The secrets to making a track from only ONE note

[@VenusTheory]

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[@arnabkumar4610]

Really appreciate you pushing out so much quality content so regularly

[@VenusTheory]

Glad it doesn't go unappreciated! Definitely a lot of work behind the scenes to say the least haha - really happy I have such a supportive community with the channel that makes it possible!

[@Arnab888]

@@VenusTheory Yes keep doing what you do! You are doing a great job...PS i am the same person...supporting quality content from multiple accounts is fun ig😝😂

[@markbelcher1777]

What he said ;)

[@beatjuggernauts]

This channel helps you to stop overthinking the sh!t that is holding you back and start thinking about the tweaks that can be made to propel your music forward. Great work as always.

[@TheOlzeen]

way too mutch brain, but less heart and creativity. millions of synths and plugins but no fresh music.. he is a prisoner of its self.. "less is more venus"

[@jeffsipe_]

14:44 Came for the content, stayed for the extremely fresh dance moves. Thanks for this breakdown, the use of the trance gate on the complimentary layers has already unlocked some ideas! I'd love to see more stuff like this from you.

[@electropunkzero]

One of my favorite things to do is use a loop pedal and jam on the guitar. I do something similar to this where I will just pick one note and drone on that and build it up. I will also play a single chord and see how many different ways I can jam on top of it to get different sounds. One of my favorite chords is a 6 like a GMaj6 (G-B-D-E). This lets you play to the G major or to the relative minor, E, because the chord actually has all the notes to behave like an E minor 7 (E-G-B-D). You can switch between the moods over the same chord to really get the most out of it.

[@gen-amb]

Cameron I worked in the Fac. Ed. (non-student full time) about a quarter of a century ago. Your considerable efforts are paying off. This video is a fully-packed lesson that requires study and re-viewing to unpack. It’s a zip file of knowledge bomb. Well done, and much appreciated.

[@RealityStudiosInc]

Some neat ideas to stick in the arsenal and a very cool finished cue

[@nenoff]

Thank you for your help! My music is growing and you are one of the reasons 🙏

[@VenusTheory]

Glad to be of service!

[@ToreHansen]

This channel is costing more and more, totally worth it!

[@RCX_Sco1]

Costing in what sense? Confused

[@toddjbradshaw]

@@RCX_Sco1 He probably means it's costing him plug-in money. I'm in the same boat. Oh gotta have that one (the one that's not FREE), and there I go. That's why I am drinking Folger's coffee and not the fancy stuff our friend above is drinking. 🤣🤣 Lord help us.

[@RCX_Sco1]

@@toddjbradshaw awwww hahaha I thought there was a subscription tier or something. 😂😂 very true man, I really grudge spending money on plug ins but sometimes we just have to🤷🏼‍♂️

[@toddjbradshaw]

@@RCX_Sco1 Indeed Sir. At the very least, we'll be playing a good tune when the bank comes to take us away.

[@RCX_Sco1]

@@toddjbradshaw 😂😂😂

[@novakjovanovic7313]

I love it, it feels like it would be the perfect tune for a menu screen in a modern warfare style fps game... I got inspiration from this... I'm going to use these ideas for my intros in the techy progressive trance tracks that I make.... I would normally be slack by looking for drone samples but you have shown how easy it is to actually make and with that I can have more control to make the drones sounds fit rather than searching for the right drone sample... Thank you!!

[@feyblemusicchannel]

Thank you for this, I’m getting more & more into cinematic scores & wanting to create it. This will definitely giving an idea of more an approach on it.

[@JP_Idols_of_Torment]

Excellent work. Vibes of score from BBC “The Planets”. Side note: I originally stumbled upon you a while ago as one of few sources for Bitwig content. But man, you’ve entered into the upper class of overall music content. Sincere high five.

[@spheriax]

Your sarcastic undertone and especially the intro's are hilarious man. Some humor + good lessons + good coffee, what's not to like

[@craiggilroy2216]

This is pure gold! Thank you for making these videos. For someone that knows nothing about Sound Design and would love to try and learn, you’ve made this much less daunting. Thanks again!

[@velatine]

Howdy doodie @VenusTheory Hope things are going well, been missing your updates but in the meantime happily watching older videos and this is pure gold.

[@olawfhjorth9985]

Great vid! Got Quantum a while back and love how the presets are instantly usable. I have Luftrum Lunaris as well but for my music it usually needs more tweaking to fit. Got inspired to do more stuff with Quantum now! Just been so busy with bigger epic fantasy stuff.

[@rickhickman2730]

I smiled, which I never thought I would do after watching 10 minutes of a drone video. Very very well done!

