Pretty Lights - Tour Bus Studio

A quick look inside my tour bus studio, in which I am working on a new Pretty Lights album. More details about the album and the documentary that's being created about the making of the album will come out soon...ish.

[@godofcreek720]

Seeing this 10 years into PL listening and touring is helping me as a producer. Big ups to you Big D, paving the way for a new generation of improv EDM producers/composers.

[@kenshinryu]

That is the first time I've heard the phrase "This is where the magic happens" that wasn't in relation to a bed. Good stuff!

[@DaMann2323]

Who DISLIKED this? Idiots. PL is unreal. Keep doing what you're doing, Derek.

[@bertspringdog]

I'm wondering if he is still on the bus and forgot what year it was. Where you at Derick!?

[@yessirjones42]

he back frfr

[@bertspringdog]

@@yessirjones42 So glad to see!! I caught some of the shows on Twitch, defo did not dissapoint, just wish i was lucky enough to see it in person!! Still one of the best producers on the planet!!

[@samth3mancgp]

My lord I want that stuff.. especially the Lynx Aurora!

[@MrPUNJA18]

you are livin the life man! seeing you on halloween for the first time! cant wait!

[@cobrider2]

Holy shit ! one of the best place in the world

[@DarkKnIgHt0074]

I'm pretty sure the magic happens in the back

[@randomanchovies1]

you're the greatest musical genius that has ever happened to this world

[@Thattramp94]

Holy shit. That's awesome. Can't wait to hear your new stuff.

[@TrippyRaptor86]

I want A PRETTY LIGHTS Lighter!!!!

[@DRAINObomb123]

You look more nervous in this video then you do on stage. haha, but in all honesty that's the dopest set up i've seen since deadmau5's

[@OhmygodSportacus]

Fantastic studio, surprised the bus can handle that much power!

[@Malvina05]

love your work. keep it up man, your amazing

[@dmembrillo]

Keep doing what your doing man. Love it.

[@ODonTheseTrees]

Impressive studio, I was expecting it to be alot more Software. Great gear makes great music! Pretty Lights FTW

[@quicksilvermac7]

Kool stuff bro creative and ingenious

[@mynmyself]

woooow modulars! really inspiring to see people doing music so "modern" with modulars instead of massive and fm8

[@bombadier203]

YO ...dope setup! Definitely appreciate you taking the time out of your day to record this and let us all take a peek into how u get the magic poppin. one suggestion tho, you should start doing things when you do live shows. I absolutely Love your music but I know a lot of people would appreciate a little more improvisation/actually live stuff at ur shows ....or you could keep doing what you're doing and probably still make money for awhile. idk ...You'll figure it out. I Trust.

[@Kumomi]

Yes! haha Is the New Album "A Color Map of the Sun" and the name of the song is "Where I'm Trying to Go"

[@thephunkymeaters]

bring it back to cali!

[@sqweens6]

diggin' the song in the backgroud too

[@trevtay91]

2:11 bowl next to the mac.

[@aliensalvation9284]

Epic bus studio

[@n1lla]

That's the mobile studio???!!! My head is swimming just thinking what the non-mobile studio would be like!

[@drtrivago5449]

i love pretty lights !

[@d4sh94]

the dream

[@charlie336ish]

thats badass

[@samaireoctober5584]

Le Sighs, I'm still going through your music and haven't completed it all. The bus was nice :D

[@LearnMYOG]

Keep on fighting the good fight! Music was meant to be shared.

[@trevtay91]

HAHAHA only Pretty lights drags an 88 key grand piano onto his tour bus. good shit lolzzz.

[@lukemorman93]

i think the song in the background is one of the songs that PL is sampling for the new album. I think.

[@taylormburnham]

@Preteranimus yea dude. he's revolutionized electronic music and its following by the youth...just as tribe did and continues to do today. people used to criticize music that wasn't played by literal instruments, those same people are in pretty lights crowds today. he's a genius producer, killing it, and he's a big ass dude...like literally tall as shit

[@ipat202]

RELEASE DATE PLEASEEEEEE!

[@andynatusch]

Im jealous...Man what i could do with just half that hardware...

[@Dubarco]

man hes so ripped haha hes a legend. cant wait to see him at ultra and whenever he returns to the tri state ill be there! check out my live videos from his shows...

[@davewah85]

whats the song in the background?? hopefully its going to be on the new album :)

[@joEmonst3r]

Dope

[@letsgetravey420]

hahaha wow man doin it big!

[@danielkats9045]

I knew it you had dope gear listening to your music :P keep up the good work man. Is that a dsi prophet 12?

