Making a song from scratch in 30 minutes with NI PLAYBOX, XO by XLN Audio and Scaler 2

Here's what happens when I lock myself in my studio, and set a timer to see if I can make a song using some of my favorite inspirational plugins in 30 minutes!

We'll be using FL Studio, Native Instruments PLAYBOX, Scaler 2, XO by XLN Audio, and bx_oberhausen from Brainworx to make a downtempo electro indie beat that is ready for a vocalist to sing over. The end product is a demo-ready song that you could send to a vocalist to kickstart the lyric/vocal writing process.

Hope you enjoy the over-shoulder look into my creative process! Thanks for watching!

0:00 - You got to stretch!
0:16 - Intro
1:00 - PLAYBOX Overview
2:00 - The Challenge Begins!
2:15 - PLAYBOX - preset roulette
6:00 - PLAYBOX - Laying down some chords
07:45 - VIBE CHECK
08:45 - Scaler 2 - Learning the PLAYBOX Chords
10:35 - Scaler 2 - Adding layers
12:40 - A bit of sound selection
13:30 - XO by XLN AUDIO - adding some drums
17:05 - Adding an Intro section
17:21 - VIBE CHECK
18:30 - XO - Tweaking Drums
20:55 - XO - Chorus Drums
23:55 - bx_oberhausen - DO BASS TO IT
25:50 - VIBE CHECK
27:15 - Building a Bridge Section
28:30 - Adding an Outro Section
29:05 - SUCCESSUH!
29:20 - Plans for this Composition
30:00 - Outro Talky Face
31:45 - Playthrough of what we made!

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[HewittH]

We all know music from gear demos is rarely enjoyable, but this was - to me - extremely awesome. I'm still humming even after the video ended. Nicely done!

[homemadehitshow]

Just wanted to drop in and say thanks. I have had Scaler for about a month and I got Komplete Standard yesterday and was really looking for suggestions on how to make a song using Playbox. I had about half the pieces put together in this video filled in all the gaps.

Great video, thanks so much!.