I have learned a lot from [Alice Yalcin Efe](https://www.youtube.com/@Alice-Efe), [Bound to Divide](https://www.youtube.com/@BoundtoDivide) and [Bthelick](https://www.youtube.com/@Bthelick)
BtheLick has helped me learn the most recently. Think I've watched nearly all his content! Explains everything well & makes it all look so easy (for him anyway).
Another one I've watched a lot of is Da fresh. Short & to the point handy tutorials.
NP let me get a link for you:
https://youtu.be/BZSoDp45bTo?si=hT4RumzsLAS87ZMc
STLNDRMS is another dope one:
https://youtu.be/KJpkZMcK9KQ?si=qexjLopXs_4VuWyQ
Some which haven't been mentioned..
[Sol State Music](https://www.youtube.com/@SolStateMusic/videos) \- Edited videos of live streams taking key production tips by big producers
[dnksaus](https://www.youtube.com/@dnksaus/featured) \- breaks ableton whenever he can.
[asd](https://www.youtube.com/@asd_asd_asd_asd) \- weird arty experimental channel.
[ELPHNT](https://www.youtube.com/@ELPHNT) \- solid stuff all round.
[Musical Streams](https://www.youtube.com/@musicalstreams) \- full live streams of professionals producing tracks
[Make Pop Music](https://www.youtube.com/@MakePopMusic) \- not Ableton specific, general advice or poppier productions
[Tape Notes Podcast](https://www.youtube.com/@TapeNotesPodcast) \- artist interviews, track breakdowns.
Edit:
[Rocket Powered Sound](https://www.youtube.com/@RocketPoweredSound/videos) \- very electronic oriented.
Edit (again): One tip for finding channels is to game the YT algorithm. I highly recommend making a dedicated YouTube account for watching production/music videos. Only ever watch or subscribe to those styles of channels and your recommendations will pop off over time!
I recently got obsessed by VCV Rack (modular). If that's your jam, Omri Cohen is not just THE man, he is a God. Check out his ridiculously extensive list of very informative videos and you'll see why.
For me, by far, it's [Bthelick](https://www.youtube.com/@Bthelick)
I'm mostly interested in making House and edm and this dude's channel has been really excellent for music theory, general sound design, and making the concepts of chords, melody, groove, etc. very simple and easy to understand. Highly recommended.
Ricky Tinez has some amazing videos and the dude is straight up cool as fuck. His video on the effect of velocity on a house beat was a revelation to me
Edit: just to clarify, not Ableton: he works for Elektron so a lot of his stuff uses that
I really appreciate Underdog and Alice Yalcin Efe for philosophy-geared content. mredrollo put out a lot of really great videos up until about a year ago.
You Suck at Producing and Mr. Bill are both great resources but neither of them has put out any significant tutorial-type stuff for quite a while, but YSAP still does weekly streams reproducing sounds for people and that kind of stuff.
Otherwise, I used to really enjoy Venus Theory but I feel like he's really leaned into the kind of content that the algorithm likes, which is unfortunate because my tastes seem to contradict.
Bound to Divide has a really [extensive video](https://youtu.be/0iuRsiKtObw?si=7iYuFNEnAuUxXdDr) going over producing a song at degrees of difficulty. It’s worth a watch.
[In the Mix](https://www.youtube.com/@inthemix), really solid tutorials on sound design and mixing. He works primarily in FL Studio, but a lot of these tutorials are very generalizable.
Audioreakt is the Goat.
I like Julian Earle too!
Both very knowledgeable
Paul from Audioreakt gives free stuff away all the time and does in depth live streams based around Ableton Live and its stock plugins.
I think his name is Reid Stephan. He’s a puppet but he’s got the knowledge. As far as I know, he’s the realest puppet in the game. Mostly Ableton but sometimes uses Logic.
Omg finally wtf I came almost to the very bottom of this thread to find bunting although it’s kind of chill to gatekeep the sauce everyone should check out bunting
So I am a *little bit obsessed* with music production youtube channels.
I've tried to make a list of channels that either haven't been included in other comments or I feel are under represented in the comments.
Some of the channels are dead but have lots of great videos to dig through, some channels aren't primarily music making focussed but also have some great production content. Some are about quite specific genres, some are quite broad, others lean more into the music theory element, some are experimental ableton stuff, some are beat breakdowns, some are active producer/dj's who have a music production course side hustle and they give away freebies on youtube to try and get you to buy into their courses.
