HoneyLuv Makes A House Track From Scratch

We join HoneyLuv at W1 Studios in London for the latest in our Beat From Scratch series, as she talks us through the creative approaches she uses to produce her trademark hypnotic and groovy house.
Off the back of a number of solo releases, as well as collaborations with artists including Jamie Jones, Roland Clark and Seth Troxler, HoneyLuv has quickly cemented herself as one of the leaders in the next generation of house music producers.
In this episode HoneyLuv shares her top tips for using Ableton, her favourite native plug-ins and sample packs, alongside outlining her approach for on-the-road production with minimal hardware.
Beat from Scratch is a unique insight into an artist's creative process in the studio. Starting from a blank session, each artist builds a track from scratch in their own style, exploring everything from drum and synth programming to mixing, arrangement and more.
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[@DJMag]

Who's feeling this beat? Let us know who we should invite to the studio next 👇

[@thmbackspace]

prok and fitch, d.ramirez,...

[@newhite59]

BasiK

[@andrewveto]

Floorplan

[@Carlho80]

Her ghost producer?

[@adamcook8564]

SKREAM! Please

[@harentino1986]

Really enjoy watching how other people work in Ableton

[@PanopticMotion]

This is awesome. Please keep the Track From Scratch series going.

[@shanedooney4683]

I mean as a beginner this video has a few tips, basically just add some warm to everything. Also the title is a bit misleading, it should be called a loop from scratch. This isnt a track

[@BeritzLofi]

hi, when you listen to her, you realize the importance of... having good friends, and good samples

[@user-jh3rt2cr2u]

Чётко ✌👌👍🙏

[@PhuongNguyen-tz4xx]

u gotta be kidding me this is some grade 8 stuff bring mandragora on here

[@tellerrecords]

Thanks for those amazing tips!!

[@RockstahRolln]

Really enjoyed this process!

[@DanChippendaleMusic]

I always had this preconception that professional musicians 'have a sound in their head' that they want to create. But actually, most music is just from sitting there and seeing what happens. Which is totally how I make stuff. 😅

[@panic7659]

Perhaps people that have perfect pitch may be like that but them cats are few and far between, for most of all us others its a rinse and repeat process I reckon

[@totttrax]

This sounding great

[@dangermouse3619]

Its got an old skool vibe to it

[@BackToBasics90s]

Would love to see David Morales working on a track in this series, absolute legend in house music 👊🏼

[@MatzNG]

Such a great content❤❤❤ Revealing the secret that top producers are still learning and experimenting!!!

[@DJMag]

Glad you think so!

[@beatMason]

This is making me want to signup for Roland Cloud (where you'll be able to get access to the VST versions of ALL Roland's legendary keyboards like the Juno she is using in the video). But then I realised how poor I am and decided I can't signup.

[@dillonhall3344]

Ableton Baby

[@user-zi2id3dy5e]

Love it

[@MYEVILTWIIN]

Ar pee go 😂

[@cryptoholica72]

lol yup....

[@RockstahRolln]

Wow ... IKR... 🤐😶

[@martinkovacik1240]

Seth Troxleeerrrrrr yaaaaaah 🎉

[@jaywilldoit]

Idk man, I don't think this is sounding warm enough for me. I think it needs to be a bit warmer.

[@monsieurpatate303]

Hello, I find the software excellent and very quick to implement. Before watching I wasn't very sure of myself but I'm reassured about the workflow used :) I do pretty much the same, thank you for sharing this video

[@hankybostik7634]

Love Honey

[@HVYCHKNRADIO]

❤️‍🔥🔥🥁

[@eddiexx]

its interesting how so many of u.s producers seem to finance their artistry by aiding the forever wars and military industrial complex then go and become artists with full fledged studios etc.

[@THOMASTAYIMOEHL]

Who else?

[@eddiexx]

@@THOMASTAYIMOEHL man, its simply overwhelming amount. you would think its an exaggeration but find a producer youtube channel with a lot of hardware and the chance is pretty big, but obvioulsy you have to follow or check their pictures on other accounts and sooner or later its all financed by the military so to speak. specially within urban type of music, sad situation really

[@TheBroDotTV]

​@@THOMASTAYIMOEHLI think he's being ironic 😂

[@paulwhittaker5494]

Would love to see Steve Spacek's process & EVM128... ❤

[@paulwhittaker5494]

That was great!!!.... ( Nice to see someone explain their proccess in such a straightforward & as is way... )

[@DJMag]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@chumza7498]

Such an expensive studio she means business

[@NOEL-004]

there is a newer version of sting which works even better😎

[@djmili4227]

💣

[@gamering_mx]

needs to be warmer 😄

[@BeritzLofi]

Hi, can anyone can tell me the tip she explains, at the beggining, with the kick ? I didn't know this "shorcut" to loop the kick. I don't see how to do that... Thank's in advice if anyone can help me !

[@prestigious5s23]

I don't use ableton but lookup how to drag and duplicate, or something like that. Normally involves holding CTRL/CMD and dragging.

[@tigerfistocular9110]

heyyy fellow ableton user here! Make sure ur kick sample is exactly one bar in length (if not cut it). Click on it and on the bottom left in arrangement view where it says the info about the sample like the name, length, and start and end times, you should see a button that says loop. turns orange when you click it and then you can just drag the end of the kick to ur desired length for the loop. hope this helps, happy producing!!

[@BeritzLofi]

Thank you very much !

[@BeritzLofi]

​@@prestigious5s23thank's !

[@BeritzLofi]

​@@tigerfistocular9110thank you ! It worked. (just did a ctrl+J to create an audio with the kick, then you can activate the small "activate" button. Thank you !

[@EricLouthainTGC]

where does she source her samples?

[@geraldgoodiii6993]

Prob sample packs that come with premade loops

[@fransmakhudu2785]

Cymatics is the way

[@djvedits]

She's so hot 🔥 and talented.

[@MrLuca1475]

Ma ha superato il corso????

[@user-jh3rt2cr2u]

Бес музыку читает!!!

[@TheBroDotTV]

It's good but seems to me she's just using loops for bass and chords.

[@prestigious5s23]

That's the old way of doing things and tbh, still an excellent way to make music. Its cool what you can do with sampled bass and chords. Chop them up, layer them, switch them around, apply FX, etc. You can get so creative using samples. Its no different to sampling drums or guitars. Don't listen to anyone who tells you its cheating because some of the best music ever created was done using sampled loops. I have many official remix packs from popular 90s dance tracks and these always came with bass and chord loops to get hands on with.

[@danielfeatherstone674]

Nothing groundbreaking innit

[@stulindenjr]

Yo this awesome stuff and I love HoneyLuv as a producer 😮🎉❤ @DJMag

[@kiramomodotcom]

[@djjoellamenteperfecta]

I love your way of doing muisca I am a self-taught DJ interesting what you do each dj has his personality you are unique I like what you do.. Because I'm a DJ Producer.... ...