[Serum tutorial] Psytrance Fundamentals - Ep.1 - Bass

[@olliepsy]

This is what I call a proper psy-bass tutorial, the internet was definitely in need for this one ! I would have used 2 EQs in a case similar to this bass not only to get better "view" but also I feel that the algorithms works better when the EQins is seperated on several EQs than one doing the whole thing ! And your technique for creating the saw wave is an absolute time saver for such a task !

[@MuteProduction]

they do seem to react a bit differently don’t they! i thought it was just me hahah

[@fiddlestickzmuzik]

Love it when you find a person who just sits with you and talks you through stuff like these vids, as opposed to having sit through obnoxious loudmouths, who want you to see their face and hear drivel, and laugh at their pointless jokes, all while waffling on about crap instead of what you came to learn. sub'd.

[@niv-rammusicproduction396]

very chill and confident presentation of your knowledge! top notch explaining - quality content! well done!

[@spaceprophecy3458]

...and to also add...the best EQ explanation...hearing what needs to be cut will help thousands.

[@totopolo4486]

the best tutorial in youtube, there is another one using saturn but this one is the first I followed and was good sound.

[@spaceprophecy3458]

This is by far the best tutorial...no nonsense...un-complicates an overly complicated subject. 11/10

[@kimnilssonlange4493]

It’s so cool you are sharing these “trade secrets”! Your straightforward videos on kicks and basslines are fundamental, and they made me more interested in the genre.

[@MuteProduction]

glad you like the videos dude! :) from a sound design perspective, Psytrance is super interesting!

[@pedroperobelli9542]

Lovely tutorial mate. been for almost 3 months looking for a video with a bit more in depth and straight to the point like yours

[@MultiSarius]

148 bpm, legend! love these in depth tutorials - psybass creation is is so interesting and kinda an art for itself!

[@MuteProduction]

yeah i could make countless videos for different styles of bass but i think this covers some of the core concepts :) glad you like the video dude!

[@grafen3teiner]

THIS is a psy-bass should sound.......great tutorial......THX mate!!

[@jaspervantilburgh6393]

This is by far, if not the best bass tutorial I've ever seen and I watched a lot of them. I hope you will consider creating a similar tutorial of how you create your kicks somewhen. Many thanks for sharing your knowledge mate and keep up the awesome work!

[@matthiashohenegger9775]

really nice tutorial!! thanks for sharing. struggling with that topic for 3 years now and tried a million different approaches andwatched so many videos but this is explained much better than most. thumbs up

[@MuteProduction]

thanks man :) i can relate to you on that one, i spent years obsessing over kick and bass and in the end it was just depressing much of the time. so happy to have helped you out!

[@matthiashohenegger9775]

@@MuteProduction yes i feel u so much with this. i dropped into quite some dark places in that process too. questioning everything i do and my capabilities to achieve anything going further and further away from actually making music and most important having fun with it. all the best for you!

[@dorsia6938]

Lmfao, I am kinda glad reading these comments, knowing that others share the pain. I thought it was just me. Kick and bass has been the bane of my life for so many years, slowly getting closer but my God. Its so difficult and I can never move past it.

[@auroraXploration]

Thank you ! Top notch indeed! For me this is probably the ever most well soaked tutorial out there ....

[@AllenCedano]

You deserve more views, I've never learnt so many technical nuances and overall production tips from one video alone. Thank you 🙏🏽

[@MuteProduction]

[@anattaevergreen]

amazing tutorial

[@CollectiveIntelligenceMusic]

Awesome Tutorial Shep! :)

[@corelli58]

Excellent video, and very carefully explained. Just one naive question: I assume the purpose of using Saturn 2 crossovers is to address phase problems arising from modulating the cutoff of Serum’s LP 18 filter, is that right? As you sweep through the crossover positions are you listening to the changes, or looking at the waveform on the oscilloscope, or both?

[@Oxide451]

This is the first sensible psy trance bass lesson I've ever seen, it really sounds as professional as the beatport tops. Thanks for sharing this.

[@MuteProduction]

really glad you liked it! If you want a deeper understanding of psytrance bass consider my Bass Webinar on Https://muteproduction.gumroad.com :)

[@paoloevaristofallbike8507]

Thanks, makes so much sense, been a bit lost since i bought Serum and Kick 2. Not anymore .

[@jonydemon]

Wow brother you are so great teacher This bass sounds same like liquid soul levitate 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Thanks for your great lesson

[@orenmi]

Excellent video. Great to start diving deeper into the producing process (after watching a lot of "beginners" videos)

[@agreen9903]

Excellent Tutorial

[@sigurdwerdammen1494]

Amazing, i was just talking with a friend about this subject 5min ago on the mobil! :)

[@xversacex]

Hi Mute, what's the plugin that you use initially in the chain to monitor the LUFS? It's not a stock Ableton plugin, is it? Thanks for the amazing video, golden knowledge that can apply to various types of rolling basslines of Trance

[@MuteProduction]

hey bro it’s called ‘swiss army meter’

[@mattwilson3417]

mate sick vid

[@Lazy_Lebovitz]

Very good tutorial! Thank you, mate!

[@Convolva]

Nice tutorial Shep!

[@robotz4071]

Really good tutorial,thanks for the good work and can you make another video with the kick process in this one?...cheers and again thanks.

[@MuteProduction]

I will be making a kick video at some point yes :)

[@axialtiltmusic]

thanks for the video....would be nice to have one talking about how you gain stage during creative process... and during the mix process if there s one...

[@MuteProduction]

do you mean gain staging in terms of reducing distortion etc or are you just asking about what levels i aim for?

