Scoring with Synths

[@nuttywombat]

Anyone else find it funny that his shark bass patch wound up getting saved as "ass" ? 🤣

[@GameChangerX]

Came here looking for anyone mentioning it.

[@nuttywombat]

@Nigel Green Certainly, especially if you get into the zone and caution gets thrown to the wind. It's almost a requirement that where you end up is off your initial mark :)

[@tosuken]

Yup saw it lol

[@doug604]

This isn't even the first time he's accidentally named a bass "ass" in a video lmao

[@LabofmusicRecords]

also the "shark arp" saved as "rp..."🤣🤣🤣 19:40

[@jingleskhanaudioproductions]

Guy is one of the few peeps on YT who open a new project, start rolling the camera and just ride along. It's hugely important to me how other composers tackle an empty slate without any preparation

[@synkrotron]

@Evan Hodge peoples

[@tehtonym]

agreed. its very very helpful

[@christiaantinga]

@Guy.. You saved the Shark Bass patch as "ass". Just choked in my coffee 🤣🤣🤣

[@jamescuttsmusicjcm5013]

LMFAO I am doing exactly that now. ahahahaha!!!! My poor coffee.

[@LeeGee]

It's very helpful to see the difficulties. Thanks for being so up-beat, it cheered me up.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

My pleasure

[@keithlancaster5489]

I owned an emulator 2 back in 82 or so - actually had the second one ever in Houston Texas. Jean-Michel Jarre actually rented it from me for the big event he put on in downtown Houston.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Respect!! Where is it now I wonder

[@keithlancaster5489]

@@ThinkSpaceEducation No idea, I'm afraid. After I left the recording business in the late 80s, my business partner kept it around for a while. No idea now :-(. Sure wish I still had it, along with my Prophet 1 and a couple of Moogs I had at the time.

[@cosmicaddress7851]

Woah!! That's very cool! That Jarre concert was one of my favourites (on VHS, I live in NZ). I remember they had to shut down the motorways!

[@keithlancaster5489]

@@cosmicaddress7851 I am actually in the concert video! I did not know it at the time, but many years later my nephew rented the video and called to let me know that there is a short scene where I am talking with Jean-Michel on the stage during setup. I also got to go backstage to where all the computers that ran the light show were being programmed. Almost funny now to think about, since the computers were probably much less powerful than an iPhone. You are right about the freeways - it was really crazy that night. But what a great concert.

[@treacherkat]

i was there for the houston show! Jarre and his team made a light show across the houston skyline with music playing on massive speaker banks strung down the bayou! fantastic!

[@TrevorWesleyOfficial]

LMAO man those retro hits coming in only when the hyper sharks popped up had me laughing so hard.... especially right after the pilot looking down all frantic.... man.... your the best 🤣

[@parkourchrispk]

Guy you make me not afraid to grow up

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

:)

[@jorgenavonecomposer]

It was incredibly enriching, seeing you there lost in the middle of everything, as happens to all of us! One believes that the great masters do not perspire to achieve what they do, they have no doubts, they do not search almost desperately at times. But as always in your videos, you see everything that one must put into play, to achieve some magic. Thanks! For showing everything, not just what goes well on the first shot. Thank you so much for inspiration.

[@jimrogers7425]

In addition to recommending sample libraries, for those of us entering into the fray of composition later in life, a bit of a run-through of synths, as you've done with Dune and UVI Emulation, on occasion would also be splendid. I remember the Emulator and how grainy it sounded... 8 bit always sounds horrible... but now when used sparingly it can add a lot to the track. As always, Guy, thanks again for such a great video!

[@nickellis9251]

Good to see you again after a while. Thanks for the video.

[@lyskmusic]

You are a true treat for our souls and our inspirations.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Aww thank you

[@ivansoto9723]

7:30 I mean, it gave me instant inspiration and some ideas lol. This is why I like UVI's stuff. Every patch from the standalone vintage synth modules and keyboards give me ideas.

[@Gurumurthyify]

Brilliant! your energy remains undimmed but you’re looking a lot less tired on the “take 2” day! Clearly you’re putting your heart and soul and lots of time into whatever that project is!

