Realistic String Section - Sound Design Tutorial

[@randallhobbs7126]

I love that you are not loud and hyperactive. Usually tutorials stress me out but you are so calm. Thanks

[@donnie7897]

Ikr, it really keeps me immersed and learning

[@TheJimmyJoker]

Haha so funny to read this as the first comment. I searched in yt for strings and serum, I compare the first two vids that show up: One a really loud overselfconfident guy, and his strings sound mediocre, ok I check the longer tutorial.. this one.. thanks god :)

[@avyaytiwari1881]

We Also Need A Tutorial For "How To Be So Calm And Sweet While Explaining Something" :-)

[@kauatavdas]

😂😂😂 .... I really wonder how he's so Calm and Sweet which makes him different from others. Also, it feels like his videos have something magical.... I really can't explain how good his tutorials are

[@shivammantri3523]

Busy Work Beats and Another Monster class are also very calm in their tutorials.

[@adintyaannasaidhiakharisma5202]

SLAP

[@shivammantri3523]

@Avishkarr Beats thought we were discussing about their calmness.

[@praveer_drift1789]

@@adintyaannasaidhiakharisma5202 WHAT

[@dtd3285]

'In The Mix' More like ASMR Music tutorials

[@Postinit]

Dude his voice is so relaxing you can't even deny it

[@dtd3285]

@@Postinit yeah. That's why his videos are so interesting to watch. It makes my mind calm

[@Superdelphinus]

I don’t know whether he’d take care of you or bury you in his garden though.

[@Luckywynne]

@@Superdelphinus Lmao

[@michaelduff2382]

Was so happy to receive the email this morning about Serum Essentials being updated :)

[@ColeRolland]

You’re a beast man!! Thank you for making such quality videos.

[@taann7360]

Holy moly the timing can't be any better! Our band just got a commission for a documentary and we were banging our heads for orchestral libraries since we don't have good internet during the lockdown. Thx for this Michael!!

[@inthemix]

Hopefully this will suffice, really try adjusting the velocity settings and release times especially!

[@taann7360]

@@inthemix Will do! Thx for the tips!

[@VeritasGames]

Just picked up the serum sample pack. Totally worth it!!! The bass synths alone are worth it, let alone everything else in there. Thanks for all your content man!

[@inthemix]

That’s so amazing to hear, thank you!

[@eljeysmusic]

I never thought you could make such as nice sounding strings in serum. There is to few of these kind of tutorials on yt 🙏 nice Work man

[@honeysucklecat]

You’re a better teacher than most you tubers. Concise! Focused! Clear! Wonderful!

[@ErickBonilauri]

I first tried to make some music around 6 years ago but it required so much learning and most tutorials just confused me even more, up to the point I just decided to let it go. Now thanks to your videos Im back at it and its sooo good. Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge through this nice and hard work, its amazing, please keep it up! I bet it will help a lot of newcomers, no doubt about it!

[@Hightopsfeed]

Thanks you for always doing everything you do to an amazingly high quality, it's a breath of fresh air, just downloaded the free update, looking forward to seeing what's in it!

[@inthemix]

Thank you! I added a few more basses and key sounds mostly, along with a few upgrades to one or two patches. I hope to make more regular updates (every 2 to 3 months) in the future :)

[@fkof7785]

Hey man, all your videos are so usefull. When I found this channel I just binge watched your videos all day like a Netflix series. Thank you for these great videos!

[@method_uk]

I like how you show the example of the sound at the beginning of the video rather than right at the end.. at least this way you can decide if it’s the sound you’re looking for without watching a video that may not be needed. Great vid.. liked and subbed 👍🏻

[@tebohomokgadi]

You are my music president, I happy that i manage to be in your channel because every video you give us we slp happy and learned to much from you. I hope i could meet you face to face, but anyways thank you very much for the job you are doing. Mr president i thank you.

[@mageprometheus]

Thanks, Michael. I've taken courses on sound design for Serum, Spire, Ana2, etc but none of them explains things as clearly as your videos. You have some wonderful gifts and we are very lucky.

[@suyashredkar1841]

Your Tutorials Have Really Helped me increase the Quality of My YT Covers 🔥💯 Love From India ❤️🥂🇮🇳

[@chelmano0]

Isiliye koi bhi hume aaj kal bagal me bhi khada nahi karta. Yeh chewtiyap sirf humare nalle hi kyu karte hain?

[@kauatavdas]

I've been searching for some videos like this on how to make Synth Strings, but didn't find any which is very detailed and reliable. And then finally this video dropped!!!!! Michael, you've always been good at Demonstration of everything and it's so detailed and of Pro quality... This strings really sounds heavenly. Your videos have helped me from Day 1 of my music production journey!! Lots of Love and RESPECT!

