Mr. Bill - Ableton Tutorial 59: How To Make Kicks

[@rux_ton]

Its funny as I am solely a diehard FL Studio user, but no matter what anytime i watch your tutorials or streams, etc. I always end up finding cool ways to translate what you do into FL Studio and come up with something new. Im glad to have been following you this long. Your contribution to electronic music is always appreciated by me, dog.

[@TheDeathknight23]

I'm guessing the FL's equivalent of Operator is Harmor, yes?

[@llain2600]

No it would be sytrus operator is an FM synth

[@TheDeathknight23]

you're right

[@MonsterDubClub]

I just signed up to become a hardcore abletoneer yesterday! There are SO many awesome videos on your website. Your really helping me get such a clearer understanding of how to produce professionally. Thank you Mr Bill!

[@metashrew]

You could also set the loop mode in the envelopes to *Trigger* That way you can make sure that the entire kick will play, no matter how long the midi input is.

[@OhSlugggy]

holy fuck, you just solved a problem I've been having where I get a clicking noise at the end of my kick. thank you

[@loejewis]

This is great. I'd be keen for more simple tutorials!

[@devalah]

...overdelivered! not just another tutorial on making kicks but on how to build your own kick machine in Operator :) Sweet stuff! Thank you, sir Mr.Bill! :)

[@andrecastaneda2203]

I like how you use a clicky keyboard too, sometimes its distracting but I love the feel of it:; Even the sound alone is pleasant to me.

[@joeyschumans]

This is just freakin awesome dude, killer tutorial! Mad props!! Thanks a lot

[@danbhinda]

Wicked tutorial man, I really appreciate your content (and contributions overall). I find your content to be in a completely different league compared to the majority of shit on KZbin. Glad to see you uploading tutorials again! I think I'll be becoming a member on your website very soon. Also, it was hilarious that you ended up spelling colour the American way anyway (:

[@Alex-wl6oc]

Mayun this kick sounds wonderful

[@8o8inSquares]

That's sick dude, could you do the synthesized snare and hat tutorial?

[@MrBillsTunes]

I sure can.

[@dontworryaboutitman1321]

8o8inSquares Hats are really easy to synth. Snares are kinda hard tho

[@manifatzigula]

Dude that would be awesome. Snares are a big challange for me :)

[@djalbinos666]

man, can you make ride and crash tut? Im having most trouble synthesizing them

[@Roses_R_redeR]

🥀🥀🥀🥀 Bill.. I've never really downloaded anyone's Sample packs... just 1 so far Computers as a whole make me nervous still.. 1 day hope to get some of your drums.. Really dig your work bill... Blessings and Cheers 🥀🔥🤘🙏

[@user-vd3if4wq6m]

I believe kicks are themselves, rather than sounding like a genre, they are there own...fit many (bd)options later, who knows many a deep kick works with your trance or gabba sometimes. (i dont listen or know much about these genres, just sound philosophizing!) But great videos/body of work man!!! Im here getting a quick basics re-check before i push some grufF an bUUmpF kicks out the A4mkii (w some fine external processing;)

[@prodwellfed]

ill kiss u on ur lips billiam. this is just the vid i needed

[@RisetotheBottom00]

This is some high quality content my friend

[@viktoronopko2090]

Easy and amazing! Do you use fm modulation for the transient sometimes?

[@asielmanuelrodriguezespino748]

Hey Mr Bill you use Renoise :) you are now 10x times awesome :)

[@MrBillsTunes]

Oh yeah... Renoise is sick :D

[@DjangoFlaherty]

I see Reaper in there too :). Great Pro Tools substitute for multitrack recording and mixing. I produce in it too, but I only switched after lots of hobbyist tinkering, making macros and templates, and getting enough third party plugins.

[@asielmanuelrodriguezespino748]

Mr. Bill man thats so cool im a Renoise user too...maybe in the future you can do stuff in Renoise 😀

[@mattitch2859]

Mr Bill, you're in the groove! Ha ha

[@silent-science]

"Hey, it's today, and Mr. Bill we are gonna today and make today" same

[@wallrider1538]

Thanx man!

