How to REALLY make MODERN MELODIC TECHNO 🤯

[@Alice-Efe]

🎁If you want to learn more about melodic techno; here is my 41 lectures, 13 hours melodic techno masterclass: courses.mercurialtones.com/courses/start-to-finish-melodic-techno If you just need the sounds and samples, here are they: www.mercurialtones.com/

[@eliranfarag3366]

Hi you do privet sessions?

[@cyberinstinction]

hey alice, I'm so grateful for your helpful videos. I haven't been making music for long but I don't want to work with a DAW. I'm trying to implement your tips with the Roland MC707. It's really very difficult and I always fail because of the sound picking, melodies and synthys that overlap.

[@cyberinstinction]

@@eliranfarag3366 that's a good idea

[@lpm76]

This is how competence sound like!! I am so impressed with how you are able to teach and simplify things that originally seemed complicated. I am a MASSIVE fan of your videos Alice!

[@Alice-Efe]

Aww thanks a ton! Thank you for all the support. Comments like this keeps me motivated to make more videos like this. ❤️

[@petervanhoorenbeeck4119]

Amazing how you are able to explain everything effortlessly. I always end up overcomplicating things and eventually trash the 'track' as I get stuck with too may elements. Back to basics, back to simplicity for me and your channel will help me with that! Keep up the good work.

[@chejoseofficialTV]

Very nice video! I've seen so many conflicting info on this, and you nailed it here, the fact that movement in the sound is what sets this apart. Lots of jump in octaves, and lots of play with volume envelope, filter envelopes ect.

[@Alice-Efe]

Thank you! and agree with you 100%!

[@NickDavisMusic]

Amazing content and teaching style. I was a film composer for many years but just got into making Melodic Techno recently. I’m getting better with every one of your videos. And your tracks are fire. 👊🏻

[@KingGrio]

On the "loop" discussion I want to say that there are some software that allows you to easily manipulate and juggle loops. Like in Reason, Dr Rex.

[@davido9136]

I recently discovered your channel. You are very professional. Unbelievable how you can name everything we can here in a techno music. Back in the days, Emmanuel Top - Climax, Energy 52 - Café Del Mar '98 (Three 'N One Mix), etc. They were so cool sounding techno music. Now you created same feeling for me in 2024. Keep up the good work.

[@mrsnowman9227]

Many thanks Alice. I've not long come across your channel but rapidly becoming an avid follower! All of your videos are so engaging and easy to follow. You have a great way of explaining things clearly ... and always with so much positive energy 🙂 Keep 'em coming!

[@Alice-Efe]

Thank you and glad you are tuning into my channel! I will try to do even better videos so you still wanna keep come back 😊

[@backfaze_music]

Super helpful tutorial!! Thanks so much!!🙏🏻

[@konstantinepope]

Your teaching is at such a high level that even if a tutorial is about something I already know I will still watch it just to put my head in order and for the sheer enjoyment of it 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@remuted8656]

Alice, you are SO GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO. You're inspiring. Thanks for everything.

[@benjones6625]

Really admire your knowledge in music production, thanks for sharing it 🎉

[@roderiechrivas607]

You always inspire me to push myself beyond by showing tools and skills. You really are amazing girl ❤

[@Alice-Efe]

aww thank you! ❤ All the best to you!

[@LANDRmusic]

A great video with lots of well explained points! Thank you for this 😁

[@Alice-Efe]

Ayy ayy, thank you LANDR! ❤

[@theanimalworld692]

The comprehensive tutorial that clearly explanation step by step. Big thank

[@Alice-Efe]

Glad it was helpful! I am more than happy to help our community. ❤️

[@GamingLife-cp6xj]

I just tried the first part with a low end and ohhh my :P

[@archangel0280]

as always insanely informational content

[@Alice-Efe]

Happy to help 😊

[@Jessica-tk7fl]

You’re such a great teacher and you always give such good tips! Thanks so much for helping me become a better producer ❤️

[@Alice-Efe]

Really great to hear, good luck with your production journey!

[@marcellkovacs5452]

I've just found your channel and the advice is super solid. One suggestion though, I find the background music while you're talking pretty distracting, it pulls me out of the vibe of the song you're working on.

[@dighawaii1]

This is amazing. Thank you

[@Alice-Efe]

Welcome aboard! 🥳

[@diverbrent]

I had no idea.... thank you!!!

[@Glesga_lassie]

I ended up her after your Anyma video popped up on my page, im so glad it did because as someone who can play instruments, has been going to raves for 30 years, but has zero idea how my favorite tracks from back in the 90's and 00's (such as Lizard by Mauro Picotto, and Binary Finary) to now loving Anyma, Rebuke ect its so interesting to see how these tracks are created. Youre a fantastic teacher, and I really liked some of your own tunes Ive seen in your videos! P.S. you really suit the blonde hair 😊

[@skndl4550]

You're very talented, love u! ❤

[@Alice-Efe]

Thank you very much!! ❤

[@davefellows]

Well done for being such a great teacher, this is really cool, subscribed!

