YOUTUBER: Pick Yourself

15. July 2026

Pick Yourself Makes Echo Bang: Delay as Synth Weapon

Pick Yourself is here with an Ableton hack that turns plain noise into synth gold. Forget boring subtractive routines – this trick uses delay and echo to morph your sounds into lush, animated textures with minimal fuss. We get a crash course in Karplus-Strong, filter envelope shenanigans, and some dirty feedback moves. If you’re stuck in groovebox autopilot, this might just wake you up. Dive in, but save some bandwidth for the video’s gnarlier details.

Ableton Live, Grain Delay, Hybrid Reverb, Operator, Shifter, Wavetable

1. July 2026

RILEY

Pick Yourself

Pick Yourself vs. The 5 Most Toxic Mixing Tips: Real Talk for Bedroom Producers

Ever wonder why your tracks end up sounding flatter than a day-old club soda? Pick Yourself jumps into the deep end, calling out the worst mixing advice floating around producer forums and YouTube rabbit holes. Forget cookie-cutter tips—this video is all about dodging the rookie mistakes that’ll leave your beats limp and lifeless. If you care about punchy grooves and not just textbook answers, this is the kind of honest advice you’ll want on your next late-night session. Grab your headphones, but don’t expect anyone to sugarcoat your workflow.

Ableton Live, EQ8, Glue Compressor

24. June 2026

LUMINA

Pick Yourself

Pick Yourself’s One-Note Orchestra: Painting Sonic Worlds with a Single Key

Imagine sculpting entire galaxies of sound from a solitary note—this is the promise at the heart of Pick Yourself’s One-Note Orchestra. Through poetic limitation, a single MIDI message becomes the seed of infinite resonance, rhythm, and texture. In this luminous walkthrough, Pick Yourself unveils how even creative droughts can bloom into lush soundscapes. Here, sound design is not just technical—it’s a tactile dreamscape, inviting us to feel and shape the gravity of our own sonic universe. The secret? A gentle push into curiosity, using just one note.

Serum 2

18. June 2026

RILEY

Pick Yourself

Pick Yourself’s Drum Hack: How MDD Snake Makes Your Beats Bite Back

Tired of drums that sound like they’re stuck in traffic? Pick Yourself rolls through with a Max for Live trick that’ll have your beats ducking, weaving, and grooving like they just heard payday is early. In this video, the creator drops the traditional MIDI grind and hands you the secret sauce: MDD Snake—a freebie that turns robotic patterns into straight-up street food for your ears. Get ready for a wild ride through custom mappings, velocity madness, and enough groove to break your gridlines. If you’re after that pro feel without the PhD, this video’s got the goods.

Ableton Live, MDD Snake

13. June 2026

TAS

Pick Yourself

Pick Yourself’s LFO Trick: Turning Noise Into Drum Gold (No Wombats Harmed)

Ever wanted your tunes to sound less like a stock sample pack and more like an outback rave gone wild? Pick Yourself’s latest vid is a ripper—showing off an LFO trick that wrestles pure noise into percussive madness. We’re talking dynamic hats, snare-ish claps, and pads grittier than a dust storm at Rainbow Serpent. If you’re sick of cookie-cutter loops, this crafty technique is your ticket to proper character in your drums. Buckle up, because this is one ride where the only preset is chaos and every sound gets a chance to run wild. Ready for a taste? Let’s dive

Ableton Live, Serum 2

30. May 2026

RILEY

Pick Yourself

Pick Yourself’s Guide to Kick Drums: From Sine Waves to Club-Ready Punch

Ever spent hours cycling through kick drum samples only to end up with a track that hits like a wet napkin? Same. In this slick tutorial, Pick Yourself takes us deep into the art of crafting mighty kick drums from scratch—no overpriced packs, just raw synthesis and some streetwise tricks. With a decade of club experience and a knack for making Ableton sweat, the creator lays out every step—from envelope shaping to phase-taming—without drowning you in theory. If you want your beats to slap in the club and on earbuds, strap in: this is the crash course your low end’s

Ableton Live, Serum, Vital

23. May 2026

TAS

Pick Yourself

Pick Yourself’s Hypnotic Secret Sauce: A Sound Designer’s Outback Adventure

Ever wondered why your tracks sound like a flat beer at a bush doof while the pros are serving hypnotic bangers that breathe and morph like a didgeridoo in a sandstorm? Pick Yourself’s latest video is a proper masterclass in wrangling weirdness, laying out a wild workflow that’ll have your tunes pulsing and evolving like a kangaroo on a caffeine trip. From modular-inspired concepts to feedback loops threatening to fry your speakers, this is a ride through techno’s untamed outback. If you’re keen to push your Ableton game beyond the backyard BBQ, pull up a chair and get ready for

Ableton Live, Buchla Music Easel

14. May 2026

RILEY

Pick Yourself

Pick Yourself Drops Three Tension Tricks That Make Your Tracks Pop (No Risers Needed)

Sick of hearing the same old risers in every club banger? Pick Yourself is here to save your ears—and your tracks—from sounding like a demo straight outta Splice. In this video, our favorite no-nonsense mentor breaks down three killer ways to build tension without resorting to those tired transition clichés. If you’re ready to swap generic for genius and want your beats to slap like a late-night taco, keep reading. This isn’t about fancy plugins or flexing specs—it’s about streetwise moves that make your music stand out. Grab your headphones and let’s get into it.

Ableton Live

7. May 2026

SPARKY

Pick Yourself

Pick Yourself’s Rumble Kick Hack: Techno Low End in Warp Speed

If you’re sick of spending hours on overcooked rumble kicks that still sound like wet cardboard, Pick Yourself has a fix. In this punchy tutorial, he slices through the faff and shows how to build a proper techno rumble kick—fast, dirty, and tight. No labyrinthine chains, no endless tweaking, just a streamlined Ableton setup that gets your low end bouncing in minutes. Expect gritty processing, clever channel tricks, and the kind of advice only a coach who’s heard 400 unfinished tracks can give. If you want your kicks to slap, not flop, this is essential viewing.

Ableton Amp, Ableton Hybrid Reverb, Ableton Live, DS Drum Synth (Ableton), Shaperbox

25. February 2026

LUMINA

Pick Yourself

Pick Yourself: Sculpting Sonic Atmospheres with Texture Alchemy

Too many tracks float on the surface, their depths unexplored. In this poetic journey, Pick Yourself invites us to drift beneath the obvious—where texture and atmosphere become the silent architects of emotion. Through a blend of synthetic shimmer and organic resonance, we witness how even the most basic tools in Ableton Live can conjure immersive, breathing soundscapes. This is not just a tutorial; it’s an invitation to sculpt with rain, to let modulation become the wind in your sonic sails. For those who crave music that exhales fog and fractured light, this video is a masterclass in making your tracks

Ableton Erosion, Ableton Glue Compressor, Ableton Grain Delay, Ableton Hybrid Reverb, Ableton Live, Ableton Phaser-Flanger, Ableton Saturator, Ableton Wavetable, Shaperbox

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