Synth Keys & Lofi Piano - Sound Design Tutorial

In this sound design tutorial, I show you how to make a beautiful, ambient keys sound using a synth.
Serum by Xfer is used but most synths have similar features.
The patch simulates the tonal character of a Rhodes piano, electric keys, and the hammer action of the piano.
I also show the effects to fit it into any genre. It is especially useful in hip hop, lofi, ambient and chill music.
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[@12stepsbeyondtheeventhorizon]

Hands down one of the best music production tutorial channels on KZbin.

[@inthemix]

Wow thanks, I'd definitely recommend checking out Synth Hacker for more detailed sound design videos than myself!

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[@kylebaker1839]

I really like this guy he seems like he is actually trying to teach people an not just trying to sell presets

[@HazyJ28]

"YOU WANNA HIP HOP MELODY!? I GOTCHU!" Go away Nikko. Nobody wants your freaking chord packs

[@hazeinthehill]

one of the most informative producer on this platfrom, respect my guy

[@kd-zb8xr]

Take Keyscape from Spectrasonics and you will have hundreds of realistic patches for life to use without all this patos 😂

[@Axuled]

@@kd-zb8xr And then you still have to rely on other patches, without knowing sound design. Besides Keyscape being almost twice as expensive and way more limited. Yeah no thanks.

[@jimmygonyea9752]

@@Axuled sound design is way more fun

[@pastaboinch]

i love how succinct and informative your videos are. often times producers on youtube have trouble just getting to the point. you're one of the only channels i ever recommend to others.

[@inthemix]

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[@Shakhdar]

you are one of best 5 mix teachers in the world Michael and humblest of them all I am proud to be your student❤

[@Devlife2]

i saw this video a few years ago, it gave me enough knowledge to be able to create thousands of sounds. so many that I don't even need to use any kit to produce a full song

[@veldin20]

My man out here trying to kickstart producing careers.

[@inthemix]

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[@andyziko]

@@inthemix Hey, and first of all thank you for your work and inspiration. Can you tel me what the melody you play on 0:45?

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[@youtubedekhne2244]

No one has ever explained serum so meticulously. You made serum feel easy

[@nicholasrosella2952]

I like how you teach us how to make these sounds in any synth, unfortunately to many tutorials will say "OK now just turn this know, head in here, slide this, and your done". Love your videos. Thanks!

[@moonshine.melody]

Hiya. I mean this as a compliment so please don't take it otherwise. I love how you geek out over sound design and your eyes get all sparkly. It's everything. And thanks for a bomb tutorial as always!

[@VeritasGames]

Man so much respect for your content. I’ve learned so much from you in such a short time. Thank you for that! If you ever want to collab I’d be honored!

[@jojox1904]

I love the way you're soooo passionate about everything you're saying and showing us, especially in the synth series .... SO INSPIRING

[@idaridaridaridari]

tbh i dont know aynthing about synths but slowly finding out how this works with one explaining it easily and ucomplicated brings me soo much joy! thank you! i can always trust a video when i see its from in the mix!

[@davidmonyela9515]

I came here with no clue 7 month ago and this guy has helped me reach with a lot of things keep up the good work man.... Your videos are straight to the point

[@Jasmine-si5fe]

I've got a really tough uni assignment at the moment, and I've been watching so many tutorials panicking trying to make synthesis make sense, but this is the only tutorial I've seen that I've come out feeling confident in what I'm doing! thanks so much

[@wizardvega724]

I think this is the first video of his that I haven't fallen asleep. I'm not knocking the guy... he's really great! His soothing voice just puts me out when I'm watching tutorials at 4 am. Super fun following along on this one! Thanks for your videos.

[@Putootie]

I am just beginning to start producing music and there is still a lot to learn for me. Every time I watch one of your videos, I learn something new! Thanks for being extremely easy to follow in your tutorials.

[@TheABS126]

This is probably the best tutorial I've found online. Really appreciate you explaining more in depth on why you are choosing to adjust each parameter. Huge thanks!

[@sentionlight1000]

More sound design pls!!! Your tutorials always awesome, thank you!

[@pietart3596]

I love how you explain the most complicated concepts in simple ways, very humbling and the best approach to learn!