[@PatrickSugarfix]

Love it :)

[@ArneDahl111]

Crystal is one lucky gal.

[@Kirkpad]

Fuuuu, a documentary?!

[@Noscope101]

Never knew heaven was on a bus

[@sturizzle95]

i want one

[@yoyofargo]

JBL lsr4300's... And here I am with a vrm box and 280 pro cans like a cheapass... You gotta do what you gotta do I guess... :) Hopefully I can get a set of rokkits or something. I need to feel the music on my skin.

[@Christophe_L]

I think most revealing is that display box of lighters at 2:15 lol!

[@JoshDokulil]

haha...@ 2:11 you can clearly see a pipe on the desk. nice.

[@maythxmusic]

i miss you bro

[@kevon217]

Finally moving

[@alexkwong31]

Do you get noise complaints from your neighbors??? ;)

[@TylerANDBABE]

i wish i could have all that in my house let alone a bus...which i ALSO DO NOT OWN! FUCKIN A

[@knwr]

@clintmeadows what?

[@mynmyself]

massive and fm8 could be used for anything really... they are great vsts (probably the best ones), but theyve been overused for dubstep and skrillex sorta stuff... i just find it nice to see people using analog gear and modulars for music thats not 70s prog rock or just ultra experimental bleepy kraut music

[@Rossthecraft]

I dont understand any of that... but thats probably a good thing cause it shows you're a fucking pro.

[@Preteranimus]

@Rossthecraft I am not complaining about substances. I am simply stating a fact.

[@Vespyro]

Wicked shit man.

[@TCHF37]

@CanebrakeDubstep Why do you think his music is so good?

[@Elcubsfan34]

lol the magic happens in the studio? thats interesting

[@jdberger62]

sick hat

[@Dubarco]

@trevtay91 everyone loves weeeeeed 8-D

[@kylePchase]

where's the monome?

[@hammer13ful]

Show us Crystal!

[@dainius311]

Where I'm Trying To Go

[@Bherbz]

medical green jar on the desk? xD

[@ipat202]

@hammer13ful I've seen pictures of Krystal. She's very pretty man. I wish I had a Krystal!

[@anti2117]

background song!? name?!

[@bringbackhipv]

That's $50,000 little tour bus set up

[@CNUGZ]

this doesnt look confusing at all.... :-p

[@Preteranimus]

@Rossthecraft Oh you mean like your faulty inference on my observations of youth in America?

[@teganwolfe]

@hammer13ful Krystle :)

[@anti2117]

@davewah85 ye give the name

[@serabarracuda2983]

😭

[@VatosOfficial]

What's the song called in this video??

[@ledonza]

VatosOfficial Reel 5 Break 3, from his album A Color Map of the Sun Live studio session

[@Daftendirektt]

I use Ableton and I find it flows much better. Hell, Daft Punk and quite a few other artists use it. FL Studio seems too simple and I don't really like the feel of it. :P Oh well, each to their own.

[@biggabenne]

2:16 @biggabenne

[@SamMarsh04]

Look at 2:11 where you can clearly see the potheads no where to look........

[@kylemix93]

i spy some audio technica ath-m50's???????? :-)

[@saberwulf]

everything is cooler with a fish eye lense

[@Rossthecraft]

@Preteranimus Yeah you're wrong. Don't complain about substances when everyone in this world is drinking and smoking cigarettes (both of which are considerably more harmful than mdma and lsd). And this guy does a whole lot more than dubstep and samples, If you listened to any of his music you would know that. You don't even know how to spell dubstep... educate yourself (not through fox news) before you start spouting off.

[@Preteranimus]

Smoking weed does not fulfill, in my opinion, the full connotation of 'drug use'. I am speaking from experience when I refer to hipsters as drugged out and brain dead. Forgive me for generalizing with that label and also for not knowing the techical terminology of this convoluted eletronic music culture (or absence of culture, if you like).

[@Preteranimus]

I get the feeling, and maybe I am wrong, that this guy spends more of his time busting his ass compiling samples and making insanely dope dub step on his computer, all the while on tour clocking g's on his paycheck, than living the make-believe drug-obsessed hipster rave lifestyle that plagues this country's brain dead youth. Maybe I am too harsh. What say you? This guy's clearly a businessman with some heavy tech skills. Don't let the image fool you into thinking otherwise, kids.

[@taylormburnham]

Ok we get it derick...you're using analog. your music still sounds the same

[@c_lent]

"bass and guitars in the bay of the bus"...hmmm not buying it

[@MOSES199]

I thought he used Fl Studio...........Abelton sucks.