Painting with sound - a techno exercise
Try this at home: you take a stable synth riff, control the filter cutoff, and feed it into a series of massive delays & reverb, to set off a beautiful cascade of sound. We'll call this "painting with sound".
Inspired by requests to analyse Planetary Assault System's sound design strategies, this exercise hopes to make you think more deeply about stability, repetition, timbre, texture, and energy contour, all without ever changing the notes of the synthesizer.
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Content:
0:00 Being the Bob Ross of Techno
2:05 How to Paint with Sound
3:08 Setting up the Synth
5:47 Setting up the Delays
8:37 About Convolution Reverbs
10:21 Adding in the beat for the whole painting
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"MAKE MUSIC ART AGAIN" IS WHAT'S DESPERATELY NEEDED AND I THINK ARTISTS LIKE _four tet_ REALLY STRIKES THIS PAINTING METAPHOR OUT OF THE PARK!
I have been making techno for about 10 years however I love this channel as it re-affirms what I have already found out and adds a little extra.
@AKAtAGG
2 жыл бұрын
I've been doing it since 1991. Still find cool stuff on this channel.
@seanocean
2 жыл бұрын
Pretty much the same for me. It gets me to similar places in different ways, or verbalized things I don’t talk to anyone about.
I've recently discovered that one of my favourite things is when I'm watching a YT tutorial like this and the creator is clearly really enjoying themselves 😄
Your channel is literally the best simultaneously for beginners and people who have been creating music. keep doing what your doing!!
@OscarUnderdog
2 жыл бұрын
Thaaaaaaaaaaaaanks 💚
@eylon951
Жыл бұрын
@@OscarUnderdog u r the best teacher ever
Yeaahhh 🤘Simples but sooooo effective tricks 🤩 Haha I love that sounds too 🔊🔊🔊
For anyone that needs to know: the Bob Ross KZread channel always has marathons on the weekend. Best come down from the rave. ❤
@OscarUnderdog
5 ай бұрын
Hahahah love this tip!
I'm glad you're getting positive feedback on your teaching style, because it's well-deserved! I'm totally hooked on this channel - each video is packed with genuinely insightful and applicable info. Thanks for all your hard work :)
@jonathanzimmer8143
2 жыл бұрын
This channel is indispensable! I've been *tinkering* since FL was Fruity Loops (v 2.8!), and and while I could say I have graduated the more "beginner" subject matter here, I still find value in EVERY video, whether a better understanding of something basic I skimmed over back then, or a new way to look at something simple with many uses.
Thanks again for reminding me of the basics of this principle.I did art when I was younger and still do bits.frequency of all kinds are my world.love the tutorials you do as you describe it so perfectly.cheers
The right portion of muse at the right time... thank's Oscar 👍
You can't beat a great teacher with deep knowledge and passion for their subject. Thank you sir.
I’ve always loved the ‘immersionalist’ (TM) aspect of techno, dropping inside a new reality of texture, light and colour. Feeling the sensations of a wide aural landscape. Glad I’m not the only one. Planetary Assault Systems is a great track to learn from. The next would be Basic Channel - Quadrant Dub.
@Sypher474
2 жыл бұрын
I've been completely living in DnB land since the late 90s, picked up a love of house and electro in the mid 2000s, but completely slept on techno until I went to Berlin about ten years ago. I'd only lightly picked it up as a sort of side genre of interest, until the last couple years when I've really come to appreciate the depths techno can take you. Any further suggestions for old classics would be much appreciated.
@Kung_Fu_Jesus
2 жыл бұрын
@@Sypher474 Jon Hopkins and Daniel Avery have also dropped some amazing music recently.
10:38 i love it too!
Thank You! Your videos keeps me going!
That was a great choice for a song.
Very cool tutorial! Thanks!
Man, Thanks for all the knowledge, i was able to learn, and re- learn a lot of stuff from your videos. You explain things in such a mature and straight forward way, i really love that.
I knew it was worthwhile supporting you on Patreon, you are a top class teacher and your methods are solid.
Ive always loved the thought of painting a scene with my music.. thats why i almost always use some form of atmospheric foley. like keyboard typing, forest sounds, storms.. etc That and that kinda stuff just fits really well with deep, atmospheric hiphop that I write
Goosebumps are there !
The Joy of Techno 🎨🖌️🌈🎶❤️
Wow. This came at exactly the time that I needed it. Thanks so much!
Great! As always, you fill it with technical inspiration!
You're a great teacher. I know next to nothing about music production, but your videos have really helped me understand lots of concepts involved with electronic music. I hope one day soon I can get stuck in and utilize some of these techniques :)
This channel is the best recent discovery I've made! So grateful to you for sharing this knowledge and so so super well explained 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🌿
Fantastic technique! Totally agree with the Bob Ross comparison-- there's happy little reverb
I love it tooooooo.....
Thank you, really enjoyed that
Amazing work Oscar - Always a pleasure to watch your videos - you are a champion !
Parks and Wilson had an amazing album called 'Painting with Sound' back in the early 2000s....so good and so dark!
@danielgal6000
2 жыл бұрын
Wasn't it called Painting on Silence?
@djsydneyblu
2 жыл бұрын
@@danielgal6000 yes it was ...i just realized! you can search it on youtube. I just listened again SO GOOD.
@VinnieFarsheds
2 жыл бұрын
@@djsydneyblu Great! Discovering stuff like this is why I always have to read the comments. I never heard of Parks and Wilson before, but then I read that both were part of Tilt in the past (and Park still is). And each new track I find on youtube is a potential rabbithole of new stuff which I usually encounter at 3am when I should be sleeping kzread.info/dash/bejne/d6d4q9pxqMyuf6w.html
Love watching these videos man, this is what production videos should be like! :)
as usual : excelent !
