How to Compose Berlin School Music - (Berlin School Part #2)
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Күн бұрынThis video and it's related are part of a series of video for people who want to make music with synthesizers (hardware or software) but aren't sure where to begin. I try to present the ideas around making music as simply as possible, while still providing you with some pragmatic and practical ways to make your own music.
I apologize the video is so long, I did not have sufficient time to make it shorter. ;)
Timeline:
0:00 Intro Example
2:30 Overview
3:35 Sound Design
8:31 Deconstructing Shapes
13:57 Plucks & Holes
21:47 Filling Gaps With Leads
24:40 Ways To Create Repeating Figures
29:40 Putting It All Together
33:13 The Most Important Lesson About Phrasing
You can download the midi files for each clip used in the video here
- lukestark.com/berlin
This links to a page that can be a helpful reference for intervals, and levels of "tension" when picking notes to play. www.lukestark.com/intervals/
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Links Mentioned:
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Hi! I'm Luke Stark (yeah, for real) and I make music as myself. I'm also creating videos here as Synth Seeker because I like to share the things I find fun or useful as I make my music! Here you will find techniques, discoveries and distractions. Have fun!
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@2112jonr 3 жыл бұрын
This is awesome. Seriously, don't be concerned about the length of the video. This is the only comprehensive and very clear tutorial I've seen anywhere on the internet for producing this style of electronic music using modern instrumentation and tools. Really good, and well paced, clearly explained. Keep up the good work, really did enjoyed this, several times ! Looking forward to the next episode about mechanical techniques and soundstage :-)
@STOKER_DayZ Жыл бұрын
This is an excellent video thank you - I am obsessed with Klaus Schulze and Tangerine Dream and after playing guitar and bass in bands for many years I treated myself to a Jupiter X with the express intention of making kosmische musik
@synthseeker Жыл бұрын
Well welcome to the club and I look forward to hearing what you make! Have fun!
@NimrodScott 2 жыл бұрын
Good grief! This is the best video I've seen on this subject. I've been looking for a tutorial like this for over 4 years and am very glad to have found it. By the way, no apologies necessary, this was the perfect length for your careful and precise treatment of this subject. Thank you!
@synthseeker 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind feedback Rod, I hope you have fun and that it helps you get to where you want to be musically. :)
@uk654 3 жыл бұрын
One of the best tutorials I have seen on that topic. Brilliant
@christopheleray7913 2 жыл бұрын
One of the best tutorial. Berlin school is fundamental music , very impressive, using just what is neccessry to have a good result.
@synthseeker 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Christophe!
@m0osebeard 3 жыл бұрын
This was SUPER helpful. Thanks. I am going to try it. Newbie to berlin style music here. Listening to Tangerine Dream on loop. Thanks so much!
@feelthecosmos1266 2 жыл бұрын
Simple, clear and understandable all your lessons. You inspired me to start writing music again after many years of inactivity. A big thank you!
@synthseeker 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the compliment! I hope you share the music you make back to us? :)
@feelthecosmos1266 2 жыл бұрын
@@synthseeker of course you will be my mentor :)
@rayderrich 2 жыл бұрын
41 minutes after editing was probably long for you, but for me it was such a joy to watch your explanations that time flew by! Thank you for giving me inspiration to try all of this.
@synthseeker 2 жыл бұрын
I look forward to hearing what you crest!
@thegrinderman1090 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this. It's really quite simple when you explain it in this way. You're very good at teaching, and the video was edited excellently.
@synthseeker 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I'm glad it helped and you should share what music you create and let us know how it worked for you!
@ReplicantSocial 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for these videos, I've been trying to wrap my head around Berlin school production for like 20 years (i come from a more ebm/industrial background) and you really did explain it in a way that made me go "why didn't I realize that sooner?"
@synthseeker 3 жыл бұрын
I have a few more topics planned, hopefully useful ones...thanks for the feedback!
@MatthewLowes 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Such a well-done tutorial and exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for making this, and for posting. Looking forward to putting what I learned into practice, and to checking out your other videos. Cheers!
@synthseeker 3 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped! I hope to hear what you do with it. ;)
@RCAvhstape Жыл бұрын
The little Crocket and Tubbs window inset was well-played.
@synthseeker Жыл бұрын
I always wonder if the reference is lost, thanks!!
@stevenmartin1607 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely an amazing tutorialand presentation on the subject! Thank you for sharing this. I aslo subscribed and am looking forward to diving into your other videos.
@synthseeker 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I look forward to hearing what you create! Be sure to share it back!
@drysabre2242 2 жыл бұрын
That's I was looking for for a long time! Being a huge fan of Tangerine Dream, Harmony, Alan Parsons, Jean-Michel Jarre (not exactly a Berlin) and JS Bach :) I always wanted to record Berlin Old School. I have a huge selection of analogue synths, sequencers, effects but my tracks are always ambient and generative rather than Berlin. Thanks God I found you!
