Best tutor,ever. Period!
Magic!
This really was so helpful ❤
Thanks for this great video. It Let me listen to older tracks and realize how much more I´m doing the things from your video now, compared to 1 year old tracks. :)
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!!
Thank you so much for the education and inspiration!
that was an absolute groove
Great work on your videos.
Very helpful and well explained
One more awesome tutorial! Thanks Oscar!
Thank you so much for all your youtube videos ( i have not seen them all already i am not even close to...) but even the fact that i use a diffrent DAW then you do, watching the videos makes me switch between programing something new, watching the next part and so on. Your enthusiasm is really pushing me to go on an on - thanks for that. You are a real good teacher all the "How-To-Stuff" and also the most Videos " exclusive " for My DAW and the controller i bought with arent that fresh sparkling and inspiring to me. i come from djing, than i got father , than my job just ate me up (btw i was Patissier in Frankfurts Cocoon-Club) with even 3000 Watts in The Kitchen so i got rid of all this electronic Music Stuff ....untill Bands Gorrilaz, Hot Chip, Djuma- and LCD Soundsystem got me back on track and i decided to jump into the cold water and try to do some tracks on my own. I never played an instrument (guess Turntables dont count) , but you are a HUUUUGE help getting closer and closer to shrink the gap between my ideas and my musically output!
(I am really low on money, otherwise i'd Get the whole course. But if you need some cooking, baking or pastry help i think i could give something back ;)
P.S. Please excuse my bad english
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!
Hey Oscar, thanks! Great contents indeed, love the format: concise, informative videos that make you want to experiment rather than having you stare at the monitor for hours. Keep it up! Ah, is there a link to the other posters?
The polymeter reminds me of Acid Eiffel. Excelent tutorial.
This was just awesome! Thanks a lot!
Best video in the history of music production tutorials. Thank you sir!
luky ive found you! i use to make songs FULL of EVERTYHING... now, i will try to relax and do as you showed... thknx
Another excellent video, thank you Oscar 🙏
You hit where you should ! I was really waiting for that
you are the man Oscar, so much producer wisdom :)
Informative as ever. Thanks once again Oscar. Best wishes.
Another triumph, Oscar, thank you for sharing!
Many thx for your works, so much things to say about syncopation, groove and ternaire :)
this is insanely good, thanks Oscar!
This is genius! Something that I’ve been looking for for a very long time.
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
Enjoyed this,especially the polymeter solo'd tip
This is pure gold. Thanks 👍
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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Absolutely outstanding work, thanks for sharing this incredible knowledge!!! Invaluable
Genuinely one of the best tutorials for this style and sound I've ever found. Love your videos and thank you for making these!
Very informative video with awesome tips and ideas. This was very impactful and beneficial for me. Thank you!
I love your videos, the next thing i always do, is to start my DAW and work on my skills.
Great as always. Thank you very much!
Great lesson! Thank you!
Man. Thank you. No more words needed. Just: Thank you!
Cool vid! I love these simple low basslines.
succinct and inspiring, as always!
Amazingly explained.
Short and efficient
Super useful video, even for other types of music, thanks a lot!
yeah yeah ! That's what i needed back in the days, when I started creating music !
me 2
5:04 ... I really enjoy switiching between the amateur and not so amateur version.
ah this is so interesting! especially the part regarding the poly meters, thanks:)
Very great tuto !!
Thanks for yours tips
Awesome video, first of yours I've seen and I'm subscribed now! Thank you!
You're a genius, man. Thank you!