How To Think Like Skrillex When Using Sine Waves (Quest For Fire)

Good vid! I don't think that more mellowed high end has anything to do with his mother, i think it's just because he realized those hysterical dubstep basses suck! TBH i always thought that Skrillex kinda sucked, although i could hear he was technically a very good producer. But i have to say, his sound from the last couple of years has really blown me away, amazing stuff. And, as a Londoner i feel quite proud to hear what an influence UK music has had on him in the last few years.

i purchased the presets. but the sub doesnt seem to be deep.
in the video are your presets layered on top of a sub?
just need help troubleshooting on my end

You would be a good blunt buddy

your home/studio looks SO cozy

while i always enjoyed skrillex's earlier stuff, i did find it lacking a bit in the mids.

I feel like Ahee is the music teacher I wish I had in school.

thank u for that serum pack, we are blown away. these are the sounds we've been looking for!

Thanks Ahee!

good vid... can you get the same bass results in massive with the same harmonics

I learn something new in every video! I can’t tell you how helpful your videos have been in my own sonic journey, and I get more inspired everyday because of it. Keep up the great work man! 👽👍

Thank you😊

nice vid dude

I like this tutorial for how we discussed about Sonny’s emotions and how they affect one’s art…it’s actually important…we’ve also shifted to the technical aspect of production and life as well, so much that we keep forgetting the creative and purposeful side of it

I'd Love a video about the Don't Get Too Close album too! Would love some music theory analysis of the song of the same name!

I think Skrillex has just been listening to Ternion Sound, Biome, Pinch, Gantz, ColtCuts, and all the other great modern deep dubstep artists inspired by pre-2007 dubstep that all the dubtards so "loyal" never even listen to

Can you please go over a few of your racks for those of us who don't use ableton? I'm particularly curious about the phase control of your growl rack.

i actually dont like this new way of mixing

Super sick! tnx a lot ✌

bros handing out grandmas secret recipe. i'm loving it

Quest for Fire definitely has massive influence from the UK dubstep and general bass music scene, right from the older more reggae- and house-influenced dubstep sound profiles and rhythms, to the newer, more tight and dry grime/dubstep/garage/trip hop production and sound selection (obviously including skrillex’s iconic sound design and moment-to-moment dynamic processing). The initial observation you made about frequency spectrum information differences between the high-heavy vs lo/lo-mid heavy profiles has always been one of the biggest differences between the original sound of dubstep in the UK, and how it’s evolved here, versus the deeply processed and more electronic subgenres that emerged from the US, made famous by people like skrillex/flux pavilion/excision etc. it’s very interesting to see how much impact simple base level decisions during synthesis can shape the entire audio profile of tracks.
I highly encourage anyone who really liked Quest for Fire’s move away from screechier sounds to slightly tighter and more focussed production to go check out the UK dubstep scene, it’s choc full of some incredible music and sound design and is very much thriving at the moment

I feel like some of the shift to lower treble is almost due to a genre switch. He used to produce loud dubstep, and now he's on the experimental, deep dub, UK vibes. I think the rise of deep dub/experimental is taking over as the preferred sound for alot of people.

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Explaining a different mixing and production style by his mother's death is the most wook shit i've ever heard lmaoooo

So is his overall tracks at 4.5db/oct or 6db/oct? Do you think you could use a spectral compressor to imprint a curve as such onto all sounds as a mixing strategy to assimilate all sounds together?

His sound has simply matured, we all know "deep" minimalist dubstep is the cognac of electronic music. While, brostep is the blue WKD.

You got any discord channel?

Terrible album

Next video "here is why skrillex wipes his butt after pooping" or "here is why skrillex uses his nose to breathe" or "here is why skrillex eats". my god. what has bass education videos become.

thanks for this video man! great input

NGL this is insanely hard to watch with the white noise from your mic

I think most sounds (especially bass amd lower mid) is best made from sine waves, because the starting sound is so smooth, that leaves so much room for wave shaping, filtering, distortion, compression and automation in a more extensive manner... I enjoy the process 😊 great video!!

awesome explanation! Having the key tracking turned on for the percussive style sounds through the noise oscillator is important to mention

great video thanks! couldn't help but notice that ur saying "alblum". is that on purpose?

low mids keep things warm and organic and i've admired that a bunch about his more recent stuff; making dubstep basses feel like living, breathing basses vs. insane massive patches with loads of distortion on them

So he grew up and realized his old stuff is jarring AF

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insane knowledge here

I think he just started using Pigments...

Very refreshing to find such a no-nonsense sound design explanation :)

Great tutorial. How many of the exact sounds you made in this video are in your pack? Thanks.

Kind of glad I've found this video, I've been calling it "sub bass music" and it just does sound really good live, it's like a different palette to the rest of music.. also I've found you can hold a conversation listening to the music live. It's nice and refreshing

I love you homie, I saw you in vermont and gave you a big hug after telling g you how much I appreciate your approach to teaching people music. ❤

GREAT VIDEO!

thanks for this fellow alien