Studio Time with Virtual Riot #4 - Chords, Growls and Mastering

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Today I am talking a bit about my university, how to make a big chord stack, how to do the Metro Goldwyn Meyer Growl and how I master my tracks :)
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[@FaumauNZ]

Your university looks like heaven

[@Obliviander]

Phovon Beats yeah, even angels playing on harps

[@guitarpianobanana]

I attend a similar one in the US right now, it's called the Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences, or CRAS. check it out!

[@benflanagan7354]

legit my dream

[@VirtualRiot]

Outtro Song: Virtual Riot - You Know Me (unreleased)

[@MaloMonster]

I'm assuming it will eventually be released?

[@theofficial18bit71]

MaloMusic it better be its beautiful

[@WillhelmBeat]

I heard You Know Me on Soundcloud, its perfect!! Btw what about the song at 5:10?

[@libertamaury]

I can't stand any longer when will you release it?

[@jyoun275]

Willhelm Beat It's a song he made for me. c:

[@ShattersDJ]

Before Serum...

[@fifthdimension2164]

ikr

[@porter_moody]

@@aethx416 literally?? teach me how to do vocals

[@evrlstMUSIC]

@@aethx416 I mean, you *can* do vocal synthesis... Though it isn't really practical XD

[@lovefrommana]

Stephen (Seamless) taught me how to use Vocodex, I told you about it, and now just a few days before you're livestreaming with him, you're teaching the world about it too. Crazy how things go so full circle, huh! Much love Valentin, I can tell that everyone will really benefit from this video. :D

[@TheBlashMusic]

Yeah, Never tell Virtual Riot any trade secrets unless you want the world to know.......He literally made a career off of exposing other producers secrets.

[@lovefrommana]

@@TheBlashMusic He's a good friend, I don't mind at all. :D

[@TheBlashMusic]

​@@lovefrommana That's cool, he seems like a great guy. But, other producers definitely got a bit salty when VR exposed their techniques hahaha

[@TheBlashMusic]

@@lovefrommana I personally love his openness to the community though.

[@fearzstealth]

@@TheBlashMusici love virtual riot because he always ready to share his knowledge with others

[@LuckyInLondon]

Hey young man! As an old dog learning new tricks, please keep your tutorials coming! My 16 year young daughter turned me onto you a year ago, and I really like your music! Great collaboration with Mr. Bill on Thwek... you guys keep raising the bar, but I like that! You're gifted so keep up the good work!

[@dethswurl117]

Virtual Riot you are byfar my favorite artist and I am extremely thankful for a music tutorial by you. Happy mixing!

[@cowlordnugget6915]

Seriously Virtual Riot (screw Skrillex) your the king of dubstep when i listen to you it just makes my day so congratulations on making amazing dubstep :)

[@lucasp6449]

I have watched this video probably 20 times, every single time I do the example track you're using to show how to put together chords and stuff is so beautiful.

[@Growlbittz]

Damn I remember watching this when it came out. 'Gave me inspiration for my artist name. Good memories. This video never gets old. It's a classic and always will be.

[@mateofaderstep9038]

You are the first BIG Dubstep celebrities creating music tutorial professional, (with dodge and fuski) ;)

[@anabang1251]

Bar9 did

[@AedannTracy]

Wonder how many people sampled the intro

[@zerod8293]

+Zeaynon B. Many many people.

[@ArkaneSkyeMusic]

+BEATS, JEDA 神 Im gonna xD

[@albertmerlew]

therealhomie beats hahahaha

[@oneebaez]

how

[@candyflip6345]

You're squeezing every square inch of power out of that CPU. Amazing work. Inspiring.

[@Nyrk]

I realised u r german after like 1sec of watching this :D

[@SIRUS80]

1:21 - 1:23... man those growls are SO money.. i would absolutely love to learn how to make them, if thats possible.. wow

[@BIGSexy484]

same those growls are fuggen dope

[@arihantbhattacharjee]

Took the words out of my mouth!