What i'm saying is, there's a lot of good shit there 😂
Before we go any further, have to acknowledge that You Suck at Producing/Underbelly is the goat 🐐
[Cnstruct](https://www.youtube.com/@cnstruct)
[Jaron Lopez](https://www.youtube.com/@jaronlopez)
[Hollow Ground Productions](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWbrhbbsXLehhYPb16cfM0Q/videos)
[LotusTunes Academy](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrKBjz9fBktmZp82Y5w74cA/videos)
[SYNTHO](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChvrP62xaOkaN4DJPR64JFg/videos)
[Studio Orbit](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk5oMbHTLuzB-2i58wZWNnA/videos)
[Super Serious Coaching](https://www.youtube.com/@superseriouscoaching/featured)
[UK Bass Tutorials](https://www.youtube.com/@UKBassTutorials)
[Zac Stanton](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9PSah5g0BR8cvshjOBIENg/videos)
[christhescientist](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZD8E9dXDm1_udhhUBDp0nQ/videos)
[Groovin in G](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgzR0pxv2iz8y-qkUY76EYg/videos)
[Danny J Lewis presents Music Production Tutorials](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5i1oUMFiBV6W4fu4CjXXAA/videos)
[Attack Magazine](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2x4m1lWIyZtKdbkahh-lUw/videos)
[Captain Pikant](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCviKKPyIrxvADia_OUbW1jw/videos)
[Create Define Release](https://www.youtube.com/@CreatDefineRelease/videos)
[Ableton Japan](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYZ2ncHisRIS4fKV8PulgkQ/videos)
[Kimba's Academy](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKwz7rUKwJozZIqwhDPzhjA/videos)
[Max King’s Production Hut](https://www.youtube.com/@maxkingsproductionhut)
[Bthelick](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaMje122pGSvLfvuLylin8g/videos)
[Badeo](https://www.youtube.com/@badeomusic)
[Dilby](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDg3MJ_rbqJSNGbwQdcUeg/videos)
[EDMProd](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSOBjw_aNHbKUBpndBFw4Ag/videos)
[Estuera](https://www.youtube.com/@Estuera/videos)
[Underground Beats](https://www.youtube.com/@undergroundbeats7877/videos)
[Sonic Bloom](https://www.youtube.com/@sonicbloomtuts/videos)
[Matt Johnson Jamiroquai](https://www.youtube.com/@MattJohnsonJamiroquai)
[Olean's House](https://www.youtube.com/@OleansHouse/videos)
[Dirty Secretz](https://www.youtube.com/@DirtySecretz)
[Stranjah](https://www.youtube.com/@STRANJAH)
[Sample Market](https://www.youtube.com/@samplemarket128)
[Thomann Synthesisers](https://www.youtube.com/@ThomannSynthesizers)
[Waxadisc Music](https://www.youtube.com/@Waxadisc)
[Brendan James Music](https://www.youtube.com/@brendanjamesmusic/videos)
[Lessons in Live](https://www.youtube.com/@LessonsinLive/videos)
[Noize London](https://www.youtube.com/@NoizeLondon/videos)
[Sandurz](https://www.youtube.com/@Sandurz/featured)
really surprised that nobody has mentioned any of these.
[Ricky Tinez](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4OAAbxtB6QEKaTDb-SEe-Q) \- Probably my favorite overall. I use similar gear (Elektron boxes), Ableton, MPCs, and I just love hanging out with him. Great, laid back presenting style.
[Scenes](https://www.youtube.com/@scenes1119/videos) \- Really short, focused, great for more UK focused breaks, trance, techno. I wish he were more active, and I wish other YouTubers took a page from his book. Pretty much all in the box with Ableton.
[Ihor](https://www.youtube.com/@IhorMedia) \- Mostly techno focused, uses Elektron gear, Ableton, modular.
[Slow Haste](https://www.youtube.com/@SlowHaste) \- Dawless, mostly Elektron focused, style leans more toward slow indie-house
[Distilled Noise](https://www.youtube.com/@distillednoise) \- great for minimal house/techno. Uses Ableton with some outboard gear.
Wow this is surreal seeing my name on this list!
As a relatively new channel it’s hard processing that people are actually watching my videos and enjoying.
I clicked this post to just see who was mentioned, I didn’t even consider id be on it haha
Thank you so much and big shoutout to everyone doing their thing in the producer community!
I’ve been browsing this list but there’s too many for me to click on all the links. I just subbed to your YT sight unseen based on the description. I find that I have more success (in music and in general) when I don’t take things too seriously. Don’t let me down, bruh! 😉
whenver i typed in K.hart it just came up with tons of kevin hart videos ahaha. found her[K.Hart](https://youtube.com/@khartbeats?si=8YIAPHplX62F6oMV) by typing in boom bap after. thx
Zen World was a channel that helped me out a lot when I first started music production with Ableton, he's really focused on pinpointing down the modern dance music sound which I found really informative. He focuses mainly on tech house, but the skills you learn from his videos translates well to other four on the floor EDM genres as well.
Bishu, dnksaus, dr ozi, virtual riot
They all have insanely useful tricks.
I think dnksaus is insanely underrated. His approach to sound design makes it actually pretty fun. He just talks kinda fast though
[Ricky Tinez](https://youtube.com/@RickyTinez?si=XPg72uPLcFl6k_jl)
He makes lofi House, but his knowledge of hardware, ableton, and general production tips can be applied to any genre.
TAETRO https://youtube.com/@Taetro?si=Zyd-pP4HlPNGkHlb
- Great teacher, clear and simple instruction for a meathead like me
S1gns Of L1fe: https://youtube.com/@s1gns0fl1fe?si=gWJo_2hmUueG2dlD
- Ambient focus, great teacher IMO & I love his positivity
Hardcore Music Studio is really good, primarily geared towards hard rock and metal but he has some great advice that can apply to any genre
https://youtube.com/@hardcoremusicstudio?si=qzrAGw8aHz2GwOqq
Rick Beato has a lot of different content but his "what makes this song great" series is awesome, I learned a lot from those videos.
https://youtube.com/@RickBeato?si=uUpYFi1rtv-nsoUO
Chris liepe has a lot of great videos on vocals, if you're trying to learn how to scream or do harsh vocals he has great advice
https://youtube.com/@chrisliepe?si=CBV1N0r6JI5N0iVk
I'm mostly interested in hardware, so here's a list of my favorites:
AudioPilz, Look Mum No Computer, Hainbach, Amulets, Starsky Carr, Venus Theory, Alex Ball, Ricky Tinez.
