Toro Y Moi Interview | "Mahal" Production Breakdown, Starting With Bass & Using Reason

[@ctkvi]

I said it before and I'll say it again. If Toro came out in the 60s. He would be diamond selling! regardless. I don't care about sales, he's my favourite musician of all time!

[@ElMestizoo]

This man is inspiring me to get back into producing!!! Thank you CHAZZ!!!

[@codeyrowan5850]

SAAAAME

[@ffwlpe]

great fucking host dude seems so passionate about toro's music. also listening to chaz talking about ANYTHING it's always interesting. mahal is on constantly repeat this year for me ❤️

[@Antonio_Ortiz]

Host was clearly a huge fan and was even dropping mentions to Chillwave in 2010; I was right there with him. First loved Toro's "Minors". "Rose Quartz", "New Beat" and his remix of Tyler The Creator's "French" are also slaps.

[@visible7044]

idk about all that. he very strangely asked if MAHAL was “real instruments” or samples early in the interview. it’s a jam album. would take anyone 15 seconds to figure out that it wasn’t samples.

[@fun1047]

@@visible7044 ok sensei master music producer

[@AndrewLandry]

The amount of muted tracks was impressive! And hearing why they were muted was interesting... so much re-recording! Everyone works differently, but it's a good argument for keeping the songwriting and mixing/polishing as separate tasks. It's so tempting to get picky about that bass sound before you even finish the song... then at the end of the day, you have a nice sounding bass line on a song you're tired of listening to that doesn't have any other parts. Amazing interview - I've loved his music for a while, but had never heard him talk... glad he seems like a nice dude - makes me like the music even more!

[@JimmyFowlersAnt]

Dude toro is so real for this, he gained so much respect after doing this for me

[@Antonio_Ortiz]

Knowing that Toro uses Reason completely re-ups my loyalty to him and the DAW.

[@mauddib1761]

What's so good/unique to Reason compared to other DAWs? I haven't tried using it in years and have mainly used Logic and Ableton (and a tiny bit of Bitwig which seems kind of a cross between Ableton and more traditional DAWs like Cubase/Logic). Just wondering what's good about Reason? I kind of remember it was frustrating as it didn't seem to work in the same ways as the other DAWs, but I did last use it about 8-10 years ago so I've no idea what's it like now. Can you use Kontakt and other plugins like that or are you limited to what's in Reason?

[@DPakaLemonade]

@@mauddib1761 Reason has pretty nice stock sounds, so does Logic Pro X!

[@ivers1001]

@@mauddib1761 reason supports vst as of version 9.2.x (can't remember the 3rd decimal number but its been like 4ish years at this point I think?)

[@ChiquitaSpeaks]

@@mauddib1761 he talks about his view on it starting @20:40

[@SarahSpencerMusic]

Fr tho!

[@spokefast]

i’m so happy this exists, crazy chaz shared this. never thought i would get insight on his process. love it!!!

[@prodcrumley]

Chaz makes the music I dream of making, so seeing this is really quite incredible.

[@ReasonStudios]

[@MontellFishMusic]

shoutout to all my reason brothers in christ

[@MaxFung]

what a gold mine. toro y moi is such an inspiration to me and the music i create. this is so valuable hearing his take on his creative process.

[@ReasonStudios]

So glad to hear you enjoyed it.

[@t-moteo9919]

Thank you for this. I have really enjoyed it. I know NO ONE else that uses reason besides myself. I love getting different perspectives and angles for fellow producers. Thanks again!

[@Jushwa]

I’m half way through this, cannot express how grateful i am for this interview, incredibly insightful, passionate interviewer who is also a good listener and knows the right questions to ask. I was already a fan of Chaz but this gave me new appreciation for what he does and his process. Thank you both ❤ I have dabbled with Reason but will definitely be revisiting it again after this, I really liked those iPad apps (figure) that you guys made many years ago, when i was learning computer music stuff as a young teen that and GarageBand on iPad were by far some of the most intuitive and easy to use tools to quickly put something together.

