Product Description

In this tutorial series, I show you the ways I have been choosing and processing my kicks from years of trial and error, from all the tracks I’ve produced as Allen & Envy, to how I’m producing my music now! With a Beatport Number 1 for a month, 19 Top 10’s and 129 Top 100’s on just my own music, as well as hundreds of engineered tracks, as well as over 20 million Spotify streams, these are the processes I use on my own music, the music I engineer that I want to share with you to help your productions! This video is recorded in FL Studio, however, if you do not use this DAW all the processes and techniques I use can easily be transferred to the DAW you use!

Who is this tutorial for

This masterclass is for artists who want to learn trance music production, work faster and improve their sound at the same time. Overall, it’s intended for artists who are curious about the steps required for making a full trance production. In addition, it’s also suited for anyone looking for inspiration for their own trance music. It’s aimed at FL Studio users, but the tricks you will learn can also be applied in any DAW.

What will be covered in the tutorial:

• Importance of thinking about what kind of sound we want
• What I look for in the kick samples I choose
• Making the kick mono and what to look for to check if its already mono or not
• Gain staging & why its important – Adding saturation if needed
• Checking the key of the kick
• Kick EQ
• Removing problem frequencies if needed
• Shaping the kick
• Manipulating transients
• Checking how the kick was made if a sample, and if there has been any processing added to it
• Compressing the kick if needed

Frequently asked questions

How long is the Tutorial?

The length of the video is 26 minutes.

I’m using another DAW, not FL Studio. Can I still benefit from buying this tutorial?

Yes, you can still learn the concepts and techniques that Steve showcases in this tutorial, and apply them in your own DAW.

About Steve Allen

Very few can boast that they created a ‘Classic Trance Anthem’ in their studio, that accolade is one of many that Steve Allen can claim! During Steve’s time as the producer and DJ within the project ‘Allen & Envy’ Steve managed to create a number of global hits including ‘Silhouette’, ‘Stole The Sun’, ‘Don’t Say’, ‘Home’, ‘Rush’, ‘Rescue Me’ and ‘Kardia’. He created regular music for Armada, Black Hole, Future Sound Of Egypt, Garuda, Flashover, Pure Trance and his trance has been championed by the likes of Armin Van Buuren, Aly & Fila, Paul Van Dyk, Solarstone and countless others! It comes as no surprise why Steve’s productions have dominated the Beatport charts for the last 5 years, with the ‘Allen & Envy’ project reaching Top10 status on Beatstats Artists, a chart of the best selling acts on Beatport over a 12 month period! But Steve’s talents don’t just lie in the studio, playing his productions at the worlds biggest events is something that drives and motivates him! This was topped off with a producer set at the launch of “Transmission Melbourne” in front of a sold out 8,000 fans! Other notable European shows include A State of Trance 650 – Utrecht, The Street Parade – Geneva, Luminosity Beach Festival – Holland, Colors Festival – UK, Quest 4 Trance – Holland, Godskitchen – UK, Gatecrasher – UK, RONG – UK, Goodgreef – UK, Zoom – UK, Trance Sanctuary – UK, Passion – UK, Remedy – UK and many more. On an international scale, Steve has toured Australia, Canada and the United States, where Allen & Envy was chosen to perform at the world’s first ever Dreamstate, an Insomniac Brand that is dedicated to curating stages and events unique to the exploding genre of Trance! The list of international dance hubs goes on that Steve has played having reached fans in LA at Exchange, Ruby Skye of San Francisco, Soundbar in Chicago, Room 680 in Melbourne and more recently at FSOE450 in UK and Taiwan! Now, the solo path beckons, with Steve’s first release – a remix of Christina Novelli’s “Where We Began” on Garuda just around the corner, and countless more releases forthcoming on the scene’s biggest labels, its clear that there is so much more to come from this talented artist!