The Ambient Dub Techno Tutorial

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A practical guide to producing ambient dub techno from start to finish for the total beginner covering everything from chord stabs, chaining effects, sequencing and more!
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0:00 Intro
1:41 Recommended Ambient Dub Techno Albums
3:21 Tutorial Start
3:51 How to Make the Dub Techno Stab
4:24 Lowpass Filter Envelope Movement
5:05 How to Modulate using Ableton Wavetable
6:02 How to Use Ableton Chord
7:35 Adding Chorus for Width
8:01 Dub Techno Delay Settings
8:43 Audio Effect Racks in Ableton Explained
10:31 The Ambient Dub Techno Kick Drum
12:25 How to Make Pads in Hive 2
16:35 Creative Sidechain Compression Explained
19:08 Adding a Dub Techno Shaker
23:02 Dub Techno Sub Bass
25:09 NOVUM Granular Synthesis in Dub Techno
27:55 Adding a Final Sequence
29:45 Ambient Dub Techno Snare Drum
31:27 Tone Chasing Explained
32:43 End Result
33:37 Final Thoughts
34:00 Outro
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@s1gns0fl1fe 2 жыл бұрын

What's your favorite Ambient Dub Techno album? 🤔❓ ⮟⮟⮟ Timecodes: ⮟⮟⮟ 0:00 Intro 1:41 Recommended Ambient Dub Techno Albums 3:21 Tutorial Start 3:51 How to Make the Dub Techno Stab 4:24 Lowpass Filter Envelope Movement 5:05 How to Modulate using Ableton Wavetable 6:02 How to Use Ableton Chord 7:35 Adding Chorus for Width 8:01 Dub Techno Delay Settings 8:43 Audio Effect Racks in Ableton Explained 10:31 The Ambient Dub Techno Kick Drum 12:25 How to Make Pads in Hive 2 16:35 Creative Sidechain Compression Explained 19:08 Adding a Dub Techno Shaker 23:02 Dub Techno Sub Bass 25:09 NOVUM Granular Synthesis in Dub Techno 27:55 Adding a Final Sequence 29:45 Ambient Dub Techno Snare Drum 31:27 Tone Chasing Explained 32:43 End Result 33:37 Final Thoughts 34:00 Outro

@HpBeck_Fieldrecordings 2 жыл бұрын

cv313 - Subtraktive and the Cio D'or - Ur EP 🧡

@postmur625 2 жыл бұрын

yagya every album nice)) and by the way thank for your project ascendant and other it was surprise to see in info about it)

@drottningu 2 жыл бұрын

Probably has to be Auratones by Deepchord, but the two you recommended in this video are great too. I found both you and Martin on Spotify, so I have a lot of listening to do :p

@christopheleray7913 Жыл бұрын

Dublicator - Deep routes

@wildhorsemusic1111 Жыл бұрын

I am really digging the channel 4am Breaks

@IPlayWhatiLike Жыл бұрын

Your commentary accompanying this creation is wonderful. Your energy is infectious and beautiful.

@s1gns0fl1fe Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@roberthaverly Жыл бұрын

By far one of the best dub walkthru’s I’ve watched. I think one nice addition to round it all out, would be the assembly of the final track.

@DriftDeeper Жыл бұрын

great to see such a comprehensive dub tech tutorial. More please!

@audiomorphism2723 2 жыл бұрын

I watch a lot of tutorials and this is one of the nicest dub techno ones I've seen in a while! 👍

@Keroser1983 2 жыл бұрын

As a Trance / EDM producer who is also in love with Ambient ( hence I've subbed to your channel ) this was amazing!!! This is kind of common ground for me. I am amazed how far everything went in almost half an hour. True talent!!! Thank you very much.

@stevewhite1471 Жыл бұрын

I've just worked my way through this - brilliant, thank you. I learned so much and it sounds fantastic. Will definitely be back for more.

@ti3mpo618 Жыл бұрын

Been searching forever for this style of tutorial. Thank you so much 🙏🏼

@AKAtAGG Жыл бұрын

returning to essence is one of the best albums there is, regardless of genre. love that you plugged it here, made me want to watch the rest of the video knowing that that's one of your influences.

