You can spend a lifetime experimenting and discovering these amazing techniques on your own, or you can tune into Alice and up your music production game in just minutes per day. Nicely done, Alice. Thank you!
Great video; I'd like to add for a bit more detail on the 4-band explanation for anyone reading comments; As you go up in frequency bandwidths; octave ranges follow an exponential pattern; where-by each octave is a double in frequency providing wider bandwidths as you go up the frequency spectrum; 55-110 hz - A-A Octave (55hz of bandwidth); 880-1760 - A-A Octave (880hz of bandwidth); 3520-7040 - A-A Octave (3520hz of bandwidth) In the high-mid example there are a lot more elements; but also; those higher frequency bands have more bandwidth/room available for you to place those sounds; In the low end; it's much more difficult because there's less bandwidth leading to more frequency masking; I hope this helps contribute to the value people get from this video!
Really well done. The space segment is so important with heavy drum music like dnb or halftime. In order for you to have that off time sense of groove you really have to have spaces between hits. The silence is key.
I'm a psytrance producer, but if I watch your videos, i get more ideas and I also start to think about making also other stiles :) You are a great inspiration :)
Which hits harder - more dynamic or more loud? More dynamics should punch harder but without enough volume dynamics aren’t going to help. Do you want to find a balance between preserving dynamics and volume?
Amazing. This is the second of your videos I have watched, and I think I'm already hooked. Your presentations are full of nuggets. I'll be back for more tomorrow. God natt!
Great video. Thank you. Some really outstanding ideas here. Designing percussion sequences in a given band in terms of the 'call and response' model is just lovely and at the same time the tutorial also covers stereo width and mixing principles and...well there is so much there it's just wonderful. I will have to watch it again. This is precisely the attention to detail and clarity of artistic vision that is missing in so many RUclips tutorials. Next month I think I might take one of your courses. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us!
While this concept of simplicity (fewer layers) in bass and more complexity as you rise through bands is spot on, there is a paradox where in psychoacoustics we understand our brains crave fundamental frequencies and with our desire for them we are afforded the ability to tolerate and even prefer more complex rhythmic and melodic PATTERNS in bass, compared to seemingly very predictable quarter, eighth, sixteenth, etc high hat, ride, crash grooves. Through simplicity in arrangement, the core melodic and rhythmic content might actually be inspired inversely.. a jumbly, walking bass guitar idea might be perceived with a higher level of tolerance both out of key, out of time and far more unpredictable in rhythmic patterning, where in contrast to the hopefully predictable and stable, relatively more simple rhythmic and melodic patterns of high frequency content can be used as an anchor to more complexity in the bass. Anyone else considering this? If you are still confused, consider how cymbals have historically been played... crashes here and there, hi hats in quite straight patterns.. then consider the chaotic yet cathartic syncopated magic of a large drum circle. Would love to hear people's thoughts on this understanding in practice, here or reach out to me IG: @mista.lewys
Alice i really appriciate your videos! Thank you very much! Can you make a video about the psychological part of music production and creativity overall? I love music and idea of creating it. But I find my self getting wayyy to anxious and stressed to sit down and produce. I want to fall in love with the process and not be scared of it…
Content is always good. It’s just too bad that the videos are being more and more (in my option of course) over-edited. The content itself and the pace of the delivery is quite good enough to grab and retain the viewer’s attention. The ultra short segments, zooming in/out, panning, flashy lights, leds, neons, intermittent graphics, highlighted word by word subtitles, quick side-memes, etc. etc. actually takes away from the actual message and content in some parts. Obviously this style of editing is intended for the almighty algorithm, im guessing some viewers want (need?) bright colors to keep themselves better entertained, with the average attention span decreasing more and more, but honestly, even taking into account this social media trend, it is overdone. At this rate, in a few years the videos will need to come with a warning for people with flashing lights seizure disorder. Your content was already good since your first ever “amateur/beginner” RUclipsr videos with little to no editing. Content has always been good. It’s still good. There is no need to oversell it. Cutting on the “algo friendly editing” means cutting down on views ? Possibly. Is the goal having the most views and following possible ?…
What if the tone of the snare is covered by 8-9 synths (both pads and lead), how would you preserve that? Cutting frequencies on so many synths or sidechaining all the synths to the snare did not seem to work well. Personally, I decided to sacrifice the snare and let it be covered by the synth frequencies, but if there were an effective solution, I would be very happy to adopt it.
have you tried a frequency-specific sidechaining solution like soothe or trackspacer? (could also do a simpler variant of this with a multiband EQ sidechained to the snare)
That concept of "the higher the frequency of the sound, the ofter you can play it" makes actually much sense. I didn't think about that one, really smart of you.
