How to Make the Main Synth/Guitar from "Breathe" by The Prodigy

[@samsmyers]

🔥 DOWNLOAD THIS PRESET: found.ee/UrsoWC

[@jamesbanasky3672]

I have to sign up for a spotify and instagram account to download it?

[@stevej1154]

Although Liam Howlett is known for using loads of samples, in this case the main guitar riff was played by Jim Davies, who also played on Firestarter. There are at least 4 samples in the song though.

[@Deleted11100]

I’ve been producing for ten years only in my last couple of years have I started to understand and dive into synthesis etc. You are a genius to me mate. This is absolutely incredible talent.

[@Abyssiondubs]

So much useful knowledge here, thank you for sharing!!

[@qi_kayon]

Man, the power of resonance and filtering... really cool use of detuning to replicate the pluck too. Very cool sound design concepts you shared here. Thank you!

[@jf221]

You're literally my fave on youtube

[@anantwashere]

My goodness! This is sheer brilliance!

[@samsmyers]

thank you!

[@subtronika]

Super impressive man! love it!

[@barrsique]

Not gonna lie, this is stunning! Awesome job, Sam!

[@samsmyers]

Glad you like it!

[@ronnie9379]

Not gonna lie, this is DEFINITELY me when I'm driving.

[@ghaleon1103]

I'm glad you're not gonna lie about this

[@ghaleon1103]

@@koma7252 You forgot "no cap"

[@Numatixdnb]

Mateeeeee this is epic. I was skeptical when I saw the video come up because obviously it’s a guitar sample but this is so close man unreal job!! 🙌🏻

[@avnerbitton1410]

the force is strong with this one

[@djbong6408]

Thank you so much Sam! For someone who’s navigating around serum I really appreciate that you are doing this and for free. Keep doing what you do!

[@daveb8795]

Wow, that was impressive. You really know your stuff!

[@Heatwave1988]

Nice one! Respect from Ukraine!

[@oneonetwothreefiveeight]

I don't know if it's just me but I really dislike unfilterted saw waves, with every synth you open almost the init patch will be a saw wave. I've actually gotten into the habit with most synths that before I even press a key I will close the filter a bit

[@FlopsyGuitarBunny]

That’s me too. Can’t stand it.

[@g3cd]

Great, your video confirms 100% why I went DAW-less: I don't want to "program" a sound, I want to "play" it, without 200 drop-downs. Your video is quite helpful though showing what different settings like hi-pass and resonanz do.

[@Flux_One]

Absolutely brilliant. More Prodigy sounds please!!! 😁

[@ganf]

I shazamed it and it worked. Man, am I impressed!

[@andrzejx2139]

This looks super professional

[@CFox.7]

Surely you are next level genius with sound design and understanding of Serum

[@Death_By_Media]

Sounds pretty close I’d say . One small tip : I got ahold of the latest Korg Edition 3 update and after exploring the presets on the Prophecy I found a lot of “ Prodigy sounds “ including the distorted 303 from Poison . Cheers Note for anyone too broke for Serum the free version of Vital can do all of this and sounds great in it’s own right.

[@MrMargaretScratcher]

'Adventure' is the one from the mid section of Firestarter, as I recall...

[@oskarwroniewicz]

Thank you so much for this. I've been getting into synths lately and your video really helps to understand how some things work. Also it sounds pretty close to the original imo

[@samsmyers]

thanks!

[@ProstetnicVogonJeltz]

This really was a fantastic tutorial! The track was for the longest time my #1 Prodigy hit, but seeing the details that went into reproducing the opening sound, gave me a new perspective on it. I thought your presentation was extremely clean, and if this is not how you normally do things - consider mirroring this on future vids. I'll definitely be checking out more of your channel as a result!

[@dn3735]

Thanks for sharing a cool detuning feature for plucking. Definitely, will use that.

[@onionyyy]

I tried to recreate this sound for about of last 3 months. And now I understood how simple is it ! Thank u 🔥

[@Gainn]

The sample was from Dr. No. Not the main theme, but one of the scene transitions in the first 1/4 of the film.

[@lf5523]

Wtf! As a prodigy fan forever, and I’ve seen them quite a few times… this was fantastic. When the drums hit 🤯

[@hoff521]

one of my fav tunes of all time

[@KC9UDX]

Breathe with me!

[@imaner76]

The feels when the drums finally kicked in! Nice work.

[@geordy21]

Bow to the sound design king. Good job, mate!

[@grxvs8519]

Did Liam not sample a sound from an old track to create the sound or am I thinking of another song?

[@tombstone78]

I wish I had that knowledge, I really envy you! Re-creating is sometimes harder than actually doing some fun stuff that occasionally sounds good. No disrespect to Prodigy, though. Metalhead with a taste for electronic music here, Prodigy fan since the 90s.

[@mikerobinson7582]

i wasn't aware there were people that thought this was a guitar sound lol, learn something new everyday

[@TommyVarekai]

i want to know how you made the drums or what pack you used?

[@Citracid]

Yes the sound is pretty close, nice sound programming man

[@beirch]

Close, but not quite there. I think you'd get even closer with some bit crushing specifically. Look up Jim Pavloff's Prodigy remake videos for some inspiration.

[@undogmatic]

Great one!

[@spcsh1936]

immediately after watching went to listen to the original for the 1 000 000'th time. Good job!

[@davidsiemens6748]

sounds great . i would modulate the attack slightly to take away the midiness

[@bendavidmusic]

This is rad!!!