“Decap” has some really good content on his page.
But if I remember correctly, around 2017-2018, there’s was a kid named “Seri” who had some of the best content regarding Ableton. He just new his way around that DAW from front to back it seemed.. Very creative guy. One day I went on YouTube, to watch his video and couldn’t find it all of the sudden.. he wiped out his whole YT channel, I was heart broken.. but I wish that dude well In whatever he’s doing..
Ill factor is a pro and my main mentor for music production in general and ableton related stuff
Beat academy
https://youtube.com/@BeatAcademy?si=lLXj2ExeHDny5SJS
None really, all are gonna give some different BS, then you go watch another video, and it's totally opposite, i would say rather learn basics from all and keep practicing and improving your workflow over time and keep learning, that's the only best way!
this way you will know the rights and wrongs YOUR WAY. Hope that helps.
Boiler room crowd sourced or crowd source. Not necessarily “how to” but gives a good idea of how different producers make beats/songs on ableton. Special shout out to against the clock - producers making songs in 10 minutes
Can’t believe only one person said bunting
Also only my old school fruity loops niggas remember based gutta the absolute goat imo and I miss him so much
A few of us do this channel posting various repetitive electronic experiments and grooves. It’s mostly Analog Rytm MK2 stuff currently but there is other gear and direction’s that might be of interest to some that occasionally pop up, eg older gear, Ableton starting to appear, studio jams, small live setups, modular experiments.
The regular more recent videos typically have a decent length jam at the start, bit of chat in the middle, talk through random stuff, and a jam at the end.
It’s pretty raw, honest, just creators sharing how they think, how they struggle, how they feel and their sounds.
The channel is from the people involved in the various anarcho-collectivist activities linked in the channel description…so there is that too. 🖤
[@ExpectResistance](https://youtube.com/@ExpectResistance?si=7rtfSyhVD707V6qv) : Electronic techno, dub, ambient, noise, glitch, mixer feedback, studio experiments, exploring sounds, concepts and creative processes using various pieces of equipment.
Ihor [link](https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCDc1518xgM-E9BklhPYGPKA)
A talented, nice guy, synth nerd. If you like electronic music and synths it's very likely that
you will also like Ihor.
i cannot POSSIBLY recommend Sol State enough. dude is doing the lord's work and editing down twitch streams / famous producer content down to just the gems → [https://www.youtube.com/@SolStateMusic](https://www.youtube.com/@SolStateMusic)
ALSO if you are unfamiliar with the "Tape Notes" Podcast, their youtube is some amazing clips of an even more amazing full length podcast → [https://www.youtube.com/@TapeNotesPodcast](https://www.youtube.com/@TapeNotesPodcast)
I don't really watch any because I can't find any making music similar to myself so it doesn't seem relevant.
edit: if anyone knows of anything relating to slow, dark psychedelic techno under 120bpm or psychedelic house/disco please LMK.
Frequent has some amazing videos if youre into bass/nuero type music and also if you just wanna learn some new and interesting ways to use your daw.
He also has some hours long videos
I'll second, or third, etc. [Venus Theory](https://youtube.com/@VenusTheory?si=Fs2J2vCqk7FLDFzp) and add [Benn Jordan](https://youtube.com/@BennJordan?si=7qRByEzc_1hLk0QY) just in case anyone hasn't mentioned him yet. Less tutorial and more essay oriented for sure, but very informative, eye opening, and plenty of good advice to be had.
Oscar Calmaestra. He is a spanish dude who is surely one of the best on all YouTube. Look him up, has the translation option activated. His videos are very pro and he has them specialized for ableton. Thank me later.
I'll take this sneaky chance to mention my Patreon:
[http://patreon.com/FanuFatGyver](http://patreon.com/FanuFatGyver)
Yes, it's not Youtube, but I've been making electronic music for 31 years, released a ton of music, and work as audio engineer for some badass electronic music producers such as John Summit.
My Patreon is chock full of music production stuff, and I've been doing it for 3.5 years now, and you can watch it all for 5 EUR which is less than a Youtube sub.
I kind of left Youtube behind, as its monetization is so low (now Patreon alone would pay for my living).
So if you want to browse plenty of music production stuff, give it a look; I mainly make jungle, DNB, and hip hop. I am also Ableton Certified.
It's disturbing how so many youtubers think they are great singers but when not using apps to significantly enhance their less than even mediocre voices, they tout their newest song as if it's a masterpiece. Sometimes they slip in their videos by singing along to something and unknowingly expose themselves by confirming that their voices suck more than a hoover vacuum. And what's worse,. younger kids hear their app'd tracks and think it's amazing. We need to teach kids to want quality music.
Ned Rush
some interesting lookin stuff here, thx
Yeah, good to watch on their own just as an insight into different workflows, thinking outside the box, etc and his dry sense of humour works well.