[@jazzsong8566]

Definitely: I am “Team Ryan”. Your videos are always amazing( live, tutorials, tips, whatever). A huge thank you and, if this is the premier for the Reason season 2022-2023, you really started with 🔥🤩

[@pdxfun4888]

Dont laugh but I didnt know who this was. He is thoughtful, very open with the process, humble, articulate and such a lovely presentation. Seriously will but his music and as always, Ryan is knowledgeable, insightful, great interviewer, a fan, truly interested in the back n forth convo. Thank you for such a wonderful peek on how he goes through his thoughts, reasons and steps of creation. Amazing….

[@yotrakzproductions7324]

Ryan, thanks to you and the team for introducing the public to this gem of an artist and producer. I’m definitely digging Chaz’s artistry and looking to check out more of his works. I especially like the upfront lead vocal on the first song, it makes the track for me. And the female vocal on the second track is bannanaz sweeeeet. Nice drop.

[@bycorduroy8269]

it would be more poignant to thank Toro for exposing people to Reason, not the other way around.

[@derekfernandez7701]

This was amazing! Thank you! It was so great to see Chaz's creative process in this way!

[@juicerox]

I LOVE this one guys! So much good info in here and the entire conversation was inspiring for us Reason users. Especially for those of us using it as our primary DAW. You guys rock

[@ruto_o2931]

Mahal is my favourite album ever made. This is utterly fascinating to me

[@blackvault_gh]

The things you can do with Reason! Love it 💯👏

[@Jbrunel510]

Chaz is a legend. Thanks for this. Also Lindsay’s vocals on Magazine are insane. Just her demo track is so nuts, what a vibe.

[@batmonmanton7377]

Been waiting for this 😩😩😩😩😩😩

[@tengoodquestions]

This dudes a great interviewer

[@RussDnB]

Embarrassingly, I'd never heard of Toro Y Moi. Guess I'm in my own bubble of what I "normally" listen to. Buuuuuut, I'm a new fan now. Firstly on the basis that Chaz sounds like such a nice, genuine and sound guy. Then I start hearing some of his productions, and I'm feeling like I could have his music in my collection. Bandcamp page found. New fan right here. Wonderful interview!

[@evanbrown1367]

Hell yeah!!! This is EXACTLY what I was looking for.

[@fraicheness]

I've been listening to Mahal for the two weeks and wondered what had happened to the TYM stream from spring. Very happy to see this!

[@MarDeFons]

Chaz is my favorite artist of all time, his music with Toro y Moi is sooo fire. Love to see it!

[@davidRios622]

Insane that you brought this producer to the stream

[@ragingoracle6239]

Ryan!!! Thanks for this, been waiting to hear from him for YEARS!!!! Score!!!! flatout!!!

[@79Daver]

Very down to earth. Like the simplicity in his arrangements. Very to the point

[@stevenbeecheymusic]

Been waiting for something like this!

[@TheirIAre]

This is golden

[@SyncrisisVideos]

@10 minutes, a good way to divorce yourself from the bar markers in reason is to set your project at a ridiculously high BPM, but record at a normal tempo, and then arrange everything from there with snap turned off. You can still line things up, but the bar markers will be so tiny that it will help you to ignore them on the sequencer while you're moving stuff around.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

I actually will put the BPM very low sticking to tempo making a hour long jam do all the automation and then put it to a normal tempo because some things are next to impossible to do at normal speed.

[@SyncrisisVideos]

@@HOLLASOUNDS that's commitment!

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

@@SyncrisisVideos Indeed.

[@Borderlinepsycotic]

@@HOLLASOUNDS ….. 🤯 Duuuuuuuuuhhhhhhh 😐 I hate when something was simple but took 15 years for some dude on KZbin to hit you in the face with it… 😭😂 🤜🏾

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

@@Borderlinepsycotic With what? I have been doing what I said for 15 years actually.

[@keepitvividllc]

Met him in person at a concert when he came to Perris , and ask him what program he used, when he told me reason. I was like woeeee meeee ttoooooo....

[@BlueJavaTN]

Awesome interview! Toro is an inspiring artist. Thanks for getting my question in on the funky bass - need to get the wah pedal out : )

[@_thevaporz]

Great interview. One of the best bands Toro y Moi. Also Crumb, Remi Wolf, Skinshape, Tommy Guerrero, Gardens & Villa, Generationals, Body Language, Soft White Sixties. Dig it.

