Frank Ocean Synths Projects

The sounds and stylings of Frank Ocean.

What it is:
Ten Ableton Live projects featuring MIDI tracks, effects chains, drum racks, and more to nail the sounds of Frank Ocean.

How we use it:
Learn the sound design behind Frank Ocean's groundbreaking recordings.

Why it's cool:
From the patches to the parts, each session provides a foundation for building your own track.These are the Ableton Projects used to create the Recreating Frank Ocean's Keys and Synths with Software Instruments article. You'll find all the tracks recreated in the tutorial, plus 'Chanel' as a bonus. In the projects, you'll find all the MIDI tracks, effects chains, layered tracks and drum racks used for the Frank Ocean recreations. Some of the original songs feature just a Wurlitzer or Rhodes electric piano accompanying Frank's voice, whereas others are more heavily layered hip-hop influenced tracks. The project for Nikes also features audio tracks from a Mellotron emulation that I explored to try recreating the ambient bridge of that track.

Contains the following Ableton Projects:

• Be Yourself
  
• Chanel
  
• Crack Rock
  
• Good Guy
  
• Nights
  
• Nikes
  
• Pyramids
  
• Thinkin Bout You
  
• White Ferrari (TAL U-NO-LX version)
  
• White Ferrari (Prophet V version)

The synth patches from the Recreating Frank Ocean's Keys and Synths with Software Instruments article, featuring the vintage synth emulations, cool electric piano tones and complex modern pads used to recreate many of Frank Ocean's key songs. This download contains all the presets used to recreate the following tracks:

Arturia Wurli V

• Be Yourself
  
• Crack Rock
  
• Good Guy

Arturia Prophet V

• Thinkin Bout You
  
• Nights
  
• White Ferrari

Arturia Mini V

• Pyramids

XFer Serum

• Nikes
  
• Chanel

TAL U-NO-LX

• White Ferrari

Compatibility
Compatability:

• Ableton 9.7 Standard
  
• Arturia Bundle
  
• Stage-73
  
• Piano
  
• Wurli
  
• Prophet
  
• Mini
  
• CMI
  
• Xfer Serum (For Chanel and Nikes)
  
• TAL U-NO-LX (For White Ferrari, though there is an alternate Prophet V version)
  
• Windows and Mac compatible
• Frank Ocean Synths Patches