We were only allowed these 3 Plugins to make a Song! (UJAM Slap, UJAM Legend & UJAM Sparkle)

Summary

このビデオスクリプトでは、3人のプロデューサーがU Jam社の3つのプラグインを使用して楽曲を作成する挑戦を紹介しています。彼らはVirtual Bassist、Virtual Guitarist、Virtual Drummerという3つのインスツルメントに制限され、それぞれが異なる音楽スタイルを生み出します。プロデューサーたちはこれらのプラグインを通じて、楽曲作りのプロセスや技術的な側面について詳しく説明し、最終的な楽曲の完成形を聴くことができます。彼らの音楽に対する情熱と創造性は、視聴者を魅了し、楽曲作りの可能性を広げます。

Takeaways

• 🎶 この動画では、U Jamの3つのプラグインを使用して楽曲を作成する挑戦が紹介されています。
• 🤝 挑戦に参加した3人のプロデューサーは、U Jam社の提供したライセンスを使っています。
• 🎸 U Jamのプラグインには、特定の音楽ジャンルに適したエクスプレッションが組み込まれています。
• 🔧 プラグインは細かい調整ではなく、より大きな音楽的全体像に重点を置いた制作に適しています。
• 🎵 参加者は、同じ3つのプラグインを使用するため、異なる楽曲がどれほど異なる音を作り出すかに興味を持っています。
• 🎹 一部のプロデューサーは、プラグインの細かい制御から離れることで、新しい音の発見に挑戦しました。
• 📈 開発者はU Jamプラグインが一緒に動作し、一貫性を持った感覚を提供することに力を入れています。
• 🥁 VD Legendというドラムプラグインは、インディ・ロックのサウンドを目指しています。
• 🎸 Sparkleというギタープラグインには、演奏のニュアンスを調整する「プッシュ＆プル」というパラメーターがあります。
• 🔊 参加者はエフェクトを多用して、楽曲により多くの楽器の音を作り出しました。
• 🎧 最終的な楽曲では、3つのプラグインのみで非常に豊かな音のスペクトルが得られています。

Q & A

チャレンジの目的は何ですか？

チャレンジの目的は、U Jamの3つのプラグインを使用して、3つのプロデューサーがそれぞれ異なる楽曲を作成することで、プラグインの柔軟性と多様性を示すことです。

どの3つのU Jamプラグインが使用されましたか？

使用された3つのU Jamプラグインは、Virtual Bassist、Sparkle、およびVirtual Drummer Legendです。

スパークル（Sparkle）プラグインの特徴は何ですか？

スパークルは、インディーロックのサウンドを常に持とうとするドラムサンプラーであり、異なるタイプのドラムがありますが、それらはすべてインディーロックのようなサウンドを持っています。

VD Legendのドラムプラグインの特徴は何ですか？

VD Legendは、異なるタイプのドラムを提供するドラムサンプラーであり、異なるビートやエフェクトチェーンを選択することで、特定の音楽シーンの雰囲気を作り出します。

チャレンジに参加したプロデューサーは誰ですか？

チャレンジに参加したプロデューサーは、Alex Reed、Florian、そしてマニュアルの作成者が含まれます。

このプロジェクトで使用された効果はどのようなものがありますか？

このプロジェクトでは、リバーブ、フェーザー、エクイテーター、サイドチェイン圧縮、およびサチュレーションなどの効果が使用されました。

プロジェクトの音源はどのようにして作成されましたか？

プロジェクトの音源は、U Jamプラグインを使用して作成され、MIDIデータを操作することで、さまざまな表現を作り出しました。

スパークル（Sparkle）の「プッシュ＆プル」（Push and Pull）フィーチャーとは何ですか？

「プッシュ＆プル」フィーチャーは、オフビートのノートを早めることや遅らせることで、ギターの演奏にアグリーブ性やリラックス感を加えるパラメーターです。

プロジェクトの音響の多様性はどのように実現されましたか？

効果器の使用やMIDIデータの操作、そしてサウンドのレイヤー化によって、プロジェクトの音響の多様性が実現されました。

このプロジェクトで使用された楽曲のメロディーはどのように作成されましたか？

メロディーは、Virtual Guitarist Sparkleを使用して作成され、意図的なメロディーを演奏するためには、キーボードで演奏するモードが欲しかったと感じています。

