Creating Psytrance: How to Make Ajja Style Gated Leads - Part 1

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This one has been hugely requested, but not many posts contained a link/time-stamp so I hope I got close to what the people want :) Let me know in the comments! Part 2 is coming up next Friday!
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Creating Psytrance: How to Make Ajja Style Gated Leads

[@stofe8690]

More of this night stuff :-)

[@shadowshamanpsy346]

YES PLEASE :D

[@orfeasmusic]

Thank you so much for your tutorials dude, this is extremely helpful for young producers. You are awesome!!!

[@DashGlitch]

Thanks man! I'm glad you think so :D

[@Oneirophrenic123]

Lol saw one of your tracks on reddit

[@Naseem384]

Finally, a video that can be applied to other DAWs! I like to use a random number generator to make rhythms like this.

[@djatari2011]

You have no idea...how much you are helping us....to learn music production...

[@jl9205]

Dash, I'm learning a shit-ton of great stuff from you. Awesome tutorials. In particular, I like the way you show the work flow, such as recording to another channel, going bonkers, and then editing out the best bits for keeps. It's very inspiring for a guy like me that gets a bit overwhelmed. You're encouraging me to overcome my fears and really cut loose. Great stuff. Very inspirational.

[@psychedelic951]

this is the sound i wanna hear

[@Matheus-vq9rt]

That LFO tool trick is awsome dude!! The possibilities with that are endless, thank you so much Dash! Love your tutorials! Cheers from Brazil! :)

[@francisknight3219]

Soooo goood! More AJJA!

[@karansainirockstar]

Bro you are the man haha I’ve learnt more in these videos than in the past month from other places

[@agreen9903]

love it when you look for something and the first video you click on has what you want

[@chanex2991]

You're the best Dash, you're extremly helpful.

[@Ryan.Anderson80]

Awesome tutorial dude. I didn't know LFO tool could do that. Definitely need to explore this more.

[@duarteolim6473]

I Rarely comment or like a video or subscribe.. u have the 3 of them.. Finally good tutorials from someone who knows, is good at teaching and wants to do it.. Your videos are my new best friend :D Wishes of Wonders

[@SolitaryShelll]

This sound like a variation of the over used "ajja fm" albino preset which uses a random lfo on the release amp, well done it sounds nice :)

[@darrend7386]

everybody about the Glitchschool train chooo choooo!!! awesome lessons iv made a track for the first time in 3 years thank you

[@MGoolas]

This video is like watching Gordon Ramsey cooking up Psytrance. Simple, quick and delicious to my ears. Thank you for introducing me to Serum and I will be a patreon sup soon

[@DashGlitch]

Ah wow thanks man 😃 I love Gordon Ramsay haha 😂

[@archdelic]

another excellent class, thank you bro ! very usefull to learn about serum and synths in general .

[@alexdranemusic]

Again very useful, i really appreciate your effort and time, you've put into all these tuts, Dash! thumbs up!

[@Violentic81]

He said once on a radio set „Aja“ sorry I didn’t ask how to pronounce it“ it makes me smile.

[@Violentic81]

Ajja is my absolut fav. Great teaching leason ass always

[@gabrielpicolomini]

make more videos about Ajja, or nocturnal sounds please, your videos are great, I love it

[@emmanuelaugustin582]

Thank u for this video....Ajja is maaa favorite artist

[@JB-mu1hw]

Great video mate, really well explained, for anyone to understand, thanks for sharing. 10.05, you say that you dont want to blab about easy stuff like that. I honestly think, those kind of ''easy'' things are what many are lacking. The idea of how to make things change over time, without turning into a complete mess. I know I have been struggling with that for sure :D

[@neroeffecta4614]

Dash you have surpassed youself!

[@lisahand5752]

Thank you so much for this very enlightening video! I have never seen a tutorial for anything remotely close to this and I watch a lot of them, LOL! Subscribed to your channel just now.

[@ribtin]

Damn boi! You make it look soooo easy =)

[@trancemindzoy6598]

please more of these dark and forest techniques . chopping and layering multiple leads ...... waiting for the part 2 !! thanks _/\_

[@countfleet2976]

One of your best tutorials, keep it up!

[@mylogify]

Great tutorial. I use FunkArp. and Rhythmizer now, but I will also try this one.

