The trance gate technique (like Ross from Friends, Bicep, Max Cooper and Moderat)

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[@billB101]

Another way is to sidechain the gate using a hi-hat on a midi channel then you just program the trigger rhythm into the hi hat pattern, gives you a lot more control than triggering with an audio track. You can also physically play in the trigger part in this way. Been using this technique with physical gates ( and their key input ) over pad sounds and vocals since the 90's in dance music. The Camelspace VST has a trance gate preset that allows you to do this automatically too.

[@blasborg]

this is a really good pt, thank you!!

[@bornhager]

Is it free?

[@JanGotner]

Omg YES I finally learned the name and understood the fundamental part of my favourite electronic music genre - trance - thank you SO much !

[@alessandrobraz9961]

Wow my mind is blown how simple this is, can't find tips like this from other places

[@yahordulevich1055]

After watching Ableton turtorials for several years it`s rather hard to find new techniques, most of the content repeats itself. At this channel each video contains super useful information. Massive respect!

[@thesiren6620]

We used to do this the oldskool way, volume flipping on protracker by manually typing the volume of the channel, it used to be a lot of work. 64 entries for every pattern.

[@reggiep75]

Yep the old skool way offered a fair amount of control and I remember doing this on OctaMED back in the early 90's.

[@Arbitrarynamehere]

40-10-40-10-404040-10. Rah!

[@RussArteaga]

No disrespect but before trackers we used actual gates triggered by drum machine hi hat outputs. Really old skool!

[@joelgrip3648]

Did that in Fasttracker! Don´t exactly miss those times but sometimes you got some interesting results...

[@nrXic]

Yeah I've always preferred how it's done in trackers and I wish there was a VST effect that did it in a similar fashion. Or it could be triggered with MIDI notes instead of a sound.

[@cockur]

Love this effect. Top Tip: if you want to do this really quickly you can use AutoPan in Tremolo mode (Saw wave works best) and set Phase = 0. You have less control over the rhythm and shape of the gating but it works well as a quick substitute. Plus you can reverse the Saw to get a Ramp reverse type sound.

[@easytoassemble54321]

I've just bought a Boss SL-20 Slicer pedal, which essentially does this. It's got MIDI for clocking, stereo in/out, and a variety of slicing patterns and stereo panning effects. A great tool for anyone looking to do this DAWLESS.

[@thesucculentcity]

You can’t easily make custom patterns on the slicer, though

[@Squidy666]

Thank you! As a metalhead trying to learn electronic music this stuff blows my mind. Thanks for breaking it down so I can follow along :)

[@osmark86]

the way you break down techniques into the basics of what, how and why is just great. you're a wonderful teacher.

[@spaaske]

For most of this, an LFO mapped to a synth's master volume would work a bit faster, and depending on the synth can provide control over more interesting shapes.

[@urphakeandgey6308]

Even Grossbeat has some decent trancegate presets built right in. That's definitely the easier route, though I'm sure doing it this way would provide more control in certain applications.

[@kingburgerkiler]

Yep, Serums LFO Tool is the easiest and the best way to do this.

[@jamie.goodson]

LFO only provides a constant rhythm though (eg 1/4 or 1/8) - you can’t give it a groove (unless you use a lot of automation, but at that point it’s easier to just use a gate with a drum pattern like in this vid)

[@spaaske]

@@jamie.goodson you might wanna check out synths like Serum where the LFO is highly customizable.

[@cosmicfrequency5887]

Nice technique. I have used LFO tool and Gatekeeper to do the same thing but I can see that the ability to automate the release time and/or use a triple note bassline as the trigger would be pretty useful.

[@OscarUnderdog]

Yeah it sets you up to get a bit playful with it!

[@distortimus7631]

I've been sick for a couple of days and all I've been watching were your videos. So much quality knowledge to use later on in my production. Thanks.

[@mrburnout]

I don't even like/know the artists that you always mention but the information I'm learning from your content seems to transcend genre, love to see it

[@Fractalite]

Great video . I used to create gates with an Alesis Compressor /limiter that had a trigger for the gate which you'd feed in a high hat or something . This gating effect became very dated sounding by 1995 IMHO but I'm sure kids who weren't even born then would think it pretty fresh .

[@OscarUnderdog]

It's all going in circles 😁

[@JakkeJakobsen]

Wildstylez seems to use it in Exist, just listen to the intro and you'll hear it. Circles indeed!

