Not to be "that guy" but why in the world is the ableton session minimized in the corner during a masterclass? Wouldn't it make more sense to have Bill's face in the corner with the project full screen? I'm sure it's not Bill's fault but it's a bit annoying
@@lilspellbook8066 If you watch the video, you'd realize you don't really need to see the screen much. There's nothing to directly copy, it's mostly useful concepts
omg, these kinds of masterclasses are really rare on youtube. Others either not teaching much or you have to pay for them. Thank you, Mr. Bill for fun delivery of precious knowledge!
does he focus more on maximizing the technology/engineering or improving arrangements? I'm at the phase where i need help bringing simple ideas to life
@@Kevinschart easy thing to do for track progression is double up & switch the sounds. duplicate your keys or whatever & switch to a pad...or whatever. next couple bars, take shit away & then build up before coming back to your initial idea. don't overthink your "simple" ideas!!!!!
26:22 Does that explain why square waves sound SO loud compared to sines even when they hit the same volume? Because it's as loud over the entire waveform? super neat stuff
Absolutley amazing. Im super new to digital audio and ever since i was like 10 i loved dubstep and all sorts of edm. im 18 now, and ive always wanted to make my own but only like a year ago i found out what a daw is and ive been having so much trouble being creative and learning how to "properly" sound design and trying to make sick wub wubs and awesome synth leads and stuff. This video in some cases confused me but i know alot of basic stuff like lfos, transients, and more simple terms that beginners would know. This helped me understand that there really is no right way to do it unless your like space laces and have your own sound or like excision who has amazing song writing skills. Still learning though and this really inspired and helped me alot thank you for sharing your knowledge with us, its very very nice to share your knowledge since its music and most musicians want to keep their ways secret and i also thank other youtubers who put their techniques out there to help us bless you and them :)
It’s not easy, you can watch all the videos you want but when the video stop and you’re sitting there just trying to decide if your kick drum is good or not and the rest of your drum sounds as well. , that enough right there is super frustrating it’s all in the way you hear it just training your ears once you get your ears trained that’s half of it right there but it’s difficult it’s very hard so just got to keep practicing
Layer layer layer. Layer drums. Layer your bass. Honestly that would be one tip I would give to people just starting out I missed it take me years to realize that every sound you hear is literally a layer of multiple sounds
MrBill.. thx for this masterclass, the last sound design tip using just an audiofile and chop it up was brilliant. I have just upgraded from MPC live to ableton live suite and have so much inspiration...its AWESOME!!!
I love how the new "sine compression" is all the latest rage. Lol tf. That's like the og technique. That's what the old jungle heads originally did. All good glad music coming back around to what's good.
Amazing as always, Mr. Bill.... KMGLife, thanks, but please, for the next one, do no place mr bill's computer screen as less than 1/4 of the video size... man....
Amazing content, really entertaining! I often trap my own production through all the theory and mixing rules I have learnt. I Love the way you throw that all out the window.
1. This is typically informative and inspirational, the man is a wizard 2. The sub bass part was great, does anyone have any tips on keeping a sub bass line at a constant perceived volume? The lower the note, the quieter it sounds? 3. It would've been nicer if the main screen was the DAW with Bill as the inset. We already know how beautiful Bill is, but it's really hard to see what he's actually doing, especially on a phone screen :( and if you haven't already, listen to his podcast - not a lot of sound design/techniques etc, but interesting as hell - cheers Bill :)
@@BasicFTB Thanks, I was just about to research that when I remembered i've just signed up for his courses yesterday so hopefully there will be something about it in there - there are tons of them! He has a very good way of explaining stuff so it actually sticks in my head.
@@Adoblem that's why I said 'perceived' volume, what you actually hear. Maybe adding some harmonics gets around the issue, but that doesn't explain how classic d&b has subs all over the place with no perceptible change in volume. It's probably to do with compression, which I have trouble understanding!
@@mr_smellnice5724 Then it probably is harmonics seeing as they can add a "fake" feeling of a sub (the fundamental isn't actually there, mr bill talks about that in the video), especially if they're Reese basses because they are made from saw waves which have hella harmonics, Im pretty sure compressing a pure sine will accomplish just additional harmonics because the hard clip (if there is one) acts kinda like a square wave. Sorry if im not clear about this but tldr getting a good sub on systems that can't play it is all about harmonics
Thanks Mr. Bill for all the info you put out into this master course and in your website. I was subscribed to your website as well, went broke and subscribing again on pay day lol Keep up the stuffs! Also your music fucking rocks
Interesting contrast to the the KSHMR masterclass I just tried to watch. Lecture 100% on marketing and image, zero info on actually making music. This dude is a fucking genius and gives it all away.
