This week, we welcome back Haterade for a new course where he recreates a track from scratch based on John Summit’s 2023 classic ‘Where You Are’.
Using new and exclusive vocals, Noah starts with a blank slate, adding the fundamental piano chords, pad and bass before working chronologically through the track layering synths, using automation to build and break down and mixing and mastering.
Full of pro tips and tricks, this is a masterclass in achieving an epic John Summit sound where all the assets are available for you to either replicate or make variations of this epic tune.
simply amazing, i love this series because it shows the workflow of how to start building out songs and ideas ans also teaches some of the finer nuances for shaping sound
There are in the assets ZIP three ANA 2 presets, except the lead. I was able to save the preset from the Haterade ANA 2 in the project. Thanks for the tip!
As mentioned in this previous post this lead is a custom preset and it’s covered in the course.
You can save it from the Ableton Live project file available in the resources downloads, let me know if you’re using a different DAW than Ableton Live and can’t access the project.
Hi, thanks for the reply. I’m using Studio one. I’ve tried Ableton unlicenced, but I cannot save the preset. I’ve tried remaking the preset (also in other synths), but I would like a reference, as my lead does not sound as gritty as the one used.
Hi, Using the project file that come with the course as im looking to break down the track and follow along. I dont have some of the VST’s but am deleting them such as Valhalla VintageVerb and swapping out for Ableton reverb. once i get rid of all the failed VST’s Ableton is coming back saying Im running without a current licence… Any ideas? Mean i cant save the live set…
You need to remove ( and eventually replace ) all plugins instances that you do not have on every tracks inside this project ( including returns tracks ) and then save the modified Project under a new name using “Save As” inside Live.
As long as you keep seeing this error message ( see screenshots below ), it means there’s still some plugins you don’t own present in the project and you will get the same error when reopening the project.
When you click on the banner error message, there’s a dialog box that pops out inside Live letting you know which plugins are causing issue and on which tracks they are used.
Some of those AIF files are not playing back, even outside of Live, so I guess some files were not saved correctly, that said they still play back inside the project.
You might want to try to load samples from the samples folder inside the Project files, you’ll find Imported and processed files folder in there, but unfortunately some files seem to be corrupted. Resources files are courtesy of the tutor, so not sure what went wrong when saving those files
Thanks very much for the response!
I worked out to delete all VST that I didn’t have.
But for the samples even the imported and processed samples seem to fail so can’t even grab the sample and load it to simpler.