[@minreculiao2428]

the knowledge this person offers is unbelievable

[@RR-ok4wz]

My god. I’ve been wondering how to do this since I was a kid. Can’t thank you enough!!!!! 🖤

[@TheEarlyAstrotype1024]

Creative use of trance gate effects in drum and bass is a huge beast yet I only heard few dnb tracks using trance gate effect.

[@justinreilly3107]

Digweed comes to mind with that last vocal gate you used. 👍🏻

[@ljonathan991]

Great now everything coming out will have this

[@evanbarnes9984]

It has since the 90s!

[@44gg37]

don’t be a… gatekeeper

[@Malef1x]

@@44gg37 well done

[@abyssent]

cosmic gate

[@johnp9916]

TRANCE GATEKEEPER 😭

[@mrsostost]

i cant believe i found an easy way to make bicep style tunes!!! subed immediately and wait for more!!! thanks!!!

[@mrsostost]

i also just saw your lessons and seem very interesting.lessons are in english right?

[@andycordy5190]

Once again, you've explained something so clearly that even though I don't use Ableton, and have no interest in the dance genres where we'd typically find this texture in use, I can see how to adapt the technique into my workflow.

[@djicebreaker80]

Thanks for the video tutorial, I did this technique with my vocals trance track.. but thanks for great advice

[@JacobSkriver]

Immediately took me back to 1993 and Front 242 "Cage" track

[@adrianlara5045]

I was going to ask some questions but I decided to wait and you answered them later on in the video.

[@Brontosauredumarais]

Awesome! Reminds me of Age of Love with the vocal track.

[@mobogdan4683]

man great tutorial. I love that you're going these and you make them so easy to follow and talk don't about bullshit for 7/8ths of the video. These are so good thanks man. They help with stuff I've heard in other trucks and wanted to know how to do but didn't necessarily have the words to describe.

[@OscarUnderdog]

Cheers Mo! Glad to help :)

[@KonJonnorMusic]

Been using this technique a while now , but well explained, and no filler. Subbed 👍

[@KonJonnorMusic]

@@Sharper290 you can just mute the channel of audio or midi that you are using to trigger the gate if you dont want to hear the trigger itself

[@KonJonnorMusic]

@@Sharper290 not sure what daw you use but Ableton will still send out the information from the channel to the gate when muted so you get the gated effect but not the sound of the trigger itself

[@isaacinternet]

Your content is so much more useful to me than other channels. Thanks for making this!

[@OscarUnderdog]

My pleasure!

[@besaliju]

Really nice and well put together - funny the gate is something I've avoided almost entirely up until this point

[@benrettberg4628]

Ive been binge watching your tutorials for the last two weeks now but I always find another video for exactly what I was looking for! Keep up the amazing work!🙏

[@PaulOrtiz]

I love your channel man - even when it’s stuff I already know, watching you explain it is really enjoyable and I usually come away with something new to try. Hope things continue to grow for you!

[@OscarUnderdog]

Thanks :D

[@leewightman8619]

System f out of the blue had the best trance gate that hit hard af

[@janickimusic]

Mr. Oscar should be mentioned on many tracks as a source of inspirations, thanks

[@leoststst]

This channel is a miracle

[@AvithOrtega]

7:56 it suddenly became a psytrance sound

[@dariushunter6792]

Was going with more anthem or euphoric trance.

[@lundsweden]

Good tute, gives me some ideas (may be dangerous!)

[@jesusblanquetfortes4808]

Thank you for the knowledge jefe!! Great and simply explained.

[@Rex-dk1rx]

Sasha is back using this technique over break beats or 2 step grooves

[@Paulappelhof]

Recently found you in my suggested videos: all videos are gems! Clear, too the point and exactly in the genres I like ;-) as a ‘senior’ beginner in track production your tips and tricks hit the sweet spot. Long story short; keep up the good work!

[@mathieufernandez-vandewall162]

Great to see someone that not only makes a tutorial but also explains the way effects are actually working. Then people can come with new ways of using them and thus new sounds and music! Thank you for that, subscribed

[@jn1346]

What a great tutorial. Organized and clear. I hope your channel blows up!

[@OscarUnderdog]

Cheers J N, let's hope so :D

[@tshmn]

Oh this is what I was looking for since I started learning music! Wish you were my friend haha

[@OscarUnderdog]

😁🙌

[@seansnyder7744]

Watching this video while I'm planning a modular synth build brought me to the idea of incorporating an AM radio into my modular sessions. Have the radio signal as the source for the sidechained gate. BOOM. not only is the modular synth patch/sequence unique, but each time the radio is incorporated, it's just as unique.