[@kukulkan1717]

dude, love how chilled you are and thanks for the tuts

[@NightCityTunes]

Fantastic this is the only serum video I feel satisfied after watching it Because you just made the sound that I came for.

[@rafaelhernandez5550]

Tutorial like that is a gift from God. Thanks

[@smracing5913]

Thank you so much !!!!!! We producers owe a lot to you

[@VitorHugo-bc5rm]

Michael is goated for teaching us this kind of stuff 🐐

[@ChrisSmith-qs3qc]

Just bought your presets pack. Thanks for all your free videos I'd be lost without them. They're all brilliant. Great to listen to a fellow Scot too.

[@inthemix]

Chris Smith Thanks for supporting me! I really appreciate it :)

[@ChrisSmith-qs3qc]

@@inthemix A pleasure Mike. Your videos make this a less stressful hobby :D If you had a mentorship program I'd definitely sign up.

[@radioptix4305]

FM adds a bit of inharmonics (harmonics that are slightly off being integer multiples of the fundamental frequency) which gives the impression of a string not vibrating perfectly. Very helpful video, thanks for this

[@Att3mpt]

You are awesome for keeping your words and keeping the library updated. 😆

[@yesleebeats8301]

You are the first one music producer who I want to spend my money for :) these tutorials are too perfect to be free btw I'm still using the brass and reese bass presets you taught us to set by self

[@Nionom]

This tutorial is SO helpful! Thank you for making awesome tutorials and helping out producers all around the world!

[@cdney8285]

Amazing, I've been interested in learning to synthesize a string section for the longest time, thanks Michael

[@malzola347]

I would love one video on making sounds for a wind controller. Great work.

[@xplmao3576]

The intro was so cool (like after the demo)

[@DebojyotiBanerjee]

Your voice is soothing. I could just go to sleep while listening to your videos😂. Pls make a video on mixing strings😊✌️

[@jozard]

great tutorial! I loved the LFO on the FM detune, its such a great trick

[@CPMusic254]

I wish I could afford to pay you, the like and subscription and also recommitting you to my friends ain't enough. Everything I know is from you, Much Love from KENYA

[@ZahhaRaMahadev]

Namaste! I was 11.111 who watched your video.) I find your string tutorial useful. Good result! All the best to you and your family. Hello from Ukraine.)

[@joeljoe8308]

Wow....thank you for making these kind of tutorials......Please upload a video for Brass section in next sound design tutorial..... Thank you so much😊

[@THE_ONLY_GOD]

That “difficult to explain part” he was dancing around is called “adds more harmonics or rather adds amplitude variations to some harmonics”. That is basically what “warmth” is when adding disto effects and similar.

[@Brook_alx]

Am i the only one who gets motivated when I watch his videos?

[@BabblePitch]

the new channel intro is epic

[@djcj]

amazing. more serum tutorials please! so hard to find good "non dubstep" sound serum tuts on youtube :)

[@WahlyZenit]

I've been looking for something like this!! Sidenote: whoa ive never been this early

[@adamkeena8378]

King of beautiful sounds!

[@Pavlosgeo_]

Just stopped by to thank you for all the knowledge and help you've been providing to all of us. You really have one of the best or even the best channel related to music production, thanks again keep up the good work.

[@heinermoritz1150]

Thank you! I was looking for something like this for ages! :)

[@jarifahmed977]

I had various problems with adding strings. Thanks for the video!

[@ЭдуардКушнарёв-п6п]

Michael you are top teacher! Thank you so much! Your tutorials best of the best!

[@Postinit]

I randomly clicked on a video and it brought me here no regrets so far

[@inthemix]

Welcome!

[@djdel1122]

Love this tutorial it is a Orchestral Sound!! 😊

[@briankingart]

An absolutely clear delineation of delightful design technique! Stupendous Michael, thank you. BTW, production value was great. Get some rest now, lol.

[@css172]

The master of tutorials!! Thank you!

[@thigucate2620]

Were you playing Imaginary Friends by deadmau5 in the sound demo part? Sounds exactly like that

[@inthemix]

Yep :)

[@TraxtasyMedia]

One of deadmau5's best tracks. I am a huge fan of him.

[@AirEyez]

@@TraxtasyMedia i have a relatively big pack of his kick samples B)

[@TraxtasyMedia]

@@AirEyezand what can I do with this kind of info? Gladly I'm not begging for samples. And recreating them is something that I can learn by tutorials 🤓

[@AirEyez]

@@TraxtasyMedia idk, i just bluffed, thats it.

[@OriginalRaveParty]

Top notch content, every time. Cheers Michael 😎

[@caspercayrol1415]

Very nice tutorial, thanks a lot Michael!! Keep it up

[@adgame32]

I'm always sleepy when I watch tutorial video from this channel. I don't know why

[@abeltejada8084]

I got lost in the beauty of the demo melody you played

[@abeltejada8084]

Oh! It's Imaginary Friends! That's why

[@ScottLRoyal]

Excellent tutorial. Love the strings sound.

