In this tutorial, our man k-pizza shows some techniques helping you produce tracks like Cold Water only using Serum and Ableton Live 9 Standard: Subscribe to Production Music Live on YouTube What we used: Ableton Live 9 Standard Xfer Serum VST Steps: 1. Processing recorded guitar and chords analysis 2. Resampling instruments to create sweeps 3. Creating vocal leads from vocal samples 4. Creating more instruments such as bleeps, pads and sub basses 5. Major Lazer style drums production analysis 6. Layering samples and synths to create original sounding drums 7. Panning toms and percussion 8. Making of the fabulous Cold Water lead sound   More Info:...

Definition of Dithering Dithering or to dither means adding noise to the audio signal. Noise is being added on purpose to trade a little bit of low-level hiss for a great deal of distortion. The distortion is first caused by using a fixed number of bits (e.g. 16 bits) to represent our sample points as accurate as possible (in the analogue world, there are infinite or continuous sample points available, whereas they are finite (discrete) in the digital world).  So, in our DAW for example, "dithering is done by adding noise of a level less than the least-significant bit before...

  Subscribe to Production Music Live on YouTube   In this playlist you'll find a collection of Future Bass Ableton Live tutorials recorded by PML. We're also updating it on a regular basis. YouTube Playlist: Future Bass Ableton Live Tutorials Top Videos:  Sound Design with Massive: Flume Tennis Court Remix Future Bass Melody Vocal Chop - Tutorial Flume Remix of Disclosure You And Me Tutorial Future Bass Drop from Scratch - Ableton Tutorial San Holo - We Rise - Ableton Remake The Chainsmokers - Don't Let Me Down (Illenium Remix) - Ableton Remake Odesza Lost & Found Remix - Ableton Remake What So...

Subscribe to Production Music Live on YouTube      In this playlist you'll find a collection of Ableton Live remakes for rather popular songs. We're also updating it on a regular basis. YouTube Playlist: PML Remakes with Ableton Live Top 10:  Major Lazer - Lean On - Ableton Remake San Holo - We Rise - Ableton Remake The Chainsmokers - Don't Let Me Down (Illenium Remix) - Ableton Remake Odesza Lost & Found Remix - Ableton Remake Adele - Hello - Ableton Remake EDX - Belong - Ableton Remake Kygo - Cut Your Teeth Remix - Ableton Remake Hayden James -...

Let's go through some techniques helping you produce drops like "Don't Let Me Down" only using Massive and Ableton Live 9 Standard Subscribe to Production Music Live on YouTube What we used: Ableton Live 9 Standard NI MASSIVE VST Steps: Constructing a powerful layered Future Bass chord synth within Massive - here we are creating two layers, one to focus on the mono power, the other one to accompany on the stereo sides. Making a solid trap bass plus a corresponding sub-bass in Massive which fits the main synth Creating heavy Future Bass Drums -  focussing especially on the sound of the snare - the sample should...

Let me explain first why I think this is such an important issue. I often talk about social media with other producers, and the #1 thing they say, is… „Good art should promote itself, am I right?“ Yes, it’s 100% required to have good art to succeed and there is a slight chance that you’ll get discovered when you’ll have a great sound. Unfortunately, good art doesn’t have to promote itself. Why rely on luck when you can show yourself and your music to the world? „Let’s just post my music until I get on a label and have a...

If you're not sure how to fill up your vocal parts, be sure to put in ohh-ohh's skipping from the third to the fifth of your chord:   How do I use it in my song? You can apply many different forms - for example "whoo-ooah-whoo-ooah", "ooo-ooah-ooo-ooah" or even "eeeyy-oooh-eeeyy-oooh" - you can't really do any wrong here. Just make sure you put in ohh-ohh's skipping from the fifth to the third or the third to the fifth of your chord - like illustrated below: Harmony & Chord Progressions If you're looking to get a deeper understanding of Music Writing, Chords, Chord Progressions, Harmony and Melodies, feel...

Let's go through some techniques helping you produce tracks like We Rise only using Massive and Ableton Live 9 Standard Subscribe to Production Music Live on YouTube What we used: Ableton Live 9 Standard NI MASSIVE VST Steps: 1. Constructing a layered powerful Future Bass chord synth within Massive  2. Recreating the pitchy-plucky key sounds of the main melody through several layers of audio and synths 3. Making a solid trap bass in Massive which fits the Main Synth 4. "Creating a silent Sidechain track" technique 5. Techniques for creating Future Bass / Chill Trap Drums 6. Layering snare drum samples to create an original sound 7. Adding more...

  We're getting a lot of mails from producers struggling to write great melodies and chord progressions, so we've compiled a free playlist of our best YouTube-Tutorials on writing music:YouTube Playlist: Writing Chord Progressions and Melodies from Scratch How to write a Melody in Ableton - Beginners Tutorial Writing an EDM Melody in the A-Minor Scale Creating an EDM Chord Progression and Melody How to write Tropical House Chords and Melody from Scratch How to write Future Bass Chords and Melodies How to write Progressive House Chords and Melodies What makes a good Chord Progression? Chords and Melody Writing Session #1 - Melodic Deep...

   Intro (list below) After I have written my last blog about things you should do, when approaching a record label, I will now focus on the things you should avoid. There are many things you should definitely, by now mean, never ever do when you contact a label for a record deal. I think these industry insights will make you laugh – but seriously! It happens on a daily-basis and makes skipping through applications even harder for record labels. You want to stand-out? Then read the list first and then check my last blog once again. Are there things...