Melodic House Ben Böhmer "Father Ocean" Style | Monolink, Ableton | Producer Notes 016

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Remaking the style of “Father Ocean” Monolink, Ben Böhmer Remix in Ableton Live 🎹 Ben Böhmer Sound Pack (with this project): https://www.productionmusiclive.com/products/ben-bohmer-style-melodic-deep-sound-pack?utm_medium=social&utm_source=yt-pn&utm_campaign=yt-pn-desc&aff=1 • Open for more info & show notes↓ - 🎛 SHOW NOTES: - 🗳 “Ben Böhmer Sound Pack” incl. Ableton Project File from this video https://www.productionmusiclive.com/products/ben-bohmer-style-melodic-deep-sound-pack?utm_medium=social&utm_source=yt-pn&utm_campaign=yt-pn-desc&aff=1 - 🎓 Masterclass Ben Böhmer (with Francois, PML) https://www.productionmusiclive.com/products/ben-bohmer-master-class?utm_medium=social&utm_source=yt-pn&utm_campaign=yt-pn-desc&aff=1 -🎹 Full Melodic House Bundle (including both) https://www.productionmusiclive.com/products/full-melodic-house-bundle?utm_medium=social&utm_source=yt-pn&utm_campaign=yt-pn-desc&aff=1 -📺 Melodic House Start To Finish https://www.productionmusiclive.com/products/pml-melodic-house-start-to-finish-academy?utm_medium=social&utm_source=yt-pn&utm_campaign=yt-pn-desc&aff=1 - 📦 Everything Bundle https://www.productionmusiclive.com/products/pml-everything-bundle?utm_medium=social&utm_source=yt-pn&utm_campaign=yt-pn-desc&aff=1 - 🍀 Serum Presets “Feelings” (Melodic House) https://www.productionmusiclive.com/products/serum-presets-melodic-house-feelings?utm_medium=social&utm_source=yt-pn&utm_campaign=yt-pn-desc&aff=1 FREE PACK Rack Attack Vol.1: https://www.productionmusiclive.com/pages/free-stuff?utm_medium=social&utm_source=yt-pn&utm_campaign=yt-pn-desc&aff=1 SOURCES - Full track playback: https://soundcloud.com/productionmusiclive/pml-melodic-house-ben-1 Spotify: Listen to this track https://open.spotify.com/track/0W4IxSAh00bWI2LR3axrHk?si=ac070632fbb54ad1 Uros YT Channel https://www.youtube.com/@catsinableton YT Videos: - Making a Track from Scratch https://youtu.be/Wl8X9t99vP8 - How to Play an Ableton Live Set https://youtu.be/0gydjvLEpRk - Ben Böhmer Video Series by Francois PML https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb21lDhzuHPw6TzPIrAbNwB7BdM9Lyhz9&si=Fi3WlK0IfU055d-A Spotify Playlist Ben’s Influences https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4ZM82WkKEPQaNMSoApUzMw?si=8fcedb52e24345de New Album “Bloom” Ben Böhmer https://open.spotify.com/prerelease/0keYUEQEZOFWRen3xEBD8c?si=8131cba3e3f44acc Article Billboard: https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/ben-bohmer-german-producer-interview-8544856/ Books: Austin Kleon “Steal like an artist” https://www.amazon.com/Steal-Like-Artist-Things-Creative-ebook/dp/B0074QGGK6 Rick Rubin “In the studio” https://www.amazon.com/Rick-Rubin-Studio-Jake-Brown-ebook/dp/B0BJQSFKDD ☑️ Key take-aways / main elements of the sound * Round kick (warm round kicks) * Low toms * Sustained pitched moog bass (Glides in leads ’n arps, bass - add lots of “feeling” to sounds) * “Horn-style” pads  * Fast Mono plucks  * Long dreamy, pitched glide lead synth (serum here, Ben often uses diva) * CHORDS Often 2 chord tracks (more freedom, sometimes 3 chords) * Main arp for melody (noisy parts in plucks) / (ben likes DIVA) Organic feels through velocities. * Often: short vocal “Shots”  * Drums: rather organic, natural feel  * Shakers, Hats (stereo in hats (ran-pan)) * Rides * Snappy clap (or long layered clap with reverb tail (in his live sets)) * FX “groovy, zappy, glitchy” elements * Resampling own projects  --- 💌 newsletter: https://www.francois.audio/ --- ★ TOP FAVORITE SYNTHS ▶️ 1. DIVA: https://www.pluginboutique.com/products/1396/?a_aid=5df64abd93e15 ▶️ 2. Serum: https://www.pluginboutique.com/products/1537/?a_aid=5df64abd93e15 ▶️ 3. "U-he Repro": https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/1-Instruments/4-Synth/3027-Repro/?a_aid=5df64abd93e15 - ⏰ TIMECODES ⏰ 00:00 Intro 01:35 Quick Arrangement Overview 06:23 Groups Overview 07:32 Kick, Tom, Bass 10:06 Pads Deep 11:05 Gliding Lead 11:33 Arpeggio (Melody) and Serum Sound 14:00 Chord Progression Analysis (Music Theory Part) 20:40 Melodies and Harmonies from the Original 22:42 Mono Plucks 23:43 Piano 24:05 Quick Detour: How would it sound as Trance track? (comment if you want a full video) 26:05 Shakers & Rides 26:50 Percs, Zaps, Ear Candy 28:26 Tricks: resample your own tracks, start in an old project 29:09 Hats with automated decays 29:55 Claps 30:50 Velocities on S hakers 32:00 Rides & Analog White Noise 33:05 Fill effect 35:28 Ben Böhmer's Influences 36:20 Arrangement Analysis 40:15 Observations from Ben's workflow 41:17 Key Take-Aways / Summary of key elements 46:35 Full Playback of Final Result 🤴🏻 IG Francois - https://www.instagram.com/francois_beats/ 🎶 Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/francoisrengere #FrancoisPML #Ableton #ProducerNotes Ben Böhmer, Monolink, Father Ocean Remix, Space in Between, Jan Blomqvist ☆ Thanks for watching! Impressum / Imprint http://bit.ly/2lDTFLX Business: [email protected]