[@martinorcajo3466]

Hey! I'm from Argentina, and I started watching your videos a few days ago.. I really appreciate the way you teach Sound Design, and I hope to see more videos like this. My best wishes for you!

[@andreea2378]

You are the best educator on Yt for new producers hands down 😥 thank you🤙

[@ahreuwu]

I just took my dubstep bassline into a lofi chord progression thanks to this video, it's unbelievable!

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You took me from zero producer to hero procuder. thank you for everything. i love you

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[@Fat_Paws]

I always feel daunted by all the settings in Serum and other similar plugins. This quick tutorial gave me so many ideas on how to begin designing something cool on my own. Also, it would be good to know what families/kinds of instruments go together. I have a lot of trouble creating something even remotely pleasant sounding with lofi samples.

[@Windklang705]

You might like the more basic sound design videos he made then!

[@earlgrey2130]

Also.. just listen to music. Analyze the classics. Recreate them. You'll learn a LOT from understanding them.

[@jamesodeal6401]

The funny thing is serum is one of the simpler to use plugins compared to something like zebra 2, Fm8 etc. Just watch random sound design videos and try to play with the synth and you'll realize it's actually pretty simple.

[@bodhisattva9762]

@@jamesodeal6401 *Laughs in Diva* But Serum is a beast.

[@shaurya.mp3]

Michael's loving sound design, he was looking so enthusiastic when he started adding the effects :D

[@christoph8509]

serum sounds so crisp, and is a powerhouse of features. the gui (idk if that’s the right term) is very practical. i’ve been using the synth Helm there’s not many great tutorials on it, definitely some limitations but it’s free. you’d be the perfect person to make a tutorial for it. watching people use serum tho it’s just clear that’s one hell of a synth. i may have to invest.

[@frenziono]

I'm french and really your videos help me a lot! Despite the different language I understand very well everything you say, it's great! :D

[@Meltrikz]

Your hammer noise technique is amazing. I've never thought about using the noise like that. I'll probably should get this pack for learning purposes alone haha.

[@vinuuday4246]

It's great!!!. I was creating the sound by watching your video side by side. Thank you

[@Aspire85]

Have to say, Serum Essentials really is a great pack - bass presets especially. All sound great on their own and quite amazing when layered with other synths. Look forward to future packs and thanks for all of the work you put into the channel! Invaluable resource for people like me.

[@greggunther]

Dang dude. That was so easy to follow. And I don't understand anything about synths. Nice job. Serum looks amazing.

[@Bestavashvili]

Young goat Michael flexing his sound design skills

[@LemureDeiCampiElisi]

I have been able to follow your tutorial with S1 Mai Tai, which is far from being deep as Serum, but the result is quite good for me! Thanks.

[@starbuns97]

i learn so much in 9 mins than 1 hour those smiles he gives just boosts my motivation

[@Gruftgrabbler]

Thank you man. Just created my own lofi piano key sounds in pigments :) thanks for your help

[@BeatAcademy]

Great Job!

[@edwinbrown9951]

Your video tutorials are fantastic. Thank you.

[@kylandlebold3343]

Awesome! Really amazing video, beautiful sensitivity

[@steezorteez6069]

Great tutorial, man. I love super simple stuff like this, and I even learned some new tricks in Serum!

[@kotoblade]

You have helped me a lot with all these sound design tutorials. Now I love to experiment with Serum: thanks for everything !

[@abletonlincoln2453]

Best Serum tutorial I've found

[@joshuag3447]

I appreciate you so much. Thank you for all of your tutorials

[@JohnDoe-bm5lp]

Syntorial + your videos is a great combo for learning sound synthesis

[@rayz7351]

I will buy anything you release you are the best thanks for helping me alot to be better producer ♥️♥️ much love

[@ResetRobot1]

Great stuff!! Will be watching more!!

[@marsnwalker4271]

Now I need no other tutorial🙏🙏 Your information is best

[@Pacean]

Dude, I Love You. I've been looking for this exact sound!

[@zachary963]

4:50 i love that detune envelope trick. Real string instrument detune slightly on the attack too. Subtle, but adds realism. Sometimes I’ll link the detune amount and the cutoff to the velocity. That way, just like a real guitar, the sound is sharper in character and pitch if you play harder.