@synthseeker 2 жыл бұрын
Lol - we’ll have fun and I look forward to hearing what you create!
@drysabre2242 2 жыл бұрын
@@synthseeker seems like YT doesn't allow links to SoundCloud:(
@synthseeker 2 жыл бұрын
Are you Dry Sabre on SC?
@drysabre2242 2 жыл бұрын
@@synthseeker no. Flamma Secutor
@drysabre2242 2 жыл бұрын
@@synthseeker I am a Dry Sabre here because I am making a living as a fencing coach, and I teach sabre. When I was an athlete myself, we didn't have electronic scoring devices, and we fenced "dry" (similar to dry sound))
@SteveMc870 2 жыл бұрын
This is excellent. Clear, detailed, great recipe for anyone looking to make some Berlin School music. Thank you!
@synthseeker 2 жыл бұрын
No problem. Have fun!
@benasaro1043 3 жыл бұрын
Great follow up to Part 1!
@synthseeker 3 жыл бұрын
Some things cannot be summarized as concisely as I'd like...so it's a bit long. I've included indexes in the description if it helps. I suppose you could watch it at 1.25 speed. :P
@daisyroberts7401 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome Energy 💚
@gustavocirigliano5555 Жыл бұрын
What a great video! I'm a beginner and this is exactly what I was looking for to start making some loops and sequences. Thanks!
@synthseeker Жыл бұрын
Be sure to let us know what you make with it! Love to hear what people do.
@ivanbaridon-noordic 10 ай бұрын
Great video Luke!
@synthseeker 10 ай бұрын
Make some bleeps. :)
@perellovemusic 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks again! Great lesson.
@peterpeirs9919 3 жыл бұрын
Very useful...thx a lot for sharing !
@eljulogaming7515 3 жыл бұрын
Very good lesson video. You doing fantastic dude thx and keep up the good work 👌
@synthseeker 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I appreciate the feedback!
@synthseeker 3 жыл бұрын
Errata - At 13:18 - "the fourth 16th note" should be "the fourth 8th note". :)
@sonnizen1426 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Brilliant ratio music theory and technical, genre specific knowledge. I’m new to your channel and I hope we can get you to a thousand subscribers so that you can start monetising this great content.
@synthseeker 3 жыл бұрын
That would be nice…everything comes in time. Thanks for the kind words!
@GlitcherTwitch 2 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna sound like a repeating sequence here, but that was really great. You explained that so well. Def earned a subscription and like - Gotta try this technique on my Deluge and some external synths
@synthseeker 2 жыл бұрын
Lol, I see what you did there! :) Thank you!
@panosziovas9638 2 жыл бұрын
VERY Helpful. Congrats!!
@synthseeker 2 жыл бұрын
I hope to hear what you make with it!
@rodefs1 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your lessons! I was so inspired and made a track based on your techniques!
@synthseeker 3 жыл бұрын
Be sure to share it! I'd love to hear what you made!
@rodefs1 3 жыл бұрын
@@synthseeker Neither Berlin School, nor IDM... I worry to share, but anyway: soundcloud.com/s-fyodor/gas-0096
@synthseeker 3 жыл бұрын
@@rodefs1 Followed!
@cacauceluque 2 жыл бұрын
What a great berlin school sequence tutorial! Congratulations for your video! What I am also aware is that the good berlin school also has good chords running on the back! Thx
@synthseeker 2 жыл бұрын
It's very flexible as far as additional parts.
@rhedrigord3851 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this lesson ! Greetings from France
@synthseeker 3 жыл бұрын
You are welcome! Greetings from Massachusetts!
@wakeupFFS2012 2 жыл бұрын
Superb video, thanks.
@synthseeker 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I hope you create something you're proud of and share it back to us! Love to hear what you make!
@clivecarter2833 Жыл бұрын
I am blown away. But, will be back. Thank you so very much, Synth Seker.
@synthseeker Жыл бұрын
Thanks Clive!
