Saw him DJ in Paris once, amazingly it was an accident as we couldn't get in the party we wanted, and it was amazing. All vinyl groovy synthy house perfection!
I know this probably won't be a top performing video for you but this was so immensely helpful to watch you arrange a track from start to finish and talk about all the decisions and small things you did along the way as well as keeping in the parts where things don't work and showing how you fix them. No one ever shows the process how it really is and I've always felt like im doing this wrong because of how long it takes me but this video showed me that its just like that for everyone. You mention at the end about this being boring, but this honestly was not at all boring to watch and I wish there was more content like this. Always appreciate your knowledge and wisdom Ricky!
these last uploads since 1 year or so have been so rich in self-analyzing bits over your creative process, these add so much value to your content, hope u well dude (:
The way you’ve spaced out the process like this (multiple videos released each week) is perfect for being able to follow along in a non-rushed manner. It’s perfect! You could have cut the entire thing down to a short video but you left most of the process in which is super important in being shown how to draw the rest of the damn owl! Thank you Ricky.
Yo... I like to see a workflow in it's entirety. Even the crazy little things that go into organization and consolidation. Dead ass, this is good ish. I learn so much from this chill ass dude.
I love this small series so much! Really inspiring and - DUDE! - you don’t get yourself enough credit. So many small and subtle yet very powerful tools for arranging! It’s so genius and really ads up in the end! Based on this I will try focus more on subtle changes for transitions next time I arrange. Looking forward to see How you mix and master. Take care! Thanks a lot man.
Totally agreed. There is a lot of power in these small, reductive edits - I know I will keep some of these edits in my mind when I work on my arrangement today. There is a lot to be said for removing stuff, instead of always adding.
I really dig this. You know you don't get a lot of stuff where artists share there process.. and I feel like this very often where you can learn the most.. just by seeing how another artists work.. getting a window in there sensibilities from a process perspective.. it's great.
Man I love you so much .. I didn't know how to zoom ableton .. i sit far away from a 50 inch tv so it was super annoying .. but now i can see everything..
Absolutely love this longer form videos, not only for the soothing ASMR vibes but I feel like they give me enough time to really get into the rhythm of focusing on your voice and your process without feeling like we're cutting out just as I'm getting right into it. Wonderful video, Ricky. Can't wait to hear the track on the other side.
Oh, wow... I only just found Jay Daniel’s music this week., funnily enough. Always a pleasure to see your process, but he additional little philosophical musings scattered throughout add a lot of value.
Thanks again for posting this video. Moving from loop to a full song is something I've always struggled with so it is super helpful to see how it can be done and all the little tips and tricks. Thanks!
you create dope professional tracks in a DO EASY WAY, i love this content as it reminds me that good music needs just simplicity + good taste . every time you pull a video like this “ house/techno creation “ i go to the studio and make music for hours .
That 0 trick also works really well with MIDI notes. Rather than erase a note you can toggle it on or off by selecting and pressing 0. Like when you duplicate a pattern and change it a bit, you can still keep the original notes and just mute them. Great for when you want to revert to a previous version later
Love that this video is a longer form. And the three part series is great. Dude I hope you are in Detroit for movement this year. You shout out all our local artists like every video lol. Feels like family watching these videos.
dope vid, as always. Even tho i'm not making house music, i'm more about idm\ambient\synthwave stuff, i'm still learning a lot about gear, techniques, and approaches to making music in general. Thank you for such inspiring and thoughtful, rather introspective content. Super chill, uninterrupted creative process combined with dope editing and color grading. Peace, brother!
It was funny that when you started shifting around that arp section I was thinking, "This is like a live demo of his other video about finding rhythms in rhythms..." and then you say it, too. I really appreciate that you let this video run as long as it did. It's engaging and informative but also nicely models/demonstrates how to take something and unfurl it beyond just a few bars. Thanks!
I'm still coming up to speed on my House music- I'm always expecting to hear that more chunky percussion with the R&B vocal sample. This track seems closer to minimal tech, I'm loving that guitar loop. Mintech is still very alive to me, there is more that can be said with it, it's great for late-night about 1 AM, NGL. Your studio looks super chill too, a great comfy workspace.
Love this style of video! Nice and long, full of amazing information and inspiration! Crossing my fingers for some more tracking building videos, keep up the great work
It was a great pleasure to get a glimpse of your creative process! Totally unrelated, but I love the Blackberry USB cable in the Skulpt :) I have a few of those lying somewhere …
Great watching you work bro ! Key new tips for me : the 1/16th note pullbacks and ‘rope out of the hole’ great tricks , will make my arrangements less rigid - thanks !
