Celldweller Production: Making Beats
I released a Producer Pack called Sonix Vol. 01 not to long ago.
We had a survey asking all sorts of questions about the sample pack.
One thing people mentioned a lot were beats. More drum beats specifically.
This episode we take a break from modular world, and focus on software. How I make beats, the process and many other things.
Get the free samples created in this episode at: celldweller.com/production/
Music in the episode:
Patched In - Blackstar Act Two: Awakening (Original Score)
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You know Klay, as a budding composer/producer do you know what impresses me the most about these videos? You're honesty and kindness, so many producers in your position would guard production secrets and tricks as well as hide their gear list. Thank you for wanting to help us newcomers and thank you for your honesty and kindness. Having said that watching you work is incredible and extremely gratifying. I'm going to strive to pay it forward whenever I get the chance.
These tutorials were so ahead of their time. Informative, entertaining, well-produced - you see this in other tutorials today but I can't remember anything from 6 years ago that was this well made! Thanks for making these - they've held up quite well!!
@TheShmrsh
Жыл бұрын
Klayton live in future ya know
Thank you for this 🙏
11:25 that's gold
great
Crazy... I've been into your stuff since I bought the blue CofD CD as a curiosity in 1996. I remember stumbling onto 'Disengage' in a music store a few years later and wigging out from surprise and excitement, as there was no internet (at least for me), and thus no way to know what non-mainstream artists were doing. Now, I get to learn from you; life's a trip. I've always dug your music and your passion for the art. Thanks for being so willing to open up your bag of tricks!
wow, super cool... I will learn from you - when im there :) Thanks, for sharing is caring.
Cool video klayton,really good producing you rock🤘
Wicked!
this was extremely helpful
Makes you realise and appreciate the time and effort artists put into making a song or beat , awesome stuff klayton.
Awesome. I actually did learn something.
thank you ,interesting video
i feel like i'm in an online music production class. you articulate what you're doing so well! i'm learning so much about how you work and how to produce. great stuff, klay!
"editing oldschool" ;-) That's how we learned it ! Thanks for the insight... Cheers TweakerRay
I wish I would have found these a while ago. Better late than never.
One of the few videos in the field, where you don't have to go through boring rambling on to get to the interesting stuff. Thank you so much Klayton...
I know this is an old video but I just subscribed because I’ve gotten so much useful information for my music on my Murder Skillz channel.
The third drum loop sounds like Soul Coughing's "Rolling"!!!
@KingKG
5 жыл бұрын
The only exception is that the snare needs to be tighter with more ring.
THIS. IS. AWESOME!! You (and Bret) are my most favorite artists/producers/writers ever of all time, and it's so cool whenever y'all do this kind of hands-on, behind-the-scenes view of how the magic happens. Thanks, Klayton!
Thanks for the tips. I believe a tutorial on mastering would be awesome, because that is where I struggle with my own production.
Very helpful tip with that bit crusher noise chopping! Thank you
This was extremely helpful. Thanks much for sharing :)
What a master! Been following Celldweller for years. As an amateur producer and home studio enthusiast, I have always been too intimidated to release anything publicly. But after watching how one of my favorite artists actually creates, I somehow feel more comfortable. I think that Celldweller’s videos show how human this process actually is and makes it less intimidating. Thanks for all you do! I look forward to your comments on tracks I hope to release some day. Rob
I would like to know more about what you use to make your big electronic vocal basses. Like in shutemdown for example.
OMG man thank you! I've always loved your beats. Thanks so much for giving us a glimpse on how you work with beats.
I lOve your Tutorials Klay. More MOre more!
I'm well known in my little circle for my beatmixing, but midi beats have never really done it for me. This was a great episode, and I'm inspired to try more aggressive compression techniques now! Thanks.
Very helpful, I struggle with making beats the most, so tutorials like these help.
Thank you for making this video in particular. It was very helpful to see your workflow and made me feel so much better about the way I've been editing my own beats. I'm incredibly manual too!
THX, KLAYTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
buttons, buttons everywhere :O
Wow you absolutely destroy those beats with that hard compression! I like it.
I would love for him to teach music production and songwriting in schools.
Awesome, awesome, awesome!!!