As always a great class Sir !! really appreciate the work you do also real glad you mentioned a little something about Au5 which together yall literally fry up the sonic universe ∆_∆
Wow okay, THAT is the best, Informative Master Class I have ever seen in my Life. And I love your Sense of Humor. You are a true Sensei. But one Question, why exactly u using the Xfer OTT and not the Ableton OTT?
Idk why people don't ask more open questions... like, if I had the mic I'd wanna ask what plugins he's on, where he thinks music is going, what songs are inspiring him, ya know? It'd be cool to hear him get genuinely stoked about something
Set osc A to a sine, Set osc B to a sine. Make osc B one octave and 7 semitones higher (that's 3rd harmonic). Adjust the phase control on osc B. Profit.
@@blindcamel6236 Youre welcome. You could actually make it easier too.. instead of tuning the B osc up, you could use the harmonic series wave table (instead of a static sine), and scroll through a few frames to get the third harmonic.
Hey Mr. Bill these are great videos that really help motivate me when I feel like I’ve used up all my ideas. I have a question. With all the different pitches and notes these “mud-pie” sessions create how do you go about arranging the song melody wise? Do you focus on fine tuning after sound designing and following any specific scales?
Heya, thats a great question. Not Bill but I'll share my begginer intuition with the question :D I'd use those blips and stuff as non melodic elements, so you can kinda play any melody over it since it'll be used more as a percussion. Or you could play chords you want and then detune the "cut out clips" to suit the melody. Thats my 2c , hope bill answers the question tho :D
realistic use would be tuning them to the key as needed to the specific song your using them in if the initial note being a C3 for example. using it as is, u can throw it into a sampler later and play it however u like naturally. or if its G or F scale, youd tage it in the filename, and then know that its rooted in that note and transpose accordingly in the song u bring it into later
Hey mate, thanks for sharing this. Definitely learned a lot. Following up on the mastering bit where you said you do your own masters - I would love to try mastering a track of yours, would you be willing to send me something? Thanks and keep it up!
thx mr. bill, really learned alot! question: how comes you don't have to concern about KEY? how comes everything you do fits the sub? is it because its not notes but noise? and do you really render all your songs in 32bit?
He answers that question at around 51:00, I kind of wonder if maybe you'd have more control with the saturator soft clip because you can control how it clips the wave in terms of soft, hard, sinusoidal, etc.
@@joshskarzenski731 yeah haha, posted my comment before getting to the Q&A portion! Saturator does give you other ways of flattening out the signal, yeah.
Hey! Question regarding the 808 you're making with operator, would you adjust the amplitude envelope so that you have a little more attack up front, then cool down the sustain? When I do that, the volume drops again (the waves on the osciliscope dip now, instead of really pushing up & down) which makes sense. But wondering if there's a way to maintain this fatter sound (besides just turning up the volume) so that the oscilloscope keeps the waves pushing the limits. Hope this makes sense, if anyone has tips I'm all ears!
this is a really great class, but the video overlay should have been the other way aroud, its hard to tell whats going on on the small screen. Still a dope video
Im interested in the artist that made that mudpie in that project he opened at the end of his talk. Anyone recognize what he says? woolk? woolg? Thanks for everything Bill! just joyfully joined to your website!!! talk about economic stuff
Thanks so much for your wisdom and humor, Bill!
Two legends in one video! How cool is that!
right
This is the type of smart person you always feel good around because of his humbleness
been giving Mr Bill Cash for a few years cose he is the only audio school i ever need and needed
trust me.
Not to be "that guy" but why in the world is the ableton session minimized in the corner during a masterclass? Wouldn't it make more sense to have Bill's face in the corner with the project full screen? I'm sure it's not Bill's fault but it's a bit annoying
There are a couple of points where the best view is on the projected screen over his shoulder!
@@lilspellbook8066 Mr. Bill's GF made the video
@@lilspellbook8066 If you watch the video, you'd realize you don't really need to see the screen much. There's nothing to directly copy, it's mostly useful concepts
dont fullscreen, just zoom in on the page (using old youtube)
@@extrathicc78 THIS. If you need to see it all and COPYITSTEPFORSTEP then urdoinitwrong
Mr. Bill is a great teacher.
11:56 I’ve been using Saturator for a long time, but this explanation of soft clipping brought my understanding to levels I never thought possible.