[@ProjectHMF]

​@@arihantbhattacharjeethey are made in massive with just an lfo

[@raphalopes495]

Inspiration. That's what this guy is. Thanks man! Keep the great work.

[@Oversampled]

Wait, these are Boombox Cartel - Supernatural chords! :O

[@suitmymood]

The Dubstep Beethoven

[@fatimahanwaar306]

Virtual Riot is not deaf!!!!!!!

[@anonymanonym6472]

fatimah anwaar Beethoven was only deaf in his last years.

[@colliearu4297]

Virual Riot, u are awesome, thanks to a popular guy like u to give free tutorials and presets to beginner producers etc... Thanks alot, and keep up the good work. Peace.

[@JoeCoePhotography]

I approve of EVERYTHING in this video, especially the outro.

[@OfficialLRD]

Major kudos to you man, everything you make is spectacular. I can't tell you enough about how much I listen to your songs, and yet you're still making a video like this to help all your fans. You're seriously the best producer...ever!

[@charlesl2762]

The growl for the lion of MGM is simply awesome

[@devinchincomposer]

Yesss, Sytrus is bae :D

[@DubstepOmniplex]

+KolkianMusic Image-Line ftw

[@tdwl2802]

Ayy Kolkian!

[@lilaclunablossom]

I don't like how I can't see his cursor.

[@ZoltarX4]

Nice work bro! I would like to learn next time from you something like how you creating melodies in complex electro style, or especially how to drop is builded, (hope you know what I mean) etc. Anyway, great tutorial, everything is really nice explained and easy to understand either, can't wait for next episode. Always doing it awesome, Keep it up :)

[@AvengedLinkinPark]

cant stop liking this video. u are awesome VR, most talented artist at the moment.

[@FIVEOfficialMusic5]

Everything you do is gold O.O I'm very curious as to how much headroom you use in your mixes and if you use JUST limiting and said Ozone features when you master. I hear talk about a lot of engineers using clipping to their advantage by putting hardware that can make the cruddy dirt (in a modrated amount) sound perfectly professional.

[@groundflowers]

Thankyou so much for making this! sometimes it's nice to just see how someone else would go about this system... I'd love to see a walkthrough of one of your more complextro tracks next time, perhaps experimental tracks like Troublemaker! :)

[@TheOfficialNaikee]

Mein gott, DANKE dass du diese tutorials machst!

[@HrDavs]

Really like your tutorials, they're really helpful, so good job! A thing i would like to see, is how you layer your melodies. Anyway, keep up the good work!

[@jgerona5]

I like to see Virtual Riot trying FL Studio since he used two IL plugins here... and a Harmor in another video

[@plxxrotmg6837]

3:06 *cough cough* STACK THE LAYERS *cough cough*

[@galaxz364]

ayee ACES TO ACES FAM

[@nokkusuu]

PlxxRotMG YES

[@VijemaVati]

Add some reverb I mean just add some reverb. Oh yeah delay too.

[@avi_9243]

Vijema drag that wetness up dude and ya delay too Maybe some ping pong

[@Brownbeardaboss]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND DONT FORGET THAT SUB BASS

[@jasonbay4551]

one of the greatest tutorials. vielen vielen dank virtual riot°

[@yamsm5823]

Mr.Riot :D thanks for this video! its very cool and fun to lern how you make your art and using the right sounds for it... keep making awesome music ! :D

[@_Sickly_]

Great tutorial man. went really in depth and you set yourself apart from most youtubers.

[@henryrevere3821]

I like all of your stuff you are literally so talented! Keep it up I love it man!

[@floki_kaki]

The yeah at 4:12 is a good growl

[@josh.kent_]

Awesome please more of this stuff Valentin!

[@joeeoh]

Oh my god release youknowme it's like my favorite EDM track ever at the moment. Keep up these videos super informative and interesting!

