How Frank Ocean producer Malay creates lo-fi textures

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  • Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
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    Malay (Frank Ocean, Lorde, Amine) is known for the vintage, warm soundscapes of lo-fi he brings to his productions, a signature he's crafted in works like Blonde or Channel Orange. His textures are due in no small part to the Arturia V Collection, with its candy store of faithful vintage synthesizer recreations popping up in nearly every track he's ever done. To celebrate the release of the full V Collection and his pack on Splice, join us in Malay's studio as he walks us through how he creates his signature sound and plays with a few of his favorite patches (like the VOX Continental Organ or the Minimoog) from V Collection.
    Arturia V Collection 7 has 24 instruments in total featuring recreations of iconic instruments such as the Mellotron, Synthi AKS, Jupiter 8, Buchla Music Easel, Minimoog, Prophet 5, Modular Moog & many more.
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Комментарии • 564

  • @splice
    @splice  5 лет назад +292

    What do you want on Splice Rent-to-Own next?

  • @SVN62534
    @SVN62534 5 лет назад +645

    as soon as he dropped that minimoog bass on the track, went instant classic.

    • @Harrypotter4456
      @Harrypotter4456 5 лет назад +22

      Literally was thinking the same thing man. Vintage synths are just so beautiful

  • @attentionlabel
    @attentionlabel 4 года назад +490

    What an age to be alive, when we can watch great minds like these for free.

    • @aranyak1881
      @aranyak1881 4 года назад +18

      Yeah, it's fun but also scary. The more knowledge we have access too, the tougher the competition is.

    • @terrencewilsonpoopoo
      @terrencewilsonpoopoo 2 года назад +10

      Competition has no place in art.

    • @isaimtz-cmcho688
      @isaimtz-cmcho688 Год назад +1

      @@terrencewilsonpoopoo word, you can’t realistically put a price on art; only influence.

  • @DGlaky
    @DGlaky 5 лет назад +1215

    He's clearly the lovechild of Jordan Peele and Noel Miller.

  • @hv2623
    @hv2623 5 лет назад +1965

    Sound like a Frank throwaway track... meaning a 9/10

    • @mquagrainie
      @mquagrainie 5 лет назад +18

      Facts 😂

    • @donatosample4840
      @donatosample4840 5 лет назад +257

      Nah this shit sounds like the worst song Frank has ever done.. i'll give it a light 9.9/10

    • @hv2623
      @hv2623 5 лет назад +7

      @@donatosample4840 lol

    • @sevay
      @sevay 5 лет назад +2

      Donato Sample 😄

    • @somethingmaki3129
      @somethingmaki3129 5 лет назад +15

      I think he might of used it on endless or could've been a throwaway he's just like "eh it's a masterpiece, fucking scrap it"

  • @anothergoodnight
    @anothergoodnight 4 года назад +255

    the guitar he's using - a gretsch, white falcon - was at one time considered the second most expensive guitar available, he's using it to make his hats lmaooo

    • @TurkundJDizzl
      @TurkundJDizzl 3 года назад +2

      do you know what the blue light pick thing is? thx in advance

    • @neonnight123
      @neonnight123 3 года назад +21

      @@TurkundJDizzl It´s an E-bow. It has some magnets or whatever inside it to make the string move and make sound without the attack of the string if that makes sense.

    • @spyfox9796
      @spyfox9796 3 года назад +2

      Nice fun fact 🙏🏼

    • @anothergoodnight
      @anothergoodnight 3 года назад

      @@TurkundJDizzl when does it pop up?

    • @brave7033
      @brave7033 3 года назад

      @@anothergoodnightaround 0.47

  • @stopmotionpoetryband
    @stopmotionpoetryband 5 лет назад +331

    Love just watching other people work.

  • @siddhantpetkar9728
    @siddhantpetkar9728 5 лет назад +484

    Man I so wanted to see Malays process, there're very few videos of him, such a great producer. Thank you Splice!

  • @Origamibeats
    @Origamibeats 5 лет назад +207

    this is beautiful man

  • @Melo2k7
    @Melo2k7 4 года назад +45

    This guy is a genius. The soundscape on Pyramids is out of this world, perfect mix between authentic instruments and synths and even after all this years I cant stop listen to it thanks to Frank and Malay. You're a phenomenal producer when you make a 10min beat and it still feels too short lul^^

  • @TheNicoDavis
    @TheNicoDavis 5 лет назад +494

    The production on Blonde and Channel Orange always interested me and I wondered for a while how they did it

    • @lucaha7359
      @lucaha7359 3 года назад +14

      if you haven't watched it yet check it the podcast Dissect. They made a whole season on blonde. Shit blew my mind

    • @cheirinhodepacoca
      @cheirinhodepacoca Год назад

      @@lucaha7359 who produced channel orange? Ommas?

