26 sound design tricks for making INDUSTRIAL MUSIC

[@Tonepusher]

These are ticks that I use in pretty much all my productions and sound design! Let me know which one is your favorite and If I missed some :)

[@TraxtasyMedia]

Having a white noise, with Saturation and some Sidechaining to a transient shaper which is connected to a Reverb/Delay.

[@svenrechburg4364]

Good to hear that I don't need a 800 bucks Sherman Filterbank to make distorted Drums. I like Noise Industrial. Check out Wumpscut "dying culture" or "concrete rage". Atari Teenage Riot did also great stuff. That's my sound

[@ArbiterAnElite]

No intro, no commentary, none of that bullshit. The video starts to the point, love it.

[@Tonepusher]

lol thanks, I'm so not 2025 haha

[@eross21]

greatest channel on youtube. straight to the point. i learned more about music production here ,in 10 minutes, then i did in 10 years of watching long boring tutorials

[@Tonepusher]

KZbin watchtime/adsense is responsible for this BS 🤣 thanks man 🤘

[@parasiteunit]

One effect I use ALOT to bring in a track is I reverse the mixed track and then add reverb - quite wet, around 30-50% - THEN reverse it again, so its playing forward. Congratulations! You have a big spooky, smooth intro. Add a bit of increasing saturation that just stops at it zenit, a quick fade out of the effected track... Hey presto! A dramatic big intro without doing any extra recording or composing.

[@Tonepusher]

that is a great technique too! 🤘

[@moriyokiri3229]

Alot is not a word

[@NineToes821]

I tried getting into production and writing my own music a few years ago, and it was one of those things that faded away into oblivion. Watching this, I think I oughta give it another go.

[@antieatingactivist]

The single most helpful video on this subject I’ve ever seen.

[@Tonepusher]

haha thanks 🤘🏻

[@멋쟁-o1r]

This is absolutely incredible!

[@Tonepusher]

thanks :)

[@morifrik1089]

Finally I found a good chanel about ebm and industrial music creation!

[@Tonepusher]

haha you're at the right place 🤘🏻

[@MaxMatrak-]

Thanks!

[@Tonepusher]

hey no problem 💪🏻

[@aknura_jonas]

Thank you so much for this video, it helps a lot 😍

[@Tonepusher]

hey np :) 🤘

[@playboyfan001]

It’s so much easier to watch these while drunk

[@Tonepusher]

Come on , try harder stuff, like true artists. 🙄lol

[@Italliving]

if ya wanna get sick indeed

[@ShadeCandle]

Are you really a legit industrial fan if you're not a drug addict?

[@Channel.1061]

It's a lot easier to do anything drunk

[@CFChristian]

@@TonepusherHahahaha

[@hellvallah5962]

Bro! This is so incredibly inspiring. Thank you!

[@Tonepusher]

heyy np man 🤘🏻

[@DJPastaYaY]

Nice tutorial 👍

[@Tonepusher]

haha np man :) 🤘🏻

[@70Salt]

So happy I found my new favourite channel 🔥

[@Tonepusher]

haha thanks for supporting 🤘🏻

[@socialkidmusic]

Wow. Nice tips

[@flowmarok1755]

love ur sound!! and nice tricks btw, thanks!!

[@Tonepusher]

thanks 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@bobsbigboy_]

noise drones is so spot on. good industrial always has some foley, subtle sounds

[@Tonepusher]

thanks man :) yeah noise drones are so important to a track. Once you learn how to make them, the possibilities are endless 🤘🏻

[@900bpm]

making unique noise drones helps so much to make a song feel more alive

[@phonemproductions]

Simples et super efficaces. On aime ça. Merci beaucoup!

[@Tonepusher]

hey ça fais plaisir :) 🤘

[@etalex7074]

17:09 where did you get that synth and can i use it

[@philfortinx]

Excellent! merci! Enfin quelqu'un qui fait de l'EBM, cool!

[@Tonepusher]

hey merci man! :)🤘

[@The_artist_called_The_Engineer]

Excellent video. More like this please

[@Tonepusher]

thanks :) yeah Im planning on making more sound design videos 🤘🏻

[@elkolarrea6568]

Sick video man! What sample libraries do you use in this video if you don’t mind me asking?

[@XXIII_89]

I fxcking love this channel!!!

[@Tonepusher]

haha hell yeah 🤘

[@HerrNox]

Je pense que c’est la première fois que KZbin me suggère quelqu’un que je connais. Très bon contenu!