[@daevkeli4543]

Recently watched your statement on the tough side of producing your material. Let join everyone who has commended you and your work. You display a strong commitment to music that we truly appreciate.

[@auryle]

Dude that end result sounds super dope! (Just like all of your tracks)

[@brandonallen5566]

Cameron, thank you so much for what you do with this channel! Your passion, enthusiasm, and knowledge come through in every video. You're really helping to shape me as a producer and sound designer, and I'm sure that's true for many others! Keep it up bro!

[@valerie-renay]

the finished track is brilliant!

[@JediMobius]

Good googly moogly! I think what I've learned here is never hold back when layering. Just go ahead and do all the things. Love it!

[@FerdBerphle]

I was playing with a long dronish setting in Pigments just last night. Trying to find the right balance of change and ear fudge. The idea of creating a sequence to mess with this layered type of sound is such a great idea. You did a demo with Stochas that seems like a perfect way to add some variation into the mix. You do such a great job of seeding us with ideas that can go so many places. I have done some short video pieces a while back and have a basic appreciation for what it takes to produce content like this. I also love the touches of things you do visually (the old Pentax lens cap for instance). I’m 65 and find it all quite stimulating mustache squarepants 😂.

[@LonnonFoster]

Beautiful piece of work, and very inspiring. Your videos are so polished that it's sometimes hard to remember how many hours of noodling and experimentation and straight up knob twiddling go into something like this, and that's before you sit down and film it and edit the video. Looking forward to trying out some new techniques!

[@DaveDickens]

Great master class! Thank you. Cheers Dave

[@martingoldmannmusic]

Cameron, you are the only channel where I stop a video, try out something new, be happy about the idea and come back to watch on. Thank you!

[@VenusTheory]

Ayyyy that's exactly what I want to hear. Glad to be of service! 🤠

[@exitthelemming145]

I never thought I'd type the following sentence: I heard an ambient track I really enjoyed. Kudos to VT for that and for his usual very insightful tips on general sound design

[@shannonia81]

I do, in fact, understand now why my drones suck 😂 So many good things to try and none of them overly complicated. Thanks!

[@Nineven]

I found that Portal (by Output) really helps to make my creative workflow quicker and easier in terms of adding variations and layering sounds with themselves through effects, instead of having to manually automate various effect plugins and such. It's not a cheap plugin, though. Thanks for the inspiration. 🙏

[@mrkd4del]

This was a very nice tutorial on making a nice Cinematic Cue. It's nice to have in the box tutorials too. Sounded great!

[@shinyisshiny7780]

great video! one of my favorite techniques for drones and the like, is resampling my layers in full, then pitching that down an octave... adds a nice earthy bed underneath.

[@ckjjclan]

Man I love your channel. I understand just Enough to follow along, but it’s just highly entertaining… thanks for the content.

[@falaghsepehr5504]

Believe it or not, I felt like I was in a COD MW2 mission listening to the piece you created!

[@uw0tm838]

No, I don't believe you.

[@HealyHQ]

I believe you.

[@NickBatinaComposer]

still not sure if I should believe u

[@vjmcgovern]

Should i believe it guys, or should i not

[@aspekt7631]

Highly believable.

[@jordan5250]

This really does inspire me to get out there and make something awesome. This was a brilliant lesson with an incredibly satisfying end result. You could have told me that was a Reznor/Ross track and I would have believed you. I also appreciate the tasteful sponsorship. It highlights the product well without being a sales pitch. Please keep making stuff like this!

[@frilent]

18:22 *COD Warzone main menu music enters*

[@TonyIrayhany]

Amazing video, what a work honestly. I never thought the drones I heard in cinematic action/suspense/scifi were crafted like this. Lots of efforts!

[@EximiusDux]

Fading out the DAW window over your own recording was a nice touch. It's so simple but keeps things very clear without it looking cluttered.

[@wojtczyk]

I love the sound of your one-note-drone.

[@BrantleyAllen]

I love your channel, honesty and inspiration

[@adammccready2975]

Thanks! For the great vids & inspiring tips.

[@VenusTheory]

Glad it was helpful!

[@DjVonDiego]

JUST AMAZING !! THANKS FOR SHARING THE KNOWLEDGE 🙂

[@peterlepahin]

Just starting to write a production music album composed of drone music, so this video was super useful to me. Thank you for all your great content!

[@TweakerRay]

Hey man ! Just a short quick shoutout to you ! I love your intros and your content is fanstic ! Have a great day and never stop !!!

[@careyvinzant]

Always enjoy listening to your channel. This episode brought to mind one of my favorite bits from MST3K: "Okay... got it? Cool. Now, hold that note. Now, hold it for an hour. Now, hold it until you get a recording contract with Windham Hill!"

