Making of "Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler " in Ableton by Robert Sharipov

In this video I will show you how I recreated the legendary track "Freestyler" by Bomfunk MC's. What is shown here is not an exact explanation,
but only one of the ways. If you have more accurate information about this track, you can share it here.
Full mix - sharipo...

[@camparikiller]

Outstanding. Let's thank the KZbin Algorithm Gods for bringing this masterpiece to us.

[@Kevrix]

Naaa was Robert Sharipov that brung this to us

[@alinusgheiming]

frfr

[@Venoch_]

ty yt algorithm

[@marekkoodziejak1513]

When you see in real time how it can be done, you not only realise how many little details it really have, but you can apreciate this track even more! Classic! Thanx Robert!

[@TheAxxon]

He brought me too

[@FurkanTopal]

When you remade and listen to this, you must be very proud of yourself that you could actually succeeded to imitate a legendary song. You realized that you are capable to do this. And you did this. A song which was playing when you were just a kid and you didn't know anything about how it's made but now you made it! Congrats.

[@pulsarstar]

Well said Reyis!

[@novaloom]

indeed

[@CJMattias]

Its really fuckin simple man. What's hard is recreating modern complex electronic music

[@FurkanTopal]

@@CJMattias As for the arrangement yes it seems there’s not much going on and doable but I find these kinda songs harder than modern complex ones. Same logic applies on guitar too. Playing guitar faster is easier than playing slow. Why I find these harder, because it has a unique sound and unique feeling and specific samples and drums, and you gotta create late 90s drummings and you gotta give that atmosphere etc. All the plugins are serving for creating the modern ones, last friday I got a serum pack full of other artists sound for example but to remake old legendary songs, it’s not easily reachable imo. You gotta show extra effort than modern complex ones. But that’s my opinion of course you can think reverse.

[@_grigoryta]

@@FurkanTopal Playing guitar faster is not easier than playing slow. You won't be able to play the same stuff you play at 120 BPM at twice the tempo unless you practice for it gradually raising the tempo or unless the riff or melody is too simplistic or chill to become harder at speed. That's why everyone that learns something new that is above 150 BPM (my rough estimate for when the music becomes harder to follow, take it with a grain of salt) plays it at half or even a quarter of the original tempo first. Slow is smooth, smooth is fast

[@Isachori]

Why am I suddenly watching this in the middle of the night for no reason? I dont know, but great job keep it up! :)

[@rennaaa6667]

Lol bro same. It's 1am and i got this in my suggestions sidebar.

[@ScottishForce]

Same

[@nApucco]

Because KZbin said so... and because this track and remake slaps!

[@Stoltzyt]

same :D:D:D

[@pointaDNB]

Same😂🤷‍♂️

[@AndiNovaOfficial]

KZbin algorithm brought me here. Such a GOAT remake.

[@joshuagrahambrown]

Holy shit, this is *absurdly* close to the original. Very impressive!

[@berserker2551]

I am agree

[@Игорь-я4б6щ]

He wrote this song

[@berserker2551]

@@Игорь-я4б6щ wat?

[@MeditationMane]

@@Игорь-я4б6щ No he didnt, original producer is JS16.

[@tokero5199]

@@prodbyrog3r278 Please state exactly what notes are wrong, otherwise this comment has no value what so ever...

[@_thomaswarburton]

unbelievable re-creation of a track that was and still is way ahead of it's time. I've always been in awe of the production on this track. well done sir!

[@LifeOnHoth]

Outside of time even :). It's among those few that's just special.

[@MrTnbopp123]

@@LifeOnHoth YES, its one of those that stood out, there is a couple of other boomfunc songs that i loved but they havent aged as well as freestyler, freestyler is just simply a masterpiece

[@derekunavailable]

Т.е. видос джва года лежал в пыли, а тут в конце февраля YT решил показывать всем? Неплохо. Бтв, красиво получилось, даже несколько раз на репите послушал результат.

[@albundy923]

ну так реально же неплохо)

[@АлександрАнфертьев-э9щ]

@@albundy923 Да ващще четко ! Ничего ближе к оригиналу не слышал. Капец, там работы проделано !