[@Heksix]

that remixing can you feel my heart is beautiful 😍

[@greeds4467]

plz make more of these! and also, I kinda liked the intro for the second studio time with virtual riot episode

[@tomips3th]

Jaaaa endlich ein deutscher dubstep Produzent 👾

[@jacobh1251]

That’s bring me the horizon 👀 my mind is blown, I am happy

[@yepicxmusic]

Now I know where that knowledge was crafted!

[@Monoarie]

love you virtual riot

[@completelysaneperson2238]

You are my true hero looking forward to be like u fr ❤️

[@StingerMusicOfficial]

I just watch some of your studio sessions and I want to thank you so much cause are so helpfull and clear!!!

[@starstunna1000]

Virtual Riot is a good guy. Thanx dude for the presets as well. Much appreciated

[@blizzmaniak]

Studio time with Virtual Riot = Best tutorial EVER

[@randall1746]

Yup, i’m here in quarantine in 2020

[@TheRiotLights]

For your next studio time, could you show us how you put your tracks together? Like after the drop, how you combine all your sounds and it sounds so clean!?

[@xtwilightprincex14]

Mostly, it's a lot of practice. Just keep trying and testing new things until you come out with something you like. Combine new things. If you're having trouble on anything you just need more practice. Don't let the genre or things people say you should go by stop you from creating.

[@smsofficialmusicpage616]

It's just makes me really happy you're not just sticking with everything massive, or sticking with company/DAW specific products... The fact you're using IL Vocodex & sytrus in ableton makes me chuckle, & rather happy you're not grounding yourself to a name brand.

[@gambit4738]

1:49 "Team Assign" ;)

[@nicodemosmusic]

+50PercentNub Yep then team air on gladiator (:

[@s3ntry948]

+50PercentNub He downloaded from the internet!

[@cinnamontoastcrunch6395]

+50PercentNub 3:10 Team AiR

[@antotren3319]

who honestly cares xD ik you where just pointing it out, but get a group of 5 producers in a room, all if not 4 of them use cracked software

[@tofu.delivery.]

I'd like to see you make a whole song on ableton.

[@CM0SRS]

He does now, but you might now already

[@maximoshouse]

This absolutely amazing! I'm glad to hear your story about music school as well!

[@maximoshouse]

yes very Cool!

[@TheOfficialSK3X]

The first pluck used is part of the Complextro and Dubstep Vol 3 pack by Freaky Loops, a sample pack that I believe was partly designed by virtual riot himself, at least thats what I think seeing as he created the song for Complextro and Dubstep 2

[@ezelarslan4433]

Niceee. If it's possible can you like make a tutorial for the songs in your Sugar Rush EP (a bits of it at least). All of your tutorial have been very helpful for me and others for sure. Thankss man 👍

[@jordanbarrett2168]

Thank you so much for this! i requested a mastering tutorial a while ago and you delivered well! it will be so much help to me! and the ending was hilarious, well done haha :')

[@pole2889]

"BMTH - Can you feel my heart (acapella)"

[@davetheyoutuber7489]

Hahaha ich hab mir schon gedacht dass du Sytrus benutzt.... Best Plugin ever!und Vocodex darf natürlich auch nicht fehlen ;)

[@charlessarkiss2190]

Do you master with izoptope and then send off to a studio for final mastering? Do you do your own mastering on songs you release professionally or outsource it to a sound engineer? Curious about because I'm struggling to figure out the right way to get my tracks sounding balanced and professional. Thanks! Can't wait to catch you next time you come to Oregon BTW.

[@toavnwub]

wow new virtual riot much compression very wub many massive such sidechain fr Val is such a cutie

[@dajam9035]

Damn why can't I like this video more than once :D

[@DanteZh]

Virtual Riot is the best and the boss xD. Nice work.

[@vJDiZZ]

I really wish I could get my chords done as well as this one..Soon....Soon

[@RichieAprileMusic]

I so happy ! please , don’t stoped make this video tutorial 🙏🏽

[@VyletPony]

I can't wait for that outro song to be released owo

[@LorenXWorld]

Thanks for the video(expecially mastering)...do you use only iZotope or some other plugin for the mastering? P.S. sorry for this question, but which program do you use for recording desktop?? thanks :D

[@yesbabyyes3627]

Very massive! Such sidechain!!!

