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@mahiramvevo6 жыл бұрын
i neen your help do u have fb ?
@bigmack61126 жыл бұрын
What version are you using? and which do you prefer?? Fruity,Producer or Signature? I am new and considering purchasing it...I currently use Logic Pro X..
@akiramenai49736 жыл бұрын
I'm certainly not him, but I started with Producer, and a month later went to Signature for all the extra plugins. Signature gets you Newtone (like Autotune) and GrossBeat (similar to Stutter Edit, but basic), and DirectWave, the sampler with full functionality, among other things.
@inthemix6 жыл бұрын
I started on Producer but I got an upgrade to signature. Producer had 99% of what I needed :)
@bigmack61126 жыл бұрын
In The Mix I just bought Producer. Have been watching all of your For New user videos trying to learn my way around the Daw... wish me luck...lol
@metalgeartac81866 жыл бұрын
I found that if I get stuck in a loop, I'll try and take a half hour or an hour break or work on another project so when I come back, I'll have a new perspective. It really does help a lot.
@inthemix6 жыл бұрын
Metalgear Tac sometimes there is nothing more valuable for forward progress than taking a break from doing any work. Fresh perspective is so important :)
@GuyGamer16 жыл бұрын
if you had ideas then you would have made them and be able to come back later to them.
@JGHFunRun4 жыл бұрын
Plus that let’s you get a better idea of how good your loop really is. For the same reasons.
@ProducerGio3 жыл бұрын
@@CarefulHowYouStep same
@EmpiricalMind6 жыл бұрын
Lost count of how many unfinished tracks I have saved, I can't stay invested long enough to get anything finished.
@EmpiricalMind6 жыл бұрын
I don't think we're alone brother, it's frustrating as hell but you just have to keep trying new ideas, something will come together, it's part of music creation I guess.
@djgank82686 жыл бұрын
True dat. lol but I've found that sometimes I'm just feeling good and thats when I get a full track laid out. I used to spend so much more time just making loops and not getting anything done even though I wanted to. I feel like now I've gotten a grasp of when to work on a song and when not to. which is HUUUGE to me! Like have fun in the DAW yo!
@EmpiricalMind6 жыл бұрын
Cheers, ya key is to know when to leave something and start a fresh.
@ShoryYTP6 жыл бұрын
EmpiricalMind Same here. Yeah there are a buch of us
@EmpiricalMind6 жыл бұрын
I guess not finishing many tracks doesn't matter, as long as the process is still fun, and you're learning new stuff.
@wilberforce956 жыл бұрын
this is so cool, what a solid track.
@inthemix6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Will
@santoshpss5 жыл бұрын
This is the power of music, we can experiment so much and decide to take the next step, we can *create* anything.
@charliesimon75956 жыл бұрын
I subcribed right at 10:06. That chord progreession with the strings was totally brilliant
@Bassboy04152 жыл бұрын
Even though I've had this strategies in my toolbox for years, sometimes they get hidden behind the constantly stacking knowledge of DAW's and music production. I love coming to your videos forr critical reminders, a fresh mindset, and often brand new ideas. Thank you Michael!
@ternitamas6 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite in the album, the build up is amazing. The synergy of the all little elements is fascinating
@anhejo29136 жыл бұрын
I love how detailed you show your songwriting process! Thank you a lot!
@Table-Top6 жыл бұрын
Another great video with some golden advice. I often have a great idea thats 8 bars long but am frustrated and can't expand on it. I actually save it in my "ideas" folder and come back to it a few weeks later. But you've inspired me to try a few of you tricks to get it going. Appreciate you passing on what you know.
@93prince116 жыл бұрын
tabletop581 ahh I need an ideas folder so my main won't be so cluttered, thank you!
@inthemix6 жыл бұрын
tabletop581 me too! I have a folder called "experiments" where I'm not afraid to try anything and see where it goes
@scroez6 жыл бұрын
lol I've Idea & inspiration folders for my Artwork & my DAW (Logic) that are filling my Hard drives, I'm so fussy it's disabling my work flow. Though I got what you were doing, even though I use logic & not used FL. Cheers man nice one...
@andromedadelux6 жыл бұрын
I really need to organize my project folders, before my next song is called, Fuck these 5ths its 8ths.
@cococorino57676 жыл бұрын
oh my gosh this is really what I needed
@vlle.25676 жыл бұрын
me too! really useful, I ALWAYS have this loop-problem!