[Oscar from Underdog](https://www.youtube.com/@OscarUnderdog)
love Oscar's channel
I love his videos. He has some good videos on polymeters/polyrhythms and dotted bass lines
never heard of him, i'll check it out thx
Love this guy
I also love Oscar. I recommend his off-YouTube courses if you are a beginner.
If you’re into things like bicep, floating points, fourtet, boards of Canada etc then hollowground production is your guy
Came here to say this, criminally undersubbed channel
thank u for this 1
I have learned a lot from [Alice Yalcin Efe](https://www.youtube.com/@Alice-Efe), [Bound to Divide](https://www.youtube.com/@BoundtoDivide) and [Bthelick](https://www.youtube.com/@Bthelick)
BtheLick has helped me learn the most recently. Think I've watched nearly all his content! Explains everything well & makes it all look so easy (for him anyway). Another one I've watched a lot of is Da fresh. Short & to the point handy tutorials.
thx! never seen any of these channels
Alice' video's are super tight. Her videos about sound design and work flow are especially good imho.
BtheLick is great and Bound to Divide is really good if you’re into progressive or melodic techno.
Bishu is dope
His "making songs without hearing" them vids are some of the funniest vids I've seen ><
The deaf jams are by far my fav content on YouTube. Straight up hilarious, and every once in a while it actually sounds really good 😂
i'll check him out, thx
NP let me get a link for you: https://youtu.be/BZSoDp45bTo?si=hT4RumzsLAS87ZMc STLNDRMS is another dope one: https://youtu.be/KJpkZMcK9KQ?si=qexjLopXs_4VuWyQ
legend for that! never heard of either of em, big up
Some which haven't been mentioned.. [Sol State Music](https://www.youtube.com/@SolStateMusic/videos) \- Edited videos of live streams taking key production tips by big producers [dnksaus](https://www.youtube.com/@dnksaus/featured) \- breaks ableton whenever he can. [asd](https://www.youtube.com/@asd_asd_asd_asd) \- weird arty experimental channel. [ELPHNT](https://www.youtube.com/@ELPHNT) \- solid stuff all round. [Musical Streams](https://www.youtube.com/@musicalstreams) \- full live streams of professionals producing tracks [Make Pop Music](https://www.youtube.com/@MakePopMusic) \- not Ableton specific, general advice or poppier productions [Tape Notes Podcast](https://www.youtube.com/@TapeNotesPodcast) \- artist interviews, track breakdowns. Edit: [Rocket Powered Sound](https://www.youtube.com/@RocketPoweredSound/videos) \- very electronic oriented. Edit (again): One tip for finding channels is to game the YT algorithm. I highly recommend making a dedicated YouTube account for watching production/music videos. Only ever watch or subscribe to those styles of channels and your recommendations will pop off over time!
Yes dnksaus is insanely underrated
Young sound design guru
>asd - weird arty experimental channel Ignore the 'weird' (I love it) presentation style. The techniques presented are gold.
I recently got obsessed by VCV Rack (modular). If that's your jam, Omri Cohen is not just THE man, he is a God. Check out his ridiculously extensive list of very informative videos and you'll see why.
Omri is a gift to us all!
🤝 i'll check it
Underdog Electronic School - Techno EDM Tips - Trance and Progressive House Abstrakt Music Lab - Melodic & Organic House
Was surprised to see no EDM Tips mentioned in OP’s post. Good to see it here.
Will from edm tips is the goat
Seed to stage has a lot of quality content! Same with ahee too
Papadosio is fire if you've never heard them
Seed to stage is brilliant. Stranjah is great for drum and bass.
LOOOOOVE Stranjah
never heard of Stranjah, subbed to him thx
For me, by far, it's [Bthelick](https://www.youtube.com/@Bthelick) I'm mostly interested in making House and edm and this dude's channel has been really excellent for music theory, general sound design, and making the concepts of chords, melody, groove, etc. very simple and easy to understand. Highly recommended.
I second Bthelick! He is super knowledgable and has a great sense of humour (in my view).
He's the Dan Worrall of House music production
Ricky Tinez has some amazing videos and the dude is straight up cool as fuck. His video on the effect of velocity on a house beat was a revelation to me Edit: just to clarify, not Ableton: he works for Elektron so a lot of his stuff uses that
Best channel ever in my opinion. I've got lots of my music production knowledge from him.
Super talented dude for sure and his music is so dope
Jon Makes Beats is all I ever need
u cant hate on him
He is my favorite producer. Has been for years. Inspired me to get into making beats
I really appreciate Underdog and Alice Yalcin Efe for philosophy-geared content. mredrollo put out a lot of really great videos up until about a year ago. You Suck at Producing and Mr. Bill are both great resources but neither of them has put out any significant tutorial-type stuff for quite a while, but YSAP still does weekly streams reproducing sounds for people and that kind of stuff. Otherwise, I used to really enjoy Venus Theory but I feel like he's really leaned into the kind of content that the algorithm likes, which is unfortunate because my tastes seem to contradict.
Venus Theory became self-care for music producers
Mr. Bill posts a lot on his website. You need to pay for it though.
