Track Breakdown - Ambient Berlin School 🎹

Here's a track breakdown of my Ambient Berlin School track ( • Ambient Berlin School ... ) which was written to demonstrate some of the techniques in this Ambient Chord tutorial ( • 8 Top Tips For Creatin... ).
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Equipment used:
Komplete Kontrol
S49 Keyboard
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[@TheSemtexCow]

Another great video man 👏👏👏👏 thanks

[@IanWaugh]

Thank you kindly, much appreciated 👍

[@mwmusic29]

Thanks for the glimpse into your process. This is an amazing track - very well done as usual!

[@IanWaugh]

Thank you, Mastt, really appreciate you watching 👍

[@N3Aex]

Nice breakdown, love the vibes the track gives off. very nice

[@IanWaugh]

Much appreciated, thank you very much.

[@DisciplinedCommotion]

Cheers for the insight Ian, beautiful track also :)

[@IanWaugh]

Thank you Tim 👍

[@AdventureDriver]

Thanks for sending me to Solaris, very nice effect.

[@IanWaugh]

You are most welcome 👍

[@DenysDnipro]

I always thought changing steps (say, from pressing 3 keys to 4 keys) in sequencer is not wrong but you convinced me this variety adds interest to the track. It is best to use when more than 2 sequencer patterns are playing simultaneously. Thank you very much. I would not tell if it is just a video on youtube or legendary Thorsten Quaesching (Tangerine Dream) playing. Please, send me the linkif you have more like this on streaming platforms.

[@IanWaugh]

Hi - You can find all my music here: czcams.com/play/PLnbB-G_ugUQ1gioCWyazQ0I2etX2foG8M.html
I have used metric variations to create polymeters in some of these pieces:: czcams.com/play/PLnbB-G_ugUQ3dcFXJ3H3PzbAKLHE5U5rO.html
Hope that helps 😊

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

That track is spectacular. I’d love to hear how it sounds mastered.
(I might have written this before.) it would be awesome if some of those plug-ins (like the SQ-80V) could be uploaded to a “mega-model” like the Korg Kronos or the Akai MPC Key. I know I’ve quibbled previously how playing software synths on a computer in a MIDI environment using a remote controller has always seemed “distant”. Could I stand to “grow up”, Ian?

[@IanWaugh]

The original video was a mastered version
There's no technical reason why a keyboard could not support VSTs - Arturia's Astrolab does this - but I suspect there are other issues and reasons why this is not commonplace.

[@jimrogers7425]

So my question for you is this… where did you get the Vital pad used in this video. I wanted to ask this in the earlier video, but now that you’ve used it again I thought that I’d ask. New subscriber… thanks for your channel and specific content.

[@IanWaugh]

Thanks, Jim, much appreciated👍
According to the Author tag, this came from Chris at S1gns of life. I think he gave away some patches a while ago but many of his videos show how to make Vital pads. Hope this helps 😊

[@jimrogers7425]

@@IanWaugh I'm very familiar with Chris from S1ngs of L1fe and even purchased his Vital soundbank pack, so I more than likely have that pad and just didn't realize it. I especially enjoyed the technique of staggering the pads so that the chordal variations add texture to the piece. Thank you again, Ian!

[@IanWaugh]

@@jimrogers7425 Happy you found it useful 👍