Style Guide: House - Part 2 (Making a House Track in Ableton Live)

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In the second part of this new series, James Wiltshire (F9 Audio, Freemasons) explores some techniques for creating classic house sounds directly in Ableton Live. Watch part one here :: ow.ly/WNnH303bjXm
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[@sawyerfarrell4594]

wow, this guy is not only a expert in house music, but extremely gifted with his communication style. thank you

[@Gensing1991]

dude this guy knows how to explain things. more of this guy please point blank

[@ragnarroeck]

@DeeJay1210 Gods do not necessarily know how to teach, this one does.

[@MartinJovanovic]

@@ragnarroeck that

[@renechang2406]

He has a serious tone to his voice that Garner's attention and respect but it's in stereo.Meaning his voice is not boring or monotone.Has energy to it Plus I like his speech flow.Agreed.

[@udance4ever]

@9:46 "house is a feeling" - mad respect!

[@mpunkth]

23 Minutes of basic-house-knowledge nobody should miss! Love it!

[@josefdvorak9516]

Yes really...

[@tekout864]

What a legend. He's got the passion for what he does and does it so well. The best drum programming tutorial I've seen, simply explained but also with the added insight into why working this way will give you an instantly recognisable house flavour!

[@GLORYZONE92]

can't believe how much Phil Mitchell loves his house music

[@twelvepetaledlotus1721]

Nathan McAuley hes largin it up under the arches.."RICKKKKKY"

[@F9Audio]

Sadly yes I've ended up halfway between Phil Mitchell and Heston Blumenthal later in life .. Bizarrely saw Steve McFadden whilst Djing at the old Chuff Chuff parties ( luckily not in any kind of transit van/ Carpark orientated incident ) .. He was a horrible sexual predator looking for women who might be at all taken with his so called fame .. Meanwhile his 'mates' caused the only fight ever to happen at a Chuff Chuff event - Horrible man ... Now it appears Heston's been on a 2 year long bender ( allegedly ) taking just about any narcotic he could get his mitts on and will probably soon end up on the front pages checking into rehab for addiction to 'Prescription Painkillers' ... No idea what's happening to us baldies out there ... !

[@renaissancemusicllc9804]

Nathan McAuley I've never heard of him, but I'm definitely going to do some research on him. Lol

[@dimitripetrenko9734]

Nathan McAuley i think Music in general

[@66KhzProductions]

@@F9Audio Wow, great reply :D lol made me laugh so much.

[@Archos1988]

Just found this now and I never really comment, but now i wanted to say something because you deserve it It's amazing how concise, profound and easy digestible content you are creating. If I had found this 5years ago. I would have started producing 5years ago. You have a soul and voice of a teacher 😄

[@Iredidv]

This must be one of the best tutorials on producing i have seen, and i have seen a lot of them. Great information with the background knowledge, extraordinairy explanation, well made vid. Looking out for that 2nd techno part :) Well done James, well done. F9 audio rules!

[@pointblankmusicschool]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@DavidBoura]

This couldn't have been better done, and special kudos to the crab'meraman!

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Winner of a video, been searching for "video camera tips" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Piyason Videographic Ventures - (just google it ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my m8 got great results with it.

[@FACEandLMS]

Once you made me see it, I couldn't unsee it.

[@THEH0WLER87]

why can't youtube be filled with videos like this....brilliantly presented

[@electrik_blue]

I wish every teacher I ever had, were as good explaining things and making them interesting such James does. Thanks Point Blank for creating these videos!

[@Phantasma999]

909's are my way to go with drums. Been using emulating drum machines for that. This video (and part one of) are really good. Cheers to everyone using 909's out there.

[@DeepDoseMusic]

This is what mastery looks like. To teach so casually and be so concise

[@stevehenke678]

I've listened to house etc for 25 years but I know absolutely fuck all about music production. But I really enjoy these videos, so thank you.

[@NumSound]

James is a great producer & an eloquent teacher. Thank you for the Indepth look at swing. Bravo!

[@bensansom6326]

This guy is such a good teacher

[@rufusstewart762]

This is probably one of the only times I've seen a pt.2 tutorial with more views than the 1st. People are so eager to rush through these so they can transfer the knowledge into their productions which we can all understand, but if you're going to literally skip through the history of how the music you love was first made you're missing out on crucial context that will benefit your productions no end. Patience and contextual knowledge will benefit you more than speed and quantitative knowledge.

[@majortrash9190]

"People have a different approach to things, i don't like this"

[@naturesinterface6663]

Part 1 is a brief overview of house music, which isn't much better than reading the wikipedia entry on house. There are probably five or more documentaries on house music on KZbin which have been produced in the last 20 years. People learning about music production today already have immense resources via the internet, and will have passively learned everything presented in Part 1, unless they are literally 12 year olds who first heard edm last Tuesday (and no disrespect to them). Everybody else already knows Franky Knuckles and 909s, and are looking for nitty gritty details and practical production examples.