プロジェクトの最終的な音響に対する感想はどうでしたか？

最終的な音響に対しては、全体的に満足していますが、いくつかのレベル設定やミキシングの側面では、アップロードする前に変更を加えるかもしれません。

このチャレンジの主な目的は何でしたか？

チャレンジの主な目的は、U Jamプラグインの柔軟性と多様性を証明することであり、3つのプロデューサーが同じ3つのプラグインを使用して異なる楽曲を作成することができたかどうかを検証するためです。

チャレンジに参加したプロデューサーが感じた主な驚きは何ですか？

プロデューサーは、プラグインが互いに非常によく機能し、一貫性を持っていることに驚きました。また、スパークルの「プッシュ＆プル」フィーチャーやVD Legendのドラムの雰囲気など、プラグインの特定の機能や設定に感銘を受けました。

プロジェクトで使用されたドラムビートはどのようにして選択されましたか？

ドラムビートは、実験的なアプローチを採用し、通常の4/4ビートから外れた134ビートを選択しました。これは、曲の進行に自然なシンコペーションや変化を持たせることができることを意味します。

プロジェクトで使用されたエフェクトには何がありますか？

プロジェクトで使用されたエフェクトには、フェーザー、イコライザー、ワイドン、サイドチェイン圧縮、およびサチュレーションがあります。

プロジェクトで使用されたベースラインの特徴は何ですか？

ベースラインは、グナルミッドトーンを強調するためにEQを多用し、サブタリーにある「ドライブ」を活用して、より強力で力強いサウンドを作り出しました。

プロジェクトで使用されたギターのレイヤーは何の特徴がありますか？

ギターのレイヤーは、1つのギターだけでは不十分だったので、複数のレイヤーを使用して大きな、力強いサウンドを作り出しました。各レイヤーは異なるギターサウンドを持っており、組み合わせることで豊かな音を作り出します。

プロジェクトの最終的な評価はどのようなものですか？

最終的な評価は非常に良好で、楽曲はインディーロックのシーンに合った特定の雰囲気を持ち、プロデューサーはU Jamプラグインの機能と柔軟性を高く評価しています。

Outlines

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🎵 U Jamプラグインを使った楽曲作りの挑戦

U Jamの3つのプラグインを使用して楽曲作りの挑戦を行い、その過程と成果について説明しています。3つのプラグインは、Virtual Bassist、Virtual Guitarist、Virtual Drummerで、それぞれが異なる表現力を持っており、楽曲作りにおいて独自の役割を果たしています。制作者は、これらのプラグインを用いてロックスタイルの楽曲を作成し、その過程で様々なエクスプレッションやティミング機能を活用しています。

05:03

🎶 プラグイン間の相性が生み出す新しい音色

U Jamのプラグイン同士が互いに相性よく機能し、一貫性をもった音を作り出す方法について説明しています。特に、ベースとギターのプラグインを同じトラックで使用し、ポリフォニックとモノフォニックの両方の音符を解釈する機能について触れています。また、VD Legendというドラムプラグインの様々なプリセットとポストエフェクトチェーンを使用して、インディーロックの雰囲気を出す方法も紹介されています。

10:13

🔊 ドラムプラグインのVelocityと効果の活用

VD LegendドラムプラグインにおけるVelocityの重要性と、その効果を活用して異なるヒットの強さを実現する方法について説明しています。また、ドラムの音作りにおいて使用されたSSL Blitzerなどのプラグインや、コンプレッションやサチュレーションを用いた音の加工についても触れています。

15:15

🎸 ギターとベースの音作りとレイヤーの重ね方

ギターとベースの音作りについて、複数のレイヤーを重ねることでより強力なサウンドを作り出す方法を紹介しています。それぞれのギターのサウンドを作り、それらを組み合わせることで豊かな音のレイヤーを作成し、さらにブリッジ部分では異なるギターサウンドを用いてバリエーションを加えています。

20:19

🥁 ドラムの音作りと拍子の扱い方

ドラムの音作りと拍子の扱い方について、Velocityのテストから始まり、複数のドラムトラックを使って個々の音を分離して処理する方法を説明しています。また、ドラムのサウンドを作り出す際には、SSL Native Drums Tripやパラレルコンプレッション、サチュレーションを用いた音の加工についても触れています。

