Masters at Work: James Wiltshire (Freemasons, Beyonce) Mixing & Arranging a Drum Track - Pt3

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[@chidamole]

Just finished all 3 parts, these are easily some of the best production videos I've ever seen, seriously useful information from James! If you could do another mini series with James that would be great, his way of explaining everything he's doing in this video was very useful. Thanks to both James and Point Blank for sharing!

[@pointblankmusicschool]

+Robert We'll see what we can do ;-)

[@elliotramsay1]

Deadset this is amazing!! Are there any other tutorials similar to this?? Specifically for EQing Drums? :)

[@reddenstudio]

All three parts are amazing, and I'm going to rewind and watch all three again! THANK YOU PBMS and James Wiltshire! Great work - Bravo!

[@pointblankmusicschool]

+reddenstudio Glad you enjoyed them!

[@djscottfrenzy]

I could watch and listen to him all day! What a great set of videos. Tons of great tips thanks for the uploads

[@mb3official]

That's why I keep coming back to Point Blank youtube channel. Its one of the best "in-the-studio" music production video.

[@pointblankmusicschool]

+MB TV 😎

[@Niele160]

Pure gold, I've learned so much from these series, it's unbelievable. Thanks so much for putting it together!

[@anthonyellis5688]

a true master at work! thank you so much.

[@pointblankmusicschool]

+Anthony Ellis Thanks for watching!

[@amkmu5ic]

Most videos I watch don't teach me much. These absolutely did. Many thanks!

[@sugarpuppies]

This series is precious... simply jam-packed with tips & techniques... and the speed in which James explains is perfect - if you know your way around Ableton Live. I'm hoping he'll be back for other tutorials. Thank you Point Blank, this was indeed a gift to all of us.

[@pointblankmusicschool]

+Sugar Puppies Glad you like it! We really enjoyed filming it :-)

[@nickydempsey2552]

Unbelievably humbling. I've worked with a few masters across various genres of music, though none in James' particular field. Incredible, and a great great advertisement for committing to choices. Well done PB and James. More of these please!

[@pointblankmusicschool]

+Nicky Dempsey We agree! More coming soon : )

[@LoveMeBack]

Best "in the studio" in years!

[@pointblankmusicschool]

+Ryan Meursing 🔥

[@markusasukas]

Just the work flow is satisfying enough to watch

[@OgTitouan]

I trully think this is the best tutorial I've seen in my whole life, so much knowledge and so much precision in the technical approach of the mix, I've learned a lot, thank you sir !

[@Claidheambmor]

What a fantastic teacher, I've returned to these videos a lot over the years.

[@lowpie1]

This was by far most useful "in studio" type of video I've come across..So many good tips and above all, James is brilliant teacher and he knows very well how to explain and transfer knowledge on us - viewers. Hopefully, we will see more stuff coming from him :).. Thank you, PB

[@alanhenery]

Excellent series, thanks for producing them PB and James.

[@timhacin8393]

One of the best tutorials I've seen so far. Really looking forward to future videos with James. Some much knowledge :)

[@Latsch82]

This Dude is so good! Wow my honest respect to you James!

[@marleycarroll]

The joy, the technique, the creativity. Love this series. Be sure to check out James' dedicated channel, F9 Audio!

[@babylonmusfall]

Serously sick man. That analog looked fun to play with!

[@warnermortgages3150]

This was awesome use of the classic sound with modern tools to create on the fly!

[@ScratchHowler]

What an amazing series of videos! Truly inspirational and not a midi file in sight! Defo gonna be chaining my sounds for parallel effects a lot more. Thank you Point Blank and thank you James :)

[@pointblankmusicschool]

+ScratchHowler You're welcome!

[@adamkinner4662]

This guy and Point Blank are the TRUTH! I'm learning an Insane amount at Icon Collective, but it's ALWAYS nice to get pro instruction from a variety of sources. I can't thank you guys enough. Keep it up please! #Keystosuccess.

