Even though it was pretty simple, it was very informative. I put this to one of the best tutorials that any music student needs. it went straight to the point and was very clear about the subject, tips added but related to the topic and not other crappy long talk tips you do not need. if everybody could learn something on tutorials such as this, music producers could learn more. instead we hear a lot of bullshit on these videos and we go back uninspired and we decided to self-teach in a long frustrating and boring way.
He regularly puts out some of the most useful production vids on youtube - all for free. For all it's worth he could be screaming into his mic and I'd still watch it..
Do you have any tips or videos for different types of transitions techniques especially the more subtle ones used in minimal or dark techno? Thats the part I think I struggle most with when turning my loops into a track. I really enjoy making loops and sounds but find making tracks a laborious pain. I feel like i'm having to pointlessly drag out an exciting idea i make and fit it into a generic formula to turn it into a product. The way I produce i end up having about 10 loops that work well and will be the climax of my track all playing together. Then I use the arrangement to gradually add in part by part until I can play all the loops together for the main part that I already created before I started arranging. I also find my productions end up getting to repetitive as they are all based from loops just being dropped in and back out.
I get what you’re saying! To make transitions more interesting, you can try beat cuts + vocal samples, or just beat cuts themselves. Or you can use a riser or pad with a long attack or filter sweep or reverse cymbal to transition. To achieve subtlety, you can try lowering the cutoff so these elements are barely audible or just hidden in the mix. If the transition from one loop to another sounds jarring, try keeping two elements the same from one loop to another so there is some familiarity for the listener. Also! To keep repetitive loops interesting, I try to add/swap in one new element each time a loop repeats. In the creative process, you could start by building a loop that is very busy, and subtract certain elements and end up having several slightly modified versions of each loop that each have different elements removed from your ‘full’ busy loop. As well, it can help to shorten the length of loops and shorten the time it takes to change something around. What I mean is change your 16 bar loops to 8 bar loops, and add/drop elements to/from the loop every 2 bars or 4 bars. For instance, you could try adding a shaker or tambourine or sfx 4 bars into an 8 bar loop.
I just want to tell you that (16 bars) I had a wonderful day and (16 bars) was really lucky (16 bars) to watch your video. Gave me great input. And if you didn't knew: 16 bars
Helpfull tutorial about basic understanding of house music. I will deffinately apply this knowledge in my future mixes and track creation attempts ! Keep up the good work. Many thanks from Bulgaria
take your time man, he's taking all his time, what's chasing you? you have years ahead to become efficient, it's no use if you want things fast, because this is the time you take anyway to understand how things work...
This is an awesome explanation, thank you!! Also, makes sense for a loop machines/kaossilators. You do record a sample and loop it and can introduce other elements into it
Thanks for the tip! I don't understand why each 16 isn't more clearly marked in the interface of Ableton. Not that hard once you get used to it but it would make it even easier.
@SadowickProduction Thanks so much for this tutorial! Really helped my work flow and has made writing a whole lot easier! Can you please do a breakdown tutorial for Uplifting Trance and Basshouse? I like the explanations regarding production and how to write for djing. Makes the whole picture come together in an ez to understand way! :-)
Thanks for this great lesson. I'm a little confused about the "breakdown" in the middle. I've learned about the drop in house music but this seems different, cause the drop has a build and then the drop starts back in with a big bass and some changes to the music. Looks like the breakdown is pretty quiet here. Thx.
Thanks for the vid. Every little bit helps. Seems in the end it just takes a lot of noodling with various sounds to see what works together... Tough I think..
Your page is amazing .do you think you can do like a informative tutorial about the elements that should have a techno track , minimal And techhouse been looking what elements compone this kind of tracks and really don't find much . Thanks in advance
thats a great tutorial. wouldve helped to have heard more of the track to better understand the drop approach but i have a pattern to practice with so thx!!!
I generally dont have issues with transitions, but from the drop to the break-down i do...any tips ? because pasting the first breakdown after the drop is so sudden and unexpected. Perhaps 3/4 at drop mixing the next breakdown in or something like that?