@cococorino57676 жыл бұрын
ikr! this is like, my biggest problem in trying to make music
@its_ndru6 жыл бұрын
oh man it's a cow
@cococorino57676 жыл бұрын
he's here
@dannykomjathy56115 жыл бұрын
Woah I appreciated the end of this. Where you spoke on the conversation that everyone is different; but, no matter what don't sit on a loop/beat for too long and also not giving up. Really nice hearing this from you! (:
@xoener6 жыл бұрын
Nice song! A bigger problem for me is not being able to break out of a specific chord progression. I can keep building on a loop and adding melodies / pads / effects, but at some point I want to have variety but it's hard because I keep hearing the same progression in my head -- it becomes the foundation so anything new I try to hear in my head still plays on top of the same progression.
@akramelmansouri675211 ай бұрын
you probably forgot you ever wrote this comment, but were you able to get through this? i'm kind of in the same spot
@xoener11 ай бұрын
@@akramelmansouri6752 Wow yes I don't remember writing this comment at all, haha. Five years later I still continue to write more incomplete songs and have the issue breaking out of the same chord progression, so I guess the journey continues. Just an idea that popped up in my head, but I wonder if I randomly pick a different set of chords in the same key or even a different key, essentially forcing myself out of a chord progression and trying until I find one that works with the previous one? I'm kind of curious so I might go try that out now!
@luce191411 ай бұрын
@@xoener i think i got some ideas for ya: look up some songs and their chords, steal the progression so you kinda can see and feel what other people do with music. Usually a verse will have different chords than the chorus The easiest way to change the verse from chorus is if the verse has 4 chords, just remove one so the chorus has 3 chords. (Verses generally have more chords than the chorus) Sometimes a verse will have all major chords and the chorus will have all minor chords You can also change things by having the verse start on the root, but having the chorus end on the root (and just random chords from the scale for the rest) Goodluck!
@xoener11 ай бұрын
@@luce1914 Appreciate the advice, so I think I was generally going the right direction using chords within the scale. So another idea popped up now that we all have the power of AI on our fingertips -- I asked ChatGPT about a chord variation based on my existing chords and it actually gave me a set of new chords that I started playing around with and so far seems to be giving me something new to move forward with for one of my songs. Definitely not something I could've done 5 years ago lol
@andromedadelux6 жыл бұрын
Step 1. Break your resolve. Step 2. Lead your movement when there is none. Step 3. Give your construct movement and be inspired by this movement. Step 4. Be inspired by automation to create movement. Step 5. Arrangement. I will say, breaking resolving chords, melodies, or even simple arpeggios may be difficult for the less musically inclined. But its essential to any transition.
@BassF1sh1nCat2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so very much. I will be watching your videos as courses to make the music I want to make. I'm a 60 year old retired gent and my journey is beginning, thank you for being my guide.
@coolben13106 жыл бұрын
Amazing tutorial, the way you explain that as loop breaking the loop concept it's exactly right. You won a sub, best regards.
@wardka6 жыл бұрын
Keep it simple. I need that advice! That's why I rarely ever finish anything. My projects get too complicated too quickly.
@inthemix6 жыл бұрын
We've all been there, 100 tracks of competing stuff for no reason! Good luck with your productions :)
@Otchengazoom5 жыл бұрын
This os the most useful production tutorial I've ever seen because you explain not only WHAT do you do, but WHY you do that. You explain where the ideas came from, which is usually hidden at others tutorials. Thank you very much. Hope you will continue use that point at your videos in future. 😊
@nabilmohdeb56472 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to say thank you michael for the effeorts you keep making for these videos, the way you explain things makes it so easy thank you from the bottom of my heart man ❤❤❤ we truly appreciate the tips and advices you keep providing with that positive energy much appreciated 🙏🖤
@DrVilest6 жыл бұрын
thanks for covering this topic💥
@raajmattu5 жыл бұрын
your Bollywood remakes and instrumentals are amazing! keep it up!
@AnymMusic6 жыл бұрын
I usually make the drop first, and then with all elements, I see what I like and can modify a bit for other parts. After that I add more stuff, like pads or arps
@gennadiichelak2 жыл бұрын
I can't stress enough to say how useful are your videos! I'm kinda stuck and don't know how to move on, this has definitely helped me!
@j0dgers6 жыл бұрын
I use Reaper, and used to use FL, but I find that your videos are fairly universal for most DAWs, and I appreciate that. Especially with FL's pipeline being different from most other DAWs. I must say, FL's UI does lend itself to the tutorial/explaining format of videos imo.
@inthemix6 жыл бұрын
James Rodgers - Composer Reaper is an amazing daw, I'd have to agree about the tutorial UI layout. It's very easy on the eyes and brain with the way it's layed out.