25:21

🎼 メロディーの創り方と曲全体の構成

Virtual Guitarist Sparkleを使用してメロディーを作成し、その過程で遭遇した課題や解決策について説明しています。また、曲全体の構成についても触れ、様々なセクションとトランジションを通じて曲の強みや魅力を引き出す方法を紹介しています。

30:23

🌟 3つのプラグインの評価と曲の完成

3つのU Jamプラグインの使用体験と、それぞれの特徴や欠点について評価しています。また、曲の完成形とその過程での創造性と柔軟性についても触れ、最終的な楽曲の聴き心地やインパクトに焦点を当てています。

🎉 楽曲へのフィードバックと総括

視聴者が楽曲に寄せたフィードバックや感想を紹介し、それに基づいて楽曲の強点や改善点について考察しています。また、プラグインの相性が楽曲に与えた影響や、制作者の好みに合ったプラグインの順位付けについても言及しています。

Keywords

💡U Jam

U Jamは、音楽プロデューサーやミュージシャン向けに開発されたプラグインのブランドです。このビデオでは、U Jamのプラグインを使用して楽曲を作成するという挑戦が行われています。ビデオのテーマは、特定のプラグインを使用して創造性を発揮することに関連しています。

💡プラグイン

プラグインとは、ソフトウェアやアプリケーションに追加の機能を提供するプログラムのことです。ビデオでは、U Jamのプラグインを使用して、ベース、ギター、ドラムなどの楽器の音を作り出しています。

💡楽曲制作

楽曲制作とは、音楽を作り上げるプロセスを指します。ビデオでは、3つのU Jamプラグインのみを使って楽曲を作成するという制約の下で、楽曲制作の過程が詳述されています。

💡エクスプレッション

エクスプレッションは、音楽において演奏の感情や強さを表現するもので、プラグインでも再現されます。ビデオでは、U Jamプラグインがエクスプレッションを通じて音楽の表現力を豊かにすることが強調されています。

💡インストゥルメントモード

インストゥルメントモードとは、プラグインで楽器の音を作り出すためのモードのことで、ビデオではU Jamのプラグインを使って楽器のフレーズを演奏する際に使用されています。

💡ドラムサンプラー

ドラムサンプラーは、様々なドラムの音をサンプリングし、楽曲制作で使用できるデバイスまたはソフトウェアです。ビデオでは、VD LegendというU Jamのドラムサンプラーが紹介され、その特色的なインディーロックな音が説明されています。

💡マイクロティミング

マイクロティミングは、音楽の演奏において、非常に細かいタイミングの調整を行うことを指します。ビデオでは、SparkleというU Jamのギタープラグインのマイクロティミング機能が、演奏の自然さを出す上で重要な役割を果たしていると説明されています。

💡サウンドデザイン

サウンドデザインとは、音楽や音響効果の創造的な設計を意味します。ビデオでは、サウンドデザインが主人公の音楽制作スタイルの一部であり、U Jamプラグインを使ってサウンドを作り上げる過程が紹介されています。

💡エフェクト

エフェクトは、音楽制作において音に加える様々な加工のことを指します。ビデオでは、エフェクトがU Jamプラグインで作成されたベースやギターの音に加えられ、より豊かな音の層を作り出していることが強調されています。

💡オーディオプロセッシング

オーディオプロセッシングは、録音された音を編集、調整、改善することを指します。ビデオでは、ベースやギター、ドラムの音に対するオーディオプロセッシングが詳述されており、それによって楽曲の深みや広がりが生み出されると示唆されています。

💡楽曲の遷移

楽曲の遷移とは、楽曲の中でさまざまなセクションやパートを滑らかに移行させることを指します。ビデオでは、U Jamプラグインを使って作成された楽曲の中で、さまざまなセクション間の遷移がどのように行われているかが議論されています。

💡サブスクリプション

サブスクリプションは、定期的にコンテンツやサービスを受け取るために料金を支払う仕組みです。ビデオの最後に、視聴者が他のアーティストのチャンネルにサブスクライブするよう促されています。

