to beginner producers: SAVE YOUR MONEY. Learn all of the built in tools your daw provides. You don't need $5000 worth of gear to make good music. Chances are, they're going to sit in your room and collect dust. I thought buying a drum machine for $1000 would be a game changer for me, but here I am, two years later, selling it for $800 on Facebook Marketplace. All of my shit is done in Ableton, and Ableton only.
Love your take on this and it’s 100% true. Learn your DAW or the equipment you have right now and do a deep dive with it. Really learn your tools inside out instead of buying more
Nice video. I would love to see a video on how you use an audio analysis plugin with your room and techno production. I see some say bass should be around 6db, mids around 8 and hi frequency around 12. I don't even see these on my Span analyzer. I think showing a video of before and after using eq and a master analyzer like Span, it would be very helpful. Thanks for your lovely helpful videos.😮
Your content is so great, I remember when you started your first English videos, saying not feeling at ease with language. You are my favorite channel in music production, keep it up, you are quality ! Cheers from France !
Wise words man, thank you. Less stuff to get lost in, less stuff needing your precious time for research, troubleshooting and learning and more time for finishing tracks. It's also so easy these days to have lots of things which you only know a small part of, so you don't get the satisfaction or to put your character into your music from really exploring things and pushing against the limitations. Voxengo Span is wonderful also for displaying Mid/side split and getting a clear idea of your stereo image across the frequency spectrum. Super useful.
love it, modern DAWs are soo insanely powerful and I think you do a great job showing that it's not about what equipment you use, but about how you use what you do have!
+1 for Bitwig on Linux 🥰🤩🥳🥳 And especially with all the packages that come with bitwig, you got thousands of samples and sound presets. I still do love my NI Maschine, so I use it as VST in Bitwig, but rest come out of the B-Box
Just what i needed bro...i got myself the Ableton Live suite and started creating music 3 months ago. I've been bombarded on YT with videos on how modular/analog/hybrid synths are a 'must have' (implicit suggestions) and i started to thinking that i dont have the equipment needed to produce quality music. After watching your vid, and I couldn't agree more, that as creators we must first learn to master the basic DAW prior to jumping to frills like external synths ❤ Great content mate..keep it up 👍
keep doing what you do bro, since I started following you my game made a huge rise. when I started I really thought I needed all these fancy plug ins because most advanced masterclasses tell you to work with them, making it just harder for us to learn the basics and grow from there. thanks alot thanks for sharing all this and showing the complete opposite !
I disagree. I think it's not essential to "get rid of all your gear" and produce in the box like Mordio. That works for him, but it may not work for you. Instead, I recommend that you keep a journal and try different things. Work in Ableton, spend some time in Logic and try Bitwig (Luke Slater uses all three!) Play with Pocket Operators, try semi-modulars, get a Pulsar-23, or Digitak if you like. But reflect on your sessions. How did it feel? Did you enjoy today's workflow? Did you feel more engaged? Did you have fun? Did you feel more inspired, productive, or creative? Part of "finding your voice" as an artist is experimenting with different materials and mediums, learning about yourself, and figuring out what works for you. "Ableton is all you need." But perhaps you'll be more productive and enjoy working with other equipment. Find your own path!
I love how you work and how you explain ! its all true what your saying , i have a big system Eurorack , i love it but yes with ableton if you know the plugins how they work you can do allot ! Thanks for all This and hope we see you again in Malta
Great video! I love how you expressed your opinion, no bullshit straight to the truth, and to be honest, getting stuck feels like gear or a plugin might fix the issue, but that’s not it! Totally agree on Windows being shit too… Only thing keeping me from going full Linux is no Live on it, and VST lacks support too. I didn’t try but you could use Wine to set it up? I will be glad to help you, but of course I will have to try it on my own first. If I do it, I’ll be glad to share the info on discord! Btw a video suggestion, can you do some more experimental stuff like figuring out different types of sounds while doing experimental sound design with stock plugins, I noticed on myself I lose a lot of drive to make a track because I focus on making an interesting sound and then just getting bored because I take too long, and can’t seem to finish tracks for quite some time now
true broski i have the same mentality but to achieve that u need knowledge and understanding theory's behind mixing and sound design . btw investing in drum machine like elektron is game changer and fun
Would love to see you doing your Ableton style videos for Bitwig. Also, going deeper into making music on headphones would be great, nobody ever talks about that and yet it's the best option for the average home producer.