[@afrohawk]

The tonal bends repeating every so often provide all the drama needed to move forward, great idea. Would love to hear a big, heavy thick sound every 12 or 16 bars, like the garish feeling watching Bob Ross draw a huge brown tree in the foreground of the most stunning background ever, and then quickly realizing it's perfect. Anyways, great video. Thanks.

[@chrisrussell1318]

Thanks for insight into your soundtrack world! I've been following you just recently and you have been introducing me to so much good stuff! I really enjoy making this kind of stuff and this is an excellent tutorial of new ideas! Thank you for continued inspiration 🙏 ✨

[@jessejburton]

Really enjoyed this, definitely has me inspired to spend some time playing with drones :) I discovered your channel a few weeks ago and have been deep diving. Such great content Cameron, thank you for sharing your experience!

[@bricelory9534]

I enjoyed seeing the process from concept to track - thanks for the good video!

[@louislafontaine5984]

Very inspiring to watch. Thanks for sharing your artistry.

[@hideoushiss]

Great stuff. I only recently started watching your channel though I was using your DS instruments for years. Excellent sound.

[@samprock]

I like drones, making drone tracks, and your vid and drone work!

[@larrybwoy2970]

Lost it at the "alternating flood" part. Thanks for the great educational and entertaining content dude :)

[@kevincourcey813]

Really helpful. Sometimes I get stuck thinking I need to "find" the right drone, when what I need to do is "create" the right drone. Like your process of slowly building in the missing pieces. Hearing what's missing is a tad tricky, but I'll work on it.

[@brucegammon5844]

Really appreciate your talent and willingness to share your tricks and techniques for others to glean from. You've definitely been an inspiration on many levels. Keep up the fantastic work!😎

[@andrewhall6038]

I absolutely love this video - thank you so much. Great advice.

[@cryptout]

This is really awesome, and I actually watched it while having my morning coffee.

[@TOEC]

At 10:15 my mind hears the low end go down, but when you bring it back up, my mind wants it to go lower. It's so frustrating to still know so little about music that I can't just sit down and chase this inspiration. Really great, and obviously inspiring (for me) video. thank you!

[@uppastmidnight9061]

Reminds me of the soundtrack from the original Fallout video game. Just toss in some field recordings of a busy farmer's market or wind and you're there. Nice work!

[@sclose1970]

Your videos are so informative and inspiring! Thank you so much!

[@metaspherz]

Thank you for this very detailed look into something that I know very little about. I mostly use hardware keyboards and other physical equipment. I have only recently delved into software-based music production -- not to say that I've never used digital wav files and other kinds of samples, but they were used to add layers and special effects NOT the actual music. I know about textures, tones, delays, envelopes, modulation, and reverbs but drones were always a mystery to me. It's also why I very rarely have used them in my music. And if I did they were always premade wav files or loops. I just realized that I have been missing a very important element in making better soundscapes and other kinds of music. A very big thumbs up! Cheers and Peace! I am eternally grateful and I hope my music henceforth will show improvement!

[@TheValueOfN]

I'm a huge fan of the concept of drones in music. When I started out back in the day, (before I knew what I was doing), I used VAZ Modular to create some amazing evolving drones. I really miss VAZ! I really miss those days of my noob self discovering happy accidents too. This vid has given me knowledge and inspiration to explore creating some mind-bending soundscapes. I thank you for that.

[@Terribleguitarist89]

As a dry, sarcastic, and self deprecating individual, this channel is amazing. Perhaps one day I'll go from Terribleguitarist to TolerableMusician with this wealth of info. Sidenote, @8:00 my brain instantly went, "bahn bahn baun on da Autobahn....". 😅

[@eilrach299]

Loved this and yes, inspiring. Very grateful for all your content and the more varied the better - gives me more to think about!

[@brandtreppond2167]

I'm starting to understand drones more now. They're so powerful when applied well

[@exoverseinterdimensional3722]

Great vid, man. A long time Drone ambient artist, and can say you did things that expanded my angels of approach.

[@bricelory9534]

One thing for layers of fully sustained drones is you can create life and variety by automating their respective levels - the character of the "single" note of sustained drones will change significantly as different layers become prominent or fade comparatively to others. If you have each layer shifting its levels in different cycles, this will lead to a very organically morphing single layer. You can do this by drawing in automation or with LFO's set at slow rates.

[@ronward2693]

That was nearly as fun to watch as it is to play with sound myself. Thanks Man.

[@andrewpetrella3145]

Awesome content. And you cited another awesome youtuber's channel. Community win! That's a sub, right there.

