Ambient production - from start to finish
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- In this video you can join me for a full production session of a new Ambient track from start to finish. I begin with an empty Ableton project and create new sounds and arrange the track. The idea is to show the full workflow, with all detours and mistakes that somehow lead to the result. If you are looking for a quick tip or shortcut to spice up your production this is the wrong video to watch. :)
Tools used in this video:
Ableton Live
Roland JV-1080 / XV-5080
Quarterone Guitar Reveries
Arturia Pigments
Valhalla Supermassive
U-He Colour Copy, Presswerk
Ableton Live
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Please Martin make more tutorials like this, you are the only one that make good ambient tutorials on RUclips.
Thank you! These are very time consuming to make but I always try to find the time.
Thanks alot for your hard work Martin it has opened a new field in my own music production.
@@MartinStuertzer its awesome thank you :)
You're the gift that keeps on giving. 2 years on. Thanks for this tutorial.
Grüss Neptun;D Thanks for this tutorial! Great to get an insight into your workflow.
Thanks very much for this tutorial. You explain evrything, from A to Z. It is very appréciable, too much often, musicians just show a few part of the work. Letting some misteries, it is not your case. Great !
Seeing the Maestro at work...like being a wizard's apprentice and being allowed to read the Magic Tome :) Thank you so much...
This is super helpful for those of us that are still learning how to use a DAW. I can "get by" , but thats just not good enough. Tremendously helpful thank you
Amazing to see you at work! What really works for me are the insights into your thinking about why you are making decisions and choices - this is what makes it so valuable. Thanks!
That was the idea, glad you like it!
Great job Martin!😊
So many details about mixing or to build up sounds in your video, really helpful to me.Thanks a lot Martin.
Danke Martin.... solche Tutorials helfen enorm.
Das is so klasse , das du uns diesen Einblick in deine wunderschönen Produktionen schenkst . Hab vielen lieben Dank Martin ❤💋🫵💪🏻
Only 20 seconds in and I know this is an amazing video.
Ambient music production that actually sounds like ambient music. Nice :)
Thank you Martin! I've been searching the internet for exactly this type of lesson in ambient music. Fantastic! Please keep this up. Your information is valuable 😊
Hello Martin, I just found this video and see your music on Bandcamp as well. Two years later, are you still using the same technique to make ambient music?
very very interesting not boring at all !
This is just what I needed to get me started! I've been tinkering with Reaper and synth vst's but hadn't really any idea on an entry point to really get started. This has been a great insight and lifted the curtain a little on the process. Thanks Martin!
Thanks so much for sharing this deep dive into your methods. So much of it is about experimenting and developing personal taste, and it's nice to see this confirmed here. At least that's how I interpret it.
Lots of subtle tips. Thank you, Alles gute!
Hi Martin, very cool, super selection of instruments, the hand of the Master is felt, we ask you to release another similar video, namely in Ableton with VST instruments. I wish you millions of views.
This was very valuable to me, especially to see that you can get a thick and wide pad sound without any hard panning, stereo widening (yes there was the Auto Pan) and nothing going on on the Master bus besides a compressor. Many thanks for this, it helps me to cobble together all the possibilities there are in creating ambient music.
Thank you! I am glad that you find inspiration in the video!
This was not boring at all... Inspired me to create something myself. Thanks!
that's a great tutorials! you are really showing how all sounds articulate with each others, and it's one of the best demo on 'layering' I ever seen. Congrats and thanks!
Enjoy your creative workflow, thank you.
Thank you, Martin!
Great video. Thank you so much for showing us your workflow. It most definitely has helped me understand the different methods that can be used in creating ambient tracks. Very well done and the track came out very well also. I hope to see another of this kind of video from you at some point in time. Cheers
Watching you create is a relaxing pleasure every time. Thank you for sharing your work with us!
Thank you so much! More like this please, learn so much
it was not boring at all, thank you!
I love Neptune !❤
Awesome, thank you
Thanks for sharing, Martin. Really nice and educating video. It's always interesting to watch other artists workflow.
Really interesting to see how your approach to an ambient work and the techniques you used - thanks for taking the time to make this video.
Thanks for taking the time to take us through your workflow in a detailed manner, it's always fun to see creators go into such detail.
Another priceless glimpse behind the curtain of your process, Martin! Thanks so much for this contribution to the art! 🙏
Really was fantastic. That's three times I've watched it through!
Nice to have the rain added….we had enough of that this season:-)
Very instructive video again. those "how to" are important for the people want to make ambiant music like you. Sorry for my english... Best regards from France. i am at 47:43 and i will take a coffee ! Thanks again .