Great video! I have no treatment because I want to live like a normal person 😂 You are very right and it’s a good message to share. Would love to see a video on beat repeat or other time based effects to create quick fills and breaks if this is something you sometimes do!
(for some) imagine this: you have all the money to acquire what you think you need to make your next move. So you get it. Then what? You spend time learning what you should already be learning but applying it to a new device. Aside from having so many options and capabilities with acquire gear, you lose time to paralysis from having everything at your finger tips. Take comfort and joy in knowing working with what you have in front of you. It will massively aid in your development rather than stressing over acquisition of gear. Be patient, you might not even remember when you thought at one point that you needed something to chase imaginary composition.
Does having your speakers sitting on those desktop speakers stands on your wood desktop make more bass? Maybe speaker stands that go to the floor would help with your bass problem in your room.
Sooo you are telling me that I don’t need a 20th Opto Compressor Emulation to achieve analog warmth ??? Whaaaaat??? On a more serious note, thank you for this video. Plug-in marketing often seems like an exploitation of beginners’ insecurities.
Great video! BTW, if you have any connections with Ableton - being German & great techno producer / youtuber - perhaps you could work on them to release Live for Linux? They have Linux version already running on Push 3 Standalone, so majority of the work is done. It would be awesome!!! :)
@@MordioMusic Oh, you're only small until they'll feature one of your videos on their website - they've promoted multiple techno artists like that and you definitely deserve it :)
Danke danke danke. Grosser Fan von solchen "philosophischen" Videos. Ich dual boote Arch (Main system) und Windows 11 auch. Ableton auf Windows und vcvrack in Linux. Hast du vcvrack ausprobiert? Funktioniert super auf Linux (mit JACK). Waere auch ein cooles Video!
@@MordioMusic yes habe ich. Ich hab das kontaktformular auf deiner website verwendet. btw: Ich habe heute meinen ersten track in ableton abgeschlossen. Heute mixing und mastering gemacht. Denke hat ganz ok funktioniert, auch wenn ich nochn nicht alles verstehe. Ein mixing mastering tutorial waere mal echt hammer. Ich finde die meisten RUclipsr sagen was man machen soll, aber man erfaehrt selten warum man die Sachen so machen sollte.
to beginner producers: SAVE YOUR MONEY. Learn all of the built in tools your daw provides. You don't need $5000 worth of gear to make good music. Chances are, they're going to sit in your room and collect dust. I thought buying a drum machine for $1000 would be a game changer for me, but here I am, two years later, selling it for $800 on Facebook Marketplace. All of my shit is done in Ableton, and Ableton only.
On the other hand, gear really was a game changer for me. I floundered for years until some good hardware allowed everything to click into place
My dude Mordio always speaking the truth! Thank you for what you’re doing for the community 🖤
Thank you for being here with me and building the community!
Love your take on this and it’s 100% true. Learn your DAW or the equipment you have right now and do a deep dive with it. Really learn your tools inside out instead of buying more
Absolut true, we can see it with your moog skills, that comes not from buying more moog. Just from working with one tool! 🤍
The pads at 11:20 sound sooo good. Would love to see your creation process for these types of sounds!
Nice video. I would love to see a video on how you use an audio analysis plugin with your room and techno production. I see some say bass should be around 6db, mids around 8 and hi frequency around 12. I don't even see these on my Span analyzer. I think showing a video of before and after using eq and a master analyzer like Span, it would be very helpful. Thanks for your lovely helpful videos.😮
Your content is so great, I remember when you started your first English videos, saying not feeling at ease with language. You are my favorite channel in music production, keep it up, you are quality ! Cheers from France !