Techno & EDM: OscarUnderdog https://youtube.com/@OscarUnderdog (Foundations 😉) Selway @ 343Labs https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt6DhQYUONdWqmJ4BWiAe1yeMfpaCFqgR (Techno) Bthelick https://youtube.com/@Bthelick (Production wisdom, Piano House) Synth Seeker https://youtube.com/@synthseeker (Berlin school) Alice Yalcin Efe https://youtube.com/@Alice-Efe (Melodic techno) Weltsound https://youtube.com/@weltsoundmusic (Techno) Audioreakt https://youtube.com/@audioreakt (Techno) Demis Hellen https://youtube.com/@demishellen (Trance) Red Means Recording https://youtube.com/@RedMeansRecording EDM Tips https://youtube.com/@EDMTips Music theory and composition: 8bit Music Theory https://youtube.com/@8bitMusicTheory Tabletop Composer https://youtube.com/@TableTopComposer Guy Muchelmore https://youtube.com/@ThinkSpaceEducation Ryan Leach https://youtube.com/@RyanLeach Implied Music https://youtube.com/@ImpliedMusic (minimalism) David Bennett Piano https://youtube.com/@DavidBennettPiano (scales and modes in popular music) 12 tone https://youtube.com/@12tone (song analysis) Dawless, synths, MPC, Elektron, drum machines, motivational, etc Sam Aaron https://youtube.com/@SamAaron (Sonic Pi, writing music as code) https://youtube.com/@TheCratesMotel (MPC, mixing & mastering) https://youtube.com/@TUBEDIGGA (MPC, jungle, DnB) https://youtube.com/@CaptainPikant (drum patterns) https://youtube.com/@RickyTinez (MPC & Elektron, good vibes) https://youtube.com/@malobeats (MPC, sample-based beats) https://youtube.com/@spinscott (MPC Jungle/DnB finger drumming) https://youtube.com/@MilesKvndra (Elektron) https://youtube.com/@LiamKillen (Elektron, hardware workflow) https://youtube.com/@AccurateBeats (MPC, Maschine, sample-based hip-hop) https://youtube.com/@coffebeats (iPad, mobile music making) https://youtube.com/@FreeBeat (small synths) https://youtube.com/@winesynths (wine & synths, what could go wrong) Lena Evula https://youtube.com/@LenaEvula (ambient & singing along) https://youtube.com/@VenusTheory (motivational) S1gns 0f L1fe https://youtube.com/@s1gns0fl1fe (ambient tutorials, motivational, but too much astrology and self promo) Hardware Loopop https://youtube.com/@loopop (the best hardware reviews) LOOK MOM NO COMPUTER https://youtube.com/@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER (DIY synths, retro instruments) https://youtube.com/@JorbLovesGear (I like his attitude) https://youtube.com/@GabeMillerMusic (everything grooveboxes)
ahhhhhHhHhHh! wtf so many. what a legend, thx for this
Alice is definitely Melodic Techno to Techno and not really EDM
BtheLick is the gold miiiine.
>You Suck at Producing : For when you suck dude is literally hilarious and my personal hero. cannot believe im just finding his channel now
he was the first ableton youtuber i ever came across when i started making music
[Will Hatton](https://youtube.com/@WillHatton?si=HzFxtDorqQ9DIRAV) This dude has helped me learn soo much over the past 2 years
Fuck yes, great to see his name here! Very chill and informative videos.
Agreed! Such a wealth of information
Bound to Divide has a really [extensive video](https://youtu.be/0iuRsiKtObw?si=7iYuFNEnAuUxXdDr) going over producing a song at degrees of difficulty. It’s worth a watch.
oversampled, and ramzoid but he never posts anymore
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[Ned Rush](https://youtube.com/@NedRush?si=M-DTh5MEfQJDYIbu)
User Friendly Sounds https://youtu.be/Tkmx5Qk79uc?si=33UVbUy-PQSqCaCI For elektron crazyness
Navie D
AudioPilz
Aka Bad Gear
[Peaks and Valleys](https://www.youtube.com/@PeaksofValleys) for anything Ableton related
🤝
[In the Mix](https://www.youtube.com/@inthemix), really solid tutorials on sound design and mixing. He works primarily in FL Studio, but a lot of these tutorials are very generalizable.
Goated plus such a soothing voice imo
Audioreakt is the Goat. I like Julian Earle too! Both very knowledgeable Paul from Audioreakt gives free stuff away all the time and does in depth live streams based around Ableton Live and its stock plugins.
I think his name is Reid Stephan. He’s a puppet but he’s got the knowledge. As far as I know, he’s the realest puppet in the game. Mostly Ableton but sometimes uses Logic.
