How to Make Music Like Boards of Canada

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  • Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
  • In this video, we will spend a bit more time than usual digging into how to reproduce music in the style of Boards of Canada
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Комментарии • 269

  • @hollowgroundproductions
    @hollowgroundproductions  2 года назад +29

    1-on-1 lessons. Email me - hollowgroundproductions1987@gmail.com

    • @balloonhead61
      @balloonhead61 2 года назад +3

      Where you based?
      I'm in Kildare meself
      I only use hardware, could be interesting

    • @lucag.lisickza425
      @lucag.lisickza425 6 месяцев назад

      how much bro ? I have a mac book air and thinking buy ableton

  • @adrianconsta1139
    @adrianconsta1139 2 года назад +189

    Orange! Yeah, that's right!

  • @casperchristiansen2458
    @casperchristiansen2458 7 месяцев назад +20

    Aquarius+The Colour of Fire+An Eagle in Your Mind= Pretty damn nice.

    • @hollowgroundproductions
      @hollowgroundproductions  7 месяцев назад +4

      You sound like a proper fan, spotting all the inspirations!!! High praise!

  • @zakaroonetwork777
    @zakaroonetwork777 7 месяцев назад +20

    So awesome. Thank you. Boards of Canada literally saved my life in 1998.

    • @hollowgroundproductions
      @hollowgroundproductions  7 месяцев назад +8

      Really good music will do that!! 🙏

    • @KacyKnight
      @KacyKnight 2 месяца назад +2

      It's doing that for me in 2024. Everything else just sounds like noise now.

  • @IEatDogShit
    @IEatDogShit 2 года назад +206

    The production quality on this video (Both audio and visual) is insane

  • @davidthegood
    @davidthegood 2 года назад +149

    I have never seen anyone with this level of studio talent. My hat is off. Nice work, man.

  • @auriscalidem6592
    @auriscalidem6592 2 года назад +166

    The most insane thing is that the duo never had any of this digital stuff when they made MHTRTC

    • @billypilgrim1
      @billypilgrim1 Год назад +30

      Just their trusty Akai sampler

    • @MasDouc
      @MasDouc Год назад +17

      Back then you had to be innovative

    • @disectormusic
      @disectormusic Год назад +35

      Its actually easier without the "digital" software. hardware instruments are much more tangible

    • @d-rex7043
      @d-rex7043 Год назад +4

      @@MasDouc 🙄

    • @d-rex7043
      @d-rex7043 Год назад +7

      @@disectormusic 🙄

  • @earlsfield
    @earlsfield 2 года назад +44

    one extra note about the bells. BOC bells are usually so distorted, that you can cleary hear them "crackle" if the filter is opened enough. Now, you can achieve this effect by adding minor amount of frequency modulation. I know their bells are just sines that are demolished by tape overdubs, but I think fm or just a little noise is the closest way to get there. As for the drums, the staple sound of their samples comes from Akai samplers. You can hear that digital flattening on kicks and snares in Kid for Today and Olson, specifically. And ultimatelly what makes BOC so unique is the way they glued those VHS and tape degradations in rytmical manner. So, take your LFO's guys, and add some actual movement to your lo-fi plugins, be that rc 20 or Satin, or what have you.

  • @evanmscala
    @evanmscala 2 года назад +29

    This is so insanely detailed and spot on it legitimately feels like a masterclass Michael or Marcus themselves

  • @frankv.9525
    @frankv.9525 5 месяцев назад +3

    One of the most deconstructed and analyzed musical acts in known history. Beautiful tutorial, bravo.

  • @user-us4lo8il8i
    @user-us4lo8il8i 2 года назад +60

    Truly best BoC tutorial. Thanks a lot!

  • @marcusplaysmusic8628
    @marcusplaysmusic8628 2 года назад +4

    if anyone is wondering the chord itself is taking the root, 5th, and 9th interval, making the chord seem ambigous melodically because of the lack of 3rd or 7th. Is the chord progression in major or minor? Neither lol

  • @darpsyxer
    @darpsyxer 2 года назад +8

    Are you sure you're not the guy from Boards of Canada? this is simply freaking incredible

  • @wulfshead
    @wulfshead 2 года назад +20

    Absolutely nailed it! Every single element. It could literally be one of their own! Well played man. You’ve done this before!

