INTRO TO SOUND DESIGN | Studio Time [S4E10]

Today begins the first of several videos covering sound design, which is an essential element to any composer's toolkit. This video acts as an introduction to familiarize you with the concept of leveraging single notes or audio files and translating them into customized instruments using samplers. As always, leave your questions below!
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[@georgepapadopoulos9296]

This so incredibely generous of you .... We can not possibly thank you enough!!!!!

[@Ddkejssna]

This 23 min video is much more valuable than my 4 years at Berklee College of Music studying film scoring and video game scoring....

[@jingleskhanaudioproductions]

that is just a sad revelation!

[@jcp1984again]

Dude... are you absolutely serious? Are you 100 % sure about this statement? As a guy who went to a very good film school in Finland from 2006 to 2010, I find it really uncomfortable when so many people keep praising content like this while at the same time s***ting on schools. :-( There are great teachers out there and great schools. People who spend an insane amount of time and energy to inspire and teach others.

[@djscratcha]

@@jcp1984again he definitely never go to Berkley college of music. I'm not buying it lol

[@gagemorgancomposer]

No way in hell you ever went to Berklee

[@G.GordonMidi]

I call bullshit

[@elevationofficialartist]

i was a Logic and Ableton user for so long until I started watching studio time and Hans Zimmers masterclass. And I have to say I absolutely LOVE it because of all of the features that the programmers have built in to the program. This demonstration of the sampler is freaking INSANE!!!!! It's so simple and yet it sounds sooo complex at the same time. Thanks Tom! I also purchased JXL Brass and LOVE IT for obvious reasons. and soon will get the percussion. Cubase has been the greatest purchase and it just keeps getting better for me when i watch Studio Time!

[@etherity]

Cubase rules. :D

[@elevationofficialartist]

@@etherity Yes it does. I use both 11 and 12 and am in LOVE with them

[@Languy]

This is huge. You are a great guy. Also a big shot, but still remains humble, connected to the people, helps. The earth is proud of such people!

[@ytiralc]

Oh yeah, this is exactly the kind of Production videos I love the most! Thanks for sharing techniques, ideas and workflows man!

[@vinnypwilson6625]

That was the most epic sound design tutorial. Awsome job Junkie man!!!

[@felipegarcia-hz8pj]

OMG your channel is pure gold!! Thanks!!

[@mikevenus4117]

Thank you for your knowledge of sound designing. 🧔🏽🙏🏽. This is very helpful. You’re Studio is like a playground for sound designers! Have a blessed day.

[@MrMaqe]

YES!! Thank you so very much from Copenhagen DK! I'm a big fan of this!! SOUND-DESIGN Let's GO!

[@aipsong]

Excellent and clearly explained demonstration of the magic of timbral exploration - mille mercis!!!!!

[@darrenjharris9907]

Excellent tutorial Tom!

[@aristotlekumpis7095]

This is pretty cool. Thanks for sharing Tom. There are so many ways to twist sounds these days. It all comes down to what you have, and using that to the fullest.

[@russellszabadosaka5-pindin849]

@Aristotle Kumpis all due respect, but one doesn’t need all the tools Tom has to create good quality, interesting sound design. Just your imagination and a willingness to put in some work to find ways to translate what’s in your head. Since you’re watching this, you’ve probably already got a musical mind. I’m just sayin, it’s the sound designer, not his or her tools that makes great sounds.

[@franky7103]

Thank you a lot!! These are really useful informations!!

[@IceLocus]

Great stuff, Tom! 🙌

[@TheStudioFreq]

Bravo Tom! Thank you

[@dimitargadzhev3800]

Amazing, thank you very much!!! Be blessed Sir!✌🙏

[@rdru2ner82]

We need to share this to get JXL 1 million subscribers. This huge, you don’t understand this A list composers showing how to use his techniques, all those others guys can’t show you nothing more educational and skills you can actually use. Com’on!!

[@rsbj66]

Sooo true

[@GprokYB]

Thanks for this wonderful video, very educative!

[@XPanderOfficial]

Thank you Tom!

[@frankviewologytv4586]

this is incredible!

[@jensloetzsch]

Thank you for doing this !

[@zero72Alk]

Great stuff. Thank you very much for this

[@Zaleskee]

WOW!! Thank. You Tom!!

[@jeroenklumper7257]

Great tutorial!!! Instant last of us vibe with the guitar sample

[@7frequencies889]

How greatful we are to learn from the best in the industry.thank you sir for making these valuable videos.

[@austinlacy4413]

so awesome

[@project1265ffo]

Fantastic

[@Xserey]

Thank you!

[@bnarvaeza]

great!

[@splashesin8]

Thank you. ❤️

[@seanhochman]

haha, I am an extra in army of the dead!! didn't know you did the soundtrack!! that is awesome!

[@lahattec]

Thanks! This is great stuff. However, I still want to see your process for creating one of your custom Kontakt instruments.