[@Tonepusher]

hahaha!! j'avoue que c'est weird 🤣 merci man 🤘🏻

[@andrewcharles1734]

Back then I had very little access to effects. If some synths didn't have built in reverb I had none. New hardware synths, sampler, sequencer, drum machines, cables, stands and monitors were my priority. Midi days were amazing but DAW blows me away

[@Kidd.Nostalgia]

another great video thank you!

[@Tonepusher]

np :) 🤘

[@FaithenEb]

13:42 OTT is indeed a brilliant compressor for making much aggressive sound design, but should be used carefully, since it hard-limits your bands to the top and may loose dynamics. Also, try to combine any usual compressor set at slight attacks and small release with OTT on the top of it. Worthy of try x)

[@scottlloydshelly2582]

Fantastic video - excellent noises - thanks!

[@MrDawnkeeballs]

I don’t know anything about music but this is very cool ❤

[@antsupertramp]

That boi be bit crushing

[@verlatenn]

putting a specific effect on every sound really makes your song sound atmospheric, like DJ Enthrall & Angstorm - Extr. S.O.S. has a bitcrusher on every sound or intentionally distorting the entire song (or album) like fifth era - see you in hell

[@georgeholloman9644]

I'm new here, what program do you use in this video??

[@Tonepusher]

A lot of softwares hehe but if you mean my DAW, it's Cubase

[@georgeholloman9644]

@Tonepusher awesome. Thank you for all the content!

[@Tonepusher]

@@georgeholloman9644 np thanks to you :)

[@brucewang5073]

This tutorial is sick

[@Tonepusher]

haha thanks! glad you liked it 🤘🏻

[@mengine-z2l]

Super que tu aies fait un channel sur l'industriel! Je vais clairement appliquer et m'amuser avec les techniques que tu proposes. See you around in MTL maybe!

[@Tonepusher]

haha thanks man :) Ça fais plaisir, je trouvais qu'il y avait pas beaucoup d'infos sur l'industriel sur KZbin. Alors pourquoi pas partager mes trucs! hehe cheers

[@DirtleTilbury]

8:00 that beat pummels

[@ladyganni]

bro, you should take a course to learn how to produce industrial music, I really like the way you teach

[@FoxRiverBridge]

Oh my god I needed this

[@Tonepusher]

haha 🤘🏻 np

[@DarkAcidCompany]

el mejor canal del mundo... thanks for this !!!

[@Tonepusher]

thanks man 🙏

[@lukasgruber1280]

I like Devious Machines - Infiltrator 2 and its competition Cableguys - ShaperBox 3 for its presets as a starter

[@Tonepusher]

Didn't know about Infiltrator 2! I just checked it out, seems realllly cool. I might get it haha

[@alieninvasion33]

very nice tuts ..thanks baba !

[@BrianNatonski-wt3mv]

I would suggest reverbing your distortion rather than distorting your reverb, the tails have too many unpredictable spikes and transients that the distortion will amplify, resulting in an uneven rhythm, but experimentation is your greatest friend

[@mrcoatsworth429]

I thought the point of distorting the reverb was to get that dirty, unpredictable sound. Putting time based effects after distortion is the "traditional" way.

[@BrianNatonski-wt3mv]

@mrcoatsworth429 whatever sounds best and works for your style of music! There is no right or wrong way to do it, but I just thought I'd share my preference😉😉

[@mrcoatsworth429]

@@BrianNatonski-wt3mv very true! I just thought this tip was on this list precisely because it usually isn't done but can sound cool :)

[@NunyaB1s]

@@BrianNatonski-wt3mv you can get a lot of interesting sounds running reverb tails into distortion, and then pitching down the samples.

[@ReclusiveArts]

amazing tips and tricks... thanks!!

[@Tonepusher]

np man! :)

[@iestynwalters7681]

Amazing results!

[@Tonepusher]

thanks man! might not be the most complicated tricks out there but they're the ones I use all the time :)

[@SpeculoosdeCombat242]

"I love bitcrusher." No joke! 😂 BTW... Thank you!

[@Tonepusher]

haha np man :) 🤘

[@juanibarchiesi7115]

really cool video, thanks

[@Tonepusher]

Hey :) np thanks to you 🤘

[@Milan____]

Cubase doesn't have parallel channels? A lot of these effects could be just made with parallel processing or send effects.

[@Tonepusher]

Like anything in sound design there's multiple ways of doing the ''same'' stuff. Yes you can send, it's just a different way of working. Having this said Parallel would sound different in many cases.