  • @adriansullivan4433
    @adriansullivan4433 2 года назад +6

    Lol imagine doing this in the 90's tho, amazing

  • @apostrophicom
    @apostrophicom 2 года назад +37

    damn not only did you really nail the aesthetics (not an easy task, I've tried lol) but your workflow is really fucking cool. New sub, new fan, good shit. thanks!

  • @eelponna3145
    @eelponna3145 Год назад +7

    The main question here is - why isn’t this guy giving us BoC records (seeing as the duo themselves aren’t producing any)? I’d buy his stuff!

  • @diglerfreaky5559
    @diglerfreaky5559 Год назад +3

    I love that you just inserted an orange picture among the random BOC album photos.

  • @brandonwiebe8132
    @brandonwiebe8132 Год назад +7

    Absolutely amazing. It's as if I'm listening to a leaked BOC studio track. Excellent work.

  • @gedgar
    @gedgar 7 месяцев назад +1

    i have a feeling im going to be coming back to this video for years. very new to ableton (4 days)

  • @vailace2728
    @vailace2728 2 года назад +2

    Video is 15 minutes long but the content packed here worth hours and hours of your time

    • @ChrMmn
      @ChrMmn Год назад

      Very true! A wealth of information here.

  • @urbsketch
    @urbsketch 11 месяцев назад +3

    The pieces at the intro:
    All from Geogaddi
    00:20 Track 002 Music is Math
    00:23 Track 006 Sunshine Recorder
    00:24 Track 012 The Beach at Redpoint
    00:26 Track 010 1969
    00:28 Track 016 The Devil Is In The Details

  • @INADRM
    @INADRM Год назад +2

    You gotta have fun with the numbers as well. In Aquarius the sequence can be seen as 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 + 14 + 15 + 16 + 17 + 18 + 19 + 20 + 21 + 22 + 23 + 24 + 25 + 26 + 27 + 28 + 29 + 30 + 31 + 32 + 33 + 34 + 35 + 36 = 666

  • @Ancaja123
    @Ancaja123 2 года назад +36

    for being a really good recreation of their synth sounds and drum sounds, you missed one of the most important elements of their tracks: the structure. They typically have an unusual amount of bars before it repeats. It's typically 5 or 6, and the last bar or two bars act as that breakdown/dropout/transitional bar. I truly believe that its intrinsically important to their music

    • @AutPen38
      @AutPen38 2 года назад +16

      To be fair, he told us to loop the pads after 6 bars at about 1:45.

    • @atetraxx
      @atetraxx 2 года назад +2

      No he didn't . He literally said loop it 6 bars

  • @nannue
    @nannue 2 года назад +3

    Very fun walkthrough. Thank u for the orange hexagon sun ☀️

  • @joepow8717
    @joepow8717 2 года назад +16

    Jeez this is seriously impressive! If you told me this was a BoC song I would absolutely believe it.

    • @zeejustin6
      @zeejustin6 2 года назад +1

      Yeah even the basic stuff he did was just like BoC to my brain.

  • @adrianconsta1139
    @adrianconsta1139 2 года назад +10

    Amazing result and tutorial! And you actually reminded me to check again your album, which is sounding dope. Thank you.

  • @DeroriMusic
    @DeroriMusic 2 года назад +2

    Severely underrated work being done here

  • @ProjetHomeStudio
    @ProjetHomeStudio 2 года назад +9

    One of the best tutorials out there on this topic, if not the best. I'm a sucker for BOC sounds, and like everyone I'm trying to reproduce some of them to no avail. This tutorial is very helpful.

  • @MattRanks
    @MattRanks Год назад +2

    this guy likes geogaddi lol
    great album by an amazing band

  • @seanmuldoon38
    @seanmuldoon38 Год назад +1

    A fellow Irish boards of Canada fan!

  • @nayi999
    @nayi999 Год назад +2

    do falling through a field by black moth super rainbow

  • @Digiphex
    @Digiphex 2 года назад +2

    I liked your video production on this and you got quite a bit of the sun baked LP on the back seat of the car.

  • @nunasentus
    @nunasentus 2 года назад +1

    This guy could take anything and create the sounds he wants

  • @WavesOfRed92
    @WavesOfRed92 2 года назад +5

    underrated af

  • @morganlak4337
    @morganlak4337 2 года назад +2

    Whoa this is by far the best tutorial on BoC I've seen. Nailed the sound design

  • @TheCinnyBun
    @TheCinnyBun Год назад +1

    manipulator is such an underrated and underutilized vst

  • @zeejustin6
    @zeejustin6 2 года назад +1

    I have no idea wtf you were doing, but enjoyed the boards of canada sounds, I think you're probably quite talented.