[@WTINP]

Part 2 came up as a recommended video for me.. i had to click play on pt2 to see pt1 - then click on pt1 and watch before going back to pt2.. ha ha... so thats 2 listens to 1 just from me!!!

[@RichRobinson]

Wicked video. Great educator. The history is so interesting a relevant. Much appreciated.

[@belleandtheboombox9335]

ITS BEEN SAID OVER AND OVER BELOW- THIS VID IS SO PACKED WITH WONDERFULL STUFF. THANKYOU JAMES!

[@KrisN96]

Such a helpful tutorial. I have been producing for almost 6 years, and still learned so freaking much from this

[@kimboslice1174]

What a legend, rain down love is a classic

[@Emguilar]

this is hands down one of the best tutorials on house music I'Ve ever found. Thank you so much for your help

[@WillRobinsonDanger]

OH MY DUDE!!! I NEED THIS IN MY LIFE. YOU SHOULD TAKE THAT BEAT, THROW IN SOME NICE CHORDS WITH VOCALS, AND MAKE A BANGER. YOU WILL BRING ME OUT OF THS DROUGHT!!! SOME FRESH WATER!!!!! WE NEED YOU URGENTLY.

[@thedudegamezzz]

Been making music since 2009 and then I took a massive break for 5 years. Seeing this video and going over the basics again is refreshing and motivating. Great video to anyone getting into house music production or just production in general. Simple explanations, great tips and important knowledge.

[@tothebollocks]

This is simply the best tutorial I've seen, thank you😁

[@user-ck9td1hg9m]

i agree..

[@dimitripetrenko9734]

Curt Fowler exactly

[@official2tan]

I believe there are people on this world payed to unlike videos. Brilliant guy, awesome bits of advice, fantastic work and immense knowledge and know how. Impossible to hit a dislike button on a video like this on free will.

[@flipletape9706]

THE SHAKERS! It was the shakers I forgot about. Thank you, good sir

[@RYOKER]

So Thankful for finding this.

[@burn_after_reading]

This guy is amazing! So much knowledge and knows how to express it clearly.

[@eyarouziel3528]

"Yeahh!!!!!! Wooooow!!!!" (Me every time he adds another element to the mix)

[@InfrdMusic]

"house is a feelin" that resonated pretty well with me

[@MerlosMusicOfficial]

seriously this guy is just amazing.

[@aneri72]

This guy is truly inspirational. Love his guides. More like this please!

[@StefanoPapaleo-TS]

Simply beautiful! Great teaching skills and it is amazingly compelling to see how piece by piece this tune gets constructed. Lots of interesting tips and things to get our heads around.

[@lotdproduction]

This was a no bull tutorial series. Why can't more people be so forthright with their information. Great tutorial mate!

[@WellyWonder1]

THANK YOU. Long live true house

[@amolitori]

you just have to love the wa he pronounces "house music" so often

[@BetweenBeatsNDreams]

James is the greatest

[@peterbooth6753]

Wow! This is very inspiring.

[@boazeilander3617]

mind is blown

[@Hiphophouse90]

Indeed a masterful piece of inside knowledge on how to make house !!! Kudos to the man .

[@nym053]

I never liked clicky attacks on kickdrums anyways. But another thing I sometimes do is using an eq to accentuate the highs of the kick. In that way you can keep the attack round instead of clicky :)

[@eldjswett]

I’ve been doing this for twenty years and I feel like I need to start all over after seen this fantastic tut.

[@funkeinstein]

this is the best series on this channel maybe in all youtube... keep up! and thank you james you are great !

[@SparatikNess]

Best production videos by far. Thanks for this!

[@wino23]

Likeable person who's doing this tutorial! English is not my native language but I understood every thing he said. I must start Ableton right now. ^^

[@Red-gl2cb]

The real master at work. Its sometimes great to revisit these. Id suggest watching some of reid stefans videos on how to use loops properly. These pros are really about the way u use things. Not the sample or loop. Its HOW u use things. The small things like he says in this video with kickdrums, u can weld them. Like he means literally make your own kicks wwithmultiple 909 samples!!! Its all about layering, how u layer, and timing.learn about latency etc. Commit a few samples. Try Save projects in format trackname.original.number1. Number 2 etc befre u commit. That way u can always edit. But committing is a good thing. Thank u for this amazing tutorial and history lesson. Ive been a dj for 22 years. But only a producer for 13. And man what a ride its been. We are spoilt to have the pros showing us how they did things, and ur way was the way for me. Too many tracks today without beefed up drums and theyre usually great tracks. But lack warmth of yesteryear.

[@option7]

thank you for this great advice!

