Appreciate the efforts you make for people who love DIY music. I made music for a few years, became a bit disillusioned with the whole process as it just costs so much to learn. But people like yourself, you help inspire and engage people like me to keep chipping away at it and make the music I love and be creative. Thank you. Kudos to you Ethan.
LOVE this format and never seen anything like it. It's great to b able to hear what other non-pros or doing and have you go over it as you did. Like in a class. Great learning experience. Hope your future plans include moreof this.
oh boy, your content is a pure gold Ethan, really inspiring and great teaching. I love the video cuts and no mud during explinations of concepts, also jokes are awesome. This is really inspiaring for me and I really hope that I will start my own EDM project after watching a few of your videos, always wanted to produce a track. Thanks so much for everything you are doing for us!!
Love it. Seen a few of these on other channels and always learn something. This was a great insight on stepping up the production. More, please (and I'd be happy to send you an Ableton project). Well done Ethan. Thanks.
I appreciate your tutorials so much! This format is awesome and helps teach me how to branch off of splice without buying expensive equipment like a physical synth.
Top quality content!! Watched a few of yours, but this was definitely worth a sub. Love how well you tipped people towards replaying sounds, rather than using samples, and even spoke of the reason/advantages of doing this. Great video, well done.
Dude, keep these coming! Sometimes watching somebody skilled work naturally teaches you more than a tutorial. It certainly helps me! 👍🏽 Use these videos to get your corner of the market on YT! No other producer is pumping these out consistently, and this is GREAT content!
Amazing, super interesting to watch the work flow from loops to Midi and hear the sound difference, definitely a huge improvement. Please keep it coming.
This video hit me in the right moment man. I am just working on a synthwave song where I am not happy with the sound design. Than totally unrelated, I clicked on your video and its actually a synthwave song and I could take away so much from it. Thank you for doing this series, I would love to see more.
Haha Yay for woodworking! As creatives we don't necessarily have to stick to one way of expressing ourselves. This format was really nice and I would love to see more of it. I learn a lot from your videos as a musician who wants to start making his own songs. Thanks for that!
loved this. I get stuck trying to make things sound EXACTLY like the splice reference since thats what caught my ear first, but this showed me it doesnt have to be exact to still sound sick
so greatful for you - you are so freakin' good! I am the point where I need to level up from just using splice loops. I'll need to watch this again probably 50 times; so much great stuff in here.
Got yourself a new subscriber. When I first got Ableton, I watched your n00b video which I should watch again but this format is great as it teaches so much in a nice size video. I love that you both verbally and visually (zooming in) show/explain what and why you're doing something. It's next level details that I appreciate as a viewer when there's countless tutorial vids out there that aren't as clear. This format of video is a winner. Hope you've managed to cool down now.
Im an absolute noob and youve given me something kool to work on! Ive been playing with making my own loops with sound fxs and drums and its just felt a bit empty. Gonna start recreating the premade stuff like you showed. Looks fun and a good way to learn all the plugins. Cheers man
First time here, i really loved the video concept, it can be beneficial for both, noobs can learn from your ideas, some genres rules & concepts, & legit producers can find new ideas or simply get inspired. I look forward for more videos like these. Love & support
Do you think it was hot in the studio? 😂😂 I’m watching this while sitting outside sweating during lunch so accurate 😅. Really do love this. I have been trying to use loops for this new song I found some amazing trumpet sounds but cutting up the sounds for what I want is just making the process so difficult. I think I’m going to go recreate the sounds. Thanks for this ❤
I can't say I agree with your findings in this video. To add sounds to the song and make such a big deal about the plugins a person uses as a reason for why a song is good or not good seems like you've overlooked the point of songwriting and preference by an artist but more importantly, the value of investment by an artist is their own. To teach people to believe the answer is always found in the most bright loudest plugin, in this case HELM, kind of like how people always insist on using massive or serum, represents the perspective from people who think music is only good if coming from one choice therefore removing the freedom to be different and use different plugins. What if you got trolled and the sound sent to you was a recording a warm quiet analog synth and all you did was put a loud bright digital plugin on top of it to "improve the sound?"
I've found one of the biggest things to help become a better producer is trying to recreate various sounds you hear in your synth software. 80% of the time, it's the basics you learn on week one with a bit of something extra sprinkled in. Figuring out what that "something extra" is the hard part.
