Track Breakdown: Viridian Dream
Added 2020-08-06 09:58:13 +0000 UTCHere is our first track deconstruction video! Up first is the frequently requested 'Viridian Dream'.
If you have any feedback or suggestions feel free to leave a comment below.
00:00 - Intro
05:01 - Arpeggiated Percussion
09:46 - Bass
16:48 - Drums & Foley
24:55 - Melodic Layers
34:34 - Mixing
42:56 - Arrangement
BONUS: We're giving away an earlier version of the track, download below :)
Comments
🙏 Learned quite a bit from this
Marco
2023-12-10 03:23:02 +0000 UTCThe bass fx chain is one of the most insane I have ever seen 😵💫
Jas McHugh
2022-09-29 18:20:55 +0000 UTCbro what are the specs on that computer lmao
Andy Pletch
2021-08-13 03:53:52 +0000 UTCIf this is "not to many tracks" or "less is more", I can't even imagine what a project that you would say has a lot going on looks like.
Garrett Davenport
2021-03-19 21:08:23 +0000 UTCThank you for deconstructing this.. My favorite track to date to Flow and vibe too.
Poelyte
2020-11-16 20:09:00 +0000 UTCagreed, Cobalt is insane
BOLUS
2020-09-30 22:05:39 +0000 UTCIt would be epic to have a breakdown of 7th dimension or sly fox
rafael
2020-09-02 08:09:46 +0000 UTCsuper helpful, thanks for this!
DB
2020-09-01 14:52:07 +0000 UTCWould be really cool to see how you guys go about making drums groove so well. Songs like infinite funk and chilli daddy have so much bounce with all the little ghost notes and cut up breaks, would be interesting how you arrange drums like this!
Stuart Anthony
2020-08-26 17:14:56 +0000 UTCWould absolutely love a Virtual Light breakdown at some point in the future. That one is pure ear candy.
Mike
2020-08-18 23:55:35 +0000 UTCGood idea, thanks!
KOAN Sound
2020-08-18 09:22:29 +0000 UTCAmazing deconstruction! clear and detailed! I would recommend giving some section playback preview at the beginning when jumping to different musical sections like drums to ambient sections for a clear contrast!
Edwin Kwok
2020-08-17 11:43:53 +0000 UTCAll by hand :)
KOAN Sound
2020-08-14 23:51:19 +0000 UTCMy mind was blown away when I saw that Bass Rack with the automations.
MACHINA
2020-08-13 07:50:11 +0000 UTCIt seems you two do a lot of filter & volume automation. Are you doing these all by hand or using some sort of midi controller to play in the movement at times?
Jimmy Blythe
2020-08-12 10:34:46 +0000 UTCthank you for this video!! i'd love to see Hydroplane or Drift :)
Eric Camarillo
2020-08-11 02:44:51 +0000 UTCI would also like to know lol
Rem Atmos
2020-08-10 13:00:33 +0000 UTCYou guys are brilliant! There's too much I want to say about this video--thanks for the breakdown.
TJ Ghinder
2020-08-09 19:31:08 +0000 UTCYeah! More of this stuff - this is great! :D
Ground Unit
2020-08-09 15:32:15 +0000 UTCThis is awesome... Sick project! Quick question: you guys didn't use stereo panning in this track, any other reasons on that?
ibdnbl
2020-08-09 08:11:29 +0000 UTCWould love to know the specs on your computer to run ALL that without crashing lol
Shrug
2020-08-08 21:02:03 +0000 UTCReally great video! Thanks for the upload! Will I be able to see the Sanctuary ep songs on stems or Track Deconstruction in the future? (It would be difficult since it was released 7 years ago and is a collaborative album.)
es
2020-08-07 19:33:55 +0000 UTCIt's similar yeah but a bit more processed. We did the same thing as in that tutorial except instead of starting with an operator in ableton, we played a long note on a hardware synth (prophet 6) with some saws detuning. We recorded that in ableton and applied some distortion to fatten then resampled to put in the sampler.
KOAN Sound
2020-08-07 09:17:35 +0000 UTCReally Want to see how Cobalt look like in the project file
Yip Kwan
2020-08-07 02:27:19 +0000 UTC:)
Kimble
2020-08-07 02:01:50 +0000 UTCSo sick!! Much love fellas <3
Shrug
2020-08-06 23:36:25 +0000 UTCLess is more you say Jim? HAVE YOU SEEN YOUR PROJECT!?!? Great stuff, way to much to proces :D Thank you <3
Isaac Liekens
2020-08-06 21:37:39 +0000 UTCThis has made me so happy taking a peek at this, it's just amazing thank you so much <3
Hoko
2020-08-06 21:19:16 +0000 UTCThank you guys ! Always been wondering about the way you've made that crazy "metric modulation"... Now I know the thing behind it :)
Glazork
2020-08-06 18:47:53 +0000 UTCThis to me stands out there at the top of everything that you guys have created. Thanks.
Sanial McCormick
2020-08-06 16:28:07 +0000 UTCAwesome break down! Quick question - that warping reesey bass you make through all of the automation etc - in the sampler (before all the post processing), is it the same basic reese bass as in your previous tutorial showing your methods of bass design?
Dan Wright
2020-08-06 15:27:06 +0000 UTCinsane guys thank you
Ben Bagley
2020-08-06 14:37:33 +0000 UTCy'all are insane. thank you for this.
Griffin Hall
2020-08-06 14:23:19 +0000 UTCThank you for this. :). Always wanted to see how a KOAN sound track looks like.
Eystein Askevold
2020-08-06 11:50:02 +0000 UTCThanks a lot! Love this track
Artem Andriyanov
2020-08-06 11:06:19 +0000 UTCAwesome 😁😁
Øyvind Løvskeid Taranrød
2020-08-06 10:08:33 +0000 UTC
