These 5 Lead Sounds Changed My Life (Every producer MUST know these!) 🔥

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In this tutorial I recreate 5 classic, iconic EDM lead sounds from the following artists: ‪@faithlesssound‬ ‪@aboveandbeyond‬ Underworld, ‪@avicii‬ and ‪@tiesto‬ , starting from an initial patch in Serum each time, but you can follow along in most synths.
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00:00 - Intro
01:47 - 1. Faithless - Insomnia
07:04 - 2. Underworld - Born Slippy
10:59 - 3. Avicii - Levels
16:36 - 4. Above & Beyond feat. Richard Bedford - Sun & Moon
19:37 - 5. DJ Tiesto - Adagio for Strings
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[@EDMTips]

Hope you enjoy this format, guys! Anything else you'd like to see me cover in my next vid? Let me know 😎👇

[@joinslayer]

In the Above and Beyond example you can use an envelope to duck the reverb directly instead of using additional external processing.

[@ziedbenkhalifa7913]

tinlicker - sleepwalker and how they variate the stuff in the song

[@MatsMorlund]

Great sound design in the video! Suggestion: 4 great fat leads in the Wavetable synth in Ableton Live. From well-known songs.

[@KnowleDJ]

if you could recreate the lead in the old '90s song "what is love" by Haddaway you would be legendary forever.

[@TheRyanK]

Hello Will, long time purveyor first time commentor. Where can we request "How to sound like" Subjects?

[@mikebailey783]

One thing to remember is that a lot of Insomnia's feel comes from the fact that Sister Bliss played it in by hand, thus giving very subtle and human variation of velocity and note length.

[@BabyDaylinerNYC]

the reverse effect on that above and beyond lead is killerrrrr, thank you 🙏

[@EDMTips]

😎 No worries! :)

[@hotzemusic]

Only recently found your channel, and for someone who's been struggling to ctually get sounds out of my head into a synth, your vids have been invaluable. Cheers from Texas

[@EDMTips]

Thanks for watching, and glad my vids have helped!

[@hotzemusic]

@@EDMTips Thanks for putting them out! And now, I'm not saying you should do the lead from Advanced by Marcell Woods...but you should totally do the Advanced lead from Marcell Woods 👀

[@hanserteam]

100% same here. Such a great teacher

[@grantkearney6354]

love these thanks!!

[@Buzzard177]

I don't know if I get more pleasure out of applying what I learn in these videos... Or sharing in Will's emotional response to the iconic and nostalgic sounds from times gone by!

[@EDMTips]

😎🙌

[@TheGazzadj]

We need more of those last two, classic trance all the way. Have a happy and safe Christmas, thank you for keeping me sane in lockdown these last couple of years. All the very best, Gary

[@EDMTips]

Thanks, man. You too, and thanks for always watching, commenting and supporting! 🙌

[@TheGazzadj]

@@EDMTips You are very welcome, here's to bigger and better things in 2022!!

[@richmc4506]

Amazing work on deconstructing Carte Blanche 🔥 One of my favourite tunes of all time the complexity of trance music is underrated.

[@marcovincelli3873]

Thanks Will for all your great video and Tip. Belated Merry Christmas

[@patbreacadh]

Great stuff!

[@spongebobseyelashes8548]

Excellent vid man, if I ever get on a label it won't be without your help throughout the years

[@jthorpe4droid]

Merry Christmas to you and yours, thank you for all the great videos this year and making music fun.

[@Renato2Guitar]

You're the best! Thanks!!

[@gavisthename1]

This is absolutely epic! Can’t wait to get stuck into this one!

[@keithpringle1103]

Merry Christmas Will, Thanks for all your videos, always great to watch :)

[@fantasyproduct1042]

Thank you for this very generous of you to pass on this knowledge and allow us all to have fun. Merry Christmas 🎅

[@EDMTips]

You're welcome! 🙂

[@WaltThizzney415]

Thanks for the serum lessons, I have mad presets, now I understand how to actually make a sound!

[@Huetux_Project]

Amazing presets!! Thank you!! 💥

[@EDMTips]

My pleasure!

[@nicoantuna1454]

This is fantastic, I love this type of content. Classic sounds !

[@EDMTips]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@emajen_music]

soooo good!! wow thanks so much!!

[@EDMTips]

Thanks, and you’re welcome!

