3 Production Techniques Skrillex Uses To Hook You

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DAW (Music making software): Logic Pro and Ableton Live
Studio monitors (speakers): Yamaha HS8's
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Midi controller (keyboard): Komplete Kontrol 61
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Chair: also a cheap one from ikea
My favorite plugins that I use the most:
XFER Serum
Sylenth 1
Nexus 3
Kontakt
RC 20
Valhalla Shimmer
Valhalla Vintage Verb
Shaperbox 3
XFER OTT
Fab Filter Saturn 2
Fab Filter Pro C 2
Arturia Pigments
Baby Audio Comeback Kid
Output Thermal and Portal
LABS Soft Piano
Hardware that I use behind the scenes but not in videos:
Elektron Octatrack (my fav)
Elektron Digitakt
Korg Minilogue XD

[@JaackYT]

that bass trick is epic!!!

[@prodbydmaterialz]

True

[@0374studio]

But it's usually first what you find out while creating lots of tracks... It's just comes naturally, empirically...

[@SonicDephect]

The bass technique is amazing, usually use saturation but excited to try this out.

[@drewwhite4354]

That sin fold distortion in serum on bass sounds so great

[@CozyJuffyWuff]

You're an amazing teacher. Thanks for making these.

[@joonaskalandermbyidk]

An awesome video!! The fact that the Good Space vocal chop is from Face My Fears blows my mind every time🤯

[@NEOCID38]

really useful info! thanks for sharing!

[@babyhunnidguap114]

Thank you for this man

[@HongFeiHo]

Nice! Loved the bit about adding extra percussion bits lower in the mix to add interest to drums. Tnx

[@djaspor702]

This was a great video. Thank you

[@zaiologyy]

such good points here, thanks again buddy 👌

[@entropiadivina]

This is seriously helpful bro, THANKS!

[@ianmurdick1]

thank you for making this!!

[@absaloj]

Great attention to detail yet again AR

[@karelhoogendoorn]

Thnx for this!

[@BenjaminBeak]

I just saw him perform last night at the la coliseum for free. Good timing!

[@lens8933]

great ! thanks.

[@monoislive4320]

Im glad i subscribed this channel

[@jl9205]

Nice bass tip!

[@3wc]

the bass has more purpose and identity! yes for sure. i like the way you think. thank you

[@Lous_taunau]

PURE GOLD.

[@AlexChenification]

Yoo this is sauce!

[@twilightbiscuit]

4:08 finally someone who shows how to do these chops, thx!

[@ethansoundknight]

Thank you the best

[@kyanaddington]

I trick i figured out for wide vocal chops that could be layered with saw chords or a pad is that once you creat your vocal chop and pitched it drown it in reverb and then add a lfo and it creates its own sort of pad or synth sound

[@bunnyyyyyy398]

Totally agree. Skrillex drums are insane

[@alanrossze2873]

Maaannn Finally🔥🔥🔥 Some thing about skrillex in this channel 🔥🔥🔥🔥 I hope you cover some Techniques that "Old Skrillex" Used to HOOK US Note:Old Skrillex =Skrillex in (2010-2014)

[@AlexRome]

I miss old Skrillex. The nostalgia is overwhelming when I listen to his old stuff.

[@Dacles.]

Did you release the example track for the vocal chop? It sounds really good!

[@psycholossi]

Actually learned the first technique with Laser Beam by Sub Artillery What a masterpiece

[@Silon_YT]

Can you make a full Tutorial about the last bass?

[@hamothor3018]

Awesome that you use multiple DAW's! I know that each one is good for different purposes however which one do you prefer or is your go to?

[@wesleyolson2624]

This video 👌🏼

[@craigtillman5988]

Alex, Thank you sir. I appreciate the detail you put in these tutorials. You are taking me to the next level in my production dream and closer to correcting a failed career direction of others suggested for me. Question: Do you have a tutorial on how to collaborate with co-producers remotely, while utilizing 2 different DAWs?

[@AlexRome]

There’s no such thing as a failed career if you haven’t given up yet. It’s all part of the path.

[@craigtillman5988]

@AlexRome Thank you.

[@eplayer009]

Ayo the drum pattern is da best. As in the easiest probably The bass layers and vocal melodies sounds great too.

