Not to be "that guy" but why in the world is the ableton session minimized in the corner during a masterclass? Wouldn't it make more sense to have Bill's face in the corner with the project full screen? I'm sure it's not Bill's fault but it's a bit annoying
@@lilspellbook8066 If you watch the video, you'd realize you don't really need to see the screen much. There's nothing to directly copy, it's mostly useful concepts
26:22 Does that explain why square waves sound SO loud compared to sines even when they hit the same volume? Because it's as loud over the entire waveform? super neat stuff
does he focus more on maximizing the technology/engineering or improving arrangements? I'm at the phase where i need help bringing simple ideas to life
@@Kevinschart easy thing to do for track progression is double up & switch the sounds. duplicate your keys or whatever & switch to a pad...or whatever. next couple bars, take shit away & then build up before coming back to your initial idea. don't overthink your "simple" ideas!!!!!
omg, these kinds of masterclasses are really rare on youtube. Others either not teaching much or you have to pay for them. Thank you, Mr. Bill for fun delivery of precious knowledge!
Absolutley amazing. Im super new to digital audio and ever since i was like 10 i loved dubstep and all sorts of edm. im 18 now, and ive always wanted to make my own but only like a year ago i found out what a daw is and ive been having so much trouble being creative and learning how to "properly" sound design and trying to make sick wub wubs and awesome synth leads and stuff. This video in some cases confused me but i know alot of basic stuff like lfos, transients, and more simple terms that beginners would know. This helped me understand that there really is no right way to do it unless your like space laces and have your own sound or like excision who has amazing song writing skills. Still learning though and this really inspired and helped me alot thank you for sharing your knowledge with us, its very very nice to share your knowledge since its music and most musicians want to keep their ways secret and i also thank other youtubers who put their techniques out there to help us bless you and them :)
It’s not easy, you can watch all the videos you want but when the video stop and you’re sitting there just trying to decide if your kick drum is good or not and the rest of your drum sounds as well. , that enough right there is super frustrating it’s all in the way you hear it just training your ears once you get your ears trained that’s half of it right there but it’s difficult it’s very hard so just got to keep practicing
Layer layer layer. Layer drums. Layer your bass. Honestly that would be one tip I would give to people just starting out I missed it take me years to realize that every sound you hear is literally a layer of multiple sounds
thx mr. bill, really learned alot! question: how comes you don't have to concern about KEY? how comes everything you do fits the sub? is it because its not notes but noise? and do you really render all your songs in 32bit?
MrBill.. thx for this masterclass, the last sound design tip using just an audiofile and chop it up was brilliant. I have just upgraded from MPC live to ableton live suite and have so much inspiration...its AWESOME!!!
Amazing content, really entertaining! I often trap my own production through all the theory and mixing rules I have learnt. I Love the way you throw that all out the window.
Amazing as always, Mr. Bill.... KMGLife, thanks, but please, for the next one, do no place mr bill's computer screen as less than 1/4 of the video size... man....
at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uovt93Sq24M.html, seems Mr. Bill did 1/8 note ducking, but I think you have to do midi learn to set up the trigger for gatekeeper. i have been using gatekeeper for quarter note ducking during mixes in house music DJ sets, but never knew about this.... I tried to watch the above in super slow motion to see how he does it, but couldn't get it to work... then I found another youtube video that showed the midi learn.... in any case, the idea is all Mr. Bill's, and, wow, so great for production! awesome video.
Wow okay, THAT is the best, Informative Master Class I have ever seen in my Life. And I love your Sense of Humor. You are a true Sensei. But one Question, why exactly u using the Xfer OTT and not the Ableton OTT?
Interesting contrast to the the KSHMR masterclass I just tried to watch. Lecture 100% on marketing and image, zero info on actually making music. This dude is a fucking genius and gives it all away.
Hey! Question regarding the 808 you're making with operator, would you adjust the amplitude envelope so that you have a little more attack up front, then cool down the sustain? When I do that, the volume drops again (the waves on the osciliscope dip now, instead of really pushing up & down) which makes sense. But wondering if there's a way to maintain this fatter sound (besides just turning up the volume) so that the oscilloscope keeps the waves pushing the limits. Hope this makes sense, if anyone has tips I'm all ears!
Is there actually an official study report on how many people that are listening to music “ON” their phone or laptop? That is either a misconception or someone in a studio just pulled that out of their ass just to sound smart. I do believe a lot of music listeners use their devices as a source for the music... and that’s it. And then they, (most likely), connect it to a stereo/surround speaker setup. I have not seen or heard about anyone listening to music straight out of their phone and/or laptop as a daily thing... ever.
no offense, but typically the people who listen to music on their crappy phone speakers are not the type of people that "normal society" wants to deal with...
tons of people listen to music through their phone or laptop speaker, as well as watch movies this way. I produce music but I am guilty of this myself too often
@@kintozero3169 Tonnes of people do, I can probably agree with that but I can't agree with that people use these as their only device for listening to music. I use my devices while browsing stuff like IG, FB, Snapchat etc etc. But I don't use it as a speaker while producing music or browsing new music. Sure I will admit I use it as a 2nd pair of speakers just to show friends an idea of a beat but I usually just stop it and say that we can listen to the beat later in the "studio".
@@kintozero3169 Question tho: How come you don't plug in a pair of headphones while producing and/or browsing music? Or just a cheap portable small speaker setup? I mean, the laptop built-in speakers usually sound kinda ass :/
Hey mate, thanks for sharing this. Definitely learned a lot. Following up on the mastering bit where you said you do your own masters - I would love to try mastering a track of yours, would you be willing to send me something? Thanks and keep it up!
this is a really great class, but the video overlay should have been the other way aroud, its hard to tell whats going on on the small screen. Still a dope video
Thanks Mr. Bill for all the info you put out into this master course and in your website. I was subscribed to your website as well, went broke and subscribing again on pay day lol Keep up the stuffs! Also your music fucking rocks
He answers that question at around 51:00, I kind of wonder if maybe you'd have more control with the saturator soft clip because you can control how it clips the wave in terms of soft, hard, sinusoidal, etc.
@@joshskarzenski731 yeah haha, posted my comment before getting to the Q&A portion! Saturator does give you other ways of flattening out the signal, yeah.
Set osc A to a sine, Set osc B to a sine. Make osc B one octave and 7 semitones higher (that's 3rd harmonic). Adjust the phase control on osc B. Profit.
@@blindcamel6236 Youre welcome. You could actually make it easier too.. instead of tuning the B osc up, you could use the harmonic series wave table (instead of a static sine), and scroll through a few frames to get the third harmonic.