[@euphoriamaisoncreative]

great vid!! Merci!!

[@innerdose]

super accurate! nice work Alice! but... THAT SERUM SKIN... amazing!!

[@adrix_md]

OMG, your tracks are fire, i like it 👍

[@jayR0191]

Can you make a video on how you process your vocals and make them dark ? Please and thank you

[@dab-mode]

your videos helped me a lot..Thank you so much 🙏❤

[@ahmedeltoukhy]

loved your track, thanks for all the help, cheers !

[@Alice-Efe]

Cheers✨✌️

[@tocompose]

Loved the tips on the hats 👍

[@Alice-Efe]

Glad you did! 😊

[@gaithouri]

your work is aweeesooome.. thanks !

[@matrixfusionofficial]

AWESOME

[@ketzal.tierra]

soo good! great insight alice 🙌🏽

[@zariisofficial]

This is excellent, well explained. Subbed :)

[@TechnoStrannik]

Wow! It’s amazing!!! The best!

[@Alice-Efe]

Thank you! ❤

[@ozziereaker]

awesome trick with eq!!

[@Alice-Efe]

Glad you like it!

[@Tremi11]

Thank you for the training and tips, do you make money by selling music? I want to try myself at this

[@pedroesteve5588]

Absolutely class 🙌

[@Alice-Efe]

❤

[@itayoron]

You are probably one of the best music production teachers on KZbin! Thanks for all the info 🙏 BTW where is the link for your Patreon? I couldn’t find it on the description

[@Alice-Efe]

Aww thanks a ton! ❤ I see that it is on the description but here you go: patreon.com/biskuwi 😊

[@itayoron]

@@Alice-Efe I somehow managed to miss it 😅

[@MerlyndeZinger]

This is amazing.

[@alexandrebeninger395]

Damn this big lead is awesome !

[@jean-marcdecanter7719]

As always, big thumb up ! 😁

[@Alice-Efe]

Big thanks!

[@Rohetraxx]

amazing lead on your track on the drrop its amazing, you are a legend! hope on day i can design lik you :)

[@Alice-Efe]

Thank you! I am sure you will! 😊

[@ikemkrueger]

Are the final songs from you available?

[@musiclover_ofc]

The Best Dj Only One Anyma

[@iagmusicandflying]

I've found that AI makes things that sound superficially good, but there's really nothing REALLY interesting going on in them. Super useful for inspiration though. This video came to me at just the right time! I feel like I'm on the cusp of making actually good stuff and I feel like these tips were a map to where I needed to go next. Thank you so much!

[@Alice-Efe]

Good luck! You got this. 💯

[@qtrax100]

Some seriously good techno Alice.

[@Alice-Efe]

Thank you! ❤

[@squezer]

Step 4:The Focus, i need that track asap, is it released somewhere?

[@Alice-Efe]

Not released yet but it should come out in upcoming months. 😊

[@junglejon74]

Can I buy the track in Step 4: The Focus?

[@tobiaskeller6734]

Best Tutorial so Far… incredibily helpful And How to get this amazing serum Skin ?😅

[@ianvjones]

Fkn excellent as always!

[@TheJonadri]

very nice!! thank you! what about the tuning of the kick in relation with the bass, you tune it root note of the track, maybe kick to root and bass to 3rd or 5th??

[@Alice-Efe]

I like to tune it to either root or the 5th. But 3rd should work as well. That being said, if the kick is super short and doesnt have any audible sustained sub, it doesnt matter. Also some kicks would have constant pitch roll, those can't be "tuned" for example and can sound good in a mix. So it depends a little bit on the kick I am using. 😊

[@tomlawless4406]

Starting to make tracks as a perfectionist and with the passion to create songs similar to what I love listening to I just get stuck I’m sure I’ll break through this barrier though 😅

[@tomlawless4406]

And I’ll call my first track, broken barriers 😊

[@jezz8864]

Hi alice, i just started my production journey i came across to ur videos and they are really helpful. Is there any techniques to write catchy or perfect melodies ?

[@Alice-Efe]

Welcome to our community and hope you the best with your production journey! I have a couple of video about it. You just need to go a bit of back in my videos 😊

[@jezz8864]

@Alice-Efe thanks alice Yea i guess i will go thru all ur videos now

[@bogdanazarov804]

Благодарю солнце!

[@TheBlindingBoyofficial]

what program do you use in the video?