@Utubesuxmycock6 жыл бұрын
go FL 20 baby you wont regret it
@GoldBass5 жыл бұрын
I use LMMS (Linux Multimedia Studio) which is based on FL's workflow and UI. 80%-95% of any FL-based tutorial translates well.
@itryen76323 жыл бұрын
I got recommended part 2 first, and it took me MONTHS to find part 1. This is why you should put links in the description, folks.
@benjoseph81314 жыл бұрын
Home Depot type beat. (All in good fun, love your work, and thanks!)
@teogorqui70613 жыл бұрын
When I find myself stuck and I need inspiration I watch this video, thank you so much you are the best🙏
@rotasjon85786 жыл бұрын
amazing how the song turned out! you inspired me
@inthemix6 жыл бұрын
Jonas Rotabakk Thank you Jonas!
@nightmare_core_6 жыл бұрын
👍🎧🎶📎,I was working on a loop this week , but this is just on time.
@RavinSingh812 жыл бұрын
This is so cool. As someone who can write lyrics, but has less than no knowledge about music, it just blows my mind.
@Pnkfloid494 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video I was stuck in a loop and changing the last couple of notes worked for me to transition into a new phrase
@spearjrmusic97036 жыл бұрын
my 2nd year in your tuts bro and i just get better and better...shouting out all the way from Republic of South Africa
@inthemix6 жыл бұрын
Spear Jr Music greetings from Scotland! Thank you so much :)
@RmaNYouTube6 жыл бұрын
Sorry, but you just added layers on top of your loops and made a richer loop. this is not the main problem for producers, the difficult point is to how to extend it for 3-4 minutes and make a good Song structure.
@inthemix6 жыл бұрын
RmaN Yes that's sort of right. I need to make a follow up where I show more arrangement etc but I guess I was trying to take it from a basic loop to something that I felt really inspired by. Thanks for the feedback :)
@SeleckPlays5 жыл бұрын
@@inthemix To be fair, you did say that IN this video though. The way I understood you was that with adding the strings you felt the pallet was complete and you just needed to get those parts arranged on the "canvas" but that's just the "'mid-game" of song creation. You still have all the vocals, mixing, mastering to do. (As you know)
@mrbeastly34444 жыл бұрын
RmaN Yes, and you might of noticed, but he did upload 2 more videos that explain these parts too.. e.g. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIbUaoh7apqJhNU In The Mix Thanks for following up with these! :)
@ArbleezyGaming4 жыл бұрын
how to extend your song? maybe you should make your song structure first, like intro-breakdown-buildup-drop-bridge-2nd breakdown- 2nd buildup-2nd drop-outro but in this video is actually how to make theme/how to make the elements of the song
@repomanband2 жыл бұрын
very helpful video - as a songwriter it's always fun to see how that process happens for others.
@romanglinnik80735 жыл бұрын
Omg, only by watching this video put me and my track on a new level. Thanks I was really stuck.
@marc.lepage3 жыл бұрын
Moon soundtrack is incredible. Good call.
@bpetersson50244 жыл бұрын
this series of loop to song videos are just amazing! big thanks to you!
@kylehaggard74655 жыл бұрын
Great video! Extra points for referencing Moon, one of my favorite soundtracks and movies
@persona836 жыл бұрын
Very cool and inspiring. Now, back to my 200 unfinished 4-bar loops. =)
@inthemix6 жыл бұрын
Haha, me too man!
@JohanDaniel6 жыл бұрын
This is the right video i was searching for a long time! great work bro!
@maxy46092 жыл бұрын
I def like how you arrange the other loop to song vids. This first one was a lot to take in and my mind was everywhere bc there was so much on the screen. It’s still a good reference though, keep it up!
@bubblegum74893 жыл бұрын
This guy knows exactly what's going on in my head
@luckydoo3697 ай бұрын
Dude im 5 years late but you made a glorious GTA 6 vice city loading screen song! I would love to hear Rockstar use this
@XRXONE6 жыл бұрын
Levels by Avicii was nothing but a loop, and it was amazing !
@Endermanso6 жыл бұрын
The whole movement of progressive house is a loop. You can hear it in Fade into Darkness, Blessed, Bromance, Penguin...
@neo74625 жыл бұрын
Agree with other comments... I would love if you did a follow up video covering arrangement ideas from an 8 bar loop. I have had many tracks that have a great 8 bar melody and I tend to add multiple parts to that same 8 bar loop (pads, bass, extra synth, etc). My biggest struggle is TRANSITIONS from verse to chorus to bridge to outro, etc. Transitions and contrast (along with good melody / chord progression) is what makes a song great.
@johnbarbour52586 жыл бұрын
Yes! Just found your channel and I love it. It's also great to see another Arturia Minilab Mkii doing real work!
