MELODIC TECHNO like Stephan Jolk [Afterlife] | Ableton Live, Diva | Producer Notes VII

[@francoispml]

⏰ TIMECODES ⏰ 00:00-02:07: Introduction and full playback of the created track. 02:08-07:06: Walkthrough of the drum elements. Francois explains the use of: - A punchy kick - A rolling bass created with Serum - Various percussion samples for artifacts around the kick - Clap and hi-hat sounds - A noise element with corpus effect for upper harmonics 07:07-12:42: Walkthrough of the synth elements. Francois covers: - A pluck sound made with Serum - A low lead sound, crucial for the Afterlife style - A high pad sound created with Diva - A high lead sound with vibrato effect - A guitar-like sound using a Diva preset 12:43-13:44: Demonstration of a version based on the actual Empire of the Sun remix harmonies. 13:45-14:55: Outro playback of the created track. Throughout the video, we look at various production techniques, including: - Use of sidechain compression - Application of effects like reverb and saturation - Sound design tips for achieving the Afterlife/Stefan Jolk style - Arrangement techniques typical of the genre, such as using pads intermittently rather than continuously

[@bastianvmusic]

Hello! Which preset is the one use on the serum high lead?

[@Mike2NightBeatz]

Beutiful lesson!!!!!!!!!! Thanks!

[@SchmonkPk]

I love how you're still improving even on such a high level!

[@francoispml]

Thanks Offrey!

[@KikoMacedo]

Thank you François! Very good and inspirational walkthrough as always

[@furcloud2450]

Amazing as always!💥👌

[@mattao_ofc779]

Top!! wieder einmal ein grandioses video!!! Liebe Grüße Mattao;.)

[@francoispml]

Danke dir :)

[@mattao_ofc779]

@@francoispml immer wieder gerne! Weiter so!;-)

[@hugo0672]

Dope work ! 🔥

[@DjAleiO]

Hello, i wanted to ask you what preset you use for the driving bass in Serum!! Thank you

[@tiaemofficial]

great tutorial... keep going 👌🏻🎛🖤

[@gianprimus9285]

I wait “Morgen” from Stephan Jolk on Ableton 👍🏻👋🏻

[@kiyanazarbar3319]

Would be cool to see more of the chord progression -- I notice in the arrangement view there are some with added tones, sevenths etc. I find that these warmer analogue pads tend to sound super muddy the more notes you add unless you turn on oscillator sync in Diva, so I'm curious how this worked out. Maybe this approach of playing a triad with the third transposed up an octave spreads them out sufficiently for this not to be a problem.

[@jslg7641]

PML is amateur work bro, using 3 notes and trying to reproduce bad music for the last 10 years lol smth

[@kiyanazarbar3319]

@@jslg7641 Everyone's entitled to an opinion, but if you think the artists PML chooses to focus on in their educational content are bad or amateurish, then your opinion is literally worthless to me. Out of all the content I've found on the internet, these guys pump out competent sound design and start-to-finish videos focusing on many of my favourite producers, with believable end results. Maybe they're not trying to be Stimming, David August or Nils Frahm but I'm sure I could play most of this content out and nobody would bat an eye. As a DJ I even used to play some of Francois' work a few years back before PML existed, which is one of the reasons I found them credible to begin with. If you want to put out some less amateurish instructional content of your own, please go ahead. Maybe we could all learn something.

[@jslg7641]

@@kiyanazarbar3319 that you even play their 'tracks' says a lot about your standard as DJ. Show me your socials and discography I wanna laugh. LOL

[@kiyanazarbar3319]

@@jslg7641 I didn’t say I actually played PML “tracks”. I said if I did, I doubt many would even notice. Even so, why would I play unfinished instructional material that was meant only to educate and not even fully mixed and mastered?

[@jslg7641]

@@kiyanazarbar3319 they would notice unless they listen to EDM and have shitty taste. LOL

[@EdgOrn]

Great! Thanks💪

[@ROCKKIZZ]

Hey Francois, Welcone! to your Own Page! .. Ich wusste es nicht .. ;)) auch hier bin ich jetzt dabei... Vielleicht machst Du mal Pimp up the Projects von Neue Künstlern was man beim Low end und Mischen/Mastering besser umsetzen kann ;)) .. Ich hoffe Du sprichst auch Deutsch:)

[@TimoKlangfeld]

sehr geiles werk.wow

[@jankalinowski6767]

Das schon cool alles! Ich bin ein Kind der 90 iger (Techno) mäßig. Dieser ganze new school Melodic Dings Bums🤣 ist für mich immer so, Wartezimmer oder Fahrstuhl Musik🤣 .klar alles immer andere harmonies und chords und arps,aber irgendwie nix ,also für mich klingt alles gleich..... Ich schau mir aber immer gerne deine Sachen an....! Danke F.!

[@Ilibanesi]

is this track released ?

[@rocky_racoon3183]

Which Diva pre-sets are you using here ?

[@luixy_]

Do you have the download link of the track?

[@arjanpetersen]

which scale is this? F lydian?

[@ahmedadel7401]

The link of this course please

[@francoispml]

Hey Ahmed, a link to the file is now in description. A course is not yet available

[@ahmedadel7401]

@@francoispml when it will become available bro ❤️

[@swapnilkapadia]

Have you finished this music and released it?

[@francoispml]

Hi, nope not yet, not really.

[@IJK-444]

@@francoispmlplease release it!!!! 🔥

[@GuyA000]

Amazing Francois nice work keep going:)👍 one more track please))🙏🙏 Track id. Stephen Jolk - Inhibition (Original mix) please brother please 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🔥🔥🖤💣

[@LevBogdanov]

Hi François, thanks for the video. But it still sounds denser on their drums. Synthesizers are cool too. Don't get me wrong, but I've watched a lot of your videos and have never heard that dense sound like those of those musicians. I myself am trying to figure this out too. I would like to ask them, but it's not real. All the tracks in your videos sound too simple. Need processing. But this is exactly what no one says on KZbin.

[@cl-zachwilliamsstudios3358]

Indie dace is the future. This vibe is overdone… anyway thank you Francois!

[@alexandersorbas1881]

Sounds very computer like...the pros have a human touch to their tracks...this is too predictable and robotic

[@jslg7641]

This is PML, what did you expect... amateur work made by amateurs who never released anything in Beatport 100...

[@kiyanazarbar3319]

@@jslg7641 Using the Beatport 100 as a gauge of quality or success is.... pretty hilarious. And also pretty 2014.

[@jslg7641]

@@kiyanazarbar3319 you missed my point. They never released anything. Period. LOL

[@francoispml]

@Matteo Luigiodaro (or Ashley) Ok, thanks for your spicy comments. I'm btw in a completely different business. PML has built an audience of over 1 Million producers across different channels, doing educational videos FOCUSSED on USING AS LITTLE 3rd party software outside of Ableton AS POSSIBLE, and offering it as a platform for professional artists. So our target with this content isn't the beatport 100, our target is releasing content for the producer who is using Ableton Live and maybe one or two more plugins and wants to get an idea on how to approach this sound. Of course we don't get U-He Satin tapemachine sound, if we don't use it, same goes for using Ozone etc. And regarding our target audience, we've released more than 3000 videos and have more than 100 million views across all platforms - which I consider slightly higher than "never released anything". Bottom line: My current goal is not necessarily the same as your goal, my measure of success might be different from yours.

[@feshprod1121]

​@@francoispml nice answer