[@Milan____]

@@Tonepusher Thanks for the reply! Yeah obviously it can't be used everywhere, but I think duplicating the audio track was the most jarring for me, if the purpose is just to stack different fx on top of it while not changing the audio itself. Anyway your video is good and I appreciate it! I like that you go straight to the point and don't spend too much time dwelling on specific patches or recipes.

[@nastiestnoise784]

is that guitar rig 6 free?

[@Tonepusher]

Hmm not sure, I might have bought it in a bundle. But I never bought it as a single plugin. Probably free haha

[@gabrielshepard]

Helpfull notes here on The Process!!!! 😂 (Skinny Puppy)

[@DirtleTilbury]

9:15 secret weapon and a banger of a beat.

[@unclemick-synths]

Great tips 👍

[@Tonepusher]

thanks :) 🤘

[@the3dotsguy...610]

0:59 thats so fucking gross holy shit i love it

[@Tonepusher]

haha 🤘🏻

[@gusgarcia4461]

This is a brilliant video, thanks for making me see how it can work. I’m learning so much. This is so yummy.

[@Tonepusher]

hey! glad you liked it 😁🤘🏻

[@orpheuscreativeco9236]

Distortion, delay, reverb + metallic and world drum kits = industrial music (oversimplified, i know). 🤔 Good video 👍

[@h3rdo]

Excellent!

[@Tonepusher]

thanks :)🤘🏻

[@inwex8350]

Glad I found your channel! 👢 🎹

[@Tonepusher]

hey thanks :) 🤘

[@adrianoconnor3020]

I hate bit crushers but everything sounds better with supermassive 👍

[@Tonepusher]

really? haha bitcrushers are so cool, I love em (as you can see in the video 😅) But you're right Supermassive makes anything sound good lol

[@DEADLINETV]

Brilliant stuff!

[@Tonepusher]

hey! thanks man :) hope they'll inspire you! 🤘

[@babylonbroken]

some nice tips here

[@Tonepusher]

np man 🤘🏻

[@quantum_ocean]

Waiting for the industrial techno.

[@claral6586]

did he talk about techno tho ?

[@Paskuy2]

Este video es Oro!!!!

[@Tonepusher]

hey thanks man :)

[@Emily_M81]

when in doubt BIT CRUSHER \o/ TAL's DAC plugin is GREAT for FSU I love adding a Distortion device into the reverb tank of Bitwig's Reverb device, it starts wonderfully screaming, feedback sorta sound without obliterating your speakers/ears. Then throw a Chorus device into the Wet FX of the Distortion :D Bitwig is the LEGO DAW lol. Then you record some of that noise and throw it into a Sampler >_>

[@Tonepusher]

lol 100% !! While editing the video I realized how much I love Bitcrushers loll

[@NicS-q8n]

KMFDM has it Down . Probably because they're German, known for perfection .

[@MaxMatrak-]

Nice ! 🙏

[@worksofein6449]

Number 2 totally sounds like something from the silent Hill 2 sound track

[@Tonepusher]

Never played that game! But I heard good things about the soundtrack

[@je36]

just a little... lol! great channel!

[@Tonepusher]

😂 thanks man, french accent ftw 🤘🏻😅

[@LukeSolo-One]

I like

[@Tonepusher]

🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@DielectricFailure]

*I don’t know if you have ever put out an album or not but just this video alone, reminds me a lot of Mick Gordon meets industrial techno. 🤘🤘🤘🤘 It’s kind of like what I’m trying to create using just logic Pro in my iPad, but I’ve already found my limitations because I cannot add guitar, the guitar plug-ins suck for making a heavy guitar.*

[@Tonepusher]

I did put out multiple albums in the industrial and black metal scene. You're 100% right hehe Mick Gordon is a huge inspiration for me and I love industrial music ;)

[@DielectricFailure]

@@TonepusherI keep popping back to this video because there’s a lot of information to take in. I wonder how common it is that someone used to playing heavier types of metal also create electronic music?! I spent most of my younger years playing death metal like Carcass, Obituary and Cannibal Corpse. But when our drummer died, we replaced him with a local guy who used a synth and he made our drums so we dived into industrial metal. I’m just curious if you know of many people who do that?! Even Phase Fatale also said he was Post Punk originally.

[@Turbogrob]

Спасибо, отличная подборка. Интересные штуки показываешь.