[@faraway_is_close]

Мужик, это безумно круто! Подпевал, когда слушал конечный результат. Соответствие на 95%! Спасибо, что вернул в детство! Успехов!

[@litvinenkow]

Yeah, straight from the top of my dome As I rock, rock, rock, rock, rock the microphone

[@dmitriystoyanov933]

​@@litvinenkowподпевал он, скорее всего так: "...ракамакафо";)

[@LeonidBatogov]

@@dmitriystoyanov933дристайла, сракамакафо

[@valerastepkun454]

мне тоже показалось ,что попал процентов на 95%

[@junglizis]

@@dmitriystoyanov933стайл стылэз выфраманикилэз))

[@schintus]

The creativity Bomfunk producers had creating this!

[@ardonjr]

my respect goes through the roof on this one. Freestyler has been my most favorite track since I was 10 years old. No seeing this song being recreated is insane!

[@PlamenHadzhiev-oj4lq]

That arp is so absolutely mesmerizing it gives me a sense of nostalgia for a place I have never been to

[@Fabioc3po]

I wonder what kind of place you all find ourselves

[@sstofsofficial1416]

That arp makes me want to ROCK DA MICROPHONE

[@CJJC]

@@sstofsofficial1416YEEEEEAAAAHHHH

[@jimmy21584]

I’ve been there: it’s the Helsinki metro.

[@razmatazz9310]

"it gives me a sense of nostalgia for a place I have never been to" Got my bingo on the "Overused KZbin comments" card for today.

[@pavel.D2]

С нуля на Ableton собрать композицию с точностью 100% до оригинала. Это мастерская работа! Браво! Build a composition from scratch on Ableton with 100% accuracy to the original. This is a masterful job! Bravo Robert Sharipov!

[@cry2love]

Making art out of art, sampling from other great songs and making a newer great song, then recreating it like that. Man, what a time to be alive, we live in a greatest times ever, wars always existed, but stuff like we have here never in history of humankind. Thank you guys for gathering here for 15 minutes, forget for a minute all your problems and witness the great reality we live in.

[@luckyman834]

Этот трек один из самых сложных . Здесь просто овердохуя сэмплов . Автор ты проделал адский труд.

[@TimWrightDJ]

This video reminded me of the Jim Pavloff recreation of Smack My Bitch Up. Whilst, and I hope you don't mind me saying this, it's not a perfect sonic recreation of the original (as Jim's was), it's an excellently detailed insight into what we can achieve in Ableton Live and a great showcase of how valuable it is to learn by recreating our favourite songs. The production is amazing, well done. You should be very proud of this, especially the recreations of the stabs, the arp and the sampled parts. 10/10

[@bouledeberlin8741]

Jim Pavloff's recreation of Smack My Bitch Up make sme think he's Liam Howlett in disguise.

[@TimWrightDJ]

@bitemyshite What in the world makes you think I care at all what a troll called "bitemyshit" thinks has to say? Especially when you've somehow deducted I'm a DAW snob, despite using 4 DAWs on a regular basis. Your life must be really pathetic to seek out comments on KZbin videos and desperately try to provoke a reaction. Grow up, keyboard warrior.

[@motionwindart]

Bro...this is like watching someone paint the Mona Lisa, WTF, so wild. Man I love music production. Man's sample editing skills are wild. And this was 2 years ago too. Imagine making this insanity and nobody notices, 2 years down the line shit blows up.

[@RobertSharipov]

Thanks for the nice words, I appreciate it. 😌🙏

[@kurshot]

Just brilliant, so close to original one, you used the right simples with the perfect additions and editions.. Much respect, stay with the music, because you are so talented..

[@RobertSharipov]

Thank you very much!

[@jodiescott01]

@@RobertSharipov Insane production skills. Any chance of the project, please?

[@AlexTuduran]

Legend has it that Boomfunk MC's watched this video in order to make "Freestyler". Hats off. I was always fascinated by that particular pluck reverb and you absolutely nailed that and all the rest.

[@JayRioLasRocas]

Recreating this masterpiece is a masterpiece itself

[@TalismanOL]

As an old bboy this was my favourite song, you made it bro.