Wow you are that long here 🫡🤍🪴🙏
Happy to have you here and see me growing!
All you need is ❤
Wise words man, thank you. Less stuff to get lost in, less stuff needing your precious time for research, troubleshooting and learning and more time for finishing tracks. It's also so easy these days to have lots of things which you only know a small part of, so you don't get the satisfaction or to put your character into your music from really exploring things and pushing against the limitations.
Voxengo Span is wonderful also for displaying Mid/side split and getting a clear idea of your stereo image across the frequency spectrum. Super useful.
love it, modern DAWs are soo insanely powerful and I think you do a great job showing that it's not about what equipment you use, but about how you use what you do have!
Thanks mate hearing this from a sound programmer like you are is - good feeling.
+1 for Bitwig on Linux 🥰🤩🥳🥳
And especially with all the packages that come with bitwig, you got thousands of samples and sound presets.
I still do love my NI Maschine, so I use it as VST in Bitwig, but rest come out of the B-Box
I will try to do bitwig video here and there, bit i need my time mate.
Just what i needed bro...i got myself the Ableton Live suite and started creating music 3 months ago. I've been bombarded on YT with videos on how modular/analog/hybrid synths are a 'must have' (implicit suggestions) and i started to thinking that i dont have the equipment needed to produce quality music. After watching your vid, and I couldn't agree more, that as creators we must first learn to master the basic DAW prior to jumping to frills like external synths ❤ Great content mate..keep it up 👍
always happy to see you in the comments :)
gear can teach you also stuff but there is no need thats what i want to say.
keep doing what you do bro, since I started following you my game made a huge rise. when I started I really thought I needed all these fancy plug ins because most advanced masterclasses tell you to work with them, making it just harder for us to learn the basics and grow from there. thanks alot thanks for sharing all this and showing the complete opposite !
Thanks gor getting my message clear!
After you know what you do, you can check for that one plugin you need and love it to the moon 🌙
I disagree. I think it's not essential to "get rid of all your gear" and produce in the box like Mordio. That works for him, but it may not work for you. Instead, I recommend that you keep a journal and try different things. Work in Ableton, spend some time in Logic and try Bitwig (Luke Slater uses all three!)
Play with Pocket Operators, try semi-modulars, get a Pulsar-23, or Digitak if you like. But reflect on your sessions. How did it feel? Did you enjoy today's workflow? Did you feel more engaged? Did you have fun? Did you feel more inspired, productive, or creative?
Part of "finding your voice" as an artist is experimenting with different materials and mediums, learning about yourself, and figuring out what works for you.
"Ableton is all you need." But perhaps you'll be more productive and enjoy working with other equipment. Find your own path!
I love how you work and how you explain ! its all true what your saying , i have a big system Eurorack , i love it but yes with ableton if you know the plugins how they work you can do allot ! Thanks for all This and hope we see you again in Malta
Great video! I love how you expressed your opinion, no bullshit straight to the truth, and to be honest, getting stuck feels like gear or a plugin might fix the issue, but that’s not it!
Totally agree on Windows being shit too… Only thing keeping me from going full Linux is no Live on it, and VST lacks support too.
I didn’t try but you could use Wine to set it up? I will be glad to help you, but of course I will have to try it on my own first. If I do it, I’ll be glad to share the info on discord!
Btw a video suggestion, can you do some more experimental stuff like figuring out different types of sounds while doing experimental sound design with stock plugins, I noticed on myself I lose a lot of drive to make a track because I focus on making an interesting sound and then just getting bored because I take too long, and can’t seem to finish tracks for quite some time now
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true broski i have the same mentality but to achieve that u need knowledge and understanding theory's behind mixing and sound design . btw investing in drum machine like elektron is game changer and fun
Would love to see you doing your Ableton style videos for Bitwig. Also, going deeper into making music on headphones would be great, nobody ever talks about that and yet it's the best option for the average home producer.
