the creative part in me says: "software for noobs" but the ghostproducer in me says:"this is basically a money generator"

Neat stuff for the times you feel creatively blocked or if you're not too much into music theory! Also, for the chords as numbers, I can make it a bit more clear for you. These numbers, called degrees can be notes or entire chords. Let's pick the key of C Major. Within the scale, the numbers represent the relation between the notes and the root note. So: I = C = Root note II = D = Second III = E = Third IV = F = Fourth V = G = FIfth VI = A = Sixth VII = B = Seventh Nothing too complicated here right? Well, in the context of chords, the I is a simple triad chord based on the C. A triad chord is made of the I, III and V within the scale. Which gives us C, E and G. This is a major chord (there’s 4 semitones between the root note of the chord C, and the third: E) Now, let’s have a look at the II chord in the key of C major. We have to take the II of the scale, D. Then we add the third note from D within the key of C major. So we count D, e, F. That’ the one. Then we add the fifth. So : d, e, f, g, A. That leaves us with D, F, A. That’s a minor chord. Because there’s only 3 semitones between the D and the F. So you see, it’s all a matter of picking notes that fit the key you’re writing in. There’s no such thing as a chord gonna get major or minor because the number is bigger. It’s just depending on the key you pick and the relationship within the root note of the chord and its third.

Just convinced me to buy it, thanks Slynk

Another great tutorial Slynk!

this harmony you made sounds fantastic.

Great tutorial. When I started watching I thought this seems familiar. And then realised after checking my software that I'd bought Odesi a year ago and had barely used it. But as usual your video has inspired me to revisit it. I hope they sort that division issue you mention at 5.40. The VST version sounds great. Keep us up to date on how the Beta testing goes. Btw will you ever do an French house tutorial using the Justice bass sound you made. Love that stuff. Anyway, thanks again for keeping us inspired.

Yo Slynk! Good to see you again! :)

Very nice demo, will add it to my toolset! For the price, it has a lot of functionality, and generating just a few ideas with it will make it worthwhile, but I'm sure as you get deeper with it more ways to use it will come to mind. thanks

I thought I'd buy it for a while, now you've convinced me.Thank you !

Just spoke to the Mixed In Key/Odesi team and they have confirmed that they will be fixing that awful loud Serum preview sound (13:22) in an update probably by Wednesday next week.

cool stuff slynk

Amazing, dude

nice review. looks like something i could use. cheers

It works! Thanks a lot.

Well done tutorial! I just might put Odesi on my to get list.

bro your videos are epic

great stuff thanks for showin us ;D

nice slynk!

really cool way to edit chords :)

hey slynk, great video! I use odesi for get some chords and it's a saving time for sure. I really liked your sidechain rack. Have you posted something about it?

Thanks! Very cool :-)

very good I bought it last night and I'm making melodies

Jesus watching the trailer on the website looks like it makes the whole damn song for you

Excellend vid man, subbed. Lol at the comments about learning musical theory, any which way good music gets made is right by me.

This is magnificente ! Then importing any acapella song ....Odesi automatically detects chords and bass lines? Or should I insert the acapella harmonic key?

Very cool! I loved it. Which preset and synth did you use for the bassline. It's so punch. Awsome

Honestly, just study one of those 10 minute toots on "chord progressions with the circle of fifths" because that's exactly what this software is based on. In fact, when you opened up and saw the roman numerals, those are the basic chord progressions to every hit song but the problem using that is that you're song will never be unique...meaning, it will always sound the same and you'll find soon that all your songs sound the same and dull. Just trust me, learn it and you can invent better chord progressions once you know the basic ones. The theory is actually a lot easier than you think.

Just a tip.. that beginning chord progression actually did work with your base line, more than you thought. Sometime or often the rhythm section is playing rootless chords or inversions that doesn’t necessarily contain the same root not as the bass, because in these cases the rhythm relies on the bass to play the root

whoaaa early to a Slynk video :D "I feel good"

awesome tutorial as per you flippin guru! Might be a dumb question but how did you get Harmor on ableton, i thought that was native to FL?

I almost wanted to reach out several times and fix some of those chord connections (connecting notes) for you! Almost there; just remember this tip: minimum movement between chord connections. If you have some notes "sticking out away" from the chord group, start there first. try an inversion, a 7th or 9th, or even deleting it. Think like a piano player. Finger movements and hand positions minimal. If you build around a tight pad, you can go octave crazy with alt percussion, bass, lead lines, etc. Hope that helps.

Until 3:17 I thought 'what is this crap..' but then, these options for the chords!! Soo awesome!!

You don't have to set the input of your sidechain rack ? is it possible ? i don't think so but I may be wrong. ( snare & kick sidechain in the same rack, good idea btw !)

neat!

Like that "Sir Duke".

I see you have all your sidechain on the "Live 8 Sidechainer" is that a preset?

Hello, thank you for your great videos! May I ask, did you have a video made some time ago, named something like "10 things why audio is better than MIDI for drums"? I liked it a lot but can't find it anymore. Thank you.

Good

Great video!. Question : What is better?...Odesi or Capitain Bundle plugins?. Thanks!

Brother try j74 progressive. It works within Ableton. It's a max device and is far better than this. You have a lot more control over the chords also. So you can actúa be using the final plug-ins or instruments your song will actually use.

I think this is interesting. However there are similar plug ins that work within the DAW. Or maybe instead of avoiding the more difficult learning curve of gaining a basic knowledge of chords and progressions, you take the time spent learning this software and learn the real deal. Just an opinion. Thanks Slynk. Still nice to check new softwarrrreees out.

Any update on the vst/plugin version?

