How To Make - Techno 2015 with Vince Watson / 232

phil_johnston 2015-11-25 20:53:44 UTC #12

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martinohlson-disqus 2015-11-26 14:50:06 UTC #13

I don´t like this tutorial for several reasons. It´s overly simplified. First and foremost, the tutorial would be much better if the author explained what constitutes a modern Techno track, in terms of rhythms, timbres etc. Instead, what the author does is showing you how to create a Techno track, without any explination to his chocies of sounds, how the synth patches are made and so on. You learn a lot more from someone explaining what you generally should aim for when creating Techno patches and rhythms, rather than just hearing "Ok, this synth patch and rhtyhm is what I came up with. Now, let´s put in some off beat hi-hats." This is more a presentation of his particular track than a tutorial on how to make Techno. Extremely dissatisfied with this tutorial.

fayekhelmi-disqus 2015-12-16 22:23:58 UTC #14

you're talking about the bubbly synth sound right? my guess is an arp'ing melody using the same chords he used with some delay and a bit of reverb on it... i do a lot of similar melodies and that's usually how i go about it... never tried Diva plug in though but id guess there's a built in arp, delay and verb like most advanced plug ins have... :) hope that was helpful

fayekhelmi-disqus 2015-12-16 22:27:18 UTC #15

as much as i love this course and this is why i pad for the 3 months membership... i'm kindof glad/sad that the music is so similar to what i do...dunno how to explain it.. like as much as i learned a lot about the science behind putting things together.. i find that most of this ive already been doing a bit... am i more advanced than i thought? feels like this tracks is a bi too simplified? (please don't misunderstand my comment as that of hatred or condescending, Vince is a master... but im surprised let's say at how simple the track is)

vincewatson 2016-01-03 16:22:40 UTC #16

Fayek, the track is deliberately like this for a reason, because I intended it to be Intermediate but also able to bring beginners along with ease. A more detailed and challenging tutorial may well come in the future, but its important to simplify processes enough for newbies to 'click' with it. Thanks for the comments though, its appreciated

vincewatson 2016-01-03 16:23:51 UTC #17

Ive not done sound design in any of the tutorials yet, but its something ive been asked a number of times. Let's see what happens. Thanks for support Dash!

vincewatson 2016-01-03 16:24:19 UTC #18

Thank you. Glad to help

vincewatson 2016-01-03 16:24:26 UTC #19

Your welcome!

vincewatson 2016-01-03 16:24:50 UTC #20

Nice to comment this. Appreciated.

rickymcmaster-disqus 2016-02-07 09:37:57 UTC #21

I'd really be interested in this as well.

djmarcatkins 2016-03-12 14:53:06 UTC #22

I'm with the others on this.... I like the track and the tutorials but one thing is massively missing here... I like to follow along with the tutorial but add my own melodies and drum programming... I will by the end then, have a track of my own... Without an explanation of how the sounds are created it's time consuming and frustrating to try and find/make a similar sound... I gave up by the 'Bubbles' synth part as there was no decent audition of the sound or explanation of the midi notes played... I know I could download the project but REALLY that doesn't help and I don't own DIVA and i'm not willing to fork out £150+ for the privilege of analysing the patch...

laurahemsley 2016-04-10 11:20:37 UTC #23

Superb tutorial. The tips and advice have really helped me. I've learned a lot about keeping my sets organised, eq and mixing. This is saving me lots of time. More tutorials from Vince please.

Tim_P 2016-05-19 15:18:23 UTC #24

Wondering if the project file is available for download?

bryan_spence 2016-05-20 12:41:39 UTC #25

The project file comes as part of the resources for the course. You get it as part of your subscription / or if you purchase the course outright

star1bdb 2016-12-16 04:18:50 UTC #26

Where can I get the Vincenzo 5ths Omnisphere patch sound for the tutorial?

bryan_spence 2016-12-23 13:07:28 UTC #27

Hey
I will try and find this out for you!
@chris_agnelli

Gazelle 2017-03-29 16:21:29 UTC #28

I am really happy with this course! I really like the clear and detailed explanations. I am missing this in a lot of other "how to make" tutorials. It is also very structured which I am also missing in some other tutorial series. This series is very good!

The only slightly negative thing for me is that I sometimes find it hard to understand due to the accent. (Englisch is also not my native language so that adds up to the difficulty)

Gazelle 2017-03-29 16:28:38 UTC #29

Ok, I see that there are also a lot of negative comments on this.....

Let's add something. I am a beginner in making tracks, but I have a lot of theoretical knowledge about music production due to my interest in reading books about it. Somehow, this knowledge and experience is enough to follow this course.

The fact that this course is "simplified" according to some comments is not a bad thing in my opinion. I often get lost in other "how to make" series because they go to far into the details and in the end I lose the overall picture.

So maybe this course should not be labeled as "advanced"? Because for people like me in the range of beginner-intermediate I think this is a great tutorial and I would not want to miss it.

mayank247 2017-04-21 19:44:40 UTC #30

Makes it look so simple! Great tutorial peeps!

dDave 2017-07-13 03:59:19 UTC #31

Thanks for the details and explanations on why you choose to notch out some of the bass frequencies. I've heard many videos / others say the same, and it is quite helpful to the mix.