[@ko_3x335]

Great Job! Explained from Scratch. Thanks for sharing. Love your Channel!

[@EDMTips]

Glad it was helpful, and thanks for watching! :)

[@djjerico]

Amazing as always 🔥🔥🔥

[@wernerxldata]

Love it, brilliant !

[@playa_421]

oh my god man, i love your tutorials! understand your tutorials the most!)))

[@EDMTips]

Awesome, thank you!!

[@DmnkBrn]

Amazing work, man! 👍

[@Human2Alien]

perfectly on time😍 i was looking for some last night

[@312dasbkilla]

Always appreciate your videos

[@EDMTips]

I appreciate that!

[@yashaswirkg]

Its like magic 🤩🤩🤩 Thankx Will 👊🏻

[@marco1941]

Amazing job man, appreciate it a lot!

[@EDMTips]

Glad it helped!

[@reed00112]

Damn you nailed tiesto's synth man. I nearly had to go get some glow sticks!

[@danielcortes7891]

Amen Brother!! Thank you so much. I love watching you work

[@EDMTips]

🙌🙏

[@Fabertron]

Last one is an absolute bomb. Sounds allready like the original. Love your stuff. Sir, this is magic!

[@yahyaosama3460]

Epic✌💥

[@karlaefem9549]

Got goosebumps from that born slippy lead

[@zyberbob]

Nice video. Keep up the great work. Love the insomnia synth.

[@EDMTips]

Cheers, Bob!

[@tonystalker]

I'm Russian and I don't speak English well, but you show the process very well and it's clear to me. I have been watching your channel for a long time and I like it, I learn a lot from you! Respect🙌🔝🔝🔝

[@greg.tallent]

Excellent tutorial Will.. thank you

[@EDMTips]

You're welcome, Greg! 🙂

[@pharrealphuong5450]

amazing thanks so much

[@EDMTips]

You're very welcome! Glad you liked it 🙂

[@sirwanmusic]

Thank youuuuu!!

[@IamCoast2coast]

Brilliant

[@Tranceformer]

Thanks enjoyed that Will 👏👏👏

[@EDMTips]

You're welcome! 🙂

[@tonescapes9673]

Oh yes sir!definately reminds me of the old days.I used good old octamed on an amiga computer.a whole 1.44mb of floppy disk space!then propellerheads rebirth with cubasis!been listening to me old 90s tapes for inspiration now.cheers

[@EDMTips]

Very cool! We’re from the same beginnings!

[@marcuwu1990]

Awesome as allways king

[@EDMTips]

🤴

[@darbomusic]

I love them all ❤️

[@davisjason2175]

this guy is a legend... unbelievable !!!!!!! Like so much what you doing even from france haha !

[@haraldfischer7588]

love it

[@MCAlvesPortugal]

Fire 🔥🔥🔥

[@EDMTips]

BOOM! 🙌🙌

[@charlesmaclelland891]

Hell yeah!!

[@EDMTips]

😎🤙

[@therealHeaDKasE]

Thanks for doing it in Serum dude you rock or bang! Lol

[@EDMTips]

No worries :)

[@keithforrester82]

Belting video. One lead I’ve always struggled to recreate is Armani & Ghost - Airport 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙏🏼

[@moyrmixhub54]

From what I can remember, Faithless used a string pizzicato sound for that riff. Probably layered though? Either way, you did a great job with them all. Impressive.

[@EDMTips]

Ah, GREAT observation!! I need to experiment a bit more with that one. My feeling is now that it's a layered scenario

[@malkytrance]

its a Roland JD990, Defo pizzicato samples in there.

[@Kris_jellybeard]

@@EDMTips Yeah he's right... Ever worked with ANA2? (new to your channel) Love to see some video about Aphex Twins sounds (they were quite pioneers right?)

[@jno8039]

True. Faitless used a rompler, the Roland JD990 with the famous Pizzcato based on strings You can find the same patch on few Roland rompler, D-50, serie JV/XV/JD, even on the Jupiter X.XM Enya use the same patch as well

[@glennharrall8655]

@@jno8039 it’s an edited JD-800 clav sound. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIDNfGSbf9V4i5Y

[@mikebailey783]

Born Slippy is such an iconic lead sound. Your demo of the naked pad reminded me of how in their live shows, Rick would often vary the oscillator mix or the sustain for instance, opening it up toward the end of the track.

