How To Make Lo-Fi House

In this video, I will show you how to use all Ableton stock plug-ins and your own source-finding resourcefulness to make a track in the style of Lo-Fi House artists like DJ Seinfeld, Ross From Friends, DJ Boring, Mall Grab, etc.
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[@hollowgroundproductions]

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[@notjunkfood9079]

man i've been producing in this style for years and you did such a great job at bringing the beauty and simplicity into the light for producers of all experience levels - nice work, subbed

[@hollowgroundproductions]

Cheers for the support and the kind words, mate!

[@Miguel-ve1lh]

That 2:00 minute mark sounds like oddling doesn’t it?

[@nthh6099]

just realized this is actually the best production vid i've seen... very inspiring!

[@dylanscott3279]

Best tutorial I’ve ever seen for this genre, very much appreciate the time and effort that you put into these 🙏🏼🙌🏼

[@AdriaanTG03]

A super underated genre that i absolutely love and I wish to make beats like these one day

[@hollowgroundproductions]

Give it a go, mate!!!!

[@AdriaanTG03]

@@hollowgroundproductions will do brother you seriously have talent i watched your burial type beat vids as well you’re truly something unique

[@OlehSobolev]

jesus christ man, your production skills (audio/video) is sick, subscribed. keep it up

[@RichardWakefield]

Love it! And really appreciate the pace (and glitches) of your delivery. You get straight to the point with everything and that’s just perfick! Can’t get over how well all those samples worked by the way!

[@producemusicwithme]

man the quality of your tutorials is incredible. You deserve much more love! Keep these coming

[@erwan1892]

Your channel is gold .thanks for all your work!!! 👍

[@gvoily9002]

Amazing! Liked subbed and belled! You keep it so simple, and the concepts are easy to understand on a high level. Keep it up!!

[@Claidheambmor]

Excellent video - concise, low-key sardonic and bet of all, absolutely spot on to the subject matter. I love making lo-fi house.

[@inquisidor8290]

sadly I'm not a producer but an expert in listening to lofi house, very good tutorial

[@oliverkeogh3564]

Scouring the internet for tutorials on this genre regularly, this one is jaw droppingly good. Can’t wait to go through it. Subbed.

[@oh456]

ilve tried to find countless videos for this genre and every tut did a horrible job but THIS vid is perfect thank you so much

[@GDmit]

Thats incredible, such a wonderful video and music !

[@eugemurziez9919]

Thank you so much !! Really usefull, love de edits by the way. Usted es un crack como diriamos en Argentina. Saludos y Bendiciones !!

[@Nobxdy-y]

this is sick dude,. The song ~ your editing

[@julienboillat9603]

Amazing, thanks! I like your style

[@wajay]

What I expected when making chords as a producer: "Oh man I gotta need to know music theory and shi to start making music" This tutorial 2:07 : "screw it just find whatever sounds good it'll work" Honestly, if I don't ever try then I will never know. It's actually a good advice!

[@AutPen38]

If Chris Morris and Limmy collaborated on a tutorial for making lo-fi house, it would be approximately 38% as entertaining as this.

[@hollowgroundproductions]

High praise!!

[@danielfeatherstone674]

Awesome and comprehensive stuff

[@pacoquero6329]

Great video mate, learned a lot

[@JayX974]

Best video on the internet

[@arko9151]

Amazing editing. Super underrated

[@accousteff]

Brilliant! pro level with ableton for sure, subbed.

[@paashaasXD]

Haha man I learned a lot and laughed at your edits, good job man, subscribed!

[@urphakeandgey6308]

That PS2 sample was funny, but so good.

[@osbjune204]

thanks mate had a nice

[@kumubumusic]

Ive watched hours of content for Lofi House production and you offered the most value in the most concise way possible. Thank you! And subscribed.

[@vitogorchakovworks]

wow, that's really good lofi editing, nice

[@Iktheleon]

you are a genius mate

[@SquarepulseMusic]

Amazing tutorial. Subbed!!

[@kingcrabbster]

sic vid champ!

[@curiouscat8130]

Deadly stuff

[@Dorillien.]

Holy Shit, bruh!! H G W has got some serious skills! You gotta teach me this stuff. Very funny video aswell! Love Seinfeld! Tres Drole!

[@stef9019]

What a legend. I have no clue what you just did but it sounded great & made me laugh. Subbed.

[@RoCo202]

This is awesome

[@curiouscat8130]

Also so FUN for Seinfeld fans :D

[@SamanthaC641]

Really great tutorial!

[@OfficerKD4-4.4]

God bless you good sir.

[@yojidean]

nice video man!

