7 SECRETS Charlie Puth Learned From Benny Blanco, Max Martin, Skrillex & more

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In this video, songwriter Charlie Puth reveals 7 secrets he learned from Benny Blanco, Max Martin, Skrillex and more.
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00:00 Intro
00:23 1. Max Martin
01:47 2. Babyface
03:57 3. Ross Golan
05:57 4. Louis Bell
06:47 5. Julian Bunetta
11:09 6. Skrillex
12:05 7. Benny Blanco

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[@shayyan_shaikh]

Thank you for organizing this information for us! I took his class two years ago and found it really helpful :)

[@JutMcCoy]

Thank you for not having someone interrupt the flow of the video. Keep making them this way.

[@matthewdearstreaming]

Wow. The one about changing the master pitch is nuts. Sounded so much better afterwards.

[@adriancb1551]

I didn't really understand it tbh hahaha. Like what he means when he days most of the music we hear is in A 441??

[@josephgage]

@@adriancb1551A 441 is the pitch he’s referring to. It’s the default pitch or tuning that’s found in Western music.

[@bobby-iz9nx]

@@josephgage its A = 440

[@HalfJoked]

Be careful doing it this way. The problem with Charlie's approach is if you pitch the entire master up, you're therefore pitching up EVERY sound in the production. To my ear this introduces artifacts across the track. You might think it sounds better because it sounds better in that key, but it's exactly that, not because the *track* sounds better. You could be addressing the key at earlier stages when songwriting, composing, recording, working with MIDI, etc.

[@jvak7777]

My mind was blown at this fact. What a trip.

[@giserin]

Ik its been years but i wish he would break down his process working on we don't talk anymore. Its one of my fav songs of all time...just the layers & details of everything man...

[@f4llenstarr]

I appreciate this KZbin channel so much. Thank you please never stop

[@3ab2-smo2]

thanks alot for giving motivation and inspiration

[@puvendranpillay8802]

Thank you for puthing these tips out Charlie!

[@Hive5ive]

I see what you did there.😂

[@taylord123]

Anyone else noticed the Sweetwater candy gift bag on his desk at 12:59? 🤓

[@FernFlowMtb]

haha, came here to say this...

[@bluebird1954]

How observant 🤓

[@northbrickproductions3358]

Keep these Puth videos coming please!!!!

[@ShotgunSuzee]

Aspiring producer here, this is so useful. Thank you for helping us babies. I love Charlie with his honey and herb voice.❤

[@pupdad]

"I hate midi" that's because you produce in pro tools like a psychopath 😂

[@pmuppuehtemulov]

fr

[@btkenobi2]

Thats because he works like a man and he wants it to sound good

[@_JamesMaybe_]

0:51 I do the same but I use Black Box Analog Design HG-2 instead

[@mukeshpathak7302]

Notes: #1 Putting Bitcrusher on the vocals and maybe cutting lows from vocal harmony layers #2 Layering Whispers. Can layer some barely audible whispers/Harmony before main harmony comes, kinda like to support the harmony. And can layer this with main harmony as well (make these super airy, high pass filter them, don't need the low end, need to keep the song mud free). If you layer these, make sure they sound like one. Cohesive. To whisper or harmonise, can use the last word(s) of the bar. #3 Singing trick. Do a vocal layer with extra wide (almost creepy) smile, makes the vocal unique. Super pronounce these words so that they don't get lost in the mix. #4 Cut off the end of your song. just a slight bit. so that it surprises the listener. Miniscule fade or cut. #5 Tuning your songs higher. After rendering a stem, don't have to tune them exact 5 notes up, can leave somewhere in between too. Imperfections can add human touch to your songs. Also, you can speed up your samples/song and make new sample/songs with them. #6 Transient Master is the best plugin for shaping transients. Making the attack higher makes sound hit harder. Additionally making the release lesser can add extra punch. Doing this you can make your vocal chops sound like weird instruments too. #7 Playing Notes Individually. Instead of recording the whole Midi sequence in once, can play single notes one by one. This gives extra control over each single note of them. You can render these notes and then play with audio files. (If you want, you can slightly remove the initial transients of the notes and even experiment with fading out)

[@arcompany360]

Good Tips 🎶

[@Studio]

Glad you like it!