Thanks for this Ricky- it was really helpful. I can crank out decent loops all day but getting to a full song needs work for me. Also thanks for the tip that Ableton wasn't working well on Windows for you, I've been warned. I'm still pretty DAW centric, it was good to see that the DAW for your process seems to be much closer to the end of the workflow instead of being the whole workflow.
Received my tote bag last friday and I'm super happy with it (shipping was surprisingly fast to Europe). Also love this series, I've always wanted something exactly like this from you and it is PERFECT! Thanks for all the tips
Nice tip with setting the EQ8 default setting to HPF at 120, but maybe a better approach is to set up defaults for both your Audio and MIDI tracks that have this EQ8 setting within them already. 😎 That way every track is already automatically going to be highpassing. (You can, of course, in your template set up a dedicated bass/sub channel that doesn’t feature this roll off. I also like to have a Utility at the end of my default chain for each channel, which I use for any volume automation. Small things, but all that time saved adds up. 👍
I been looking for a video like this aint never found one that really explained what i was looking for i feel like, but thank you. this is the last vid I think i need to watch haha
yo Ricky! love this series you've got going on. Would you consider following this up with a video on how you would then take a finished track like this and prepare it for use in a DAWless set? That's a part of the process I'd really love to get a bit of advice on, thanks 😊
Hahah this really feels like a parallel universe in which Bob Ross produced house tracks instead of oil paintings. This happy little hihat lives here with his friends...
ha ..bruh, at 7:30 not only do i Always do this but i am literally doing this right now in my own ableton beat before a render. Dunno what kinda aglo-sorcery popped this notification and made me stop what i was doing .....but maan.... .yes, exactly !!
Ricky I have a question that you’re probably the most qualified person to ask! I have a circuit tracks and am thinking about selling for a circuit rhythm. I have 4 hardware synths, plus keystep pro, so I don’t use tracks to midi sequence and hardly ever use the built in synth engines. I just use it for drums, which I’m thinking Rhythm would probably be a better dedicated drum machine? Anyway, in your opinion, which do you think is “better”/more versatile? And great video by the way!
Just wondering why not use all your outboard fx in the sends of live, then its hardwired and accesible on any track... Seems logical, then i know it's personal preference.... peace... i enjoy the videos...
Space Force is even worse... they dump it on the moon! The airforce drops chunks of frozen blue stuff into the sky. You'd think they'd rather do it in each OTHER'S back yard. But they use the path of least resistance.
Check out Jay Daniel’s track - open.spotify.com/track/3RdTRLulAJKR5An8vgfUig?si=m0K1s0PvQEyX6q4HWWuLfQ
So good
Saw him DJ in Paris once, amazingly it was an accident as we couldn't get in the party we wanted, and it was amazing.
All vinyl groovy synthy house perfection!
I know this probably won't be a top performing video for you but this was so immensely helpful to watch you arrange a track from start to finish and talk about all the decisions and small things you did along the way as well as keeping in the parts where things don't work and showing how you fix them. No one ever shows the process how it really is and I've always felt like im doing this wrong because of how long it takes me but this video showed me that its just like that for everyone. You mention at the end about this being boring, but this honestly was not at all boring to watch and I wish there was more content like this. Always appreciate your knowledge and wisdom Ricky!
these last uploads since 1 year or so have been so rich in self-analyzing bits over your creative process, these add so much value to your content, hope u well dude (:
The way you’ve spaced out the process like this (multiple videos released each week) is perfect for being able to follow along in a non-rushed manner. It’s perfect! You could have cut the entire thing down to a short video but you left most of the process in which is super important in being shown how to draw the rest of the damn owl! Thank you Ricky.
Gotta show it all! Thanks for tuning in Marc, glad you enjoyed it :)
Yo... I like to see a workflow in it's entirety. Even the crazy little things that go into organization and consolidation.
Dead ass, this is good ish.
I learn so much from this chill ass dude.
I love this small series so much! Really inspiring and - DUDE! - you don’t get yourself enough credit. So many small and subtle yet very powerful tools for arranging! It’s so genius and really ads up in the end! Based on this I will try focus more on subtle changes for transitions next time I arrange. Looking forward to see How you mix and master.
Take care! Thanks a lot man.
I agree man. These videos add so much depth and benefit to his content. It’s a real treat to the community.
Totally agreed. There is a lot of power in these small, reductive edits - I know I will keep some of these edits in my mind when I work on my arrangement today.
There is a lot to be said for removing stuff, instead of always adding.
I really dig this. You know you don't get a lot of stuff where artists share there process.. and I feel like this very often where you can learn the most.. just by seeing how another artists work.. getting a window in there sensibilities from a process perspective.. it's great.
