Hi. Thanks for watching. Constructive criticism is a good thing and helps us all get better. Thank for you the useful comments I've had on this. In hindsight, the reverb on the bass wasn't right and I should have looked into a Boss HM-2 style distortion. The compression needs to be pushed harder with the release settings tweaked to give it all a "pump". Their treatment of samples is more raw too with the glitches, pops and aliasing often being deliberately used as part of the sound. Anyway, hope the other stuff gave some pointers.

@ThisIsTheInternet

5 жыл бұрын

Could you consider to not use that filter over the whole video that adds flecks of dust?

@AlexBallMusic

5 жыл бұрын

I quite like it and others say they do too, but I can make it more subtle, sure.

@ThisIsTheInternet

5 жыл бұрын

@@AlexBallMusic The colour grading looks fine, it's just the dust flecks :)

@tylernicolo7654

5 жыл бұрын

@@AlexBallMusic Fuck that I like the dust flecks. Totally agree the reverb on the bass wasn't quite wrong, but it wasn't quite right. Side chain compression triggered by the kick and snare on the whole track would nicely achieve your "pump" effect without crushing it all too hard. Nice work.

@louierubio

5 жыл бұрын

Alex Ball hahaha I thought the first bit was a real sample!! 😂 so good

"if you're not willing to make a fool of yourself, you're not gonna get very far in music" very true words have been spoken!

@AlexBallMusic

4 жыл бұрын

I make a fool of myself every day, so it comes naturally.

@scottdaniels3777

4 жыл бұрын

@@AlexBallMusic like Magpie

I'm sad we didn't get a full track out of this. It's amazing.

For some reason most audio tutorials have terrible production, especially in the intros but you my friend, have wicked skills as both a musician, creative producer and audio engineering with surgical precision. Btw you collection of synths is making me drool.

Your videos are not just enlightening technically, they show considerable musical flair and raw talent. All channelled through heartfelt passion for sharing in a humble and genuine way. I can honestly say at first I thought the sample was from a Gap Band tune or something..the fact it was your own original creation was superb. Do you have your own musical identity as a performer? Do you ever do gigs? Bravo!

@MakeSomething

5 жыл бұрын

Well said. Totally agree.

@AlexBallMusic

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Simeon, that's very kind of you. I hope the tutorials are of use! Basically KZread is a passion project I do late at night. My day job is a composer, producer and supervisor. The gigging story is a long one, perhaps I'll tell it one day if it's relevant.

@iqi616

5 жыл бұрын

@@AlexBallMusic I'm not surprised you make a living from music.

Honestly, have no idea how you kept the pace of this SO quick. This had me on the edge of my seat beginning to end. I get bored with a lot of tutorials, but this felt more like a private lesson or even jam session. Well done

I’ve been watching music tuts here on KZread for years and your channel is some real next level content .. love this! More justice / ed banger stuff

Very cool! Justice's live bass parts always have a really distinctive sound too, especially on the first album. It's like they've got a very distinctive way of bandpass filtering them, with a quite a high Q, so it's "bass" but without much actual bass.

This is why we have nice things

Finally more people on the same page when it comes to making your own samples!!! I'm going to share this with some of my industry friends. and for some friends getting into music . inspiration is key . thank you for making this

Mate, this is quickly becoming my favourite channel on KZread. Amazing stuff. Keep it up. And if you ever wanted to breakdown some FlyLo or Bonobo, well, I wouldn't be sad about it ❤🔥🙌

Wow. One of the most in-depth, detailed, straight-forward music tutorials I have seen. Ever. Great attention to detail, especially with the creation of your own sample. Thanks for the share!

@AlexBallMusic

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Glad it was of use. :)

Thanks so much for such an informative tutorial! I love how you process your videos to look like they were filmed on retro tape, even down to the grains.

Man This is a great producer tutorial. Perfectly explained and all by yourself.....

This tutorial not only teaches but inspires you to make music. Good stuff!

Recording everything in your own sample. Can’t tell if that’s post-modern, post-post-modern, or anti-post-modern.