[@DanielThompson-vz3jc]

When he goes " now yours will stand out of the playlist - most don't but WE DO? we don't Charlie your a whole different lever - Great Video Thanks!!!!

[@cannelo8441]

this feels like finding gold

[@daveosoriomusic5421]

Totally awesome!

[@Studio]

Thanks!

[@permanentwave]

Charlie in your class do you show DAW s that you use and other virtual picks? Was that an alesis keyboard ?

[@ColinNoel]

Thanks Charlie

[@alfaPop]

Thank you very much for the video! If any other plugin can do the same timeshifter effect? I don't work with these pro tools with cubase

[@Hive5ive]

Waves soundshifter. The percentages are different than the protools plugin, but the end result is basically the same. Play around with it, it's a pretty simple plugin.

[@bluebird1954]

Shaper box 3

[@Biillneo]

you know you’re a nerd when u actually watch this and enjoy it

[@pmuppuehtemulov]

didn't think twice about watching the entire thing, you are correct.

[@JoeeyMusic_Aotearoa]

Think the word is passionate my bro 💯

[@madzondemand]

the benny blanco troll thumbnail is crz😂😂😂😂

[@SHONSL]

This guy knows his shit.

[@JIsCray]

What plugin effect did he use at the beginning to change the vocals ?

[@learn2mix393]

Air Lofi

[@JIsCray]

@@learn2mix393thank you !!

[@eselle]

Any saturator will do the same thing though.

[@learn2mix393]

@@eselle nope. Not all saturators bitcrush.

[@texasbound7089]

Do you know what mic that is?

[@eselle]

Telefunken/Neumann U48

[@Jubernirala-du9546]

❤❤❤

[@connelratty2940]

Which DAW is he using?

[@Hive5ive]

Pro Tools

[@_HOLDON]

Imagine having a voice like this paired with the in depth production chops. How much fun that would be. 🫥

[@nigelirwin9958]

anybody know what transient master plug he uses?

[@Studio]

Transient Master from Native Instruments!

[@ifyBenson]

What microphone is this ?

[@eselle]

Telefunken/Neumann U48

[@jeronimoquintana9616]

charlie buys from sweetwater like the rest of us.

[@Knoxwhitemusic]

candy

[@rajat_sekhar]

I'm a simple man, I see Skrillex l, I click.

[@hossamatef99]

I noticed that charlie switched from ableton to protools anyone knows why

[@sebastianv007]

What software is he using?

[@HalfJoked]

Pro Tools

[@ianbee1959]

Ableton

[@bernardofigueiredo6246]

@@ianbee1959it’s pro tools

[@bobby-iz9nx]

@@ianbee1959 its pro tools

[@donnithaballa1165]

@@ianbee1959 That's what I use and it's a great alternative but it's pro tools

[@EarthEagleGT]

3:57

[@EarthEagleGT]

7:40

[@BreyerWhite]

crazy how much tedious work he is doing for some of this stuff for very little result.

[@7thyevon]

The small things all add up

[@ten-ub4xd]

Welcome to music production

[@texasbound7089]

Is that a Telefunken mic ?

[@eselle]

Yeah U48

[@Zackyyyyyu]

440, not 441

[@eselle]

Actually most songs are anywhere between 440 and 443 depending on the roots. Orchestral and Jazz typically tune higher than 440, and Charlie is a Jazz player.

[@pmuppuehtemulov]

432 bruh

[@AnneBellamy-in3cc]

I love video i love song ❤️🎶🫶

[@chrisanderson8094]

Interesting but I'm a Logic Pro guy - likely some similarities..

[@btkenobi2]

You'll grow up and learn someday

[@trapping69]

432hz rockssss!!!