[@somalink2012]

wow you are the man! thank you! this was one of the things that I was struggling, how to achieve gated patterns, like you say I know it can be done in many ways but the way you do it its amazing, very creative, thank you very much! :::]

[@Vegan_Kebab_In_My_Hand]

Night-time psy is the shit, love morning too but dancing to night-time is liberation

[@mon.p.f.a.3306]

Awesome! I've been waiting for a tutorial like this forever! Keep up the good work! :)

[@PHASES_OFFICIAL]

thats literally amazing thanks so much for this tutorial 0_0 its awesome

[@lcoelhoo]

Great video, you are one of the bests. Thank you so much for share your knoledge w us. Cheers from Brazil.

[@DashGlitch]

Thanks!

[@octogoat7651]

Thats a huge Tutorial The lfotools Tip is killah :D thanks Dude

[@jonydemon]

Yor are a great teacher 😊 love from India

[@stefanvonulan1269]

This is amazing! Thanks for opening all these possibilities, great technique!

[@polygon9155]

Thanks for your tutorials! Ableton users can use the FunkArp Mono addon which has been made by Ajja himself. Search for ChakraView video if you want a demo ;-)

[@DashGlitch]

Amazing, thank you will add that to the description :)

[@martinrasmussen8054]

I really cant figure out how to made this make sound good combining it with this Tutorial.

[@user-xc7ed7ro3l]

thank you !

[@linzenmeyer]

Cthulu is way more powerful than LFO tool for the gating and sequencing, has multiple "Pages" for setting up variations and allows for full automation ....FYI....It's like 40 bucks USD Also: Instead of filling your project with chopped up recorded samples, just use your automation lanes to iterate through your different "settings" (whether it be LFOTool, cthulhu etc) this helps in a BIG way, when further down your production line you want to make a change to one of the sections or the overall sound, you wont have to RErecord with the new changes.

[@TheBAbert]

Awesome tutorial! Very well explained!! 👌

[@nikoa-sh6964]

Maann,you make it look so easyy!! Awesome job and videos!! I really appreciate what youre doing💪😀 Thanx for the tips and for making it so interesting🙏⚡⚡🔥

[@lfozone3471]

Great tutorials! I'm currently working on a psytrance track incorporating some things I've learnt from watching ur vids. I'm using studio one but mostly serum for fx, bass and even re-wired reason for some crazy fx lol. I'll let u know my progress. Keep up the good work!

[@Atomy_BR]

Obrigado por compartilhar seu conhecimento 🙏🏻

[@Cristoba37]

Love it

[@oozly9114]

Gonna try this one!

[@oozly9114]

Crap I don't have LFO tool yet 🥺 awesome sound though

[@ar_ytb]

Really good tutorial! Please make more videos of full on night style.

[@neocosmicmusic1552]

Very cool, never thought of using lfo tool like that :) Thanks man!!

[@Zumanji__]

This is wayyyy over my head.. I just discovered AJJA, and I have no idea how to start building tracks like his. One day at a time, I guess

[@DashGlitch]

Maybe check some of my previous tutorials for some easier stuff :)

[@reghardtteacher9009]

Nice and messy 👌👌👌👌 your vids really help dude

[@SolitaryShelll]

If you dont have lfo tools you can achieve a similar result by shaping a gate pattern on one of serum lfos and routing it to a high pass filter to cut all the sound (of you route it to the volume it doesnt let the signal come throught enough and sounds less good I think)

[@PhotonAD]

Yeah but then you only have a static gating pattern instead of the kind random one on this tutorial. I'm trying to find a way to achieve that, possibly using a few instances of fabfilter volcano since I have it.

[@PhotonAD]

Ok, i actually found out how to do it using a free demo of shaperbox (a must have plugin, even the demo as it's extremely useful), and I think the volcano works pretty well too, will make a tutorial on how to do this soon.

[@pierreekman]

Thaaank you! Have been struggling with this for a while now.. ;)

[@Lazy_Lebovitz]

Dash, you are the MAN! Thank you!

[@AirZeee]

Awesome!

[@SachinThakarShivatronics]

Finally 🤗🙌 thank bro

[@SachinThakarShivatronics]

Part 2 of this Video? 😁 Waiting fantastic recreation of the sound's Big ups for your Hardwork brother' cheers from India🇮🇳

[@bionikpulse]

LFO tool is amazing :D

[@kooldeepshah]

SICK!!!

[@JohnPrefix]

This!!!! Thanks Dash!

[@florescence5942]

Love this!! Learning so much from you :) Do you have a video explaining how to make a night time ajja style kick & bass?

[@cleantrip1048]

Nice one! Thanks for sharing, gotta get serum!

