Habstrakt Track Breakdown: "Infinite" [Music Production Quick Tips]

[@SolStateMusic]

Habstrakt mentioned using a midi trigger for sidechain... Why? Midi-triggers ensure your sidechain stays in sync with Ableton (applies to any manual-shaping sidechain plugin in Ableton - Shaperbox, Gatekeeper, LFOTool, Kickstart). Wish somebody told me that sooner, but now you know... Excludes... Not sure this applies to other DAWs, this does not apply to real audio triggered compressors, and UAD plugins may further effect sync.

[@PRxChuletaz]

Someone can correct me if I’m wrong but I think that works for all DAWs when you use a compressor for sidechaining. I use FL studio and personally I’ve always stuck with volume automation instead of a compressor because of the flexibility of drawing the curve (similar to shaperbox except you don’t need to buy the plug-in) I use the built-in Fruity Balance for all my “sidechaining” (some people call this “ducking” as well)

[@djjimbo7432]

He suggested Barely Alive’s video on it, I found the specific vid: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGjWpI2NrK9jiZI Super in depth and helpful tip. I made a template for this like he described so every time I open Ableton it’s all setup and ready to go

[@PRxChuletaz]

@Anand Shah The reason for using fruity balance instead of the Mixer channel fader might be for one reason: Mixing (I sound dumb but hear me out). If you use your Mixer fader for automation, when you get to mix down the track you can't use those faders anymore to "properly" mix and instead would have to either resort to the volume knob in Channel rack OR edit the volume through the automation which is not ideal for mix downs. As to why the other ones, LFOTool is not midi trigger so you will have constant sidechaining meaning that if you wanted to sidechain specific parts differently you would need to have multiple LFOTools and have automation turning them on and off when needed (wastes a lot of CPU and time). Kickstart and VolumeShaper I don't know but yea, it basically goes back to the flexibility of creating unique automations easily without much CPU use (since Fruity Balance is a stock plugin). Hope my explanation made sense and helped, have a good day

[@smplchmp]

learning about this possibility w/ VolumeShaper was an eye opener for me. i appreciate the extra versatility and convenience vs the traditional approach.

[@PRxChuletaz]

@Anand Shah Oh wow, thats actually pretty neat, I'll check that out soon, thanks

[@musicbyabe]

"ur not gonna see me use crazy techniques" proceeds to show bunch of eqs that look like a cult ritual

[@SolStateMusic]

Ahahah we'll send you the cult invite soon 😉

[@TheMattmatic]

Hahahaha

[@1pelillos1]

Thank god we have SolState to watch all these streams and then break them down for us

[@SolStateMusic]

Thanks bud! Shoutout to all amazing producers for sharing this stuff too

[@risus7754]

@@SolStateMusic legendary

[@makerflaker8358]

He usually looks so sinister and angry during sets I never pictured him being so lively lolol

[@djjimbo7432]

Habby is a goldmine of tips. I was probably pausing every 2 seconds to check his FX rack for every sound

[@SolStateMusic]

Haha, hope you copied all those EQs 😉

[@PEJTGAMER]

Habstrakt seems like a really nice guy as well btw haha. Had a lot of fun watching this video!

[@briancase6180]

Man, after a year and a half and finally having some progress and success, I *totally* agree with him that you need to start multiple things quickly. Just drag in a kick and some percussion, maybe use EQ to tune some of the percussion (i.e., pull out a focus on a pitch), then search your library for crazy words, like "plastic" or "rubber" (I guess this would be good with splice, but I don't use it, yet?), drag some of those samples in, and arrange a four or eight bar loop. If you listen to the tuned percussion, you might get a suggestion for a simple melody. Lather, rinse, repeat as fast as you can for a day. If you get one good idea (you will), you succeeded.

[@adaneitor]

Maaann, the best video, I love this kind of kontent and habstrakt on this one, such a lovely guy!!

[@POINDXTRMUSIC]

Sol the real legend, thanks for this

[@parrat8589]

I love habstrakt. Wish he kept streaming I thought I would get to see him more often.

[@SolStateMusic]

Upvoting this!

[@carlpolksmith9693]

Such a cool dude. The entire stream is worth the watch you can find a few of them on youtube

[@karlomatijevic4793]

holy shit what he said about mastering is so true! once you master and mix your track like 5 times you really start to be discouraged and what he does is such a smart way to approach it

[@SolStateMusic]

Glad that one helped! Cool way to maintain progress and not get sick of your music!

[@briancase6180]

Nah, just put it aside for a week. Don't listen. Come back to it after you've worked on other things, maybe listened to released music. Then you'll be able to master. But: work quickly. That's what real mastering engineers do.... It doesn't take them long because they know they'll lose their objectivity. It also increases their revenue per unit of time ($$$). ☺️

[@karlomatijevic4793]

@@briancase6180 Thats definitely a good option when you have time!

[@davidmcpoland5286]

Your editing on these vids is awesome, thanks a lot!

[@SolStateMusic]

Thanks David!

