@@DefinitelyNotSwedish Exactly... what? Ear candy is an extra spice, if you have the talent of doing the earcandy at the same time as the arrangement... then I amaze wow!
I know this is "make POP music," but it would be cool to see a video about ear candy that fits in a (modern) ROCK mix. Do you have some extra tricks about ear candy guitar (riff) processing? Great video, great channel. Keep it up man!
A lot of these tips can apply, but for rock and metal it's more about the real instruments and getting creative with unique guitar techniques. The main options would be little instrument fills and licks (melodic ear candy). Things like a wide vibrato pinch harmonic could also be used at times as ear candy. A riser could be techniques like a long slide, a big slow bend, or a long pick scrape. You could also use automation for a volume and/or "effects mix level" swell or use it to create a stutter effect. The drums can let loose with sick drum fills for transitions. You could also make use of the crash and other variety of drum cymbals at the start of a new section. The drums kinda intuitively handle a lot of the transitional stuff. Like how a drummer will do swells of dynamics especially on the cymbals similar to a riser.
I love how you focus on the creation of music instead of mixing like everybody else. Would love a video on how the intro theme on “body like a back Road” was created and layered. I make tracks daily and one of the challenges is to have something unique or wow factor in each one.
Ear candy and transitions are absolutely key! It brought my Future Bass & Trap to the next level when I started concentrating on it more (and my hip hop beats)
something that is really easy if you produce any kind of dancemusic is just to mess around with the kick drums to make it less repetitive. like removing one or two kicks at the end of a bar or maybe just moving the last kick in the bar so it doesnt hit straigt on the beat.
hi can you do a tutorial on how to create a song that has more percussive elements rather than tonal instruments. For example Shake it Off and Focus. i love your videos by the way :)
Right, I use a lot of top loops to make the drums I program more exciting and I feel you when you say the whole loop can add a counter groove that doesn't fit sometimes. Really appreciate you sharing your workflow, it's very helpful and inspiring to see a similar workflow. Thanks!
I'm always super stoked to watch your videos. As a bonus, I'm a Cubase pro user so it makes things even easier for me to get into and experiment quickly! (I know these things apply to all daws but it's just cool for me to really see exactly how your work flow is. Thanks!👍🏽
Best video I've seen on this subject by far! Have been a mixing engineer for years but just starting to learn about today's production. Thanks so much for sharing!
I usually just sift through sound design channels on splice which are not really meant for music (mostly video game / movie stuff). Those sounds tend to work better for me than some prefab transition sounds from a sound designer focused on music (which is harder to make your own).
Can you make a video where you make a simple song and go step by step from start to finish from recording to mixing to mastering so we can get a better grasp of what it take to get to a final production thank you!
Great video, Austin! Would you mind telling us what was inside the Virtual Mix Rack on the vocals? They sound amazing! Thank you tons for everything! 🙏🏽
Excellent stuff, tasty! Q: at what point in the writing process do you print stuff to audio? Is it to commit to an arrangement or is there some other philosophy behind it?
Hey Austin, Can I ask what and how did you use the shimmer and sparkle on the guitar for the processing with the reverse verb? At 11:45 in the video :)
i love you!!! actually, i am korean. so .. from this vedio, i studied both english and music... i think its even better . anyway,, he is like a Jack Black..(sorry if i was rude... its just a joke....) and this video is like... school of POP..,, very high quality.. i love you....
Hey Austin! How much RAM do you have? I see that you really just duplicate the tracks for the throws and that must consume quite a bit of memory because of the duplicate plugins. Are you working with 16 GB?
Hey mate! thanks so much for your tips! U think these adds (I mean the vocals ones) must be made during the mix session or in the first production session? All this should be made by the sound engineer or before, giving him some ready stems?
Austin is this the only DAW you use? I feel like there's a lot of processes that you're doing that other DAW's could do in one click that is taking you 4 or 5 clicks ??
that's why I already commented that it's a pity he doesnt use ableton, fl or logic.....I have access to those, but not cubase. why does he even use cubase over those three mainstream tho? does it have some advantage
Hey make pop music😄 I love all your video and I'm looking hoping you see this message I love rock music can you make a machine gun Kelly,jxdn & willow beat tutorial please 🙏