[@davidgustavo5410]

La mayoría parece darkwave

[@0oTHEJACKo0]

12:06 that is not a cubase plugin that is a separate paid waves plugin :D I think you spoke the wrong words hahah no pun intended

[@Tonepusher]

lol! yeah you're right! my bad lol I bought it a long time ago because I use it pretty often and Idk why I always thought it was made by cubase haha

[@0oTHEJACKo0]

@@Tonepusher no worries mate! thanks for creating awesome content

[@toddburris4311]

I wish this was a guide for those that use hardware. I’d find that much more interesting, especially since most of these artists were around before plug-ins.

[@johndavis6482]

ACTUALLY WRONG .... NINE INCH USE NATIVE INSTRUMENTS MACHINE EVEN MK 2 IS AMAZING FOR 50 DOLLERS IF U CAN GET PLUG IN SAMPLES FREE ...GREAT HARDWARE CONTROLLER I JUST SPENT 5 STRAIGHT DAYS USING IT WITH A DIGITAL MX18 MIXER ..USB MINDI IS AMAZING AND MY MIND IS BLOWN I HAVENT LEARNED WHAT IT CAN DO

[@toddburris4311]

@ that’s cool and all, but I don’t use software, myself. I’m pretty notorious for getting the blue screen of computer death anytime I’m around an a laptop for more than an hour. Also, why’d ya leave the caps lock on for only one example, and that example being the most recent of the artists aside from Rammstein?

[@NunyaB1s]

Everything that applies to software applies to hardware. Everything he covered here can be done on a Digitakt or an old Yamaha A3/4k or Akai rack sampler with a sequencer like a pyramid. It’s harder to completely mimic old sounds on old gear-and expensive so I cut tonepusher a break here.

[@NunyaB1s]

And NIN always used computers heavily. Pretty Hate Machine used some hardware synths but was mostly mixed/manipulated and mastered in the box.

[@toddburris4311]

@@NunyaB1s I do get that NIN used software a lot. No question on that. My only point I was trying to make is I would like a video showing what a lot of these other acts were actually using. I have no doubt that this video is informative for software users. I’m just straight up not one. And as an experimental electronic artist for the past 25 or so years, I get how difficult it is to recreate the same sound more than once, unless you do some sort of backup tracks.

[@Lemanic89]

Most Recession Electro is just EBM before these processes.

[@leonardocea4995]

What you did with the first sound should be considered crime

[@Tonepusher]

🚔🚨🚔

[@Nomadmandude]

i could have been a fantastic electronic artist back in the 2000's... I'm so lazy... i hate myself.

[@Tonepusher]

It's never too late!

[@XVRickXV]

Stop feeling bad about yourself and just do something about it. It's even easier today than it was yesterday.

[@mobb388]

😎👍👍👍

[@wietzejohanneskrikke1910]

Fx stands for effects, so calling them effectses is just wrong.

[@adelkrashenninnikov102]

so you take someones cool industrial drums and make them fart. can i listen to a final result, please?

[@sypwer]

Idk man isn't that part of the genre?

[@sniperturtle1]

This is why some bands are absolute trash playing live....

[@Tonepusher]

yeah well, there is ways to "play" almost anything. Playing samples would be one of them.

[@xMario91]

cool format, but horrible end sounds... first piano sounds just bad and unsuable, second drums without any sub

[@DeliriumXM]

I mean it is a tutorial video

[@Theonly_Onyx]

Do you make industrial music?

[@Sunwalker98]

Define bad and unusable?

[@HalleysCometMusic]

I agree. The ideas were cool but the end results just seemed half baked like it was his first time trying any of these tricks.

[@wailingurei]

What are you smoking, most of these sounds are sick!

[@ItsMeLos]

Drink a couple beers 2 shots, a few uppers and whack out some sounds, viola and industrial hit.

[@Tonepusher]

lol we all have our techniques I guess? 😂

[@thesupersoundoftrieste]

It s not 🏭

[@Tonepusher]

is it ⚙?

[@thesupersoundoftrieste]

@Tonepusher 🏭 is 🏭

[@whiletr]

useless bullshit tbh

[@Sunwalker98]

I found a lot of these really interesting and useful. If they don’t work for you just don’t use them.

[@joepolophotography]

whres's your tutorial big guy

[@hyperaesthesia]

Fangz (it's gothic for thnx😊) 4 diz, U ROK! 🤟🖤🥀🩸

[@Tonepusher]

haha np man 🤘🏻