Man I love you so much .. I didn't know how to zoom ableton .. i sit far away from a 50 inch tv so it was super annoying .. but now i can see everything..
Hahaha love you too JetSet!
Absolutely love this longer form videos, not only for the soothing ASMR vibes but I feel like they give me enough time to really get into the rhythm of focusing on your voice and your process without feeling like we're cutting out just as I'm getting right into it. Wonderful video, Ricky. Can't wait to hear the track on the other side.
Oh, wow... I only just found Jay Daniel’s music this week., funnily enough.
Always a pleasure to see your process, but he additional little philosophical musings scattered throughout add a lot of value.
dunno what i love more, this video or your minesweeper reference
Thanks again for posting this video. Moving from loop to a full song is something I've always struggled with so it is super helpful to see how it can be done and all the little tips and tricks. Thanks!
I am not making house music, but, man, your videos are so inspiring and calming.
you create dope professional tracks in a DO EASY WAY, i love this content as it reminds me that good music needs just simplicity + good taste .
every time you pull a video like this “ house/techno creation “ i go to the studio and make music for hours .
That 0 trick also works really well with MIDI notes. Rather than erase a note you can toggle it on or off by selecting and pressing 0. Like when you duplicate a pattern and change it a bit, you can still keep the original notes and just mute them. Great for when you want to revert to a previous version later
me: dang it sounds nice
Ricky: it sounds super wack
me: it sounds super wack
Love that this video is a longer form. And the three part series is great. Dude I hope you are in Detroit for movement this year. You shout out all our local artists like every video lol. Feels like family watching these videos.
Your videos are so well produced and the techniques so inspiring I just have to get to the studio again and create a track every time after watching.
dope vid, as always. Even tho i'm not making house music, i'm more about idm\ambient\synthwave stuff, i'm still learning a lot about gear, techniques, and approaches to making music in general. Thank you for such inspiring and thoughtful, rather introspective content. Super chill, uninterrupted creative process combined with dope editing and color grading.
Peace, brother!
It was funny that when you started shifting around that arp section I was thinking, "This is like a live demo of his other video about finding rhythms in rhythms..." and then you say it, too.
I really appreciate that you let this video run as long as it did. It's engaging and informative but also nicely models/demonstrates how to take something and unfurl it beyond just a few bars. Thanks!
So you can be dawless and daw. Novel concept. Appreciate the vibe of your channel and helping others. Be safe.
I'm still coming up to speed on my House music- I'm always expecting to hear that more chunky percussion with the R&B vocal sample. This track seems closer to minimal tech, I'm loving that guitar loop. Mintech is still very alive to me, there is more that can be said with it, it's great for late-night about 1 AM, NGL. Your studio looks super chill too, a great comfy workspace.
dude, you're just one of the most chilled persons i've come across the net in the music maker realm. I like the way you do your stuff!
I’d love to see more of these videos btw. They are really helpful.
That wasn't boring at all.
A long form production video? oh hell yes, thats my jam
Mega long hahaha
Love this style of video! Nice and long, full of amazing information and inspiration! Crossing my fingers for some more tracking building videos, keep up the great work
This is now my favourite YT video and I’m only 15 minutes in! Thanks for sharing your arranging process. It’s SO helpful.
It was a great pleasure to get a glimpse of your creative process! Totally unrelated, but I love the Blackberry USB cable in the Skulpt :) I have a few of those lying somewhere …
It would be very beneficial if you could do a whole series on arrangement
X2! 🙏
+1 on enjoying this longer format series. Very enjoyable and the little production tips and techniques rule!
how did I not notice this vid was actually pretty long? well done keeping us interested with your pacing!
Everytime im struggling with something...on that same week...Ricky posts something about it
This man never misses fr
As wild as it is, I never knew about cmd + shift + D, that changed the game for me, thank you for that alone
Great watching you work bro !
Key new tips for me : the 1/16th note pullbacks and ‘rope out of the hole’ great tricks , will make my arrangements less rigid - thanks !
Thanks for this Ricky- it was really helpful. I can crank out decent loops all day but getting to a full song needs work for me. Also thanks for the tip that Ableton wasn't working well on Windows for you, I've been warned. I'm still pretty DAW centric, it was good to see that the DAW for your process seems to be much closer to the end of the workflow instead of being the whole workflow.