  • @R_I_Peter_
    @R_I_Peter_ 5 лет назад +905

    the real question is can I chill/study to it?

    • @3moryk
      @3moryk 4 года назад +2

      LOLW

    • @BellaB27
      @BellaB27 3 года назад +2

      Just feel it

  • @Ikiddkriss
    @Ikiddkriss 5 лет назад +783

    honestly never have i listened to frank ocean and thought "this lofi"

    • @jamilnichols1558
      @jamilnichols1558 5 лет назад +102

      djweedsmoke the instrumentals for his songs have always been textured and “lo-fi” lol

    • @ryuman757
      @ryuman757 5 лет назад +127

      A lot of Channel Orange and Blonde have some minimalist beats with different raw sounding instruments, and then the little bit of ambiance that's thrown in can give the songs a very lofi feel to it. But I can agree that I would never have really thought Frank Ocean would be on any of the recent lofi Spotify playlists, lol.

    • @ginseng1287
      @ginseng1287 5 лет назад +237

      not all lofi is the type of lofi you "study and chill" to

    • @Ikiddkriss
      @Ikiddkriss 5 лет назад +39

      half of the time lofi hiphop doesn't even live up to the name, but definitions change ig and honestly frank oceans shit sounds pretty clean to me. dude has the resources to make a clean mix n it shows. cutting a mix at 8 hz doesn't make it lofi lol

    • @Amangiechsin
      @Amangiechsin 5 лет назад +79

      lo fi just means lo fidelity which means that there are intentional sort of errors within the song itself that emulate a DIY aesthetic. death grips is considered lo fi because of the clipping and glitch, actually. lo fidelity essentially indicates that it's supposed to sound shitty

  • @jtmmontgomery91
    @jtmmontgomery91 5 лет назад +244

    This Man really just causally snapped on this beat! Crazy!

    • @jayce3839
      @jayce3839 5 лет назад +6

      BlackPCGamer that’s what happens when you work on your craft every day for 1000 hours lol.

  • @IanBandeau
    @IanBandeau 4 года назад +15

    How in all my years of producing did I never think to use a muted guitar string as a hi-hat? Fuck that's brilliant.

  • @ninety_ldn
    @ninety_ldn 2 года назад +9

    I was doing a remake of frank's DHL in 2019, and this video was my starting place - it came to mind because of how similar the beat and sounds are. When I looked it up later it turned out Malay had nothing to do with DHL. I was convinced someone watched this and it inspired the DHL beat

  • @jonathankvam3740
    @jonathankvam3740 5 лет назад +167

    the percussion intro in super rich kids is from arturia arp-2600

    • @jamesdoctor8079
      @jamesdoctor8079 4 года назад

      kevin makes music damn didn’t know that do you know what preset

    • @dormaettu302
      @dormaettu302 3 года назад

      thanks !!!

    • @jonathankvam3740
      @jonathankvam3740 3 года назад +1

      @@dormaettu302 np, the preset is bossa nova under sequences

    • @dormaettu302
      @dormaettu302 3 года назад

      @@jonathankvam3740 nice !

  • @junatan25
    @junatan25 5 лет назад +2526

    If Jordan Peele is a musician and is vaguely asian

    • @mikolajm9175
      @mikolajm9175 5 лет назад +25

      scrolled just for this comment

    • @kidinPJs
      @kidinPJs 5 лет назад +19

      bro holy shit you’re right

    • @AudioPervert1
      @AudioPervert1 5 лет назад +2

      Oh Well Splice and its litany of mediocrity. Given there are thousands of more ingenious, original and native producers allover the world - They most remain outside this treadmill of sample-bank cut-paste content makers.

    • @itsnotch64
      @itsnotch64 5 лет назад +59

      @@AudioPervert1 shut yo salty "never gonna make it" ass up.