@douglasfugazi Жыл бұрын

This video is super awesome, I've learned a lot about Dub Techno, and you did a fantastic job explaining each concept. Please keep up the excellent work doing more Dub Techno Tutorials!!

@christianleukel8163 4 ай бұрын

This looks so incredibly simple... thank you for the inspiration... Goosebumps

@uweschnitzler9551 2 ай бұрын

Wow , regularly coming back to this ! This is still one of the best Dub techno Tutorials around ..

@tomaszborys4352 Жыл бұрын

I absolutely adore your accent, your voice has so much energy it's better than an energy drink

@she3po945 5 ай бұрын

This was so much fun to learn!! Love your energy and epic coaching. Thank you!!

@bigupz6818 Жыл бұрын

Wow! This is pure dub techno gold. Thanks for sharing the knowledge! Subbed!!

@StarMaze 2 жыл бұрын

Branches is indeed a really great Album. Thanks for the tutorial Chris

@JayX974 Жыл бұрын

Just spent the night watching and training with your video man its awesome i love how passionate you are and how easy you make them explanations

@peterthepiper 11 ай бұрын

For a beginner always wanting to get into some form of production, this was super well done. Thanks a ton, Chris.

@HpBeck_Fieldrecordings 2 жыл бұрын

Nice to see you Chris diving deep into ambient dub. One of my favorite genres. Your tips are very helpful to understand this type of music better!!Love the ''offset''trick!!!!Thanks for sharing🎧✌.....and Congratulations on 5k followers!!!!!!

@kidtaco 2 жыл бұрын

I'm just getting into dub techno and this video is a gem! Thanks a lot :) Subscribed!

@modularoutput 6 ай бұрын

Great tutorial. Direct. Concise. Well paced. Great energy. Well done. 👌

@deepitkujur5486 Жыл бұрын

underrated channel. brilliant guy right here, ladies and gentleman

@ferencav Жыл бұрын

Wow, great track and great energy you have. I feel inspired to make my own music again! Thanks for showing your creative process.

@GeorgeFlix Жыл бұрын

Such an entertaining tutorial. You make it so much fun my friend! Thanks :)

@PaulRobinson1663 Жыл бұрын

Excellent, Chris! This beginner-ish tutorial of how to assemble an ambient dub techno tune has been an absolute game changer for the way I work. I used to rely on pre-made loops but always felt a bit of a fraud by doing so. In just half an hour of video you have totally demystified, and fluently demonstrated, a raft of useful and useable techniques (glitchy drums and midi, wavetables and modulation, sidechains, clip manipulation...the list goes on!). This content is exactly the reason I joined your Patreon group. Thanks for all your hard work.

@s1gns0fl1fe Жыл бұрын

Cheers and thank you Paul! I’ll create a follow up to this tutorial soon. Stay tuned!

@travislrogers Жыл бұрын

Wow, what a great tutorial! Thank you for this, so inspiring!

@CFKLive Жыл бұрын

Absolutely good your explanation, it made me want to use Ableton again, what a teacher you are man! 💯 👍

@Strafuzz 10 ай бұрын

Brilliant, I love your enthusiasm!

@Nero_AD Жыл бұрын

This has been interesting, informative and inspirational. Thank you so much! 😊👍

@dr.feather4860 5 ай бұрын

Fantastic teacher!

@Gdad-20 3 ай бұрын

Cant believe Ive only just been recomended to your chan. Wow! Love this stuff man. I generally enjoy making melodic house, which obviously uses lots of ambient textures/layers. Thanks man for this and all your vids. Liked and subbed brother 👍❤️

@eliasfede4249 2 жыл бұрын

Such a good video, lots of cool tricks here, epic! Thank u!

@SteveTeo99 2 жыл бұрын

So stoked for this!!!!

@adrian280861 Жыл бұрын

Just amazing thx bro, that's inspire me more than enough,greeting far away from Indonesia.....salute!!!!