I literally can't believe this is free. Not as if we could all be Mr. Bill B/C we cannot! This is priceless! Thanks for sharing
omg, these kinds of masterclasses are really rare on youtube. Others either not teaching much or you have to pay for them. Thank you, Mr. Bill for fun delivery of precious knowledge!
1:02:43 on using bitwig ❤
Hello sir, love your videos, you converted me :)
@@dorsia6938
can confirm, sign up for his website it's incredible
does he focus more on maximizing the technology/engineering or improving arrangements? I'm at the phase where i need help bringing simple ideas to life
@@Kevinschart easy thing to do for track progression is double up & switch the sounds. duplicate your keys or whatever & switch to a pad...or whatever. next couple bars, take shit away & then build up before coming back to your initial idea. don't overthink your "simple" ideas!!!!!
Mr. Bill is the man!!! His art of mr. bill has helped me finish tracks.
Such wealth of information in this video. Thanks Mr. Bill 🙏
26:22 Does that explain why square waves sound SO loud compared to sines even when they hit the same volume? Because it's as loud over the entire waveform? super neat stuff
cos it has more harmonics & fill the whole spectre
@@CuriousPassenger fletcher munson cuve
damn Mr.Bill always coming in with all the awesome knowledge!
Absolutley amazing. Im super new to digital audio and ever since i was like 10 i loved dubstep and all sorts of edm. im 18 now, and ive always wanted to make my own but only like a year ago i found out what a daw is and ive been having so much trouble being creative and learning how to "properly" sound design and trying to make sick wub wubs and awesome synth leads and stuff. This video in some cases confused me but i know alot of basic stuff like lfos, transients, and more simple terms that beginners would know. This helped me understand that there really is no right way to do it unless your like space laces and have your own sound or like excision who has amazing song writing skills. Still learning though and this really inspired and helped me alot thank you for sharing your knowledge with us, its very very nice to share your knowledge since its music and most musicians want to keep their ways secret and i also thank other youtubers who put their techniques out there to help us bless you and them :)
It’s not easy, you can watch all the videos you want but when the video stop and you’re sitting there just trying to decide if your kick drum is good or not and the rest of your drum sounds as well. , that enough right there is super frustrating it’s all in the way you hear it just training your ears once you get your ears trained that’s half of it right there but it’s difficult it’s very hard so just got to keep practicing
Layer layer layer. Layer drums. Layer your bass. Honestly that would be one tip I would give to people just starting out I missed it take me years to realize that every sound you hear is literally a layer of multiple sounds
Bill. The only producer who actually shows you how!
Fuck man- every time you upload one of these my mind is blown. Thank you for continuing to share with the producer community.
MrBill.. thx for this masterclass, the last sound design tip using just an audiofile and chop it up was brilliant. I have just upgraded from MPC live to ableton live suite and have so much inspiration...its AWESOME!!!
Man these two recent masterclass videos have been insanely helpful - thanks so much mr bill, you drop gems like its going out of style!
Learning so much, WOW
I used to do mud pies with audio tracks by Karlheinz Stockhausen when bored. I was surprised how well it lended itself to techno music.
Music is a lot more fun when less definable. For instance, Hella, or even Lightning Bolt.
I love how the new "sine compression" is all the latest rage. Lol tf. That's like the og technique. That's what the old jungle heads originally did.
All good glad music coming back around to what's good.
Hey Mr Bill thanks for mentioning your website and its content man!!! I had no idea you had this site I am signing up for the yearly right tf now :D
Thank you Mr. Bill. This is really informative.
Billiam with the Sayer shirt hell yea
So this is what a master of a craft looks like.
Amazing as always, Mr. Bill.... KMGLife, thanks, but please, for the next one, do no place mr bill's computer screen as less than 1/4 of the video size... man....
Excellent !! This is so cool, so creative, so crazy, so fun... i love that ❤❤❤
Man at 5:50 when he brought that beat in I went from full study mode to going in, in a second. Came to class to TEACH today I see hahaha
love his sense of humor :D great masterclass!
Amazing content, really entertaining! I often trap my own production through all the theory and mixing rules I have learnt. I Love the way you throw that all out the window.
oh yes !!! i ve subscribe to your website for some month , i get a overdose of mad tips , will come back when i digest everything
big up Mr Bill !!!
Thanks for putting this out for free. Really excellent stuff! I like how you get right to the root of things. Stay well bro
Love the Sayer shirt, thanks for uploading!