[@OscarUnderdog]

Whoaw, that's original :D

[@mcharbo8726]

Thanks as always for the lesson. They're always involving all of the information required to do the effect, while still getting to the point.

[@Maxinquaye4real]

It's so interesing even if you're not interesed in making music but knowing how music is made!

[@harovilius6132]

I've been searching for a tutorial like this for the entire night. I should have known to look directly to Underdog EMS, you always deliver, Oscar 🔥🔥🔥

[@St0ckwell]

This just took my plucks to the next level. And here's a tip, your gated sounds will come out much cleaner if instead of using a kick as the sidechain, just generate some solid white noise, with no envelope, using Operator. Freeze it, and then use ableton's fade feature to generate some plucks. This will result in a cleaner envelope with more frequencies for the gate to work with. This results in big, awesome plucks that no synth can generate

[@OscarUnderdog]

Great tip, thank you!!!

[@exabel7520]

been looking for a tutorial to this technique for ages, didn‘t know how what to search for though

[@sweetwheatsy]

You mentioned Moderat in the title, and I'm instantly reminded of Running. Such a great track with this effect

[@scarixix]

One of my favorite production channels. Many thanks for so many useful techniques ! I've been messing about A1 Trigger gate plugin lately which has nice sequencer section. Cheers !

[@ddavidivadd]

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for to reproduce that sound from Tame Impala’s “One More Year” & Skrillex & Four Tets “Butterflies”

[@OscarUnderdog]

For butterflies watch my video about skrillex as well! Love that track!

[@stevenstringer7401]

Another way to do it: Midi trigger track with synth with basic init patch Set outs to sends only Create midi pattern for trigger Set sidechain on gate and play around until it sounds dope Gated Reverb Sends: Put an over the top reverb on a send. Saturate or crush to taste (slow panning over whole bars also sounds good) Set send to PRE fader* Lush reverb that you can dial in *with the send set tp prefader you can start with just the gated signal and slowly bring in the original signal with automation.

[@ibec69]

I love this effect. It can be observed, used in a very trippy way in Doof's Balashwaar Baksheesh, among many others of course.

[@Reaktora]

super dat ik dit kanaal gevonden heb ! dan nog iemand uit brussel !!

[@jameshutchins7042]

I am glad that youtube recommended you. These tutorials are amazing. This much easier then what I was doing chopping the sounds with silence.

[@OscarUnderdog]

Random suggestion: listen to Zammuto - Yay for the most satisfying implementation of this ever.

[@crappymeal]

@@OscarUnderdog gatecrasher resident transmission 2 (cd2) track 1

[@kiland3d]

newbie in music production, your channel is a real gold mine of simplicity and efficiency !!... thanks a lot

[@l4nternz]

dude youve genuinely taught me so much and i feel like ivr improved a ton in just this past week after feeling a bit stuck for a while, thank u!

[@OscarUnderdog]

So happy to hear! 💚

[@SnowblindHallur]

Just found your channel today, and I must say it's super underrated. Such well explained and in-depth quality content - keep it up!

[@MrBrownAlliance]

Some of the best electronic music has always come out of Belgium...

[@raarky]

Your way of explaining things is amazing. You provide a great amount of depth on a specific topic and it flows at a perfect pace. Thank you

[@graceintheplace13]

Wow!!! Amazing! Learning how those vocals are made is so helpful!! Thank you! You’re the best. ❤

[@NineZeta]

I find it easier to just use the Alex Hilton Trigger Gate plugin, which is free. But, you gotta learn the fundamentals yeah? Awesome channel man. Glad i discovered this.

[@talkin-ape]

TriggerGate is brilliant, especially when you get busy with automation. But I'm definitely trying Underdogs way too. Love this channel.