@electrify..6 жыл бұрын
Your content is really underrated man. Keep it up
@srijana60166 жыл бұрын
im from india ....u are the main reason for love with fl studio ...u guys are genius with it .....! u should do a worldwide records soon
@reisaki186 жыл бұрын
Its more like a Movie Intro... 😎
@neilsjmcmahon6 жыл бұрын
Just started to watch this but the title basically summed up my life for roughly 20 years ;/ Oh crumbs... learned loads & had fun but not so many full songs. By the way I love that Clint Mansell composition as well - I remember the first time I heard it I was in the gym and it just transported me to another world. I'd seen the movie but I didn't connect the two at all until I checked the name later. The movie was more forgettable than the music. Thanks for your work here - keep it up! :)
@WilliamWonka5 жыл бұрын
Do you have any suggestions on preventing song burnout when working on a project? Listening to the same track 10,000 times before finishing it dulls my hype on projects and prevents a successful completion. Any suggestions?
@RichRocketMan4 жыл бұрын
E x a c t l y! Same here.
@TryItCZ2 жыл бұрын
Every now and then, add a sound and draw it in without listening. Also eat a banana
@TryItCZ2 жыл бұрын
After 30 minutes stop working on the loop and move to the next measure
@Mango-dk9wu6 жыл бұрын
congrats itm, you have shown a well to man dying from thirst. :D
@andromedadelux6 жыл бұрын
You should do another video on what happens when your loop of inspiration has too many layers.
@LuckeySev6 жыл бұрын
Man this was so helpful. I go through this and you hit the problem on nail. By the way it sounds great.
@inthemix6 жыл бұрын
LuckeySev No worries, thank you so much :)
@andrewtrushinski38485 жыл бұрын
Good tips. The synth sounded like I'll Wait by Van Halen for a second there. Sounds really nice.
@andrewtrushinski38485 жыл бұрын
Just want to make an edit for the above comment. It was intended for your other loop to song video, not sure how it ended up on this video. Good video here too though. : )
@danielmayda6804 жыл бұрын
your channel is heaven for newbie producers xD thans Mike
@OlivioSarikas5 жыл бұрын
One of the Best FL videos i have watched so far - Sub!
@limito90124 жыл бұрын
M8 this is me rn I’m just starting fl XD. Thx for the awesome vid!
@bulutyesilyurtt2 жыл бұрын
Dude your videos are golden! Keep up the good work. Huge respect!
@RobinJustin3 жыл бұрын
That haunting melody thing sounds exaaactly like an ambulance 😂😷
@ferencav5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing! Inspires me to open some old projects and try to finish them.
@niqulusviii9873 жыл бұрын
This reminds me that simplicity is key!
@shreyan11916 жыл бұрын
That bass patch is so tasty!
@bruno5th6 жыл бұрын
Can you please do a video on Song Arrangement
@HaharuRecords6 жыл бұрын
Bruno Kings 🙌
@reoakiodesu3 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKi3gaSAgNR5jZo \(*0*)/
@Aenkor19825 жыл бұрын
First a LIKE. Now watching the Video!
@arisaragih53964 жыл бұрын
BRO I HOPE YOU GET MORE AND MOR SUBSCRIBER. I really appreciate you make all of the videos, because its very easy and simple to understand. i really hope youtube pay you a lot. i will share your channel to my friend. thats what i can do to thanks
@alimarcafebarley3 жыл бұрын
Thank youf for this man . You are amazing
@ahri38875 жыл бұрын
This is much better than the other loop to song video, but i really enjoy these arrangement videos and would like more
@deankumar5 жыл бұрын
so glad I found this on youtube. I love your channel. keep up the great work!
@YamiFoxx6 жыл бұрын
This is a topic I've always struggled with, and never found a solution, so thumbs up to u! Liked and subbed
@bangladesh60274 жыл бұрын
"Have you ever found yourself stuck in a loop?" Only always
@benstarbeatz4 жыл бұрын
its Feb 2020 and i begin to follow The mix alwys
@Will-ei2jz6 жыл бұрын
Wow zero dislikes... Let’s change that 😂jk good vid
@ankitaaarya6 жыл бұрын
Orbital funny in a dark way😂😂
@sarangsupekar77776 жыл бұрын
Bro you helping us a lot ❤️ a video request for Phase issues and how to solve them and also what plugins would be good for it ! Pls thanks 🙏
@uniqhnd236 жыл бұрын
For some reason, when I have a loop, my mind hears ghost sounds that aren't there and I can use those ghosts to make a whole part which is pretty cool. This doesn't help that much for the next part though. Still pretty cool.