Mr. Bill is scientist 🌱❤️🧸
that redux technique for loudness is so clever
@?
33:35 for making basses
You're a genius bro, shout out from SAE Sydney haha.
1. This is typically informative and inspirational, the man is a wizard
2. The sub bass part was great, does anyone have any tips on keeping a sub bass line at a constant perceived volume? The lower the note, the quieter it sounds?
3. It would've been nicer if the main screen was the DAW with Bill as the inset. We already know how beautiful Bill is, but it's really hard to see what he's actually doing, especially on a phone screen :(
and if you haven't already, listen to his podcast - not a lot of sound design/techniques etc, but interesting as hell - cheers Bill :)
2.Dynamic EQ
@@BasicFTB Thanks, I was just about to research that when I remembered i've just signed up for his courses yesterday so hopefully there will be something about it in there - there are tons of them! He has a very good way of explaining stuff so it actually sticks in my head.
the sub gets quieter because your speaker system can't produce notes that low so there's a volume drop-off and has nothing to do with the actual sub
@@Adoblem that's why I said 'perceived' volume, what you actually hear. Maybe adding some harmonics gets around the issue, but that doesn't explain how classic d&b has subs all over the place with no perceptible change in volume. It's probably to do with compression, which I have trouble understanding!
@@mr_smellnice5724 Then it probably is harmonics seeing as they can add a "fake" feeling of a sub (the fundamental isn't actually there, mr bill talks about that in the video), especially if they're Reese basses because they are made from saw waves which have hella harmonics, Im pretty sure compressing a pure sine will accomplish just additional harmonics because the hard clip (if there is one) acts kinda like a square wave. Sorry if im not clear about this but tldr getting a good sub on systems that can't play it is all about harmonics
Thanks Mr. Bill for all the info you put out into this master course and in your website. I was subscribed to your website as well, went broke and subscribing again on pay day lol
Keep up the stuffs!
Also your music fucking rocks
Piss of the snare. God I love Bill.
Amazing as always Bill. Some really great workflow tips here.
i tried this after this video and damn sound design is a cool thing andreally fun to work..
Interesting contrast to the the KSHMR masterclass I just tried to watch. Lecture 100% on marketing and image, zero info on actually making music. This dude is a fucking genius and gives it all away.
Why is the Ableton screen in the bottom corner and not full screen 😭😭😭
Mr bill is kinda like the seamlessr of fl studio, but for abelton lol. Great stuff man
nice! i just wish the Ableton screen was more visible i had to rewind a lot cause i couldn't see
I live for your masterclasses Bill
As always a great class Sir !! really appreciate the work you do also real glad you mentioned a little something about Au5 which together yall literally fry up the sonic universe ∆_∆
thaks for this one !!! a must watch !
geekin'...witness the fitness.
lame how the ableton screen is on the bottom corner, hard to see
still so thankful for your teachings! ::)
Amazing video Mrbill, next pay cheque I'll be signing up to your site!
"I call that the piss of the snare"
~ Mr. Bill
THANK YOU MR. BILL
That color wheel rotating is rough!
Thankful for this video though!
Sick new information 🔥🔥
Whoa, that preset at 1:25:44 is used in the track "My name is Migi" in the Parasyte soundtrack.
Big tips. Thank you
Wat how did I miss this video?
what is the track at 50:05 ?
Wish i could see the monitor fullscreen
@20:55 sub
@29:35 sinewave compression stuff
gonna come back later
One day imma learn this
Man, awesome stuff, I adore the way you present information; too much stuff for me to digest at once though :D
Many thanks, always insightful and educational! Next time could the screen capture be full screen rather than the camera? Muchas gracias.
Mr bill is such a funny dude
Wow okay, THAT is the best, Informative Master Class I have ever seen in my Life. And I love your Sense of Humor. You are a true Sensei. But one Question, why exactly u using the Xfer OTT and not the Ableton OTT?
"Kinda all sounds like shart noises...... I like it"
13:04 this SLAYED me
Where's the timestamp guy
He took the day off to allow you some patience to watch the whole damn thing lol. Why are you here?
This information is pure gold, but damn if I don't feel like an idiot for liking "sick" sounds by the end of it.
50:05 the track i looked for.... Just marking it lol
you know the name of it?
Audio magic tricks...Watch me pull a mudd pie out of my hat. Fire!
Yo this is my school! I’m going to kmg right now!!
I love the Sayer shirt. Sayer is the shittttt. and Mr Bill too! haha
Sick bro!! Thanks for doing this
what hotkey dis he use to auto render that channel 30:00 in when he starts talking about sine compression. ??