I mean i cant explain technical what you have to do with headphones different bit what i do to make it not to a problem to produce with them.
Great. Thank you
Great video and brilliant advice!!!!
Thanks!!!
Love your stuff, man. Thanks!
Great video! I have no treatment because I want to live like a normal person 😂 You are very right and it’s a good message to share.
Would love to see a video on beat repeat or other time based effects to create quick fills and breaks if this is something you sometimes do!
QQ, do recommend a tilt setting for the spectrum analyzer? 3db or 4.5db?
Do t use that so often, but can try it out and make a video :)
(for some) imagine this: you have all the money to acquire what you think you need to make your next move. So you get it. Then what? You spend time learning what you should already be learning but applying it to a new device. Aside from having so many options and capabilities with acquire gear, you lose time to paralysis from having everything at your finger tips. Take comfort and joy in knowing working with what you have in front of you. It will massively aid in your development rather than stressing over acquisition of gear. Be patient, you might not even remember when you thought at one point that you needed something to chase imaginary composition.
That is a great point here ☝️
Thanks for sharing this one on top!
Does having your speakers sitting on those desktop speakers stands on your wood desktop make more bass? Maybe speaker stands that go to the floor would help with your bass problem in your room.
i Love your content, very inspiring
Thank you happy you like it
I love you
Love you to
Great info
Great video! Which Linux distro are you using? Seems like the sound is stuttering a bit, might need to adjust some configuration
Thanks.
Im using fedora, were you hear that?
Can you help ?
@@MordioMusic nevermind, I heard that when playing the video on my phone, but on my PC I didn't hear it. Maybe it's a RUclips issue? Idunno
Sooo you are telling me that I don’t need a 20th Opto Compressor Emulation to achieve analog warmth ??? Whaaaaat???
On a more serious note, thank you for this video. Plug-in marketing often seems like an exploitation of beginners’ insecurities.
Great video! BTW, if you have any connections with Ableton - being German & great techno producer / youtuber - perhaps you could work on them to release Live for Linux? They have Linux version already running on Push 3 Standalone, so majority of the work is done. It would be awesome!!! :)
i wish but the thing is that im to small i guess to tell anything to them haha.
but yes they have it run in the push so what they waiting for for fs!
@@MordioMusic Oh, you're only small until they'll feature one of your videos on their website - they've promoted multiple techno artists like that and you definitely deserve it :)
@@Artek604 oh that would be cool!
After all this years with Ableton on my side it would be a great feeling to see my video there.
Thanks
Thanks to you.
Danke danke danke. Grosser Fan von solchen "philosophischen" Videos.
Ich dual boote Arch (Main system) und Windows 11 auch. Ableton auf Windows und vcvrack in Linux. Hast du vcvrack ausprobiert? Funktioniert super auf Linux (mit JACK). Waere auch ein cooles Video!
Wow super interessant!
Kannst mir ne Mail schreiben?
Ich würde sehr gerne mehr darüber erfahren!
@@MordioMusic yes habe ich. Ich hab das kontaktformular auf deiner website verwendet.
btw: Ich habe heute meinen ersten track in ableton abgeschlossen. Heute mixing und mastering gemacht. Denke hat ganz ok funktioniert, auch wenn ich nochn nicht alles verstehe. Ein mixing mastering tutorial waere mal echt hammer. Ich finde die meisten RUclipsr sagen was man machen soll, aber man erfaehrt selten warum man die Sachen so machen sollte.
it's not the plane, it's the pilot.
So true!
BTW your samples store page is blocked for me in the US for security issues.
Oh shit ok, hate all this tech shit rrrr
good shit ! Yo imma be out in Berlin next month ! hit me up
Flying lotus 🪷 in berlin hit me up and we have a drink 🍸
@@MordioMusic how to contact u
@@FlyingLotus mail or discord
You need discipline, immense passion and a pinch of insanity :) all the rest is personal flow choices
And super critical: deep listening.
100%agree
Get a Mac !
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