[@psyzmech9044]

Great tutorials and tips as always. Do you have a vlog on basic mastering and finishing demo's.

[@ko-jaxxedm9643]

Will can you show us some more about the moxing process and uasking clashing frequencies please mate 🙏. Using Ozone pro is there a equivalent plugin in max for life ?

[@alexoswald2399]

Awesome stuff how to you come up with the right midi patterns?

[@freebornaiden7666]

When I watched the intro and saw you was doing the Tiesto sound, it made my day! Thanks for making this. Any chance of doing Sasha's XPander?!

[@subxist7515]

oooh yeh upvote for suggesting Sasha's Xpander 👍been wanting to attempt that one myself.

[@christopherDoerrMusic]

Insomnia was a Pizzicato string sound from a Roland JV Sound Modul, I believe.

[@easterntwin9919]

Amen!

[@imgn8sn]

Very nice and I really liked the A&B patch, which i have tried to re-create... Two questions, first, I am using FL Studio 20, not Ableton, do you have any suggestions for doing the reverb sidechain if you are familiar with FL (no worries if not) and second, just wondering, noticed a key diff in what you had there with what is recorded (believe D Major for what is on Spotify of the actual song) and wondered if this was because you get flagged for being too close to the original if same key. Keep up the channel and thanks for doing these!

[@adv8nturenick]

There is so much to learn.

[@EDMTips]

There is, the trick is to learn every day :)

[@adv8nturenick]

@@EDMTips I do try to learn each day. Mine is more for a hobby as I’m probably a wee bit old for a career change now. 😊

[@P_X_H_]

UNDERWORLD!!!!

[@hendricksam]

From what I remember, the Levels lead is the Adagio preset on Nexus 2.

[@frandevereaux]

Brilliant, clever guy.

[@EDMTips]

Thanks!

[@fenrir20678]

Really interesting, thank you Will! How about the same for some iconic basslines? :) Like for example the vampire dance club track from Blade.

[@keithforrester82]

It’s a New Order track called Confusion. The mix in Blade is the Pump Panel Reconstruction Remix.

[@MorYohai]

Wow what can I say? When you making this it’s looking so easy 😊

[@EDMTips]

Thanks! It's all about breaking down your analysis into 3 or 4 constituent characteristics. If you take the time to write in the correct notes first, it takes pitch out of the equation, which simplifies things further

[@keveydaking]

How come you use compressor after reverb and day?

[@1disturbedjunglist]

I'm wondering if there's access to the midi patterns? I love recreating my favourite classics into my favourite genre. Great job.

[@andreasjrnvil9950]

haha - naughty :) great suff

[@ashekproductions]

Your tutorials are best bro! I have learnt alot. Please show us how to make music like "Talamanca" , "James Wood" , "Vitodito" , "Alex H" . They make similar music. 💯⚘

[@Ozmy]

Hi Master !! I Will purchase your Becoming a Music Making Machine as a birthday present to myself !! The videos are the best I have seen , if I had watched 10 years ago right now I will Marco Carola jaja. Are you going to review equipment as well , I have a APC Key 25 and a MPK Mini MKII sadly running Live 11 on Windows but I7 with 16GB and a Focusrite 212.

[@dannypeeters130]

1 question: in the very beginning is the ADSR put on the oscillators pitch or on its amplitude (volume)???

[@davidbenmarti]

Hello Will,big fan of yours.i wanted to ask you,if you would not bother to make a tutorial (or a paid private lession) about a lead sound i love very much.i am taking about the lead in v.f.m styles track haram.similar ones you find by producers like zwirek.are you able to recreate lead in that field?greetings

[@kentbell6757]

No wonder synth so heavy on processors. It's all because of so many layering, and plug-ins working all together. Great video, autosub.

[@Brian7piano]

What's your recommended third party plugin for that pitch drop effect in Avicii?

[@henriquematias1986]

good stuff... but after watching i think you make it clear it’s all about the MIDI programming.. Other than that all patches are the same... unison, filter envelope, delay, verb and maybe a bit of distortion... the sound design part is quite easy compared to the composition side of things. Perhaps in a next tutorial should explain how you wrote the midi and why it makes sense and how it interacts with the rest of the track!

[@MK-pn3lm]

Is there any plugin to do that LFO Pitch Modulation on my Buss?

