Ambient Tutorial for Absolute Beginners

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In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to make an ambient music track from scratch using a few very simple tools and techniques including sampling, Vital for bass, and a sequence.
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// Timecodes
0:00 Ambient for Absolute Beginners Introduction
3:29 Starting a Track with a Sample
6:27 The Importance of Filtering
8:11 Ableton Delay Explination
9:35 Supermassive Tutorial
12:00 MIDI for Ambient
13:59 Vital Ambient Bass Tutorial
21:12 Ambient Sequence Tutorial
27:52 Final Thoughts
29:52 Ending
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@symeondimakis366 Ай бұрын

Love how it doesn't get more beginner friendly than this yet there's hidden gems of advanced knowledge sprinkled throughout the video

@s1gns0fl1fe Ай бұрын

Exactly!

@ferencav 20 күн бұрын

I always thought you should never use reverb on the bass, but those four notes in combination with the pad is divine! Thanks for sharing!

@Darkest_of_Winter Ай бұрын

Really need this - been struggling to find my own ambient voice for dark/haunting vibes.

@nanuk01 Ай бұрын

I'm at my beginning of this journey of making music again. Did some in my early 20's and now wanted to start again in my early 50's. A lot has changed!! Especially when it comes to DAWs, the choices in instruments, plugins etc.. This video was PERFECT for me in the fact that you showed me how to I start again by keeping it simple. Wonderful stuff. This channel keeps on giving and thank you Chris for everything you do. I love your content and approach. ❤

@Emily_M81 Ай бұрын

I just love your intense, infectious enthusiasm.

@fabiancross1944 Ай бұрын

I'm so grateful I've found you, man! this has been such an amazing learning experience, thank you from the bottom of my heart, instant sub. definetly gonna be checking everything you put out.

@s1gns0fl1fe Ай бұрын

Cheers to you Fabian! Glad you found me too.

@Jsitun Ай бұрын

lol I can't get enough of this dude's energy. Love his positivity and enjoyment with his own work. Big respect

@Eyeolair Ай бұрын

This is what I needed. Thank you! Ive been struggling creating an entire track

@ForgottenDawn Ай бұрын

Algorithm moment! This is a really solid first steps type of video. As a fellow Ambient composer, one of the biggest lessons I've learned is that there's always something new to discover. Never shy away from using all kinds of wacky sounds as the basis for your composition. Manipulation is key. Happy Ambient-ing! ♥

@kospia0music Ай бұрын

Also for entering notes click in the clip where you want to start (monitor enabled) and keep midi keyboard note pressed and push the right arrow in your keyboard. (Left to remove)

@s1gns0fl1fe Ай бұрын

I learned that trick a few years ago. Game changer!

@jvir8123 Ай бұрын

Simply brilliant, amazing stuff, finally something for even the ableton lite users , love the use of the free stuff.

@UnchartedWorlds Ай бұрын

Oww man I'm sold on 26:11!

@albagenesis Ай бұрын

Great stuff as always Chris ... thanks for this.

@Yeastextract Ай бұрын

I feel like it’s time for an updated tour of your studio

@ssensseless Ай бұрын

thank you

@jamesbochenek70 Ай бұрын

Thank you once again. Very inspiring

@Mabux75 Ай бұрын

Learned sooo much from this, awesome easy tutorial, thank you!

@poobens Ай бұрын

Exactly what I wanted this evening. Thanks, Chris. You brightened my day!

@7percentSolution Ай бұрын

Excellent! Thank you, Chris; this was good medicine--just what the doctor ordered!

@shereehailes7856 Ай бұрын

Great video so useful

@JonValtandtheEvilRobots Ай бұрын

This guy always gives useful advice with a really positive attitude. I'm queuing this for later, and YES I have TOTALLY used one of your presets to lay down an instant Ambient feel for people to jam on live.

@larsb.nielsen4481 Ай бұрын

thanks🤩

@OneXoulOfficial Ай бұрын

Dang! You're awesome man, tsm for uploading this 🙏 New sub! Lesgooooooo!! 🔥🔥🔥

@ZARRAPASTRERO3 Ай бұрын

Gracias por tus lecciones.Un saludo.🎷🎹🎺🎧🪘🎻🎸.

