Many of our sound design videos start with the init patch in NI Massive. But sometimes there's confusion, what exactly is the init patch? No Preset Loaded: This is what you get, when you drag in a new VST instance of Massive on a MIDI channel in Ableton. Sometimes we start our video from this point. So in this case, in order to follow along, pick the attached "no preset loaded" patch. Untitled Sound: this is the actual init patch, its what you get when you reset Massive in your menu, when you select "new sound". Just in case, we've zipped...

We had some requests for a tutorial on the style of summer vibes tune "Mike Posner - I took a pill in Ibiza (SeeB Remix). So here's a sort-of remake made in Ableton Live 9 only using NI Massive.  Steps / Prerequisites: What you need: Ableton Live 9 (Standard is enough, Suite will be perfect (Sound Objects Lite and Grand Piano pack needed)) & NI MASSIVE VST A drum sample pack  Then you're good to go for a remake in this style!   Watch the full tutorial here:    - Additionally, we’re offering this remake template: http://bit.ly/pml_s_tmp_ibiza     Keywords:  I took a pill in...

It took Deadmau5 a year to build his new studio, this is what it looks like. Deadmau5 and Steve Duda showing the all new full of gear Toronto studio. Great little video up in Razers YouTube. Highly inspiring!

Writing deeper chord progressions: Lets try and design a rather exotic sounding chord. We could combine regular major / minor triads into poly chords. Lets build a classic one first: 1. First chord: Use C major (C-E-G)  2. Second chord: G major (G-B-D)  For the 2nd chord, we picked G major (G-B-D) because it has its root a perfect fifth above the root of the first chord.  3. If we play the two chords together, we’re getting a Cmaj9 chord (C-E-G-B-D).  Tip: Look for chords that have a note or two in common whenever you’re not sure which chords to combine. (inspired by CMM...

Buy Toraverb from D16 Toraverb is one of our favorite VST plugins when it comes to creating long tail reverbs for rather epic sounding tracks. Its heavily used in this video tutorial, check it out around minute 13:30:   Buy Toraverb from D16

We had some requests for a tutorial on OSHI's style. So here's a sort-of remake of OSHI - Think About made in Ableton Live 9 using NI Massive.  Steps / Prerequisites: What you need: Ableton Live 9 (Standard is enough) & NI MASSIVE VST A drum sample pack  Then you're good to go for a remake in this style!   Watch the full tutorial here:    - Check our Future Beat Preset Pack for NI MASSIVE: http://bit.ly/pml_s_massive_vol10 - Get our "Deep Premium Vol. 1" Drum Pack here: http://bit.ly/pml_s_deeppremium  - Additionally, we’re offering our remake template: http://bit.ly/pml_s_tmp_oshii     Keywords:  OSHI Style type beat Remix Remake Ableton Live, How...

  We are looking for a sound designer for Serum, Massive, Sylenth1, Spire.. Good experience designing sounds is a needed!! This is a freelance role and you can work from anywhere.   Description of the Job Designing sounds on a regular basis Must be proficient in Serum / Massive / Sylenth1 or Spire Must be able to move quickly Nice to have: MIDI Design You're able to make tutorials for our Youtube channel Quality project files in Ableton/Logic Pro Also: You’re Productive - You’ll be designing many sounds on a regular basis  You’re Efficient - Tasks are done and returned...

Download our Circle of Fifths as cheat sheet: Free Download    Here's our PML Circle of Fifths, you can always use it as your personal cheat sheet for finding parallel minor chords, relative minors and good chord substitutions. If you want to learn more about chord progressions, harmony, the basics of music theory and how to come up with great sounding chord progressions, take a look at our in-depth course:  PML Course about harmony and chord progressions: http://productionmusiclive.teachable.com/courses/harmony-and-chord-progressions

We had some requests for a remake on Odesza's style. So here's a remake of Hayden James - Something About You (Odesza Remix) made in Ableton Live 9 using NI Massive.  Steps / Prerequisites: What you need: Ableton Live 9 (Standard is enough) & NI MASSIVE VST A drum sample pack, maybe some bongo sounds as well You can look for some decent Piano, Guitar, Strings and Brass sounds (eg. the available Ableton packs)  Then you're good to go for a remake in this style!   Watch the full tutorial here:    - Check our Future Bass Preset Pack for NI MASSIVE: http://bit.ly/pml_s_massive_vol8 -...

In this case, we’re building a gate effect in Ableton Live. Taking a pad sound as source, we are routing the signal into a second audio track (instead of routing it to the master channel). That second audio track plays a "dummy" audio clip - an empty audio file basically. But this dummy audio clip contains the relevant track volume modulation. We can create several of those "dummy" audio clips and draw in different types of volume modulations (e.g.: 16ths, 8ths, etc). That way we can easily switch between different ideas and concepts and speed up the creative workflow.     ...