Astrix Universo Breakdown - What Are the Secrets Behind this Track?

[@unstoppablesoundsx]

I like very much the way you make your videos broo! Ty for increases the knoledge of the comunnity !!!

[@Psiger]

Thank you so much! :)

[@yairhantube]

Great video. A fantastic structured method to decompose the tack. Now after I watched 54 full minutes, I understand that Astrix is a one-of-a-kind genius, also in a structured way ;)

[@Psiger]

Thank you :) yes it is so nice to dig deep into a track and Astrix is such a true mastermind

[@aditshrestha5053]

Wow how did you get the original track file?? Also if you could do something like this with deep jungle mix...that would be awesome. Bro i aint kiddin if you continue to make videos like this i have to start learning ableton and buy your course or smt...😊

[@Psiger]

I rebuilt the track but what you see is mostly empty placeholders. The course mate is always a good idea even if you are not using Ableton we had many guys who did large improvement in their music 😉🔥🎶

[@mercuriall4033]

Very cool stuffs bro, congrats!

[@Psiger]

Thank you ⚡✌️

[@AllenCedano]

Awesome breakdown! super helpful for me rn as im trying to remix it

[@Psiger]

Nice feel free to post the remix in the comments once you are done remixing it

[@aspekt7631]

First sound is a live instrument pitched down 1 octave but keeping the original transient and the second sound is the same sound but stretched in time 100% which also equals an octave of course...

[@Psiger]

So you mean both an octave down but the first one the transient is the original one, one octave higher if I got you correct. Could be but right after the transient it still sounds higher, then I guess we would hear it sweeping from this part to the downpitched one in the overlapping part. But definitely possible that's a mix or layer.

[@agreen9903]

awesome as always

[@Psiger]

Thank you, mate. There was even more interesting stuff e.g as far as I remember that pitched drums are also having a diff time signature/rhythms etc. Next week I also have an interesting track to look 👀 at

[@Djuni]

Great video man. That was nice input. I’m new to all that psy-techno stuff and that helped me on my way learning how to get that into my metal sound haha. I think the facecam was a littlebit too big on the screen, just my taste. But you got my sub bro ❤

[@Psiger]

Thanks mate :) ya it makes it easier to cut ✂️ etc. But I take the feedback

[@Djuni]

Don't take it in a negative way, I loved the video man keep it up@@Psiger

[@tobayas6702]

Amazing video dude , couple days a was in a rave here in Brazil (Boombay) and I could hear Astrix and Captain Hook versions of Universe on their set, both really different even if the build ups are kind of the same and both amazing in their style, but Astrix has something different, watching your video I could understand a bit why

[@Psiger]

Thank you :) glad it helped and hopefully it inspires to make a cool track ✨

[@alexanderspanos1155]

Amazing video!

[@Psiger]

Thank you Alexander :)

[@אביהיעקב-ת1ע]

The standard rising dust bass is also a square combined with a saw wave. They showed it at an artisan workshop held in Israel about two years ago.

[@Psiger]

Interestingly does a recording of the workshop exists somewhere?

[@אביהיעקב-ת1ע]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3TTkK2LgK6IgqM I think is the one. 🙏

[@AREZKC]

Wow Good Breakdown. But where do I get the vocals from? Any idea? Thanks in advance 🫶🏾

[@Psiger]

Thank you. As far as I know, he samples a lot. I found one tribal thing on KZbin once.

[@DSVN23]

Great breakdown. Subbed

[@Psiger]

Thank you, also learned some nice things while breaking it down 🤓

[@mercuriall4033]

The ARP before second drop, sounds be like a TB 303 of roland, of course with minor service of reverb and delay process

[@Psiger]

Thank you for pointing that out :)

[@ByoniX_BX]

i think this is the best analize of astrix tracks , and i want to ask you what do you think? why every sound match to next sound ? is he put everything into loop and make sure that many "asks and answers" sound similar and just replacing them ?

[@Psiger]

I guess one big thing is the sound selection in general, to use sounds which work with each other. I haven't checked it out as its a while ago but maintaining certain rhythmic positions can also help to make a track more consistent.

[@bewusstsein7061]

great work ☺ pls make a tutorial with nice sudden pitch 😎

[@Psiger]

Somehow I remember that name but ai cannot find it can you send me a link

[@fernandoluiz6625]

Astrix is the king, just this.