[@LDRTHE1NE]

Awesome video man! Very good information. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👌🏼

[@mhv91]

I was expecting some insights on oldschool hard trance gated kicks, but this is ok too hehe

[@nohodev]

Not sure, but if you mean this low end boost that took out the hard knee of the kick and was a novelty in the early 90s: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p2fHdqWNqNupg7c

[@mhv91]

@@nohodev Hey, thank you but I was talking about running the kick through a reverb and then gating that reverb. They do it a lot in nowadays techno, but i prefer the old sound x): kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHevhWl_mriIjZo

[@nohodev]

ah yeah I vageuly remember that early hardcore. I liked the 91 style hardcore breaks

[@nohodev]

@@mhv91 I actually dont consider that old, because I'm about middle aged lol. This is what I remember as hard when I was a much younger due: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJ68mmirbqebqqs

[@maxhyper2863]

6:55 "Ayla - Ayla Taucher Remix" playing in my head

[@introvertical_1931]

I usually use the gate for chain the hihat rhytmic.. Very useful 👍

[@MegaMixking]

great video - cheers from vegas

[@discosecret6363]

The best part about music is creating your own techniques not copying other styles.

[@djragnar407]

Thank you Oscar, your videos are INVALUABLE

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*When you get to a million subs (some time around 1-2 years from now), I'm going to show my friends this comment from back when you only had 3.3k. :)*

[@fabianw2k]

Ima show them this reply hehe

[@julianreverse]

I comment only to point out that there are now 9000 subscribers.

[@apu_apustaja]

@@julianreverse I move away from the mic to breathe.

[@Flashraize]

He must've hit the algorithm as now, one week later, he's got 11k subs! That's great though, I hope he keeps that good shit comin'!

[@apu_apustaja]

@@Flashraize I have every faith...

[@NatLifeSounds]

yeah, I even didn't realised that I will live in time when people who don't make a Trance music will teach how to do a most easy thing in Trance for the big auditory)

[@nirelmar]

another excellent tutorial. thank you, oscar & underdog team!

[@ssheking]

Great trick. Subbed.

[@OscarUnderdog]

Thaaaaanks

[@Aqquinox]

This is why I love LFO Tool

[@introsphereakafelixus]

Man thank you for this tutorial! So simple but I have never tryed it. These gated Vvcals are so emotionaly loaded.. they allways give me goosebumps

[@thesucculentcity]

For stuff like straight 16ths, could just use an arpeggiator to trigger a sample, and use that sample as the trigger

[@Sirruca]

Ive using different plugins for the trance gate effect and this is from far the best and most precise way to create gates! Thanks for sharing

[@iamdannywyatt]

I would suggest people to use a bounced saw wave with maybe a few seconds of sound instead of a kick. That will allow moments where the gate can be constantly open for more than the length of a kick drums, which is super short.

[@cashenkash7325]

Thank you so much for the tutorial.

[@BenAngMusic]

Very clear and helpful, thanks for making this video. I was going to teach my students how to do this, but now I think I'll ask them to watch your video instead!

[@arfcorps]

Even earlier, 80’s synth pop used this technique using Drawmer DS201s

[@sympalamusic9324]

Gorgeous

[@kennethsmith5383]

Ableton represent 😤😤😤

[@ottonelli_music]

Incredible channel man! Thanks a lot for the insights! Wishing all the best things for the channel!

[@DJFusia]

AMAAAAAAAZINNNNNNNG Tutorial !!!! Thanks mate !!!!

[@scott_d_owens]

Excellent tutorial, thanks!

[@Sonyzaoldyeckkong]

Don't know if you are planning to do any Dawless tutorial, but if so, please make one about making trance music with dawless setup. Your work is amazing dude.

[@warrenc1829]

This really is a superb, concise tutorial. Very clear. Subscribed!

[@matttorrence2900]

Oscar is the greatest!

[@SerhiyP89]

Who needs Netflix, when we've got this guy!

[@BIFTYTIME]

Best production channel on KZbin thank you so much 🙌

[@foodstampz]

Quality is great. Oh well...gating is so easy every producer should have tricks up thier sleeve with gating.

[@foodstampz]

The age of love track started much of this..also stuff on Bonzai label

[@joitdust4053]

No water. Great explanation!

[@donaldkrambeck]

cannot wait to try this out! thank you so much for the tutorial

[@spacey_jones]

Dope!! Thank you!

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I love your content. I'm happy that you provide all these videos for free. After my next semester in university i'll have more time on my hand, and i will definitely be taking some of the pro courses from you. You are the only online teacher i have ever wanted to do that with, but this content is just amazing. I love how you keep everything higher level, and not just "push these buttons", like you actually explain everything. It's great to see tutorials not targeted at "noobs", but rather for someone looking to get more serious with music.

[@markearll3940]

Exceptionally well explained - brilliant!