10 Chord Layering Techniques (that add energy to boring chords)
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MY GEAR:
DAW (Music making software): Logic Pro and Ableton Live
Studio monitors (speakers): Yamaha HS8's
Headphones: Audeze LCD X (open back)
Camera: Canon 80d
Computer: Mac Studio with M2 Ultra chip and 2 TB hardrive
Midi controller (keyboard): Komplete Kontrol 61
Interface: Scarlett Clarett 2 pre
Desk: a cheap one from ikea
Chair: also a cheap one from ikea
My favorite plugins that I use the most:
XFER Serum
Sylenth 1
Nexus 3
Kontakt
RC 20
Valhalla Shimmer
Valhalla Vintage Verb
Shaperbox 3
XFER OTT
Fab Filter Saturn 2
Fab Filter Pro C 2
Arturia Pigments
Baby Audio Comeback Kid
Output Thermal and Portal
LABS Soft Piano
Hardware that I use behind the scenes but not in videos:
Elektron Octatrack (my fav)
Elektron Digitakt
Korg Minilogue XD
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"No wrong answers, just better choices!" Wish i heard this 15yrs ago! Great Vids!
1) Granular(8bars until they getting dry) 0:37 2)skinny into wide chords 1:52 3)enhance chords during arrangement 3:20 4)pick the best layering technique for your Song 4:34 5)vocoder to add harmony to vocals 5:48 6)re-arcitulate the chords 7:35 7) adding lfo to high reverb chord layers 8:50 8)layering chords using alternative dynamics 10:20 9)using harmony layers instead full stacks of chords 11:25 10)virtual analog synth , saq wave , unison, filter it. Add reverb + ott (glue reverband sound a bit ) 13:55 ->adds space and heaven
You have such a strong sense of melody and ear worms, all of your examples in your videos are so good
I'm not even making EDM, yet this has given me a lot of perspective and usable knowledge in my productions
@DeuceGenius
Жыл бұрын
Same. I make trap music mostly. I do like some edm though. And like movie scores and piano
@shevystudio
Жыл бұрын
Same
@GTORT
11 ай бұрын
Same. I do metal
@ILOVEKITTIES444
10 ай бұрын
msuic is music
@poohchasm
10 ай бұрын
Same! I'm a melodic rapper and I get plenty of sauce from this channel!
I love how you use a bunch of different DAWs in your videos. Honestly, that convinced me you 100% know what you're doing lol. I can't imagine learning all those different workflows
9:50 just lifted me up, accelerated me to light speed and took me to another dimension.. Bravo!
@RedBeardinVR
Жыл бұрын
Yeah this tip sounds amazing!
@MrMelons45
Жыл бұрын
dude. RIGHT! For anyone who sees this, do you know of any artists that have a similar style? Would love to get into this genre of edm.
That skinny-wide trick is awesome! The contrast really makes you feel the width of it.
All of your videos make me want to jump in the DAW and get it done. You have a great teaching style and your examples are incredible. Keep it up!
Honestly dude your videos have really helped massively improve the quality of my production and sound design, and I was struggling with this very topic on a song I'm working on. Can't wait to implement some of these into it. Thanks for all the helpful tips and tricks
@mcgritty8842
Жыл бұрын
You must be at least 20% better now!
@Rainer01
Жыл бұрын
Hi Alex great Video 🎉 do you have two vocal synth then one for the right layer on for the left ?
@user-li8rm3qj4b
Жыл бұрын
Damn seriously.!! You got artist verified with just 11 subs😱🤣 Hecker???
@mariasotelo8490
11 ай бұрын
😮💨😊😊😊😊😊😊
@theorulez
6 ай бұрын
@@mcgritty8842 Watches the video 5x to win the game. EZ Clap.
Absolutely love your videos and always walk away with something new and valuable learned! Thanks for always posting great content.
An idea I wanna try after this video, mixing the vocoder trick wih the LFO trick, making the vocal sound crazy. Thanks for your work 😊
You're taking us a step further. So great Alex
@mcgritty8842
Жыл бұрын
20% further
@iixmusic
Жыл бұрын
@@mcgritty8842 lmfao
Alex, this video is gold. I don't really make EDM, but I'm considering doing your boot camp because after over 20 years of experience doing electronic music you still wow me with the techniques you share in your videos. Great work my friend! 🙌🏼
THIS CHANGED MY LIFE!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Thank you!!! I’ve been needing these approaches to production!!
Super informative video Alex! keep up the great work
I wasn’t really listening until 4:05 snapped me to attention. I started it over and wow, this video was a master class.