[@anttipylsymusic]

I love these tutorials. It's easy to follow along.

[@epicx-]

i wish you a big success in your way , thank you

[@weibhalq313]

Love ur sound design tutorials. Thanks a lot bro

[@CyushiMusic]

Awesome tutorial! Realistic strings are difficult to recreate. This patch sounds very nice!

[@hergenmeyer6035]

Really good and interesting Video 😀. Happy to have your soundbank

[@DualEdgeGaming]

Fantastic video! Would love to see how you handle phase issues when working on a mix. I find that if i have two separate recordings of guitars (both direct-in), I get all kinds of phase issues before I even touch any effects. I think people like me would greatly benefit from any advice you have! Great work, as always!

[@aldenfarias4873]

The new intro is dope!

[@Tiogar60]

That intro chord progression reminded me so much of deadmau5

[@vxru5]

That's because it was a Deadmau5 song he was playing. 😂😜 Imaginary Friends 😁

[@arup261075]

Just what I was looking for great thanks🔥👍

[@cococo...]

Daym i was just watching your other sound design tutorials before!

[@dynamicmusicacademyonline]

Good to hear from you mate!

[@sebastianb2530]

Dude, I love your sound design videos. Thanks a lot!

[@VincentZauhar]

Good stuff, well done Michael!

[@AnanasUnni]

Very helpful video! Exactly the tutorial that I needed!

[@testohtoby]

Those Imaginary Friends OV strings ❤❤❤

[@scpk2246]

Boss Mike's calmness should reflect on each and everyone's personality in the comment section ... A good attitude is attractive mostly to decent people... :D

[@jamesbarrington4729]

... 😊..👌..excellently articulate presentation...👍🙋🏻‍♂️...!!!!...

[@vic2net]

This is JUST AWESOME!

[@zeph5800]

More orchestral tuto like that please :)

[@krishnavj5401]

Bro I love all ur videos but one request please put an video for how to make vocal doubler in fl studio, hearing both left and right of vocal

[@rathor904]

Incredible, the sound is so realistic! Also, it's great to know you like fried bananas :)

[@prateek6614]

bananan't

[@elliottwennstrom4962]

This is an amazing tutorial, thank you so much

[@therealcarterhansen]

Amazing! Keep doing what you're doing!

[@thimovijfschaft3271]

Thank you for this tutorial, I wanted to make a sound like this for a while. I don't own Serum but I did see ways how I can do something similar with the Synths I own

[@martin_louis]

Really helpful thanks a lot man ! Could you do the same tutorial for the horns ? 😉👌🏻

[@abbesatty9498]

Nice tutorial as usual. Just a tiny suggestion to play a little piece of music at the end or beginning of the video just to get a better perspective for the finished design.

[@ASLUHLUHC3]

Sounds incredible

[@mhkkarami2435]

You're incredible ✨

[@kidbrian4213]

great vid man

[@anoopkrishnan4454]

Love From Kerala 💓 India

[@KordTaylor]

A really nice tutorial! I need to see more of what’s on your channel. Subscribe obtained!

[@AnotherMonster]

really nice sound!

[@AMAntor]

Im ur big fan sir from Bangladesh

[@craighillcomposer]

Adding some bow friction noise sample in the noise oscillator and some subtle vibrato would make it sound more realistic.

[@elishaijaz4979]

You are amazing bro!

[@lukaszzareba642]

man u re genius

[@syedbukhari6578]

You've made great videos on designing bass and pads with serum. Thank you. It's really appreciated! Can you PLEASE also make one on how to take any sample (like a vocal sample) and make a pad out of it by looping the sample. I don't know how to get rid of the clicks at the start or end of the loop points so the pad can sound continuous and not like a sample being looped over and over again.

[@gtunes377]

Sounds amazing , great tutorial sir, can u do sound design for grand paino?

[@ternitamas]

gorgeous sound, kinda enyaesque ❤

[@mallowbean8626]

love this make this types of videos please :)

[@nate7645]

Throw the velocity control into the attack time as well, so that higher velocity creates a more intense sound, but also because the varying of attack times is crucial for realistic strings

[@inthemix]

I tried this and I couldn’t get a good curve setting even after a lot of tweaks, did you manage to make it work?

[@migats2160]

I found out a way to do this in Harmor and even better. This is nice.

[@leatherdrums_]

Awesome content as always! It'd be fun having a Sound Design Tutorial episode about 80s "rock" keys, like Van Halen's "Jump" or Guns N' Roses' "Paradise City" (there's a synth doubling guitar chords in the intro/chorus, it's subtle (well, not that much) but once you notice it you can't unhear it haha) Keep going, I love your videos :)

[@ilangosurendiran637]

So helpful!!! Thanks 🔥💪

[@melandbelle89]

You teach me so much.