Full Track Walkthrough (everything you need to know!)

[@sjoerdscheppink2510]

Maybe a tip. But if you hold shift while you drag an lfo in vital it makes bipolar, so you dont have to right click everytime

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Someone mentioned this to me a few weeks ago. Thanks for the tip!

[@tristen_grant]

Love me a nice icy drone.

[@Zrokool123]

This was great man. Thanks for this. I used pigments instead the whole time with stepic. The arrangement part def helped. I feel like i overthink stuff way to much and as a result it takes me way to long to get the form moving along.

[@jamienoble631]

Cant wait to watch this later, this is precisely the type of atmosphere i want to create + trance influences

[@HelicalCoil135]

Always a foundation of ideas for beginners like I am. Just painting down the structure ist so helpful and I now wonder why I did not do this ever before. Thx for sharing so much tips and Tricks.

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

That's all I'm trying to do is provide you the foundation and framework! I'm glad that you found it so helpful. Cheers to you!

[@DavidRatto-p7z]

Thank you again for the inspiration I began posting on band camp recently after spending a year on an album. I just might help you on the patreon when I get paid again. The info you have provided here deserves you to get paid IMO. Keep up the great videos and work 100%!

[@rebelinc]

Some nice golden nuggets even for a long time electronic musician like me :-) Luv it!

[@Maplefoxx-vl2ew]

oh this is a good one, thanks i got stepic now. it's really good.

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Glad you like it!

[@Esterramusic]

Great! Vital and Stepic,massive plugins!! 👍

[@hughoneill5173]

Awesome video. Thank you Chris.

[@everythingnatural793]

You are so good

[@Rainer01]

how did you made vital orange ?😎

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Try this: oxunick.gumroad.com/l/oxunickskin?layout=profile

[@alexringess]

Thank you so much Chris for your dedication. Be blessed for that. I have no doubt that it will be very useful for a lot of folks, starting from me of course (this videos gave me a lot of ideas).

[@thomasnikzakrzewski4477]

Another great tutorial, Chris. There's always, for me, some tweak you do that makes me go "Wow. Never thought of doing that." In this walkthrough it was at 16:35-ish, where you use velocity to modulate the decay on the envelope. Subtle but effective. BTW, your Harmonic Horizons podcast with Dash Glitch was double plus good.

[@Nazferot2]

If you shift and drag on vital it makes it bipolar

[@RobbieHogg1]

Was so good to be able to watch this through from the beginning. The power point where you planned out the track was a bit of a ahhhh moment. 👽🤘

[@DigitalAura]

helpful -- sure... but CERTAINLY fun! (you should get a commission from STEPIC) ;-)

[@themoprhingorb]

I would love to see the processing chain on your master..... :D

[@anotherneglectedhobby8386]

Great video, Chris! Your enthusiasm is inspiring. 🙌

[@xgmode]

112dB Mikron Cascade, also very good voor ambient verb drone scapes.

[@ingvarr6235]

Thank you Chris, this is one of the best lessons I've seen and it taught me a lot!

[@monosix_music]

Really good. I was overdoing all my past creations on the genre.

[@joshhuxleyisdead]

Thanks for making this, it really helped with working out how to structure ambient music

[@SecondFacedk]

Thanks for making this video. Your are fantastic and inspiring to watch. Just bought your soundbank Anomaly 3. Thanks

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Thank you so much! Truly appreciated. Enjoy Anomaly 3!

[@afrohawk]

An interesting way I found to make the percussion midi is to use Riffer by Audio Modern. What's cool about that plug in is that you can have multiple Midi generators going at once, each with their own step count, loop length and meter. It is child's play to combine poly rhythm and poly meter with Riffer. I generated Midi going into Vital with 3 Riffer engines (still one plugin), each broken into their own octave range. I put one generator going at 15 steps running at 1/8T, another one looping every 3 steps at 1/4T and the final one at 16 steps running at 1/16ths. Only the 15 step engine has Density turned on and only for 2 steps, giving a perfect amount of random ratcheting. Finally all the engines are in Infinity mode so that their loop is always random. Pipe the output through Shaperbox with a touch of Envelope Follower on the Filter and Liquid modules, send into Raum and voila. Endless random percussion. Riffer really allows for extreme creativity for this specific application. The results are impressive and worry free for the producer once everything is set up. Great vid by the way. Your energy is motivational.

[@symeondimakis366]

Show us in a vid please!

[@Wubslin]

1:00

[@plusheldergod]

Excellent tutorial, thank you. Signed up on Patreon.

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Cheers and welcome aboard! So glad to have you with us.