Holy smokes man just saw your video using those midi controllers. Your the tech GOd bro!! Do you offer classes sir?
Sounds like a bodily function was an underrated joke
Idk why people don't ask more open questions... like, if I had the mic I'd wanna ask what plugins he's on, where he thinks music is going, what songs are inspiring him, ya know? It'd be cool to hear him get genuinely stoked about something
greetings from Russia
at 26:21 how do i do the sub trick but in serum if its even possible?
Set osc A to a sine, Set osc B to a sine. Make osc B one octave and 7 semitones higher (that's 3rd harmonic). Adjust the phase control on osc B. Profit.
@@MikeRenouf omg you legend! Thank you!
@@blindcamel6236 Youre welcome. You could actually make it easier too.. instead of tuning the B osc up, you could use the harmonic series wave table (instead of a static sine), and scroll through a few frames to get the third harmonic.
@@MikeRenouf oh cool because when i try the trick the sine in osciloscope keeps moving even if i make it mono :/ im doing it in E
@@blindcamel6236 That might be due to the phase variation which is dialled in on Osc B. Not sure.
Biggest take away is that Mr. Bill ain't no filthy casual. He uses an external mouse, and Brave browser.
Hey Mr. Bill these are great videos that really help motivate me when I feel like I’ve used up all my ideas.
I have a question.
With all the different pitches and notes these “mud-pie” sessions create how do you go about arranging the song melody wise?
Do you focus on fine tuning after sound designing and following any specific scales?
Heya, thats a great question. Not Bill but I'll share my begginer intuition with the question :D
I'd use those blips and stuff as non melodic elements, so you can kinda play any melody over it since it'll be used more as a percussion. Or you could play chords you want and then detune the "cut out clips" to suit the melody. Thats my 2c , hope bill answers the question tho :D
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realistic use would be tuning them to the key as needed to the specific song your using them in if the initial note being a C3 for example. using it as is, u can throw it into a sampler later and play it however u like naturally. or if its G or F scale, youd tage it in the filename, and then know that its rooted in that note and transpose accordingly in the song u bring it into later
will his nosebleed ever stop?
Ziyad prod woooosh
Cant believe people like wearing that type of piercing it looks so gross
@@Cryptiiix Oh boy. Just wait til you find out that people in this world like all sort of stuff that you may not like!
@@Cryptiiix I cant believe your parents didn't teach you any manners.
Hey mate, thanks for sharing this. Definitely learned a lot.
Following up on the mastering bit where you said you do your own masters - I would love to try mastering a track of yours, would you be willing to send me something?
Thanks and keep it up!
1:10:33 gross beat is a good plugin for doing that stuff on the master however its only in fl
thx mr. bill, really learned alot! question: how comes you don't have to concern about KEY? how comes everything you do fits the sub? is it because its not notes but noise?
and do you really render all your songs in 32bit?
thanks bill
Which laptop is he use in the video?
Curious if Saturator was used to soft clip for a reason or if it was forgotten that Glue Compressor has a toggle for it built right in.
He answers that question at around 51:00, I kind of wonder if maybe you'd have more control with the saturator soft clip because you can control how it clips the wave in terms of soft, hard, sinusoidal, etc.
@@joshskarzenski731 yeah haha, posted my comment before getting to the Q&A portion!
Saturator does give you other ways of flattening out the signal, yeah.
that sayer shirt!
35:51 how to sound like Vorso
What is the name of the creator of the snarenrack? I cannot find it on google is it jade sakata?
jade cicada, but he must have gotten it personally because I cant find it either. check out his music though its dope :D
Hey! Question regarding the 808 you're making with operator, would you adjust the amplitude envelope so that you have a little more attack up front, then cool down the sustain? When I do that, the volume drops again (the waves on the osciliscope dip now, instead of really pushing up & down) which makes sense. But wondering if there's a way to maintain this fatter sound (besides just turning up the volume) so that the oscilloscope keeps the waves pushing the limits. Hope this makes sense, if anyone has tips I'm all ears!
Haha where is the Colorado Springs Ableton Live Music Group?
this is a really great class, but the video overlay should have been the other way aroud, its hard to tell whats going on on the small screen. Still a dope video
Im interested in the artist that made that mudpie in that project he opened at the end of his talk. Anyone recognize what he says? woolk? woolg?
Thanks for everything Bill! just joyfully joined to your website!!! talk about economic stuff
Woulg
@@MrBillsTunes Love you!