[@nonewanted]

Your music is pretty dope

[@NineToes821]

I suppose it would help if I actually look first, but do you have a tutorial like this for snares, perhaps? I just don't get making snares for whatever reason.

[@yuuuyuuyu]

very nice

[@KurryKumar]

Would you be able to do Kick 2 tut in the future?

[@MrBillsTunes]

Yeah sure

[@bedtimeread]

@@MrBillsTunes waiting for this boss ;)

[@nilsvanderwolk150]

Nice!

[@bedtimeread]

genius

[@mr_mshmsh]

your dope dude

[@ConTodayTempo]

do you bother with tuning on drums and if so how do you determine what the note of the hit is? would be a nice tutorial if you could do one

[@jsadecki1]

Why is some of this tutorial hilarious aha

[@fervlogg]

It would maybe have been nice for people to know that keeping a steady phase is really important for the cleanliness of the kick. I personally would rather mess with the volume envelope of the sine than using too much EQ to shape the frequencies because it introduces phase, which just makes it sound muddy and less impactful. I thought I'd comment it just for those who are interested in how it works, everybody can ofc do whatever they want.

[@Buunshin_]

if this is a joke I dont get it lol

[@tomilehtsaar]

Fucking a thank you so much for this Bill could you perhaps do one for snares aswell?

[@MrBillsTunes]

Shitchyeah

[@Albertmars32]

filezilla and sublime, are you a web developer at night?

[@MrBillsTunes]

I run a website yes - live.mrbillstunes.com

[@PsyCodeqz]

Yeah. Gabber and doof music is too easy..lol. you love your psy trance friends..you love us!!! Doof doof doof...lol

[@dankwarmouse6248]

What's wrong with psytrance? You don't like Ott, Shpongle, or Infected Mushroom? D':

[@MrBillsTunes]

Only 1 of these artists are psy-trance, tbh :p - and no, I love Infected Mushroom, it's the other 10,000 people bastardising it & boringly emulating it that give me the shits xD

[@dankwarmouse6248]

Haha okay good, it is definitely true that psytrance is probably the easiest genre to get away with zero risk taking and cookie cutter song loops, but those who nail it definitely do it well :). Oddly enough it's the first genre I got into when I was transitioning out of my "all electronic music sucks" phase

[@naught101]

Ott and Sphongle use psy sound design, but they definitely aren't trance.. Psybreaks, psybient, psybass, all those other psy genres are awesome. It's the brainless trance that's crap.

[@dankwarmouse6248]

I guess I don't understand the psy genre distinctions all that well, but early Shpongle definitely had some psytrance, don't you think?

[@TheTauchsieder]

how did you put all the devices into an instrument rack at 6:56 ?

[@novie160]

Select what you like with shift or ctrl (i don't remember) and press Ctrl +G

[@TheTauchsieder]

nice thanks

[@morganprevost7195]

there's a u in colour. im am so triggered

[@subeg]

I trust people who have Reaper installed in their computer

[@TheOfficalAndI]

That old Live skin triggers me

[@ILOVEFRIDAY]

I like the old live skin better tbh

[@ThatWhiteHand]

Oh shit, its the people from that one meme.

[@TheOfficalAndI]

@@ThatWhiteHand no idea what you're talking about tbh

[@ThatWhiteHand]

The channel who replied to you were one hit wonders in 2018. Was just surprised to see them here is all.

[@nunchies124]

@@ThatWhiteHand lmao I noticed that too. The Mia Khalifa song

[@dorsia6938]

lmao i like psytrance :(

[@Kategan]

Me too, psytrance is fucking amazing

[@liammoore7122]

Wait are you Australian hahaha, if you were from western aus your accent would fly under the radar

[@codakmusik]

11:20 :)

[@JamesAbeja]

"I hope that most of my fans aren't psy-trance fans..." haha you're safe with me mate!

[@Bun102]

The Kick rack is broken! doesn't work!

[@MrBillsTunes]

Wait, what do you mean?

[@yungghi]

When you load in the preset it say's it "can't be loaded, it's probably broken"

[@fathersonalcohol6490]

What's wrong with psytrance? You don't like Ryanosauras? XD

[@MrBillsTunes]

Ryan can go & get FUARKED