Any good videos where you just watch artists produce? Thought it'd be a good way to learn. Please state genre and link!

Android Jones, one of the greatest living artists imo.

He is using an Alesis HR 16B, which looks more like an fax machine to me. Brb need to find my jaw from the floor.

Jesus that guy's good.

^ nice

and Reggie is takin the piss, but goddam he's a genius.

  On 5/23/2018 at 4:30 AM, thawkins said:

 

He is using an Alesis HR 16B, which looks more like an fax machine to me. Brb need to find my jaw from the floor.

I saw this back when I had an HR-16.

He's using it as a controller only, with an external sound module for the sounds, but if anything that makes it even more impressive because without a doubt the biggest issue with the HR-16 machines is the pads, the sensible reasons to use an HR are for all of the things he isn't using (it's particular sounds, it's sequencer).  What he's doing would be impressive on any machine, but an HR-16 has hard plastic "pads" like the keys on a low-end late 90s laptop, getting that kind of expression from them is really impressive.

To me this is the way a synth based studio should be set up.

I see that Lexicon Vortex, too.

IDM, all the way:
 

never heard of this artist nor the channel host but this is a pretty good detailing of how to make a good variety out of a few pieces of kit. in hearing how straightforward the guy's doing things (really just using 1 kit on the Rytm for a whole set) is pretty cool in emphasizing simplicity & good planning. could easily see taking that and pushing it for less straightforward techno of course.

Cylob going deep into vocoding.

No exactly on topic but the takeaway is really interesting:

  On 6/15/2015 at 10:55 PM, Lucas said:

It's not a video but Ed DMX made a studio session podcast where he explains and demonstrate how he makes tracks in his studio (MPC1000 -i think- sequencing several synths and drum machines, all mixed analogue). It's well made and it doesn't matter that there's no video imo :

 

 

 

good if you're interested in no-computer setups.

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was just revisiting this video. Really like his process

Great little making-of this great banger-y-summer-y -track: 

(Those AKG 701s saw me though some good times before I upgraded and simultaneously got tinnitus so couldn't enjoy them properly)

Final track (turn it right up!) -

cylob has been dropping lot's of great stuff on his youtube channel. well done vids that are full of ideas and stuff.. and fun. 

  On 12/15/2024 at 12:23 AM, o00o said:

 

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Brilliant video. Great philosophy. That studio must be 100 grands worth. 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFLPWECPK66/?igsh=dnpneWZlaGI0N2Fn

Amazing video from techno legend Kenny Larkin, on the science behind the soul