The New (Old) Sound for Beats in 2024

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Host: Brad
Production: Jon - jwayniac
Editing: Schnoodle - / schnoodlevideo
Welcome to the new series titled "Sessions With You". These videos are a little bit longer and are filmed offline where I can give my full attention to You and the beatmaking process.
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[@nathmukherjee8865]

You got the Midas touch, man. Every beat you make, no matter the equipment or samples, you make it sound so amazing. This is such a vibey beat, love how organic it sounds

[@jonmakesbeats]

Thank you for saying that. Much appreciated

[@simonyricools]

The MIDIs touch

[@Poopdudeification]

That poor bastard getting pelted in the face with a dodgeball while youre plunking out sweet and sad piano chords is the humorous dichotomy I needed today. Loving your youtube channel, bro.

[@blqbrd]

as a phone watcher, i just want to say I appreciate your care and consideration for our inherent lack of bass. bless you sir!

[@jonmakesbeats]

Thank you for your service

[@schnoodlevideo]

to keep with the throwback tech theme, I edited this video on my Game Boy Camera! thanks for watching everyone!

[@HerEvilTwin]

Lol, great job!

[@ItsTheBishop206]

the "no headphones? 🤔" meme fuckin got me hahaha

[@chostamusic]

This one really moved me

[@radazeonv8821]

Your recent beats have been more melancholy in nature - I dig it. But how you going to use Roland's midi sound kit without a Roland device on the table? Feeling like the MKII ain't getting enough love.

[@jonmakesbeats]

Why are people so obsessed with me using the 404? No shade I’m just fascinated by it

[@superdipholland3151]

I don't speak for this guy but for me it's because you're the best at this type of channel and vibe and it's the only equipment I and many others have to do this type sound w/out using a laptop. Would just be exciting to see somone of your caliber use equipment that me and some other are most familiar with❤

[@superdipholland3151]

But honestly u do u as long as ur feeling good about it I will be 2

[@GeorgeL909]

I love the concept of using simple, cheap, or minimal synths to punch above their weight. It's the whole basis behind dungeon synth, and midi soundfonts are just perfect for that. Very cool.

[@ron.joshtin]

i grew up with these sounds on my family roland digital upright man, this is such a crazy nostalgia trip for me. knew as soon as i heard the dog sounds lol great work as always

[@jonmakesbeats]

Exactly. I never had one growing up but to this day they’re included in those pianos

[@ron.joshtin]

@@jonmakesbeats it's crazy lol, i used to mess around with those record scratches jamming with my friends. never realized it was universal until i watched this haha

[@bdkfbwk]

maybe it's because I'm stoned or because this was really beautiful.. either way I love you man, thanks for sharing your creative process with us and inspiring us to see that the potential for a great song sits literally anywhere we care to look.

[@yourfriendlukejackson]

MIDI sound fonts are in fact pretty fire

[@jonmakesbeats]

I’m learning

[@tradevoorhees]

makes me wanna find my old hard drive with all the soundfonts on it. those were the good ol days.

[@jonmakesbeats]

Doooo it

[@BigLoaf]

I love this idea of using general midi cause it makes me feel like I can get back into producing with the little I got

[@jonmakesbeats]

You absolutely can and should

[@crackbaby4444]

it's crazy to think we crawled out of the ocean on 4 legs at some point and now we're making beats on octatracks. makes me wonder where we're going. I appreciate you man, your channel is one of my favorite things on the internet at the moment

[@christophschumacher640]

@teamcoalhapcharcoal Drumming on shells and jamming with bubbles 🧚‍♂️🎉

[@saggygnaw]

@@christophschumacher640 everything’s better down where it’s wetter, take it from me 🦀

[@Vanilla_Sun]

that guitar goes hard, another vibey banger!

[@jonmakesbeats]

The guitar 🎸

[@synthphilosophy]

I was listening without video, and I was like whoa wait who is this? Then I rewinded and saw it: ok it's Brad. We ❤ Brad. Thanks Brad for the midi nostalgia!

[@MrJohnHughesHimself]

This was one of my favorite ones because I wasn't feeling it. Stuck with the process, reeled me in and won me over. Very cool to watch.

[@jonmakesbeats]

Love that

[@EZBOT_]

You are a magician.

[@jonmakesbeats]

Ah man thank you. We should start a magicians club

[@EZBOT_]

@@jonmakesbeats I would love nothing more!

[@chris.dillon]

General MIDI is poo tier. I didn't have these high def sound fonts, I had worse ones. I can't believe you got something going with this AOL era cheese.

[@G.GordonMidi]

I see that S950 back there 👀 When you use it, are you sequencing samples on it with the OT?