[@JohnSmith-pn2vl]

damn, this is awesome. thank you

[@shurryk]

Nice ! Didn't know about that generate saw in the FFT! Thanks :)

[@ElevenTimes]

AMAZING Tutorial, would love to see more complex Psy Bass Tutorials from you. QUESTION, how on earth do you not have any Delay when you open LFO Tool??? I always have to phase shift to compensate for the delays caused by all the plug ins :D Kick / Bass alignment would be also really interesting

[@MuteProduction]

Glad you liked it bro! if your interested in getting a deeper understanding of your psytrance bass then consider my webinar. it’s 20% off until the 15th of August too. Just use the code: MPDC20 muteproduction.gumroad.com/l/NightBass

[@hessamgh7320]

Thank you

[@jaraluca]

amazing tutorial my friend !!

[@kaioortiz5886]

thanks!

[@guyincognito3231]

Hey man, if you didn't know for your envelopes you can type in a note value in serum (i.e. 1/16) and it will set the length of the parameter to a 16th note at the bpm you are at 🙂 Good for setting decay time of psy basses

[@MuteProduction]

I find that especially used for kick drums!

[@guyincognito3231]

Nice, thought it would be good if others didnt know about it. Downloaded your serum preset pack, fantastic presets man 🙂 the kicks in particular are great, i haven't seen someone use the macro controls the way you have, its a super good idea. Especially synthesising them in serum so its automatically pitched to the key of the track. All in all sensational work man 🙂

[@MuteProduction]

Thank you for the kind words!!

[@notsure1135]

Have you seen how E-clip does it? Similar to your way, however, he adds an envelope to the second filter in the fx section. Also, he has barely any sustain compared to your way. I like both tutorials, the playing around with phase with the bands is common to both of you, he however uses Vitamin.

[@MuteProduction]

i haven’t seen his video no but these days i’m using hold in my filter envelope and then using the filter in the filter section to shape the transient :)

[@BappinProductions]

Crossovers are always active in Saturn 1 FYI.

[@MuteProduction]

cheers!

[@jorisdewilde6801]

how do you view the audio levels bottom left like that? :d good tutorial btw!

[@MuteProduction]

it’s an M4L device called swiss army meter

[@sjoerdb8574]

Hi, on 18:32 you jump to a different channel with so many filters extra, 2x audio effects, 2 pro Q3 etc etc.. do I miss here something?

[@sjoerdb8574]

Yes, I missed something.. mystery solved :)

[@nxghtshxde]

Great tutorial! One of the best bass tutorials I have ever seen tbh 🙌 But how did you get the oscilloscope of the kick and bass on screen? Bc everytime I put an oscilloscope on the kick and bass channel and I switch back to the bass processing, the oscilloscope disappears and only pops up again when I switch back to the kick and bass channel again. So how can I have a plug-in on screen, although it’s not on the Channel that I am currently working on? I hope u were able to follow me haha not sure if I explained it good enough😅

[@MuteProduction]

you need to go into your preferences and change the settings so it doesn’t hide plugin windows when you change channel :)

[@nxghtshxde]

@@MuteProduction wow that’s a quick answer! thanks alot, that makes it much easier hehe ;)

[@personnamed2764]

wowow thanks this is an amazing tip

[@carlosmichael1669]

killer broo !!!!

[@keanupgj]

where can i find the Osciliscope that you're using?

[@MuteProduction]

schulz.audio/products/oszillos-mega-scope/

[@jonydemon]

Sir can you please show us how to make psytrance Synth leads 🙂 like arp and leads 🙂🙃

[@MuteProduction]

I sure can, for leads though you should check out my video on custom fm tones with vital :)

[@brzi4459]

regarding the EQ i havent seen you toggle on linear phase mode - is there a reason for that?

[@MuteProduction]

yes, i avoid linear phase at all costs because it ruins the transients, and it just sounds bad 😂

[@flyhuntermusic8936]

Can you provide Preset as Download, please

[@makaveli4835]

hi bro you are amazing i really thank you , maybe can you share the name or idk , (how you open the Master parameters attached to the down left corner)

[@MuteProduction]

that’s called Swiss Army Meter :)

[@makaveli4835]

@@MuteProduction thank you very much xD

[@mattwilson3417]

what oscilloscope are you using?

[@MuteProduction]

oscilloz megascope

[@mattwilson3417]

@@MuteProduction thanks! by any chance will you ever do a similar vid but for kick synthesis in serum?

[@MuteProduction]

@@mattwilson3417 i’m not sure if there’s much i can add on that topic but i suppose i could do a video on that… I do however only really use kick2 these days. A serum kick video could be fun though so i’ll think about it!

[@mattwilson3417]

@@MuteProduction cool ! 🤞

[@hellolittleboy9358]

what main program was used for this?

[@MuteProduction]

ableton and serum

[@hellolittleboy9358]

@@MuteProduction Thank you

[@olegkukuj7736]

best

[@sigurdwerdammen1494]

Do you have a video where you make a kick like this?

[@MuteProduction]

i’m not sure if i have any kick drum tutorials actually… I could probably try to make one though :) often i will revise a kick over and over again for a couple weeks until i’m happy with the result.

[@sigurdwerdammen1494]

@@MuteProduction I know what you mean hehe. Do you use Kick2?

[@MuteProduction]

@@sigurdwerdammen1494 yes 99% of the time I use kick2.

[@sigurdwerdammen1494]

@@MuteProduction Maybe do some different variations of a kick in kick2 and upload it. I would love to see that. Some heavy dark kick, to Earthspace style kicks.

[@DreamyDawnMusic]

A tutorial on how you did this kick? :)

[@MuteProduction]

I will do a kick video at somepoint :)

[@dabliunil]

thanks o/

[@tonystrong1981halongcity]

thank you