[@moodykid1544]

this is real man explaneing things this so accurate and humble this man deservs medal for his atittude and knowledge

[@KordTaylor]

This is so old-school cool. Great video:

[@ASH-ou4cg]

Wow, what a video! I stumbled upon it by accident and was totally sucked in! You have such a mellow approach to your presentation and found it a pleasure to watch, sir!

[@planetmusicsamos]

As usual James' tutorials , advices and tips are among the very best you can find on the web !Thank u !!

[@andre-michelgoulet6933]

Wow, your videos are so well made, keep it up this is fantastic. Love the history bits followed by practice you really know your stuff.

[@Davewakeham]

Really well presented, If we Djs had access to this stuff back then ! !

[@conormosier8140]

yeah the editing, camera angles, the teacher, sound quality all of it these videos are absolutely amazing.

[@BoonOng]

This is a great video. A single note, simple notes helps a lot. Literally made me open up more. Thanks!

[@thestever]

This is an amazing series. I love that you get a nice history lesson along with the technical instruction.

[@KingCoCo]

The swing/quantise info was priceless. Thanks!!

[@jamespb1999]

Amazing video

[@Dunamis_010]

Such a great lesson! Thanks a bunch for posting! 😊

[@caracciologuanipa1786]

Best producing docu-tutorial ever!. Like they say, "Learned all what I needed"..

[@sambaza2_254]

This is one passionate dude.

[@olympiaramirez7119]

Amazing videos, i want to learn everything in this video plus more. House music is a feeling. Thanks! Cheers!

[@brunocristan7047]

Opps i meant to post this on my account instead of my wife's.

[@sliiiimjim]

This was very informative and inspirational, more like this would be great!

[@andreumateulamas]

Fantastic. Thanks Phil.

[@Glow0110]

Gotta love Point Blank Music School. Always coming with something useful for us!

[@remotegod255]

Outstanding! This guy is a phenomenal music instructor!!

[@nikolaykorablin1401]

Amazing! Thank you very much! Hope to see more videos from you!

[@josephstar4420]

Great video, really flowing i could watch an entire series. Thanks guys for all the hard work that went into. Creating. video.. Hope there will be. More with him.

[@SafwenBaya]

James you are one heck of a brilliant man

[@undergr0und0]

Seen many tutorials, but this one really stands out!

[@gumbygunderson]

What a fantastic vid! Like a sit down 1-to-1 lesson from an absolute pro - thank you Point Blank

[@housemusic4456]

makin it look easy. true master

[@estebanperera5743]

Oh my god what a video!! Incredible stuf here!! Really deep concepts!!!

[@ffshawon1287]

Ty I got my first divine because of you

[@PERRYFALLOWES]

Legend you make it look so easy

[@brenttauromusic]

Brilliant tutorial! Really helped me wrap my head around the genre. Thanks. :)

[@GuardateDJ]

such a legend... i've been playling so many freemasons tunes

[@erikviera9456]

Found my next KZbin binge 🥳

[@chadiouakhsassi6526]

good work king, love you

[@timetimetimey]

Tremendous video. Beautifully explained. You've got a wonderful way James.

[@garethmillers5453]

Thank you James and Point Blank. Getting that all down on paper and in Reason and am going to have some fun once done. Once my piano Grades are completed I plan to do an online course. Great Two Part Series with loads of appropriate history. So glad you went into the finer detail of House beat programming and how ''That Sound'' was made b.i.t.d. : )

[@minreculiao2428]

The knowledge right here 🙏

[@elliet9404]

Thank you for talking about how to get the attack on the 909. I have been frustrated trying to achieve that sound.

[@richardrivas5173]

This was so helpful!! Thank you

[@Djolewatchtastife]

15:50 DAMN THAT'S GROOVY

[@zFRANK0]

Well done Sir, an excellent example well executed. Thank you.

[@chidamole]

Great videos with James, thanks for these very clearly presented.

[@WilsonSilva90]

Kinda makes me want to drop my 10 year career in software engineering and study in your school!

[@thetkokohtwe8256]

Awesome program

[@zeus1117]

This is truly excellent video! So much knowledge, expertise and practice behind !

[@bruceyb6086]

Absolute quality

[@plamenivanov5527]

So informative, thanks a lot!

[@Jack_Sparrow_1]

Very good video. Thanks!

[@ecua_creativefilm3096]

This is great, thank you!

[@4partmedia]

This is watching a Master at work 🤙🏽💯

[@pointblankmusicschool]

Agreed!

[@FluxStage]

Super!

[@enensis]

Awesome, So glad I found these videos! Sometimes I don't quantize. I think it keeps that human element.

[@user-ck9td1hg9m]

Top Video.........no doubt for the Great "Ableton Live"..... especially for Electronic Music Producers.

[@jammadamma]

Excellent tutorial. No bullshit, to the point.

[@danecustance2734]

Thanks this is great starting point for house music drum pattern production.