[@katalizeaudiouk]

Thank you so much for these series, Point Blank!

[@pointblankmusicschool]

+Huku Thanks for watching, and thanks to James!

[@beanbusy7175]

Outstanding video. The most comprehensive I have ever seen on the subject! Many thanks.

[@mmoncur]

Nicely done James and PB! Even though I have absolutely no interest in creating pure drum tracks and no budget for all that analog gear, I still learned a ton about Ableton and mixing! And I got to see Declan in a Santa hat pretending to react to things! Seriously, though, this was a really high-quality session and I hope to see more from James Wiltshire.

[@BeatMax2023]

Great workshop very interesting!

[@8-BitHeart79]

Great series! Thank you, so much, for posting this. Merry Christmas, PB!

[@Amctothemoon]

Superb,very very easy to follow..Better than most tv programmes on tv... Thanks for sharing

[@MondstaubMusik]

Thanx James and PB for this, great advices and tipps. Best wishes and a happy new year.

[@johncastillo9933]

Amazing as always.

[@marianodipietrantonio549]

pure fire this set of videos

[@Kazemijazi]

Thank you

[@PsychoCaki]

Wow this mini episodes aree awesome!!! Gonna watch more! Most usefull tricks I saw and way he explaining things its just awesome! Thanks! :)

[@gx2music]

Right that’s it - buying Ableton. ( Logic user for years here ). Have been bingeing on James’s tutorials this weekend.

[@jamesrbrindle]

Awesome, thanks to PB and James for producing this :)

[@TheRealDanMac]

Brilliant great videos!

[@DinoSvanhvit]

Mad skills.

[@paulchristopherbeckett3456]

You smashed it... Amazing!!!

[@atilacintosun]

James is a GENUIS! Speaking about a guru of production. A true wizard of his craft. Thanks PB..always a pleasure to learn sth new! Will be joining your online logic/Ableton diploma courses soon! Cheers ;)

[@pointblankmusicschool]

+Atila Cintosun Great to hear! Can you please email [e-mail] if you need anymore info on our diplomas - looking forward to having you on board!

[@atilacintosun]

Thanks PB - Will be in touch when I'm ready to sign up!! Looking forward to getting on board ;)

[@damiensimper]

amazing stuff!

[@pointblankmusicschool]

+D'mo Sim 🙏🏻

[@karakta2262]

amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing!!!! BIG thanks this gave me so much experience!!!!!

[@porcelainbeatsofficial429]

31:00 There's free plugin by Apple called "AAC Roundtrip" or something like this which emulates the mp3 compression, they present it as helpful for MFiT :) Thank you , great tutorial!

[@dannywhittle4245]

Love watching you work James :D Very informative and full of top tips ;) thanks so much :D

[@TonyDaTunafish]

This guy is a music wizard.

[@tamirpinkas6197]

Thank you for sharing all this great information

[@gagebeckett9114]

Excellent drum process! Thanks for sharing :)

[@BenStereomode]

Great!

[@ninjafukwan7]

Great Video...guys !!!!!!!!!!

[@monsieur171]

this is absolutely fantastic thank you very much

[@spyroscam3305]

Great videos .... Thank You ...!!!!!

[@puseletso100]

PURE GENIOUS.........

[@Lalaland.001]

Thank you very much for these vids, really appreciated

[@zeus1117]

Thanks !!!

[@oleksandrn7268]

Thanks. Very helpful

[@PabloDeModeOfficial]

Just perfect! I was waiting for Ru Paul to come in and get into the groove, that will make it fierce...

[@samrose3205]

Pablo DeMode No

[@jenyamelnikoff3404]

Thanks a lot! Do you plan to release other parts? Part 4?

[@pointblankmusicschool]

+Jenya Melnikoff There are three parts to the video so this is the final one. We'll definitely work with James again so expect more videos soon : )

[@nickash5]

This is why you buy hardware synths and keep using your old digital stuff. Variety. Neat.

[@narcisjunior974]

Perfect!