[@andycordy5190]

Really transparent and super inspiring. I found myself thinking about live looping and mixing with drum machine, live percussion and sample player.😅

[@victordl9492]

Thank you, that was indeed very helpful and inspiring ! Loved this video. :)

[@namagenshu]

Cool to see the process you used and how you made the sounds evolve. I could see the drones and added bits working well with even less drums in sort of a Johann Johannsson (RIP) Sicario soundtrack style.

[@debeshyouveheard1987]

I love that you conduct with your eyebrows.

[@smokedsalmon665]

I totally apprericate you as this was definitely SUPER useful and interesting. It actually got me excited opening my DAW again which I haven't done in months! Thank you!

[@PatrickSugarfix]

This is such a great workflow breakdown!

[@BF-up5xw]

This was indeed useful and interesting. While I don't think of them as drones, I do this kind of atmospheric music quite a bit and I learned a lot from you. Thank you! My tendency is have a series of partially overlapping sounds on different tracks a lot like this, with occasional riffs coming in and out. I find it pairs well with occasional acoustic/organic samples - not unlike mixing in feedback, but maybe using wind or a woodwind instrument. I like what you did here.

[@toddjbradshaw]

@Venus Theory Thanks for the video sir. A question for you if you can remember off the top of your head. The pulse synth that used in the DUNE3 lib right around 16:00. Which one, or library is that? I have several libraries and cannot seem to get my hands on it. Thanks again for the great content, and teaching. I've learned a lot.

[@omnaraiya]

I enjoy these types of videos. Off to play with drones now.

[@alexmoscatelli149]

Insanely valuable content, as usual!

[@matrix12x]

great ideas and awesome track

[@headbangerministries]

Hey that was pretty cool. I picked up y guitar and jammed to it soloing some lead guitar. Sounded dark and gloomy LOVED IT!

[@TheDenis2121]

Excellent work. I always learn something new with you, and you always inspire me to improve and create new and fresh ideas in my Music. Thank you so much.

[@rhodium2971]

Thank you so much for your work and your all around high quality videos! Your uploads regularly inspire me to get out there and create music myself.

[@VampireGhostBaby]

This is the kind of content I love

[@westcut]

Refreshing. Great work 👍🏻

[@vutib]

Like so much this approach, it's like databroth, but with your own spices :D

[@paulinskipukprogressive4903]

This is really valuable material for me

[@unknown_error101]

Seeing content like this really inspires me to make music

[@markMelgeorge2845]

really enjoyed this one. festinating to see how you put stuff together. I try to write cinematic type music and will defiantly be stealing/borrowing these ideas. thankyou for these videos

[@yzcoruht3956]

Amazing... Like it so much!

[@akash.srivatsa]

This reminds me of the soundtrack "Horizon" from Dying Light. Awesome content, thanks a lot!!

[@kevinstoneham1245]

Brilliant,

[@Digagz390]

Learned a lot on this one. Thank you Venus

[@ephjaymusic]

Brilliant stuff mate!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@BrianJilgMusic]

Such a cool video. I have been out of my studio for a bit, and yes this does inspire me. I do love drones and this kind of music. Electro cinematic-ky Pulse Thingy.. Thanks for the awesome video. I ended up on this video as I had listened to your new track Dear Entropy. That is just the kind of track I needed to hear to get me thinking about the studio again. Dear Entropy is an awesome track, congrats!

[@lordweevil]

Fantastic! Thanks for another very inspiring video. Very similar to how I put together some pieces. I constantly have to fight an inner 'demon' that wants to add too much 'melody' or musical variation... Particularly when I've been designing the drone elements for some time. I constantly have to tell myself to keep it simple. I'd love to see a video where you take a few compatible drone elements and use chance/random to trigger when they play, and what octave.

[@meko2867]

Reminds me of Sensitizer - Mass Effect - Nice work!

[@dankaiser4608]

This was excellent! Love to see more like this

[@WayneMcKenzie]

A big thankyou to you for posting. Insightful, I understand and learn so much from you. I wish I had started this aural journey when I was much younger but the technology was in its infancy and obtuse then and I would not have gotten far. Time is running out for me, due to my late start, to get to the creative level that I long for. I have found an Arturia Microfreak, Korg Volca Drum and Zoom CDR70 are getting me closer there. Thankyou again.

[@daviddechamps8840]

Really liked this !

[@friesiamans1966]

i admit, i didn´t yet watch the video, but reading the titile, i had to think of my fave one-note track immediately: "ain´t it funky now" by james brown, in which the rhythm guitar plays literally one chord through the whole song, only interrupted by the break in the middle - i always found this very impressive and cool... :-)