Highlights

Cham公司邀请三位制作人使用U Jam的三个插件进行音乐制作挑战。

使用Virtual Bassist Slap、Virtual Guitarist Sparkle和Virtual Drummer Legend三个插件创作曲目。

插件设计注重表达力，不仅限于直接解读音符。

Sparkle插件的乐器模式可以演奏和弦形状和弹奏弦乐。

VD Legend鼓插件具有独特的Indie Rock风格。

制作者喜欢UAM插件和公司，因其优秀的合作体验。

挑战的格式是三位制作人使用三个U Jam插件，灵感来源于andon。

担忧所有曲目可能因使用相同插件而听起来相似。

两位受邀制作人通常不使用此类插件，更注重声音细节的控制。

制作者更倾向于高效地使用乐器，而非深入控制每一个细节。

展示了首次导出和最终导出的音乐变化，强调了全情投入项目的重要性。

讨论了使用三个乐器（吉他、贝斯、鼓）创作摇滚曲目的挑战。

VD Legend插件的预设和后期效果链提供了特定的Indie Rock氛围。

Sparkle插件的微时序功能，如push和pull感觉参数，为演奏增添个性。

通过使用效果器，尽管挑战只允许使用三个乐器，但项目听起来像有更多的乐器。

展示了如何将不同的吉他层叠起来，创造出丰富而强大的声音。

讨论了如何使用不同的鼓轨和处理来实现深度和多样性。

分享了如何使用不同的吉他和贝斯效果器来塑造声音。

制作者对虚拟吉他手Sparkle的局限性表示不满，但最终找到了创造性的使用方法。

展示了如何通过创造性地使用插件，即使是在严格的规则下，也能制作出多样化的音乐。

对最终曲目的混合和平衡表示满意，但可能会在上传前进行一些调整。

观众对制作者使用U Jam插件创作的音乐给出了积极反馈。

制作者分享了对U Jam插件的个人偏好，包括最喜欢和最不喜欢的插件。

Transcripts

I asked you Cham if they would be open

to send us some licenses so we could do

a three producers three free plugins

challenge but not with free plugins but

with three U Jam

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plugins by T great guitar

sound

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wow and so fuan mugala Alex Reed and I

are going to make a track using virtual

basist slap virtual guitarist Sparkle

and virtual drummer Legend and we are

only allowed to use these three

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instruments hey everyone I once again

was

invited it's a pretty cool base I think

I just created a sound and slap these

plugins are designed to not just

interpret the notes directly but with

the Expressions I'm using the full

character subtle amp a little bit of

warm drive this is the instrument

Sparkle which is the rhythm guitar and

it just plays its

thing if I'm using these plugins why not

use some phrases instrument mode you

play it kind of like to make a chord

shape in this region and then you pluck

the strings down

here VD Legend is not just a drum

sampler it is a drum sampler that always

tries to have some sort of indie rock

sound like there are different types of

drums but they all sound pretty Indie

rockish a good drum plugin will have

different layers of velocity so you can

program softer and harder Heats why do I

want to do this why this whole project

that took very long first reason I like

working with UAM plugins and I also like

working with the UAM company they're

great they're really nice to work with

and they were nice enough to give us

licenses second reason I like the format

three producers three free plugins three

producers three U champ plugins

it's stolen from andon yeah good format

third reason UT plugins are kind of shre

specific and there's a tiny bit of me

thinking maybe all of the tracks will

sound a bit too similar if we all use

the same three U Jam plugins because

they don't give you the same Sonic

variety as a wave table synth

interestingly enough the two producers I

invited both usually don't work with

this kind of plugin they both like to

have control over the minutest of

details in their sound personally I

don't work like that I like to have an

instrument that works and makes

something efficiently I'm more of a big

picture guy you might say but these two

they also mention it in their breakdowns

they might miss out on some control or

will they let's say that's the fourth

reason have

fun wait a minute before we can get

started I have to show you something I

want to show you what the song that I

created sounded like the first time I

exported it and the current export let's

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go

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I think that's pretty cool but not check

out what it

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became and I think that's just beautiful