[@TheBumpdjs]

top notch- thankyou!

[@djeffvinostv8061]

Question...Where i could follow mr James Wiltshire for more courses?

[@taimans]

thanks for this

[@raulrrojas]

The real artist behind Solomoon and many others... admire!

[@professorquack]

So sick how to get a pro sound out of mashing some drums. Really cool to have a full processing channel to plug gear into to tame before recording vs after the fact

[@porcelainbeatsofficial429]

20:20 Sounds like the beginning of Freelove by Depeche Mode :) I mean the FX

[@lrs123]

Amazing! wish i'd seen this when I was 16, everything seemed so secretive back then.

[@RohitMISHRA-rr7hy]

wow. that's it touch the soundtrack

[@AE-hx7wy]

@20:10 don't know why i laughed, just funny i know the feeling. It's way more fun to play it and correct then click it out, but the noise uplifter, hahahaha.

[@greggregory2554]

24:00 Best part of the video.

[@paulstent6730]

I reckon he’s still making this beat.

[@wileyschmitt]

What's the song at the very end?

[@DinoSvanhvit]

Is that the synth riff from Kano-Another Life?

[@omnivorace]

A true pro knows history and culture too. Thanks.

[@welshaccenttutorials3104]

best video

[@DRISCOLLAZ]

What does the Compressor actually do?

[@BR2049_]

I can't believe this is free.

[@JoeyLaslo]

Whats the title song!?

[@1800KLIENFELD]

Still wonder why james doesn't just create a parallel send for ny style compression. I have a sends for ny comp, sub comp and high end parallel comp. i also slap a eq before the compressor on these sends with the frequencies I want to focus on exaggerated. Check out mr bill KZbin on parallel compression. Not taking away from James. These videos are awesome.

[@djseanclayton]

+MISTER KLIENFELD i think so he can freeze and bounce down at any time

[@pointblankmusicschool]

+El Seano Yup!

[@nano7586]

31:40 "e ee next iem *thumb up* ALRIGHT, SO HOPEFULLY..."

[@supadavewest4071]

discopolis...The beat on the intro hauwd as f*ck!!

[@gx2music]

And THAT drone synth during the breakdown of Discopolis …. unfckingbelievable. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@nandoblondemobydick5438]

pure TR909 sound and groove (you can watch at Jeff Miles, much faster and better doing pure live with a TR909), yes James is a master so i would saw him doing something better than the same ultra repeated stuff in millons of songs at the present the artistic level is far of this. But i enjoy watching James giving production ideas

[@jacknikolson7480]

James Wiltshire aka James Paralshire :D :D I am pretty sure at the end he use a parallel for the whole ableton file :D :D just kidding great tutorial mate:) Ps -0.8 on master i always thought -0.3 its was the recomended from all engineers

[@BL1TZEN]

I never knew Phil Mitchell was such a talented musician. Imagine what he could produce if he kept off the booze and smack.

[@MauricioMaisterrena]

man he's fast with the mouse

[@yanidy2939]

I don't hear any difference. I only hear boom boom pak boom boo pak

[@davidleeatkinson5452]

people that you can listen to for a long time........Bob Ross, Fred Dibnah and James Wiltshires.

[@citizenhelene]

15 people don't like parallel processing

[@allfrieden]

hi, jesus saves

[@enkibumbu]

This guy should be fixing lawnmowers. Musical composition is not his thing. It's not about gadgets. Why would anyone spend so much time, money, and energy to make music that lacks uniqueness in any way? This was already done 30 years ago. Will he try to dance like Michael Jackson next? This is not composition. This is gadget tinkering. Nice hobby. The end result could not possibly be more generic. Style over substance. Without the special effects, you've got sawdust. Let's see the score for this "composition." Play it on a piano and what have you got? I'd rather listen to the dishwasher.

[@tomstickland]

The video title is "creating a drum track".

[@66226622]

It's a drum track for a house song. There will be synths, melodies, vocals and samples to make a song. Music does not have to fit anyones preferences