@rg533able 2 жыл бұрын

Just discovered your channel. So much amazing content!!!! Thank you!

@jimmydiamond-im5xs 3 ай бұрын

I love your vibe and energy!=)

@jamesr2934 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video Chris!! Keep up the good work! I want to go create some ambient dubstep.

@Magpie51 Жыл бұрын

lovely video mate! Thank you for sharing

@mindsoundmeditation7962 2 жыл бұрын

Deni Diezer - The Depth of Mind and Nikosf- Collecting the Moments are two great Ambient Dub Techno Albums that I enjoy

@JensVanDeAarde 4 ай бұрын

Deni Diezer! really good stuff! and of course… Nikos is a legend 👍🏼

@pcbricker2713 5 ай бұрын

Wow, amazing tutorial

@blackwavenoise Ай бұрын

Excellent tutorial

@pjdahmen 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the Great Tutorial!

@christopheleray7913 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this full tuorial. A must have ! :)

@feelthecosmos1266 2 жыл бұрын

You have my respect Chris!

@fenexj Жыл бұрын

Now that was a sick watch. Good job mate!

@AlmostLater Жыл бұрын

Love these videos.

@meathead919 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on 5k followers (soon). You really deserve it, the amount of energy and time you put into each video is outstanding. Keep on going I think the next 5k will be much easier!

@sndrcve 11 ай бұрын

17k as of Aug 23

@saren6538 Жыл бұрын

I’ve watched this 5 times just fantastic

@fiercelaststand Жыл бұрын

Cracking video - loved it!

@lrkx_ 2 жыл бұрын

For sure! Martin Sturtzer’s Branches is an awesome album. Between this channel and his, all my ambient dub techno needs are met! :-)

@s1gns0fl1fe 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. That means a lot!

@jairmorales3662 2 ай бұрын

Great Job!

@daveraddy3119 Жыл бұрын

i have no clue how to produce music, but i love dub techno, and you damn nailed it.

@Yeastextract Ай бұрын

Lush! You should release more dub techno this sounds awesome.

@arturdecampos Жыл бұрын

super nice ending hehe thank you!

@mikhailrausch2467 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic!

@frankenmizer828 2 жыл бұрын

Nice discussion of ttone chasing - thanks!

@ElectronisoundsAudio Жыл бұрын

💙 Love The Dub - Love Your Energy - SUBBED!

@lawrencemichell6062 Жыл бұрын

Good work brother

@nate4732 2 жыл бұрын

Liumin by Deepchord/Echospace is my fave. This was great mate!!!

@deephouseway790 11 ай бұрын

great video, amazing vibe. thanks

@gylp2 2 жыл бұрын

will definitely go try to make ambient dub techno my self love it

@jimbojones3880 Жыл бұрын

That was very enjoyable. Great chugg. Surely another dub techno journey video is on the cards sometime soon? Thanks again for the upload.

@aounms 2 жыл бұрын

yes we see and we listen above all 😄 Good work ✌️😉

@diegolowpass Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing 😊 I thought it would be helpful to group the tracks from the pad and the offset, so with one button you can trigger them always together.

@paulonuneesx Жыл бұрын

Definitely you can do whatever you want in music sfere!

@andrewcharles1734 Жыл бұрын

Nice. Thank you 👍

@BryanKoen 2 жыл бұрын

Great work, Chris!!! I'd love to see how you might approach arranging that into a full track.

@s1gns0fl1fe 2 жыл бұрын

Great idea! I’ll put that on the tutorial list… Cheers!

@albshore8 2 жыл бұрын

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 Chris you are my ambient hero...🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🎹🎛🎚.

@s1gns0fl1fe 2 жыл бұрын

Made my day! Thank you. 🙏

@vigochestor3371 Жыл бұрын

Great video ! Thanks for the great review! you are a badass dude! :)

@JonathanClark99 2 жыл бұрын

Really cool stuff thanks 🙏

@LORDSofCHAOS333 8 ай бұрын

nice , nice techno made easy

@philippdoublep5041 Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir very much, it is osom!