@AlexBallMusic

5 жыл бұрын

Anti-post-post modern?

@GuidoGautsch

5 жыл бұрын

Meta-modern!

@AndyChannelle

5 жыл бұрын

Hyper nostalgia

@ErikEkholm

5 жыл бұрын

Its called being a proper musician. Too many sampling and cookie cutter ”producers” in music these days. This is refreshing!

@rordrom3234

5 жыл бұрын

@@ErikEkholm Agreed, this is a lot cooler and more interesting to me.

Dude these videos are so well put together, informative and entertaining...absolutely love this. You deserve my subs my dude. ❤️

I've been waiting for someone to do a video like this for a few years! Thanks for doing this!!

That was spectacular. Amazing work! Thank you for the video

You’ve just got yourself a new subscriber! I love Justice and this is EXCELLENT

awesome work Alex! really been enjoying your videos

Brilliant video! I love how you created the sample yourself. Sounds great!

Probably The best review/tutorial i have ever seen duuude!!!

I'm going through your older videos after finding you a couple of years ago, and I wish you did more of this kind of stuff! More recently you've been very focused on sound design and synth/fx walkthroughs, which is great, but here there's a treasure trove of useful tips for composition, mixing and mastering, which is no less important.

Another great one !! Happy 2019!

Amazing. Thank you for making this video! Very helpful. You are so talented.

This is awesome. Such a huge amount of work for a one minute song. I hope that you continued the idea, finished the track and it's available somewhere.

Dude you are killing it with these productions!

Blown away!!! Really enjoyed this, thanks Alex!

Love this video! Especially your high choir voices

Being in the mixing and mastering profession. I am staggered by how good this sounds. You have hit the feeling perfectly. I'm now a subscriber

Awesome track and breakdown, bruh! You are indeed very talented! ✊

Dude you are a magician! Its crazy! I wold really like to know more about your background. Glad I found your channel and thanks for sharing all the tips and tricks!

The fact you made your own funk sample is insane. Very inspiring vid.

Your channel is amazing. Great work!

I’ve shared this to many producer / musician mates and pointed them towards your superb channel. Thank you for putting in the time to wise us mere mortals up with you excellent production skills. Would love to hear your take on modern techno, not that EDM stuff though.

Great vid Alex, TY. Love the Vulf!

You need far more views and subscribers. The production here, both audio and video, is outstanding.

Awesome tutorial. Many thanks for sharing it

THANK YOU for going over the techniques instead of just attempting to recreate. Much better for learning instead of the general "hey just copy this" drivel. Your sound was definitely very Justice. I think I remember reading that a lot of their gritty "synth" sounds were actually bass guitar microsamples?

You are the coolest! Yet another great video from you!

Great video, very informative! Also, that vulf compressor was a pleasant surprise!

This was such a banger, oh my goodness I love this.

Wow. That's awesome man. Well done.

Amazing dude, solid work

dude compared to Andrew Huang style gimmicks, this is the real deal that truly inspires and teach people solid stuff.

@hagen1555

5 жыл бұрын

Totally agree, I saw one video from him and now I get weird looking faces from him on my youtube, alex's videos are so enjoyable. I just found him few days ago and I'm absolutely blown away :)

@wondashozen

5 жыл бұрын

Huang is awesome. Don't be a hater. Both can inspire people.

@Rgdonaire_07

5 жыл бұрын

No point in comparing. Enjoy both. That’s what I do. I learn from both. Hang is more of a showman but he is talented.

@st0rmchild

4 жыл бұрын

They're both great.

@viorelursu564

3 жыл бұрын

@@wondashozen jokin', right?

Very informative Alex. Like your vids a lot.

@AlexBallMusic

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marko. Love your work too!

Huge thanks for listening, endless gratitude to you.

Very cool, thanks Alex. Picked up some great tips here, even if I wouldn't ever make a Justice style track :)

Totally throwing out some quality tutorials here recently!! Killer track you created too, sounds phat! All I can say is, keep 'm coming! :)

Amazing video man!, thanks for share!