[@edgarbarrera6056]

7 years Before Simulation LP & Deluxe ❤🤭

[@RiddimRanger]

Yes i was waiting forever for this :)

[@stupidboys43]

+Virtual Riot Since youtube is now normalizing all the audio to -13 LUFS (just recently) Do you bear that in mind when mixing & mastering? Greetings, love your music and studio time!

[@l4dbros1518]

I would like to know more about the Ozone Fundamentals and more in depth mastering tips!

[@MrDjDstyles]

God damn that growl in the beginning

[@Megathumbs99]

Please release the song with the melodic chords soon, it sounds AMAZING

[@nerokirkat7684]

That was awesome and ty for the massive synth in the video

[@subeg]

Happy New Year 2019 Mr. Riot

[@thee.t.6444]

best quote: "because sub is great.... yeah." ~11:00

[@NBalphaLP]

I need the sond at 12:37!!! This song is sooooooooooo sick!!!!!

[@XTripleJaxX]

Virtual Riot is a pirate :D

[@HardBabyDB]

Just amazing bro, so inspirational

[@xDuffyPlays]

1:49 TEAM ASSIGN LMAO

[@ConstantThrowing]

Can you do a sidechain tutorial is would it be too "program specific" like tied to say "cubase" or "fl studio"? Thanks man

[@chicago_skater_6663]

Can you like put out a tutorial or something on beginners who are trying to make music like you. Try to explain what software to use and stuff like that. Anyways looks this video and keep it up with your music I've been loving it for a long time!

[@rola4l]

Thank you, Valentin! Wrote two pages of notes down for mastering xD

[@plurdjkom]

Damn dude, the only thing I never really understood was the formant EQ macroing, that was pro af lol. But the lion roaring... now that I thought about and wanted to try but, you just clarified to me that yes, animal rawrs are great for vocoding >:3

[@jamie___steele]

This is insanely helpful. Thanks :D

[@fuuka69420]

VR you should cover vocal chops in the next episode.

[@moodywonka]

Helpful and not completely monotone like a lot of tutorials =^.^=

[@syno3608]

that ws really helpfull...thank you..... u r really climbing up in my favr8 producer tutors list ...:P

[@nerdexproject]

Sehr geil! Vielleicht kannst du ja irgendwann wieder mal etwas von deinem Konservatorium zeigen! :) Wie ihr dort übt, aufnehmt und inwiefern du es zu deinem (privaten) Vorteil nutzt! :)

[@maxperson2714]

Hey vr, you have to do a video just about your wobbles/growls. Besides those your melodies are amazing but i want to put some cool bass into a track. Thanks

[@Thenextphasemusic]

Love the german accident ;) Btw keep these videos up, I really enjoyed it!

[@Gpurezza]

german accident xD

[@psychomaikol6723]

To make these amazing songs

[@nym5qu17]

i love your music, and accent, and cat, keep up the amazing music

[@electrospark295]

Very helpful! :D

[@enjusmusic1527]

You Know Me!! I Love YOU!!!!

[@j0hnlem0n]

Does anyone know what the other two nexus layers he used for the pluck are?

[@storyt1me___765]

I love wat u do, srsly

[@nickengelhardt7431]

Do you side chain your build ups to your drops? For instance, when you start rolling the 16th-32nd note kick drum or snare rhythms followed by white noise, risers, preview basses, etc; are you side chaining all of that because I really don't hear it in some of your tracks. Perhaps you could go over your side chaining in depth especially when it comes to your sub kick processing. It really gives your tracks that clean clarity without the mud. Your side chaining is already so clean and quick, normally that would cause harsh transient pops or something but you've managed to get around it completely. I'm using ableton and the ableton compressor has been my side chaining option. If you have any feedback it would be strongly appreciated.

[@drkastenbrot]

Detuned Saws in massive are a lot easier and better when using the sync waveforms and detuning them using sync