There is a lot of variety in structure and the basic structure is different in house, deep house, tech house, techno and so on. It can be similar but it realy depends. You showed us here a sausage structure (intro, theme, drop, theme, outro) This is often a little bit boring if you do not have at least 2 drops and theme1 and V2 of theme1 after drop 2. 16 bars is just a measure and its ok but it can be boring without a quallity playful structure and arrangement.
So the 16 bars is important for mixing songs together. Or is there any problem if the bridge or intro differs from it? How much do the verses change in your songs?
I LOVE your tutorials man. I use FL and I've taken sooo much stuff from you. Is there any way you can make a big room tutorial? Like modern big room? (W&W, Hardwell kind of stuff)
you could consider each 16 bar section a "phrase". So if you were to label each 16 bar section, you could label them Phrase 1, Phrase 2, etc. i hope this helps.
Ableton, I would recommend is although it takes a bit of practice to get into a good work flow. I was making cool wacky songs really fast in FL but now my work takes much longer but is very intricate. Really depends on what type of music you're making, I make experimental acid techno, for some people making more generic stuff work speed can be very fast.
Shanike De silva It took me two tries to finally convert to Ableton. You'll find there's a lot of things that Ableton simplified that in Fl are kind of a headache. For example Ableton's automation is all in one lane whereas Fl if you're trying to modulate 10 things at once, that's 10 tracks that need to be filled on the point of the timeline. Audio clip quantization is far better, emphasis on far. The interface looks a bit daunting at first but you'll be gravy after a week.
i love your videos but i feel like if you had a little script around to follow, you could say the same things in like half the time. you show some cool tricks but i can't spend 80 minutes to watch like 4 or 5 tutorials
It doesnt matter what tutorial on youtube i want to learn.. i always come back to you.. hahaha ♥
me too :D
it's because of his voice x
same here :D
Even though it was pretty simple, it was very informative. I put this to one of the best tutorials that any music student needs. it went straight to the point and was very clear about the subject, tips added but related to the topic and not other crappy long talk tips you do not need. if everybody could learn something on tutorials such as this, music producers could learn more. instead we hear a lot of bullshit on these videos and we go back uninspired and we decided to self-teach in a long frustrating and boring way.
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Really lovely approach, there isn't any official rules but your right that this is pretty much as safe as an arrangement goes. Love your work!
Your mastering is on point man, respect. There's so many tutorials on youtube, but in my opinion yours are some of the best sounding.
I really like your tutorials mate. Easy to follow and great way to learn. Keep up the good stuff.
i feel like hes spilling protected secrets every time he does a video. Great work have been following you for years!!!
lol adding something every 16 bars isnt a protected secret... if you listen to dance music you should know this intuitively :P I like the video though
dude, your vids and explenations are everything I was looking for! thanks for sharing
He regularly puts out some of the most useful production vids on youtube - all for free. For all it's worth he could be screaming into his mic and I'd still watch it..
H Sadowick you are best wit Tutorials I learn so much for you.
Great DJ PATRICK.
Do you have any tips or videos for different types of transitions techniques especially the more subtle ones used in minimal or dark techno? Thats the part I think I struggle most with when turning my loops into a track. I really enjoy making loops and sounds but find making tracks a laborious pain. I feel like i'm having to pointlessly drag out an exciting idea i make and fit it into a generic formula to turn it into a product. The way I produce i end up having about 10 loops that work well and will be the climax of my track all playing together. Then I use the arrangement to gradually add in part by part until I can play all the loops together for the main part that I already created before I started arranging. I also find my productions end up getting to repetitive as they are all based from loops just being dropped in and back out.
I get what you’re saying!
To make transitions more interesting, you can try beat cuts + vocal samples, or just beat cuts themselves. Or you can use a riser or pad with a long attack or filter sweep or reverse cymbal to transition. To achieve subtlety, you can try lowering the cutoff so these elements are barely audible or just hidden in the mix.