[@JimmyFowlersAnt]

Crumb is sick

[@barrakingbeatz7794]

I honestly started using reason because of this guy

[@Tepnomusic]

Amazing that you got Toro for an interview, one of my biggest influence. Host should get out of the way more, I care about how Chaz uses what he uses, don't care about what the host uses he's a nobody. You should have let Chaz talk more.

[@sloppytoppy2002]

Chaz you're a freaking legend dude!

[@billymarsh4715]

Great interview w Chaz/Toro - he's a hugely talented, down-to-earth dude and you can tell he loves every aspect of creating music. Glad he has stuck w Reason. I noticed he mentioned Todd Rundgren as a major influence. Todd has been a hardcore Reason user for at least the last 15 years - both for recording and live shows. How about an interview w him !!

[@ReasonStudios]

Definitely something we'd love to do!

[@player042]

This is a great interview! Love that it's both picture ideas about songwriting and detail specific techniques :)

[@ontheruntonowhere]

15:45 So happy I'm not the only insane person. I used to play along with Reason as a backing track, then import my recorded audio into NN19. I ran into the same issue of not being able to hear the track unless I started the song over. This lead to my earliest experiments in bending Reason to my will, which gave me confidence to try other ideas. My solution was to split the audio into measures, map each up the keyboard and trigger them in sequence, which was super time-consuming but very rewarding to figure out. I think I remember that NN-XT does this automatically and I was so happy when it was added to the rack.

[@noisenotsongs]

aha same

[@peezyy3]

duuuuuude that midi thing from having to start in the beginning was such a throwback! I had to do that for a remix competition back in the day. It was a 5 minute drum loop on midi. Such a pain.. I got first place though!!

[@davidtrig]

Love this wowww were those real instruments? Lol

[@pulsedsignals7082]

That topic at 16:25...I really really wish Reason will get this problem fixed in near future ( I think it's called midi note chase?). I really like Reason but I find it REALLY annoying not to hear any sound when you start playback in the middle of a long midi note. Please Reason Studios, please fix this. For me, this is a huge drawback for Reason compared to other DAWs like Cubase, Ableton or Bitwig. Other than that, thanks for the nice and interesting video as always 🙂👍

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Reason now has alot of stuff but from 1 to 4 it felt like actually using physical gear, and sounds like it, there was limitations similar to real gear. I listen back to My early Reason music and it sounds like the currently popular Dawlass set up. When I first see some one using Reason 2, I instantly needed it.

[@leslie1526]

Excellent as always

[@Chrisreedbeats]

Really enjoyed this interview especially the part about recording to a click and nudging slices 😂😂 great music!!!!

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

👊😀🤜

[@cperception]

Awesome. Didnt know he is using reason!

[@sanjulianx]

Amazing

[@mothroyale9076]

So cool to see someone discussing Reason in way similar to how understand it. That's not to say i don't enjoy Reason being discussed in a way that seems foreign to me. I think i need to get more involved in the Reason community. Thank you for the great shares.

[@Chrisreedbeats]

Don’t sleep on the reason factory sound bank 🔥🔥🔥

[@dougroyce5784]

So many do and it’s a shame!

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

@@dougroyce5784 I dont, its dope.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Factory sound back is used most of the time by Me.

[@_boof]

This is fucking huge bro. Atleast for me.

[@iheartagainstme]

this is a great interview. thank you !!

[@widenisland]

wow the legend himself!!

[@SimpllMusic]

reason fammmm :D

[@swervenights]

been on reason since 2013 cus of chaz :3 love reason. i was a huge fan of the balance midi!

[@TheWriter86]

What a great interview! Thanks for sharing!! 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@rankzwazhere]

Yes!!!

[@everythingaudio8922]

Great Interview lots of gems, can we get a sounwave interview pretty sure I saw Reason on his screen one time

[@KeepShellyinAthens]

Legend!

[@adrianford2847]

this is great. thank you!!

[@bluebaconjake405]

Omg I love his music!

[@Mavrock954]

I went to a toro y moi show when Anything in return dropped and its top 5 concerts I ever experienced

[@untoldstoriesrecordings]

Loved this!

[@rafaelmonzon7389]

1:01:20 Advice on how to finish songs

[@johnnycopland]

Inspiring interview! Thanks 🙏

[@amofaga20]

I really love the minimal tracks. Was just thinking that for every beat I've made. Just need to improve the quality.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Some times less is more.