Very, very interesting and and instructive Martin!! It's quite inspiring to see other artists work and see their workflow, it definitely opens up some new creative gates & ideas. Thanks alot for taking the time to do this and more importantly, sharing ...Quick question here for you Martin, a bit more technical. I see in your instrument list that you own the U-he Diva. For the analog emulation sound in the VST world, would you recommend it over Arturia Pigments? Which one do you prefer, for the analog synthesis? I know this is the kind of question that can be very suggestive, but since you own alot of analog synths and gear yourself & you have a solid knowledge of the synth world, I thought I could ask your input on this! :) Thanks for your time again Martin and please, keep doing those ambient sessions, they are great!
What a treat. Thank you for your hospitality! This was a lovely visit with you and Neptun, not to mention an enlightening and inspiring view of your work. Prost!
This is great Martin, thank you very much! Greetings from Hamburg :)
“To give the listeners the time to understand” ... Wonderful words Martin and very interesting to witness the creative process and the bits and bytes that you touch! 💭🔴💭
Really nice to watch others work. Thanks man!
Fabulous
7:23 Roland says 50/50 good job!
You're the best!
Thank you.
Thank you for the interesting video,regards :)
super, Dankeschön für das coole (unaufgeregt mit schnurrender Katze) Video, sehr lehrreich - Danke
and at least someone who uses the Roland Cloud. Rarely seen that. Great what you do with it, sounds very nice.
To be honest: only the 30 days demo they sent me to try it out. I did not subscribe because it is a hell of a bug-fest. I rather get another 2080 for my rack. :)
Excellent work and insight into your process of creativity. I also start from a blank template unless its a mapped group of midi hardware to audio track in Ableton.That I just started to do that
Hallo Martin, auch wenn dies schon ein älteres Lehrvideo ist, möchte ich doch eine Bemerkung machen. Die Überlagerungen verschiedener Ambient-Sound-Teppiche sind sehr aufschlussreich und typisch für deinen Stil. Interessant fand ich bei 27:38 min das Preset PR-E 056 Vecropad. Das empfand ich als eine neue frische Idee. Ich hätte mir gewünscht, wenn du die Attackzeiten kurz gelassen hättest, so dass sie einen intressanten Kontrast zu den Padsounds erzeugen.
ciao herw
martin- toll biste viele gruesse von Vancouver island- bin 72 abgehauen, war viel los in den 68 ' jahren. danke
thanks again, good stuff!.
most relaxing and informative, thank you :-)
The simplest arrangement is usually the one that works better
Sir - This was NOT boring but rather Brilliant ! - Please do more Start to finish. Perhaps Just on minor scales to breakthrough melodic rhythms Berlin style. The fact you used just VST's with low overhead was great. Perhaps include the KORG Wavestate next as a midi external hardware addition to the VST mix as its COSMIC as you probably know? (Now V2 has Imported samples in the Software Update= Mind blowing possibilities.) Thank you BIG fan here...
Hi Martin!
Ich fand diese eineinhalb Stunden mit Dir sehr inspirierend, sehr lehrreich 👍und überhaupt nicht langweilig 😅!
Ich mag Deine freundliche, ruhige aber auch sachliche Art und natürlich auch Deine Herangehensweisen an einen neuen Track!
Was mir in letzter Zeit immer wieder bei deinen Videos aufgefallen ist, das Du sehr effektiv mit nur einer Handvoll Sounds in einem Track umgehst. Der Gedanke, weniger ist oft mehr, auch gerade in einem Ambient Track gefällt mir. Das Du ein Pad für ein paar Takte weglässt um für einen neuen Sound Raum zu schaffen hat mir gerade in diesem Video einen Aha-Moment beschert, das freut mich sehr! 😊
Ich nehme eigentlich immer etwas für mich persönlich mit wenn ich Deine Videos sehe und höre. Immer wieder inspirierend. Schön auch, das Du diesmal nur mit Software gearbeitet hast...
Vielen Dank dafür!
P.S.
Ich würde mich, wie sicherlich auch einige andere hier sehr freuen mehr Videos dieser Art von Dir zu sehen. Sie motivieren ungemein...
😊👍
P.P.S.
Mich würde mal interessieren in welchen BPM Bereichen Du in Deinen Ambient aber auch Berlin School Tracks bevorzugt arbeitest und gibt es ein paar Lieblings-Tonarten die Du immer wieder gern benutzt? 😎
Thank you for this.
Really Lovely! Great Work! 😀 👊
Don't adjust too many things or you won't be able to see Ableton! Just wondering how one would render really long projects, or are they looped? I was thinking of generative music and could you record it live into Audacity or some other program? Just thinking aloud...have a fun day and thanks for sharing your creative process with us, very helpful. ;D
your favorite free plugins? love your music so much 🥰
Thanks for this.
Do you still use the XV-5080?
No, I was just using the trail period of the Roland cloud. I am still looking for a real xv5080.