Glad I'm not the only one who does weird voices and talks to myself while I'm producing
Really enjoyed these last two. Superb.
these videos are so chill
"Ooh my God I almost blew my ears up" how did you notice that in time😂😂
Crazily inspiring as usual, such a friendly space to hang out in ;))
This was on my recommended, so glad I watched it, love your chilled vibes here, definitely subscribing :)
Thanks for the support Lateralshiftmusic! This was a long time ago, but I still appreciate it :)
Received my tote bag last friday and I'm super happy with it (shipping was surprisingly fast to Europe). Also love this series, I've always wanted something exactly like this from you and it is PERFECT! Thanks for all the tips
That's awesome! Thanks for the support, I still rock that tote bag to this day!
I love watching arrangements in real time. Keep them coming, bro! 🙏
Yeah same as everyone else bro. I've been waiting on this type of video. Very cool!
i just learned about cmd+i ! Mr. Tinez always here to teach me something new :)
Wow, great tutorial man. Big fan of your channel
Nice tip with setting the EQ8 default setting to HPF at 120, but maybe a better approach is to set up defaults for both your Audio and MIDI tracks that have this EQ8 setting within them already. 😎 That way every track is already automatically going to be highpassing. (You can, of course, in your template set up a dedicated bass/sub channel that doesn’t feature this roll off.
I also like to have a Utility at the end of my default chain for each channel, which I use for any volume automation.
Small things, but all that time saved adds up. 👍
Yet another great video, Ricky!
Instant sub. Such an inspiration. Thank you.
I been looking for a video like this aint never found one that really explained what i was looking for i feel like, but thank you. this is the last vid I think i need to watch haha
Oh yes. Been waiting for this… thanks Ricky
Brilliant! Pleasure to get a peek into your workflow! Cheers!
yo Ricky! love this series you've got going on. Would you consider following this up with a video on how you would then take a finished track like this and prepare it for use in a DAWless set? That's a part of the process I'd really love to get a bit of advice on, thanks 😊
oh my god so relaxing
keep up i love this kind of videos
I loved this video, I also really like when you recommend another artists to listen.
This is really interesting. Thank you very much for sharing your processes with us.
Hahah this really feels like a parallel universe in which Bob Ross produced house tracks instead of oil paintings.
This happy little hihat lives here with his friends...
Thx for so good material here :)
First record I ever made, I drew every drum hit with my mouse for every song lol. I'm never doing that to myself again.
Fantastico! Another great video! Keep rocking dude!
that blackberry usb on skulpt catch my eyes
Einmusik is also good at placing cleaver synth sounds in the background on the techno side.
You been reading my mind Ricky? Doing just that right now!
Good tips here, good review for me.
ha ..bruh, at 7:30 not only do i Always do this but i am literally doing this right now in my own ableton beat before a render. Dunno what kinda aglo-sorcery popped this notification and made me stop what i was doing .....but maan.... .yes, exactly !!
Ricky I have a question that you’re probably the most qualified person to ask! I have a circuit tracks and am thinking about selling for a circuit rhythm. I have 4 hardware synths, plus keystep pro, so I don’t use tracks to midi sequence and hardly ever use the built in synth engines. I just use it for drums, which I’m thinking Rhythm would probably be a better dedicated drum machine? Anyway, in your opinion, which do you think is “better”/more versatile? And great video by the way!
maybe check out the digitakt as well :)
When you use effects on the master track in your hardware setup before recording. How do you add these effects back in in the Ableton version?
Just wondering why not use all your outboard fx in the sends of live, then its hardwired and accesible on any track...
Seems logical, then i know it's personal preference.... peace... i enjoy the videos...
RICK RUBIN! 💪
Have you ever used your Mpc live2 or one as an ableton controller?
All my house music sounds like.... Not house music. But I don't care, I think it's good anyway.😁
🧡
by the way, do you know the only band that had a cool singer named Ricky...The Aloof. Bloody amazing live circa '98
Yooo is this on Spotify???
Do you make any money with these house tracks you produce?
Wish I had a daw but rn it's just the tracks and the live 2
How can you be contacted Ricky?
You forgot the lazy drummer technique!
FYI: The Navy dump trash in the ocean like garbage trucks dump trash @ the dump.
Space Force is even worse... they dump it on the moon! The airforce drops chunks of frozen blue stuff into the sky. You'd think they'd rather do it in each OTHER'S back yard. But they use the path of least resistance.
@@GizzyDillespee too bad space travel isn’t real, which is actually environmentally friendly. I guess that’s an awesome thing.
Very sweet sound, reminds me of the Scandinavian house from the noughties.
Check out Kuiper by Floating Points
isn't most punk rock 3 notes? LoL
I would say three chords. With each chord comprised of three notes.
Don't forget about the truth
Nice, but your colours are upside down. 😉🇺🇦
THIS RIGHT HERE is a life saver! Thank you RIcky.
Using zero instead of delete! th-cam.com/video/rdzZN3pazdg/w-d-xo.html