STOP Overproducing and Learn From This Hidden Star 🤯

The featured track became a favorite at every club and festival gig in the past year, consistently creating one of the highest emotional moments for audiences.

• Collaborated with VOM on a new track • Featured on Electronic Rising cover • Performing well on Beatport

Project file and samples are being given away free for two weeks to anyone who purchases the track on Beatport. Send your receipt to contact at vom.com to receive the project file and presets.

The video explores why this particular track is so magical and what makes it emotionally resonant.

• Organic-sounding classic but still dancy groove • Electronic drums with electronic tail and base • Organic-sounding snare layering • Organic thumb sounds for texture

Close hats layered with open hats to mimic a real drummer pulling their foot off the pedal. This creates an organic drummer playing feeling with proper dynamics.

Sixteen shakers panned right and left with a nice groove to enhance the driving feel of the drums.

• Two different reverbs used to create room atmosphere • Brighter room reverb for hats and snare • Warm deep room reverb from Valhalla Plate for depth and low-end placement of drums

Created with Serum using a simple S-wave into a 24 dB filter with sustain volume envelope and plucky filter envelope, adding warmth with distortion and chorus.

• Top bass using 16th grid notes for driving feel • Two unison oscillators panned right and left • Snappy plucky envelopes on cutoff and volume • Distortion and reverb applied for character

High filter used for slightly warmer sound, especially in dirty mode. Could also use another synthesizer depending on preference.

Bass sidechain compressed into the kick and snare to bring the snare further to the front and help drive the track forward.

Becoming a good producer means becoming a good composer. While picking the right sounds is important, creating a good story with those sounds is more crucial.

• Beautiful scene melody with lots of emotion • Builds up phrases with crying feel by going down two octaves • Very dynamic with velocities controlling volume levels and sound aggressiveness

Using Hades for its dirty filter that sounds darker and less edgy than classic filters. Started with cutoff fully open, then added modulation and dynamics for character.

• Slow vibrato modulating pitch for emotional depth • Snappy plucky envelope on filter cutoff for character • Velocity controlling both volume and distortion amount

• Vintage dark room reverb for character depth • Transient shaper to enhance plucky qualities • Echo for stereo image width • Tiny reverb at 7% just to glue everything

While opening up the main melody, introduce a completely different sound to create contrast and interest in the build-up section.

• Two-layer pad sound: classic and pumpy variations • Old school EDM pad sound reminiscent of classic EDM • Talk box lead on top for additional texture

• Classic EDM clap on the beat • Piano using Arteria P with bumped high-end • Riser and additional sounds to build energy • All elements added gradually without overproduction

The entire track uses only 19 channels to create something beautiful and impactful, demonstrating that simplicity and elegance are more important than complexity.

• Focus on becoming a better composer • Execute ideas precisely: not less, not more • Choose the right sounds that serve the emotional story • Avoid overproduction and unnecessary complexity

The key takeaway is that great production comes from composition skill and emotional execution, not from using many channels or complex setups.

More techniques and ideas are available in other videos to help producers execute their visions more effectively.