[@realbigsip]

King's Quest-type beat 🏰 👑 🐉

[@jonmakesbeats]

I feel that

[@badbelly]

Both time and space must be made for the accordion

[@jonmakesbeats]

People are saying this

[@seth4766]

something sooo melancholy about general midi idk

[@Parteum]

Brad Beats

[@story_teller_beats]

I got a yahama keyboard and tought i just had a keyboard for kids or something because of the sounds it had, now i feel better lol

[@ChaosBeforeOrder]

Dawg you don't miss when cooking up some beats.....respect!!

[@chambre466]

thx so much, you are one of a kind, in an admirative way

[@rainor771]

that electric guitar totally makes the track. And I think I know where I've heard it before, it sounds like the same sound TIm Follin used on the OST for Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future. I gotta mess with that sound font now lol

[@HerEvilTwin]

Such a fun idea, very enjoyable to watch. I think us producers sometimes get so focused on making a dope beat you forgot to actually just have fun with it.

[@KonceptJonesBeats]

Back in the 90's I made beats using a Yamaha MU10 tone module, then later a Boss DS330 (which I still have). The big difference was that I didn't have a sampler, per se; I used PowerTracks Pro 3.0's one-shot one note polyphony sampling feature to snatch breaks and play stuff over it via General MIDI. Today I have a Yamaha MU50 as well as the DS330. The MU50 had a really dope feature where you can go into any drum kit and edit the individual drum sounds, so you could take a snare, pitch it up or down, then add a resonant filter to it (possibly even an ADSR envelope too, I'd have to look) and none of that will affect the rest of the drum sounds. Now I gotta fire up the MU50 and make something 'cause of this video.

[@jonmakesbeats]

Let’s go

[@marylewis3311]

Massive midi flashbacks here. Good button mashing man 🙏❤️‍🔥🙏

[@SclimBeats]

yes i miss you here! watching all your video like a psycho 😁 when I grab octatrack good price second hand I'll be on your patreon studying. You are very inspiring

[@jonmakesbeats]

We’d be happy to have you

[@zavgod]

once again proving its often not what you got but how you use it

[@Thought-Forms]

General Midi = S Tier

[@Itsruffyouknow]

I imagine Joji on this! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@mojoryse7836]

killed the beat and the video, thanks joe jebson ❤️

[@andrewt7527]

The no headphones has me cracking up. I love the way your breaking down the what your doing with a brief sentence about the rationale. Thanks Jon!

[@ruffiankick]

bro showin' general Midi some love lol. dope joint! that electric guitar was a perfect added touch lol

[@superdipholland3151]

I was freestylin off the the Bombay when you were letting it play for a minute there. So freaking good.😅

[@parkour2461]

educational Jon much appreciated

[@streety301]

did u replace your Waldorf?

[@totaled_camry]

the wizard at work, congrats on 50 uploads

[@jonmakesbeats]

Thanks it feels good

[@_Jay_K_]

Never made it look so easy

[@kiterockit779]

Fire…that prophet x is a good look also.

[@kenzoblytheproducertv4934]

You got a new keyboard bro?

[@michaelattewell264]

Bring out the accordian

[@xxjoshbrownxx]

Cool counter missed one!

[@bentsound]

👀 Extron DA2 up there?

[@mynmyself]

Hahah this actually kinda takes me to Shlohmos Dark Red vibe

[@AxelOlsson]

Oh man, some of these sounds takes me back. Nostalgia for real, in the best possible way. The camera quality and editing just getting, better and better - keep it up!

[@jonmakesbeats]

Thanks. We’re glad the effort is being noticed

[@gregcabrera6461]

Oh no! What happened to the Waldorf?!

[@LgdFanta]

none use Bitmidi anymore 😢

[@aaaronic_arts]

Fantastic, dude!

[@MuteCircle]

Also decided to make a Lee Hazlewood cover with the Final Fantasy 7 soundfont. Not sure why but it works

[@samdrew8821]

Bro makes any garbage sound excellent. Iam sure he can make a fire beat with just white noise😂

[@ringsystemmusic]

If you get a bunch of filters together it’s annoyingly tedious, not hard tbh

[@ceetronic]

Lovely beat Jon, that guitar was unexpected but 💯 required 😂

[@danieldalton]

We love you man ❤

[@MartinoFeliz]

This is my music class for me

[@Yassin-wn4cq]

Great Video again! Thanks for all these octatrack tips! Are you happy with the Prophet X? Is the library worth it? What do you enjoy most about it and most importantly: does it inspire you?

[@andyp6169]

Yep this one rules

[@natnox-lk7yi]

Ur amazing...unreal

[@lubbers825]

Bro went absolutely bonkers on the keyboard guitar

[@jonmakesbeats]

Shredding

[@blakesbeatscolie]

The “juice hands”🔥🎉🤟🏻🙌🏼👍🏼👏🏻

[@dre7sus]

Love your vids... Dope producer... I'd love to see more S950 beats though..... Excellent channel👑💯

[@Blakeyboy123434]

Stanky

[@muelabruno66]

That was special. I felt that.

[@FnFFoxFace]

BRRRRRRR

[@melorams22]

tuff !