[@TRNQUL]

Man's a living legend. So is Sol State for providing us with these videos 💚

[@SolStateMusic]

Thank you 💚

[@gamingrecess9829]

65 EQs really got me haha

[@Lumax96]

GOLD, I TELL YOU, YOU AND THESE STREAMS ARE PURE GOLD!!

[@SolStateMusic]

Thank you! 💚

[@ticalh76]

heck yes habstrakt is such an og ! great content thanks

[@SolStateMusic]

Appreciate it!

[@PEJTGAMER]

Yo, thanks so much for this! Your videos have taught me so much!

[@SolStateMusic]

Great to hear! Glad they're helping your music!

[@inatklw]

sol state thank you dawg

[@arawncronnis3112]

Damm that was a treasure of a video man...love ur contents dude ❤️

[@SolStateMusic]

Thanks a bunch, Arawn!

[@zRhid]

I have referenced this video so many times

[@ephjaymusic]

excellent!

[@theostene4444]

Awesome! Love this guy!

[@SolStateMusic]

He's a great producer!

[@sola7891]

Thanks you Sol State I love it My all time number one channel

[@SolStateMusic]

Thankn Sola! Appreciate you

[@ayyleeway]

I love Your channel bro! 🧡

[@SolStateMusic]

Thanks Leeway! Appreciate it

[@DELO480]

SOOO much good advice. Thank you thank you.

[@SolStateMusic]

You are very welcome!

[@MatthieuVlogs]

such a fantastic tutorial- makes me so proud of my french side haha- merciiii!

[@SolStateMusic]

merci!

[@sugabrownmusic]

Habstrakt's sound design is in a whole other level!!

[@SolStateMusic]

Yup! He really knows his plugs!

[@XRXONE]

Solstate i appreciate your uploads a lot

[@SolStateMusic]

Thank you! Hope it's helping your music!

[@XRXONE]

Sol State it is !!! Thank youu

[@davyow7465]

The king of bass house tbh

[@SolStateMusic]

Def one of em!

[@LeateqOfficial]

Great Channel Keep it up !

[@SolStateMusic]

Thanks, will do mate!

[@BigVic687]

Bro this channel plus the tips. Good looks! Now its time to send my track to someone else to master

[@SolStateMusic]

Thank you! Get the tune wrapped up!

[@rileyevans6070]

Fuckin love uncle habby “oh I got some cool shades too” 😂😂😂

[@ericmels9366]

Sol State love u❤

[@SolStateMusic]

💚

[@HowardCharlesUK]

You know it's about to get real when he puts the glasses on 3:30

[@gecko100]

goddamn this is a good video! thanks for sharing

[@SolStateMusic]

Thanks, my small animal friend (Gecko).

[@_TheViewer_]

Some nice bits, can’t lie. Doh I learned from Underbelly that it really helps to have the mix you want ready and then treat it like sending it to a new project just for mastering purposes. You force yourself to take of the creative hat and put on the technical one.

[@SolStateMusic]

I know some people that swear by that method too - do whatever works for you!

[@NaesLondon]

Habby!

[@de_ville5058]

Habbieee

[@SolStateMusic]

If only i could voice-to-text that 😉

[@christdolphin69]

i often think when watching these, how much would these guys love an octatack? ableton is like a convoluted version of the octatrack. you can do more, obviously but not much more when it comes down to the end result

[@Lumax96]

Does anyone know if something similar this morph filter is available as a vst for other DAWs? I mean one could surely achieve a similar effect with high/low/band pass and band stop filter combinations, but just having this "morph" knob seems a lot more convenient :D

[@SoundPeaks]

@SolState imo you do a great work but people are too lazy to study. Anyway there are advanced people like me that consider this content to be a pure gold, thanks!

[@SolStateMusic]

Thanks my friend! Glad you dig it

[@artfactmusic8947]

this is mamen

[@JohnT]

At 3:15 "The SUB is really really BASSic " - HABSTRAKT APR21 👌♥️

[@SolStateMusic]

BASSically

[@ElectroCouture]

Love love loves me some Habstrakt!!! Interesting to see how he does the damn thing! Keep these videos coming and check my mix show if you get the chance! Peace and Love - EC

[@dennisfriesen5923]

Imma a big Fan for years Now and i never heard His Voice 🤣

[@melsoro7311]

Love these tips, Also Sol idk if you remember me but i started producing EDM recently using only your videos to learn. I just released my first song/remix on my channel and i would appreciate if you could check it out and tell me what you think of it and the mixing. Anyways Thank you so much for these videos Sol i learned everything i needed from them!

[@Slyrapture]

why is there frenchie from the boys and not habstrakt

[@owenmacdevitt8947]

666k subscribers 😬

[@SolStateMusic]

We made it past, phew

[@makerflaker8358]

He sounds like zé cook from the little mermaid

[@marshallchadbourne6229]

Sol State is my father

[@listenfidi]

Da layers below the bass are useless

[@SolStateMusic]

Might be the KZbin encoder