The progressions are written in steps within the scale of the key. So if your song is in E minor then E minor would be "i"

Hey Slynk, great vid, thanks man. Im curious about that donk instrument you used on the bassline midi in Ableton. What is it?!! I googled Donk Harmor but all I seem to be getting is an FL studio vst made for windows users only(I'm a Mac/ live 9 user).. Got any info to help me find it for Mac/ live 9 just like you seem to have?? Thanks again man..

i'd probably try it if they had a demo version or something like that, i'm not giving 50 bucks even tho i could theoretically return the product later, paypal sadly needs weeks to give the money back..

They use Roman Numerals since you have both UPPERCASE and lowercase numerals in the Roman Numeral system. UPPERCASE are used for MAJOR CHORDS, and lower case signify minor chords... The 7 chords they use are called the Diatonic Chords, which simply means the chords are formed using ONLY notes from the relevant scale. Every major and minor scale has 7 different diatonic 3 note chords; one starting on each note of the scale, but again, forming chords that use ONLY the notes of that scale. So in C Major (all the white keys, for simplicity) the 7 chords would be C major, D minor, E minor, F major, G major, A minor and B diminished (which B diminished is frequently avoided as it's challenging to fit into a song, but some clever songs have made it work). Why? Because making 3 note chords (called triads) that STRICTLY USE THE WHITE KEYS, will make this specific list of chords out of the C scale. By using the Roman Numerals, they are breaking free the diatonic chords from which particular scale -- or key -- they are being played in. So using my example C major scale above, a I and then IV chord would be C major, followed by F major. However using the Roman Numerals illustrates how chords sound in a series, and by removing the particular key through their use (as opposed to specifying a C major and then F major), they do this illustration of one chords' "sound relationship" to another chord for ALL KEYS (that is, all major keys, or all minor keys whichever you're working in). Because despite each Key having a different sett of pitches, essentially a I chord, moving to a IV chord, as just one example, sounds the same in all keys... The idea is that once you hear something like the most powerful used progression music; the II, V, I progression enough times, your ear can begin to hear the relationship between these chords and it will click for you that the key they are played in is less important then. So taking any song you like and writing it out as Roman Numerals for all the chords would make it easier for someone to play in any key; they just need to know the diatonic chords for that key, and of course there are only 7 (6 if you toss out the diminished chord). It also frees you from thinking within the limits of a single key when you come to find chord progressions that YOU LIKE, so that, for example, you like the sound of the vi chord, moving to the II chord so that you can leverage that knowledge in any key you start working in in the future, instead of being "locked in" and saying, gee, I like the sound of Am moving to Dm because thinking of it in that way won't help you much to use that knowledge in a different key.

Hey man awesome vid! I'm curious as to how you set up your sidechain

MIK VST would have to combine everything from their products but they definitely have a $99 plugin and a loyal customer base out there somewhere!

Every time he opened serum i died Lol... the preview sounds

Hey slynk can you make a dj shadow tutorial?

okay, thanks for the tutorial, and this program seems to be very handy. But I'd recommend to learn how to build chords and chord progressions by hand anyway, because it is basics of music theory, and you can't avoid it :)

It's pretty hard to make an E Major sound good in an E minor key... it's because it has notes in it that are not in the key (G# is out of key). Minor keys contain chords in the order listed at the top (i, ii dim, III, iv, v, VI, VII / minor, diminished minor, major, minor, minor, major, major), because those chords have their root notes as the notes in the minor scale, and only contain notes in the key (e.g. all of the notes in III - Gmajor - G, B, D - are in the key of E minor). The Nashville notation makes sense when you realise that the chords transpose to other keys, but the note names don't. Music theory is a lot to learn if you want to write straight out of your head (heaps to remember), but it's not hard to learn enough to understand why some things sound shit. Also, if you find a cool chord/sequence on a keyboard, use a chord search website to look it up, and find out why it sounds cool!

What is the synth plugin you used for the bass when in ableton?

hi slynk. can I download ur sidechain rack? thanks

As much as I love mixed in key and I'm still quite new to music production (and zero music theory), I feel a bit dubious about Odesi...

By the way this kicked ass

I have seen even an A.I. automatic melody generator. Interesting, but the real producer doesn't need things like that.

the roman numbers are for chord numbers in a scale.

Is this standalone or do you need to use a DAW?

cool beans

Doesn't seem to voice chords in a way that doesn't sound terrible. Duda has some app that use Bach chorals as the basis for the generation with proper voice leading. It still is functional tonal harmony that is not really that useful for dance music.

I guess this would be useful for some people but for me it would just mess with one of the most fun parts of my creative process.

Slynk, thanks for your music!) Is there any chance to see you in Russia? In future, maybe? From Russia with love, peace! :)

Wait till the init drops.

ODESI dowload pls

RIP MUSIC THEORY

Didn't the Emaj chord felt of to you?? :O I mean you choose E minor as a scale and then used an emaj chord! Yeah I know you said you wanted to switch it up but ehh didn't sounded that good! :(

in that time i play it in for my own safe my money for usefull toys

4 bars "song"... jeeeeezzzz...

o.O

Less chord options than random chord generator

great example of why people should actually learn music theory...

It's to easy to make music in Odesy...

I am so happy I never took piano lessons. After this video, it would have been a huge waste of time.

Turn off the metronome PLEASE !!!

Or, you could just HAVE SOME CREATIVITY

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm this is where I am deciding to draw the "this isn't writing music anymore" card. I mean come on it's fucking ridiculous, you don't need any theory knowledge with this

Here's an idea...why not try to write your own music...? The tune you came up with is like something a 4 year old would write

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