[@Muscleduck]

That's really impressive. And after 20+ years still an awesome song.

[@tvanced8583]

With stuff like this, arrangement is one thing, but the sounddesign is absolutely key to a convincing cover. The fact that you recreated some of the most iconic sounds in this track (i would say even in music history) to a level of perfection that it's indistinguishable from the original is very impressive. I can only hear the difference in minor level balances, and maybe the bassline, but it's so fucking close.

[@RobertSharipov]

Yes, there are mistakes in the bass line that I did not notice and did not have time to fix. Thank you for the praise.

[@Ko8la2233]

If the copyright bot is finding this song, this shows how good you made the music.

[@berserker2551]

😎

[@ВПоискахПравды-ь6э]

Robots are so stupid )))

[@InternalMind]

Cringe comment

[@etonemoilogin]

not "made" but "copied"

[@smashtactix]

as a former vynil dj it's so awsome when you can finaly see what you visualised in your head all those years ago, while mixing and sampling tracks, great job my friend. Love it.

[@shacker45]

I think this is 80% accurate but sounds so good. Recreating the scratches??? I can't even do half of it and this guy even tried to recreate the hits. Awesome, amazing.

[@djicebreaker80]

When I listen to arp at the beginning, it reminded me of competition I entered I break dancing to it years ago, I came 2 nd, wow I can’t believe how complex the track is & has that 80s feel, still it a time less , well done for sharing your knowledge with us and taking the time to re create this masterpiece ❤

[@LochyP]

I can still hear the lyrics... awesome work

[@mircea3006]

Yes, they are like a tattoo in the brain

[@slashminus]

KZbin algorithm gods blessed me with this beauty tonight. Thank you for this amazing experience.

[@MrMusic238]

Amazing job man. The orchestra hit with the phaser on it is the most 90s sound possible 😂

[@jackhammer5683]

Отличная работа на 5+. Хотелось бы ещё такие вновь воссозданные инструменталки на трэки "Freestyle Project" получить )))

[@RobertSharipov]

Спасибо, буду стараться 🙂

[@robind9871]

Dude, this is just crazy. Completely nailed it! This deserves so much more views!

[@yannickraam8911]

would have more if he actually sang, maybe dance, along too

[@lucas007rap]

I just Shazamed it and it worked, sir you have my respect

[@jeroenfens8978]

Amazing work!! The sounddesign is absurdly close!!! And damn that bassline's musical, everything in the track was so ahead of it's time

[@ЛеонидДавриану]

Максимально близко к оригиналу! Шедеврально🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@spyros_ko]

While the song was building up, in the beginning, I was feeling so overwhelmed... Felt like I was 10 y.o. listening to this legend for the first time again 🥲 You sir, are a master of your craft and I'm thankful for the place, algorithm brought me this time ✊🏼

[@bobsnabby2298]

This is one of the legendary synth tracks of all times. This recreation is top notch !!!

[@4m0nr3]

you are my hero, I always wanted a break up of this song. you have answered so many questions!

[@M4tIn]

I know and loved this legendary track from when it was brand new on the top lists and I must say I'm kinda shocked... I always thought it's kind of easy beat mixed in Virtual DJ by some random guys on the home computer after school when mumma was laying on the coach and watching TV, but I have never noticed so many different sounds perfectly fitted until you showed it. Perfect work!

[@daveys]

Seriously impressive both the original creation and your recreation of it! Shows how much must have gone into writing the tune in the first place. Love this tune.

[@AykutKlc]

Exceptional. I had the guitar samples too but couldn't figure out how they played it. Thanks for the video. This is an incredible resource.

[@Pazaluz]

Mind-Blowing! I produce music myself, but recreating other tracks this well really takes a lot of skill. You need a lot of patience and dedication to get everything right.

[@RobertSharipov]

It's really difficult, you're right.

[@claireredfield7368]

Same here. Producing, but not recreating. Good Job on this!

[@technicallysquirrel]

Wow, that’s simply astounding. The level of technical detail is mind blowing and sounds amazing 🤩

[@iMobinator]

ths is so good, its like diving into the real project file of this childhood track for me

[@markafusion]

yeeeeeeee bro!! I've enjoyed !! I love this masterpiece and it's so crazy that you did as good!!!!! Congrats!!!

