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Studio Feed: Starting from Scratch #6 Pt. 1

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Here with another session starting a track from scratch. I was going through Tracklib again checking some new vocal multitracks they uploaded and decided to experiment with heavily processing a RnB style vocal for something hooky but mangled that I could make the feature in a darker track.

I start messing with the vocal part for the first 9 minutes and then begin using the 2022-10-21 15:55:41 +0000 UTC View Post

Enamour @ Scenery Roof, Brooklyn, NY - Jul 16 2022

Hey Everyone, here with one of my few sets from this summer. It was on a rooftop in Long Island City with a great view of Manhattan. I played the sunset set right before Guy Mantzur. Enjoy.

Revelator Walkthrough Snippet 2 - Toms

Hey Producers, here's another snippet from the Revelator walkthrough, focusing in on the big 80's toms. Not only do I cover the sound design using reverb and compression, but I demonstrate a super useful technique on getting infinite variations from just one drum loop. 

Revelator Walkthrough Snippet 1 - Bass

Hey Producers, here's a snippet from the Revelator walkthrough. This one shows the big change I made in the bass sound design after testing the track out in clubs. I think this is a really great example of a change that I often suggest in your demos--making sure that the osc mix is working well and providing the right amount of bass in each freq range/octave.

Revelator Walkthrough

Hey Everyone, here with the walkthrough for Revelator, off my new EP on Anjunadeep

I cover everything in the track including how to get the big 80's drum sounds, how to keep drones/pads interesting over time, and a big change in the bass that I made late in the production process.

Feel free to drop any questions below. Enjoy!

Protege Feedback Livestream - 9/28/22

Hey Everyone,

Here is the recording from today's feedback livestream. Some really nice insights on this one that can be applied to anyone's production.

Frequently Given Feedback #4 - Managing Reverb

Hey Everyone, in this video I wanted to cover all of the considerations and traps of using reverb in your mix. A lot of the demos I listen to are often lacking punch and clarity and the most likely culprits are an overuse of delay and moreso, reverb. It's something that can often take a while before your ears even start picking it up--this is usually due to a sub-optimal listening environment, but a trained-ear is definitely necessary in makin...

Thinking Outside The Box (In The Box) #6

Hey Everyone, back with the next video in this series. I was working on a project, trying to figure out how to tease a long-form melodic idea by resampling. I show a couple tips and the broader technique I'm using to take little splices of bounced audio and place them in the arrangement as one shot sound. This was very applicable for the crazy and full melodic idea I was using, but it's applicable for anything really, including loops from samp...

Anjunadeep EP Sneak Preview

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My next EP with Anjunadeep is out this upcoming Tuesday. I wanted to share a sneak preview of the A-side "Healer" with vocals from Shobi (a new alias of the singer from Vaarwell). Enjoy, (and please keep to yourselves) 😉

Studio Feed: Starting from Scratch #5

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I'm back with another track from scratch. This time I wanted to try to build a track just by sampling music sourced from Tracklib. You can see how I go about creatively sampling different parts of the tracks for different purposes and how I process and arrange them in the mix. 

Frankly, while I end up with a pretty cool loop with...

Protege Feedback Livestream - 8/24/22

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Here is the recording from today's feedback livestream.

Studio Feed #4 Pt 4

Hey Everyone, back with a long one! Pt 4 starts with a voiceover explaining where I'm at in the song--getting feedback from friends and beginning the "finishing" process of relentlessly cutting out unnecessary parts, refining the mix and spending a good amount of time enhancing specific elements. I tried to keep the voiceover going throughout when useful, explaining certain things as I go. 

This one gets deep into the weeds with cre...

Frequently Given Feedback #3 - Taming Transients (Soft Clipping, Tape Saturation, Gate)

Hey Everyone, in this video I demonstrate a simple technique to help tame transients in order to avoid harshness, soften peaks, and allow for more headroom when further processing and mastering. Many of you send tracks with drums that are too bright and/or just too sharp and this is my go-to technique for keeping the overall energy of the elements while reducing their peak levels.

I first demonstrate it with Ableton's stock Saturator, wh...

Thinking Outside The Box (In The Box) #5

Hey Everyone, back with the fifth video in this series. Here I explore the user wavetable feature in Ableton's stock instrument and show a bunch of ways to experiment with it.

P.S. I accidentally kept Sonarworks on for the video but it really doesn't matter because I'm just demonstrating this one concept 😅

Studio Feed #4 Pt 3

Hey Everyone, like I mentioned earlier, Pt 3 picks up after a bit more time in Ableton, though I did realize and restart right before I began the proper "mixdown phase". I often jump to mixdown when the composition is at a good place, and then afterwards go back to start refining/cutting stuff out, etc. before a final mixdown polish phase.

I start off with some bus processing on drums and then the music bus, including a healthy does of m...

