Roots Manuva - Witness (1 Hope) Deconstruction in Ableton Live

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PB instructor Ski Oakenfull deconstructs Roots Manuva's classic Witness (1 Hope) in Ableton Live.
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[@NinjaPokeProductions]

Ski the type of guy i wish i had to talk me through everything in life.

[@NinjaPokeProductions]

@Frederick Malik lmao stop

[@johnnnyd]

10:28 'Its just kinda making it a litte bit wet, but keeping the tightness' 10:48 'I might as well put it in...shall I put it in?' Boom

[@skioakenfull]

+johnnnyd Said the actress to the bishop

[@y.u.r.i7452]

+johnnnyd "your partner.. ehm musical partnet" haha loved that they cut a jam hahaha

[@AntandraMusic]

Gotta love double entendres...

[@Lol-xy1id]

HAHAHA

[@georgewhite1972]

Haha i thought I was the only one to spot that. All the years of watching Carry On films has given me a filthy mind :)

[@Tableturn]

I read in an interview that Roots Manuva was trying to recreate the Dr Who theme tune when he started working on this beat. Interesting to think it became Witness, but you can still hear elements of Dr Who in the bassline.

[@skioakenfull]

+Tableturn Thanks for the info - I didn't know that but it makes perfect sense!

[@bluebull399]

I think recreating doctor who is a good project for any new producer. The by product of doing this is youll learn synthesis and effects. I recreated doctor who and the process gave me loads of inspiration for new songs.

[@PhilAndOr]

10:15 "It's just making it a little bit wet, but still keeping the tightness as well..." Love how he says that with a straight face.

[@BenNCM]

I hadn't thought of the second meaning until you mentioned it! Hahah!

[@rayhoodoo847]

Ben NCM thats because you gay nigga

[@chrisscott6417]

It's all pretty sick . Not in a good way.

[@matthewgrove-jones3001]

Big ups wickedy wickedy word up! I sung this song when I went Busking. Didn't have Internet back then and got most of the words wrong. Got more money than actually working back then.

[@TimWrightDJ]

I studied Music Production at SSR (Manchester) for 4 years and, whilst I really enjoyed and appreciated it there and the tutors were fantastic (I learnt a lot), I would have loved to have Ski. The guy's an absolute gem and it's fantastic that he's willing to share some of his tips with everyone!

[@OrionB1498]

Rodney is the Lee Perry of hip-hop.

[@cassettepat]

Wish there were more deconstructions they're brilliant

[@voLumez]

this man is a genius

[@SidechainStudios]

The Arp's at the right chords maybe, but the part is totally off

[@jayreyes7926]

This was... AMAZING!! Thanks so much! So informative as a newbie to Ableton!

[@isaacanthonydj4124]

i can't believe i find this in 2022, LoL, ONE HOPE ONE QUEST!

[@Justnothing412]

Please do make them available! Would love to look at it! Thanks for the video!

[@fire_sign1501]

+ChappyPlayz DOWNLOAD the Ableton session from this FFL including Sarah's vocals :: ow.ly/SWCIX :)

[@mekinis]

Hello Ski ! Would be possible for you to do Floating Points - Vacuum Boogie deconstruction ? Thanks : )

[@arraselu]

great deconstruction , as usually. Thanks

[@NumptyButtkick]

Great deconstruction as always Ski, always learn so much. Keep em coming :) Great vocals too.

[@rahbeat9785]

7:12 funniest sound i heard in my life . no kiddin

[@lewiswinham]

You have had a shit life

[@moter2179]

lit i am familiar with ableton only and just my luck that you guys had decon’d it and put it up on youtube. LIT

[@TheVideoEmporium]

I think the arp sample was from Jean Jaques Perrey, or someone similar from that whole experimental moog/modular era...

[@KaizerMan]

Yeah the little melody it plays reminds of Camille Saint-Saëns' classical song The Aquarium. so it could very welll be a synthesised rendition of that piece by Jean Jacques, Wendy Carlos, Isao Tomito, someone of that sorts.

[@mariusjulianneuberger3683]

@@KaizerMan i actually think it's tomita's take on debussy's prelude to the afternoon of a faun. the samples occur at 00:23 and 00:37. he chopped it and used three different slices which are pitched to the root note, 7 semitones and 9 semitones up to create that progression.

[@michaeljarmain8060]

I think the sample is from phone home by ashes and stars (00:27 in)

[@frederickgodsell561]

Amazing stuff. Thanks!

[@ZONE6666]

Brilliant !! Thankyou.

[@sebastianzborowski9499]

amazing as always!

[@MexiMumbles]

Great tutorial! Thanks

[@123thetruth45678]

omg this is amazing!

[@Limpuls]

Who is that girl?

[@navigatingmadness180]

I cannot get the analog synth to recreate this sound, I have no idea what the issue is though. All my settings seem to be the same as yours

[@AntandraMusic]

Nice tutorial.

[@djdrwatson]

Will there be another Halloween deconstruction soon?

[@alieustiansamateh6401]

Fuck yes! 👍 Love the programming ✌😎

[@UberSynth]

What monitors are those?

[@mrjono999]

Big Suze from Peep Show is doing tutorials?!

[@KaizerMan]

I don't use ableton but how does he apply a low pass filter at 43(hz) in the video and still have sound coming through? i'm trying to reproduce this outside of ableton but that whole filter + resonance part has thrown me of with how he's seemingly selected 42/43hz on a low pass filter, which is obviously not what's happened since that would be practically inaudible. EDIT: never mind, the low pass filter is following the envelope they've set up. i assumed that envelope was for the overall sound. god im an ableton noob haha

[@komicsreviewer8505]

WITNESS THE FITESS

[@echo1174]

isn't the sample from "The Fall"? can't remember the song.

[@notnolimburger3923]

They 'sampled' this. The Fall rhythm section were trying to play Witness and it stuck and became "Blindness" apparently.

[@echo1174]

@@notnolimburger3923 Ahhhhhh!! Sound !!

[@a_bnbry]

can you do a tutorial on the effects used on the vocals at the end

[@a_bnbry]

+fire_sign thanks for the reply!

[@byrdman6752]

If push is an instrument , why does he always use a keyboard?

[@MartIn-bn7yy]

+Byrdman c Think they're trying to promote the new NI keyboard.

[@skioakenfull]

+Mart In Hiya. Honestly I could have used any of the keyboards lying around in the studio. The KK keyboard has got coloured lights though so looks good on camera :) I love Push, but having learnt how to play piano I find it easier to play in parts using a keyboard rather than the pads

[@ilikeavacado]

Audio slightly out of sync but appreciate the vid

[@danl9407]

the EXACTLY same bass sound can be reproduced with a Roland SH-2. I did, but sold the synth a while ago... and sorry mate but this was your WORST deconstruction session. You did not nail the bass sound...

[@jacobread9650]

make it wet but keep the tightness

[@musicandlife3167]

she's cute!!!

[@musicandlife3167]

+fire_sign ha! I would but I live in California!

[@gurudeclan]

I'm triggered. In my pants.

[@gurudeclan]

why are there no female ableton instructors? men's fault