How to Make Techno with Tom Hades at ADE 2018

Tom Hades

Filmed by Stanley L.
Edited by Tony H.

[tomhades]

Thanks for having me guys! Hope you enjoy it :)

[hdslave]

1:58 -use sequencer on chopped synth loop to create unique synth melodies in key
5:24 - use ml 185 (based on system 100 seq) on chopped synth loop to create other melody
6:05 - use ableton pitch device to tune your sequence in key
8:10 - use resonator on percs w/ reverb & modulated filters to create ambient pads (crowd seems to be somewhat perplexed at how seemingly computer generated techno music really is xD)
13:07 - use apulsoft apQualizer modular eq plugin to make creative evolving modulated filter fx
15:40 - use polypin, a euclidian sequencer, to create euclidian sequences for *closed* hit hats
18:09 - use delay to create dynamic, creative *closed *hihat fx
18:52 - use soundtoys magnetic space echo effect to go even crazier with the closed hats
20:23 - use vocoder with lfo on dry/wet in near audio rate speed on *open hats to fill in the weaker frequncies and create a differing sound per open hat trigger
22:50 - distort the kick a lil for different techno tones
24:31 - passive eq the kick for relational eq shaping for the kick tone to sit right in the mix
26:10 - comp the kick with db160 style compressor
27:08 - use utility device to mono the kick etc
31:05 - use dub delay on pad and shape to hear effect better for subtle rolling dub delay effect on pad
36:37 - use granular samplers as another way to make creative pad sounds just like the seq'd resonantor

made this for myself because I reference this video way too much. this and yan cooks videos are changing the way i write music

[chrisapostolidis]

this guy is not only a genius and master at his craft, but the way he laughs and gets excited everytime he reveals a technique to the audience shows how passionate he is about his music and how willing he is to teach people things .. cheers to this man ..

[urbanman]

So kind of you Tom to offer your top secrets. Thank you for not being selfish like so many producers who never share anything. We, in the less pro community, appreciate it.

[ResonanceRebel]

In this "short" presentation I learned so much more as in the last 6 month. Thank you for sharing @Tom Hades

[Junotheoriginal]

That vocoder on the hat with the lfo is actually a pretty cool trick!

Bah, everybody complaining about how "this is not original enough" or "you should make your own samples!!" should, and hopefully will, realize that they are stuck at the masturbatory phase of making music. Don't make it a competition on who is the purest, what matters is ending up with some great new track! What @tomhades is doing here is showing a few tricks and tools that personally I find amazing, and in so little time the result is really interesting. It's more than I was hoping for

[dj_idja]

One of the best sessions I've seen, and I've seen quite a lot of tutorials over the years. Thanks for sharing!!

[DaveS-Ace]

Such a cool dude. Have come back to this over the years, hes very inspiring ;)

[vinylarchaeologist]

One thing to note is that the Roland System 100 sequencer he mentions wasn‘t actually an original Roland module from the 1970s, but a passion project done by a guy in the 2000s, which later was the inspiration for the Intellijel Metropolis sequencer. Later on the same guy founded his own company RYK Modular and now builds a Eurorack version of his 185 Sequencer.

[theinfideluk]

Quite probably the best Ableton tutorial I've ever seen. Many thanks for this Tom

[strongocho]

11:29 this is amazing advice. one of the things that seriously makes an improvement in your electronic music is to get "off the grid" a bit. when everything is synced perfect all the time it is nice, but a beautiful thing in techno is when it periodically comes in and out of perfection or something finds its way into the mix.

[Stacity]

So kind of you to share and help us Techno producers it is always inspirational to watch and learn how you work.

[marcosrotllan]

Tom was kidnapped after recording this video and nobody has seen him since that day. One of the best techno tutorials on yt, easily top 10.

[stasheAUS]

he explains things really well :D not afraid to share like many others

[RussianVideoClips]

Tom Hades realy cool stuff... i THANK for... MAX for LIVE 🥰🙏

[hodsonnn]

@Tom Hades, its a pleasure to watch a master at work, i copied your methods for the first 1/4 of this vid and created a beautiful pad sound with those slight changing frequencies, fucking genius!

[moonlightflightbeyondtheveil]

Using the Ableton resonator for drones like that was fantastic, such a cool technique.

[HAZARDOUS]

I loved the use of the Resonator in this.

[clearwavepro]

I have never before seen someone revealing themselves as the producer, in front of a live group...amazing! gives so much perspective :)