Sample-based Techno Recipe

In this video I'm making a Techno sketch from scratch using 10 samples from my new Raw Techno Sample Pack, which btw you can find here:
yancook.bandcamp.com/album/ra...
This project file + 2 more are included in the sample pack.
The video turned out pretty long, but I hope you'll find it useful 🤓
00:00 - Master Chain
01:20 - Lows
14:38 - Highs
27:36 - Mids
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📁 Project Files & Stuff:
yancook.gumroad.com
Available Artworks:
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Bandcamp:
yancook.bandcamp.com/
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#ableton #techno

[@eddielives3946]

Broo that Shaper MIDI trick! You always open my mind to start “Cook”ing!!!

[@setito]

this is the inspiration i needed. you unlocked so many possibilities for me

[@debu206]

Tutorials coming from you and knowing your tracks makes this special, Thanks for sharing your techniques !

[@shortattentionspa.....]

Straight to the point, solid advice, nice tricks, bangin loop!!! Always the best videos!

[@jdaddyaz]

Ah man, you're the best! Thank you for spreading the love and knowledge. ❤️

[@SamMcEwin]

Sounding good. Some nice little tricks there. Shaper trick is a good one. You’ve inspired me to use the Phaser more too. Thanks for sharing.

[@rafaelcamargossantos]

Thanks for sharing your process with us

[@salamandersm]

This is wonderful

[@lalolanda2239]

intense, loved it

[@ivanbrankovic9965]

This video is a game changer. Thank you!

[@mischaminnee]

so good 💥

[@xgoldendreamzx6734]

nice that im not the only one to use samples for a lot of my techno tracks

[@martinr8115]

so nice ! merci

[@frank_mm]

Master & Commander 🙌🏻

[@geejay7397]

you should try start to finish tutorial

[@papiertigre7843]

goat honestly

[@SyntheGris]

Compared to @Underdog and @EDMtips, also great but... Your vid gives more time to inderstand, implement and fiddle around more. Thank you m8 for this tutorial which I was looking for a while now. This will curtainly help me to advance later. Keep it up, you got my sub.

[@horseonthethirdfloor3643]

cooking tasty stuff like always 😋

[@boschom9995]

top yan :)

[@dekaoff23]

Отличная работа)

[@custommusic3325]

Thanks a lot 🫶

[@saifullahvaid617]

good thing i just got ableton to switch from fl, definately going to experiment by using these stuff

[@vitadziubetska]

Never clicked on a video so fast 🫶🏼

[@noiseb3at843]

holy

[@djzalamero]

Hey Yan, been following your music for a while & just noticed you upload this amazing content & tutorials on KZbin! Ive been DJing for a year and I'm getting interested in producing, your videos might be the ones to make me start. Is there anything you recommend for starters? Thanks in advance! keep it coming

[@YanCook]

Well just check all my videos in the Electronic Music Production playlist 🙂

[@edgarcarter]

Depends on what you need. I recommend you to read the Ableton Manual (Very useful for everything to start) [not only for beginners]. Advice yourself on Music production with Theory like what does every knob does or every audio effect.

[@solconnection2]

can i recommend a finished track preview on your vids, thats labelled and easy to jump to, either at the start or end of the vid.

[@PeppeVeeDj]

Great video as always! I'm using a lot of your advices and after 5 years I came back to music production! SO THANK YOU! I've got one question. Let's suppose to arrange this track and finish it. After that, can we consider it ready to send as a demo, or it always needs a final mixing work? (I mean more specific).

[@YanCook]

Well, you need to decide on that, when you think the track is finished)) If your track gets signed by a label, they might ask for a pre-master and their engineer will master the track, but mixing is your job, it's a part of production.

[@PeppeVeeDj]

@@YanCook Do you usually do everything during the creation process (like in all of your videos), or after all (arrangement, etc.) you come back to mixing?

[@YanCook]

@@PeppeVeeDj Yeah, I do mixing during creative process and I can come back to it after the the arengement for some final touches.

[@PeppeVeeDj]

@@YanCook Ok, got it. thanks a lot! :)

[@airfixx_8952]

Thanks for sharing. You have a very deliberate, efficient work-flow..... I guess that comes from using sampled material that you already know very well. Q. A lot of your EQ, dry/wet etc. seems to be according to very specific values (rarely round numbers.... 1.46 kHz 32% etc.) that you key straight in to the devices (rather than 'dial' in by ear) and from there only tend to tweak in very small amounts...... Are these personal go-to values that you come back to over and over or are they related to certain established mixing theory? ......I know mainstream mix engineers (rock, pop etc.) swear by a very rigid view of where everything ought to sit in the frequency spectrum, but I've always been very cautious of becoming formulaic. Cheers!

[@YanCook]

The way I type in values with keyboard is an old habit and it's the fastest way to do it because of muscle memory)) Also I know pretty well what most of the parameters do and sometimes I have some notes when I'm recording a video like this. So no mixing theory, just habits and experience 🙃

[@DavidOrtiz-b1s]

Can someone explain me the purpose of create a new whole sidechain channel off? please

[@rickski1970]

Yan, do you use any third party stuff or Ableton stock exclusively?

[@YanCook]

I do, some: Valhalla DSP reverbs, T-Racks EQ, Comp, Limiter and Meter for mastering, Vulf Compressor for low end, Pigments 4, Neold Warble and some Max4Live modules.

[@mradamcshaw]

Great tutorial, thanks. Next time is it possible to have a highlight circle on your mouse cursor so I can keep up with the flow. Like the no nonsense style otherwise. 🙂

[@MrAlolo333]

Hi Yan and thanks, i have a problem, when I right click on the utility gain, and click on show automation, I don't have the same configuration as you, I don't have the red dotted line that should be displayed, I can't do the automation in the piano roll, i have Ableton 11 Standard

[@MrAlolo333]

I've done it 😊 , on my Ableton it's blue, and there's no dotted red line, and it's Alt to curve the line, thanks yan

[@SKRDmusic]

have you tried Push 3 already?

[@YanCook]

Not yet :(

[@0x44Monad]

Why always .3/.6/4?

[@fabfilterabidin]

What is the sidechain channel used for? I don't understand

[@YanCook]

The ducking/pumping audio effect.

[@fabfilterabidin]

thx sir. you are using limiter on the master channel. when we start mixing we will need to bring it to -6db level. should the limiter be removed? and we are waiting for a mixing video from you sir.

[@xxsomepeperagez]

Thumbs up prior to watching video. Uno how it is

[@user-xw7eb6qk5f]

Как сделать, чтобы как у тебя при создании нового миди-трека там уже был компрессор и спектрум?

[@YanCook]

Правой кнопкой мышки на канале, save as default midi track.

[@teamcoalhapcharcoal]

Life is so much easier without hardware