Berlin-based producer Johannes takes you on a quick home studio tour. Here's a good setup for an advanced bedroom producer who's aiming at releasing professionally sounding productions.   Home Studio Equipment: MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2017, Intel i7 QuadCore @ 2.9Ghz, 16GB Ram, 500GB SSD) Apogee Duet audio interface KRK Rokit 6 RP2 studio monitors Beyerdynamic CUSTOM ONE PRO PLUS Headphones Akai APC 40 Ableton Push 2 Ableton 9 & 10 (Beta)   Your favorite VSTs/Plugins? Arturia (love everything) Sylenth1  Massive  Synthmaster  Serum  iZotope Ozone  BazzISM  Fabfilter Pro Q2    Productions / Ableton Project Files produced with Johannes: Deep Melodics - 2 Ableton Templates...

  Francois: I was playing around on the piano and enjoyed the sound of the Gmin7/A# chord. Quickly opened Ableton to mess around and see what I could come up with: This is the final chord progression (04:36): Gmin7/A#, CmajAdd2, Cmaj, FmajAdd2/A, Amin7, A# majAdd2 - ending up in C Mixolydian mode.    Learn more about writing Melodies and Harmony and Chord Progressions: ➤ Course: HOW TO WRITE MELODIES ➤ Course: HARMONY AND CHORD PROGRESSION ➤ MIDI PACK: CHORD PROGRESSIONS ➤ MIDI COMPLETE PACK (820+files)     Check out our courses - intro:

  In this tutorial, we're going to analyze why chord progressions from big artists like Coldplay or Lorde often sound so fresh and different. After watching this 18min tutorial, you will be able to write new kinds of progressions and explore new possibilities.  See you next time! Best, Tom    Learn more about writing Melodies and Harmony and Chord Progressions: ➤ Course: HOW TO WRITE MELODIES ➤ Course: HARMONY AND CHORD PROGRESSION ➤ MIDI PACK: CHORD PROGRESSIONS ➤ MIDI COMPLETE PACK (820+files) Watch the tutorial here:    Promo:

Understanding the ADSR envelope (shape): We are shaping our sound with attack, decay, sustain and release parameters. Attack-Time:This is the time we are taking from 0 to max. amplitude as soon as the key is pressed.Decay-Time:Follows directly after the attack time. Its the time the amplitude takes to go from maximum level to sustain level.Sustain-Level:This is the Level of amplitude we are keeping as long as the key is pressed.Release-Time:Starts as soon as key is released. Amplitude goes from sustain level to 0 - the release time sets how long this will take. So, Attack, Decay and Release are time parameters. Sustain...

1. New synthesizer: Wavetable Live 10 introduces a powerful built-in synthesizer. It’s similar to Xfer Serum - it uses wavetables for its two oscillators. Its modulation section consists of two envelopes and two LFOs which can be mapped to any parameter in the synth. Other features include morphing wavetables, a Sub section and two filters - one for each oscillator. 2. New audio effects Drum Buss The most often used effects on drum groups are compressors, saturators and transient designers. Drum Buss combines these effects into one, allowing you to give character to your drums more easily. It also allows...

TMELINE: ➤ Intro - 00:00 ➤ Intro MelloPluck 1&2 - 00:56 ➤ Start MelloPluck 1 - 02:42 Start ➤ Pluck 2 (group effects already applied 20:32) - 24:47 ➤ Reversed Drop Synth - 36:13 ➤ Distorted Lead FX - 52:25 ➤ Playthrough - 01:05:36   Downloads: https://www.productionmusiclive.com/pages/freebies Part 1: Overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij-0K7Qs5b4 Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqSs78uLUL4   What's inside the template? 75 Tracks (professionally mixed & mastered) 24 MASSIVE Presets (out of our new DRUMSCODE preset pack) 42 Premium Drum Samples  Grab template here: http://bit.ly/pml_s_tmp_moon

  In this tutorial, we're going to analyze why chord progressions from big artists like Deadmau5 or Daft Punk often sound so fresh and different. After watching this 15min tutorial, you will be able to write new kinds of progressions and explore new possibilities.    See you next time! Best, Tom    Learn more about writing Melodies and Harmony and Chord Progressions: ➤ Course: HOW TO WRITE MELODIES ➤ Course: HARMONY AND CHORD PROGRESSION ➤ MIDI PACK: CHORD PROGRESSIONS ➤ MIDI COMPLETE PACK (820+files) Watch the tutorial here:  Promo:

Hey guys, this is part 2 and 4:35 h long. Below you can see the timeline for the tutorial.  See you next time! Best, Tom ➤ SAMPLES AND MASTERING CHAIN00:37 Intro / Download Samples, MIDI and Presets01:32 Mastering Chain / Talking about Compression ➤ 04:31:05 PLAYTHROUGH ➤ KICKDRUM:8:16 Start Making the Kick / Talking about Envelopes, Distortion, Saturation, Layering Sounds, EQ and Compression24:00 Sub Kick25:52 Distorted Kickdrums35:12 Kickdrum Bus➤ PERCUSSIONS:38:59 Percussion 43:36 Start Making the Claps, Talking about Envelopes, Bit Crusher, Distortion, Saturation, Layering Sounds, EQ and Compression, Creating a Dry/Wet Chain55:09 Clap Bus / Compression, Reverb, Stereo/Haas Fx01:05:27 Swing HiHats /...

  In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to achieve a more organic drum groove by applying different techniques like the preparation of the sample, midi pattern, applying a groove. This process can be used for all drum elements. Best, Tom

This video is taken out of the course "Analog Melodic Techno Track from Start To Finish". Francois shows you how to create some nice lead sound overtones using the Arturia Mini V3. Download the free overtones preset.    Resources / Files:  You can buy the Ableton Live Project file here Check out: Analog Deep Techno Bundle Sound Design Course with Arturia Mini V3   Learn more about producing melodic techno: NEW PML 6h+ Course: Producing an Analog Melodic Techno Track from Start to Finish in Ableton     Keywords: melodic techno drum programming session ableton live, arturia mini v3, francois, techno production, sub...