[@psychrockvinyl]

I have invested a lot of money into the world of iOS synths/effects/DAWs/midi control apps etc… i still learn a lot from your videos and can apply to them to my iOS set up in logic pro and AUM. Have you ever explored the iOS world? Do you think it could benefit me to join your Patreon to get help based on me using iOS? Great video man!

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

I have explored the world of iOS, yes. I don't have a proper iPad at the moment, so my options are somewhat limited in that regard. I will say that my Patreon has a TON of tutorials that aren't here on KZbin so if you're interested in that, you'll have years of material to go through. Check the S1gns Patreon Guide you get in your welcome email for the full list. Cheers!

[@psychrockvinyl]

@@s1gns0fl1fe definitely will! I’ve been really digging into the stuff you teach and create. I’ve mostly been using buttersynth on iOS, its the closest thing to serum on the platform, So I’ve taking what i learn to that synth.

[@yuuuyuuyu]

Where did you get that cool vital skin from?

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

oxunick.gumroad.com/l/oxunickskin

[@itinerantghost]

Love these walkthroughs, Chris!

[@snakedogman]

I love your energy man :) Just getting back into producing after a long while and your channel is inspiring. Don't know what style yet, I tend to be all over the place. Started making an ambient track and I ended up with Amen breaks ;)

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Thank you so much! Truly appreciated.

[@AleksandrPechenkin]

Very Very Good

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Thanks so much!

[@mutationzone]

Another top notch tutorial. Thank you.

[@angrytoken]

nice cyberpunk vibe track!

[@andreaslubjan240]

You are so good...a master in ambient music! I have learned so much from your videos. This tutorial is great!👍

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Right on! I hope you continue to enjoy them. Appreciate you!

[@iotomusic]

Great stuff, Chris! Might steal a thing or two. :)

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Please do!

[@she3po945]

I just spent the whole day learning all this awesomeness Teach. Thank you so so so much for doing this tutorial!! You are pure awesomeness and to share your knowledge like you do is such a beautiful gift. You are legit the best teacher in the world!! I finally am getting it YAY!!! :)

[@TheSilentCartgraph3r]

My favorite S1gns of L1fe track is "Simulation of Reality". Thank you for making that track.

[@ilitchdhoomon6246]

That Glitch Perc is Top notch man. Like Candy to thee hear. Cheers mate for that tuto, you are the best!

[@JonValtandtheEvilRobots]

Hey brother just wanted to thank you for showing that power point. Where you show percussion on top (as opposed to being a base element) was eye opening like “yeah, ambient drums are more like sprinkles on a cake” Thanks for all your videos and helpful, curious attitude toward making music.

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Absolutely! I'm glad you are resonating with my content. I try and put together a mix of educational and inspiring tutorials. Lots more on the way. Cheers to you!

[@danielfishman6799]

A really excellent tutorial, many thanks!

[@redpeople2192]

Such a cool track, and your passion is infectious.

[@jakubkieszkowski2608]

Thank you bro for everything!

[@Heavycap]

I love it, Vital and Stepic up front and center on this one, great tutorial

[@INFINITE_GLITCH_]

Best tutorial I’ve ever seen, love your channel, never stop please

[@ulrichgamingandmusic]

The moment you engage the 2nd sequence... bliss

[@TheRealTeebz]

Great tutorial, Chris.

[@AquashiiMusic]

Big inspiration thank you so much for all you do 🙏🌞

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Thank you my friend!

[@pablomoreno1996]

8:35 sounds like Runescape

[@zoraizchan]

Absolutely love your enthusiasm for this! I started learning music production to make synthwave, but you're slowly dragging me towards ambient shores as well :)

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Thank you so much! I truly appreciate that.

[@gammasutrasounds]

Just finished following this one along. Fantastic video here, incredible, actually. Thanks so much! How to build amazing sounds track after track from the ground up, and the quality of the end result and instruction on how to put it all together are amazing. Thank you, so much!

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

You're welcome Keith! Glad you're learning a lot. Appreciate the positive feedback!

[@blackcitadel37]

Sick track 🔥

[@tonyblue1]

That was excellent 👌 😊

[@Gabriel-l2j1r]

I really wanted to increase the volume on my headphones but the guy keeps screaming into the damn mic.

[@sederquest]

Buy the album 😛

[@blackcitadel37]

Let the man be happy.

[@Gabriel-l2j1r]

@@blackcitadel37 Let me listen to the synth 😂

[@Tarbash7364]

The crack is available for windows already yes! 🙌🏻 also really awesome video thx