[@Maximiliankovic]

1:30 u made Portal 2 trailer soundtrack sound :D

[@lukassteinbrink322]

Jimm Pavloff did some cool remakes of songs from Prodigy and he did it pretty well cause he used the original samples that he sampled his self out of their original tunes.

[@Iberian]

Wow!! I think what you achieve with your work is phenomenal, it's fascinating!! Could you make a video to recreate the sound of FSOE, the pluck for example of the Andrea Ribeca - Tuscia track? the same thing that is very complicated...

[@clowdfox6452]

Thank you for the tutorial. The Prodigy is one of my all time favorite bands. I mostly make break beats and dubstep type music, so this helps huge.

[@Mike-yz4ek]

After watching this cool vid, I immediately dug out my prodigy cd, just to listen to this song again! hahaha

[@Nedvio]

Bro, wtf? This is perfect :D

[@TropikPluto]

Where did you learn all these design tricks? Love this content!

[@ramikhandakji3710]

Half way I was in doubt. Soon as that resonance kicked in I knew you were on to something.. sick sound!

[@azarkiel]

Very niiiiiice Sam!

[@devonmoore8211]

Chef's kiss

[@Baranoeda]

9:30 WTF! This is crazy excellent.

[@m3zza9]

That's pretty dope my dude! You've earned a sub!

[@kcammo2344]

You ever thought about doing a sound design course? Would defo pay for something like that

[@woodyharrington4342]

wow. - one of the raddest sounds ever and you nailed it

[@eddyf4426]

Damn, this guy has some serious Serum and sound producing skills!

[@guybraham1483]

whats you thought process when choosing a wave form? i understand how you got to the guitar one, but how did you know to choose the juno one of all the dozens available??

[@dylvasey]

Wow I did not expect the resuIt to be as good.

[@thefirstdutchguy]

you have amazing skills!

[@basstradamus1]

Sam, thats sounds great, how much time in total you've spent on getting to the end result?

[@NickCasale]

Cool video dude - thanks! Always curious about this one

[@84wilku]

9:24 wow ❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥

[@maraz666]

FYI, the original Breathe guitar sound is a sample from some AKAI sample pack; randomly discovered it years ago.

[@rasmussgaard2596]

Where can I find it? Thanks! :)

[@maraz666]

@@rasmussgaard2596 It was an Akai S1000 sample pack, but no idea which one. Happy hunting!

[@Andrew-kc6om]

Sam looks good in glasses

[@coda31313]

sounds eerily similar to the original sample, amazing

[@petriac8019]

Amazing dude!

[@MaxSonicUA]

So close to the original sound! Great work🔥🔥🔥

[@svboxtel76]

Nice job man. Need to pick up my hobby again :)

[@GucciGoose]

Great work!

[@bangerstudy]

Sounds close enough! But i think in the original you can clearly hear that it has some sort of lfo on the filter and not velocity modulation, like a 1/4 square lfo to open and close the filter

[@KiR_3d]

Very detailed decomposition! Cheers!

[@Jawadbenissa]

PRODIGY BIG FAN

[@themvsthemvsus]

I love The Protegy

[@SynderNOfficial]

virus ti wavetable sine rider for ring modulator works pretty well for that sound

[@Arufured0]

Great job, man!

[@haroldbrossman1748]

Nice one brother!

[@MrPbar]

Iconic sound...one of the best videos I've seen on the power of Serum and Ableton

[@marekjachimczuk3908]

Awesome tutorial... Big Thanks

[@RealDoob]

astounding. Would love it if you recreated other similar 20+ year old classic iconic EDM sounds, riffs, etc

[@Yatzo]

THATS SOUNDS GREAT!

[@TheDailyMemesShow]

More of this, Sam ❤️

[@giraf4370]

Awesome work! Can you make the lead of omen please?

[@jooch_exe]

And to think back then this was probably just a sample run trough a tracker. Epic howto!

[@uroborosfirst5637]

Cool job, Sam! Waiting for the new videos!!!

[@onemoreriff7644]

Used to love playing this song in the band, was so much simpler using a guitar and effects board, I had the sound pretty nailed.

[@timsamsung3736]

OMG! Prodigy 😲 Big respect to you man! Keep up with such a unique content. Subscribed

[@garethwarren7025]

Morr prodigy ❤️🙏

[@KeineFreunde13]

Awesome! I’m subscribed now

[@maxplanck334]

good job, sounds nice

[@mfbeatz]

Wow impressive !

[@lilchew]

Yes! Such a classic : )

[@bmxt939]

Marvelous.

[@olavschioett4101]

Keith will always be remembered🥺

[@sebylisbona5090]

Incredible how you thought about Juno waveshape! It fits perfectly. Great Job

[@samsmyers]

Thank you very much!

[@disuyetin]

Mmmm.. Not that perfect.

[@ILLIntentionsOfficial]

Man that's some evil sound design skills

[@DawnHub666]

really nice.

[@xisotopex]

there are some good videos that go over all the samples they used in a given track, and then recreating that track....

[@FrodeFalch]

Very impressive. Cool to watch how you think/work during making a sound

[@guido2668]

Awesome! Thanks.

[@mikester1290]

Dam, impressive, as the video progressed, the Member berries became more powerful.

[@umarelimbaev02]

that's actually amazing

[@noxlupi1]

Great work. Absolutely amazing reverse "engin'hearing"(did I just invent that?) If anything, I think your fx are a bit too wet, compared to the original. (with emphasis on a bit). I think what is heard on the original is noise, not tail from a verb. The original sounds very dry. It might just be your room that makes the difference. Give it a listen on headphones. Anyways, genius work!