@erikosterlund1498 2 жыл бұрын

MORE DUB TECHNO!!!!!!

@lemarbeat 7 ай бұрын

Fire 🔥

@magicishappening586 11 ай бұрын

legend

@ginkgolanugo5451 Жыл бұрын

Thanx thats Is my style Ambient dub techno

@lindviper8693 Жыл бұрын

Cool! Will you do more tutorials/sessions like this? Really nice concept

@danielcruzahmed2566 8 ай бұрын

nice video!! thank you!!

@s1gns0fl1fe 8 ай бұрын

You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it.

@cornhusk 5 ай бұрын

This video helped me a lot! Thank you

@distantidentitymusic Жыл бұрын

Hey nice tutorial 😊

@macronencer 2 жыл бұрын

I think this is my favourite of your tutorials so far. Really inspiring! Would you mind speaking a little about the differences between ambient and psybient in this context? I'm a fan of artists like Ott, and I'm interested in where the approaches differ for that sort of genre. Is it just a case of using a more chilled, less techno beat and adding a lot more exotic sonic textures, or do you think there's some sort of core to it that has a formula of some sort? Many thanks!

@rpcheesman Жыл бұрын

Heck I wanted to write a track from start to finish that wasn’t another experimental drone track… I didn’t even think of doing some dub techno but now - gonna fire up Reason and get cracking! Very inspirational 🙏

@s1gns0fl1fe Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@omnione7894 2 жыл бұрын

great !

@gylp2 5 ай бұрын

dub techno is 🔥

@undogmatic 2 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial and inspiration. The last pad reminds me of an oboe. :) cheers.

@stephanscharf5524 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic tutorial. I learned so many amathing things in such a short time. Some of the plugins are also helping me jumping forward productionwise. Do you know the album "Soup" from Bola? Bola is one of my favorite ambient dub techno acts for a long time.

@shitmandood 2 жыл бұрын

I followed the whole thing using Bitwig, Vital, and Novum. It doesn't sound anything like yours, but it has the feel. It's amazing how widely different it can sound without being able to follow anything but the gist of it. Even Novum, with the same preset doesn't sound the same to me. lol. I used a different key though. Thanks for this tutorial!

@antoineguilbeault8025 2 жыл бұрын

I love dub Techno. I don't really need this tutorial because I already have experience with the genre but idk just felt entertaining and fun to watch anyways 🥰

@Mark-vs5xx Жыл бұрын

wow che entusiasmo!

@justfly2149 7 ай бұрын

cool bro, thks

@valeshka29 Жыл бұрын

Dope

@wildhorsemusic1111 Жыл бұрын

All time favorite is Suba Tributo

@Knight_Industries_2000 Жыл бұрын

Why does the initial wavetable sound organic like a piano hit? When i do exactly the same in europa (reason) it still sounds like a saw wave. I am exactly looking for that sound you made. are there some other effects in place? what am i missing? Please help!

@mada3556 7 ай бұрын

How is it possible to learn all of these configurations and plugins? Is there any road map for this?

@jakejeffery8097 6 ай бұрын

broskii this fire release a sample pack i need them drumsss

@BOoMbap3 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, can you please explain the eq on the master?

@alm5966 2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, this is the video I've been waiting for...Dub! Checkout OTT, Globular and Geoglyph for the best in Psydub.

@arnar_gretars Жыл бұрын

If you are into psydub then check out Omnipus, the only psydub band from Iceland 😊

@bloopbleepnothinghere Жыл бұрын

That is not how my wavetable sounds with the same settings, lol. I get a hard sawtooth sound, you seem to have much softer with more harmonics. No idea what effect your production strip rack has, but not really starting from a blank canvas if you've inserted that and not explained what it does so we can re-create the same. All the FX chaining advice was great though, so thank you!

@dadjacobs8977 10 ай бұрын

Can anybody in the universe tell me how I can record music/sounds like Variants' Elemental seven? It's staticy, you never hear the sound starting for the whole 60 Minutes of the track, and I'm trying to figure out where these Stones came from and how to do that. If anybody has any idea, please let me know