  • @monocore
    @monocore Год назад +1

    love the trippy edit. On charater. Subscribed.

  • @anzipex
    @anzipex 5 месяцев назад +1

    "Boqurant" from cassette "A Few Old Tunes" reference as I see 👀

  • @michaelarthurholloway9539
    @michaelarthurholloway9539 2 года назад +2

    Fucking Masterclass right here. Amazing work. Thank you for this!

  • @windowdresser1643
    @windowdresser1643 Год назад

    this guy is fucking insane for making this free. this is a treasure trove

  • @michael.pulling
    @michael.pulling Год назад +1

    This is genius

  • @fredwilkins4195
    @fredwilkins4195 2 года назад +1

    easily the best tutorial on youtube

  • @electrypnose2494
    @electrypnose2494 Год назад +1

    Highly educative and inspiring, just watched 2 videos of yours and it feels like accessing a big secret list of cheat codes.

  • @LucasDegen
    @LucasDegen 2 года назад +3

    Woow. Great tutorial. Well done. I study there music for years and this is one of the best BOC tuts I’ve seen. Added to my playlist: How to make IDM.

  • @moodswings353
    @moodswings353 Год назад

    this is the best BOC trailer i've seen. thank you!!!!!

  • @cchoge
    @cchoge 2 года назад +1

    Oh my god I love this almost as much as I love Boards of Canada

  • @prodthayerperiod
    @prodthayerperiod 2 года назад +1

    this is absolutely fantastic

  • @XIIIWinters
    @XIIIWinters 2 года назад +2

    You are a madman when it comes to producing! Love this content.

  • @garycrocker186
    @garycrocker186 Год назад +2

    Incredible talent

  • @jonhewson7303
    @jonhewson7303 2 года назад +2

    Only know a few BoC tunes but I feel like I know them all now. Great vid, great vibe, great editing and explanations. Big up my man

  • @diceman2914
    @diceman2914 2 года назад +4

    Awesome tutorial

  • @evaSerafea01
    @evaSerafea01 2 года назад +3

    love this

  • @TerekkiTerekki
    @TerekkiTerekki 2 года назад +2

    TY

  • @Rutanen
    @Rutanen 2 года назад +3

    Absolute gold!

  • @osmark86
    @osmark86 2 года назад +3

    great ear for different styles mate. subbed!

  • @mr-mizu
    @mr-mizu 5 месяцев назад

    I was under the impression they got the sounds (and the name) by sampling documentary films put out by the Canadian Film Board.

  • @robotussin_synths
    @robotussin_synths 2 года назад +1

    This taught me so many things about Ableton that I never knew. Thank you!

  • @eldenhor737
    @eldenhor737 Год назад +1

    thank you ❤

  • @WENDEL852
    @WENDEL852 2 года назад +3

    dude what a great tutorial, quality stuff.

  • @ottolaakso1944
    @ottolaakso1944 2 года назад

    This video is pure quality in every single way

  • @MrDigash
    @MrDigash Месяц назад

    Outstanding work!

  • @orbitalforest
    @orbitalforest 11 месяцев назад +1

    Superb !

  • @DesertPunks
    @DesertPunks Год назад +1

    This sounds really faithful, color me impressed!

  • @icedcooly9127
    @icedcooly9127 11 месяцев назад +3

    Wow. I’m so impressed, like speechless. How long have you worked with ableton and how long did it take you to get to a point of being able to successfully make this work? I know practice and time will get you to that point but personally I get so caught up in loops that it prevents me from achieving the next step if that makes sense. Anyway I’d love to hear your story if you don’t mind commenting, 🍻 cheers!

  • @lukejones6293
    @lukejones6293 2 года назад +3

    This is incredible. Gave me so many new ideas to try out

  • @jakubbenda532
    @jakubbenda532 2 года назад +1

    Incredible. Instructive. Entertaining.
    Bravo!

  • @dj_Davepz
    @dj_Davepz Год назад +1

    This is mind-blowing mate, thank you!

  • @RichardWakefield
    @RichardWakefield 2 года назад +4

    Really insightful and full of golden nuggets. Very inspiring so thanks!!

