How To Make a Song Like Mk.Gee | Music Production Tutorial

[@mtchlrtoo]

RaingerFX Pedal for Ableton 12: rangewayrecs.gumroad.com/l/isrpw RaingerFX Pedal for Logic Pro: rangewayrecs.gumroad.com/l/hmyxf

[@lilwombat]

I remade the rainger fx reverb as a ableton rack because of mk.gee. it's the thing that stood out the most especially in the live versions. You make a parallel rack with a gate then reverb then fuzz.

[@mtchlrtoo]

You’re the goat

[@lilwombat]

@@mtchlrtoo if you want the second mode it has you can use an envelope follower after the gate linked a utility after the fuzz

[@dennis.7724]

cap

[@mtchlrtoo]

@@dennis.7724 not cap

[@dennis.7724]

@@mtchlrtoo if it aint cap then drop the rainger fx rack rn. (Ur at gun point sir)

[@JonathanOgdenMusic]

Envelope Follower is so nice! That feels like one of the key parts of his sound, there's so much dynamic going on, allowing the loud parts to really open up and burst through.

[@mtchlrtoo]

Hahah thanks I think so! Just had the idea on whim, could be a wah pedal he uses though. Not super sure!

[@JeffreyMMVIII]

mkgee is nuts, cool to see how close you got dude!

[@cadenbenton6235]

I’m sure you probably know but for anyone wondering how he gets that touch sensitive headroom, he runs his guitar through a tascam portastudio. When he hits real hard it causes the porta to clip.

[@mtchlrtoo]

yep! slowly but surely more info about him is coming out and im totally here for it!

[@RadioBluesPR]

The Hornet Cassette 644 will get you there 😉. Super cheap too!

[@BassByTheBay]

Nice work! FTR, changing your tuning from E to D is just one step (whole step), or two half steps (Eb would be a half step). So mk.gee's tuning down to C is two steps down, or 4 half steps.

[@stillwaitingforblackmetalr2503]

That is such a nice riff man, gw

[@Unknown_Preacher]

such a great video man! like the way how you describe your process, please keep it up!

[@mtchlrtoo]

I appreciate that!

[@sethhughes506]

Let’s go!!! Thank you brother - abt to watch👍

[@usernotavailable215]

bro in the next ones open the plugins, i know it doesn't make much difference but it's good to know what you've actually done, please. thank you so much for it btw

[@mtchlrtoo]

On it, dan 🫡🫡

[@ulysseschaslus2048]

Good vid

[@drewgrit_]

Very impressive my dude, great video and great track!

[@3129021jc]

Super talented bro, love the video!

[@giraffeapproved]

Thanks for making this video! I learnt a lot from this.

[@fisherthompson]

one thing mk.gee has said is that tho he uses a jazz chorus, he only uses it for monitoring! he actually uses a tascam portastudio as a dirty DI/gain stage :)

[@mtchlrtoo]

Ahhh, I’m glad this video is doing well because I keep getting great tips to achieve his tone! Thanks!

[@funkerdoo]

ayy mk.gee! I've been inspired by them for a minute so it's nice to see some examples

[@mtchlrtoo]

Can’t get em outta my head

[@user-nr5br6lq7y]

thanks for making this bro, great video.

[@lookatlarin]

Hiii, may I download the full project or buy it? Im so interested in a vocal part

[@paulysantaana1728]

Man thank you for this!

[@thedeadcanary]

Cool stuff, man!

[@Baskerville__]

Incredible. Just subscribed! Is there any way you would give out / sell the project file please? Would love to use this as my template.

[@mtchlrtoo]

Yo! Can't give out the project file but if you send me a DM on instagram I can work with you and help you make something similar!

[@FAMELyricVideos]

can you do a video on how to come up with guitar parts and riffs like mk.gee?? this is so good

[@mtchlrtoo]

Yo! made a little video for that over on instagram (@prod.mtchlr)

[@ajfrye3634]

This is sick

[@user-th6rh8zp3t]

it's so cool that you make music when you're not watching guys rail your girlfriend

[@mtchlrtoo]

never been so taken aback by a comment lmao I don’t even know what to say

[@user-th6rh8zp3t]

@@mtchlrtoo my b im drunk af do more vocal mixing vids

[@ericpham5081]

You’re weird

[@pudgeld8191]

@@ericpham5081 and yur boring 😒 my man is speaking his mind

[@danesteez]

Looks like someone is projecting again…

[@TheMuseap]

bro can you release that song pls. I would listen to this indpendent of mk.gee you have crazy talent

[@mtchlrtoo]

Hahah thanks man! Maybe maybe!

[@skyborax5159]

Nice vid. You absolutely gotta listen to Dijon. his music makes me weep

[@mtchlrtoo]

yesss i do

[@f4llenstarr]

Would anyone recommend any good third party sound banks people make in the style of artists like mk.gee, james blake, sampha for example? Or a good VST to get? I have Arturia bundle which has a lot of stuff I think works for their sound but I'd love to buy a bank of 100+ sounds (keys, bass, pads etc) specifically in that style so I'm not searching through thousands.

[@mtchlrtoo]

@@f4llenstarr hey man, I mean I love the analog lab V stuff from Arturia, but you’ve got quite a bit of different artists you want to sound like. For James Blake, maybe serum or analog lab, for mkgee you’ll want some more analog sounding stuff, maybe analog lab would work, you’ll probably want super dead drums (good drum sample kit), I don’t think there’s really a one size fits all type of plug-in for you

[@f4llenstarr]

@@mtchlrtoo Is "dead drums" by jake reed? just googled it. Yeah I think for me to stay within the Arturia bundle makes sense as so many great sounds there but yeah like thousands of sounds so I'm kinda looking for a third party/fan made/producer made bank to buy that just has all them kind of sounds in them

[@tigersteffi]

Hey small correction Mg.kee actually tunes all the way down to Bb :) he capos on a good amount of his songs tho

[@mtchlrtoo]

Yeaaa I believe he uses a baritone and tunes down lower, then adds a capo

[@ddt92712]

brotherr can you try a Day Wave type of song next?

[@gabkiu]

this is my bible

[@nataliehowell3841]

sick video! how did you start getting into self producing kinda as a hobby? looking to learn some basics for guitar centered stuff

[@mtchlrtoo]

I honestly just started making horrible covers in like 2018, made a ton of music for myself, and nowadays I produce and mix for others. Hit me up on instagram if you need any help

[@callmevinci]

Did you tune your guitar down physically or was you able to do that in ableton?

[@mtchlrtoo]

tuned it down physically!

[@zyontavarez]

W vid

[@mtchlrtoo]

W comment

[@jackpender]

Loved this video, I've been working on this sound myself, but for the guitar I'm going for the live tone instead. Everything else was super helpful too. There's a cool video where he details his rig for dijon and it sounds like what he uses for his own music. Baritone-esque jaguar is his secret weapon, tuned to A# standard using a capo whenever, as well as a pretty cool reverb. Really interesting stuff kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6upZWqAh5uFaq8si=K2SIPdbQa1S1muFv

[@mtchlrtoo]

Just watched that video! Was awesome

[@skaguitarist89]

*half steps. Or cut the number in half of steps that you're saying. A step is two semitones

[@mtchlrtoo]

Correct! one of those things i didn't think about in the moment