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Life is really exhausting at the moment! But you;re right

[@omarz7301]

This is quality content, love it! And very informative as well :)

[@jeanpierrecarpentier]

I love and appreciate your videos. Very informative and furthermore so funny. 😇😄Thank you for sharing these 🙏

[@marcuspaul5477]

This couldnt come at a better time! Zimmers Soundtrack for Dune is a beautiful blend of sounddesign and a synth-based score, you should definitely give it a listen!

[@rayderrich]

Very happy to see you play around with synths, as that is my cup of tea to experiment with. Great track!

[@testohtoby]

I've been following your channel for some time now and my 2 favourite music worlds (scoring and synths) have finally met 😍👌

[@marting6037]

That was excellent, thanks. I really enjoyed how unafraid you were to experiment to achieve tension and drama; not working within confines or preconceptions regarding genre

[@dudleyspikeclarke1355]

I've no experience of synth stuff, and this is such a great video. Thank you Guy.... I also, have the UVI Vintage Vault bundle, but never really got around to using it... this will get my ass in gear...

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Oooooo vinrtage vault is really good. UVI sample old gear so you cant tweak them as much but they sound great

[@bethanylovely2251]

I love the heck out of your videos! Insightful, informative and FUN!!

[@cruachfilms]

Thanks Guy that was awesome, loved the voice over at the end 😂

[@TheSimonCarlile]

At your most zen masterful for a good chunk of the video - great to see you get in the groove

[@jamescuttsmusicjcm5013]

This will be very interesting Guy. I love scoring with synths and creating "realistic" new sounds that sound almost like something else but are not. It gives you certain freedoms. :D. EDIT: btw as far as I am aware, the Emulator II only had 8-bit sampling. The Emulator III improved this by introducing 16-bit sampling. Not sure about the others that came later. The emulator II though had other specs that greatly improved its sound over the original model.

[@Mkshoffmeister]

Great track, really different than Guy's normal style. Very inspiring!

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Thanks

[@VaidotasRen]

Great video, was looking for a level up! Thanks 🤘

[@OtelloAzzali]

Thanks Guy! Very useful and inspirational. Like it!!

[@kenb6870]

There was something in the cacophony that was cool. I know you had to clean it up, but the arps, drones, and things did feel like the chaos that takes the life in and out of the circle in the ocean. Very cool what you did at the end!

[@BoWeeMusic]

Bravo! This just proves, "Trust the Process". I loved the final performance.

[@magusvrajitor]

Hey! What are the quick commands/hotkeys you used after 38.58? Stretch and reverse, but what are the quick keys?

[@georgegarside5131]

As always another great video made my Friday night as always many thanks must look at the dune synth

[@mygeepah]

Well, at first I thought you'd bitten off more than you could chew. But when you'd fin-ished I realized there was some real teeth in that piece. I sensed its depth and I can only prey that I could do as well.

[@Curious_Skeptic]

This is super FUN looking! Mr. Michelmore, do you have a video that you talk about why you chose Cubase over everything else? I'd like to pick one Daw, stick with it. I'm going to be 80% VST instruments, and thinking about maybe a Korg Wavestate as my only hardware board. Been doing music stuff as a hobby off and on over 30 years! A gear head, with little talent, but a heart for music and gadgets. This is my fifth go at the hobby starting from ground zero again. :)

[@Hypotheses13]

Thank you for the educational and enjoyable video. I really liked your voice over, it went well with the music. :-)

[@Siri_Duffa]

Synapse Audio are so underrated. They only make a few synths but they are killer. Dune 3 is one of the best out there!

[@darryldouglas6004]

Another excellent presentation. Guy, I am curious as to why you immediately render your tracks to audio?

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

to save cpu and to preserve the perfomance with so many controllers its easy to tweak the sound and lose it

[@MartinJG100]

Interesting session, Guy. Thanks.

[@ludovictrottier425]

Love the kick at the end!

[@JDCareyMusic]

Can you do a video on mathing out tempo to film? Or did I miss one on that? Love the series!

[@kevinbillington9773]

Guy another educational and also entertaining video. What work desk do you use in your studio, as finding a studio/computer desk that can take my Arturia keylab 88 mkii is difficult!

