Pop production duo STARGATE are behind some of the biggest hits for Rihanna, Sam Smith, Katy Perry, Beyoncé, Chris Brown, and more. We visit Stargate’s Mikkel Eriksen in his Los Angeles studio to see how Sam Smith & Normani’s “Dancing With A Stranger” and Sam Smith’s “To Die For” came together using NI KOMPLETE products like ABSYNTH, MASSIVE, UNA CORDA, SESSION STRINGS, and more.
Mikkel also makes a track from scratch using his voice and GUITAR RIG effects, as well as giving us a look inside LAAMP, Stargate’s music production school in Santa Monica.
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Find out more about Stargate’s music production school LAAMP:
https://www.laampmusic.com/
00:00 - Intro
00:57 - The making of Sam Smith & Normani “Dancing With A Stranger”
01:08 - Lead synth line with ABSYNTH 5
02:04 - Vocal layers with effects
03:06 - Bassline created in MASSIVE
04:05 - Muted guitar from Orange Tree Samples’ EVOLUTION STRAWBERRY library for KONTAKT
05:39 - Producing Sam Smith’s “To Die For”
05:50 - Airy piano riffs with UNA CORDA
06:41 - Strings from KONTAKT’s SYMPHONIC ESSENTIALS
07:10 - Filtered drums in “To Die For”
08:37 - Mikkel makes a beat from scratch with KOMPLETE
08:45 - Chord harmonies with ALICIA’S KEYS
10:20 - Creating vocal samples on a cellphone
12:33 - GUITAR RIG for vocal effects
10:08 - Adding fat sub bass with MASSIVE X
13:43 - Inside Stargate’s music school LAAMP
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