[@myke.p]

Amazing video as always! Now, I would suggest that you should make a series of videos, teaching the whole song production process from scratch! That would be amazing, we, as an audience would also love to participate, produce and share our songs.

[@ZeeykRS]

awesome video dude im so tired of using the basic pianos in fl this will be nice

[@aniruddh_d16]

Did this in Helm, came good.

[@holgieselchen7033]

Extremely well explained and therefore completely comprehensible. Please, please more video contributions of this kind. 🙂👍

[@drexflea52]

U r a genius. Plus, u r so calm nd ur voice is soothing. Keep the good work up...

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[@bud1390]

great patch and great video as usual. Thanks for your efforts and good luck with the project!

[@FLAN-MUSIC]

lol the way he smiles at the camera when he plays the chords and knows they sound good hahahaha

[@justvibin1087]

Bruh you make a phone book sound magical

[@MadeByDarlyn]

Your a legend respect and thank you for this content 🙏💯

[@qwertzuwu]

This is a beautiful sound!!

[@kallebassen]

this is super informative and sounds sweet! thanks

[@ROQSTAR]

Great tutorial! Well done. 🚀

[@iancain6647]

Love sound design, I wish there were more good tutorials out like this one.

[@Wargwarn]

Please do more sound design, these are gold.

[@jupiter901]

I had a go, enjoyed doing that. I have your pack so I compared it to mine, but it was fun. Thanks

[@youngkizzi9944]

Thank you, bro! ❤

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loving the sound bank,videos are informative as a noob to music production im learning so much from you,thank you

[@Yaju_S]

I learned something new today. I'm grateful. I click like.

[@sebastianhattinger3196]

really nice Videos. such good information and instructions. love this kind of content. :)

[@walt_the_dolt]

This is some good sound design!

[@whysocold7047]

sounds wonderful, thank you

[@theunconciousmind7314]

This was exactly the sound i was looking for !

[@OxisDuB]

Thanks Mike, love those sound design videos...keep them up. It will be great if u had a video about all the effects that are stock in fl studio, like explain quick an easy about what most of them do, when will you use them and for what..and what u would use out of all stock plugins before buying expensive effects.... thank you for everything again :)

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nice and classy patch! thanks m8

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Amazing mentor. You're literally guiding paths throughout careers❤👌🏼

[@bernardmenigon3162]

Incredible series, I'm nowhere near starting diving into sound design but it was really interesting.

[@LukiZMusic]

As always, great job and nice vibes!

[@norfsyq9660]

Yo Mike was grooving at the beginning lol

[@beatsmithx1090]

always informative. everything you've explained, I can relate with synths like sytrus and harmless

[@gerrysnatabraja]

Tried to tweak on stock rhodes piano, still couldn't get the filter & LFO settings tho... Thanks to you I could experiment much more with just stock synths! Still a lot to catch on ur level tho, thanks mate!

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I love you

[@HazyJ28]

This sounds a lot like a felt piano. Love it!

[@aldomaresca9994]

dude, i cant thank you enough

[@RafaelTheSpartanRTS]

Thanks you! You’re are of the most helpful music tutorial channels!

[@TMechMusic]

Lovely patch! Great articulation. :)

[@strogg162]

This tutorial is super useful, thank you so much!

[@Static.Display]

I cant watch this right now but I know I will have to study this one!

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SERUM is INSANE

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I love your "design" tuts!

[@d4ni3l94]

0:31 John mayer "new light" hahah i never knew you were a john mayer fan that's amazing

[@teddymuskievicz7567]

I don't think that's John Mayer's "New Light" but it is very similar

[@d4ni3l94]

@@teddymuskievicz7567 let the man himself reply lol

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@@d4ni3l94 I'm sure he will

[@teddymuskievicz7567]

@@d4ni3l94 I've listened to that song probably a hundred times over the years and I'm fairly sure he didn't play it

[@teddymuskievicz7567]

But it would be cool

[@kakalipaulbasu3993]

Will you please make a video on using Directwave in details? Or maybe do a series? It would really help

[@aaroncox830]

More of this please!!!

[@natanzaob5433]

such a great tutorial, thank you

[@relaxmusicmakeyoufeelbette1094]

amazing job man!

[@null5753]

This is awesome. Maybe lead tutorial next?