If the transition from one loop to another sounds jarring, try keeping two elements the same from one loop to another so there is some familiarity for the listener.
Also! To keep repetitive loops interesting, I try to add/swap in one new element each time a loop repeats. In the creative process, you could start by building a loop that is very busy, and subtract certain elements and end up having several slightly modified versions of each loop that each have different elements removed from your ‘full’ busy loop.
As well, it can help to shorten the length of loops and shorten the time it takes to change something around. What I mean is change your 16 bar loops to 8 bar loops, and add/drop elements to/from the loop every 2 bars or 4 bars. For instance, you could try adding a shaker or tambourine or sfx 4 bars into an 8 bar loop.
Thank you for this!! It was very helpful!
I just want to tell you that (16 bars) I had a wonderful day and (16 bars) was really lucky (16 bars) to watch your video. Gave me great input. And if you didn't knew:
16 bars
Helpfull tutorial about basic understanding of house music. I will deffinately apply this knowledge in my future mixes and track creation attempts ! Keep up the good work.
Many thanks from Bulgaria
Thanks for breaking this down in simple terms. This helps a lot!
Oh my god. I find myself watching this over and over just to hear that track. What track is that? Where was it released? When? I want that track!!!
great tutorial, basic arrangement that works every time for dance music
I love you bro be strong!
Good tutorial and SMR voice!
1,2,4,8,16,32. 16 is basically not to short or to long and you can keep track of the beats without counting them.
take your time man, he's taking all his time, what's chasing you? you have years ahead to become efficient, it's no use if you want things fast, because this is the time you take anyway to understand how things work...
Great video @sadowick, you've just got my subscription!
This brought a lot of clarity to things. Exactly what I needed. Cheers!
This was excellent.
Thank you man for this video.
Love your vids. Always something helpful. We're all so sick of "Make sick Skrillex bass" we're about to puke. Such a soothing voice. Mmmm. Thanks man!
Oh My God, this is amazing! My ears are in heaven! This is so good!
Good stuff bro
you are a boss...thank you man... i watched some of youre videos and i think youre gr8...
3:28
His beat sounds good. :)
and e seen many tutorials but yours are better thanks for sharing what you know
great video! where can we get this track your working on? was it ever released? ITS FIRE!
This is an awesome explanation, thank you!!
Also, makes sense for a loop machines/kaossilators. You do record a sample and loop it and can introduce other elements into it
Binge watching, this stuff is great! Thanks!
Thanks for the tip! I don't understand why each 16 isn't more clearly marked in the interface of Ableton. Not that hard once you get used to it but it would make it even easier.
@SadowickProduction Thanks so much for this tutorial! Really helped my work flow and has made writing a whole lot easier! Can you please do a breakdown tutorial for Uplifting Trance and Basshouse? I like the explanations regarding production and how to write for djing. Makes the whole picture come together in an ez to understand way! :-)
Thanks for this great lesson. I'm a little confused about the "breakdown" in the middle. I've learned about the drop in house music but this seems different, cause the drop has a build and then the drop starts back in with a big bass and some changes to the music. Looks like the breakdown is pretty quiet here. Thx.
You should release that track cause it sounds really good :)
whats with Dupstep? Hardstyle and stuff? same :)? i come from HipHop/trap and want to try some new stuff
you dont wanna make dubstep and hardstyle
yes i want :P
No you don't
idk if you done this but can you go over a tutorial of how to make a big room or dirty dutch song(deorro, laidback luke ec. type of style) ?
thanks for the video- I like your voice!
I see you have Mashcine open, what are you using that for?
Its a bunch of layers and a sine wave. Ill make note to go over basses like this =]
this is gold
Thanks for the vid. Every little bit helps. Seems in the end it just takes a lot of noodling with various sounds to see what works together... Tough I think..
track sounds great!
great tips thanks man!
lot better than doing it 50% of the time
Your page is amazing .do you think you can do like a informative tutorial about the elements that should have a techno track , minimal And techhouse been looking what elements compone this kind of tracks and really don't find much . Thanks in advance
Is this song released? Awesome tutorial as always, to the point, hilarious side notes, and easy to follow, you've found what you do.