[@WuWei_94]

I used to make stuff with one of those generic early 2000s Yamaha practice keyboard just out of necessity due to lack of gear, and it is indeed quite fun and has a nice sound. The percussion is very beat konducta series-esque. Kind of corny, but it works lol

[@jonmakesbeats]

Gotta do what you can with what you have

[@ryanflynn386]

1:54 when the vintage sounds aren't vintaging enough. This came together so nice 💯

[@Manuel_SJrJr]

Gonna need to hear that accordion in a future beat

[@reathambeats]

another hit mr jon

[@NickLyttle]

God damn, every week bringing us glory. Imma have to tap into that Patreon.

[@jonmakesbeats]

We’d love to have you

[@king1bs]

damn bro !

[@disparity-bit]

That moment when you forget what you're doing because you're vibing so hard to your own music is exactly why I make music. Nicely done!

[@dubsupport4435]

Fire Beat! 🔥🔥🔥This makes me miss my old QY70🙃 Stay hype🤘🏾

[@ItsJamisonJamison]

Mr Krabs at 5:50 😂

[@ryanhursh6322]

Killed it

[@ZamirStills]

Yoooo I can’t believe they got Brad to do a video on the channel. That’s crazy.

[@jonmakesbeats]

Pulled alll the stops

[@forex_leverage]

Thank you for many tips! I study to your video. So...that is Spirit Island? and..Nemo? Hahaha.

[@eightoheight]

5:49 Le Jeanwayne moment 🚬🥖🇫🇷

[@lopodyr]

I recently got a few romplers that sound like my childhood and I couldn't be happier. It's just great stuff.

[@Max10_B]

I’ve been wanting a general midi portable device for so long. Wish Roland would make a boutique of the Roland sound canvas. Or bring back the iOS app they had they took off the market. Been just sampling my favorite sounds on my op1 for it. Love it for video game-esque sounds

[@randomenergy8431]

There's always time for accordion!! 🪗

[@thedrunkmonkshow]

This was entertaining to watch because when I first started making beats in the late 90's this is all most of us had. My parents couldn't afford to buy me no MPC or elaborate Keyboard and back then there was no Fruity Loops, no Reason, so I had to think outside of the box and work with what I had. I composed the music with Midisoft Session and Midisoft Studio 4 then played it back through a program called Wingroove which was a Windows Midi player that contained samples from a quality Yamaha keyboard. It's Electronic Drum Set had a phat 808 and 909 combo in there which knocked way harder than the standard Windows MIDI. I also used Yamaha's XG MIDI player for a time which had better effects like chorus and reverb. Then a few years later in high school I got lucky and my mom bought a Casio Keyboard from Radio Shack that for a $120 keyboard at the time also had a really good sound and surprisingly MIDI ports in the back. So I bought a MIDI In/Out cable and would play directly out to it bypassing the Soundcard Midi all together. If you're someone that's gotten into music production in the last 10 years you guys have it so good since there's tons of affordable and accessible options now.

[@icev2507]

Fantastic vibe ✊🏻

[@ogsleepdealer]

Thanks, Jon!

[@sdopeisses]

It is possible to make good beats with these old midi sounds. You can see that here with you. I have the feeling that these sounds are being forgotten more and more because we need a new splice kit every month with the recurring hi hats, one shots without end.

[@kalmar2335]

As a phone watcher i love the bass part

[@jonmakesbeats]

Hahaah

[@icodejs]

I nearly shed a tear to this beat 🥲🤣

[@Lev_wav]

Wow.

[@ajg8017]

Literally every single time hahaha this is 10k hours in action

[@Maxeerock]

Nah brother this is stragith up unvelievable. When i heard the guitar-solo synth i lost it.

[@Dan-nu6pi]

Great beat, really enjoyed watching!

[@Supergroceryshopper]

Bro that accordian went hard

[@jonmakesbeats]

In hindsight I might have made a mistake

[@creamfiend84]

Accordion sounded nice but yeah bit outta place😅 The Geetar tho 🔥

[@MuteCircle]

I've been mulling an album over in my head and the overwhelming key reference point at the moment for it is the MIDI music from Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. Something about those sounds has aged so peculiarly

[@bartvandeburgt4428]

How do you track out your beats? Do you split out the tracks or is it just the 2track out from the octatrack and done?

[@dannydranx]

I dig watching your content its basic and informative and easy to learn from....I'm not a hardware type of producer since probably the mc909 and Dr 5, but watching your shows makes me wanna grab something

[@jonmakesbeats]

Just grab what’s next to you. That’s the best piece of gear.

[@dannydranx]

@@jonmakesbeats I wish I still had my 909 but that was stolen years and years ago so now I mainly use daw....

[@jas_bataille]

Noooooot the scratch sound from Rockit by Herbie Hancock :D

[@GTChris]

I always think it starts off okay, but then you blow my mind anyway.