[@Weak_Hand]

Such a tune! I was 18 when it came out! Good times! Well done! Chapeau bas! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@Stereo_Eyebrows]

Unbelievable! This colossal work clearly deserves a like! It's a track from my childhood🎵

[@FKeyLoops]

I'm looking for a breakdown to try and recreate the basics for a Live Looping set. The detail provided is brilliant, and hell, that's as close as you can get to the real thing. Great tutorial and fantastic production. 6 Gold stars for you my friend!!!!💥💥💥💥💥💥

[@RobertSharipov]

Thank you

[@GoodSick]

AMAZING brought me back when i saw and heard the video clip. this made my day much apreciated

[@user-po3as9zc5hj]

I’m 31 for me its top1 track of my childhood

[@TE_53349]

the fact this got recognised as bomfunk mcs freestyler by SME shows how close to the original this is

[@klaxoncow]

Straight from the top of my dome. Rock'a microphone.

[@DJExcal]

superb!! although im a oldschool hiphoppper..this track is one of my favourites. This remake is epic !!! #kudos

[@kulcsarferenc9053]

Egyszerűen zseniális és fantasztikus munka. Hatalmas tudás, hallás és ami még fontosabb: tapasztalat kell ehhez. Tényleg lenyűgöző. Köszönöm az élményt. A video minden másodpercét tátott szájjal néztem végig. 🙂

[@thomasnn]

absolutely legendary. im blown away

[@raer5373]

Wow this is impressive, this song has so many layers (one of the reasons why it has aged pretty well tbh) and you remade it so closely. Well fucking done!!!!

[@caneroncel]

This is pure talent, amazing job.

[@icemanhk88]

Amazing digitised version of something organic! Shows that with enough patience and attention to detail, one can recreate anything with a machine. You sir, are Amazing!

[@james0156]

крутой трек! лето 2000 года дискотека, фристайлер и брейк-данс 🔥

[@Kureiji-Desu]

Beautifully made. Well done. Watching things like this reminds me how much work goes into making good music.

[@ekmanadventure]

Insanely good. I'm blown away

[@nurbekarmanuly1126]

amazing performance

[@siddharthsharma3128]

fucking crazy recreation man!! this was one of fav tracks back in the day.

[@mistersteve6705]

i don't think there is anyone else to do this, you are absolutely fantastic! I wish I had 10% of your skill. Bless you!

[@0007dogg]

how can u not sub after this masterclass ? this is expertly done and wonderfully explained

[@lzrhwk]

It's quite an experience hearing this without the vocals after almost 25 years. Great job!

[@delicrux]

holly shit bro the sound design is on point

[@tazmontmusic]

Holy shit man, you absolutely killed this. It gave me chills in a couple of different parts. Great job!!

[@Ephryad]

Конечно есть не точные инструменты, НОООО основной этот фирменный высокий звучок в начале - ИДЕАЛЬНО, ашь мороз по коже прошёлся ) какая там глубокая работка оказывается ) ну это и на этапе прослушивания понимаешь на самом деле ) Любимый момент на 8:24 когда начинает подключаться вот этот глубинный растянутый монотонный звук который добавляет глубину - восторг )

[@MusicEngineeer]

It's absolutely amazing how you nail every sound! I'm massively impressed by these listening and sound design skills!

[@suhasdotcom]

Wow, this is just awesome. Great work!

[@lex1263]

Insane. Well done. Bringin back some good old Memories. The Arpeggio is one of the best I have ever heard in any Songs 💫💫💥💥

[@tjordulf]

I think i watched a vid you did, recreating Firestarter by Prodigy, That was stunning, this was off the chain feckin Epic. I run StudioOne, and I love it. but you make your use of Ableton, into a Masterclass of how to squeeze the best out of your DAW, without actually recreating the track, but using the original, years ago I did like a re mix/ mashup type thing, and used the Smack my Bitch up line from prodigy over this track, had to tempo match it, sounded great over Freestyler. Keep up the great work.

[@Tigermoto]

Incredible, why it took two years for me to see this is one thing, but the fact I'm sat here singing the lyrics and not a beat is off is amazing!