Must Be The Love Remix Walkthrough Snippet

Hey Producers, here's a snippet of the MBTL Remix walkthrough, focusing in on the main arpeggio lead and how I used it plus a similar layer to help support the bass in the intro and final climax. Drop any questions below and I'll do my best to answer them.

Must Be The Love Remix Walkthrough

Hey Everyone, here with the walkthrough for my latest remix of the 2012 trance classic "Must Be The Love" by Arty, BT, and Nadia Ali.

I cover everything in the track with a focus on the groove bass and arps that layer with it while also creating the melody. A big takeaway for the track as a whole was all of the trial and error + fine tuning that went into a lot of the sound design and automation.

Feel free to drop any questions bel...

Frequently Given Feedback #2 - Nailing the Bass

Hey Everyone, next up we've got a video on nailing your bass sound. This isn't a catch-all bassline masterclass, but more specifically the building blocks on designing/adjusting your common bass sounds. I've covered a good amount of these tips in prior walkthroughs (Blue Rose especially) and this video is geared towards solving the frequent issues I see with newer producer's tracks, so it might seem repetitive or basic to some of you, just an ...

Protege Feedback Livestream - 7/19/22

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Here is the recording from yesterday's feedback livestream. A lot of useful general/conceptual feedback this time around that you can apply to your own music...

Deeper Frequencies Takeover Mix - SiriusXM Chill

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Here's my mix for the SiriusXM Chill takeover that aired on Saturday. It's got some of my favorite recent and all-time classic chill tracks for a smooth, blissed out 90 minutes. It includes all three tracks from my next EP, coming in September. Enjoy!

Studio Feed #4 Pt 2

Hey Everyone, back with the next part in the most recent WIP. 

In between the two videos I tested out a little concept to have there be a stripped down bass solo section in the arrangement. I started the video after cutting away the other bits there and then start to enhance the transition around that moment to make it more special.

From there I'm just going through making ad-hoc adjustments all over, fine-tuning things, makin...

Quick Note on Studio Feed Videos + a Humble Ask of You

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So someone asked me about the Studio Feed videos and why there aren't always voiceovers so I wanted to clear that up with you guys. For me (and probably most people), having to explain what you're doing really can slow you down and immediately take you out of the "flow" headspace. The whole idea of flow is not questioning anything you're doing and letting second nature / the muse (or whatever you want to call it) just take ...

Studio Feed #4 Pt 1

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Here with a new track and I think this one's gonna be on the album shortlist 😮. I wasn't screen recording the initial creation of the 16 bar loop because it was kind of unexpected. I was just messing with some new samples from Tracklib before going to bed and then 2 hours later I had essentially written the song 😆. The next day I started recording to capture how I would take the loop into a full arrangement. It's one ...

Frequently Given Feedback #1: Referencing/Studying The Low End

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Starting off a new series here where I provide some detailed advice that I find myself giving to a lot of producers (including you all for demo feedback). I wanted to start with a little low-end referencing masterclass as low-end is one of the biggest pain points for all producers, and a lot of my tips going forward often will have me using SPAN + the referencing techniques in this video to demonstrate my points.

I me...

Exclusive Track - Javelin

Hey everyone, here is the next exclusive, unreleased track for Patrons only. This one is in triplets which gives it a unique vibe; there's a lot of fun modulation in the lead too. You can stream or download it here or via Soundcloud, but please keep the file to yourselves.

Stereo Width & Panning

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I recorded a video with a bunch of tips and tricks for stereo width and panning. I wasn't planning for it to be an hour but that's how long it took to cover all the useful info: I go over ways to pan creatively in Drum Rack, Diva, Repro, and Wavetable as well as tips with Echo, Echoboy, Microshift, Auto Pan, and Reverb, plus many other cool techniques. Hopefully this will really open your eyes to the most effective ways to ...

Protege Feedback Livestream - 6/18/22

Hey Everyone,

Here is the recording from yesterday's feedback livestream.

Enamour @ Brick Works Festival, Toronto, ON - May 15, 2022

Hey Everyone, here with another set from my Spring Tour. I chose this one because the circumstances were a bit different than the rest so the set is more unique than some of the others on the tour. I only had 90 minutes and it was in a mini-festival setting between David Hohme and Dosem. Going between them allowed me to start off a bit more floaty before getting super heavy. The middle of my set fell right around sunset which was perfect--we w...

Protege Feedback Livestream - 5/31/22

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Here is the recording from today's feedback livestream.

Ergot Walkthrough Snippet

Hey Producers, here is a short clip from the Ergot walkthrough regarding the bass group. I thought this was a worthwhile bit as I show some useful tips in Operator as well as how I use the free Voxengo SPAN's Lo-Freq Inspection mode to see what's going on in my low end and how to fill out more for a thicker bass sound. Drop any questions below and I'll do my best to answer them.