this just shows when you full commit to

a project and give it all you got you

can turn around quite some stuff a full

beat with just three instruments guitar

bass drums for most rock bands this is

the most generic setup imaginable but if

you know my music you know that I'm

usually more the sound design kind of

guy and I haven't touched a guitar for

years I guess this was quite challenging

also one of the biggest difference

between these three plugins and the ones

that I let's say usually use use is that

these plugins have very specific Vibe

for example VD Legend is not just a drum

sampler it is a drum sampler that always

tries to have some sort of indie rock

sound you can make it sound different

but that's what they are designed for

it's a pretty modern direction of

instrument plins that I wasn't

interested in a lot so far so when I was

invited to this challenge I immediately

noticed that something is going down

that I'm not prepared for and the moment

I realized that I was looking forward to

this challenge so in my part of this

video I want to give you three reasons

for why the workflow surprised me the

first thing I want to talk about is that

I actually put the guitar instrument and

the base instrument onto the same track

with the same notes even though the

guitar is polyphonic and the Baseline is

monophonic and know this this is not

some weird bitwig trickery of filtering

certain notes or something but actually

a feature of these plugins I mean sure

there is an instrument layer that might

be bit trickery but like it's not

filtering notes or anything see this is

the instrument Sparkle which is the

rhythm guitar and it just plays its

thing and here we have the layer of the

Baseline and you can

see

there is also polyphonic notes going

into the bass plugin but it still

doesn't play polyphonic notes but

monophonic ones and the reason for that

is because these plugins are designed to

not just interpret the notes directly

but with the Expressions that are

designed with the Lower Keys so here you

can click on different things to trigger

a certain expression you can treat these

kind of things as buttons but I wouldn't

really recommend that a better way to

use this feature is by triggering it

with with separate Medi tracks here I

have a medy track with guitar

expressions and there are also Bas

expression notes yeah and what I really

liked about that was that it just worked

immediately I started with a guitar and

the moment I added the Basse to this

thing it immediately did something that

really made sense I think that just

shows that the developers at U Jam did a

great job at making their plugins work

together and feel coherent to each other

okay for my second example I want to

show you something in VD Legend the drum

plugin

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see and this is exactly what I meant

when I initially said that this plugin

doesn't just sample drums but instead

gives you a certain vibe that is kind of

recognizable in the indie rock scene on

the left we can dive presets and what

this basically does is it it's a

combination of settings that you can

also make down here for each of the jump

types you can choose different

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types and on the right side we have

basically I think different post effect

chains and you cannot like go into the

effect chains low level and tweak them

but you can just select some overall

Vibe I think these plugins are not meant

to be understood they are just meant to

be performed and I did that next up I

want to talk about the micro timing

features of Sparkle first of for you

have the speed one which just plays the

Rhythm twice as fast or half as fast

also there is a humanized knob which

basically just randomizes the node a

little bit and swing but these are the

things that you already know from most

plugins that have some sort of timing

control what I find a little bit

outstanding here is the push and pull

feel parameter what this does is it

takes all of the offbeat nodes and when

you are saying push then they come a

little bit bit too early so that it

always feels like the guitar player

tries to convince the other musicians in

the band to be a little bit more

aggressive and fast or you pull it

towards Pole where the guitarist is a

little bit more laid back and feels like

he just took a hit from the bong or

something yeah and that really just as

the name of the parameter suggests adds

some nice feel to the performance as you

can see I pulled it more towards push

cuz the sound is already pretty low the

way it is on 77 BPM and I just wanted to

make it feel a little bit more like the

guitar player tries to add some friction

to the music very subtly if you're

interested in a full indepth version of

this production breakdown then you

should check out some of the links below

one of them will be to my video about

that the next thing I want to talk about

is how come my project sounds like it

has so many more instruments even though

the challenge was to just use the guitar

the bass and the drums I didn't cheat

feed because we were allowed to use

effects as much as we wanted to slap

pitch map on it I came up for example

with this organ is

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sound here is another

Melody then now here we have the vocal

tracks you know when you make a first

take it's like you don't expect it to be

a good take so you don't put any effort

into it and that sometimes makes it just

so natural didn't want to have the ENT

vocal autotune because melodine already

made sure that I got some pretty

welldefined vibratos still I wanted to

have a fully aggressive autot tune going

into the reverse I decided to not put it

into this video because it would be

pretty long but now let's finally enjoy

the full song

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together

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the keep

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de

how did you do that

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Melody

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let's and it's like happy sad I don't

know how to explain the melody and

everything that's already it wow I

wanted more I wanted more yeah the main

question I have about that one is how he

managed to get that Melody that was far

on the background pretty high I'm

curious to see that amazing job amazing

joy I love it great Melody on the

vocals hey everyone I once again was in

back Ed by CH Tu to participate in

another challenge for me that was quite

the challenge because Yuan has some

limitations for someone like me that

likes to go in detail on how I want to

make the sound so let me show you how I

did it okay so what I did was a rock

inspired track I just used bases guitars

and the drums so for the base I have

this Basel

line and as you can see here I'm using a

lot of

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processing not too much compression but