Man, you’re a stone cold legend 👌

This is golden content man!

finally someone with the right drums and sounds and effects

Great work Alex!

Gosh. This is a high quality pro stuff right here.

I'm so impress! Your sooo talented!!

Wow. This sounds amazing.

Your original sample is so funny, great video!

sampling yourself is 🔥! awesome track btw

Love these videos. Tnx man!

Fantastic video! Great track!

Ah, nice to start the year with someone who really knows what they're doing. Thanks!

@DrTune

5 жыл бұрын

plus the casual "I made my own loop" :-)

I thoroughly enjoyed this. Good fun🙌👍

I also got quite surprised on how quick you did it, I saw that Daft Punk vid and the comments there where asking for it, and already it's here, shows you care about your public s2

absolutely incredible!!!!

I’m currently making a remix of rapture that’s slowly turning into a justice remix. This has helped

Cheers Alex, loved it. :)

Great video mate!!!! Quite justice sound

Revisiting this to get ready for Justice's upcoming release. Really this is as good as it gets in terms of youtube tutorials. Bitcrushing and overdrive goes a long way, and the pro one sounds massive. It's worth mentioning the chokehold that the plugin dBlue glitch had on all blog house and french touch at the time. Have an upcoming 8 bar loop and want to do something different, but not feeling particularly ambitious? Have glitch just mess around with it and see what happens!

Transition on the end was dope man.

You are freakishly good my man

Very impressive. Nice samples !

Real great job. Thanks for sharing.

Great stuff man!!

Great vid! Love Justice †

Really cool, loved this. Actually, Justice use less stuff in their songs, they're really clean in number of things that are happening, but at the same time they're so gritty and punchy!

This is awesome!

wow! excellent Alex :D

You have a genius ear ... I wish I'd worked harder on that years ago, but then again I had to go to medical school and stuff I suppose (excuses for lack of talent etc ☺️) ... still I absolutely love the fact that you're willing to help the rest of us out. Awesome is overused .... but you ARE (is?) that :) Thanks yet again Alex 👌👌

Another great video!!!

@AlexBallMusic

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Awesome insight in how good music is hard work, because holy crap that's some laborious sh*t! Now I understand why my own music often sounds empty and uninspired. I'm just only doing 10% and expect to be done... but the work hasn't even started then :D Especially the rhythm track (or rather, collection of tracks) is impressive.

9:59 “and then with the drums...” HOLY SHIT 🔥🔥🔥

fantastic video

Video is absolutely unreal. It’s incredible. The problem is it doesn’t motivate me to get better at production, it just clearly demonstrates that from a composition, engineering, synthesis and creativity perspective; it’s unlikely that I’ll ever improve to a comparable level, even if I focused all my energy on improving my knowledge and ability on all of the above.

@AlexBallMusic

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Adam. Sorry to hear, that wasn't the outcome I was hoping for. I don't have any magical skills or talent above and beyond, I just spent decades trying to learn as much as I could through education and practice. It is totally achievable, in fact many people go way, way, way beyond what I'll ever be able to do. So, I'd hope this video would give some pointers to people who are working away on their own journey, even if it's just one relevant thing.

@_adamlock

4 жыл бұрын

@@AlexBallMusic I think it just showed me I'm a little further behind than I want to be! But without videos like this, I wouldn't know how best to improve, so thank you; it's incredible.

Really really good!

great tutorial, really well explained

very good videos! thanks for sharing

crazy good

Hey, I loved this. I really F#cking loved this, man. Thank you so much, and keep it up. :)

Thanks that was really useful ! And your funk sample was really fun :p I would be glad if you do a studio tour of your effects, while explaining why and how you use them ! I'm sure that would be super interesting

Very impressive !

Dope. I would buy that track!

Wow well done.

Amazing!!

Amazing!

Great stuff

Very cool!

AAAAAAAH ! Nothing can't stop Alex Ball. Great Video !

Righteous!