How to make a catchy synth-pop remix? Guest tutorial and workflow

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 11 янв 2025

Комментарии • 146

  • @bimini1216
    @bimini1216 2 года назад +1

    i kinda hate most synthwave remixes. they are never high quaility and distorted. they often soynd like someone just played over a song. the orginal underneath.
    once in a while they are high quaility properly layered in.
    thanks for the tutorial which shows some clues on how to do it right

  • @TheBoyCalledHedge
    @TheBoyCalledHedge 3 года назад +2

    Very good making of - Espen!

  • @Retro_Tommy
    @Retro_Tommy 3 года назад +2

    Catchy tune Herr Kraft and super production skillz from AEJ, Old Kid Jensen?

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  3 года назад

      Thanks! Yes, Jensen did the remix and guest tutorial. ;-)

  • @fakshen1973
    @fakshen1973 6 лет назад +7

    The bass layering, it's absolutely perfect for the 80's and well as that gated snare.

  • @Gamba_with_Cigarette
    @Gamba_with_Cigarette 4 года назад +2

    What a fantastically useful tutorial! Anders, please do more of these!

  • @s.g.3042
    @s.g.3042 4 года назад +1

    The great spirit is strong with these two notdic geniusses.

  • @kehindea
    @kehindea 4 года назад

    Reminiscent of late 80s dance/pop man oh man what quality production. Love your synths too.

  • @WoodyPianoShack
    @WoodyPianoShack 6 лет назад +28

    Anders is phenomenally talented, amazing remix, well done to you both. Great presentation too. Is Anders the same guy that has collaborated with 8-bit guy=

    • @AndersEngerJensen
      @AndersEngerJensen 6 лет назад +10

      Woody Piano Shack Thanks mate! Glad to hear that you like it. Been following your channel for the last year or so, very amusing and entertaining stuff. And yes, I’ve been collaborating with The 8-Bit Guy for the last two years. ;)

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  6 лет назад +8

      Thanks Woody! :) It's a fantastic remix/remake.

    • @sypialnia_studio
      @sypialnia_studio 6 лет назад +7

      I love the music you do for the 8bit guy! Such a treat to find out my favourite channels are so connected!

  • @LFOVCF
    @LFOVCF 6 лет назад +1

    Wow guys, with both you guy's talents, you both smashed it!

  • @deniz_ildir
    @deniz_ildir 5 лет назад +3

    Espen what have you done to me? I'm walking around singing "why so shy" everywhere, people keep asking me which song it is. I've never been hooked lately to a song like this :) You're my man, my aspiration.

  • @foldinmusic8810
    @foldinmusic8810 5 лет назад +1

    one of the best tutorial channels for 80s music.

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  5 лет назад

      Thanks! I'm thrilled you think so :)

  • @Jtcrawford3
    @Jtcrawford3 4 года назад +1

    That was definitely cool. Great work to you both.

  • @rdoetjes
    @rdoetjes 6 лет назад +3

    Your voice is so Petshop boys. Awesome!

  • @robertgoldbornatyout
    @robertgoldbornatyout 5 лет назад +1

    absolutely perfect

  • @karoliinasalminen
    @karoliinasalminen 6 лет назад +4

    The remix is totally amazing. You two should do more collaborations!

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  6 лет назад +1

      Thanks! This is not a collaboration as such, Anders did all this on his own with no creative input from me except I gave him the stems for the original track. It's a great remix though! :)

  • @MRicciardi
    @MRicciardi 5 лет назад +2

    Amazing tutorial and a heck of a talent Anders is. On another note, to my taste, I prefer your version. The final remix, although brilliantly done is more on the 90s side of the spectrum which is not my favourite dance music era. There is a raw aspect of 80s synth pop that is extremely seductive to the senses. Regardless, Anders is unbelievably talented!!!! :)

  • @michaeltaylor1219
    @michaeltaylor1219 6 лет назад +1

    Hi Espen
    Glad I was one of those people that said it was a great song!