I work with my hands outdoors, been in some insane heat. Something about being inside at a computer and hot though, I don't know it's. I freaking HATE it so much. This was sick though dude, thank you
Loved it man, these are so informative. Maybe don’t fast forward when you’re writing and fitting the midi notes by ear. That’s some of the gold! Would love to see your process. Thank you for sharing!
I actually work backwards on the Synths, write the notes in Ableton as a midi track and then use the MIDI notes to control and record Audio from my hardware synths where I have designed the sounds.
This is the way. Now if I could find a dedicated midi arp/sequence/chord generator to go before the synths that would be amazing. Something like Komplete Kontrol that's not NI bloatware but let's you do inversions and obscure scales.
Really good video and super inspirational. I get lost when producing as I just don't know where to go and this video is really a light in the darkness hahaha
Hi Ethan, love your content. With your course do you provide personal guidance like this to all your students as opposed to the course just being a bunch of videos?
I don't know if you mention this later on, but I'm at the 4 minute mark and i have to say that vital is a better free synth than helm, it's made by the same guy, there are thousands of already made presets that are available for free on youtube and some people prefer it to serum even. A suggestion for future videos ❤
Regarding your closing comment, have you ever thought about making music for video games? There's some interesting things going on in that medium (like the soundtrack for Bombrush Cyberfunk) and I feel your catchy loops and melodies would be perfect in a cool game. I don't know of any specific game devs hiring or looking for artists at the moment, just talking in general. If you want ideas for videos you could also do music breakdown for soundtracks from movies or games or other artists talking about why it works or what you like about it. But whatever you go with I'll check it out!
Interesting video, thanks. I clicked the link to your course, but it's just a page asking me to sign up for some production tips? Where's the course? Also, regarding the 100,000,000 streams you mention on that page, what streams are you talking about? Thanks.
not sure if links work on youtube comments but here's the page with all the course info completeproducerpro.com/premium. The 100 million streams is mostly from songs I've produced for clients over the years like Mark Barlow, Jackson Guthy, Matoma, and a lot of ghost production stuff. A decent amount is from my own projects though. Like Dropout, John Balaya, Candyland, Ethan C. Davis, Fmlybnd, and Mr. Popular if you ever wanted to listen to any of them.
A plugin like Clear or some Izotope RX would get rid of any AC hum easy peasy. I'd be happy to clean it up for you. The least I could do for everything you've taught me.
yeah it could def work, even the voice isolator in da vinci is great. Next time ill just work earlier in the day when it's less hot hahaha but i appreciate it!
If you can’t run the ac during filming because of the noise just buy a bigger unit. It’s gonna stronger, so it will cool the room down much easier meaning it will be silent
Nice video! But don’t you use the Ableton function: Audio to MIDI? If you wanna recreate the melody of a sample? It’s not always on point but a quick way to get going
Been watching Mr. Ethan for quite sometime now. I have a Dell I5 machine, with presonus sound card. I want to start production,,, I need ideas how to get ableton
i have the AC haha it's just loud. im not currently available to give feedback to all my subs, i just give feedback to my course students because i don't have time to give feedback to all the subs!
Would you take other submissions and fix those?😂 I’m learning, but man making electronic pop is a steep curve for me and I’d love a professional’s feedback/advice. I’ve always made rock songs. Halp😂 My first attempts sound like a 5-year-old made them in the 80s😳
Love this format! Was really fun to watch!
thanks Tim, and thanks for the song :P
You really had a good skeleton man, Ethan just needed to put some paint on the walls and a little furniture in the room.
You should definitely turn this into a series.
noted, thank you!
Appreciate the efforts you make for people who love DIY music. I made music for a few years, became a bit disillusioned with the whole process as it just costs so much to learn. But people like yourself, you help inspire and engage people like me to keep chipping away at it and make the music I love and be creative. Thank you. Kudos to you Ethan.
Yes. Would be great to have more videos like this.
Amazing series idea.
noted, thank you!!
LOVE this format and never seen anything like it. It's great to b able to hear what other non-pros or doing and have you go over it as you did. Like in a class. Great learning experience. Hope your future plans include moreof this.
