Top 10 Plugins: A. G. Cook's Favourite Plugins for Hyper-Pop Music Production

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  • čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
  • A. G. Cook breaks down the plugins behind his latest album "Britpop". In this video, he explores how tools like Synplant and Kick Two help him create distinctive sounds and textures, offering a clear look into his production process. Watch as he demonstrates how these plugins shape his music, sharing valuable tips and techniques for crafting unique tones and dynamic samples.
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Komentáře • 123

  • @TapeNotesPodcast
    @TapeNotesPodcast  Před 22 dny

    Watch the full episode on our Patreon!
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  • @JasonEfstathiou
    @JasonEfstathiou Před měsícem +262

    Dude, Four Tet and now A.G.? This podcast is the best

    • @FairuzOsman
      @FairuzOsman Před měsícem +17

      Autechre next

    • @bri-tn8mg
      @bri-tn8mg Před měsícem +1

      @@FairuzOsmanomg that’d be incredible, too good to be true 😔

    • @kultw1837
      @kultw1837 Před měsícem

      And so is the app

    • @Boaugustin
      @Boaugustin Před měsícem +1

      Also Jon Hopkins

    • @vvessel_
      @vvessel_ Před měsícem

      @@FairuzOsman please yes

  • @djbongwater
    @djbongwater Před měsícem +177

    6:12 i want someone to look at me like AG looks at synplant 2

  • @Schminkerdoodle
    @Schminkerdoodle Před měsícem +163

    you gon jump if ag made it

    • @katielowen
      @katielowen Před 29 dny +1

      Don't jump off the edge its not worth dying😔🙏

    • @zuperhead
      @zuperhead Před 29 dny +2

      @@katielowenidk bout you but i’d personally die for ag cook 🙏

  • @benjames9158
    @benjames9158 Před měsícem +62

    imagine if we got a burial interview

    • @Kdkjdjewerdnxa
      @Kdkjdjewerdnxa Před měsícem +6

      I feel like burial doesn’t use many plugins so this sort of format wouldn’t be as interesting lol. I think in the past he arranged his music in soundforge, and he has always said he just records on a shitty laptop, he’s just a master of samples and creating off kilter rhythms.

    • @benjames9158
      @benjames9158 Před 28 dny +1

      @@Kdkjdjewerdnxa ik but I meant just how rare that would be

    • @freebby
      @freebby Před 27 dny

      yeah that'll be amazing just to see him only explaining or talking about other stuff also

  • @COMANAVAGO
    @COMANAVAGO Před měsícem +176

    Watch me buy all these plugins right now

  • @epic4747
    @epic4747 Před měsícem +25

    Wifi enabled John Lennon

  • @skyflowersmusic
    @skyflowersmusic Před měsícem +12

    Love getting to see a glimpse into A. G.'s Logic sessions!

  • @aldo34
    @aldo34 Před měsícem +5

    A.G. bringing the Reaktor love. Monark, Lazerbass, TRK-01 Bass, Gaugear...some real favourites of mine on that platform.

  • @Leonardo_da_Chimpci
    @Leonardo_da_Chimpci Před měsícem +59

    the father of hyperpop. absolute legend

  • @DHU11
    @DHU11 Před měsícem +4

    Please at least 5 more 10 min AG videos please please please he is a masterful producer and artist

  • @aliceppgn5347
    @aliceppgn5347 Před měsícem +7

    i'm in love w him. literally whatever u say beautiful ❤

  • @tylerlyons4943
    @tylerlyons4943 Před měsícem +8

    I LOVE that mixing desk

  • @inFamousBeatbasher
    @inFamousBeatbasher Před měsícem +43

    ag cooked

  • @masonwilson1295
    @masonwilson1295 Před měsícem +10

    *Oh shit?* A.G. made that? ~jumps~

  • @mdihero
    @mdihero Před měsícem +8

    Oh my god I was wondering how he made the kick so loud in Lucifer specifically

  • @neilelkins2009
    @neilelkins2009 Před měsícem +2

    Mmm Lazerbass, that's a good reminder to dig it out again - I love Razor too.

  • @ProdLucio
    @ProdLucio Před měsícem +9

    We need a c2.0 breakdown

    • @nikksterr0902
      @nikksterr0902 Před měsícem

      I’d pay to see all the songwriters on c2.0 break it down. You can hear all of their influences in distinctly and yet it comes together so perfectly. 😢

  • @michellemateos7975
    @michellemateos7975 Před měsícem +22

    I know a producer who has been able to take advantage of Synplant and that musician is "FLUME", he has made amazing songs with Synplant V1.
    That boy is a genius.