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  6 лет назад

      Thanks Micheal, I appreciate that :)

  • @radrickdavis
    @radrickdavis 6 лет назад +2

    Genius. Love the bubbly scales that run up at the end of the phrases. The drums and bass turned everything into a fresh dance beat.

  • @larsvanbekkum78
    @larsvanbekkum78 6 лет назад +3

    Amazing! And he used a jd800, a synth with beautifull sounds, especially the strings and pads and a pleasure to play and tweak with it. Nice remake and useful tutorial anyway...

  • @napoleonhanghal6988
    @napoleonhanghal6988 6 лет назад +5

    As always something to learn

  • @alexanderritter7048
    @alexanderritter7048 6 лет назад

    Dream Team! You two guys sound so awesome together - I love that track!!! Another S-A-W is born: Sell it big!

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  6 лет назад +1

      Anders does his own thing and I do mine ;-)

  • @agoushy74
    @agoushy74 6 лет назад +3

    Awesome man!! This sounds great! You are so good at this! Just received my D50 about two days ago! Collection is growing and strong for a 14 yr old!!

  • @RoyMaya
    @RoyMaya 6 лет назад +2

    That was a great remix by Anders...loved it!

  • @Jorge.O85
    @Jorge.O85 6 лет назад +3

    He did an exellent job..👏👏 sounds great !

  • @imation202
    @imation202 6 лет назад +2

    Hey Espen!
    I bought a Yamaha DX7-II recently and I'd like to learn how to produce 80s music. 80s and 90s music is really something special for me and I think I can make huge things with this powerful instrument. I made a huge step since the only gear I had until DX7 was Yamaha PSR-series keyboard.
    Your videos are really helpful and I always enjoy watching your videos.

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  6 лет назад +1

      Thanks for saying! I'm happy to hear you get inspired from watching my stuff, fantastic :)

    • @imation202
      @imation202 6 лет назад +1

      @@EspenKraft Yeah, totally! You inspire me a lot! :)

  • @ourson5564
    @ourson5564 6 лет назад +1

    Extra job 👍 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵

  • @RB-mk8un
    @RB-mk8un 6 лет назад +3

    Mad props to both of you for putting together such an informative and educational tutorial. Keep them coming. I'm learning so much. Thank you!

  • @nixpiano
    @nixpiano 6 лет назад +2

    Really impressed with the vocal sampling and turning that into a melodic instrument. I'm inspired. Thanks for sharing.

  • @vewilli
    @vewilli 5 лет назад +1

    Great song! Very interesting to watch. Very good mix. Would like to be able to create such a nice song in my home studio as well and would be very proud if I could, but neither do I have the ideas for a song like this nor am I good instrumentalist and singer. Congrats to this overwhelming work.

  • @BboySalamon
    @BboySalamon 6 лет назад +2

    Super, thanks a lot, Mr. Kraft and to your colleague too - excellent Synth-Pop💓

  • @RetroPhaeax
    @RetroPhaeax 6 лет назад +1

    Very nice flow! I don't know why but I did get a tiny "Pictures of Old Days" feeling.

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  6 лет назад +1

      I've always loved Scotch myself :)

  • @matsewunderlich
    @matsewunderlich 6 лет назад +3

    Very nice and informative - I like this kind of production method - Thumbs up for more songs like this!

  • @ThomasCM
    @ThomasCM 3 года назад +2

    Thanks for the tips. It help me for my remix 😉

  • @thetubedude2011
    @thetubedude2011 6 лет назад +2

    How cool!!! Great work both Espen and Anders :)

  • @VIC-20_Synthwave
    @VIC-20_Synthwave 6 лет назад +2

    What a great remix!