16:25 ahhhhh that snare made it sound so sick 😮 You're a genius man, I'm learning so much from you. Thank you. 🙏 💙
oh boy, your content is a pure gold Ethan, really inspiring and great teaching. I love the video cuts and no mud during explinations of concepts, also jokes are awesome. This is really inspiaring for me and I really hope that I will start my own EDM project after watching a few of your videos, always wanted to produce a track. Thanks so much for everything you are doing for us!!
dude go for it! thanks so much for the kind words. you got this!
Love it. Seen a few of these on other channels and always learn something. This was a great insight on stepping up the production. More, please (and I'd be happy to send you an Ableton project).
Well done Ethan. Thanks.
thanks so much for the feedback!
I appreciate your tutorials so much! This format is awesome and helps teach me how to branch off of splice without buying expensive equipment like a physical synth.
Top quality content!! Watched a few of yours, but this was definitely worth a sub.
Love how well you tipped people towards replaying sounds, rather than using samples, and even spoke of the reason/advantages of doing this. Great video, well done.
I haven’t used Ableton in years but watching you use it is bringing back a lot of memories. Great job showing a wide variety of techniques.
Amazing concept, please continue with these videos. Lot of useful tips and seems you enjoyed it a lot 😊thank you!
This was really fun to watch. I loved it. Of course I'm about a week into my producer journey so all of this is interesting to me.
Amazing session! So well explained. Love the over the shoulder format.
Dude, keep these coming! Sometimes watching somebody skilled work naturally teaches you more than a tutorial. It certainly helps me! 👍🏽
Use these videos to get your corner of the market on YT! No other producer is pumping these out consistently, and this is GREAT content!
Amazing, super interesting to watch the work flow from loops to Midi and hear the sound difference, definitely a huge improvement. Please keep it coming.
That metronome for half the video is killing me. 💀😂
i knowwww my bad, i just tune it out because im so used it. ill work on it next time!
I even didn’t notice it 😂
Same, didn’t notice
Saaame😂😂😂
Well you don’t really use it then . If you did it would blend in . Why complain 😂?
This video hit me in the right moment man. I am just working on a synthwave song where I am not happy with the sound design. Than totally unrelated, I clicked on your video and its actually a synthwave song and I could take away so much from it. Thank you for doing this series, I would love to see more.
Awesome, please more videos like this.
Great value in seeing how you add effects and for the reasoning behind it.
Haha Yay for woodworking! As creatives we don't necessarily have to stick to one way of expressing ourselves.
This format was really nice and I would love to see more of it. I learn a lot from your videos as a musician who wants to start making his own songs. Thanks for that!
Thank you for this!! I appreciate it
Love these videos man! saving for ableton at the moment, but for now i just watch your vids for entertainment haha
happy to entertain
This is awesome! Really enjoyed watching the whole process. Learned a lot, even using a different DAW
It would be awesome to see videos more like this but specifically how a pro would structure verses, chorus, etc. to make a whole song
I'll keep this in mind moving forward, thanks for the feedback!
Loved your Tutorials.... Thanx.....Very Helpful...I was on logic all this while...just move to Ableton....Very helpful...
Awesome content and insights as always! Another top notch video! Thanks for sweating through that for us. That end result was SICK!
loved this. I get stuck trying to make things sound EXACTLY like the splice reference since thats what caught my ear first, but this showed me it doesnt have to be exact to still sound sick
Please do more of these! As an amateur myself I found this very helpful and inspiring : )
Thanks for showing us your process and enduring the heat for our sake!
so greatful for you - you are so freakin' good! I am the point where I need to level up from just using splice loops. I'll need to watch this again probably 50 times; so much great stuff in here.
awe thank you! you got this
Got yourself a new subscriber. When I first got Ableton, I watched your n00b video which I should watch again but this format is great as it teaches so much in a nice size video.
I love that you both verbally and visually (zooming in) show/explain what and why you're doing something. It's next level details that I appreciate as a viewer when there's countless tutorial vids out there that aren't as clear.
This format of video is a winner.
Hope you've managed to cool down now.
Really enjoyed all that and learned a bunch! You are such a legit person, keep it going!
Great tips! Tip from me; think about your posture when you sit at your desk :)
you're so right, i noticed that watching through the edit hahaha
great video. very entertaining and informative. i will be tuning in more and checking out some of your other videos
I like this kind of video a lot and the live videos. Always get so excited when you post a new video on RUclips! Thanks for all you do
awe thanks man i appreciate that!
This was an unreal video Ethan! Love this.
I learn so so much from your content. Thanks for the work you are doing!