[@ronaldomlins1]

Thank U fo da vid!!

[@luisfeliperamos4954]

Thank you so much bro, i asked you for this turorial in other video hahaha

[@TheBruno51]

Amazing Tutorial, Thanks!!!

[@kostantinosmag2986]

Nice one!!!!!!!!!

[@mindinfectionmusic]

dash much appreciate your effort !!! thank you)

[@Skanoh]

Awesome!😀

[@stofe8690]

Awesooooome finally

[@aaronfallon2011]

Wow loads more on ajja's sound please

[@Quollf]

Nice man!

[@stelthtenau]

you said it right first time

[@schizoiddonkeybeats7088]

Really cool sounds! Thank you for this tutorial!

[@alieninvasion33]

thanks a looot Mr. Glitch

[@tAZEfps]

thank you for this !!

[@iLeftism]

nice one! :) thanks bro

[@stofe8690]

Wow very nice👍🏼

[@yhoda145]

for those who dont have lfo tool there is a free Tal plugin called Tal filter 2.

[@TristeEtContent2]

hi, i know ajja he lives in my village i will send him your video so he can see it ;)

[@ronin.psycore]

Yesss thank you, this is awesome! That ICanHasKick is a lifechanger :D

[@David-wv4xn]

hey man i love your vids

[@raphaelalesi3950]

the Chaos osc blew my mind lol I never knew how to use it

[@bogdanazarov804]

Sorry, but i not sourly about linking fx & Sint, i workin in Ableton - how i made this chain? Я из России, повторюсь: не понимаю зависимости и линии какими путями должны быть соединения? Сначала канал, из него синтезатор, потом эффект, и обратно в канал? Правильно понял - технически: посыл возврат, простой как на обычном пульте?

[@isaachayun6309]

great stuff , thanks !

[@yovesh126]

Next level tips your the man

[@AumBaba420]

Really nice =) but Ajja's style is based on bassline imo =) of course he has those samples you show us how to create but since i listen to Ajja i have to say that it's the bassline that makes me say "that's some Ajja you puted right x)?"

[@DashGlitch]

For sure, but I have already over 10 videos on Basslines, so I don't want to bore the audience, in Psytrance, Basslines synthesis is pretty straightforward, the major differences between styles/artists is the note choice and placement.

[@RhymeTightAuthentic]

Great stuff. Thank you :)

[@darrend7386]

good job ma dude ill be a patron someday i owe you

[@AljosaJakovcic]

awesome

[@aann3218]

Thanks for all the tutorials you're making!! But I got one request, if you can do a tutorial on that it'd be so good of you!! So I'm trying learn to loop the vocal for build up but I don't know how to do it...I know I can like chop and do it but I want a similar vocal looping like which we can do on CDJ's, hope you get what I say...😅

[@DashGlitch]

Yes I have done something like this 😃 check my build ups tutorial 👌

[@aann3218]

Dash Glitch thanks, I'll check out!

[@HenrikBarteldspsy]

Great

[@הללגרא]

thanx bro this is a good tutorial

[@christ_offi]

Hi, I love your stuff and I try to experiment with it... I was trying what was in this video and I think that if you set Chaos rate same as LFO rate that means if both are set to 1/16 it might sound better for regular gate with no changes. But if you change those gates it sounds pretty messy like that... You can try it out and then tell me what you think :) Keep up at good work :)

[@yuuuyuuyu]

This content, amazing

[@averyrunner3423]

proper tip on the sub osc source -

[@priestct7459]

awesome one :)

[@GiovanniGontijoBraga]

thank you so much! make some lyktum liquid style leads too

[@ProgressiveRS]

awesome. Can you do some forest psy leads and ambiance sounds? :)

[@TMortician1]

yes more of this ! :D

[@TheConfusedHippie]

Thanks so much for this tutorial and for diving into the darker psychedelic styles! I would love to learn how to make the type of juicy, squeaky squelch often used by masters of forest such as Arjuna or Derango. It sounds amazing and very trippy on the dancefloor. You can hear an example in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmqyZIp-ltOegqs At 0:49 seconds in the same video is another fantastic, slightly dischordant and trippy alien sound that is sometimes also used by hi-tech artists such as Kashyyyk and Kindzadza, it's very very psychedelic and sounds like something out of another dimension. It would be lots of fun to synthesize!

[@Bugiwoogie]

Hey Dash Mister, the first time in video you pronuonced Ajja right !!!

[@brunogomes1339]

brasil boaaa