  • @CandyAppleBlue
    @CandyAppleBlue 6 лет назад +2

    Excellent work guys! It's always fun and exciting when people come together to create something wonderful. ♩🎹❤♫♬

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  6 лет назад +1

      Maybe not a physical collaboration as such, but we've definitely collaborated in SPIRIT when it came to Anders' interpretation making this remix as it's just I would have liked to make it myself ;-)

  • @Gemlya
    @Gemlya 6 лет назад +4

    Heyyy its Anders Enger Jensen!! АААwwsome!! Much

  • @SurfingBoulder
    @SurfingBoulder 6 лет назад +2

    Wow! What a fantastic tutorial and song! These guys should pair up more often!

  • @songchengcheng519
    @songchengcheng519 5 лет назад +1

    Thank you very much for share

  • @TheGhostMall
    @TheGhostMall 6 лет назад +3

    Wow, what a cool collaboration! I have tons of respect for the both of you, so this was an awesome thing to watch! Both versions are terrific. Great work to the both of you!

  • @robbelliii
    @robbelliii 6 лет назад +3

    Nice tutorial, cheers!

  • @SuperWarMech
    @SuperWarMech 6 лет назад +2

    Wow! Well done Anders! Instant classic 👍

  • @MrBoembas
    @MrBoembas 5 лет назад +1

    Nice song and Nice Remix Fantastic !!!

  • @kensspruzen6213
    @kensspruzen6213 6 лет назад +2

    Brilliantly inspirational, thanks

  • @AxelsoftMusic
    @AxelsoftMusic 6 лет назад +2

    Great track, and interesting to see how others go about their workflow - *this remixing thing could really catch on !!* :-)
    Another thumbs-up. Best Regards, Axel.

  • @cristianocaldas
    @cristianocaldas 6 лет назад +2

    love this music

  • @Akusound
    @Akusound 5 лет назад +1

    Love it 👍

  • @BlixtenMarlowes
    @BlixtenMarlowes 5 лет назад +1

    Bloody brilliant work! :-D

  • @donkeyadaml.
    @donkeyadaml. 6 лет назад +2

    Hello Espen. Great performance music. Have a nice evening. Greetings Adam 😎

  • @benh.635
    @benh.635 6 лет назад +3

    Awesome! I might just try a remix of this myself to get more experience with song structure! :D

  • @mikimaravi6788
    @mikimaravi6788 6 лет назад +2

    I love this channel , greetings from Perú, Espen 🙋 I'm your follower on Spotify. Nice songs

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  6 лет назад

      Thanks Miguel! I appreciate your support :) Cheers from Norway

    • @UFO_1982
      @UFO_1982 6 лет назад +1

      Hey!! ya somos dos desde Perú que seguimos a Espen :) su música es fantástica y valla que me ah inspirado para hacer la mía

    • @mikimaravi6788
      @mikimaravi6788 6 лет назад +1

      @@UFO_1982 su música es hermosa. Y ya que eres de Perú , te felicito por el buen gusto. Escuchar y descubrir éstos artistas es genial. En Perú también te sugiero escuchar Kool Rock radio por internet. Escucharás buenos artistas. Por ejemplo estoy encantado con el artista : Kites with lights. . Un sonido new order. Pero dé está generación. 🙋 Saludos sorry si me solté mucho rollo. 🙋

    • @UFO_1982
      @UFO_1982 6 лет назад +1

      @@mikimaravi6788 no hay problema, yo estoy sacando un disco para marzo y lo soltare por todos lados es totalmente inspirado en los ochentas con sonido retro y moderno con toques latinos espero te guste :)

  • @DarkSideofSynth
    @DarkSideofSynth 6 лет назад +2

    Very cool & informative. Well done. Thanks!

  • @daviddavies9149
    @daviddavies9149 4 года назад

    very informative and entertaining well done gentlemen. You are most talented. I always enjoy all of Espens videos...takes me back to the 80's.