[@yuli8897]

13:36 with all due respect to benny blanco that have to be the dumbest trick ever, you can adjust the attack,sustain or release of a midi sound it doesnt matter if it comes from a hardware or its a plugin basically all the classic keyboards that charlie has right there has the option to do that, Junos, Korgs, rolands, prophet etc... I get the idea of bouncing in audio for more like project safety stuff but not for that silliness... but hey Im not the one who have 493029409234 grammys.

[@ScottThePisces]

clearly you have no idea how benny started. he used cheap casio keyboards to record his earliest biggest hits (with kesha, katy perry etc) and they DIDNT have ADSR functions. So he learned to do things in his own way. Some of us just prefer working with audio, no need to attack someone for having their own method - Calvin Harris also does the SAME thing, at least he used to with Guitars etc. Playing one note or chord at a time. The main guitar in Katy Perry's Teenage Dream was recorded in this way for reference.

[@yuli8897]

@ScottThePisces I'm not saying it's bad to work with audio that's the proper way to do it, consolidate things once you like the sound, you are talking about benny blanco like he's a music producer from the 70s he's like from 2008 until now . which already been a lot of plugins and stuff to manipulate the adsr of a sound that's what I'm talking about, if he's doing it this way that's cool but it's slow as he'll to work this way, that's why I'm saying it's the dumbest trick ever which it is but hey I don't have 302029293 Grammy so 🤷 playing 1 note it's just nonsense if you know how to play keys or guitar or whatever you need to do those stuff but that's not even what I'm complaining it's just the "manual audio edit" everyone has the freedom to do music with one note or whatever they want but that manual edit trick it's one of the most silly stuff I have ever seen, he didn't become a top chart billboard producer for doing that sillyness

[@mohantyjams6031]

He makes the weirdest facial expressions lol. Great video and insights though.

[@Studio]

Thanks for watching!

[@jamesspyder977]

why are your regions so bloated ? they look clipped

[@eselle]

Most editing operations you want to do are on the quieter portions of a clip. This saves having to zoom the track size every time you want to clip without cutting off a tail.

[@justinknapp6183]

That was dope, your still just a spoiled kid

[@supa-hero7184]

Dude sounded like a straight up woman on the 3rd tip

[@debalinakole]

His unreleased songs are better than his released ones 🥲

[@marvache9652]

i'm a simple person. I see benny blanco, I dislike

[@wd3762]

*hater person

[@alemobra5747]

the is video isnt even about him ur just soft af

[@Ovprksdnw]

Hateful bot

[@LeifCoffield]

behave yourself

[@ScottThePisces]

weird that you think anyone cares about who you dislike

[@detective3354]

Useless video, no usefull info at all

[@jimicunningable]

The problem today: Producers have forgotten they must be BADASS MUSICIANS FIRST, before they can contribute as "producers". A GOOD SONG, is more important than ALL of this. You all have better gear than Sir George Martin and the Beatles did. Stop it.

[@nickrispoli2532]

Right like Charlie Puth is an exceptional exceptional musician so all of these trick mean nothing if you don’t have the musical know how to make a good song to begin with

[@alemobra5747]

he IS a badass musician…

[@lilwombat]

Depends what you mean because you only really need taste to be a good producer which is subjective. There's plenty of producers back in the day that aren't really musicians

[@donnithaballa1165]

@@lilwombat As a fellow producer, you not only need your own taste but the technical knowhow so you can achieve the sonic quality of the stuff you like. Which is why Benny Blanco (as a non musician) was so successful is because he had good taste and the technical skills with a DAW (Pro Tools) to achieve the sonic quality he wanted. Which allowed him to get into a lot of these writing rooms because of how fast he was with a DAW and how he became a great writer.

[@LeifCoffield]

what an absolutely terrible take. these are insanely useful tips for taking your production up a notch. it’s these kinds of things that musicians don’t have to worry about because they’re playing on the tune.