
Sundog is used in this video to create the different chords and melodies. Convincing saxophone melodies can be a challenge, pluck melodies are easier to do. Saxophones, flutes, and plucks are common lead instruments.Reverb + sidechain compression are typical as well. Many tracks use a high amount of reverb for snips, claps, and lead instruments.Sidechain compression is very common, especially for the background pianos / plucks, and the bass.So do bongos and other percussion instruments.



Guitars are also good for background chords.They usually play just chords, no melodies. Pianos and pluck sounds are commonly used to build a nice background atmosphere.This tutorial concentrates on chords and melodies, because there are already quite a few tutorials available on YouTube that will tell you more about tropical house sound design, mixing, and instrument choices.
