How to Make An Electronic Pop Song (The Chainsmokers, Cheat Codes, Zedd, Grey) | Make Pop Music

In this video, Austin shows you how to make an electronic pop song! We go over how to craft perfect synths, layer drums, and do interesting vocal fx to build out an electronic pop song. Austin also uses a ton of tools and plugins from today's sponsor, Antares, to add unique production elements with vocals during the process!

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My Gear:
DAW: Cubase 11 Pro
Desk: AZ Studio Workstations
Monitors: Focal Shape 65s with Focal Sub6
Interface: UAD Apollo Twin USB
MIDI Keyboard: M-Audio Code 61
Keyboards: Roland Juno DS88, Roland Juno 106, Arturia PolyBrute
Guitars: Fender American Professional Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Taylor 214 CE Plus
Preamps: Heritage Audio HA81A & Audient ASP800
Microphones: Advanced Audio 251, Slate ML-1, Shure SM7B, JZ BH-1, JZ V67, Lauten Audio LA-320, Lauten Audio LA-220, Lauten Audio LA-120, AKG P170, Sterling ST59
Camera: Panasonic G7
Lens: Rokinon 12mm f2
Camera Lights: Neewer LED Light Panels

Timestamps:
Preview 0:00
Intro 0:24
Today's Sponsor 0:49
Laying Down Chords 2:06
Synth Layers 3:08
Snaps 5:06
Verse Bass 5:49
Verse Drums 6:27
Extra Verse Synths 7:30
Pre-chorus Synths 8:42
Pre-chorus Percussion 10:32
Pitching Snares Up With Auto-tune 11:41
Pre-chorus Filter and Fills 12:30
Drop Drums 12:58
Drop Synths 14:47
Drop Bass 17:57
Lead Vocal 18:35
Low and Wide Vocals With Auto-Tune EFX 19:24
Talkbox Vocal Drop FX With Articulator 20:10
Lead Drop Vocal With Articulator 24:28
Drop Listen-through 25:52
Full Listen-through 26:48
Outro 28:12

[king_eiss]

I see you used a lot of keys, pads, percs and drum etc. Can you please make a video on how to make space for every thing using EQs and stuff

[pzdipuing]

Austin is one of the coolest and best teacher for sure, i never get tired even if the video is long....thank you sir ❤️...

[agiverreviga]

Can you do a similar video for Pop House? Not sure if this is the exact genre, but the artist I have in mind is *Monoir* - songs like "Incredible", "Nia Nia", "Tick Tock" - basically almost every song from Thrace Label

[lrgmndzbeats]

Dude you're just too good. This been my favorite channel for a while now! Congrats on that Antares sponsoring that's dope!

[LEWITT-audio]

We couldn't wait for this one when you said it's recorded with the LCT 1040! We skipped to the full listen-through & wow, that sounds absolutely awesome!!! Now we gotta watch the entire vid 😁

[MixReady]

Austin is such a talented producer 🙌🏼 And apparently never sleeps because he is busy bringing us this high quality content 🔥

[shaunsensei]

This is sooo good!! There is so much we get to learn from you. A style I'm really interested would be emotion by Carly Rae Jepsen, would be great if you make a tutorial on that

[theguitarclubonline]

You are the best human! Really helpful! : D

[jacob_dewitty]

This awesome content! You give great instruction on how to not only be creative in electronic pop, but you give people the tools to build there own sound, keep it up man👍🔥

[ccfeelsaboutyou]

i do all of these layerings and stuff without explaining it to myself why, so the entire vid feels so much of a self reflection like- "Oh, so THATS WHY I DO THIS"

[victor]

man, you never cease to amaze me! I'm only just starting out, so it was kinda a lot to take in, but GDAMN did it open up a whole new world of possibilities for me. Thank you so much Austin, great content as always! 💛

[Vrainy]

Here he goes again with really good tips! Especially with the snaps one, I like how it's a super small change but just makes an impact (as ear candy), esp. to those who are astute.

[KordTaylor]

Fire as always. Yeah long but complete as there is so much sound design in this stuff. Thank you! 😍

[graffenmusic]

for so long i'v been waiting for this...Thanks Austin

[vipulvishwas]

Need more video on No more boring vocal chop ...(Part 2)❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[NigNog]

You've been on a roll. Thank you!!

[sigurdbroegaard]

Awesome video!! Any chance you could do a similar video for 90s pop? That typical Cheiron/Max Martin boyband Sound is so cool!!!

[vicikene]

Omg you are next level pro! I wish my songs one day will sound so good also. Amazing work! I want to see if someone can make music using instruments only what are in the program hmm

[nebroskitheraut]

Hey Austin! Nice video.
Btw can you make a video on Indie Pop songs like Dayglow, Men I Trust, Clairo, etc.?

I want to know how you would interpret this kind of music.

[g-fusion]

Austin's catchphrase is

'it's really not doing anything crazy' 😂😂