    • @LunarProxy123
      @LunarProxy123 Před měsícem +5

      They have actually collabed. Flume also has official presets in the newer version of synplant. Flume posted on his ig story a few years ago them in the studio

    • @illford
      @illford Před měsícem +2

      ​@@LunarProxy123they were both producers on a Vince Stables song

    • @ar-yj8lb
      @ar-yj8lb Před měsícem +2

      @@illford That was SOPHIE right?, her and Flume have done a couple of songs together

  • @user_anon777
    @user_anon777 Před měsícem +9

    damn AG kind of looks like Life Sim

  • @brandon11122
    @brandon11122 Před měsícem

    holy shnoly, one of my all time favorite producers. So happy to see some insight on a.g's books of magic

  • @seewhale
    @seewhale Před měsícem +1

    lazerbass beating is the shit. a hidden gem for sure

  • @dominikjohann
    @dominikjohann Před měsícem

    can relate so much to adding a little remix or exaggerated version of the track at the end of itself

  • @markymark1644
    @markymark1644 Před 5 dny

    The smirk when he says kick ii

  • @yannickwerther4500
    @yannickwerther4500 Před měsícem +2

    Love A.G !

  • @faviolaura9403
    @faviolaura9403 Před měsícem +19

    FINALLY JESUS TELLS US HIS SECRETS

  • @buccurabuccura2949
    @buccurabuccura2949 Před 28 dny +2

    I want Danny l harle next

  • @JohnMaus333
    @JohnMaus333 Před měsícem

    So excited for this! Thank you! Love the show

  • @Beatsbasteln
    @Beatsbasteln Před měsícem +1

    love this dude

  • @ampersanders0n
    @ampersanders0n Před 27 dny

    Up next? Delroy Edwards, Skee Mask (for all the electronic heads)

  • @yayespanol
    @yayespanol Před měsícem +8

    Spire? In 2024 🙏🙏🙏

    • @Anthony-kp7sf
      @Anthony-kp7sf Před měsícem +4

      I KNEW HE WAS USING THIS. I used to spire SO MUCH and every single time I hear his synths im like WHY IS THAT SO FAMILIAR

  • @yuvalsmith4493
    @yuvalsmith4493 Před měsícem +2

    broooo ag cook no way

  • @swagdeteriorating
    @swagdeteriorating Před měsícem +5

    I'd love to see this channel interview trap/drill producers or really any sort of rap/hip-hop producers

  • @mradhurley
    @mradhurley Před měsícem +23

    what it all boils to down is turning a bunch of dials and picking a bunch of different sounds until you find something you like. pretty basic. it's refreshing to see how simple it is even for successful producers.

    • @illford
      @illford Před měsícem +11

      That's how everyone's process boils down. It's probably the most generic production statement of all time

  • @tyc9909
    @tyc9909 Před měsícem

    Need Porter to get on this so bad

  • @Nick-ft4dk
    @Nick-ft4dk Před měsícem

    I love him ❤

  • @thebeerguybrothaguy
    @thebeerguybrothaguy Před měsícem

    Yoko should’ve done the interviewing

  • @xxczerxx
    @xxczerxx Před měsícem +7

    I feel like you really need to know what you're doing with this kinda thing to make the music NOT sound like shit. Way more so than rock, edm, regular pop etc.

  • @georgeparnell6026
    @georgeparnell6026 Před 29 dny

    I wonder if John could see AGs screen during this, if not it must have been hard to follow what he was talking about

  • @maelgwni
    @maelgwni Před měsícem

    How did he do the drums besides kick 2? Is it all just samples?

  • @alterednoisemusic
    @alterednoisemusic Před měsícem

    of course he uses synplant

  • @getthejackets
    @getthejackets Před měsícem

    9mins sounds a lot like sound used in P Diddy song “last night”

  • @TheChores
    @TheChores Před měsícem

    Is the bass in stereo or mono?

  • @Radioparadijsvogel
    @Radioparadijsvogel Před měsícem +1

    What song is he working on in this demo?!

  • @bbbernardooo
    @bbbernardooo Před měsícem

    holy smokes now A.G Cook!

  • @epic4747
    @epic4747 Před měsícem +4

    Wonder how many people actually PAY for a voice memo app lol

  • @henryheideman2100
    @henryheideman2100 Před 11 dny

    This is so hot

  • @MarigoldAW
    @MarigoldAW Před měsícem

    What software is he using?

  • @lummo
    @lummo Před měsícem

    of course ag uses synplant 2 ..

  • @DHU11
    @DHU11 Před měsícem +1

    Didn’t have AG down as a Logic kinda guy. 🤔

    • @Anthony-kp7sf
      @Anthony-kp7sf Před měsícem +4

      its literally an old version of logic too. dude is running some of the most hilarious plugins ever, too. this just made me so much more confident lol.