@bobdevore24 Ай бұрын

BASS

@Ninjjadog Ай бұрын

Brilliant video, will help me with a progressive house breakdown ❤❤

@alexshakespirit Ай бұрын

thank you very much

@TheCubeMusic Ай бұрын

You know Chris I think your music is tip top I think that 😮 I can listen 🎧 to it when all else fails lol 😂

@roymitchell5894 Ай бұрын

Thank you once again Chris. Great work!! You did a video for beginners a couple of years ago where you kinda fleshed out an arrangement but told us to delete random notes so that no 4 bars were the same and I cant find that tutorial video. It was so helpful. If you read this and you have a spare moment could you please link me to that video, as it was genuinely one of the most insightful and informative for me personally as it helped things just click into place and it was so nice to escape the elusive 8 bar loop

@s1gns0fl1fe Ай бұрын

I don't remember what video that was exactly but I do use the "8 bar" or "4 bar" rule often. The basic premise is you force yourself to change SOMETHING in your track every 4 or 8 bars. Whether that's adding new parts or taking things out thereby keeping your track fresh and always in motion. Hope that helps you!

@PanopticMotion Ай бұрын

That was a wonderful tutorial. Thank you! I was wondering, have you ever explained your EQ and the various devices you start with?

@s1gns0fl1fe Ай бұрын

This video tells you everything you need to know: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/erChp5qBuZ2zY4E.htmlsi=Mdh1hS9KSNC22fCv

@nipunsharma1228 Ай бұрын

Awesome 👍... Will u plz make a tutorial that how we can make our own samples likewise u recorded from hardware synth.. I don't have any hardware or is there any plugins that can help us to make a random sound samples... And in ambient music can we put bass in mono or it's ok with stereo...Thanks 👍

@inferno4001 Ай бұрын

Hey man, if you haven't already done so, check out Nasca, by 2MGT Metamusic generative tools!! Amazing tool!!

@mikesimmons1965 Ай бұрын

Thank you for a very informative tutorial! Question: what version of Vital are you using to create the baseline?

@s1gns0fl1fe Ай бұрын

I'm using the latest version, 1.5.5. If you don't see it on the website, it's in your account under "additional downloads" - Hope that helps!

@Inversible100 18 күн бұрын

Do you have a favorite bar length for ambiebt music? Because I come from Rap/HipHop beats and you know fore sure, most of it has 8 bars 😂 But I think this could be a little bit short and to repetitive for ambiebt stuff. Good videos btw

@ChillL- Ай бұрын

As an absolute beginner, this is wayy too complex for my current comprehension. I just made the decision to start learning how to make ambient music. I have absolute 0 experience in any music making, and so far I understand that with no music knowledge at all it's gonna be a long way to being able to materialize expressions in form of ambient. But i'm here for it. If anyone has any advice on what I should begin studying, please reply. My equipment is a Macbook. So anything that is doable from this. Like I said, So far I have the DAW ableton, and valhalla. I've been learning to navigate ableton since that is the center of everything.

@s1gns0fl1fe Ай бұрын

With Ableton you've got all the sounds and effects you'll ever need. My advice would be to start at the beginning and learn what a synthesizer is, what an envelope is, what effects are and what they can do, and then start experimenting with presets inside of Ableton. You can't go wrong when every direction is the right one. Don't give up and just keep learning. You'll eventually get there...

@ChillL- Ай бұрын

@@s1gns0fl1fe Thank you!

@Cenotaff Ай бұрын

Hi Chris, what keys/mouse did you press to go from highlighting the MIDI area to turning the effects at the bottom of Ableton into the piano roll around 12:03? Thank you so much for these sorts of videos!

@s1gns0fl1fe Ай бұрын

Shift+Tab switches from clip view to device view. Hope that helps and thank you for the positive feedback!

@Cenotaff Ай бұрын

@@s1gns0fl1fe Thank you so much, it really does. So many little things to learn. When I have the time, I will follow along with this stream to get a feel for how everything works. The more you do the more 2nd nature things become. When my boy starts nursery school, there'll be a bit more time to experiment, haha. You're very welcome. It's the least I can do for how much you provide for people.

@julianopajaro2005 Ай бұрын

Hey, Chris! Beautiful tutorial. Where did you get this beautiful Vital Skin?

@s1gns0fl1fe Ай бұрын

oxunick.gumroad.com/l/oxunickskin

@julianopajaro2005 Ай бұрын

@@s1gns0fl1fe THX!

@rafsandomierz5313 11 күн бұрын

Can you remind usual BPM for ambient to create this kind of atmosphere? Is it mid tempo or slower one?

@s1gns0fl1fe 9 күн бұрын

Anywhere between 65-85 bpm is good for ambient!

@lofimat3856 Ай бұрын

Today Abient for Beginner with yur Flight attendant Chris.

@nagchumpalot 27 күн бұрын

Ambient.. Throw down some pads drones.. random sequences.. drown in shimmer reverb.. 🎉 done😂

@sanyetartar8704 2 күн бұрын

Hi 👋

@inferno4001 Ай бұрын

Awesome. I am to always tend to start half way on creating anything, than usually quitting because I get stuck or frustrated.... And yes, I'm a very little bit impatient.... 😬🫡