Reinier Zonneveld Makes An Acid Techno Track From Scratch 

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Thank you DJ Mag for the nice session! I saw some comments here with feedback and I'll try most of them (also in this comment there's answers to most of the questions that have been asked already), so if you have any questions shoot it under this message and I'll try to answer you. - FULL AUDIO: I'll put the link of the full audio online and put it in the comments under here later. - THE PROCESS & CREATIVITY: Basically DJ Mag comes in with a camera crew into the studio in the morning after a very long weekend of 7 shows in 7 different countries, a day after I got home. They set up there cameras and I fire up my machines. You get less than 1 hour to produce a track. Obviously, it is impossible to decide when to get "next level" creative ideas, especially after doing so many shows and being exhausted - so for the people that compare this with hits from the 90s - that makes no sense. Sometimes when I'm in the zone i make my best tracks I released in an hour or two, but I tend to afterwards zoom in on the details and mixing and mastering (that I do myself) in the months after that. When I test the tracks out during my live, I can A/B different versions of elements and see which one work best on the dancefloor, make a note and adjust accordingly in the studio. - 303 PROGRAMMING: I see a lot of people asking why I don't use the 303 sequencer. The full explanation is: 1. During my liveshows I'm so busy controlling everything that 10 seconds of sequencing is already too long. Making a 8 bar sequence on the 303 in this timeframe is impossible. Usually I also have to do it simultaneously with programming / adjusting another device, so this leaves me with 1 hand for sequencing. 2. In my experience, on my setup MIDI is tighter than DIN sync. - BASS RUMBLE TRICK?: There are no tricks for this. All the elements of the track are shown in this video and nothing is added afterwards. The rumble comes here from the combination of 1. main kick (909) 2. Vermona DRM1 MK3 kick 3. the low percussion from the Vermona DRM1 MK3. Note that all these elements overlap. Now the "trick" is to move them by hand in such a way that they pleasingly phase cancel / amplify each other and get a groove out of this, then perform EQ, add saturation, compression, add effects to taste etc. Note that depending on which DAW you use effects may mess with delay compensation and shift your individual tracks a couple of samples. That's why i resample elements all the time to be sure that everything is perfectly time aligned and there is no surprises on the export of the full track, or differences in different part of the tracks (all glitches that occur regularly if you use a lot of plugins on individual tracks and busses). Please note that normally in my released tracks I go mental on the kickdrum, sometimes when I feel like it I work for a very long time on a kick and sub bass and layer element upon element to get it grooving and give it the impact that I want (usually this involves like 20 to 50 or more single elements combined together). When finished I resample this - WHY HARDWARE? Hardware is not necessary to make a great track. A great track is a great track, no matter what it was produced on. That being said, if you want to master your tracks yourself (which can also been done in the box), it is very nice to have some hardware. The high end stuff I'm fortunate enough to be able to use in my studio combined with insane monitors from PMC really can add a couple of % sound quality that you can't (easily) get in the box. Also it is fun to move knobs instead of staring at a screen. Also you have to commit at some point to your settings and record the audio so there is no chance of endless tweaking once recorded. That being said, some of my best streamed / sold tracks ever are 100% in the box produced (e.g. Move Your Body To The Beat, Hard Gaan, Eating Concrete from top of my head, including mixing and mastering), while some are 100% analog (all the samples and sequences are hardware, all the processing hardware, recorded through an analog mixer). I bet most producers couldn't guess the % of analog in the final results of the tracks on my upcoming album for example. So if you are producing yourself and get uncertain about getting new plugins, new hardware etc., don't worry! Better to learn what you have inside out and kill it with this than knowing 100 plugins and pieces of hardware only a little bit. And for some people that think I'm some rich kid that got all this stuff from his parents: my parents aren't rich and every single piece of equipment and everything I have I paid for with money I earned myself (except the sh101, that was a bday present from my parents long ago - I love them and am very thankful that they always encouraged me to follow my dreams since I'm little). Thanks for the opportunity again and I hope everyone enjoys the stream and can maybe get inspired by it! Would love to do more tutorials or sessions when I find the time for this. Maybe january 2024 I have time to record my studio sessions and drop them on my channel! xx

As someone else wrote: Please stop with the background music. I thought that was the song he was going to create. It almost made me stop watching, but im glad I didnt. This guy really knows his shit

omg please stop with the extra editing and background music. we just wanna see the process...

He seems really comfortable with music production.

DJ mag on point!! we need more of these!

This man is an absolute master. It's so fascinating watching him making music with his calmness and focus. I could rewatch this video a hundred times and I still couldn't believe it, how fast he made a really good track from scratch. He is def one of my idols. I just love his fucking cool appearance!!!

Hier zat ik al zo lang op te wachte! Reinier is de reden dat ik begonnen ben met produceren, thanks!!

Looks like a relaxed guy, and its funny to hear him speaking some Dutch words in between. Who I would like to see more in the series... Markus Schultz

Please more acid stuff, this was so good.

Amazingly talented - loved this feature 🤖👽

This was awesome!!!!

Best video so far on DJ mag thanks to boss Reinier for this one inspiring

This guy is just on another level with music😮‍💨

Reinier on point, technical, did not know about the midi jitter, defo taking note of this for my setup!