[@Excellentness]

Nice

[@zappep]

just tried the wide bass trick, shits fire

[@Fehrium]

Good stuff. I’ve been digging vocal chops for so long. It can be really good in psytrance. I’ve got a question: I’m also into „lagging“ sound, kind of how Flume sounded a few years ago. Do you know if that technique has a name? It’s like a sustained tone or chord where percussion or other sounds are added near the end of each „section“

[@planetkyanite]

interesting, something like a reverse chord swell with percussion at the end to sound like everything is backwards? not sure if that has a specific name

[@seiriangriffiths]

Granular synthesis?

[@westside1211music]

That's a granular synthesis bro, Google it, it's enough tutorials on KZbin also

[@Munny_music]

Yessirrrr 🔥

[@unspoken7704]

Some of these "Skrillex" sounds were alrady a thing in Future and Bass House for nearly 7 years aand some time before that in Dubstep. Maybe he influenced the sound before that but they dont necessarily sound exclusive to Sonny. He apperds to be a great sound engineer though. His vocal chop is next level.

[@frederbe]

He even did his beard and dressed like skrilly 🤣

[@Ilustresoundtracks]

Bestia $🤑👽

[@lun4rkid]

Need mixing of those vocal chops and post processing like skrillex

[@kingamerx7_kerrs]

Hey man, did you just use Reaper for most stuff, but then Ableton for just drums? Ive seen other people doing this, and im new in music production, is there any reason for doing that?

[@stereozzz5604]

Hi , how do you know that he is using this technique . But it's great 👍❤ new subscriber from Manipur India pls upload more technique

[@payamshamba6675]

😍😍😍

[@HarryAdee]

That drum layers is what I need to know. So, you just layout all the layers throughout the song? Or you bounce it into one track?

[@psychoticchemist]

I personally keep them separate and layout the layers throughout the track. That way I can remove elements as needed in lower energy parts of the song and that kind of thing. Gives you more control.

[@HarryAdee]

@@psychoticchemist Awesome thanks

[@psychoticchemist]

@@HarryAdee Yup!

[@axelezequiel97]

Why do you don’t use Logic Pro anymore! :(

[@yanivelhanati]

👑👑👑👌👌👌🙏🙏🙏

[@mikekotek4648]

I tripped the fuck out when logic suddenly became ableton lmao.

[@de_ng4k770]

This Vocal Like..行かーなーいでーIts Japanese Languege lol

[@jayplay8140]

Great video, but that first bass technique has been part of electronic music since the 90's

[@mikenorties5502]

Its not random slices it’s based on the transients

[@OGChadney]

Here from the email list lol

[@mirex3680]

Doesn't he look like the guy from Action Lab?

[@monoislive4320]

For example way back home skrillex trippie reedd

[@tcdontplay4914]

buy my course 😂

[@andr1984]

You guys heard about aids Skrillex? his vocals are mad yo.

[@ISHI6I]

😂

[@QWLMusic]

No offense to Skrillex, but seems like basically DnB techniques

[@2GooDProductions]

Have Skrillex and Shia Lebouf ever been seen in the same room together?

[@AFRoSHEENT3ARCMICHAEL69]

I asked Chatgpt why his productions are so good and this is what it said: “Keep in mind that Skrillex productions often involve a team of engineers, sound designers and other professionals all working together to create a final product.” But keep lying to yourselves, everyone does it except those who understand that he isn’t completely alone doing everything himself.

[@AlexRome]

He has a team of engineers of course. I I do believe he is heavily involved in the creation of his music though. I believe but can’t prove that he has engineers and people to help guide him, however, he writes most of what we hear. Typically it’ll be the more mainstream acts that have teams of producers and engineers doing all the work like Zedd or David Guetta. More underground artists who seemingly preserve the uniqueness within their sound (and don’t go mainstream) I believe to be more authentic.

[@beneuhus9820]

Oh, well.. if Chat GPT said it..

[@richardwallace2182]

Not to mention the countless interactions with a huge network of other producers over his career namely Noisia, Deadmau5, and so on. They all collaborate with one another whether they know it or not.

[@caelmusic2444]

nah this is nothing like skrillex, skrillex dropped his biggest hits with nothing but him and his buddies, he is the engineer, he is currently unmatched

[@johngrayson3846]

Sounds like copium my guy

[@vincentvandeperre1670]

no offence your first drum loop seemed a whole lot more original and carfully picked then the second one that sounded like everything else.

[@lano1492]

I honestly do not enjoy his music .

[@jacobg2662]

Me either but he’s undeniably an amazing producer and he has some cool tricks

[@alanrossze2873]

Only his old music