@DrCouache4 жыл бұрын
i hear them too
@Chris_ITGuy6 жыл бұрын
These tips are so simple but so good! Like just the one about building to go into a new section or adding cutoff. Like just reminding me of different ways to do transitions I think really helped! I’ve got a song in this stage right now and I got a melody, chords and it sounds good, but I need to make it not repetitive and need to figure out some structure and some transitions:) Thanks for the vid! Btw love the FL hoodie!
@inthemix6 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I find that it's easy to forget simple things that you once knew or can do to move something forward (risers, impacts etc) Listening to other music helps with that too :)
@YEAHKINDA2 жыл бұрын
Ohhh my sweet sweet salvation I'm starting to use my thought meat to do things
@dallasstorey6 жыл бұрын
Excellent video thank you.You are clear and concise.More like this one to show idea development, arrangement , vocal placement tips, maybe even a complete start to finish with vocals? Keep up the excellent work..you are a gifted teacher.
@vlle.25676 жыл бұрын
you are so amazing! you keep me motivated! I will find out soon how good these tips work for me :)
@frankiehs6 жыл бұрын
holy shit this is really useful man thanks! subbd
@dcorbe6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the sage wisdom, talking skeleton man. You must have been an awesome producer before you joined the ranks of the undead.
@time2cclear6 жыл бұрын
cool , im at a higher level now in producing many diff genres and if i dont have a vox then i still struggle with layouts big time . and when i collab with vocalists i struggle so hard to make the layout so i can send them a music track . i guess because i learned production by making remixes and i always threw out the music and just wrote new music around a vocal track LOL . i always love the hear a vocal melody on my tracks when the singers send back the vox . its NEVER anything like i imagined . I LOVE THAT SO MUCH !! GREAT VIDEO THANK YOU!! #SALUTE
@kushagranagar24636 жыл бұрын
Much love from India.
@girlinagale4 жыл бұрын
I'm working with a Synthstrom Deluge, get a decent beat and good chords then extend those over more measures, copy chord sequence into a bass synth and remove chord tones. Make beat structured by muting kick and hi hat for intro etc. Overall arrangement might be like this - 117bpm 176 bars makes a six minute track approx. Keep working on arrangement and variations of instruments throughout such as stop the pad chords repeating all through by making a chord riff based on the pad tones, all at 176 bars length. Basic four bar loop to full length arrangement. Come back to it another day and make improvements with a fresh listen.
@laszlozoltan50215 жыл бұрын
good stuff- I like the tip of using midi to learn to play along using that to experiment. I also have been finding a lot of interesting stuff that Ive just packed up and forgotten about, reloading old loops with "newer" ears- can be an exciting place to restart a project
@cactusdill-dos25794 жыл бұрын
Thank you, new subscriber here, I have no idea in FL but the last 2 weeks watching your vids help so much.
@TheRav3n5 жыл бұрын
Im a new sub. This is art. I never had too much trouble getting out of a loop.... Until I decided to play it unsafe.. Thank you!
@thejackphoenix73913 жыл бұрын
You are a great record producer bro according to me
@yugo56325 жыл бұрын
Hi, congratulations for the tutorials, they are great! Could you make a video on how to put "Instruments in Key" ..? I have many good ideas but I spend a lot of time finding the Key. Thank you ;-)
@danecustance27346 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and process on this subject.
@flutelover86375 жыл бұрын
I would love to hear the music playing at the end
@abdullamalalla93574 жыл бұрын
your video make me take the sound step , thanks .
@hihathamin80786 жыл бұрын
Great video bro! Glad I'm not alone haha! Thanks for the inspiration! If you all haven't checked out that track yet, you're missing out!
@JoshJoshMusic6 жыл бұрын
Wow that's what i felt everytime
@voidwalker38716 жыл бұрын
This wad actually the perfect time to upload this
@Sääftig5 жыл бұрын
What font are you using for your thumbnails?
@kyblitz80936 жыл бұрын
This man just broke my musicians block
@inthemix6 жыл бұрын
That's just made my day, good luck !
@Canaledialemike86-gf4nq10 ай бұрын
Congratulations really great work, thank you,
@thetree20445 жыл бұрын
Enjoying your videos , really helping me
@TheJagdtiger56 жыл бұрын
Man, This was so helpful the way you broke it down I have a ton of loops I started and just sitting waiting for life. My problem is that I am making Halloween music and I avoid trying to sound like the phantom of the opera type. But anyways thanks for the tips,
@Kostaras44446 жыл бұрын
Amazing video, dope track too! really brings a light in this common mucisian problem, also love the "Moon" soundtrack