Everything From Nothing Part 2 - Hard Hypnotic Techno In Ableton Live 12, Full Production Process

Hello! Welcome to Part 2 of Everything From Nothing. In the first video we built up a vast sound palette using the noise source from Echo and lots of modulation. Now we process the audio into parts for a full track.

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Notes:
There are two significant 'Call and Response' Elements that are not mentioned in the commentary; 1) The hit on the down beat (Call) and the reverse FX (Response) 2) The Growl Bass (Call) and the Chord Hit (Response)
We are often working in solo, and building parts up in stages to get an idea of structure whilst in the clip view
Swing Is used for the percussion - Swing 16th 68, Timing on 38% and Velocity on 84%

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Part 1 - Sound Design    • Everything From Nothing Part 1 - Expe...  
Part 3 - Arrangement & Mixing -    • Producing Hard Hypnotic Techno - Mixi...  
Part 4 - Post Production & Mastering -    • Mixing & Mastering Techno - Everythin...  

00:00 Intro (Final Mastered Track)
00:28 Spoken Intro
00:58 Kick Design
03:30 Using An Envelope Follower For ‘Thump’
05:09 Adding Saturation / Distortion
09:29 Cutting Out Stereo Low With Mid-Side EQ
10:09 Further EQ
10:54 Further Distortion
13:13 Bouncing Kick To Audio
13:42 We Go Again!
14:15 Creating HiHats
15:51 Further Kick Processing
16:10 Tuning The Kick
20:48 Session Admin
21:05 Creating Some FX / Percussion
24:20 Setting Up Room Reverb Return FX
26:25 Setting Up Dub Delay Return FX
28:10 Creating The ‘Growl’ Bass
33:42 Adjusting Kick EQ To Make Room For Bass
36:31 Creating A Sweep FX Part
37:05 Further Processing And Mixing For Perc / FX
38:40 Adding An LFO To The Hats For Movement
39:30 Tweaking The Atmos Layer
41:48 Session Admin / Creating More FX
43:40 Horn FX
44:56 Adding Top Loops For Groove
46:01 Creating The Chord Hit
47:33 Synth Group Saturation
48:35 Chord Hit Processing
51:08 Building Up The Loop / Mix Tweaks
51:47 Drum Group Processing
56:07 Synth Group Processing
56:52 Kick EQ Tweaking
57:35 Sketching A Breakdown / Drop
58:22 Re-leveling Drums
58:48 Outro
59:03 Final Mastered Track