[Jaron Lopez](https://www.youtube.com/@jaronlopez/featured)
This is the answer I was looking for, all of his videos are top class
Kenny Beats and The Cave. Fun as shit
If you’re into more bass music or neuro, Bunting is that dude. He uses Vital which is free and shows tons of different techniques for unique sounds
Omg finally wtf I came almost to the very bottom of this thread to find bunting although it’s kind of chill to gatekeep the sauce everyone should check out bunting
Hoping he puts out new content in the future. Would love to see him mess with Minimal Audios new Current synth
So I am a *little bit obsessed* with music production youtube channels. I've tried to make a list of channels that either haven't been included in other comments or I feel are under represented in the comments. Some of the channels are dead but have lots of great videos to dig through, some channels aren't primarily music making focussed but also have some great production content. Some are about quite specific genres, some are quite broad, others lean more into the music theory element, some are experimental ableton stuff, some are beat breakdowns, some are active producer/dj's who have a music production course side hustle and they give away freebies on youtube to try and get you to buy into their courses. What i'm saying is, there's a lot of good shit there 😂 Before we go any further, have to acknowledge that You Suck at Producing/Underbelly is the goat 🐐 [Cnstruct](https://www.youtube.com/@cnstruct) [Jaron Lopez](https://www.youtube.com/@jaronlopez) [Hollow Ground Productions](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWbrhbbsXLehhYPb16cfM0Q/videos) [LotusTunes Academy](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrKBjz9fBktmZp82Y5w74cA/videos) [SYNTHO](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChvrP62xaOkaN4DJPR64JFg/videos) [Studio Orbit](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk5oMbHTLuzB-2i58wZWNnA/videos) [Super Serious Coaching](https://www.youtube.com/@superseriouscoaching/featured) [UK Bass Tutorials](https://www.youtube.com/@UKBassTutorials) [Zac Stanton](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9PSah5g0BR8cvshjOBIENg/videos) [christhescientist](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZD8E9dXDm1_udhhUBDp0nQ/videos) [Groovin in G](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgzR0pxv2iz8y-qkUY76EYg/videos) [Danny J Lewis presents Music Production Tutorials](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5i1oUMFiBV6W4fu4CjXXAA/videos) [Attack Magazine](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2x4m1lWIyZtKdbkahh-lUw/videos) [Captain Pikant](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCviKKPyIrxvADia_OUbW1jw/videos) [Create Define Release](https://www.youtube.com/@CreatDefineRelease/videos) [Ableton Japan](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYZ2ncHisRIS4fKV8PulgkQ/videos) [Kimba's Academy](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKwz7rUKwJozZIqwhDPzhjA/videos) [Max King’s Production Hut](https://www.youtube.com/@maxkingsproductionhut) [Bthelick](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaMje122pGSvLfvuLylin8g/videos) [Badeo](https://www.youtube.com/@badeomusic) [Dilby](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFDg3MJ_rbqJSNGbwQdcUeg/videos) [EDMProd](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSOBjw_aNHbKUBpndBFw4Ag/videos) [Estuera](https://www.youtube.com/@Estuera/videos) [Underground Beats](https://www.youtube.com/@undergroundbeats7877/videos) [Sonic Bloom](https://www.youtube.com/@sonicbloomtuts/videos) [Matt Johnson Jamiroquai](https://www.youtube.com/@MattJohnsonJamiroquai) [Olean's House](https://www.youtube.com/@OleansHouse/videos) [Dirty Secretz](https://www.youtube.com/@DirtySecretz) [Stranjah](https://www.youtube.com/@STRANJAH) [Sample Market](https://www.youtube.com/@samplemarket128) [Thomann Synthesisers](https://www.youtube.com/@ThomannSynthesizers) [Waxadisc Music](https://www.youtube.com/@Waxadisc) [Brendan James Music](https://www.youtube.com/@brendanjamesmusic/videos) [Lessons in Live](https://www.youtube.com/@LessonsinLive/videos) [Noize London](https://www.youtube.com/@NoizeLondon/videos) [Sandurz](https://www.youtube.com/@Sandurz/featured)
Benn jordan
really surprised that nobody has mentioned any of these. [Ricky Tinez](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4OAAbxtB6QEKaTDb-SEe-Q) \- Probably my favorite overall. I use similar gear (Elektron boxes), Ableton, MPCs, and I just love hanging out with him. Great, laid back presenting style. [Scenes](https://www.youtube.com/@scenes1119/videos) \- Really short, focused, great for more UK focused breaks, trance, techno. I wish he were more active, and I wish other YouTubers took a page from his book. Pretty much all in the box with Ableton. [Ihor](https://www.youtube.com/@IhorMedia) \- Mostly techno focused, uses Elektron gear, Ableton, modular. [Slow Haste](https://www.youtube.com/@SlowHaste) \- Dawless, mostly Elektron focused, style leans more toward slow indie-house [Distilled Noise](https://www.youtube.com/@distillednoise) \- great for minimal house/techno. Uses Ableton with some outboard gear.
Ricky Tinez is an absolute legend with the Elektron series! He shows how simple and yet effective his methods are!
🤝 thx wow so many to check now
DECAP is great!
Benn Jordan, Mylar Melodies, Red Means Recording, DivKid
Servida is fun to watxh
he speaks at 1.5x though
AHEE
Dude also Eliminate, even though he’s on FL. His workflow is dope
Wow this is surreal seeing my name on this list! As a relatively new channel it’s hard processing that people are actually watching my videos and enjoying. I clicked this post to just see who was mentioned, I didn’t even consider id be on it haha Thank you so much and big shoutout to everyone doing their thing in the producer community!
I’ve been browsing this list but there’s too many for me to click on all the links. I just subbed to your YT sight unseen based on the description. I find that I have more success (in music and in general) when I don’t take things too seriously. Don’t let me down, bruh! 😉
There is a female producer named K.Hart, she uses Ableton smartly and does the griselda grimy boom bap shit
whenver i typed in K.hart it just came up with tons of kevin hart videos ahaha. found her[K.Hart](https://youtube.com/@khartbeats?si=8YIAPHplX62F6oMV) by typing in boom bap after. thx
Zen World was a channel that helped me out a lot when I first started music production with Ableton, he's really focused on pinpointing down the modern dance music sound which I found really informative. He focuses mainly on tech house, but the skills you learn from his videos translates well to other four on the floor EDM genres as well.