@clivecarter2833 Жыл бұрын
@@synthseeker Hi Synth Seeker. Well, I want to let you know how far I've come to the stage of setting up a 'rig' of berlin school clips. That is on an iMAC on Ableton 11. I've upgraded from PC to MAC via second-hand iMac for £400 plus an Ableton upgrade from 9 Live to 11 suite. The cost of the upgrade was £85 for three months and PayPal. WoW, is an investment that is actually quite expensive. Yet, very good kit. The iMAC is a quad-core with 24GB of RAM. Large screen! The rig (as I will call it, ) is for a gig in July. The JoFest and I've been invited to play as 'Driverless Bus.' My PC is studio-bound. So, I've learned so much from you. Also, I discovered an old song (in my head), I wrote on the piano when I was 10 years old. The key of A sharp in the scale of Mixolydian. The song I had stored in my head, as each of the keys in Mixolydian scale. So, I tested the melody and I found it to be melodic and good (for me), in Berlin School, C G C. That was very rewarding and took me home, to Herne Bay, in kent in the 1960s. So, am now going to load the clips and create a 45 min episode or journey for the 'younger' ones who are also, at the JoFest. Techno is the genre of choice. So, I feel Berlin School, will be good where the rest of the performers are DJs from the UK and Germany. I do have a question? The space Horn? can you help me and others develop the 'Space Horn', sound?. Thank You, Synth Horn
@synthseeker Жыл бұрын
@@clivecarter2833 - Hiya Clive - I did a video long ago that included a section on using a saw to make a "space horn" it's here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oKqShNWrypi-npc.html
@clivecarter2833 Жыл бұрын
@@synthseeker I hoped you had! Thank you.
@clivecarter2833 Жыл бұрын
Hi Synth Seeker. I have the first stage or 'bit', of the work done for the JoFest, getting ready. So, what is the best vehicle to send to you for you to hear? mp3 or WAV but where? What else in the way of internet presence do you have, Synth Seeker. Thank you for everything.
@WarlinSeven Жыл бұрын
This video has helped so much!..I've been using Ableton and I've learned how better to use it and express myself. Many thanks! Warlin7
@synthseeker Жыл бұрын
I'm happy it helped! Be sure to share your music back so I can hear what you make! :)
@theradiantsummit5206 Жыл бұрын
Great tutorial! Thanks.
@synthseeker Жыл бұрын
Be sure to let me know what you make. Love to hear it!
@magikhead8055 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this, i have learnt a lot!
@synthseeker 3 жыл бұрын
You are welcome. ;)
@ryangregson3256 7 ай бұрын
This is a very cool series
@synthseeker 7 ай бұрын
Well, I’m glad you think so! It’s sort of the point of my entire channel. I mix Berlin school and Prog rock and a little bit of film music. I share how things are built in my approach but you can use it for anything. Doesn’t have to be Berlin school! Welcome.
@ryangregson3256 6 ай бұрын
I skew a little more synth-pop, new wave, dark wave (I was raised on early Depeche Mode), but a lot of great sounds and tips here, so thanks! In fact I just ordered myself a Launchpad Pro, because I like the idea of breaking myself away from the keyboard once in a while.@@synthseeker
@synthseeker 6 ай бұрын
Hey great! Have fun with it!
@bpsychoz 8 ай бұрын
Dang that sounds great ❤
@synthseeker 8 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@gnattress 3 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial.
@synthseeker 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@FrankJohannes 3 жыл бұрын
nice one. Thank you very much … greetings from Berlin ;-)
@synthseeker 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! More videos are on the way. :)
@IvanBrain Жыл бұрын
Thank you, this is very cool!
@synthseeker Жыл бұрын
Glad it helped. Share what you create!
@IvanBrain Жыл бұрын
@@synthseeker kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e6qJaZWXvNbQm3U.html
@synthseeker Жыл бұрын
Comment added!
@ModuSpaSm 9 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing your passion, and, you have a new subscriber ;) I'm a classically trained pianist, but got into electronical music composing only a few months ago, and this is a great resource. A little tip: you have the ability to show flats in Ableton now, as just sharps can be confusing in certain keys, or rather when speaking about keys ;) ---- Concerning whole/hole: it's ironic how a 'whole' can be a complete entity, while a 'hole' is simply the absence of something, but, in a musical setting a hole can be the hole that completes the whole.
@synthseeker 9 ай бұрын
Welcome to the channel. My videos are scattered, opinionated, sometime rambling but made with joy. I hope it helps. :)
@ModuSpaSm 9 ай бұрын
@@synthseeker But, SynthSeeker, what a wonderfully chaotic masterpiece of content you've crafted! The scattered nature of your videos must surely be a deliberate artistic choice, and your rambling opinions are like hidden gems waiting to be uncovered by the lucky viewers who stumble upon them. It's clear that your joy shines through in every frame, creating a unique and unforgettable viewing experience :)
@synthseeker 9 ай бұрын
In the immortal (misquoted) words of Douglas Adams: “he’s just this guy, y’know?” ;)
@ModuSpaSm 9 ай бұрын
@@synthseeker Douglas Adams, who occupied this world in a joyful way, but left it far too soon...
@BraddersMusic 2 сағат бұрын
Love Chris Squire (Yes)
@mwatkins0590 Жыл бұрын
whats interesting is that your "bed" or first 2 clips you are using are just outlining a cmin7 chord. So its not just the scale thats being adhered to but a chord, and it sort of creates a pad because of all the delays but with the added polyrithm. I think if you add the Pitch Midi Effect on each track and do +7 for a fifth up, and keep it disabled but have a button on your midi controller toggle the enable/disable on this effect on each track, or even have 2 Pitch effects on each track one to get the fifth up and one the fourth (or even 3 with a sixth), you can then basically transition between them as chord changes. I think a few tangerine dream pieces work in a similar way.