[@christianforsberg7182]

That's great work, but there's so many more - I'd like to hear you do the synth on 'Mind Sensation' - the electric one about 2:20 in. Also the synth in the begining of 'Sometimes I feel - Avicii's Out Miami Mix'. 'Zero 76', 'Conscindo' and 'Flashback - Gregori Klosman' aren't those pretty cool too? The same chord in the beginning of 'One Last Ride - Tommy Trash'. 'Gecko (Overdrive)' is also quite characteristic. ''Plenitudo', 'Mastic' and 'Leather' is maybe less known but cool in their way - there's a lot of EPIC sound out there!

[@HenningUhle]

Following this video brought me to the idea of making my own version of "Adagio For Strings" because Tiesto's version is not my cup of coffee. So, I tried my very best in the free online DAW "BandLab". And I am really proud of the version. It's more atmospheric, more melodic. Nevertheless, I cannot release it due to licensing. But I had big fun working on the track. And the cause for this is the "Aha effect" that came with your video.

[@level16gmbh83]

You can release it, of course. If you recreated it from scratch and not using samples, release it as a cover version with full credits to the composer.

[@HenningUhle]

@@level16gmbh83 Well, unfortunately not. The rights owner want me to pay a 3 digit amount so I can release it without payment chance and und this clause and that permission. No, simply no.

[@laurenislost]

That lead from Cowgirl that comes in around 5 mins in, the sound design sounds like some sort of acid lead but the sequence itself 🤔

[@paulsmith9704]

Lets here one of your mad projects that you have saved ...but don't think the world is ready to hear yet.

[@TheRyanK]

♥ A bit of excitement wee came out at the end ♥

[@EDMTips]

😆 It happens

[@TheRyanK]

@@EDMTips Hey that 'Sucking effect' reverb trick, would that be that same one used in "am2pm - Cosmic Gate" Lead?

[@richardpdipietro]

I have Serum I use it in Cubase. It's endless what you can do with that synth.

[@EDMTips]

Yeah, it's really good. The flow is easy to understand which counts for a lot

[@streglof]

Didn't faithless simply use a preset from the JV-1080 module?

[@petibilak4321]

Nagyon tetszik a munkája.Esetleg megpróbálná ezt is "R-Tem - Voiceless"???

[@JonoTheVoiceofAustralia]

High-End Serum Tutorial!!

[@AmeyahOfficialTV]

Insomnia PLK is just a preset from JV2080 Factory. And its a perfect sound, redoing it on any other Synth will just do it no justice.

[@christianbeaumont1907]

I thought it was off the JP-8000. But yeah all the classic Roland supersaw synths have some kind of preset like that

[@glennharrall8655]

Insomnia lead is an edited JD-800 clav sound. Check out the insomnia 25 year anniversary mini documentary video. You get an actual demo of it.

[@sugarpuppies]

This one I suppose kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIDNfGSbf9V4i5Y

[@glennharrall8655]

@@sugarpuppies Thats the one

[@snowandcoal]

Towel acoustics

[@dieauswandereruklondon2857]

@edm tips ... hi, u know a Music Plattform where i can use/buy Tracks for for my YT-videos for free without naming the artist etc. and can i monitarize my videos and earn money? thank u

[@dieauswandereruklondon2857]

U know no ???

[@tomhinds8168]

Born slippy has to be the best dance track of all time in my opinion. That synth is iconic

[@joebates4160]

Can you do a tutorial on how to make music like peggy gou please?😀

[@alpmete3414]

Make classic big room leads early 2010’s pls

[@getthejackets]

Tiesto Lead is God Level

[@jreber]

Great tutorial. Thanks! The lead download link isn't working for me. I've provided my email address and name. I'm then sent to your course webpage but I don't see a download link. Can you help?

[@jreber]

Never. The download email has finally arrived. Thanks!

[@mtw5034]

Some classic tunes. Zyzz brah

[@adeevision1297]

telling us what the notes are from the start would be useful !

[@zoyasmusic]

I need some inspiration, let's see what you have for us tonight :)

[@EDMTips]

Hope you enjoy!

[@wispa1a]

Underworlds Rez was more impressive. Still use it today Although born slippy was important for its bass-line

[@jacobrosen]

Not gonna lie, I only clicked because of Above and Beyond, they seldom make it to compilations like these!

[@user-qp5be2hq2i]

MUSIC FROM MY CHILDHOOD XD

[@EDMTips]

The music I grew up with :)