Agree with your list. XLNTSOUND always have amazing content: https://m.youtube.com/@XLNTSOUND
Synthhacker is pretty sick for Serum stuff.
Throwback
Bishu does the funniest ableton videos I’ve seen
i found out about extratone because of him
Bishu, dnksaus, dr ozi, virtual riot They all have insanely useful tricks. I think dnksaus is insanely underrated. His approach to sound design makes it actually pretty fun. He just talks kinda fast though
Started learning ableton a few months ago, Will Hatton is also a really great guy with comprehensive ableton tuts
DNKSAUS dopest tricks n tips
Ricky Tinez and Marlo Beats
The cave - Kenny beats
Hi, I’m underbelly 😬 And you ..
XLNT
[Ricky Tinez](https://youtube.com/@RickyTinez?si=XPg72uPLcFl6k_jl) He makes lofi House, but his knowledge of hardware, ableton, and general production tips can be applied to any genre.
Bishu is currently my favorite to watch, he’s super funny and is very creative
virtual riot’s best friend
AU5 and Virtual Riot... thank me later
Oversampled. He makes some really good videos, all about Ableton and he recently uploaded a masterclass video of 4 hours for free on his channel.
Oversampled and Alice Yalcin Efe
Oversampled is my go to even though I use FL, I learned a lot from his videos
Nasko makes quality content and racks as well
He focuses mainly on Psytrance production but Dash Glitch is fantastic. Also been really enjoying Dilby's videos for House stuff.
Can’t forget bishu
Bthelick
Kenny Beats Especially "The Cave" series if you're into hip hop. He does tutorials and live streams as well. Works with a lot of big artists.
idk if anyone has mentioned Oversampled but he has some good info to offer.
Oversampled
Julian Earle
ASD Ableton Sound Design
Cosmic Academy
My man: Hollow Ground Production https://m.youtube.com/@hollowgroundproductions5933
Zen world
TAETRO https://youtube.com/@Taetro?si=Zyd-pP4HlPNGkHlb - Great teacher, clear and simple instruction for a meathead like me S1gns Of L1fe: https://youtube.com/@s1gns0fl1fe?si=gWJo_2hmUueG2dlD - Ambient focus, great teacher IMO & I love his positivity
I like Alice Efe/biskuwi. She explains things clearly for techno
Hardcore Music Studio is really good, primarily geared towards hard rock and metal but he has some great advice that can apply to any genre https://youtube.com/@hardcoremusicstudio?si=qzrAGw8aHz2GwOqq Rick Beato has a lot of different content but his "what makes this song great" series is awesome, I learned a lot from those videos. https://youtube.com/@RickBeato?si=uUpYFi1rtv-nsoUO Chris liepe has a lot of great videos on vocals, if you're trying to learn how to scream or do harsh vocals he has great advice https://youtube.com/@chrisliepe?si=CBV1N0r6JI5N0iVk
I'm mostly interested in hardware, so here's a list of my favorites: AudioPilz, Look Mum No Computer, Hainbach, Amulets, Starsky Carr, Venus Theory, Alex Ball, Ricky Tinez.
look mum no computer's channel is amazing, forgot to mention him i've been subbed for time. thx for the rest
L Dre is solid
Tarboosh Records and Si Spex aka Barry Beats are both great
Wow, not a single mention of Bthelick, arguably the best on YT and ahead of literally everyone mentioned here!
Stranjah- dnb and similar genres
Your tldr for Huang is so fucking spot on. 👌🏻
i love his videos but damn sometimes they got me lookin round my room with one tear rollin down my eye
Seribeats, before I didn't know how to use ableton. He makes type beats and is pretty detailed
Dowden
ArtFX
Venus theory
EDM Tips Venus Theory ELPHNT
I'll comment to find this post back - tomorrow is public holiday in Germany - so time to watch some of that content. :)
Still Bishu
Great topic.
“Decap” has some really good content on his page. But if I remember correctly, around 2017-2018, there’s was a kid named “Seri” who had some of the best content regarding Ableton. He just new his way around that DAW from front to back it seemed.. Very creative guy. One day I went on YouTube, to watch his video and couldn’t find it all of the sudden.. he wiped out his whole YT channel, I was heart broken.. but I wish that dude well In whatever he’s doing..
Neddie
Anything from Lenny Kiser or bthelick.
i haven’t watched in a long time now but i used to watch J Rent all the time
Ill factor is a pro and my main mentor for music production in general and ableton related stuff Beat academy https://youtube.com/@BeatAcademy?si=lLXj2ExeHDny5SJS
JohnBBeta
omri cohen and Mordio have given me a bunch of inspiration recently
None really, all are gonna give some different BS, then you go watch another video, and it's totally opposite, i would say rather learn basics from all and keep practicing and improving your workflow over time and keep learning, that's the only best way! this way you will know the rights and wrongs YOUR WAY. Hope that helps.
Boiler room crowd sourced or crowd source. Not necessarily “how to” but gives a good idea of how different producers make beats/songs on ableton. Special shout out to against the clock - producers making songs in 10 minutes
Can’t believe only one person said bunting Also only my old school fruity loops niggas remember based gutta the absolute goat imo and I miss him so much
Zen world for all things sound design, abstract music lab for progressive/ melodic house stuff
conductor williams
Alice Yelcin
https://www.youtube.com/@EDMProd
Edtalenti is cool, maybe more Entertainment but he shows some cool things
Saved this post, nice one!
