July 2023 - Sub Bass Phasing + Track Breakdown

This month i dive back into drums showing you how i put samples together, layering, rhythm, groove, buss processing and boosting the overall weight and level. 

After that I go through your sample submissions and play around resampling and having a bit of fun making new sounds and variations showing loads of little ways to get more out of your sounds and to maybe think about more creative approaches that you haven't seen before.

Included in this months bundles, I return to the rest of the samples sent in for resample submissions to mangle, rearrange, process and create a bunch of new sounds.

For the second tutorial, I go over some top tips when working with mid bass. This includes, layering, arrangement, EQing and sidechaining to help get the cleanest, most exciting sound.

Two exciting tutorials this month looking at reclaiming, enhancing and processing classic drum breaks either bringing them back to life for a modern mix or pushing the levels for a future beat.

The second looks at vocal samples, something I haven't really touched on yet, and how to clean up poor recordings, problem areas to focus on then having fun creating edits with echos, time delays and pitching for those extra ad libs and fill sections

Starting off the tutorials with a no talking video where I showcase a 'day in the life' style sound design session making all sorts of random samples to use in later projects.

For the second tutorial, as requested by so many of you, focusses on how to progress out of a loop. I talk about my theories and approaches when it comes to tension, fills, progression and energy as well as mid bass resampling and utilising the sound pallet already inside the project.

This packs tutorials look at stereo imaging, looking at ways to enhance and control width, depth and space.

Moving straight into gain staging where I give you an insight into how I level my tracks as well as controlling levels through effect chains.

Kicking this bundles tutorials off exploring experimental sound design where I transform a single percussion hit into a ethereal soundscape pad opening up so much inspiration. 

The second is about enhancing mid bass, this one was specifically designed at how to go further out of the soft synth box and bringing sounds to life but can easily be adapted to be used on samples, drum, leads etc...

Starting things off looking at turn arounds, I show a few examples inside real projects talking about sample selection, sound design sessions, tension, push pull, pauses and using whats already in your track.

In the second tutorial I go about making complex and evolving ethereal pads using a single note recording. This same technique can be applied with all sorts of musical elements and can be taken way beyond what I show in this session.

First off  for this bundles tutorials, I walk you through my track Paprika Dust for a full track breakdown of how I put the track together.

Secondly, I wanted to go deeper into the world of detuning, phasing and modulation talking some techy stuff and some fun demonstrations

The first of this bundles tutorials is a track build from scratch. I felt like the idea took a while to get going but it ended up being a nice loop with some interesting routes for inspiration.

The second tutorial focusses on sound design. I have no direction in these sessions, just to be inspired along the way and make sure to hit record for all the little cuts that might become hidden gems for a future track

Inside this bundle we have 2 exciting tutorials, starting off with a Serum how to tutorial where I go over simplifying complexity and drawing out distortion and harmonics effortlessly. 

The second tutorial focusses on how to build an intro from scratch to inspire me for a track. I look at arrangement, tension and my overall thought process for creating a vibe.

All of this plus bonus samples and 20 presets.

For the first tutorial I take you through a mixdown session for a new track focussing on drum tone, mid levels, sub control and anything else i find along the way.

The second tutorial is a sound design session where i just let the vibe take me. I look at pads, piano processing and serum bass design

For this month's tutorial I walk you through a simple pad layering technique to create rich and full music beds with interesting movement and dynamics using just one sample.

I use this technique a lot when building intro's and is a great way of adding complexity to an otherwise basic sound

This months tutorial is titled 'Glueing Sections' where i take you through 3 different simple but effective techniques to help seamlessly progress from one section to another using fills, risers, fx automation and adding space.

You can hear similar sounds and techniques across my music and are go to methods when stuck on how to progress my track and further develop my ideas.

For this month I go in depth discussing macro's and how to make simple things complex making a reverb / riser chain to create atmosphere and space with just one knob control.

This is an amazing workflow as well as creative tool offering the simplicity of being able to just automate one line for instant space, width and tension to your track.

This tutorial is about making subs inside of Serum. Through a simple set up ill guide you on how to give your subs depth and warmth as well as layering the synth.

Altering the controls on the layered version will alter the timbre of your lower mid harmonics to create exciting new modulations and dynamics

Inside this tutorial i will be going over how i make stabs and knocks using both synthesis and sample based techniques. Both are used heavily in my production from the knocks in my tracks Speed Shades and Magnum Meal, and are super fun to play around with.

Altering small settings each time can cause really interesting results that are perfect for adding rhythm to a track or emphasising a kick or snares power in the track

For this tutorial I wanted to create a drum beat from start to finish covering topics such as sample selection; picking out the right hits for tonality and layering, dynamics; how to humanise your drums, levelling and retaining transients; to make sure your drums are well balanced and peaking through the mix.

This tutorial is perfect for beginners and veterans who want to dig deeper into how i approach my drums

For this tutorial I wanted to progress last months drum tutorial by creating a song from a simple idea and taking it all the way through to a full track.

You will see how I approach creating progressional ideas to keep the track interesting and evolving as well as arrangement to have clear and concise flow from start to finish

Following on from last months full track production video, I wanted to guide you through my mixdown process and how to get a cleaner final mix.

You will see my mixdown ticklist from cleaning low end bleed to sidechaining clashing mids all the way to my masterchain bus using EQ, saturation and compression.

Following on from last months full track production video, I wanted to guide you through my mixdown process and how to get a cleaner final mix.

You will see my mixdown ticklist from cleaning low end bleed to sidechaining clashing mids all the way to my masterchain bus using EQ, saturation and compression.

Following on from last months full track production video, I wanted to guide you through my mixdown process and how to get a cleaner final mix.

You will see my mixdown ticklist from cleaning low end bleed to sidechaining clashing mids all the way to my masterchain bus using EQ, saturation and compression.

Following on from last months full track production video, I wanted to guide you through my mixdown process and how to get a cleaner final mix.

You will see my mixdown ticklist from cleaning low end bleed to sidechaining clashing mids all the way to my masterchain bus using EQ, saturation and compression.

Following on from last months full track production video, I wanted to guide you through my mixdown process and how to get a cleaner final mix.

You will see my mixdown ticklist from cleaning low end bleed to sidechaining clashing mids all the way to my masterchain bus using EQ, saturation and compression.

Following on from last months full track production video, I wanted to guide you through my mixdown process and how to get a cleaner final mix.

You will see my mixdown ticklist from cleaning low end bleed to sidechaining clashing mids all the way to my masterchain bus using EQ, saturation and compression.