[@Psiger]

He is 👑

[@Yhoda.PsyTrakked]

@@Psiger Red means distortion is still one of my Fav tracks of his, not into all his stuff but his production lvl is always top notch

[@skedi33]

he was back when Heart came out, now his sets are just boring as fuck. endless transitions

[@lisandrorodriguez8151]

what a great video bro, I have analyzed this track (not as much as you) and it seems to me a masterpiece

[@Psiger]

Yes 👍 actually I could even spend more time on it, the information in there is limitless :)

[@bouncingnoise]

Astrix's tracks are usually analysed because they are masterpieces, not to find out if ;) THE guy in the scene, decades experience in making music... ;) In my imagination I see guys like Astrix (for me even up there head o. t. table), Freedom Fighters, Outsiders, Electric U, Tristan...just to name a few of the old masters.

[@Psiger]

@@bouncingnoise they are true masters :) indeed

[@aaronfabian8231]

Hey ho, bin momentan komplett in love mit dem Hyperlink track von Waio und ich hab leider vergebens ewig lang versucht den recht simplen aber super effektiven bass nach zu bauen, ebenfalls bin ich leider kläglich am nachbau des Lead Synths gescheitert. Eventuell ist dir das ja mal n video wert :))))

[@Psiger]

Yo ich hörs mir mal die Tage an aber Waio macht schon manchmal abgefahrenen Shit, also ich kann noch nichts versprechen. Hast du dir mal deine Masterclass angesehen auf Futurephonic da sind sicher einige Clues drin.

[@jobattapsytrance5105]

nice video Andy. Have you ever considered to make a video trying to redo the track?

[@Psiger]

Would be very interesting but I think it would just sound not good. Even if I would get to a quality level of Astrix (which I'm sure I wouldn't 🤣) then it would still sound off as the brain has some expectations. But I know a guy who I think redie acid rain or at least some parts and it was good but also less than the original. But he doesn't do KZbin, it's a guy I do collaborations with.

[@jobattapsytrance5105]

@@Psiger yeah I agree. I mean just for education purposes. Not really related to the final sound, but like taking chance to show some different sound design and mixing techniques. Of course is super challenging, but I know you are not the guy running away from them XD

[@Psiger]

The track is great but not too much the direction I'm heading to. But I have a few other interesting projects I look 👀 into which I will reveal soon.

[@eetupoike]

15:06 funny you mentioned Captain Hook since he remixed this very track! I wonder when/where it's released...

[@Psiger]

Haha, nice link it once you find it. I also don't know when it will be released

[@Captain-love]

awesome :) very similar to da original by ass-tricks

[@Psiger]

Thank you :)

[@dash_6367]

Could you do a breakdown video of any tracks by Ajja✨.... His layering sound design nd pretty much everything else is absolute wizardry

[@Psiger]

I can check out his stuff, I love what he does. The Oddular album was killer and I heard his closing set at Shankra last year which was amazing ❤️

[@andreviana4418]

dont forget the piooneers@@Psiger like the aliens from australias

[@Psiger]

@@andreviana4418 you have a favourite track I'll have a listen

[@andreviana4418]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJDakHyXjtWZodU@@Psiger

[@alexdinel1271]

Can you look into a Day Din track? Or a track with a more dynamic arrangement?

[@Psiger]

I listen through his stuff and look of I can do something :) he has definitely an interesting bass

[@Yhoda.PsyTrakked]

yeah it is long, i have 3 tracks 11+ it just happens that way sometimes, if i go the structured way i"m usually around 7-8 but when i go the organic way, which is to start from the intro with no plans whats so ever and just allow the song to make itself (sort of) they tend to be longer. if i'm going the structured way i just make a bunch of loops then arrange into a song once composed. I reckon Astrix took the organic way over structure plus the journey itself suggests that. The only prob with this for me is its a pain in the arse to cut up to put into my set cos nothing quite fits esp if some loops have different length bars. I don't Dj either i use a akai apk mini 8X8 button pad and slice my song into sections.

[@Psiger]

Interesting with the Akai. Do you extract stems or do you have the tracks cut up into the segments and then you play them in diff order?

