Trifonic: Enhancing Your Tracks With Melodic Counterpoint

[ParaTroXic]

Hi, Trifonic - I'm a big fan, can you tell me how to make phat, wide sounding bass sounds, thank :)

[NoiseINCofficial]

shit this sound so good. keep it up man

[cloud041089]

how do you get that sustaining, percussive sound from what you call the "sculpture"?

[HideousParabol]

Where can I find this Angels remix? It sounds amazing.

[Xiphion]

Very inspiring. Think you can do a tutorial on how to make good pad sounds?

[SpeakerFrequer]

I've been doing this for a while now :) I use FL and use ghost notes to make the chords with the different instruments, never knew what it was called though. I just found you on here today and you have some great tutorials. You explain things really well and have some great music.

[Enev4]

Good to see you again Brian. Love form England.

[Enjuw]

Yesss waiting a lot for your new tutorials please don't stop!!

[Enjuw]

@Enjuw An yeah if you can do a tutorial with some tricks on how you do all those clicky sound will be really fantastic. i have been always fascinated on this type of sound but i find difficult to variate and EQing in different manners how you do :) thannxxx

[frabur1]

i like your efforts towards independent melodic counterpoint.

[Tr0ll321]

really awesome! never thought of making chords with different sounds, I have no idea why. maybe because I was to lazy to switch between the different midi tracks, thanks ! liked faved

[Hybridized]

An awesome video, you nailed a lot of the techniques I have struggle to master over the years and this has been a real eye opener. Just a couple of quick questions though, where do you find your choir/vocal samples from? They sound amazing, and also how do you achieve such a "big" sound on the kick drums. Is it from layering multiple kicks and EQ or is it as simple as combining a kick with some impact sound design?

[PrivateBuckwheat]

I can't help but notice some of the names you have for different audio tracks and instruments. What is all of this Arvo Part stuff (Did you actually sample Arvo Part or was it inspired in some way by him)?

[nextstepaudio]

@PrivateBuckwheat there are no samples of Arvo Part. I made an EXS kit of chimes mixed with choir reverb tails that was inspired by Arvo Part's choral and string works. I name things by influence or so that I will remember what they are.... so looking at them in a big session I know what they are ... hence the "Curish bass" which is inspired by The Cure, but obviously not a sample etc.

[altosax314]

Some parallel octaves at 1:40... BAD Trifonic. *naughty naughty* LMAO! Nice to see a MUSIC tutorial in the electronic music world....

[nextstepaudio]

@altosax314 haha! true true well the parallel 5ths and octaves are the part borrowed from indie rock :D Yeah I think parallel octaves, 5ths and unisons weren't allowed with true modal counterpoint.

[nextstepaudio]

@altosax314 oh wait I take that back! Prior to 1725-ish parallel 5ths and octaves were a very common practice in chants and plainsong. It wasn't frowned upon until tonal harmony starts to take shape in 1725 pre-classical period and after.

[mykldxn]

very good!!

[rekaepa]

Everyone speaks so highly of you i subscribed :)

This video is simply AWESOME! :D

[Xo1ot1]

PS: I'm quite new to making music and first learned that call-response technique from one of your vids and love using it.

How you create your sounds is interesting, but nobody talks enough about how they actually come up with their melodies and why a song works etc., that's extremely helpful to people like me with very limited knowledge of music theory and experience, so thanks a lot for that.

[bedroom58]

amazing track! what is that instrument? sounds almost like a delayed piano? can you tell me please, it's alittle after the beginning. sounds abit like coldplay.

[Ceb773]

Yes... So good. Definitely going to try messing with this concept. Usually it's something that's there, but you don't even really notice it. Thanks for the video.

[vanCroon]

So goddamn happy you are back. I seriously thought you were going to stop making tutorials. I think you make one of the best tutorials on the net!

[KelseyBDJ]

Awesome tutorial. Thanks for the up on this one. I've got some new ideas from this! :)

Keep up the great work!

[a65urd]

finally new stuff, yeappy!

[greenlinkmusic]

pretty cool !

[Shemassault]

nice, I'm inspired now to try this technique out. And please don't do those 'how to make a skrillex bassline in massive vst' tutorials, there's tons of them all over youtube, and your tips are way more interesting and engaging anyway.

[Xo1ot1]

@Shemassault couldn't agree more. please keep more vids coming :)

[nextstepaudio]

@Shemassault thanks! I don't plan on doing any Skrillex videos until Skrillex starts making videos on how to create trifonic sounds :)

[reaver2033]

one of the best tuts i`ve seen in a long time. please make more tutorials with tips on melodies , progressions and stuff like that

[tylerblue1984]

your tutorials are the best on the internet, period

[beaver12]

please tutorial on basslines,excision style please please i beg u !!!!

[nextstepaudio]

@beaver12 thanks for the interest. I don't know Excision personally... so I'm not sure how he creates his basslines. I think there are a couple of threads and interviews on DOA and/or dubstepforum about Excision's sounds. Best to learn from Excision himself (via interviews etc) if possible. Good luck!

[twtyler]

Love your stuff, thanks so much for sharing your talent!