[@bouillondestructure2378]

Thanks mate

[@rubenrojano78]

Very very cool

[@DJBILINGUAL]

This is stupiddddddd dope 🔥

[@abhishekc1458]

Wow really interesting one

[@TrayJayRecords]

Your a G. Subscribed

[@caioartus]

Lmao you make it seem so easy. Very good tune and great video.

[@guitargirlutube]

Excellent!!!!

[@alfiekovacs]

great vid

[@gddo]

THE BEST TUTORIAL..I will create the track and I will send you for the final result.... really thanks!!!!

[@hollowgroundproductions]

I'd love to hear it

[@jakobs8970]

Man that whitney houston cover acapella really tied it all together

[@AJ-bi7lm]

Love this man. Quick question- For the brightness group, is the intro grit channel just a resample of the session drums, and the one next to it a drum sample pulled from elsewhere? Had trouble following that part. Also do you listen to Huerco S? Any plans on doing a video on him?

[@Rotinaj37]

This is awesome. What version of Ableton are you using?

[@ananta_music]

te quiero mucho !!!

[@ElanBrio]

I made my first lofi house beat after this video

[@elwarof]

Awesome! Can i play it on my radio station?

[@blcny4aghst]

That’s it! I’m buying a computer!

[@user1756]

Thanks a bunch, I learned a lot from this video. Just as a hint, perhaps you should put an epilepsy trigger warning at the beginning of your videos :D

[@noisyshaun]

Is the actual finished track available anywhere? I genuinely like it ❤️

[@JiffiJiffJeff]

wow

[@vhorko]

Friendoooo! What a good sound you scored, you could do the style of Felipe Gordon, please

[@hollowgroundproductions]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4LMgISjeKplmpI Happy now?? 😡😡😡😡😡🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@calvinsingleton7116]

Serious craic this mate. Serious tunage as well. Let's pint and jam

[@hollowgroundproductions]

You London Based, sir?

[@cm-co9sd]

bro ive just installed flo i really want to get into this man fuck i love this genre of music

[@CyberBullyBeatmaker]

I was born to make Lofi house music no cap

[@_wuido]

how did you create the pad with wavetable I coulnt found the same sound that you have

[@hollowgroundproductions]

Sorry dude. I breezed passed a crucial step in the video. at 1:58, when you see the Wavetable, at the bottom right of the instrument, you see "Unison", and you can change the "Voices" and "Amount". Choose "Classic" as a Unison option, then select "4" voices and around "50%" amount. This will widen the sound!

[@huwu6618]

fucking genius video. info filled with a touch of funny

[@alek0stoev878]

really good videos, but for someone like me who’s still learning how to use ableton, i really wish you would take it down a couple notches speed wise haha

[@mybiggrin]

Can you do BURIAL?

[@Keetzz]

Hey, could you explain how you got the kick on the piano roll with the midi track?

[@jovantrendmaker4722]

Lol this looks so easy like anyone can do it in 15 minutes... Reality is making good and original lo-fi track is hard or they all sound the same...

[@depht_]

This is totally great man, I just have a question about the pad you made in wavetable. When you say LFO on the pitch, when I do this I just hear it pitching up and down dramatically, even though it's only set to 3.5, whereas yours didn't do that at all. I can't see why it's doing that compared to yours. Sorry, I'm a noob

[@ljobson]

If you go to the LFO itself, it has an amount %, reduce it to somewhere like 5%, you can see this trick in the Boards of Canada tut he gives

[@robertsyrett1992]

I wish the world would allow for obvious samples.

[@tyroneshoelacez3498]

Love to see a Jon Hopkins tutorial

[@hollowgroundproductions]

Got one coming later in the year!! Make sure youre subbed to catch it!!

[@sgalabarda]

Do you like Portishead? And if you do is there any chance you could do a video on them?☺️

[@whiteshadow247]

God damn, this is exactly what I am looking for. Thank you! Straight forward and to the point! Fuck and Seinfeld sample‽ PERFECT

[@javierxhr]

4:26 holy...

[@smokeyboi7624]

What is the best way to download vocal samples from KZbin or other shows?

[@Pazaluz]

Hi, i just started watching and i'm wondering : What's the point of sidechaining your snare to the kick?

[@hollowgroundproductions]

Because its lo-fi, i wanted to maximise the distortion and crunch on the impact of the snare, so step 1 is to sidechain it so the kick is distorting the top of the snare, and step 2 is to group the kick and the snare together and drive the saturator over both. The results are more lo fi. But other than this genre, Since making this video, I've honestly changed my routine on snares. Sidechain compression usually takes place when the kick and snare don't sit we'll together, in which case it makes more sense to change the samples.

[@lookwatchadone2684]

Great tutorial. Any organic house coming up?

