October 2021 - Lead Sound Design + Workflow Techniques

For this months tutorial I take you on a track walkthrough of '3 Cans Of Rio' showcasing all elements from sample selection to progressional ideas to fill and edits.

A must see for anyone stuck on progression and how to develop new ideas to keep your track interesting as well as a great insight into how I construct my tracks

Two tutorials are available with this bundle, the first showcases mid bass modulation in serum and how to create unique results with a simple preset to layer and adapt your rhythm and sound.

The second is for making atmospheric drones again with simple layering techniques to create full and rich intros.  

For this month's tutorial I guide you through synthesising snares inside of Serum.

I show in detail how to eq, layer and correctly pitch these into your projects to add more weight, punch and presence to your drum breaks.

For this month I looked back over my track 'Magnum Meal' for a full track breakdown showcasing the track from start to finish covering arrangement, progression, sample selection, serum tracks and buss processing.

This months tutorials were all about mid bass showing multiple techniques and tricks for a range of different sounds.

The first is about reese bass processing and how versatile the sound can be and I show off a few layering variation tips to further the sound into your music.

The second is an in-depth look at how i went about creating the mid bass sounds in my track 'The Feels' including layering, automation, arrangement and fills

The first tutorial explores building complex modulations in Serum and controlling them with simplified macros, giving you detailed control over the sound while helping you better understand the synth.

The second covers a selection of my go-to free VSTs and how I use them, whether you're new to production or looking to add some new sounds to your plugin arsenal.

This month’s tutorials take a more creative approach. The first focuses on creating unique atmospherics by MIDI mapping parameters across different plugins and experimenting while recording. I also show free alternatives to the paid plugins used.

The second is a 1.5-hour, no-talking guide to building a track from a simple idea into a solid set of loops. I cover drum layering and EQ, generating mid-bass sounds and movement, creating pads and leads from melodic samples, and more.

For this month I wanted to do drum focussed tutorials with the first about how to synthesise kick drums and avoid sounding too digital showing off a realistic reverb technique.

The second is about drum busses and how i approach different style beats to give life and air to the breaks and help them come alive.

And we're back again with 2 new tutorials. The first tutorial is about sidechaining and its many creative and constructive uses. 

The second is about creating rich pads with movement and dynamics with a synth and also turning a poor quality basic sound into something a lot more musical.

The first of this bundle's tutorials is about sub bass and particularly how to create warm low mid harmonics to make your subs more audible and add presence. You'll learn how to make your own noise samples as well as creating a new wavetable to use for this sub bass technique. 

The second tutorial is a timed challenge, I allow myself 10 minutes to create each element in a brand new track to avoid being biased by any of the other samples or styles I make. This is about utilising your skills and workflow to create as much as you can in a given timeframe, then to create a new loop with the samples made. 

For the tutorials in this bundle, I recorded a deep dive into the world of audio effect racks and how powerful and creative they can be. I start basic and work my way up to some advanced racks giving you and idea of whats possible.

The second tutorial is about how I would approach creating a track using just a sample pack, I used the samples from November 2021's production pack as well as a few of the serum presets to help me out.

For this month's tutorial I walk you through a simple pad layering technique to create rich and full music beds with interesting movement and dynamics using just one sample.

I use this technique a lot when building intro's and is a great way of adding complexity to an otherwise basic sound

This months tutorial is titled 'Glueing Sections' where i take you through 3 different simple but effective techniques to help seamlessly progress from one section to another using fills, risers, fx automation and adding space.

You can hear similar sounds and techniques across my music and are go to methods when stuck on how to progress my track and further develop my ideas.

For this month I go in depth discussing macro's and how to make simple things complex making a reverb / riser chain to create atmosphere and space with just one knob control.

This is an amazing workflow as well as creative tool offering the simplicity of being able to just automate one line for instant space, width and tension to your track.

This tutorial is about making subs inside of Serum. Through a simple set up ill guide you on how to give your subs depth and warmth as well as layering the synth.

Altering the controls on the layered version will alter the timbre of your lower mid harmonics to create exciting new modulations and dynamics

Inside this tutorial i will be going over how i make stabs and knocks using both synthesis and sample based techniques. Both are used heavily in my production from the knocks in my tracks Speed Shades and Magnum Meal, and are super fun to play around with.

Altering small settings each time can cause really interesting results that are perfect for adding rhythm to a track or emphasising a kick or snares power in the track

For this tutorial I wanted to create a drum beat from start to finish covering topics such as sample selection; picking out the right hits for tonality and layering, dynamics; how to humanise your drums, levelling and retaining transients; to make sure your drums are well balanced and peaking through the mix.

This tutorial is perfect for beginners and veterans who want to dig deeper into how i approach my drums

For this tutorial I wanted to progress last months drum tutorial by creating a song from a simple idea and taking it all the way through to a full track.

You will see how I approach creating progressional ideas to keep the track interesting and evolving as well as arrangement to have clear and concise flow from start to finish

Following on from last months full track production video, I wanted to guide you through my mixdown process and how to get a cleaner final mix.

You will see my mixdown ticklist from cleaning low end bleed to sidechaining clashing mids all the way to my masterchain bus using EQ, saturation and compression.

Following on from last months full track production video, I wanted to guide you through my mixdown process and how to get a cleaner final mix.

You will see my mixdown ticklist from cleaning low end bleed to sidechaining clashing mids all the way to my masterchain bus using EQ, saturation and compression.

Following on from last months full track production video, I wanted to guide you through my mixdown process and how to get a cleaner final mix.

You will see my mixdown ticklist from cleaning low end bleed to sidechaining clashing mids all the way to my masterchain bus using EQ, saturation and compression.

Following on from last months full track production video, I wanted to guide you through my mixdown process and how to get a cleaner final mix.

You will see my mixdown ticklist from cleaning low end bleed to sidechaining clashing mids all the way to my masterchain bus using EQ, saturation and compression.

Following on from last months full track production video, I wanted to guide you through my mixdown process and how to get a cleaner final mix.

You will see my mixdown ticklist from cleaning low end bleed to sidechaining clashing mids all the way to my masterchain bus using EQ, saturation and compression.

Following on from last months full track production video, I wanted to guide you through my mixdown process and how to get a cleaner final mix.

You will see my mixdown ticklist from cleaning low end bleed to sidechaining clashing mids all the way to my masterchain bus using EQ, saturation and compression.