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Electronic Music guru and producer Morgan Potruff shows you how to produce a track in the style of Marshmello! See how to create a professional sounding electronic track from scratch, with explanations all along the way. You also get the individual tracks to experiment with and remix.
Videos
• Intro & Walkthrough (02:48) - Morgan welcomes you and goes over what you'll be learning and doing together in the series, as well as plays the Marshmello inspired track you'll be creating together from scratch.
• Kick Sound Design (08:36) - Watch how to design a Future Bass style kick for the song from scratch, using the Kick 2 plug-in.
• Chorus Snare Design (08:30) - Morgan now creates a powerful Future Bass style snare for the chorus using Live's Drum Racks and a basic trap snare. He then layers up some sweeteners to customize the snare perfectly for the track.
• Verse Snare Design (02:28) - Using some simple layering techniques, Morgan establishes a nice chilled out vibe with Marshmello-esque clap/snare for the verse.
• Hi-Hats (02:12) - In this video, Morgan gets the high hats happening using only Live's stock 808 hats, and then reveals how to get them to sit in the track better using bit crushing.
• Chorus Lead (07:26) - Morgan now creates Marshmello's unmistakable lead sound using Xfer's Serum.
• Chorus Bass Pt. 1 (10:55) - Learn how to make powerful EDM basses, as Morgan cooks up an "in your face" Marshmello style bass sound using Serum, which is composed of two parts.
• Chorus Bass Pt. 2 (03:39) - Continuing with the bass, Morgan now creates the sub portion of the main bass patch, to help create a more powerful overall sound.
• Breakdown Bass (04:14) - Moving on the breakdown section, watch how Morgan changes up the rhythm slightly with a percussive 8th note bass part.
• Chorus Counter Melody Pt. 1 (05:35) - To fill out the chorus, Morgan creates the supporting counter-melody for the chorus using some basic layering and Serum presets.
• Chorus Counter Melody Pt. 2 (06:08) - Having created the saw layer component in part 1, Morgan continues with the counter melody, creating the wavetable bell layer.
• Verse Parts (03:08) - Morgon gives a tour of the elements used in the verse.
• Risers Transitions (07:24) - Learn how to make sections flow together by creating some white noise risers and a drum fill.
• Snare Build (05:44) - See how Marshmello does a slightly different take on the traditional EDM snare build, as Morgan creates a cool acoustic style snare build with ghost notes.
• Mixing Drums (07:35) - With the sound design complete, watch as Morgan gets into mixing the drums, by using EQ, Compression and balancing to really make them pop.
• Mixing the Lead & Bass (06:37) - Now see how Morgan gets the lead standing tall in the mix using the right amount of EQ and processing, and learn how to balance the mid and sub layers as well as use the utility plug-in as an alternative to sidechaining.
• Counter & Transitions (07:01) - Continuing with mixing, watch Morgan fine-tune the balance of the counter melody layers, as well as the risers and transitions.
• Clarity & Impact (09:40) - Discover how to give the verse parts greater clarity and impact by shaping sounds with leveling, EQ and effects.
• The Lead Vocal Pt. 1 (14:11) - Introducing the lead vocal! Watch as Morgan gets the verse vocal sitting pretty by using compression, EQ, reverb and effects.
• The Lead Vocal Pt. 2 (07:30) - The chorus vocal has to really shine, so watch as Morgan processes it separately, based on the settings used in the verse.
• The Backing Vocals (04:57) - Learn how to balance in vocal harmonies as Morgan gets them dialed in against the lead vocal. Morgan then wraps up the series with some parting words of wisdom.