@synthseeker Жыл бұрын
I’ll give it a shot! Thanks for the insight. :)
@mwatkins0590 Жыл бұрын
@@synthseeker Youre welcome, thanks for the cool vid!
@markushalbig3457 2 жыл бұрын
Great video - than you!!!!
@synthseeker 2 жыл бұрын
Why thank you!
@justinheat1 2 жыл бұрын
when i heard Risky Business ST in 83 i was hooked. to this day i still listen to Ricochet and Logos and more. Best album could be Thief ST. IMO.
@synthseeker 2 жыл бұрын
Definitely!
@Nakhab 3 жыл бұрын
Repetition and a bit of ramdomness? Sounds like probability quantizers :D Thanks for the vid, hope to see more.
@synthseeker 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I haven’t even begun to talk about the generative space and possible tooling. One day... ;)
@adkuyten58 3 жыл бұрын
hello nice berlin school i usally use beat re[eat in ableton to get a ratchating effect. settings - Interval: 1 Bar - Offset: 5/16 - Grid: 1/16 - No Trpl: On - Variation: 0 - Variation Mode: Trigger - Filter: Off - Repeat: Off - Chance: 100% - Gate: 3/16 - Pitch: 0 st - Pitch Decay: 0 % - Output Mode: Mix - Volume: 0 dB -Decay: 0.00% in ableton 11 you can set the numbers of measures you play so you can use random triggering of the midiclips
@peterpeirs9919 3 жыл бұрын
Subscribed
@clivecarter2833 Жыл бұрын
Worth it for the music, if nothing else.
@synthseeker Жыл бұрын
Lol I hope it’s useful for you!
@clivecarter2833 Жыл бұрын
@@synthseeker this is my second visit to the video. I've got a lot to learn here, WoW. If I could play this after working my way through!? That would be amazing.
@twiglet2214 3 ай бұрын
Fantastic ! What was the sampler/groovebox for the lead sounds that you used ? Going to start with the c g c three note sequence and see where that takes me - i'm dawless btw.
@synthseeker 3 ай бұрын
That control surface is an Ableton Push. :) but if you are dawless and want something similar a Novation Launchpad Pro Mk3 is very similar and would work.
@abstractaeon 2 жыл бұрын
great series! anybody using the arturia mini for this?
@synthseeker 2 жыл бұрын
I haven’t checked out other people’s gear that much but from what I know of it, it should work just fine!
@MathewGettins 3 жыл бұрын
Do you have the project for this?
@synthseeker 3 жыл бұрын
It’s long gone, but I break it down in the video pretty much. Are you having difficulties?
@wegroove1256 27 күн бұрын
Is that abeltons analog synth on the first channel?
@synthseeker 26 күн бұрын
No the first channel is external hardware synth…the Moog Minitaur. :)
@MikeH_PR 2 жыл бұрын
I'm currently wrestling with achieving a signature dotted 8th note ratchet sequence 🙄
@synthseeker 2 жыл бұрын
What’s the setup and how’s it giving you trouble?
@MikeH_PR Жыл бұрын
@@synthseeker didn't realise you'd replied! Back 11 months later to report that I was using a Roland MC-101. But that now I'm on Ableton and it's so much easier to fake ratcheting by just making clip variations ☺️
@synthseeker Жыл бұрын
Carry on then!
@wiseoldfool 9 ай бұрын
Definitely not too long!
@synthseeker 9 ай бұрын
Thanks for the patience! :)
@anthonyb3005 8 ай бұрын
How many people got the "Escape from New York" reference? [Snake Plissken]
@synthseeker 8 ай бұрын
At least one! I make a lot of 80’s movie references. :) thanks for noticing!
@JoeJohnston-taskboy Жыл бұрын
7 notes too many? Use major pentatonic. It's so easy, windchimes use it!
@synthseeker Жыл бұрын
All black keys man, just play the black keys!
@JoeJohnston-taskboy Жыл бұрын
@@synthseekerPlay F# Major Pentatonic?! Do I look like a Jazzbo to you?
@synthseeker Жыл бұрын
I think you look like Sexy Gimmli, but my prescription may be off.
@JoeJohnston-taskboy Жыл бұрын
@@synthseeker By my axe, it's Gimli!
@zheobitt 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tutorial. I just made a little track with the use of your midi-files. Hope this is ok. Here is the link to it: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ppenoKmb2N3Tk4E.html
@synthseeker 2 жыл бұрын
Heya Harald! thank you so much for making something awesome and sharing it back! It's great!
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