Hi, danke für Deine super Erklärungen! :) Habe mich gefreut, als ich neulich gesehen habe, dass Du auch den Korg Wavestate hast. Hab den seit 3 Wochen und finde genial, was man damit so anstellen kann, gerade auch im Bereich Ambient. Hab auch gerade mal den nightsky von strymon hier zum testen, ob man damit aussergewöhnliche (Reverb)Sounds kreieren kann. Aber so ganz bin ich damit noch nicht zufrieden...
Hello Martin
Ray and Paul here
We are “content”
How are you??!!
Hope your travels are going super well 🙏🌸☀️
What is your decision process for using a vintage vs supermassive reverb? What situations do you prefer vintage verb vs Supermassive or choice in verb lengths/sizes in general? Thx
Thank you so much for doing a deep dive like this from start to finish. I would love to see more production sessions like this so please keep them coming! It's so hard to find examples of mixing this style of music.
Did you end up doing anything more with this track? I'm curious if this is something that you would deem ready for release or what else would need to be done as that's the part I typically struggle with.
Also curious -- Do you ever concern yourself much with mono compatibility? I see that pushed hard in most other genres but have never been sure how much it applies to ambient music since it so heavily leverages the stereo field.
interesting, Martin... I just seen the part where you show using a utility for fading a part in/out rather than volume automation
I have been doing it the other way around so I need to have a think about that, for sure
so, instead, I use volume automation throughout a piece for either fades or even to bring stuff in and out and then if I feel I need to boost or cut the level of a track overall, I use the EQ plugin that I place on every track anyway to take care of those adustments
I am self taught, like many, so my techniques may sometimes seem a little strange
cheers, and thanks again,
andy
I don´t think that there is a right and a wrong way to do it as long as it works and does what you need! Having the track volume free of automation makes it possible to change any volumes quickly from the mixer page (I think they call it "Session view"). It is also easier to access track volumes from Push 2 rather than opening all tracks to find the Utility.
Sehr aufmerksam zugesehen , und mal ne Frage nebenbei ,
Hast Du davon irgent etwas selbst Programmiert ? Mal so nebenbei gefragt ?
Machst Du vielleicht auch Musik ?
Kennst Du die Radio Sendung " Schwingungen " mit W. Trenkler ?
Thank you for making this video.
I paid attention to the "tools" you were using and how it helped to manipulate the sounds.
It takes effort and a bit of time to select that sound you want, (in my case anyways :)
Thank you! Finding the right sound is always just the start, the manipulation of it in the context of the whole track is what makes music.
@@MartinStuertzer Yes, thank you. I agree. Once you have found the sound that you think might work, it can take you to a whole new level. Keeping it simple is what I have learned.
@@MartinStuertzer A really helpful comment! I'm always tempted to be getting new plugins so that I can have the 'right' sound, but, as you show, it's actually a question of starting with something and then shaping it to everything else: a great insight. Unfortunately I've now got to learn how to use the plugins I've already got... :)
Good to see how others do this kind of thing. For the record, I also have multiple bugs across multiple Roland Cloud plugins. Not the same as your ones either, but in Ableton Live. Don't seem to have them in Cubase.
How nice that they design individual bugs for everyone!
Surprised to see you using VSTs rather than your hardware synths.
Sample the cat and repitch it even lower. Males an awesome Ambient Noise 😁
I learned a lot in this video, many many thanks!!
How many reverbs do you use on a mix?
It would be nice to watch a video like this, but with the default Ableton plugins and oscillators.
really cool music and im sorry but those roland bugs that just keep on adding up was really hilarious
Indeed! I got rid of that bug with an update eventually.
Great tutorial you make more or do live streams on twitch / RUclips?
Thank you! I have been focussing my effort on new music and (online) concerts lately. But I am also going to record more tutorials.
Nice one! Something mellow for a Sunday evening.
Just curious about your thoughts on BITWIG. The first video of yours I watched was your first track with it, but I see you still use Ableton. Do you still use BW or are you just too familiar with Ableton?
Thanks!
Thanks! There are a few things about Bitwig that make it impossible to use for me. And I also learned how familiar I am with Ableton, I don´t have to think about anything else but the music and it works with all of my hard- and software.
@@MartinStuertzer i get it. Having used Logic since 2006, it feels like home.
It's a shame that BW didn't work out, though at the speed they seem to be developing the things that are currently unworkable may end up being soon-to-be-added features ;)
did this track get used in the end?
It's interesting to see how you don't stick to the grid, and instead opt to put elements in the spaces between other elements instead. I'm trying to break out of the 8 bar mindset
That Roland display bug has to be the most annoying bug ever!
One of a fair few in the cloud collection!
Really depressing when you make something then pop it up on RUclips, and Rumble, and get 0 views even after months of being up.
Плохо что не знаю английского(
With all due respect, Martin: start with a multi-layer preset from a VST? thanks but no thanks. I quit at 02:18.