Gotta love how surgical you are with your audio, manually chopping everything on the grid. This video helped me in my understanding of drum compression quite a bit, thank you! :D
Can't wait to see a vid with that Sherman filter bank used "to taste" CellDweller-style! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, dude! Picked up some useful tips :)
Thank you Klayton!. Very very helpful and entertaining. I would love to see you playing with vst synthetisers next time!.
Brilliant! 🤘
Pretty cool, this must be the first tutorial I've seen you do without modular hardware, which is therefore practical for me! So the secret appears to be a tonne of compression, albeit used with taste. One thing I've noticed about the samplepack is that the sounds are all great, really loud, driven hard. Do you pay attention to things like clipping, the 'loudness war', dynamics and all that stuff, or do you generally push things past the redline and trust your ears instead of watching the monitor, or a combination of both? Thanks.
Celldweller University, with Professor Klayton :) Excellent job! Since I'm only a chemist, I'll (more than likely) never have a use for this knowledge*, but you held my interest and I learned a lot. (FYI, You talk like a scientist!) *I watched out of curiosity and I enjoy learning about everything... plus I have a lot of free time on my hands, at the moment.
That was pertty usefull. I mean plugins and general procedure. Aaand what would be really cool to see... tips on handling vocals.
CUBASE FTW
Never really knew much about what compression did. Or mostly anything really X3 I just liked playing around with sounds and stuff. But I do want to learn more when I can, so this stuff is really helpful. :)
I just scored the 667th like! This must count for something
normally to record my songs I use studio one (presonus audio box )but I admit I have problems with the sound, I like to create my own sounds, my own musical pieces because it belongs to you while working on a software it does not interest me because everyone can do it, everyone copies ,the electro music to need evolve, it needs melody, originality and invention
The beat you created I imagen it will sound great in an Breakcore track. Fits really good for that kind of music. if heard some similar things in track's from Mr. Kindhoover and Nero's day at disneyland.
Great video. I could watch this stuff all day. I started out using FL Studio and made a crappy remix of I Can't Wait (PSOM Dark Horizon mix here on KZread) during the remix contest. I ran out of time because I was learning the DAW at the same time, so it was boring and sounded bad. I really needed to EQ it properly so if you're taking requests, I'd love to see a segment on EQing and keeping sounds from messing others up and getting a professional sound with a crisp high end as well as how you position instruments in the stereo field. It's one thing to make sounds and another to make it sound professional as my crappy mix demonstrates. I've now moved to Ableton and continue to get the basics down, but love tips like this. Thanks Klayton.
I haven't seen the production videos lately, so I don't know if this is already done, but is there any chance if you'll ever make anything a lil more.. basic? A proper introduction to what you're using would be awesome
Hey Klayton, I've seen your midi a few times if your videos in use and I was wondering; what brand and model is it?
Great video. Do you always add mastering plugins when working on individual instrument tracks? I love Ozone as well but typically only use it as a final plugin on a finished mix.
As interesting as always ^^ ... it would be nice if you could show us the next time how to make melodies (like in "patched in") and put them together with your beats of the Producer Pack and create a whole new song with us ;) Please continue like that with your work like this !!
Hey guys, Does anyone know any applications or software I can use to record my screen? Im planning to make a music video of my Classical/Electronic Song, and I want to do it on my tablet. Just Wondering, It would be very useful.
@FabForceFour
9 жыл бұрын
fraps or xplit. just search on google and youll get lots of results!
@darrylgillespie4102
9 жыл бұрын
FabForceFour thanks
This how I work, But, I want and need those plugins!
Awesome! and thank you Klayton for the free samples (^^)v
Thanks for sharing that video! I have one question: Do you start off with those plugins on your master track by default? Or did you just set these up for the purpose of tutoring in this episode? :>
What is this program? 1:08
Now I can relate to how people feel when I open a 3D program or Photoshop. That looks like a mess. :'D
Awesome and educating, as always. For the next production, teach us your favorite and strongest part about making music - vocals :D (*sarcasm*)
Can I be you apprentice? ;)
Me pregunto cuanto debe cobrar por crear un intro para youtube XD
This episode seems like it was a pain to make. Thanks though, I think everyone had a takeaway from this.
*brain exploades*