[@marataldabergenov3969]

Awesome work ! 🔥🔥🔥

[@FuranGameplays]

Nice recreation, the pluck sounds as it should, and the scratches sound pretty realistic ❤

[@midju]

I'm impressed. You just got a new subscriber... 💥💥💥💥💥

[@wolfunplugged]

Unbelievable well covered! I loved this song so much! And still do!

[@lassorb4752]

That is so fucking good dude! Thanks alot, i love you for this!

[@blueswe332]

Absolutely awesome, I got absorbed and didn't even miss the vocals!

[@WilfredWebsterOfficial]

No idea why this song hasn’t been a new trend

[@Aboliero]

Это просто волшебство. Потрясающий опыт и наслушенность. Выбор сэмплов и их изменение очень круто! Спасибо за такую крутую работу!

[@BabyLullabiesMusic]

А я тоже в 2015м году помню подбирал этот плак в сайлентсе. Тоже получилось) Кстати нашёл у себя библиотеку, где был звук, который фоно идёт вначале и на котором заканчивается трек. Не знаю как его описать, но там как чайка кричит)) Вы молодец! Интересно получилось!

[@EDMZONE-z7j]

Zero G-Datafile Two библиотека называется

[@BabyLullabiesMusic]

@@EDMZONE-z7j да да, всё верно! Спасибо Вам! :)

[@nikjanevmusic]

Insane, off the hook, this is the nuts! Well done 🎉❤

[@castiliOR]

Низкий вам поклон

[@ghiekorg]

wow, this is actually really, really impressive. It's amazing what some humans can do.

[@Juustovuori]

Wow, U really know your stuff. Great work!

[@unconditionallovechild]

wow bro this is astonishing! if the vocals were on top i'm sure no one would be able to tell it's not the original. insanely good!!

[@rcm616-j5t]

Only 70k views is shocking for something this insanely impressive

[@herrpauk]

Look at the world we live in, it's not so shocking.

[@gpkbeats3975]

Im suprised noone recognised that verse bassline is wrong :) second part notes should be playing lower btw. AWESOME WORK

[@RobertSharipov]

I know.

[@goldmaturin8328]

this is amazing nice job !

[@martinoserri8814]

If I hadn't seen the preparatory phase, I would certainly have thought that the basis was the original one without the voice. Absolutely amazing!

[@slsstudiosdjtoto29]

Awesome work ! a new sub, from Nicaragua

[@George-e7t]

Broooo!! i was screaming when I heard it !!! FANTASTIC JOB!!!

[@RobertSharipov]

Thank you 😊

[@ghost23hl]

amazing ❣️

[@andersandersen6930]

Wow impressive! KZbin kept recommending this to me. Now i understand why :D

[@Mandy-Lane]

COOL!!! i heard that the melody pluck was from NORD LEAD 2.. synth..

[@RobertSharipov]

nice to see your comment I'm watching your channel.🙂

[@RobertSharipov]

Most likely it is. There you can hear that there is another layer of strings if you listen closely. I wouldn't have guessed before because I don't know much about synthesizers.

[@utr2-h6u]

@@RobertSharipovI think the orchestra/brass hit comes from AKAI sample library,but who cares…Maybe JS16 created this sound using sample technics such as chord memory and put a finish result into composition🤔

[@L3PRDPRiNT]

This is AWESOME! Great job! That arp intro with the guitar loop is iconic. You really nailed the remake! 💛

[@denckvit9020]

this track is fucking genius!!

[@antonb8687]

Incredibly impressive recreation! I've always loved the original and watching this made me appreciate why I always have; the beat and production is fantastic. Awesome work!

[@joti2910]

where did you get the guitar sample from. thank you so much great work

[@RobertSharipov]

the sample pack is called "zero-g: interface guitar". I downloaded a torrent on a website I don't remember which one.

[@joti2910]

@@RobertSharipov but Bro i am making a Remix right now of the Song can you pelase send me the isolated song i would send you some Money for IT on PayPal. Much Love from Germany

[@utr2-h6u]

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[@amid_tv]

Оказывается, это возможно - обалдеть!