[@christianchall8169]

woooow....this is ( i can´t discribe it in words) chapeau ....is there a dvd or another kind of hands on for this skills...??? thanks for this different inspiration to be on my way in music...

[@mrkok981]

Thank you An inspiration I needed

[@Yoemmymadethisrighthere]

Amazing

[@matrix12x]

great video. very inspiring.

[@dannyacuna]

I always equate sound design to the arduous, strenuous yet very gratifying process a painter goes through to find that type of blue. The one that has just the amount of red, yellow, and base to arrive at the color that tells the story better. What you demonstrate in this session is the wonderful process of doing that with all the tools modern technology affords us. Well done sir!

[@WhereAreWe7]

Thanks!!!

[@naturligfunktion4232]

I love studio time 🥰

[@NadeejaMatharaarachchi]

🤘 Thankyou so mush Tom

[@DestroyER82]

Sweet episode! Doing stuff and creating new instruments like this is for me amazing way to spend time when im not really inspired or in mood to do serious writing.

[@mrfleamino9350]

Thank you 🙏

[@rdru2ner82]

Thank you 🙏🏾 I always wanted for Studio Time to create a video on this topic. JXL your the best!!!

[@johnygabriel2374]

Yessssssssss let’s goooooo

[@MarcRod86]

Man, you are so awesome! This is gold.

[@LegacyOfHill]

Thank you : )

[@emmetduffy1344]

Any chance you could release the soundtrack for the Opening Credits of Godzilla vs Kong. It was a highlight of the film.

[@StopmotionStudios13]

Instantly clicked! :D Thanks for making these videos, youre the best 👍🏻

[@Valleedbrume]

Gaaf baasje :-)

[@johnpaullovetek1809]

this men is a genious producer!!!!!!!! 1

[@DMIXMusic]

Hell. Yes.

[@lluismartinez7878]

you are the best

[@briancraig1684]

Wow 😲 was hat was fantastic Hi I am new at sampling and I am very intrigued and interesting how go about creating my own sample instruments So are You saying use just a simple one signal note that is from a already brought sample library or even the built in default instruments in your daw since it already has the velocity layers That built in and take that one note from that chosen sample instrument and map it to your keyboard?

[@Karabanka]

I love you man. You are my god.

[@kenzoblytheproducertv4934]

Nice

[@keivansz]

Awesome \m/

[@russellszabadosaka5-pindin849]

I’ve been an avowed anti-Cubase producer for forever, but you’re breaking me down man. Why you gotta be so cold? 😁 🍻

[@Zettoman]

why, it's just another tool/software

[@L.Lyubomirov]

at 9:30 you have some sort or reverb + delay or i am missing something ?Crazy good sound !

[@dafingaz]

Man. You can really charge for all of this information. Thank you, Tom!

[@KorayRuthlessvillian]

This guy is 👍👌

[@JasonFanny]

What kind of cameras do you use for making these videos? They're really good.

[@RandomDesign]

I think he mentioned it in some videos or posts. Should be GoPros.

[@edjefferson9175]

I think all cameras are good now.

[@pentaneon]

@@RandomDesign In "STUDIO TIME: SEASON 4 PREVIEW!", Tom shows the locations of "cameras and GoPros". As he makes this distinction, I don't think that all of them are GoPros.

[@futuristiccavemanofficial]

It’s more so the lighting than some magical camera. Get a $600 canon m50 and good lighting you’ll be fine.

[@SyntheticFuture]

@@RandomDesign that overhead shot in the bottom right in the DAW screen is def. not a gopro. There's some depth blur going on and there's not a chance in hell you'll get that on a go-pro. Side shot does look like gopro.

[@ladislavzensor1793]

Does Ableton's Sampler have a same options? Can't figure out this multiplying thing, thanks.

[@ivansabata4378]

I'll put my glasses on too from now on to see what happens ... hehehehe

[@bannhim6697]

Zwaar op de granulate side of things,ik zie je hebt een native instruments komplete keyboard,in het komplete ultimate pakket kun je straylight vinden dat hetzelfde doet dus niet in cubase daw. Misschien is die weg nog iets korter dan over cubase.

[@budaroddy]

Did u ever think about making a new album like the old days? Im intrigued what kind of music would you make by now, music scores from films it's one think but you have to work by the standards of the producers, but what could Junkie XL actually would just by himself now, with the creativity freedom that means We got DP dissolved but Junkie being here all the time

[@machinenoise9622]

You are a legend! 🔥🤘🏻

[@tdmiller11]

Does anyone know if you can do this looping effect in Logic?

[@Gamchikot]

Вы приложили свою руку к альбомам sasha спосибо вам мастер

[@BaddieZaddie]

Can anyone re-explain what he's doing at 21:30 ? I'm a bit confused what he means he's avoid a hard minor/avoiding expected chord progressions.

