Melodic Techno with Pilot Plugins and Captain Plugins Epic- Tutorial

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In this video, we're diving into how to nail Melodic Techno with Captain Plugins Epic and Pilot Plugins. Whether you're just starting out or you've been at it for a while, we've got some solid tips that'll help you craft some killer tracks. We'll break down how to blend Captain Plugins Epic and Pilot Plugins to get those deep, punchy, and melodic techno vibes going.

[@jerrychan1471]

Vibrant and energetic, I love the driving beat, well done!

[@mixedinkey]

Andy is awesome, every beat he produces turns out amazing :)

[@EmpiricalMind]

Great track, Im inspired to start a melodic techno track tonight, and luckily for me I have both Captain Chords Epic and Pilot Plugins 🎼🎵🎶🎹

[@mixedinkey]

That's amazing to hear 💙 ! Please share your track when you are done, we would love to listen to it 😃

[@MrWillow-z9w]

man's creating a banger so casually hahaha

[@dizbeliefdanbackhouse5807]

Thats really cool

[@GeoAngelo-official]

Pilot is just a game changer from the moment you get it!! The possibilities of getting new inspirations are endless!! Btw great track and tutorial!! Quick question, where could I find that vocal sample?? It’s pure 🔥

[@ademcfade]

Great video! I think the challenge for me is always arranging ideas once you have your initial loop sorted. It's one of those tasks which you always intend to do but often end up leaving great ideas on touch because you never got around to it Do any of the captain or pilot plugins have any interesting workflow ideas to help with it??

[@Bronwyn031]

I just bought Pilot to add alongside EPIC and I can wholeheartedly say this combo is now the Game Shark of music production!!! This is straight up cheating now! LOL You can use a preset or create your own melodies, arps, bass lines and with Captain BEATS, your own drums. There is a smorgasbord of included instruments that sound excellent and the Phase Plant driven ones can be tweaked even deeper. But if you don't like any of the included instruments, just drop the MIDI from Pilot into your DAW or use Pilot to drive any MIDI in-DAW or OUTBOARD instrument in your plugin-in library or studio. Writer's Block just went the way of the Dodo! EXTINCT!!! UPDATE: Seems Pilot is geared more towards EDM and Pop genres. Would LOVE to see orchestral and rock presets added in. Scaler 2 and XO might get sunset in my workflow now.

[@mixedinkey]

Thank you very much for the positive feedback, we really appreciate it :) We will definitely look into more genre packs, so we will keep in mind your suggestion for Rock and Orchestral :)

[@DJTsunamibr]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@johnnyvegas2015]

Great, thank you so much.

[@mixedinkey]

Glad it was helpful! 💙

[@davidpowell3406]

Great tutorial and track, thanks for sharing. I have a quick question, when you are using captain chords with different tabs for song sections - e.g. verse and chorus. When you load up the pilot melody plugin and choose to follow the chords from captain chords, is there a way to have it follow the chords from the different sections of the track? I can't see that the pilot plugins have the same tabs so I can't work out how to have a different melody for the chorus and verse - if that makes any sense?!

[@kimmybaxter]

Hi there! Have you got a solution for this by any chance?

[@ErixSamson]

Nice video. What is the difference between Captain and Pilot plugins?

[@mixedinkey]

Good question :) Pilot Plugins are all about making music creation fun and interactive. They've got this cool "knob to MIDI" workflow going on that lets you whip up chords, melodies, basslines, and arpeggios on the fly, focusing on getting those tunes out of your head and into your track super fast. You can create almost an infinite amount of ideas with them. Captain Plugins Epic, though, is a bit more traditional, using a keyboard and mouse setup. It's perfect for digging deep into your music, building chords, melodies, and beats with a big focus on understanding music theory and putting together songs with structure. The best part? You can mix and match them. Hook up Captain Chords Epic to Pilot Melody, and any tweaks you make in Captain automatically get mirrored in Pilot. How cool is that?

[@ErixSamson]

@@mixedinkey Thanks. I already have the Captain plugins. I was wondering if pilot would add something to it.

[@johnsignoretti4002]

Fantastic job but outta curiosity why didn’t you showcase Pilot Chords instead of Captain Chords Epic?? Thank you

[@mixedinkey]

I'll check with Andy, but I believe the idea was to demonstrate how combining both plugins can result in some really awesome music :)

[@gsmith11172]

Can we get a boom bap lesson

[@mixedinkey]

We will add that to our To-Do list :)