[@Yhoda.PsyTrakked]

@@Psiger yes exactly this, have a video explaining my set up kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4PNlX99hMZ9fpo

[@Psiger]

Thank you :)

[@bouncingnoise]

lm not really experienced in hobby producing, at least it slowly feels like making music and to trial an error until I ... The organic way was what felt my right from day 1 (started 2018, knowledge absolutely nothing) I cant even tell why I didn't want to do the analyse, track autopsy thing, even knowing it would be much more effective and progress faster. People are always laughing, when Im telling them that I cant tell them more about the project and what the final result might be...than 1kick 3basses 140-145bpm... thats it I am trying. Guess I fell in love with the feeling, after hours of working on single channels, implementing new instruments or effects and doin the first rough adjustments, to be able to play the project as a whole the first time since a while, intention is looking for mismatches, mistakes, issues in the arrangement - business as usual - but sometimes there are unexpected magic moments, discovering amazing elements / moments in the track you definitely didn't want to built, without digging into what happened, not being able to rebuilt or explain roughly how to get there... Its amazing feeling, listening to your own creation after working on it sometimes half a day or more, and then listening being positively stunned just like someone who haven't heard it before 🤣 But I also experienced the opposite, you've been working way too long yesterday because you're close to finish the best piece of music you've ever made, you absolutely love it. Next day in the morning, you cant wait to start the daw and show your partner proud what a unexpected jewel you ve been able to create - that the music starts, you are wondering ... wrong file, for sure, sounds like crap and you are almost not even able to recognise your work... I lost not only track like this in the beginning, weeks of work destroyed, not idea what happened

[@Yhoda.PsyTrakked]

44:45 i think its the same synth but duplicated onto another track, i do this a lot like a lot, i tend to keep the osc's low hardly above 2 and just open another track if i want to change the patch with more refinery instead just using more osc's and loose the refinery adjustments to the patch like 2 separate patched synths would give me

[@Psiger]

Interesting observation I will check it out once I'm back home. But he did it earlier also with the strings so makes perfect sense. I also do that sometimes I usually put them in racks and automate them with the volume on/off besides they get really different. I guess both works well depending on the workflow.

[@Yhoda.PsyTrakked]

@@Psiger that interesting putting them into a rack might have to play with that idea

[@cigresyl419]

i need that template. whats the last price? :D

[@Psiger]

It's actually fairly easy to do this. You just need to play section by section and focus on one particular sound e.g a certain drum. The trick is not to get lost and follow each sound individually like our monkey mind wants to do. Kind of meditation. I will share it in my member's discord next week ;-) but tbh it's good practice to redo it, it's not wasted time. Anyway, there is just empty midi, but I upload a tutorial next week on how to get the notes of melodies ;-)

[@cigresyl419]

@@Psiger @Psiger ich antworte mal auf deutsch, ist einfacher für mich. Du hast recht Natürlich wäre es ein nice to have, aber besser wäre es wirklich wenn man es selber macht, da lernt man mehr dabei und schult noch sein gehör. Werde ich wohl machen (müssen) Darf ich fragen was dein discord kostet und was man da für Vorteile hat bzw was wird da geteilt? Danke

[@Psiger]

@@cigresyl419 4,99 im Monat. Ich share hauptsächlich Livestreams, meist ab Arrangement da davor meine CPU das Streaming und produzieren schwer packt :D. Und Presets wenn ich Sounddesign tutorials etc. mache. Wobei ich da natürlich etwas weniger Content mache, wie du siehst. Z.B den Mars Attacks hab ich fast durchgehend gestreamt. kzbin.info/door/k2ZvGBL0CfvtDmKJJz_4fwjoin

[@fredrikh3547]

Odd I think.. don't even find this track particularly exciting. Mellow off-beat style. Would have thought bangers of his like Sapana or Deep jungle walk would be far more popular than this one.

[@Psiger]

I also thought about why it had that massive success. I guess it's a mixture of various things, the simplicity, it's a bit diff from what people hear usually in the scene and it has that main vocal element while our music is most of the time very technical. But that's just my guesses

[@skedi33]

@@Psigerits the female vocal chant in the end. Thats the part which really makes the track. Otherwise I thnik its really boring

[@Psiger]

@@skedi33 You mean that a i o u thing? That one is quite outstanding and he played it also on a lot of festivals before he released it. Which kind of hyped people I guess.