    • @bryan8191
      @bryan8191 5 лет назад +1

      i was just about to comment this right here

  • @anthonydimeo3536
    @anthonydimeo3536 4 года назад +15

    Malay's splice pack is ILL - his drums have been a go to for me when I need to find something quick that sounds good

  • @jonretotal2445
    @jonretotal2445 5 лет назад +76

    wow this is nuts, i was just listening to pyramids before this and looked up the info who produced it cause the track is timeless. TY SPLICE.

  • @Thurnishaley6969
    @Thurnishaley6969 5 лет назад +34

    THIS WAS AMAZING THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! ALWAYS WANTED THIS SORT OF INSIGHT FROM MALAY

  • @robeyyy
    @robeyyy 5 лет назад +45

    This guy needs to make more videos like this

  • @SDItalo1
    @SDItalo1 3 года назад +4

    He basically teach us how to get an aesthetic in a 6 min vid that we've searched for by years. That's crazy

  • @quilll2808
    @quilll2808 5 лет назад +18

    this is fire wow, made me want to create all day

  • @Liaam
    @Liaam 5 лет назад +7

    that synth is CRAZYY

  • @whoisvahid
    @whoisvahid 5 лет назад +1

    I like how this video edited, they intro song is just what he created at the end.

  • @JustinDon
    @JustinDon 5 лет назад +48

    lofi textures. These two words go together so perfectly idek what a lofi texture is but I know it’s gonna b 🔥

    • @nanoooooo
      @nanoooooo 5 лет назад +20

      Godamn shut the fuck up

  • @joshxkerrigan
    @joshxkerrigan 5 лет назад +25

    Loops/samples/drum kits are all extremely valuable but underrated resources for modern producers.

    • @miisher
      @miisher 5 лет назад +8

      joshxkerrigan if used interestingly. People abuse loops especially to cheat

  • @Blootoid
    @Blootoid 5 лет назад +3

    I need this as a full song!!

  • @futur_sunds
    @futur_sunds 3 года назад +1

    That kick sounds so natural!

  • @breeziemcfreezie
    @breeziemcfreezie 5 лет назад +1

    i keep coming back to this for the beat he made

  • @KOSMIKFEADRECORDS
    @KOSMIKFEADRECORDS 5 лет назад +3

    Excellent best demo, beat session. Really loved it!

  • @pilgrimbeats
    @pilgrimbeats 5 лет назад +2

    So much respect for this dude

  • @cashboii_
    @cashboii_ 4 года назад +2

    that bassline is dope

  • @theyoungpoetmusic6936
    @theyoungpoetmusic6936 5 лет назад +101

    That track NEEDS to go to Kid Cudi!

  • @wubwilson1318
    @wubwilson1318 5 лет назад +6

    Haha and I thought I was the only one who used that air spring reverb. Love this guys creative process.

  • @ConstantThrowing
    @ConstantThrowing 5 лет назад +5

    I love messing around. And I see that in this guy and a lot of producers nowadays. Loads of technical knowledge (which is something I haven't got), but also a whole lot of messing around.

  • @RRAREBEAR
    @RRAREBEAR 5 лет назад +3

    vibes all day 🌴🌴

  • @MarcelTrindade
    @MarcelTrindade 5 лет назад +372

    Is it just me or he resembles Jordan Peele a lot?

    • @thefizzbizz
      @thefizzbizz 5 лет назад +5

      He does lol. I thought he looked like ilovemakonnen too

    • @mlrdmn
      @mlrdmn 5 лет назад +2

      is he malaysian?

    • @xuem19
      @xuem19 5 лет назад +1

      @@mlrdmn Chinese-Malaysian

    • @magz7139
      @magz7139 4 года назад +1

      He is just one of his many characters

  • @patchstein810
    @patchstein810 5 лет назад +133

    Beat block cured ☺️

  • @theambientlight6390
    @theambientlight6390 5 лет назад +3

    Cool stuff, never heard of him before but now I'm gonna dig into what he's worked on.

    • @splice
      @splice  5 лет назад +1

      Check out his full discography on our Instagram! instagram.com/p/BwkNOVsnKOC/

  • @ahnafisBEAST
    @ahnafisBEAST 5 лет назад +1

    Brooo finally a Malay producing video, man is a legend

  • @beckabest
    @beckabest 5 лет назад +3

    wowza there needs to be more content like this

  • @NealCaen
    @NealCaen 5 лет назад +8

    I LOVE THIS THANK YOU SPLICE ! 🖤🖤🖤

  • @swanebrokendeep
    @swanebrokendeep 5 лет назад +1

    just awesome beat! hit hat with guitare strings blow my mind! thanks a lot splice!