Okay I am pausing this before it starts to say: NO WAY did your drums ever suck. Within the first few minutes of producing you knew how to improve what you had. Don't you lie to me. I've been watching you since the start and you were absolute gold before you had 1000 subs. (I was the guy (Sticky) who said 'for a person who loves sidechain so much, maybe you should use that for your mic when you're recording so i can hear you and the music' and look at you now. Okay i will watch the vid and see if i think you know what you're talking about...
Wow you just blew my mind. I got into production just a month ago , came across your video and i thought let me just fill my grid (by hand , normaly use mpk3) like you did at 1.24 mark. And when i pressed play for the first time i expected a mess , but its the best beat i made since i started , lol. Always wanted to know how these types of beats were made. The latter part of ur video is to complicated for me now, but i learned something value to me at the first 2 min of ur video. I subbed directly and gonna check all ur stuff. Many thanks from the netherlands 🙏
The drums at 7.00 sounds just like Artbat Return to Oz. Which is one of my all time favourite tracks from last year. The drums are so simple, butbthey groove so well that you listen to 4 minutes of it befote the song even begind to drop.
@@TheTranspoter3 I use Cubase. It's unlikely we will get the actual project file, but could get replicate the settings of the insert chain and instruments.
Hey Alice, your videos are so well presented and edited. Do you do it all yourself? It's kinda spectacular! Premium content for free! I'm in these comments looking for collaborators as well.. if anyone wants to chat or do something together just for fun.. the more practice the better. Its my dream to find someone who I get on with really well and produce great music together. Or does anybody know any methods to meet like minded people that want to make music? (I have too many influences to name, but could share a playlist of everything I like. I'd be happy to make any genre)
Really nice. I especially liked the variation I heard in your high frequency bands: the tone and pitch of the hats, for example, changed in very pleasing ways. I know you've made videos about this, but I thought it came through here even without being mentioned. Thanks.
One of the best channels I know. Love the almost scientific approach. While not making EDM music, I think the concepts certainly apply to other genres as well. Thanks a lot!
4:41 so when my ride is near 0 but my whole mix is near 1 its ok? or do i lose my ride in a club when the rest isnt playing and where the soundsystem is complete mono?
This is the video I was talking about at the end of the video; how bass sounds actually hack your brain? 🤔
ruclips.net/video/iVxIX2dBbP4/видео.html
Thanks. I really love your content 🤘🤘
You're a national treasure to the music production community.
International!
You can spend a lifetime experimenting and discovering these amazing techniques on your own, or you can tune into Alice and up your music production game in just minutes per day. Nicely done, Alice. Thank you!
Great video; I'd like to add for a bit more detail on the 4-band explanation for anyone reading comments;
As you go up in frequency bandwidths; octave ranges follow an exponential pattern; where-by each octave is a double in frequency providing wider bandwidths as you go up the frequency spectrum;
55-110 hz - A-A Octave (55hz of bandwidth);
880-1760 - A-A Octave (880hz of bandwidth);
3520-7040 - A-A Octave (3520hz of bandwidth)
In the high-mid example there are a lot more elements; but also; those higher frequency bands have more bandwidth/room available for you to place those sounds;
In the low end; it's much more difficult because there's less bandwidth leading to more frequency masking;
I hope this helps contribute to the value people get from this video!
Youre the best Alice. Quality always, easy tips, graceful presentation and explanation. love x
Thank you so much! ❤
Really well done. The space segment is so important with heavy drum music like dnb or halftime. In order for you to have that off time sense of groove you really have to have spaces between hits. The silence is key.
I'm stealing these tips! Mwhahaha! 💜
Dew it!
I'm a psytrance producer, but if I watch your videos, i get more ideas and I also start to think about making also other stiles :) You are a great inspiration :)
Go for it! Making other genres is always fun and inspiring 😊
THIS IS WHAT A EXACTLY NEEDED IT! I cannot thank you enough for this explanation 🖤
Which hits harder - more dynamic or more loud? More dynamics should punch harder but without enough volume dynamics aren’t going to help. Do you want to find a balance between preserving dynamics and volume?
Amazing. This is the second of your videos I have watched, and I think I'm already hooked. Your presentations are full of nuggets. I'll be back for more tomorrow. God natt!
Hey Alice, Forme the question is going up, and the answer when you go down in tone! i guest can be subjective. thanks for all the content, love it!
Newb question inbound! Why is the kick and the sub seperated? What do you put on Sub? Thank you!| :D
does the Compresseur + Disto equal a distressor process ? sound similar.. thanks for your content always so helpful
Please make a melodic techno video from beginning to end. Now the video is too fast .
