Lesson 011: Behind my back 

Without a doubt, the BEST arrangement example video on the planet !!! Thank you!!

its such a relief to see trance tutorials by actual professionals and not 12 year olds who just have a kick snare and open hat

This inspired me to start making music again after a pause of 1.5 years! Thanks alot!

these kinds of videos give me almost as much help, if not more, than the videos that only show how to do a specific effect or something. These kinds of videos are very nice because they show just how all the different parts of a song come together to form a complete song. very, very helpful and i will definetley be referring to this video again in the future. keep em' coming Airbase!

Thank you Airbase! I love your music!!! I LOVE TRANCE!!

Thank you for this video. I have always wanted a straight up explanation of a track like it. It helps me a lot.

I think what your doing here is fantastic. You have made it in the industry and here you are trying to help others. This is most generous and I for one thank you as music production to me is very important. You are helping me to improve. I hope for your sake Karma exists as I have sent you a ton :]

Jesper, I salute you. Everytime i watch one of your videos, it gives me the inspiration to go make a track INSTANTLY, and everytime i make a track after watching ione of your videos I make a belter!! I guess thats why you make these videos, to keep producers evolving and getting better, well man, your definately helping me, i use your ideas and techniques, and make my own music with them, never copying your work, but the Airbase sound is definatly in there! Ableton live and Airbase FTW!!!!!

It's like a symphony :) These tutorials and your personal youtube channel have really made me into a proud Airbase fan!

Hey Airbase.Recently found u channel with your tutorials.Many thank y for that.

hi five for jes brillant production tutorails and many thanks for showing us your tricks and tips many thanks djharpo xxx

thank you! being able to see all the effect chains are very helpful.. thanks!

i've been making stuff up myself here and there for about the last 8-9 years now. and i'm alway wanting to learn more on how programs work and stuff. i think this is awsome showing your tricks of the trade! I've had a copy of ableton for awile and I've only just realised how fantastic the program is. I'm more of a Reason person. Thanks Jezpers.

Wow, z3ta+ and V-station. really brings me back! 10 years later and this series is still a huge help. Your insight into production is very useful, especially considering most of your* songs are in my old ipod nanos playlist haha! thank you for putting the time into making these when you did

Another superb tutorial Jez, very helpful too. :) Keep up the superb work!

you're so nice to do that for composers! Keep it up!

Thank you 😊 for explaining your music

WE LOVE AIRBASE !!!

"juicy content"...=)..........ill be waiting.......so....the main thing i noticed is you like Reverb,Compressor,EQ'ing,(especially the low end)............awesome energy from this track,,,,,so simple and powerful,,,,how every trance song should be.....grattis =) -Terbo

this is very good. I learnt a ton

@C4pitalise You actually don't need one. You can use the built in Ableton Equalizer (8), and set it to M/S mode, switch to stereo mode, and then lower the bass region. Works like a charm!

Nice video. Your song inspired me, and so did your work. I'm actually thinking about remixing the song.

thanx for your this nice approach on your tune!, most difficult part for me is always arranging, new ideas always come up and make my mix longer than expected, how about a basic arranging video next time (length of intro's breakdowns, build up's and outros) i' really like what you're doing, so many producers are always too jealous to share this kinda stuff, but not you! right on cheers from mexico

i find it :D Good to see, how the pro's work ;)

great tutorial! wow tanx to you i like to make music again!

Jezper please keep on giving away your tricks and make us so happy trance addicts :D By the way I have a question: I see your production looks so complete in Ableton that I'm wondering if you need mastering it afterall. So, do you master by yourself or have some audio engineer from the label doing it? Thanks alot, you are a EDM genius!

Thanks a lot!

Thank you very much for theese videos, I have finally migrated from Reason to Ableton, also you inspired me on recording some new tracks :) BTW, will you ever show to the public the "behind the scenes" of your track Escape? ;) It's my favorite track... And one more question - what is your PC configuration? I assume it's very powerful cuz you use a lot of effects and synths but nevertheless it's interesting.

good job

It's the stock Utility Plug in that comes with Ableton.

oh man... thats looks so easy , but I know - its not! thumbs up, about this producigs stuff sharing!

@zetaborealis I must have gotten lazy :) On the other hand, you're quite right, if it sounds good it sounds good.

KICK ASS BRO!! Thank you :)

It's called BassLane, and it's free. I can't put URLs here, so just google BassLane and it should be the first reply. It's by otiumFX.

See info on the right. All previous videos are recorded on Mac, but not this one.

Hi Jezper, just bought 'Back' from beatport, great track :) Thanks for all your youtube videos, they have helped me immensely with my own trance productions - keep it up! What is the best way to send you a track of mine?

