Thomas Gold adds to his initial draft of the song covered in the previous tutorial with the basic elements of the drop. He discusses his decision making for the drop’s kick and bass sound as well as a single brass sound he included to hone in on the direction for the drop. Producers looking to speed up their workflow can find great benefit in seeing how Thomas incorporates minimal and simple yet effective elements to capture the idea for the song and keep the workflow going for the rest of the song.

Thomas now starts to incorporate layers to the basic sounds he demonstrated in earlier tutorials with enhanced bass layers and vocoders for vocals among many of the additions he has made thus far. He shows interesting mixing techniques for the kick and bass as well as sound design choices to help spice up the production. Producers looking to gain ideas on how they can make simple elements sound bigger and more interesting in their songs will find benefit in seeing how Thomas develops a simple skeleton of a song to a more fleshed out production.

Moving on from the bass sound, Thomas produces more elements into the drum section of the song. He discusses his methods for layering together drum elements such as claps and hats as well as how he incorporates subtle background sounds within the drum section to keep the song flowing over the course of its duration. Producers looking to work on their drum programming will learn a good amount from this tutorial.

In part 2 of his 3 part mastering tutorial, Thomas takes us through eq methods of the master chain. He shows his own stock setting master eq as well as discusses common techniques producers should employ to better utilize eq’s on their master chain. He also goes into how he uses a limiter at the end of his master chain and what specific parameters he aims for in completing the master. Producers looking to fine tune their masters to be a little bit more clear, loud, and high-quality can find great benefit in the details discussed in this tutorial.

Thomas discusses his favorite plug-ins as well as tips on how to better craft the story and overall arc of the songs you work on. He walks step by step through the various plugins he uses for each specific effect and discusses the benefits of each. He further explains how artists should take inspiration from a multitude of different sources when producing and how they can channel that inspiration into better storytelling within their songs. Producers can gain great insight from Thomas explaining his production arsenal of choice and his methods for developing inspiration and story within song.

In the last tutorial of this series, Thomas shows us how he approaches string sounds in his production. He shows us common plugins and tools he uses for emulating string sounds as well as processing techniques he commonly turns to for taking dry string sounds to a more interesting space. Producers who are interested or who currently use strings in their production will find great benefit with this tutorial.