Alice for President ❤
Yes l agree, the best online teacher ever😊
Alice do a scholarship I am in so bad. Watching You since I remember. Love Your videos
Thank you for helping me move towards my dreams further!
Great video. Thank you. Some really outstanding ideas here. Designing percussion sequences in a given band in terms of the 'call and response' model is just lovely and at the same time the tutorial also covers stereo width and mixing principles and...well there is so much there it's just wonderful. I will have to watch it again. This is precisely the attention to detail and clarity of artistic vision that is missing in so many RUclips tutorials. Next month I think I might take one of your courses. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us!
Crazy tutorials and knownledge! And your accent sounds funny😉
The content on this channel is pretty solid but his voice is so irritating.
Saw this trick from Eric valentine. Game changer.
Love it when you pull up a whiteboard lol great vid
Brilliant video!! So many good nuggets here to apply on drums! Thank You Alice!!
While this concept of simplicity (fewer layers) in bass and more complexity as you rise through bands is spot on, there is a paradox where in psychoacoustics we understand our brains crave fundamental frequencies and with our desire for them we are afforded the ability to tolerate and even prefer more complex rhythmic and melodic PATTERNS in bass, compared to seemingly very predictable quarter, eighth, sixteenth, etc high hat, ride, crash grooves. Through simplicity in arrangement, the core melodic and rhythmic content might actually be inspired inversely.. a jumbly, walking bass guitar idea might be perceived with a higher level of tolerance both out of key, out of time and far more unpredictable in rhythmic patterning, where in contrast to the hopefully predictable and stable, relatively more simple rhythmic and melodic patterns of high frequency content can be used as an anchor to more complexity in the bass. Anyone else considering this? If you are still confused, consider how cymbals have historically been played... crashes here and there, hi hats in quite straight patterns.. then consider the chaotic yet cathartic syncopated magic of a large drum circle. Would love to hear people's thoughts on this understanding in practice, here or reach out to me IG: @mista.lewys
Busyness and call/response seem like genre specific choices.
Alice i really appriciate your videos! Thank you very much!
Can you make a video about the psychological part of music production and creativity overall?
I love music and idea of creating it. But I find my self getting wayyy to anxious and stressed to sit down and produce. I want to fall in love with the process and not be scared of it…
Great suggestion!
@@Alice-Efe 🫶🏻
When you bring the white board out I know it’s time to take notes lol
start calling call and response responsive counterpoint
Please tell me that the beat in the example for balancing the bands was inspired by Customer is King =D Thank you for the amazing tips!
It is!😊
1:29
.... I'm losing, I'm losing. I'm losing my...
Content is always good. It’s just too bad that the videos are being more and more (in my option of course) over-edited. The content itself and the pace of the delivery is quite good enough to grab and retain the viewer’s attention. The ultra short segments, zooming in/out, panning, flashy lights, leds, neons, intermittent graphics, highlighted word by word subtitles, quick side-memes, etc. etc. actually takes away from the actual message and content in some parts. Obviously this style of editing is intended for the almighty algorithm, im guessing some viewers want (need?) bright colors to keep themselves better entertained, with the average attention span decreasing more and more, but honestly, even taking into account this social media trend, it is overdone. At this rate, in a few years the videos will need to come with a warning for people with flashing lights seizure disorder. Your content was already good since your first ever “amateur/beginner” RUclipsr videos with little to no editing. Content has always been good. It’s still good. There is no need to oversell it. Cutting on the “algo friendly editing” means cutting down on views ? Possibly. Is the goal having the most views and following possible ?…
I think it feels better more than not enough, cool comment, super constructive!
Dropping absolute gems here!
Epic
Thank you, teacher. Love and light. 💜
All the best to you!
Sick tutorial thanks!!
you rockk Alice, so coool channel :D
World class lectures for free !!!
Your tutorials are always very useful and I have to watch them carefully every time.
Yeah, I love that they are short and very very informative at the same time!
What if the tone of the snare is covered by 8-9 synths (both pads and lead), how would you preserve that? Cutting frequencies on so many synths or sidechaining all the synths to the snare did not seem to work well. Personally, I decided to sacrifice the snare and let it be covered by the synth frequencies, but if there were an effective solution, I would be very happy to adopt it.
have you tried a frequency-specific sidechaining solution like soothe or trackspacer? (could also do a simpler variant of this with a multiband EQ sidechained to the snare)
Thanks, I will definitely have a try with these VSTs. @@Lennardandlennard
commenting to push your videos in the algo, really helpful stuff :)
You are the best, thank you!