Wow, these are amazing. Thank you. Always amazing to listen to someone who really knows what they're doing
I learned a lot from this clip.. that LFO trick made me think of the effects BT sometimes uses.. that's as big a compliment as I could ever pay! 🙌 Thanks for the inspiration
A true masterclass. Thanks for this, my favorite vid of yours so far.
You're extremely talented and humble in knowledge, Stay blessed my guy!
This is the best production channel on YT by several orders of magnitude. So so useful
Incredibly cool stuff Alex. Thank you!
Again an inspirational video to just go back to create and try some of this techniques. Great content 💯💯💯
This is one of the best tutorials I've seen in a long while! Keep them coming, Alex!
This makes me want to keep pushing harder to learn music theory! You’re a legend brotha
Im so lucky i discovered ur channel. Im purely amazed by all of your videos! Thats so much value 😮
Man, it was super useful! Thanks for uploading such videos 🙌
Great video, you explained really well what you did and why. It is easy to understand and sounds amazing, just gave me some inspiration for New techniques using FM with my SY99.
Love your tutorials, much appreciated.
Great inspiration! Thank you for sharing your knowledge 😊✌️
Really helpful stuff Alex. Thanks!
Your tutorials help me a lot 👍
Always good watching these very good musical tutorials,I'm a flautist of grade 8,but have only started practicing again recently.these chord tutorials help alot,as I may have said before in a previous comment,especially as flutes,beautiful sounding they are,they're monophonic!anyway thanks for all your tutorials
*9:50** gave me 7 Lions vibes. I love your information that you are sharing.*
GRrat vid, I always try to over complicate things with too many layers, but you show that it only takes 2 or 3 layers to make great chord sounds!
Once again really useful tips! Thanks a lot
You are amazing, thanks a lot Alex R.
Your channel is gold-mine for trance chords.
That really gave some insight into, what big sound means. Subscribed!
Thanks for all dude , great content. 🔥🔥🔥
You make it look easy. Well done!
Thank you for this.
This is soooo good! Thank you!
Thanks a lot some of this technics are gonna be useful for sure
More videos like this one please Its very Helpfull 🙃
Love it! Big 7L vibes at 4:20.
Thank you. It helped me a lot.💕
Nice chords man. As always. The best.
This was really helpful, thanks mate!
ur a blessing!!!
Awesome and i like how you get to the point of things without talking unnecessary stuff
Hey mate, thanks so much. I love your style.
Man, you really taught me a lot young man.. This was outstanding.. The vocorder was the doo doo.. Wow.. Thank you so much for this technique.. Fantastic explanation..
Its cool jus seeing the way you make magic sounds. Thanks man, big fan...👍
Thank you so much ❤
great tutorial!! thanks!!
BEAST MODE!!! THANKS FOR HELPING THE COMMUNITY 🙏🏾
I love your videos! Thank you so so so so so much!!!
creative 💯 good job👌
AMAZING STUFF THANK YOU
Awesome bro. Loved it.
Thank you, Alex! 🙏👍
Sounding lush buddy. Nice going.
Thank you at all times.👍🏽
This is fr the best tut I’ve ever watched
Great lesson!
wow this was 4 sure for me a complete free music production masterclass
nice video tnx!
Bro you're lit 👍🏼 thanks
This is SO helpful thank uuuu 🥹
You are doing such an amazing job..Thank You So much For Such great music making contents..Lots Of Love From INDIA❤️🇮🇳..Keep Us informative Guru Ji 🙏
Great insight into how to add magic to chords!
This third tip is perfect for my songs!
oh man that's just great, thanks a lot !
Wow.. awesome lesson
The days are better when Alex uploads video
Again, a great one!
Great tips!
Amazing ❤️ you are the best music teacher and chord god 💪💪💪👍
Best video ever from you. Thanks! make more like this. you got a subscribe and like button from me because of this video! great job on the hard work
Brilliant ideaa and tutorials…gonna save lots of my time ….
Great! Thanks.
i love how you're just as blown away by your own work as we are
The chords at 10:00 are beautiful they remind me of some Lucian chords from back in the day
nice choice of chords wel done sir'
I love your videos!
Thank you so much for this Tutorial Love from India
Shot and to the point
!! Thx Great Video!!
awesome tips
4:07 gave me chills
Thank you bro
Nice work alex
Awesome guide. My actual project consists of a four note patterns, I vary every bar, so I avoid a boring structure
Can u make a tutorial on how to layer your synth sounds and stuff like that thank you love your videos you help me a lot
Great content!
At 9:50, thats my favorite, it sounds so great, i like how the LFO sounds, i wonder how using this technique would sound with melodic dubstep?
@mcgritty8842
Жыл бұрын
It would sound at least 20% better
Thank you so much....
Love you Alexi.
The 7th point is DOPE !