THANK YOU FOR THIS !!!!

Great stuff, thank you 🎉

Unbelievable set up!!!!

What a Legend!

AWESOME! 🖤

Very focused approach, pleasure to watch :)

Legend🔥

you are a great producer reinier

would love to see a drum tutorial by this guy

great work ❤❤❤

Absolutely amazing!!!

finally the right approach. negative delay to compensate for latency. beautifully said

yo more tracks from scratch dj mag!! this is so cool!!

this is gold

We love you Reinier! Simple the best dj in the world❤ come back to Chile please😢

Nice, a good producer knows his mixing!

Wonderful learning experience! Thanks so much!

🎵Lekker bezig Reinier! 🎶🎹😋

That’s a super sick setup Love the video, fun to watch

Bad Ass Outboard Gear! great setup banging track :)

Great choice of synths.

Thanks Mate for that nice view of ur setup, If u use the track delay instead of the External Device, will it stay in time after reboots? I hate the fact to always set my midi delay before playing or after a crash

amaazing, appreciate the long form video.. a little slow for the average viewer but a goldmine for producers!

Impressive artist

Masterclasssss 🫶🫶🎧❤️ (in Amsterdam we say 'eindbaas'

👍Très bien !

That’s brilliant my friend 🤘🏻

Excellent ! Some serious gear on display :)

Super intéressant merci

Wat een nummer weer je wordt gelijk meegezogen wel een kunst hoor

That was awesome!!great video

Master of sound at your fingertips .You have got it good

nice thanks a lot for showing your work ;-)

Goede uiteg. Betrek je maat erbij dit nummer, geweldig 😊

That chair looks comfortable!

we need more pleaaase

so fun and so special

To whoever mastered this video and left the lowend of reiner voice really did my ears a favour. PERFECT!!

Nice track.

TBH programming the 303 once you've done it enough times becomes muscle memory and is quite fast. It also makes you think of your pattern in terms of slides and accents more clearly.

Wow thanx! 😊

If you have specific problems with lagcompensation, you have the possibility to set a timing offset at external instrument. If that not work you can also set an clock offset on your mididriver at Ableton options. For me it worked fine even i got a negative delay (the drum starts before midi note in grid because of lagcompensation of ableton and the own lagcompansation of overbridge tool for analog Rytm). I have 6 hardware synths (analog, digital and hybrid) and i was able to set the timing within 1ms (exept the normal fluctuations of analog components). Hopfully that helps to make your life easier

we need more tracks like "I can't sleep!"!!!!

That is One Fine Piece of Studio there ; ) WOooO . Style yo . Finest Gear

This is the way

THIS DISTORZION ON ACID IS CRAZYYY !!!

you guys need to do one with Barry Jameison from Evolution. notably since he had a track on every single mix cd from about 1992-2005, no matter who the label or dj was

sick

That analog ashtray

I have basically no interest in music production but this had me very entertained from start to finish.

This feels like the vocals from 'Ascension - Someone' would go nicely over this :D

very nice🔥😀

Great producer. Wish i had his talent☺️

Buenisimo!!

Toch weer wat bijgeleerd 😁

Mad scientist at work

champion

I liked, cool dude, professional in his craft Who I would like to see more, Hozho or Hot Sine 82

@9:43 steppin into heaven ! lovely acid

Not using the 'External Instrument' device because of bad delay compensation is kinda strange. Just use the Track Delay function on each track, it works great.

wohooo insane!!

amazing

Ik kijk al heel lang naar deze video

Niceeee

verry special^^

Talented guy

Which cigarettes are best for mastering?

we need oliver heldens next!!

Having this be your production prosses looks so fun. Dream to build a refined hardware work flow for my style.

The shirt, smoking a cigarette during work, Acid House = sooooooooo 90's. I love it! :)

nice ! i was recording each lane to a dennon solid state recorder, long way round making stems!

Nice video 👍It's great to hear that genre boundaries are dissolving, with techno using nineties and naughties goa-trance sounds a la Astral Projection's Mahadeva: 👌

Vermona’s kick is second best to Jomox, interesting he gets the click/knock transient from the 909 and low-end tune the from the Vermona then runs it through the tube to glue and extra harmonics. Would have been great to see the Rumble process but I guess it's the ‘secret sauce of the chef, fair enough hehe 😏 The pulse width mod trick with the 101/303 layer to avoid phase cancellation is pretty slick too. 303 sequencer is a bitch but well worth learning since most of the great acid lines are a result of a ‘happy accident’ on this dreadful sequencer. Plus you'd be sequencing with your ears as opposed to your eyes (if that makes sense) Great content and full respect for such an authentic and talented artist! 🙏🕉️

nice workflow love it

Just wondering, is a TB303 with MIDI also able to record/send the cutoff sweeps etc?

Fun fact: Reinier Zonneveld has a degree in econometrics, which is one of the hardest studies around. So he is basically a math genius, which somehow really shows in his approach to producing music and how he just wings his live sets

the maestro!

real one

Like it

This is gold.... Stevs DK

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“One bassline , two leads: one rolling”

is that live 8 or 9?

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