Man thank you that is helpful!
Thanks for this, its really helpful!
OK I promise not to BREAK THE RULES
thats a great tutorial. wouldve helped to have heard more of the track to better understand the drop approach but i have a pattern to practice with so thx!!!
Dope ass track.. Great tut!
I generally dont have issues with transitions, but from the drop to the break-down i do...any tips ? because pasting the first breakdown after the drop is so sudden and unexpected. Perhaps 3/4 at drop mixing the next breakdown in or something like that?
hey, your music is great!!!! do you have a soundcloud page??
How have you routed maschine inside ableton? And is it maschine 2.0? Do you keep machine midi-events in ableton or maschine?
***** as plugin
good video! thank you!
Fresh track! Dig the belgian
where can i buy this track ??
dude that song is fucking fireeee
Are you running 32bit or 64 bit live?
thanks was making a tekno start song again and just wanted to know the basic counting for changes thanks alot bro have a good one : ) "16; 16,16 " heh
Excellent Thanks!
good arrangement....electro and progressive house have a breakdown on the 32nd bar though
Thanks man !
There is a lot of variety in structure and the basic structure is different in house, deep house, tech house, techno and so on. It can be similar but it realy depends. You showed us here a sausage structure (intro, theme, drop, theme, outro) This is often a little bit boring if you do not have at least 2 drops and theme1 and V2 of theme1 after drop 2. 16 bars is just a measure and its ok but it can be boring without a quallity playful structure and arrangement.
Hi sadowick. What genre is this track? It sounds good
I would have said tech house but I am sure someone will correct me :)
So the 16 bars is important for mixing songs together. Or is there any problem if the bridge or intro differs from it? How much do the verses change in your songs?
For djs purpose you should choose and hold the same metrics
I LOVE your tutorials man. I use FL and I've taken sooo much stuff from you. Is there any way you can make a big room tutorial? Like modern big room? (W&W, Hardwell kind of stuff)
Hi, I if put a name on those 16 bars sections, how will each of them be named ?
you could consider each 16 bar section a "phrase". So if you were to label each 16 bar section, you could label them Phrase 1, Phrase 2, etc.
i hope this helps.
thanks
very helpful
Correct me if I’m wrong, but does he mean 16 beats rather than bars?
16 bars (measures.)
Thank you!!!!
thanks, u cut the chase
2:40 pleeeeeeeease. Do a 90s Belgian track.
Dude what is this software? I feel like using this instead of FL.
Ableton, I would recommend is although it takes a bit of practice to get into a good work flow. I was making cool wacky songs really fast in FL but now my work takes much longer but is very intricate.
Really depends on what type of music you're making, I make experimental acid techno, for some people making more generic stuff work speed can be very fast.
Shanike De silva It took me two tries to finally convert to Ableton. You'll find there's a lot of things that Ableton simplified that in Fl are kind of a headache. For example Ableton's automation is all in one lane whereas Fl if you're trying to modulate 10 things at once, that's 10 tracks that need to be filled on the point of the timeline. Audio clip quantization is far better, emphasis on far. The interface looks a bit daunting at first but you'll be gravy after a week.
What track is that? Where was it released? When? I want that track !!! Please Answer.. TNX
THANKS
Sick song
why always 16 bars? Im just curious :D
8 + 8 = 16
take care
I use a 32 beat count throughout. the 16 beat thing is annoying.
So you just count twice as long? it's all 4/8/16/32
sixteen bars
and its a free download
ahhh your hilarious lol good vid
i love your videos but i feel like if you had a little script around to follow, you could say the same things in like half the time. you show some cool tricks but i can't spend 80 minutes to watch like 4 or 5 tutorials
sorry for being blind. i see it now
yeah ok pls don't hurt me i'll do as you say :((((
do you dj gov
16.
16
seriously no offense i like your videos but 20% of the duration of em it's just you saying "UHHH..."
Great info, thanks.