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  4 года назад

      Excellent! Thanks for saying David, happy you think so. :)

  • @credenza1
    @credenza1 6 лет назад +2

    terrific.

  • @Table-Top
    @Table-Top 6 лет назад +2

    good remix !

  • @АлексйУваровъ
    @АлексйУваровъ 6 лет назад +2

    It was informative. Thank you.

  • @DimiKaye
    @DimiKaye 6 лет назад +2

    Very cool and informative, thanks guys!

  • @aysyne
    @aysyne 6 лет назад +2

    Fantastic video Espen and Anders! Nicely done and a great remix Anders.
    Where can I get some Blue Fanta??!?!?

    • @aysyne
      @aysyne 6 лет назад +1

      I reaaaaaallllllly need a Roland JD800!! I still have my copy of Sound on Sound that featured it back in the day.

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  6 лет назад

      If you're in the US I assume you can get it everywhere?

    • @aysyne
      @aysyne 6 лет назад

      @@EspenKraft Nope, Ireland.

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  6 лет назад +1

      I'm from Norway, can't get it here either, but a store in Sweden imports it from the US so I get it there. I live right on the border between Norway and Sweden.

  • @FroggyFrog9000
    @FroggyFrog9000 6 лет назад +1

    Great work!!

  • @moagnor
    @moagnor 5 лет назад +2

    Hei, først og fremst, for en fantastisk catchy sang, både originalen og remixen! Kan vi ta en tidsmaskin tilbake til åttitallet og release den? :)
    Jeg hadde ønsket meg liiitt mer punch i basstromma. Selv om det skal være retro. Likte den nye basslinja bedre. Litt mer "schlap" i den. Doblinga gjorde seg. 10:50, her hade det vært gøy med vocoder :D

  • @dannywhittle4245
    @dannywhittle4245 10 месяцев назад

    Crackin work guys :D

  • @fulge0903
    @fulge0903 9 месяцев назад

    This is REAL synthpop

  • @RayyMusik
    @RayyMusik 6 лет назад +1

    Worthy successors of A-ha! 👍

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  6 лет назад

      Hey, thanks for saying! :)

  • @stcezaire06
    @stcezaire06 6 лет назад +5

    Espen and Anders are awesome , respect
    but the level is so high that I wonder if I continue …..

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  6 лет назад +4

      Thanks! Just make what you love and make it as YOU like it, that's most important :)

  • @arekkx4
    @arekkx4 6 лет назад +1

    na takie filmiki czekalem,dzieki.pozdrowienia z Aten.:-)

  • @retrorevival617
    @retrorevival617 6 лет назад +2

    Very nice loving the vids :)

  • @BigJimmy
    @BigJimmy 5 лет назад +1

    Oh...your voice as Neil Tennant from Pet Shop Boys... ;)

  • @NadjaBusiness
    @NadjaBusiness 6 лет назад +4

    i really like the punchy 80s drum samples. where can i get them or the full pack?

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  6 лет назад +1

      I assume you mean the drums of the remix and for those you should check out the full tutorial on Anders' RUclips page as he goes through all the sounds there :)

    • @AndersEngerJensen
      @AndersEngerJensen 6 лет назад

      The samples are included in the stem mix download :)

  • @xisotopex
    @xisotopex 5 лет назад +6

    this and the original is better than 90% of what is released these days

  • @DaveMcGarry
    @DaveMcGarry 5 лет назад

    JD800 ♥

  • @mackdeleon4831
    @mackdeleon4831 6 лет назад +3

    Shut I'd buy it.

  • @nebstaism
    @nebstaism 6 лет назад +1

    Reminds me of the pet Shop boys

  • @Cloudmaker2814
    @Cloudmaker2814 6 лет назад +2

    melody reminds me of porter robinson & madeon - shelter

    • @AndersEngerJensen
      @AndersEngerJensen 6 лет назад

      Cloudmaker Hehe, yeah I know.. I didn’t mean for it, but it just happened when playing with the voice samples. Marvellous song by Porter. 💖

  • @mickerguy4
    @mickerguy4 6 лет назад

    Hey Espen, can you tell me what those monitors are?? I use Yamaha NS10's but I think I might get new ones.