  • @suavemelon9683
    @suavemelon9683 5 лет назад

    Malay has worked with Ruban Nielson, and I can see the influences on both sides with their lofi techs, love Ruban and psyche

  • @smiksmagger3446
    @smiksmagger3446 4 года назад +2

    Cool beats. Amazing hair.

  • @BWAcolyte
    @BWAcolyte 5 лет назад

    best e-mail i've received this year

  • @thomasburton2896
    @thomasburton2896 5 лет назад +3

    Thanks, can you please also upload the "how to play the whole music industry at it's own game like Frank Ocean" tutorial

    • @GManmusiq
      @GManmusiq 4 года назад

      that's a once in. generation type thing lol

    • @kaywop7582
      @kaywop7582 Год назад

      3 years later, i just wanted to let you know i laughed out loud at this 😭

  • @fwd0120
    @fwd0120 5 лет назад +11

    1:16 = RIP Wii shop channel

  • @kriator8348
    @kriator8348 3 года назад

    that hoodie is gorgeous

  • @josiabosien
    @josiabosien 5 лет назад +2

    Legend says there are still No Elastic Audio Clips selected

  • @sophiav4335
    @sophiav4335 5 лет назад +6

    I love this channel fr ❤️

  • @wa7saka
    @wa7saka 3 года назад

    that is crazy that this guy worked on blonde and channel orange wow

  • @austonobita1858
    @austonobita1858 5 лет назад

    Geeeez... that's an actual sick melody.

  • @will8043
    @will8043 4 года назад +3

    using a minilogue as a midi keyboard is like using a nuclear reactor to power a toaster

  • @avinashramachandran1586
    @avinashramachandran1586 4 года назад

    First 10 seconds of the video with the background music genuinely sound like a rap song!

  • @MaybeAnt
    @MaybeAnt 5 лет назад +1

    Saw "Splice Presents" and got ready to Skip Ad, but then realized I clicked on the video LOL

  • @CallMeMicahT
    @CallMeMicahT 5 лет назад +1

    Making a hi-hat from a guitar string 🕯 < low key fire

  • @eraserqueen297
    @eraserqueen297 4 года назад +5

    why tf is no one talking about this beat? I could astral project to this shit 😂

  • @bodhid
    @bodhid 4 года назад +3

    Amazing producer. I played Channel Orange to death.

  • @croomba
    @croomba 4 года назад +3

    I just wanna hear someone on this groovy track.

  • @swanarima1858
    @swanarima1858 5 лет назад +1

    every time I see the word splice I can't help but think of the actual movie named Splice...

  • @frankmagalona
    @frankmagalona 4 года назад

    4:53 THAT CHANNEL ORANGE VIBE

  • @MrFedemoral
    @MrFedemoral 5 лет назад +1

    i want more frome this guy!, awesome

  • @abtonytheartist
    @abtonytheartist 3 года назад

    This is so beautiful. Sheesh 🤦🏾‍♂️🙌🏾🔥

  • @rickrubin5538
    @rickrubin5538 5 лет назад +8

    Who knows, where i can hear full version of this instrumental? Or maybe track on this production? Simple, but realy great!

    • @DanGeezyPresents
      @DanGeezyPresents 5 лет назад +4

      Rick Rubin it’s probably just a Throwaway not intended for release because he made it on the spot specifically for this video

    • @rickrubin5538
      @rickrubin5538 5 лет назад +1

      @@DanGeezyPresents Thank's man. I got it

  • @descentintozachstrom
    @descentintozachstrom 5 лет назад +1

    when he added that minimoog bass

  • @thereallegend4lyfe
    @thereallegend4lyfe 5 лет назад

    This is really cool stuff! Thanks for sharing!

  • @BodyOfPlayMusic
    @BodyOfPlayMusic 2 года назад +1

    Dope video

  • @liquidgordon
    @liquidgordon 4 года назад +2

    Sounds like a Son Lux track!

  • @mrspook21
    @mrspook21 5 лет назад +10

    I can hear Andre 3000 on this

  • @Jim-op5fv
    @Jim-op5fv 5 лет назад +9

    Get Cubeatz, Frank Dukes, Jake one or G-Koop and I’ll sign up for sure!!