Im an absolute noob and youve given me something kool to work on! Ive been playing with making my own loops with sound fxs and drums and its just felt a bit empty. Gonna start recreating the premade stuff like you showed. Looks fun and a good way to learn all the plugins. Cheers man
NICE ONE, YOU REALLY THE BEST
absolute fire
thank you Alex! you're a legend
this final version sounds so sick
First time here, i really loved the video concept, it can be beneficial for both, noobs can learn from your ideas, some genres rules & concepts, & legit producers can find new ideas or simply get inspired.
I look forward for more videos like these.
Love & support
Do you think it was hot in the studio? 😂😂 I’m watching this while sitting outside sweating during lunch so accurate 😅. Really do love this. I have been trying to use loops for this new song I found some amazing trumpet sounds but cutting up the sounds for what I want is just making the process so difficult. I think I’m going to go recreate the sounds. Thanks for this ❤
I can't say I agree with your findings in this video. To add sounds to the song and make such a big deal about the plugins a person uses as a reason for why a song is good or not good seems like you've overlooked the point of songwriting and preference by an artist but more importantly, the value of investment by an artist is their own. To teach people to believe the answer is always found in the most bright loudest plugin, in this case HELM, kind of like how people always insist on using massive or serum, represents the perspective from people who think music is only good if coming from one choice therefore removing the freedom to be different and use different plugins. What if you got trolled and the sound sent to you was a recording a warm quiet analog synth and all you did was put a loud bright digital plugin on top of it to "improve the sound?"
This brother just cooked
Learnt more from a few of these videos than any other channel for months
Love it , yes do more of this
Loved this. Please do more.
I've found one of the biggest things to help become a better producer is trying to recreate various sounds you hear in your synth software. 80% of the time, it's the basics you learn on week one with a bit of something extra sprinkled in. Figuring out what that "something extra" is the hard part.
I work with my hands outdoors, been in some insane heat. Something about being inside at a computer and hot though, I don't know it's. I freaking HATE it so much. This was sick though dude, thank you
Loved it man, these are so informative. Maybe don’t fast forward when you’re writing and fitting the midi notes by ear. That’s some of the gold! Would love to see your process. Thank you for sharing!
I actually work backwards on the Synths, write the notes in Ableton as a midi track and then use the MIDI notes to control and record Audio from my hardware synths where I have designed the sounds.
This is the way. Now if I could find a dedicated midi arp/sequence/chord generator to go before the synths that would be amazing. Something like Komplete Kontrol that's not NI bloatware but let's you do inversions and obscure scales.
Love this new format!
Awesome video. First time here. Gained a subscriber!
welcome!! thanks for the sub
I love that format, keep on going..
Love it Bro.., Lot to learn...😍
Pro tip, in Ableton, group all your tracks you want to sidechain, add a utility and draw the sidechain manually, so much more control!
Really good video and super inspirational. I get lost when producing as I just don't know where to go and this video is really a light in the darkness hahaha
happy to help!!
Loving your work bru 👌
Dude, I’ve been watching your tutorials for ages. Listened to your eps on Ethan 2 earth and they are absolute amazing!
Please make haunted 2 but go darker!!!
thanks so much for listening! ill probably just release stuff under "ethan c davis" and "john balaya" for now though :P
@@CompleteProducer would you make a video of reconstructing “streets” by doja? 🙏
Those sounds go very well together cuz they came from the same construction kit pack.
This was awesome. I might actually do your course man. Is it all pre-recorded or are there also "interaction" aspects to it? stay safe!
Ethan progressively is getting hot 😹(the format is amazing, is it possible to send you projects for the next videos of such type?)
thanks for that feedback i appreciate it! not currently open to submissions from all my subs, but if i open it up ill announce it somehow.
PLEASE continue with this format! Before vs after at the end of the video would make it perfect
i love this guy.. and his videos 🥳
Man responds to every comment what a legend
Love watching your tutorials
thank you! im honored
Petition for Ethan to use his aircon during videos on hot days
hahahahaha ill record earlier in the day next time. it's almost never hot like that here.
I love this type of video !! (hello from France btw)
that's good to know! hello from California
Waiting for the link to the course!!! Nice video thanks for the info
it's in the description now. thanks for the kind words!
That song is really catchy, well done! I looked everywhere for that white noise transition sample on Splice, what pack is it a part of?