    • @bobalobalee
      @bobalobalee Před měsícem +1

      ​@@Anthony-kp7sfI know what you mean. When meldaproduction jumped out I was like okay nice

    • @Liza12777
      @Liza12777 Před měsícem +3

      It’s not what DAW one uses that determines whether someone is a good or bad producer/composer

  • @MrBenedictDonovan
    @MrBenedictDonovan Před 27 dny +4

    the pcmusic guy has a macbook?? smfh

  • @Anthony-kp7sf
    @Anthony-kp7sf Před měsícem +4

    give me your secrets funny little man

  • @ozcansayin
    @ozcansayin Před měsícem +1

    the video isnt even on patreon

    • @TapeNotesPodcast
      @TapeNotesPodcast  Před měsícem +4

      Technical issue, please bear with us! Will be live today 🙏

    • @ozcansayin
      @ozcansayin Před měsícem +1

      @@TapeNotesPodcast thanks guys

  • @hyena0815
    @hyena0815 Před 24 dny

    Gordon Ramsay? 😃🤍

  • @Reneromero08
    @Reneromero08 Před měsícem +2

    Bro deflected when asked if he used presets lol who cares bro, you can use presets, that's what they're for!

  • @Kauft_man_auf
    @Kauft_man_auf Před 29 dny

    agaiiiiiiin mf

  • @seanregan6120
    @seanregan6120 Před 29 dny

    This guy is just an average mid lever producer that just got lucky

  • @MothMorgueMusic
    @MothMorgueMusic Před 29 dny +1

    dude has such trust-fund kid energy

  • @farty555
    @farty555 Před měsícem

    Really wish the title wasn't so clickbaity. Like this is good content, a good video that producers should want to see. You don't need to do the gross 'top 10! Broo!click here' thing family.
    All love to AG 💜

  • @Hunchbacc
    @Hunchbacc Před měsícem +1

    AG needs to be the acronym for when christ died. Because this guy is almighty.

  • @smallpeople172
    @smallpeople172 Před měsícem

    You can’t convince me this isn’t Will Wood, I’ve never heard of ag cook, but this looks like Will Wood 100%…

  • @Stefanune
    @Stefanune Před měsícem

    Cool thanks richie rich now I can ignore those vst's

  • @Anthony-kp7sf
    @Anthony-kp7sf Před měsícem +2

    lol at ozone 9 on the master strip. AG I promise you logic's mastering tool is better than ozone at this point. I promise.

    • @jenathent4840
      @jenathent4840 Před měsícem

      Absolutely not! I reverted to an older version of logic just like AG BECAUSE the updates are horrible rather just use what already works well

  • @lakescuomo
    @lakescuomo Před měsícem

    nerd

  • @CYB3RC0RP
    @CYB3RC0RP Před měsícem

    Love his music but tbh this is kinda tedious...

    • @G00s7-i3x
      @G00s7-i3x Před měsícem +2

      I feel like tedious is a good way to describe sound design and music production most of the time

    • @CYB3RC0RP
      @CYB3RC0RP Před měsícem +1

      @@G00s7-i3x I don't disagree but I was talking more about his way of speaking, not his process or whatever. I guess I can't hold being awkward against him, but the fact that he already seems to have enough trouble articulating himself combined with apparently not having anything all that interesting to present for this makes it difficult to watch for me.

    • @roryswann5367
      @roryswann5367 Před měsícem +5

      @@CYB3RC0RP wow surprised by this comment. I think he’s super articulate

    • @CYB3RC0RP
      @CYB3RC0RP Před měsícem +2

      ​@@roryswann5367 I definitely don't want to convince you otherwise, I really like the guy and I mean he's certainly intelligent, but just to clarify what I meant, he just comes across as really timid, like it stands out to me how much he shoves words like "sorta" and "kinda" into his sentences as if he's nervous to commit to what he's saying. For me personally by the end of the video I felt like I had heard a lot of awkward rambling and didn't really come away with enough new insights to match. Maybe I'm just holding him to unfair standards because I consider him such a pioneer, so it's weird when it turns out he's just a normal guy trying to find something interesting to say about what plugins he used in a project file on his laptop lol

  • @vwilin1856
    @vwilin1856 Před měsícem +1

    ag uses synplant??? NOOOOOOOOOOO AG

    • @zechs5079
      @zechs5079 Před měsícem +7

      Why is that a problem

    • @assasinofpapers
      @assasinofpapers Před měsícem +26

      if its because of ai you should reconsider because synplant is a good use of ai

    • @gray.crawford
      @gray.crawford Před měsícem +18

      Yeah this is a bad take, the neural network Synplant is using is only twisting all the knobs of Synplant’s own audio synthesizer, comparing the initial results to the provided sample, then twisting the knobs again to see if it can converge on some parameter set that hones in most closely to the provided sample. It has nothing to do with generative AI systems that are trained on huge corpuses of music. It’s only doing gradient descent in the parameter space of Synplant’s internal synthesizer. Check the midpoint ish of this video for an explanation. czcams.com/video/rN7B8LUY3WU/video.html

    • @lilwombat
      @lilwombat Před měsícem +1

      synplant is amazing what do u mean no