@mullinizle13, I think that's the Z3TA plugin but u could probably make that sound with most synths, it sounds like the one prodigy used in the beginning of 'poison'

Not sure exactly what you mean, but there's no Reason effects in this track.

Loops are from BestService XX-Large No Kick

Do you not use any EQ or Comp on your kick? I'm using FL so maybe I missed it in the video but I could see that you use these effects on the bassline etc. Grymt tutorial annars! :D Tack!

Awesome video thanks Airbase! One quick question. What is the plugin called that you are using after the ping pong delay to reduce the width? Thanks!

What type of sample/software are you using for your sweep fx? A tutorial on that would be great! Thanks and keep up the great work :)

Hey! First of all... great tutorial and awesome track there!! I have 1 question... When I arrange things I never seem to have enough room for the main melody since the other sounds are to loud and the melody doesent even come up..

When listening to the track there are pads from 3:58 but when I look at the arrangement here I only see sidechained strings?

Hi mate! Nice tutorial! What samplepack is the "135 NK 18A" from? It's the loop you've cut at the second beat, leaving only the hihat (no claps), around 6 minutes.

I didn't have a youtube account, (funny cause I work right across youtube offices in San Bruno CA) but I created one just to express my appreciation and admiration at the same time. You are a top producer, I have been following your work for years. The track blew me away when I heard it on asot. Thank you for the video, I believe you are helping a lot of young artists get on the right track and I am sure you will get rewarded for that one way or the other! Again, YOU ROCK!

Är det samplepacks eller vst du använder för att göra dina kickar, claps, och grooves osv.? :)

just wonderin.... why do you put each drum on a different track instead of using drum racks? Nothing bad, just wonderin if there was maybe some pros to doing it your way

No plans to do more behind the scenes right now, but who knows :) My PC is a Core 2 Quad Q6600 2,4 GHz, 4Gb Ram, Audiophile 2496 soundcard and 2 TB of disks + backup. It's good enough for me, really loving this rig. Currently running XP but I think I'll up the version for next re-install. It's been 3 years since, so it's soon time to make a fresh install.

What's the name of that bass centering plug in? Could really do with something like that

It's easier to automate when using filters and you can collectively see what you are doing.

How many tracks is usual, you say there's usually more than 18? Is there anything on the master? Thanks!

my fault I thought you said the plugin was a "reason favorite" not recent.

Factorybank 3, it is preset number 398

Do you mean like BassLane? I've come to realise you can use the EQ Eight to do the same thing. Just switch it to L/R mode and you can adjust it there too.

Where can i to find to the Sylenth1 the "BS Ibizabazz SA" preset? Or you did this preset Jezper? ^^

I have a question, what effect you are use in Master Channel? Limiter, Compressor? Izotope Ozone? or something

@xxxconkerxxx Funny, I feel the same way about FL Studio ;)

Does anyone know where the BS Ibizabazz SA is? It is not in the standard bank.

From what sample pack is the one in Loop 1?

what was osc and other settings on z3ta(plucker) because default sound plucker preset doesnt sound like in ur track??

@khizobtata You mean Ableton?

@Cinnafury lol, samples for lead? :P

@CVicccen I know this sounds n00b, but i have zippo experience with producing tracks and certainly not with ableton so.

share the secret of screen recorder's name with us, please...

is this airbase?

Usual trick actually :)

Ah, sorry for my wacky english and sloppy pronounciation :)

RU-vid is a bit slow with the HD conversion. It will show up real soon.

God dam thisis sooo confusing! Use FL Studio =P its much easier, (thats just my opinion)

Don't worry about giving away your tricks man, its a brave move and we love you for it! Its not the origin of the sound that matters its how to use it, and you used these sounds perfectly. Airbase = awesomness

I was wondering how you applied a reason effect to a channel within ableton, without even touching on rewire and was going to ask you about it, but now, I'll just try the plug-in.

Hey Jesper, what VST are using to lower the width of the delay? And is it similar to Waves S1? Thanks for all your help, this is amazing!

you are awesome, amazing tutorial video, please put more on youtube. This song is sick

How did you construct this main lead... for instance, where did you get this sample from.

I do a lot of sweeping with my instruments: Pushing up a narrow envelope on an EQ as high as it can go, then I sweep the whole spectrum to find frequences I don't like, and when I find them, I push that enveloope down below the middle to surpress it.

CamStudio, ut's freeware!

you know what man? This my most favourite track of yours. Just because I like classic old school trance. I dont know anything about producing but I was able to recognise every sound and where in the track it was used.... The track is one of my most favourite tracks ever. I even cut it as a ringtone :-)

ok i have it find :D

Wow! 😃