MdL V2 is the name of the pack and the sample is called "MdL_transition_effect_whitenoise"
@@CompleteProducer Thanks man, keep up the good work. 👍
dude that shits fire man keep it up ur great
thank you!!
Hi Ethan, love your content. With your course do you provide personal guidance like this to all your students as opposed to the course just being a bunch of videos?
I don't know if you mention this later on, but I'm at the 4 minute mark and i have to say that vital is a better free synth than helm, it's made by the same guy, there are thousands of already made presets that are available for free on youtube and some people prefer it to serum even. A suggestion for future videos ❤
thank you Ethan if you need any help with building stuff let me know as your helping me, good luck working out self, its nice to reflect.
Quality stuff
Regarding your closing comment, have you ever thought about making music for video games? There's some interesting things going on in that medium (like the soundtrack for Bombrush Cyberfunk) and I feel your catchy loops and melodies would be perfect in a cool game. I don't know of any specific game devs hiring or looking for artists at the moment, just talking in general. If you want ideas for videos you could also do music breakdown for soundtracks from movies or games or other artists talking about why it works or what you like about it. But whatever you go with I'll check it out!
Good stuff! more of this plz :D
noted, thank you!
The hottest beat of all time indeed
Such an amazing video! whenever you want I send you a song so that you can do it with one of mines!
amazing series, I am jealous about Tim! is it possible that I sent my own project to you to fix as well?
Ps head on my shoulders is an awesome vibe transplant from Dojas streets !
thank you!! that's def how it started haha
Super cool, would love to have you work on one of my EDM tracks!
perhaps if i open up submission to all the subs! thanks for the kind words
@@CompleteProducer that would be a great idea for a future video
Good stuff!! Let me know if you do an FL studio one haha. I'm stuck on that DAW.. I made so many songs on my free trial I had to get it..
i started on FL!
Interesting video, thanks. I clicked the link to your course, but it's just a page asking me to sign up for some production tips? Where's the course? Also, regarding the 100,000,000 streams you mention on that page, what streams are you talking about? Thanks.
not sure if links work on youtube comments but here's the page with all the course info completeproducerpro.com/premium. The 100 million streams is mostly from songs I've produced for clients over the years like Mark Barlow, Jackson Guthy, Matoma, and a lot of ghost production stuff. A decent amount is from my own projects though. Like Dropout, John Balaya, Candyland, Ethan C. Davis, Fmlybnd, and Mr. Popular if you ever wanted to listen to any of them.
A plugin like Clear or some Izotope RX would get rid of any AC hum easy peasy. I'd be happy to clean it up for you. The least I could do for everything you've taught me.
yeah it could def work, even the voice isolator in da vinci is great. Next time ill just work earlier in the day when it's less hot hahaha but i appreciate it!
nice!! thank you :)
love it
Bro has a jar of water this video keeps getting better and better 😂
If you can’t run the ac during filming because of the noise just buy a bigger unit. It’s gonna stronger, so it will cool the room down much easier meaning it will be silent
Wicked you are tops.
thank you Darren!
26:39 YEAH!
Nice video! But don’t you use the Ableton function: Audio to MIDI? If you wanna recreate the melody of a sample? It’s not always on point but a quick way to get going
I don't use it, but I'm sure others do and it's a great starting point! I just prefer to use my ears because I trust them for that task hehe
Been watching Mr. Ethan for quite sometime now. I have a Dell I5 machine, with presonus sound card. I want to start production,,, I need ideas how to get ableton
Use a fan to cool yourself down. Like one underneath your desk maybe. Also, is there a way I can send you one of my songs for you to look at?
i have the AC haha it's just loud. im not currently available to give feedback to all my subs, i just give feedback to my course students because i don't have time to give feedback to all the subs!
lit broo
If you use a noise gate you can have the ac on. As a producer you should kind of known that.
Or ns1, rx10, clarity vx.
do you ever do videos with LMMS?
I think it's hot in your studio
it's cooled down now!
In fl studio you can change the key of the song which affects the keyboard notes you play, same in ableton?
Would you take other submissions and fix those?😂 I’m learning, but man making electronic pop is a steep curve for me and I’d love a professional’s feedback/advice. I’ve always made rock songs. Halp😂 My first attempts sound like a 5-year-old made them in the 80s😳
+ this gives me some TheFatRat vibes, ngl