  • @DrunkenBeats
    @DrunkenBeats 4 года назад +2

    „Sweet“

  • @ripwinter562
    @ripwinter562 3 года назад +1

    This guy is so amazing wow

  • @RaffyBite
    @RaffyBite 3 года назад

    so talented bruv 🙌🏽

  • @jeyy1220
    @jeyy1220 5 лет назад +1

    So im gonna dive into my pack

  • @milothecity6373
    @milothecity6373 5 лет назад

    Simply perfect!

  • @PRNCEXP
    @PRNCEXP 5 лет назад +1

    Dammmmm the vibes, almost feel asleep watchi......

  • @bucc_360
    @bucc_360 6 месяцев назад

    Remember Malay back when he was working with Redskin.

  • @youfkntubez
    @youfkntubez 4 года назад

    Love your sound. Classy !

  • @LV_gang
    @LV_gang 2 года назад

    you can easily hear frank ocean on it 💞⚡

  • @meggiemoo2955
    @meggiemoo2955 5 лет назад +1

    im gonna need him to drop this track

  • @budsworld1104
    @budsworld1104 5 лет назад

    So creative!

  • @ruslanr.6171
    @ruslanr.6171 5 лет назад +3

    Arturia adding new instruments to V collection about every year. So even if I will opt in for rent-to-own right now, even before the moment i pay off, new shiny V collection 8 will be available for about 300$ upgrade price. Am I right?

  • @mtrps_
    @mtrps_ 3 года назад

    Malaysia representtt

  • @syahirashri5214
    @syahirashri5214 5 лет назад

    That minimoog set that shit offfffff🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @djdancealone3419
    @djdancealone3419 5 лет назад +5

    has anyone recorded to this track? I could see Cudi on this.

  • @valeale2812
    @valeale2812 5 лет назад

    really sick man he is and extremely talented ofc

  • @unreallincoln
    @unreallincoln 5 лет назад

    This is crazy incredible🔥🔥🔥

  • @ozone1979
    @ozone1979 5 лет назад

    So pretty much, Soundtoys will help bring the UMPH to Arturia's Synths.

    • @Y0utubeIsFuckingHomo
      @Y0utubeIsFuckingHomo 5 лет назад +1

      Nah. He used more Waves Plugins than Soundtoys.

    • @ozone1979
      @ozone1979 5 лет назад

      @@Y0utubeIsFuckingHomo what waves plug can take the place of that Culture Vulture u think?

    • @Y0utubeIsFuckingHomo
      @Y0utubeIsFuckingHomo 5 лет назад

      @@ozone1979 Idk if Waves has a good tube sat/distortion tbh. I use BlackBox HL2

  • @innerbliss108
    @innerbliss108 5 лет назад

    Crazy talented

  • @beenmicrophone5817
    @beenmicrophone5817 5 лет назад

    great vid..!!! I give it four thumbs up 👍👍👍👍

  • @jo_ey
    @jo_ey 5 лет назад +1

    Inspiring!

  • @TheMusicLeak
    @TheMusicLeak 5 лет назад +1

    I can recognize some of the first sounds from songs on Faces from mac miller.

  • @jannmoon
    @jannmoon 5 лет назад

    Good old timeless MEANIEMOOOOOB

  • @animanoir
    @animanoir 5 лет назад

    this is quite a nice beat actually

  • @vibrantog8102
    @vibrantog8102 5 лет назад +3

    U-he bundle plsss!!!🙏🙏

  • @msld_sound
    @msld_sound 5 лет назад +20

    brb gonna go back to calling Robert "Vogue" Moog's creations Mooooooogs 🐄🐄🐄

    • @synthcurry
      @synthcurry 5 лет назад +4

      recently learned that bob's family pronounced it both ways: the "oo" sound ("poo") and the "oh" sound ("vogue"). we're all winners!

    • @msld_sound
      @msld_sound 5 лет назад +1

      Haha. It's true. There's just that one video where he says "my wife and I decided to go for the Mohg pronunciation" and I was like THE LORD HAS SPOKEN

    • @zibbybone
      @zibbybone 5 лет назад +4

      They made a synth called the Moog Rogue (rhymes), not Moog Roog.

    • @andrewnibbi
      @andrewnibbi 5 лет назад +1

      zibbybone but at the same time the MoogerFooger pedals seem to make a lot more sense if you pronounce it the wrong way (the mooooooooog). Still, Bob asked for Mohg so we will say Mohg.

  • @kelvinpichardo6498
    @kelvinpichardo6498 9 месяцев назад

    has this ever dropped????