That concept of "the higher the frequency of the sound, the ofter you can play it" makes actually much sense. I didn't think about that one, really smart of you.
free clip is bae :)
Your tutorials are so so easy to follow and helpful
Okay I am pausing this before it starts to say: NO WAY did your drums ever suck. Within the first few minutes of producing you knew how to improve what you had. Don't you lie to me. I've been watching you since the start and you were absolute gold before you had 1000 subs. (I was the guy (Sticky) who said 'for a person who loves sidechain so much, maybe you should use that for your mic when you're recording so i can hear you and the music' and look at you now. Okay i will watch the vid and see if i think you know what you're talking about...
fantastic tutorial
You're videos are always so well explained Alice, really amazing!
I am doing my best make them as clear as possible! Glad to hear it works, cheers! 😊
Wow you just blew my mind. I got into production just a month ago , came across your video and i thought let me just fill my grid (by hand , normaly use mpk3) like you did at 1.24 mark. And when i pressed play for the first time i expected a mess , but its the best beat i made since i started , lol. Always wanted to know how these types of beats were made. The latter part of ur video is to complicated for me now, but i learned something value to me at the first 2 min of ur video. I subbed directly and gonna check all ur stuff. Many thanks from the netherlands 🙏
this is some good sauce alice
Happy to help!
great explained
thank z 4 helping out
The drums at 7.00 sounds just like Artbat Return to Oz. Which is one of my all time favourite tracks from last year. The drums are so simple, butbthey groove so well that you listen to 4 minutes of it befote the song even begind to drop.
Where do we get files for this projects shown in this videos ?
I use ableton 11
@@TheTranspoter3 I use Cubase. It's unlikely we will get the actual project file, but could get replicate the settings of the insert chain and instruments.
@@TheTranspoter3 you can get them on my Patreon. Check the description.
Holy shit! This is gold, but FREE! Excellent content! Gratitude from Brasil!
6:28 okay i lol'd
thanks alice
Hey Alice, your videos are so well presented and edited. Do you do it all yourself?
It's kinda spectacular!
Premium content for free!
I'm in these comments looking for collaborators as well.. if anyone wants to chat or do something together just for fun.. the more practice the better. Its my dream to find someone who I get on with really well and produce great music together.
Or does anybody know any methods to meet like minded people that want to make music?
(I have too many influences to name, but could share a playlist of everything I like. I'd be happy to make any genre)
Good Stuff!
This is amazing!!!!
Really nice. I especially liked the variation I heard in your high frequency bands: the tone and pitch of the hats, for example, changed in very pleasing ways. I know you've made videos about this, but I thought it came through here even without being mentioned. Thanks.
I love you
Just found your channel. Altho i have decades of experience, im still learning a lot from your videos. Amazing Content A++
🙏🙏🙏☺️so many thanks Alice. I always make a point of listening to your videos
I love you
So much useful detail in one video! Thank you so much Alice. By the way, I think I have the same studio chair as you :D
Thanks!
This is such a good lesson, simple in delivering but very effective. thanks Alice keep this coming
COOL!
Great stuff. Balancing each group first then each group to each other is how we've been doing it for a while now. Keep the good content coming!
Thanks for explaining everything clear enough that even I can understand
Brilliant video this. Lot of concepts I didn’t know about.
Very Nice!
Once again, great instruction! Thank you for making these videos
Mid Highs ID:
Solomun - Customer Is King
Great video as always. Lots of relevant and useable information in a musical context.
thank you , its interesting to see a perspective of what ohad in my mind, and how youre organised ty
I wish I'd seen this tutorial 10 years ago. It's sooo well explained :)
One of the best channels I know. Love the almost scientific approach. While not making EDM music, I think the concepts certainly apply to other genres as well. Thanks a lot!
Your channel is gold. Your explanations are detailed, deep and useful 😊
This is the greatest method I've ever seen ❤ Thank you so very much 🙌
i lov u
Great video. Thanks, Alice.
First time someone tell the truth! Thank you💯
great video picked up some great knowledge and tricks
There is no link to video at the end.
Thank you for letting me know, it should be there now.
Thank you Alice! You really inspire me in many ways.
Knock is a nice one stop shop for drum shaping!!
Prob one of the best techno production channels on YT
Hey how are you? are you giving private lessons?
you are amazing, very nice explanation🥇
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Amazing video! Thank you so much
Best production channel on RUclips!!
Alice you're a wizard, love your vids!
Awesome tips, thank you Alice!
I love your videos. You explain everything in detail, and make it easy to understand for beginners. 🙏🏼✨🎉
❤️
Thanks so much, really helpful.
Nice! I'm sidechaining my big snare.
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Great explanation, thanks, ;)
4:41 so when my ride is near 0 but my whole mix is near 1 its ok? or do i lose my ride in a club when the rest isnt playing and where the soundsystem is complete mono?
It really depends, just do a quick mono test and decide that way.