[@HowlingUlf]

That's it! Very creative and fun! It also shows the tedious work with finding the right sounds for the job haha! But I will have to try these tools and methods, like bouncing stuff out more and turning things up side down. Me thinks this is more Sound Design than Scoring though so I wouldn't find this video if I searched KZbin for it, may be ... but that's me! Still, I need to get a bunch of random movies but probably without sharks and "go bonkers" with it. I love sharks and they're an important part the eco system on this planet.

[@matsolsson4978]

The best thing by far is the epic commentary 🤣

[@g3cd]

Haha, I feel kinda guilty causing you 50 minutes of pain because I asked in your recent survey about "writing melodies with synths", but I really like this video and I'm glad you did the sidechaining as I was thinking for the first half hour "that drum feels kinda muffled". Basically when I'm writing stuff on synths, I pretty much already "comply" to what you do in your "classic scoring" videos - start with a melody, then copy that melody to other "instruments" (well, sounds) for some variation and maybe a dramatic swell, maybe reverse the melody, play it upside down, whatever, use chord layers beneath, so even your regular videos are really, really helpful … but I'd recommend getting a Nord Drum 3P drum pad as a) it's a lot of fun, b) already allows me to pitch stuff and c) play live instead of using some canned patterns. And often I do the beat first as I'm not an experienced player and it helps me to keep my melody in sync. I really had some deja vus when you added the arpeggiator and the rhythm went all over the place, I often redo the drum patterns in the end to make them fit to the other stuff I added in between. 😉

[@dhpbear2]

8:00 - Ah, the 'orchestral hit' used (and abused) in the 80s!

[@PhilipJMusic]

Guy: "Save as Shark Bass" Dune: "ass" Lol

[@samuelq1]

So ironic that your cup says goat. You definitely are the G.O.A.T. :)

[@stefanocentioni9438]

bye! I am a music theory teacher at the conservatory, I find your videos very interesting. Can I ask you which keyboard master do you work with? What if you run Cubase on Windows or Apple?

[@BenjaminNaman]

I was about to score a track with orchestra and syth blend. Your timing couldn't be better !!!! 😌

[@ArtifactADU]

So what I'm learning is I need to get Dune, because holy crap it looks so easy to program. It's a synth that doesn't require 20 years of learning in order to make the sound you want from it.

[@jamescrutchfield65]

great video fine sir!!!!! from colorado usa

[@BossLevelAudio24]

Sits down to watch a guy video..checks length of video...49 minutes....better get a coffee then!

[@redguitar6062]

Excellent post and quite a shot in the arm for us synth-based composers. As you say there are some amazingly effective electronic soundtracks out there and more all the time. Have you checked ou the UK TV series "Humans", Guy?

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

I'll do more of this - as I say it all music

[@atomclub37]

I had access to a brand new EMS Synthi in the mid 70s at Art School (complete with pin board) This takes me back...

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Ah happy days

[@LabofmusicRecords]

Hey Guy, what is this controller for at the left side, a sequencer or DAW controller? ps: thx for sharing :)

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Its a vision mixer - Atem Extreme ISO

[@LabofmusicRecords]

@@ThinkSpaceEducation Hey thank you :)

[@NS-qi1ub]

I love your studio, the light and the garden outside. Can I rent a corner of it and put a mattress on the floor? 😁

[@hirkdeknirk1]

Another great video. And now I also know what an "ass" sounds like.

[@drfunkystone9175]

I was kind of disturbed by the music not rhythmically fitting the image changes during the major part of the video ... until you presented the final composition which was then way more syncing the camera cuts. Is it still a good way to work, finding out ideas before making those tiny rhythmic adjustments to the video frames (I personally tend to do this the opposite way, reason why I'm asking to maybe change a wrong habit)?

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

No you're right - I wasn't paying attention so I fixed it later

[@therantingboy]

How are you bouncing midi in place like that? What's the shortcut???

[@knockknock3686]

Love it Guy….

[@belewis]

wow a rhythmic gate on a reversed hit, I wouldn't have thought of that!

[@slimyelow]

I see blue skies and sun shine, hence this was not filmed in the UK.

[@musicjazzvez]

That’s lost of work for sure! Thank you for sharing!