[@itschriselement]

Which Piano was that from Keyscape aswell as the reverb he uses on the Piano. Did he use Pro R like the end of the video?

[@xihix7619]

13:28 *TENET intensifies*

[@DimetrioGold]

you are very interesting to watch and can you please subtitles

[@Mandy-Lane]

is the first sound or note recorded from your hardware synth?

[@matthiasfoo1217]

AHH this came out right after i submitted my music project pain

[@sonicmucus8813]

Without those I cannot do shit, lol. Raw honesty

[@daleturner]

Holy heck! It's almost like a Cubase "in the box" version of the (Montreal Assembly) Count to Five pedal! Crazy!!!

[@abbasahmedlp]

Nobody: Tom: 15:26 and called it a riff

[@rottish]

do re mi fa sol fa mi re do

[@MikeBreidegamMusic]

Great video. I dappled a bit with the Sampler track in Cubase, but didn’t do much with it. I’ll definitely revisit. I’m assuming if you want to have multiple instruments added into the Sampler track you have to bounce both to a single audio region. If you say have a track with effects on it and want to use that for the Sampler track, I’m assuming you have to bounce to audio w/effects baked in. Does that sound right?

[@AlekAEMCRaven]

Master Junkie, this sounds beautiful, reminds me of the amazing work by Solar Fields (Mirror's Edge and Mirror's Edge: Catalyst) which is an amazing composer, exquisite sound design, something that tastes and feels like to that Space Opera Mysterie concept. The Universe is Music, right? Thank you so much for this!!!

[@AmeyahOfficialTV]

wow @8:00 O_O

[@aaronraghav3580]

I like to use 100%wet reverb with delay and compressors to make atmos/pads

[@MikeUIibarri]

Oooooh....

[@Broth3rz]

Record yourself composing a real hybrid track sometime.

[@Elias_Frost]

People who use Cubase: "That Sampler is sick!" People who use ProTools: "That Sampler is sick!" *maybe I should switch to Cubase* People who use FLStudio/Ableton: lol jokes aside, It's good to see JXL using something that is relatively affordable so we can easily follow him:)

[@ShengYuanMusic]

Wow Logic's not even applicable for your list hahahah

[@Elias_Frost]

@@ShengYuanMusic I'm just too poor to have a Mac to be sure about Logic:)

[@ShengYuanMusic]

@@Elias_Frost hahah fair enough:))

[@zachary963]

Cubase: 700+$ Ah, yes, cheep.

[@Elias_Frost]

@@zachary963 it's still cheaper than: "I sampled the original minimoog with emulator II and then layered this sample with a patch i created for ppg wave"

[@16914]

i would be in it a lot soundesign

[@ashwat465]

do ambient drone sound design tutorial

[@CinematicLaboratory]

I give up

[@snarf1504]

@@CinematicLaboratory lol

[@NoahsLegoProductions]

First

[@franegea]

PLEASE TOM, ADD SUBTITLES OIN YOUR VIDEOS. 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏

[@experimetalfan8851]

Ah, so I need to buy suck glasses ...got it.

[@rgqric]

I'm sorry xl but the sound track for godzilla vs kong was pretty bad.

[@caleykelly]

So nice of you to take the time out of your day to help Tom out, I'm sure he was on the edge of his seat waiting for your VERY important opinion. Lol

[@rgqric]

@@caleykelly i was actually waiting for yours.

[@caleykelly]

@@rgqric Opinions are just like assholes, everyone has them.

[@diineshmusic]

Thank you : )

[@ashwat465]

do ambient drone sound design tutorial

[@CinematicLaboratory]

Why? It's easy. Just design an ambient drone sound and you're done.

[@ashwat465]

do ambient drone sound design tutorial

[@CinematicLaboratory]

Pick a note, add tons of reverb, then more reverb and use some automation on the reverbed reverb. Then add echo.

[@ashwat465]

do ambient drone sound design tutorial

[@CinematicLaboratory]

Get a modular synthesizer or VCV Rack or Reaktor

[@ashwat465]

do ambient drone sound design tutorial

[@ashwat465]

do ambient drone sound design tutorial

[@CinematicLaboratory]

Record some street noise, slow it down and and tons of reverb, reverse it, add more reverb

[@ashwat465]

do ambient drone sound design tutorial

[@CinematicLaboratory]

I think you need to say please.

[@ashwat465]

do ambient drone sound design tutorial

[@CinematicLaboratory]

Get a Yamaha Montage keyboard and select 'ambient drone' from the menu.

[@ashwat465]

do ambient drone sound design tutorial

[@CinematicLaboratory]

Use something else than a piano and a kalimba, something that doesn't change pitch and moves a bit.

[@ashwat465]

do ambient drone sound design tutorial

[@CinematicLaboratory]

Get an Erica Synths Fusion Drone System or a Soma Lyra-8