[@Alice-Efe]

Ableton Live

[@rafiromusic]

Pure gold again

[@bobbyrinehart1299]

Good stuff

[@ariana_dj]

AAA MANZING

[@Ivan_1986]

Awesome vibe, awesome video, awesome bit. Already subscribed and checked out mercurialtones. What a goldmine for techno lovers❤️ Alice, please create a tutorial for Bitwig! Would be an instant purchase on my side. Started learning this DAW and already bought couple of great tutorials one for ambient and one for psy-trance. Melodic techno is missing😊

[@ChargOfficial]

awesome

[@Robert_Babicz]

You give good tips, but I wonder what happened to melodic techno in general. Are people only using one-note offbeat basslines? were is the fun :-)

[@Alice-Efe]

Robert! ❤ Thank you! It is kind of the case and the rolling basslines and 8th/dotted 8th patterns are popular in mainroom/club tracks right now. They create a driving energy that's perfect for dancing, which I've definitely experienced firsthand at clubs and festivals when I DJed too. It seems the current trend favors 'in your face' tracks, and these basslines provide the necessary power while leaving space for big leads and hooks. Of course, there's a whole world of melodic techno with diverse basslines beyond the mainstream. I like to go to Beatport hype releases and do a bit of crate digging to hear some leftfield songs in the genre. I think we are at the moment where melodic techno got so big that it has to split into sub genres to keep evolving. Like techno did.

[@Robert_Babicz]

@@Alice-Efe yes you are right

[@michalpenarski2871]

Amazing, subbed and going to watch everything now 🫡

[@tnbeats5154]

teşekkürler harika bilgiler için

[@lars4422]

Hiya, great vid thanks a lot for this! Quick question: at 2:18 I was looking for the oscilators you use, but cant find sub37 and pro1. Any ideas? Sorry if its a noob question!

[@Alice-Efe]

Those are coming from my analog wavetables pack. 😊

[@lars4422]

@@Alice-Efe hehe you cheeky.. bought it

[@yeezythabest]

1st! Notification gang 😎

[@Alice-Efe]

Love the notification gang! 😘

[@flowscustompcs5017]

Is the song from the 4th Chapter released or something? What is the name of it? The one with 96 channels

[@Alice-Efe]

The date is not set yet but it is coming.

[@darmanent3898]

the track from step 4 can we have it pleaseeeeeee

[@tobiaskeller6734]

How to get this amazing serum Skin ?

[@Alice-Efe]

You can find it on Mercurial Tones 😊

[@CrisKanahuati]

You should do videos of how to psytrance like sajanka or whiteno1se, those artist are crazy good example to a good psy trance in my opinion

[@CrisKanahuati]

BTW Aswome tutorial, im saving it for later!

[@GabrielEther]

I'm always afraid to add reverb on things and end up getting a muddy mix

[@Alice-Efe]

There is nothing to be afraid of as long as you keep the balance. 😊

[@XINBVD]

А транс будем писать?

[@berkcansavc5480]

First time I saw a female giving tutorial about music production :) selamlar çok şaşırdım

[@All_Together_Now]

what is the track at @12:00? its so good

[@Alice-Efe]

It is one of my unreleased IDs. 😊✌

[@All_Together_Now]

@@Alice-Efe omg we need it releasedddd

[@marshallore6869]

Name of featured Biskuwi song?

[@Alice-Efe]

They are all unreleased IDs. Giving you guys exclusive previews! ❤️ That being said, you can hear the Justin remix on my latest mix on my "biskuwi" youtube channel. If that one is speciafically what you are looking for.

[@fufu8113]

harika içerik :))))))

[@КирКо-р1н]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@F.R.B.Synths]

🤖🤖🤖

[@АлександрРадько-о2ц]

👍👍🎶🎶🙌🙌👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@flufferdj]

How could i hope to replicate if you're using 1000nds of paid serums

[@ASAPShitPost]

Make them

[@NickyDekker89]

Recreate the sounds or buy the soundbanks. Those are your options 😋

[@producing8996]

We need keine musik tutorial

[@Alice-Efe]

Noting down

[@lekleklekq]

[@N0va123]

ur voice is golder than ur hair

[@Alice-Efe]

❤

[@quantum_ocean]

There is only one way and everyone is doing it wrong.

[@llasch28]

Lol

[@BtrueDesign]

What's the point of making music by yourself now, when you can just do it with Udio AI or Suno AI? I don't get it ?

[@OrlandoGamino]

This guy's shitting on other people while being part of the same problem he is talking about.... btw, moving wavetable starting points will create phase problems.

[@askfor666]

do you have brother Alice??

[@Driandeep_97]

Don’t

[@rip-off749]

Alice - you're simply great! Your preset packs are dope, your sample packs are dope. I love using them as I can move forward so quick. I make music with them on a regular basis. And your videos explain what I had to learn over the course of 10+ years. Keep it up and thanks!

[@Chalk-mz5ii]

Hey Alice, great stuff here as always! I have question if you don't mind, on the 4bar LFO2 on the filter on the bass. If you add an extra bar or a two bar break the envelope ends up out of sync. I have had this problem on a number of tracks. Is there a way to compensate for that.

[@Alice-Efe]

If you are in Ableton you can reset the beat, it is on the top part where you add the markers, right click "insert time signature change" .

[@Chalk-mz5ii]

@@Alice-Efe Awesome! Thank you for taking the time to reply on this. I am in FL Studio but would think that it should have a similar feature.