I'm using a lot of EQ because I wanted

that gnarly mid tones that the base

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has I'm using the full character subtle

amp a little bit of warm drive and a lot

of drive right here f is in the middle

and in the carus it sounds like this but

it plays just in

that

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moment this one is pretty much the same

I just included the SSL guitar strip

because I like a lot the base amp that

it has you can see I'm going to 11 with

it I'm not touching anything

else now for the guitars as you can see

I have a lot of layers that's because

one guitar on its own wasn't enough for

me I wanted to make something big

something strong so for instance on its

own one of the main guitar sounds like

this

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the other one sounds like

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this and the final one sounds like

this and if you combine them we have

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this now as you can see I have other

guitars this one and this one are paned

left and right but I'm not using them at

the beginning as you can see for the

midi they start on the first curve

now that's not all the guitars I added

these guitars for the bridge I did

wanted to use like the player that comes

with yuam because I thought well if I'm

using these plugins why not use some

phrases still as you you can see I'm

playing around with other notes to add

more

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variation the last two guitars are this

one which is basically the same during

the whole song and this other

one now all the guars together sounds

like

this which is going to make sense once

we play everything at the same time but

let's go to the drums now as you can see

I have four drum tracks this is just

because I like to process everything

separately and even though bidw has

these options for the multiple outputs I

still did these layers because I wanted

to be able to see each of the individual

tracks and also it's a workflow thing

for me because it's easier to get the

multi tracks so I'm going to play the

this Al together just bear in mind that

this is the Ki this is the snare on THS

this is the high hat and these are the

symbols whenever I get a new drum plugin

the first thing I test is the velocity

because a good drum plugin will have

different layers of velocity so you can

program softer and harder hits and

that's why I'm playing a lot with that

here in the

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snare now let's listen with a little bit

of music

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as you can hear I'm also playing with

the velocity of the high hat and the way

processing it is the standard for me

especially on the snare right here I'm

using the SSL Blitzer because I wanted a

lot of compression to make it bigger and

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fatter so the processing I'm doing to

the whole drums the SSL native drums

trip I just wanted to test it because I

just got it when I was making this video

and I'm using it mostly like an EQ P Tex

style EQ also for the low end and high

end then my favorite parallel

compression with a far Chile kind of

compressor and finally just a little bit

of saturation with this wonderful plugin

by clown Helm which is free and that's

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it

yeah that's

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complex great guitar

sound way better than

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mine also love how many guitars were

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used nice

progression B Dynamics all that this is

definitely a way different vibe than

flen and I went for way

harder kind of artsy

rhythm

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I really took Sparkle and Legend into a

different territory than they were

designed for which is

cool

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this is very interesting this

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part and again great Melody from Sparkle

which I found very difficult to

do

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extremely

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interesting

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h

cool I have to say very good drum sound

and very different from how Legend

usually sounds really wonder how we

managed to make this guitar sound like a

melodic synthesizer because it really

doesn't want to sound like that but I

guess you can make it sound like that

very good guitar sound and again it

doesn't sound like some sparkle presets

it sounds harder than Sparkle preset so

he had to have done quite a lot

himself so the first first thing I did

was I took virtual drummer Legend and I

created a sound I likeed sounds like

this and I wanted to do something odd

meter something a bit more experimental

I ended up going with

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134 I just rode it where it took me and

that's how it ended up with some weird

syncopations and a weird turnaround so

that it ends up being 134 but it's not

supposed to sound very complex if you

listen to it in the end in the full mix

you shouldn't think about the meter next

I tried really hard and long to come up

with something for Sparkle the guitar I

explored Some Loops in the player

section it was this

Loop and I grabbed the media of it like

this dragged it into my DW and then you

have to switch over from player to

instrument for it to work this part down

here is to make you get from the plugin

and up here you can enter the chords you

wanted to play but the tricky part was

that it's a 44 pattern and I had to

adjust it in a way that it would fit

with my drum

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beat I also added this

phaser basically I got this 134 grp by

adding an additional beat at the end of

three repeats of 4 four so it's 1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 and that's what I