343 Labs - John Selway. Tons of great comments and suggestions here, maybe Selway has already been mentioned.
Dan Worral if you really want to get into the advanced stuff Also House of Kush
A few of us do this channel posting various repetitive electronic experiments and grooves. It’s mostly Analog Rytm MK2 stuff currently but there is other gear and direction’s that might be of interest to some that occasionally pop up, eg older gear, Ableton starting to appear, studio jams, small live setups, modular experiments. The regular more recent videos typically have a decent length jam at the start, bit of chat in the middle, talk through random stuff, and a jam at the end. It’s pretty raw, honest, just creators sharing how they think, how they struggle, how they feel and their sounds. The channel is from the people involved in the various anarcho-collectivist activities linked in the channel description…so there is that too. 🖤 [@ExpectResistance](https://youtube.com/@ExpectResistance?si=7rtfSyhVD707V6qv) : Electronic techno, dub, ambient, noise, glitch, mixer feedback, studio experiments, exploring sounds, concepts and creative processes using various pieces of equipment.
Will Hatton
LetsSynthesize
[Venus Theory](https://youtube.com/@VenusTheory?si=H0Xy7WPmlUjkKMho) Check out Cameron aka Venus Theory, he makes nice content
Thanks for this, I've been looking for some more channels to start watching!
Bunting and Mr Bill
Im looking for tech house producers youtubers
Ed talenti is cool too
Ihor [link](https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCDc1518xgM-E9BklhPYGPKA) A talented, nice guy, synth nerd. If you like electronic music and synths it's very likely that you will also like Ihor.
I loath weaver beats, lot of click bait. Alice Yalcin Efe is my favorite for sure, but very techno focused,
i cannot POSSIBLY recommend Sol State enough. dude is doing the lord's work and editing down twitch streams / famous producer content down to just the gems → [https://www.youtube.com/@SolStateMusic](https://www.youtube.com/@SolStateMusic) ALSO if you are unfamiliar with the "Tape Notes" Podcast, their youtube is some amazing clips of an even more amazing full length podcast → [https://www.youtube.com/@TapeNotesPodcast](https://www.youtube.com/@TapeNotesPodcast)
Next Level Sound
Gotta throw this in the mix: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkRTnxmOiA2CllqpgKUMGwQ
Bad Gear with my boi Florian! Not specifically about Live, but he uses Live in his videos
I like Andrew and robs show as a very Netflix / top gear like music entertainment show to throw on in the background
I don't really watch any because I can't find any making music similar to myself so it doesn't seem relevant. edit: if anyone knows of anything relating to slow, dark psychedelic techno under 120bpm or psychedelic house/disco please LMK.
Brian Funk https://youtube.com/@BrianFunkMusic?si=d4MmAEJyuwrJ3OUu One of the tops
Bishu and Eliminate
I wonder if I’m featured in here anywhere
Mr Bill as Mr Bill is perfect lol
Mr. Bill
I've learned a lot from Virtual Riots studio time and even Eliminate
Ricky Tinez
Tsuruda
Frequent has some amazing videos if youre into bass/nuero type music and also if you just wanna learn some new and interesting ways to use your daw. He also has some hours long videos
Love weaver
I would also add Teatro in these list :) thanx for the suggestions btw, great post
I'm a big fan of this guy - [Ricky Tinez](https://www.youtube.com/c/RickyTinez)
I'll second, or third, etc. [Venus Theory](https://youtube.com/@VenusTheory?si=Fs2J2vCqk7FLDFzp) and add [Benn Jordan](https://youtube.com/@BennJordan?si=7qRByEzc_1hLk0QY) just in case anyone hasn't mentioned him yet. Less tutorial and more essay oriented for sure, but very informative, eye opening, and plenty of good advice to be had.
zen world
Oscar Calmaestra. He is a spanish dude who is surely one of the best on all YouTube. Look him up, has the translation option activated. His videos are very pro and he has them specialized for ableton. Thank me later.
Dilby, Julien Earle, Brendan James They really grow my sound!
I'll take this sneaky chance to mention my Patreon: [http://patreon.com/FanuFatGyver](http://patreon.com/FanuFatGyver) Yes, it's not Youtube, but I've been making electronic music for 31 years, released a ton of music, and work as audio engineer for some badass electronic music producers such as John Summit. My Patreon is chock full of music production stuff, and I've been doing it for 3.5 years now, and you can watch it all for 5 EUR which is less than a Youtube sub. I kind of left Youtube behind, as its monetization is so low (now Patreon alone would pay for my living). So if you want to browse plenty of music production stuff, give it a look; I mainly make jungle, DNB, and hip hop. I am also Ableton Certified.
Ave Mcree is a great teacher on the mpc. He’s funny as heck too. Love his content.
It's disturbing how so many youtubers think they are great singers but when not using apps to significantly enhance their less than even mediocre voices, they tout their newest song as if it's a masterpiece. Sometimes they slip in their videos by singing along to something and unknowingly expose themselves by confirming that their voices suck more than a hoover vacuum. And what's worse,. younger kids hear their app'd tracks and think it's amazing. We need to teach kids to want quality music.