[@joshb2059]

Really cool to see these tracks broken down

[@soulSaysHi]

Fantastic interview!

[@TheEs150]

favorite album of 2022 for me

[@mta7444]

I'm curious why "Why I don't use splice" was in the thumbnail as if it was a quote from Chaz, but splice is not mentioned once in the interview lol. It would have been interesting to hear Chaz's take on sample libraries in general. I'm sure he avails himself of the latest tools!

[@kaemensaenz4689]

In the q&a at the end he talks about it, he accidentally calls it slice though

[@KnoWareMan03]

Yooooo! 'Tiny House Nation' dude. His build was exactly what I'd do, only an immobile cube design🖤🖖🏿

[@ogmilkybusiness952]

What is the microphone Toro y Moi is using?

[@fraicheness]

Woah, after the Beck mention I instantly recognized 29:20 Odelay Beck vibes in the guitar

[@OffTheTweakBeats]

"take me to another place, take me to another land" Tennessee by Arressted development. definitely got the southern feel

[@calvinblack530]

Let's GOOOOOOOOOOO

[@HolyVillain73]

I find that the hypnotic/melodic parts really brings the whole song together simple does trick every time too many tracks give me angst and confusion and then it’s back burner and I’ll move on to something else and then I’ll come back and remove 4 to 8 1:30 - 1:45 track time, a mixtape type of feel these tracks are some of my favorite beats because when I started it was all experimental and fun and that’s my happy place so basically K.I.S.S is gospel

[@97HawksFly]

I actually do hear the Tennessee by Arrested Development reference! They both have reversed elements as melodies and similar tempos

[@bestkoreanjesus]

I feel anyone who uses Cubase Reason or Reaper understand the dismissing by the mainstream normies. I went from FL -> Ableton -> Cubase. I learned so much from trying different DAWs!

[@bombjelly5795]

What’s a mainstream daw? Anyways I went from Sony acid pro to fl studio to reason to ableton

[@mikeillgaming4224]

I tried them all and fell in love with cubase... Now I've moved on to native instruments maschine and I don't think I'll ever look back

[@violahero4life]

@@bombjelly5795 FL, Ableton, etc.

[@violahero4life]

What are some things you have learned? (Reason user looking to try Bitwig Studio)

[@bombjelly5795]

@@violahero4life ableton and fl studio ? No way. Mainstream? What other ones are mainstream?, u named 2 daws that I don’t even seem to be mainstream and you put etc. name at least one more, so you mean popular as in mainstream?

[@kosmo_komputer]

haha such a good sleepy dog in the background

[@joni.sirvio8867]

Funny how sun started to shine and dog just teleported there

[@amofaga20]

So much useful info. SaLuv SaStrong SaRespect Always

[@dobefrmdadead]

One of my favorite interviews oat

[@amaxlevin]

44:40 "...the story of every musicians life." Ha! Totally 😸

[@TheEs150]

this is so inspiring

[@cookiemane4579]

ha, I heard arrested development too when you mentioned it

[@dylanwho6299]

another great reason producer is kodak to graph. He has since switched to ableton but his first 3 albums were made on reason. incredible stuff

[@botbot3698]

can anyone tell me which mic chaz is speaking into?

[@UpUpDnDnLtRtLtRtBAStart]

RE: The "Days in Love" track. Does anyone know the synth sample at the end? It also plays at the beginning of "The Medium".

[@archivemental]

Im jealous of this guy whole life.

[@musicbyflaws]

that part about the 'Reason user diss' is soooo relatable. as long as we know why we use & love it it's all good right?

[@barrakingbeatz7794]

AMAZING !

[@cesramm1120]

Toro y moi is so cute and has a beautiful voice ugh 😫

[@itsbenteller1]

Great Interview!

[@moseskibrom4600]

what a great intervierwer.

[@xKS616]

OMG he did an interview

[@fun1047]

dude i was under the impression that he recorded anything in return on his BOSS, i was like wtf how is that even possible hahah.

[@EtymTV]

Just curious - are these podcasts really not on Spotify?

[@rome-sound]

Love how genuinely connected they are in a Reason conversation. I'm going to try n nail one of these interviews

[@donredfox]

Chaz is da goat