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  6 лет назад

      Do you mean the monitors I use or the monitors seen in Anders' tutorial? I use only M-Audio BX5's and I've used them for over 15 years now. I used to mix on the Yamaha NS-10, and I did that for years, but I switched to the BX5's around 2003 and I'm very happy with them.

    • @mickerguy4
      @mickerguy4 6 лет назад +1

      @@EspenKraft Thanks man I will check the BX5's out

  • @schnibbelkram
    @schnibbelkram 6 лет назад

    Cant find any midi files in the download :-(

    • @AndersEngerJensen
      @AndersEngerJensen 6 лет назад

      schnibbelkram Look again: «MIDIFILE So Shy (feat. Espen Kraft).mid» :)

  • @mrock828
    @mrock828 4 года назад

    Sounds very PWL. VERY cool. Was this intentional?

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  4 года назад

      Let's see if Anders will answer that one. ;-)

  • @SiiliViin
    @SiiliViin 6 лет назад

    I can see, you use apple, so is this DAW Logic Pro X?

    • @AndersEngerJensen
      @AndersEngerJensen 6 лет назад +1

      SiiliViin I use MOTU Digital Performer 8.5. A bit old school now, but it works for me.

  • @xnonsuchx
    @xnonsuchx 6 лет назад

    ZIP files??? It's only ARC or LZH/LHA for me. ;-)

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  6 лет назад

      Ha-ha.

    • @AndersEngerJensen
      @AndersEngerJensen 6 лет назад

      The files are actually just an open dropbox folder so you won’t need to unzip or un-LHA anything ;)

  • @feieralarm
    @feieralarm 6 лет назад +1

    Huh, someone is actually still using Digital Performer.

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  6 лет назад +1

      I use a DAW more than 10 years old and it beats the crap out of anything new ;-)

    • @AndersEngerJensen
      @AndersEngerJensen 6 лет назад +1

      Mike Bruschke 😂 Yes, I’m weird that way.

  • @stevemartyn203
    @stevemartyn203 5 лет назад

    Sounds like The pet shop boys

  • @bany512
    @bany512 6 лет назад

    I find the remix a bit too overcomplicated. The simplicity of the original is more interesting.

    • @EspenKraft
      @EspenKraft  6 лет назад

      Thanks for watching and commenting :)

  • @megri3441
    @megri3441 5 лет назад

    give this song to 8 bit guy

  • @darrenhirst9900
    @darrenhirst9900 3 года назад

    Sponsored by Fanta and he makes pop music 🤣

  • @RobynVids
    @RobynVids 6 лет назад +1

    Anders, you really need to calm down with all of the layers, compression and vocoder, I believe it loses the simplistic 80s synthpop charm of the original. I think this is an overwhelming soundscape and not quite as bubbly as the original, though this hard compressed feeling is popular within synthwave.

    • @venomslair137
      @venomslair137 6 лет назад +1

      It's the whole idea. Maybe it's made to recreate a late 80's feel.
      Make it 12', please!!!

    • @RobynVids
      @RobynVids 6 лет назад +2

      @@venomslair137 it's not a late 80s feel, this is what I mean.. it's too modern and produced for the aesthetic

    • @AndersEngerJensen
      @AndersEngerJensen 6 лет назад +1

      Well, maybe I should have been clearer about it being something closer to the 90s rather than pure 80s, but I figured since the 80s was so much variety, people would look past this little quirk. Plus, me doing a perfect replica of Espen’s style and sound would kinda negate the entire purpose. (I’d also like to point out that the only compression is the medium CD mastering I’ve applied. I don’t like the pumping sound everybody else seem to slap on their productions. ;))