did I copied this last section of the

guitar over so it goes before it Loops

next I added a

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base it's a pretty cool base I think I

just created a sound in slap and it

sounds like this in

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context no effects on it and then I

wanted to get a bit of Melody into this

whole loop I created and that was quite

difficult because virtual guitarist

doesn't really lend itself to playing

Melodies even if you're in instrument

mode you play it kind of like to make a

chord shape in this region and then you

pluck the strings down

here but getting intentional Melodies

that you think of first and then try to

play it on this guitar is very

challenging but after trying for quite

long I came up with this

melody

on here I just have a bit of ufx Reverb

8s mode and then there's Loops twice

this is verse number one so there's some

vocus on top of it and after that we go

into this weird

breakdown which ended up being

214 you probably could count it in a

different way I sampled a base note that

originally is on it like

this put some effects on it and I made

this little very weird

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progression and then I came up with this

weird

idea what I'm intending is that you feel

the first strum of this guitar on the

downbeat 1 2 3 4 but I thought it could

be interesting if the drums disagreed

with that and they said no no no this is

offbeat down

beat but in the drums

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enter very standard 44 drum Groove here

and a lot of side chain compression on

this virtual guitarist Sparkle without

any effects this sounds like

this then I'm adding a

phaser I'm adding an

exiter

equalizer

wider and the side chain

compressor and to make this transition

work as good as possible I added this

impact and this kick

sample I don't know if we were allowed

to use samples but I did it to make it

really feel like it is on the downbeat I

added this little reverse

kick after that I transition into verse

two it is quite a bit lower in intensity

just to build it up later with this

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Riser I automated the volume of the

Riser so it always kind of accentuates

the

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offbeat I used the kick sample to make a

bit of a Tom

fill

just by pitching it up and then we

fooled the brain again thinking the

downbeat is on the

off and then I

cheated I used us synth drive because I

wanted a bit more sonar variety sonar

variety so I use this

pad this is the only virtual instrument

I used that wasn't allowed but I used it

and it's free it's by you Jem I thought

I'll allow myself this rule break you

know me I I can't adhere to creative

rules I will always do what I think the

track needs I'm pretty happy with it the

only thing I don't know for sure is some

of the leveling some of the mix I'm not

100% happy with so I might change some

of these aspects before I upload it

somewhere you'll find it on my band

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camp you got

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something I got a r

but that's

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nothing com around

without

sign keeps me in my toes the morning

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TI

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and still going

got I really like the truck it's very

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interesting

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the guar sounds really

good the signs the news and the stories

juicy

highest everyone's on the road and I

worry nothing going on already

over

well meanwhile everyone is out there

yeah

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and was a great

transition

come

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we come day we

play

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and

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yeah definitely like it

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amazing

wow great that's amazing very good very

very good wow cinematic my favorite part

was when it it transitioned into this

super intense part because it didn't

immediately jump into the intense part

it like went over multiple stages of

reaching this point and I think it

wouldn't have worked to go there

immediately but the ability to come up

with this way that's just incredible

it's almost like uh the song by floran

and the one by santuk it's from the same

band so out of the three plugins I think

slap is probably my favorite the virtual

basis series I think does many things

really well it's a bit limited compared

to the others maybe but the bases just

sound great I really like virtual bases

Dandy and now that I've experienced and

worked with virtual basist SLP I also

really like that one my second favorite

would be virtual drummer Legend I made a

long video about that one in depth

already that one's pretty good virtual

drummers are not my favorite virtual

drums but I really like it and I think

Legend is my favorite virtual drummer

and my third favorite or my least

favorite would be virtual guitarist

Sparkle I have some gripes with how it

works I feel like I would really like to

play melodies just on a keyboard and it

doesn't let you do that there should be

a third mode that lets you just play

melodies has some good Loops but none

that really sparked my inspiration so it

took me quite some time to figure out

how to use it or it took me quite some

time to get over the fact that I didn't

have any keys so let us know in the

comments did these songs sound too

similar Alex Reed said Florian's song

and my song kind of sound like they're

from the same band I don't know if

that's the plugin fault I don't even

know if I agree but what do you think

again thanks very much to you J for

sending over some licenses go subscribe

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mgala beats bustle that's the video hope

you enjoy the

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songs what are you still doing here the

video is over I don't know if I

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agree

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