  • @ChrisLebaume
    @ChrisLebaume 2 года назад +2

    Bro you're a monster and this video is a jem ❤

  • @beatoperator
    @beatoperator 2 года назад +3

    wow 👏

  • @Jaspertine
    @Jaspertine 2 года назад +1

    I've had some decent success by recording some guitar chords, then using the freeze function on ableton's stock reverb to sustain them indefinitely, resampling that and then dropping them into simpler and treating them like synth pads.

  • @philip6252
    @philip6252 7 месяцев назад

    The video and the album on Bandcamp are great. The comments section, not so much.

  • @milankosmos8738
    @milankosmos8738 Год назад +1

    ok awesome. comment so this can be better seen and found. deserves it

  • @Moork.podcast
    @Moork.podcast Год назад +1

    Cada segundo me da mas emoción que vaya sonando como el tema.
    Que bueno eres, que gusto ver a alguien tan fluido produciendo.

  • @ibuprofen-noodles
    @ibuprofen-noodles 3 месяца назад

    this is mad inspiring dude. thanks a lot

  • @deniz90899
    @deniz90899 2 года назад +1

    that intro is superb

  • @Blueblackngold
    @Blueblackngold 5 месяцев назад

    That’s a perfect tutorial

  • @ConahyRocks
    @ConahyRocks 6 месяцев назад

    Your an inspiring storyteller! astute observations and wizardry around ableton - looking forward to watching and learning more, thank you 🙏

  • @Promethalus
    @Promethalus Год назад +1

    got yourself another sub here ;)

  • @lungind
    @lungind Год назад +1

    Awesome, man! You really got it!

  • @cjbcarr1
    @cjbcarr1 2 года назад +3

    wow man, this is great. thanks so much for sharing! i'm not an ableton user, but mostly all of these techniques can be used however you choose to make music. super cool.

  • @1ZEROXZA1
    @1ZEROXZA1 Год назад

    The visuals in this video represents my adhd accurately

  • @uisato_
    @uisato_ 2 года назад +2

    Amazing video, my friend. Super-well crafted. Congratulations!

  • @fabienmolina
    @fabienmolina 2 года назад +2

    Merci beaucoup !

  • @alwaysanotherday1421
    @alwaysanotherday1421 2 года назад +1

    Absolutely insane.

  • @LUCKYKATmeowsic
    @LUCKYKATmeowsic 2 года назад +1

    really excellent tutorial mate. i have just started using similar sounds for my breakdowns so super useful

  • @DavesMusicTube
    @DavesMusicTube 2 года назад +2

    Amazing video dude! Thanks!

  • @jasonkh4
    @jasonkh4 2 года назад +2

    This is amazing, great work 👍

  • @tonio9973
    @tonio9973 2 года назад +2

    really awesome. you have tons of skill :)

  • @7wheels
    @7wheels Год назад

    wow. you are genius !

  • @gesslr
    @gesslr 2 года назад +1

    This is brilliant. Thank you.

  • @vhorko
    @vhorko 2 года назад +6

    How to make Jazz House like Felipe Gordon!

    • @hollowgroundproductions
      @hollowgroundproductions  2 года назад +3

      Challenge accepted! Watch this space for a video on Jazzy Deep House sometime early 2022.

    • @vhorko
      @vhorko 2 года назад +2

      @@hollowgroundproductions see you in 2022, with that video then friend,

  • @raavenstark5905
    @raavenstark5905 Год назад +1

    WTF ? A BOC tutorials without expensive shits inside ? WOW ! I use often wavetable to have a kind of a sound of BOC, but you did lot of stuff i have never try. I wasn't that far after all ^^ Always thought that the movement in the BOC synth was due only to tapes, i tried with so much gears to have it, but it was because it's not only that. I learn so much in 15 minutes !

  • @semiopenhouse
    @semiopenhouse 4 месяца назад

    King!

  • @originalsynth
    @originalsynth 2 года назад +3

    Crystal clear and concise tutorials. Glad you mention 'FIND YOUR OWN STYLE" as that's exactly what it's all about in the end, and this is inspiring stuff :-) Plastikman?

  • @gracebasom6609
    @gracebasom6609 2 года назад +1

    this is the greatest video i’ve ever seen. can you make more like this but more for beginners? i love u

  • @WoozieFace
    @WoozieFace Год назад +1

    loving ur album!

  • @chaosevolution
    @chaosevolution 6 месяцев назад

    Awesome tutorial. And great video production.