I absolutely love watching your tutorials! thx for your efforts!
absolute love !!
Love your videos. Truly the most informative out there. Thanks 🙏
i love you, thank you.
Absolute legend
Brilliant videos Oscar 👏👏👏 thank you for sharing your knowledge ❤️
This vid is amazing, huge fan of hypnotic techno from artists like border one, translate and of course planetary assault systems, where this technique is very prevalent!
Going straight home to do this, but on the MPC one.
Thank you again for the superb content as always
This is awesome. I inadvertently discovered the same / similar technique on one of my early tracks, I noticed there was an awesome psychedelic effect created by adjusting the Filter Cutoff knob, which really transformed the track. Great explanation of the Hybrid Reverb, thanks for that.
this is gold!
Another inspirational snippet. Keep up the smile inducing work!:)
Easily the most helpful & engaging teacher in this space 👍🏻
I love your techno videos helps me a lot
Quality content as always 👍
Love your videos!
Man you're awesome , thank you for everything and thank you for every information , you help me alot , and now i can have another view about making techno , thank you , so grateful for you , keep it up
Yeah i would agree with that analogy - you are the Bob Ross of Techno.. Im so glad i stumbled onto this channel. I found what i was always looking for.. Respect Oscar!!
Your teaching style is fantastic. Very simple clear and straight forward. I could learn a lot from you. I wish you were a logic x tutor.
Brilliant! thanks bud!
AMAZING TUTORIAL! THANKS A LOT!
hahahah 100% the bob ross of techno!
I’ll actually use this in my next track, Thanks a lot!!
thank *YOU*
I really needed that!!!
Always very inspiring, thank you ! :)
Held! Thanks man!
I love your videos man, best out there.....thank you!
you sir are the best!
Your videos are so beneficial for producing music, thank‘s a lot.
You are inspiring as always, thank you!
Duuuude. This is awesome. 👍🏻👊🏻 ❤️
And I could listen to that all day. Awesome tutorial :)))))))))))
Planetary assault systems ftw👊👊👊
You're a legend!
best tutorials !!
Amazing as always and reassuring too... I think what you just showed Oscar is what at the core of music making is - having fun and experimenting... The only issue with this approach is, I fiddle around with Goosebumps just to realise suddenly that the whole day is gone and it's already dark outside ;).
Superb
Great tutorial my friend!! 🔥🔥🔥
thanks you so much !!
Hey Oscar! Got any videos planned on performing techno live? And on what macro’s you like to use, or some tips on instrument racks? Love the videos!
Thanks for video
Oscar your passion is so inspiring!! Always excited when I see a new videos of yours...💜 Next time can we hope to see you with a Bob Ross wig??
Next level turorials!
Awesome video like always. would be cool to see a video on creating atmospheres and/or drones for melodic/driving techno
PLEASE do more explanations of Planetary Assault Systems techniques!!! Somehow Luke Slater feels overlooked? I'd love a take on Bell Blockers
I love it.. as engineer I watch your channel from other perspective and is awesome
dude, this is ready to go template for an industrial techno track) just awesome)
niiiiiice one!
This is VIDEO Benefit THANK YOU🌞
Underdog! I love watching you in black n white while listening to Your track
One thing i absolutely love for biiiiig reverb/delay smears is Valhalla supermassive. Its a completely free super simple delay plugin that makes delays that sort of taper off/transform into reverb. It has a bunch of cool presets and lots of settings to play around with
@gagaxueguzheng
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the suggestions, I've just downloaded it. I always try to find good free plugins because I'm no professional and can't invest hundreds of euros on my hobby.
@swagzilla3000
2 жыл бұрын
@@gagaxueguzheng same. I mostly use ableton stock plugins
Hi i once said you are Johny Sins of techno you know what is next theme for video.
@smartislav
Жыл бұрын
Underrated
Put off watching this because of the title of the video but was also kind of intrigued by it. Maybe my brain is just fried from all of the other youtube clickbait, but that's definitely something you have to compete with haha. Excellent video though
Good job as always Oscar ! Like many others I can't wait for the next video ! Thanks for changing my hobby into a passion I'm really considering now participate to the next scheduled Underdog bootcamp! ...Meanwhile... what about analysing or recreating an AIROD track?
Fuse 👌
Jo dude! All i have to say is: great content/ great dude / great Videos
I love all of your info I've been applying in my loopstation sessions and it's helped a lot! I would love to see you making a video using the Rc505 MK2 to make something with and see you using all the effects. 🤙 I'm considering enrolling in a class BTW. Great work
Great video as always! Is there any chance you could analyse Cirez D in the future? Particularly a track called The Accuser if possible, thank you!!
I don’t use a DAW, but the way you present concepts is enough for me to follow the channel.
lots of happy little chord hits
Love you my Bob Ross
Awesome channel. Very pedagogical. Would be nice if you could bring the workflow of oldschool masters like Bolland, deWulf, Beltram amongst others into DAW.
We have found the Bob Ross of electronic music production! _Let's put some happy 303's over here, yeah.. so happy. Oops, too much resonance but it works. No mistakes when it comes to happy 303's_
Nah bro I literally called you Johnny Sins of Techno
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This technique is used *a lot* in psytrance ^^
@TheCALMInstitute
2 жыл бұрын
This technique IS psytrance. Just add Terrence McKenna blurbs.
happy little reverb