[@hollowgroundproductions]

Glad you're liking the videos. "Organic House" turorial due for January 2022, mate! Watch this space ;).

[@hollowgroundproductions]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6DYZ6J9l712l5Y Ask and yee shall receive!

[@dansnofrills4824]

what is the name of the first track you payed in the into?

[@adrianconsta1139]

Hey, mate, great tutorial! I would have few questions, please. 01) In regards to the clap, could you please explain why would you sidechain it to the kick? For house, clap would there be anyway on the 2s and 4s kicks so you can just balance it, instead of using sidechain. Could you please advise if I'm missing something here? Also, in the video, sidechain doesn't seem to work. 02) Also, could you please advise if there is a reason for having the compression from the clap in a group? I can't see any mapped macro in there. :) 03) Regarding to creating chords, do you try and experiment to come up with the cords? Or are you counting on music theory knowledge? 04) Are all bass notes on offbeat? 05) Do you tune the vox by ear or are you using some special plugin for that? :) 07) Do you always start the arrangement from the session view? Haaa, you sampled Seinfeld! The TV show, not the DJ. :)) Love it. Btw, love your minimalistic way of working, didn't saw any third party plugin in there. I think I have too many of those! :)) And the track is a serious gem! Sorry for all the questions and long comment. :) Thank you! :)

[@hollowgroundproductions]

Damn, this guy is engaged for real! Ok, so in brief. 01) The few clips in the video where the sidechain is not activated are a result of the editing of the video, some cutaways that were done out of sequence before I activated the sidechain properly, which in truth I did afterwards. And the precision with which you sidechain your clap to the kick depends on the genre. If i were working in Commercial Tech House, i would spend more time getting the levels right to avoid unnecessary distortion. Less necessary for the grimy aesthetic of LoFi House. 02) It's just a "Sidechain" audio rack I have in my presets which i threw in after the other plug-ins 03) Some of the notes are on the 1, and therefore hit with the kick 04) A bit of sarcasm in the video at that point. It is a chord that I have used before, and its a Minor 9 chord, Dm9 to Am9. In future videos I will cover chord theory and midi chord presets. 05) Vox tuned by ear, but it is possible to use spectrum analyser to help, no special plug-in that I am aware of...but these things ultimately come down to tuning your ear to what works in the mix 06) no question - no answer, my good man!! 07) If my track is dependant on loops, or if i'm planning a live set of launchable clips, or for illustration purposes, I rely on session view in the beginning. Otherwise, for my own purposes, I will often begin in arrangement. Hope that helps!

[@adrianconsta1139]

​@@hollowgroundproductions Cool, thank you a lot for taking the time to answer my questions. There is a lot of good information here. For samples tuning I'm using Mixed in Key Studio Edition. Still, there would be a much cheaper plugin, HoRNet's SongKey, which just released their 4th's version. Haven't tested it yet tho. Exicited about the new episodes, thank you! :)

[@pattison_iman]

I want to listen this song 🙏🙏😭

[@zllay]

How can u make the saw wave sound so... airy? Mine are just blatant harsh and aggressive, i've tried for hours now and it just doensn't wanna work :')

[@vindarg3302]

yeah same lol

[@leejohnson197733]

How are you checking its all in key?

[@hollowgroundproductions]

Honestly, by ear!!! There are techniques for checking, but I personally don't, so I'm not the best person to ask how to do it!!

[@DJBILINGUAL]

This is stupid ill but I also love the vid edits

[@fxreigner]

please give song on 0:19

[@hollowgroundproductions]

Harrison BDP - Convection Zone Quasar - A Song For Us 2 absolute LoFi weapons, I regularly play these out early night

[@gddo]

you are the funny guy?

[@mickeymiranda_]

can all this be done on logic x?

[@hollowgroundproductions]

Logically speaking, yes.

[@en1gma127]

Is that the US National Anthem I hear at 2:00?

[@hollowgroundproductions]

Just spotted that now when rewatching. Hmm...yeah, you've got a point!! Does sound a bit like it!

[@leejohnson197733]

My 16th class hats never sound like that, you using swing?

[@hollowgroundproductions]

Yes...a swing preset in the groove pool

[@kumubumusic]

Awe man you had me until you got to the wavetable. I did as instructed and COULD NOT GET THAT SAME QUALITY SOUND. How dafuq you gon skip steps without showing us 🙄

[@dizarmed1]

in wavetable -> mod sources - LFO1 - rate 1.07 - amount 3.9 and frequency ~ 1 or 2

[@Bakobiibizo]

need a seizure warning for your intro lol

[@stealthynl4897]

I never wil use samples from KZbin, or free samples. Produce your own.

[@noname-name1]

Good