[@adiljain1]

Hi Guy, could you please do a video about you current hardware and software set up and how it all works together? Cheers

[@LindaMissad]

Thanks, Guy, very interesting. It's especially cool to see how you build the sounds. All those settings are still a bit confusing to me -- Nice final performance :)

[@Orchestereo]

Guys coffee reading G.O.A.T and they arent wrong

[@donnykaraoke1]

13:02 very terminator 1! Great film

[@theturtleproject]

awesome vid guy

[@golafs]

hv asked before, but what controller is that?

[@renren_]

Greetings from the recommendations! 👋

[@edblair929]

One man acid house night from the late 80s

[@anbanb8787]

47:17 best voice over ever

[@lpswarriorfan1868]

You are such a joy, Guy! Love your videos. I would like to study some of your commercial work. Can you point me to some titles, maybe?

[@sarty23]

GIMME money so i can buy all these libraries and synths! 10000 will do for now! Just kidding love the channel.

[@beardedelephant3023]

I havre the NI Komplete Kontrol 49. It’s an amazing piece of hardware.

[@defectivenull]

more of this please

[@Q8Ubermensch]

It’s very good, it sounds like a shark is attacking or chasing.

[@davelanciani-dimaensionx]

I'm kind of surprised that you render the audio from the MIDI right away, instead of waiting until the end of the project and render it all as a master mix. But then again, you seem to do a lot of manipulation with the audio after is is rendered, which I'm guessing you could not do with MIDI information.I'm guessing this also frees up CPU, since running raw audio take very little CPU.

[@iamfemo]

It's the voice-over for me

[@DarkSideofSynth]

Guy drinking goat juice for breakfast and moving on to sharks. You know it's going to be good ;)

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Coffee from the Goat cafe!

[@DarkSideofSynth]

@@ThinkSpaceEducation I know but why shatter my dark, sick humour ;)

[@StutzVanH]

Reminded me of Mona Lisa Overdrive from The Matrix Reloaded soundtrack

[@actuallyzulian]

YAAAAAY ITS GUY TIME 🎵

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

It is

[@edrage8679]

when sharks hit the club.

[@Dave-nm8uk]

Very slight disagreement. Working with modular synths may give rise to different types of sounds, sounds which can't easily be notated, sounds which "do their own thing". Would be great if you could do a session on modular synths or modular synth plugins, such as VCVrack, Mirack, Modular etc. Otherwise, fun as ever!

[@RisetotheBottom00]

Tries to name first patch Shark Bass and it ends up being called Ass instead hahaha

[@paul_meulemans]

Which click sound do you use Guy?

[@CreateArtRecords]

Out of control..funny. very symphatic!

[@mindexmusic]

SHARK ASS :D Love your videos!

[@igorlogewsky]

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!🤠

[@hheerth]

any one else use the splice web browser instead of the app? feel like the app hides samples and other presets i can find easily on the web version

[@vvvorlds]

The Rave Sharks!🤪

[@SMAAAASHTV]

I laughed more than I should have when you tried naming it sharkbass and accidentally deleted sharkb.

[@gerryarrioja]

Guy or anybody, some pages or tips for getting royalty-free clips for demo reels??

[@HowlingUlf]

Great fast and dirty trick to render something with a disobedient delay tail on to make it stop when YOU want ... not next thursday!

[@johnshamon183]

Hi Guy, you know what I want from you, not your synth, your shed, i will buy it.

[@pjdahmen]

awesome

[@samferrell229]

Awesome. Watching now. Think about composing in the style of James Horner, (avatar) style.

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Try something non-orchestral - its liberating

[@samferrell229]

@@ThinkSpaceEducation oh I do But, I did that for the first 15 years of my music career. You taught me orchestral and I’m hooked on these expensive libraries. Thanks a lot. 😄

[@jamesbeylik1]

Sound design can be so time consuming. Maybe make some starter presets for sound types you use often.

[@jackd6881]

Dude made the playstation 1 theme by accident at 11:19

[@jamdonut7692]

I score with synths every day

[@ThinkSpaceEducation]

Me too at the moment

[@chrismassa5891]

I find, myself, the issue becomes the pulsing and rhythmic becomes too much and then it gets too thick sonically drones. Then I start muting tracks. Because the ideas take me down paths that might not be compatible