amen purgatory

inspired wholly by ‪@VirtualRiot‬'s "death by amen" video, looked super fun to try myself (and decided to reference a classic of his hahaha)
all sound is generated ONLY BY CHOPPING THE BREAK, there is no warping or editing in any other way (apart from velocity). i used some compression on the way out for a little more dynamic control.
was super fun to do :)
original video: • death by amen
songs referenced:
Virtual Riot - Energy Drink
Yakov Prigozhy, Hirokazu Tanaka - Korobeiniki (Tetris Theme)

[@krow1551]

How do you control the pitch of chops that became tones?

[@ripzermusic]

its a bit of math. my tempo is 167bpm, so i divided that by 60 to get 2.78333 beats per second.
when i want a specific pitch, i have to lookup the frequency of that note, and then divide that frequency by that beats per second number (in my case, 2.78333) which will tell me how many times i need to chop it per beat to get my note.
for example, Eb2 is 77.78Hz. divide that by 2.78333, and i need to chop it 28 times per beat to hear Eb2 :)

[@TehEpicMinecraft]

Jesus breakcore Is turning into freaking math rock

[@pijcab]

@@ripzermusic hooooly quick maffs, damn. It also makes a lot of sense when you think about it tbh

[@jamesmeustache7740]

does that mean that you write 28 notes, then you stretch them inside one beat from 1 to 1.2 to get Eb2 ? @@ripzermusic

[@VirtualRiot]

Holy sh*t the Energy Drink bit

[@ripzermusic]

you’re awesome

[@BrkysGameWorld]

yooo he saw it!

[@bquick1177_music]

HE SAW IT

[@Fade4.musics]

The man himself!

[@bquick1177_music]

purple Lamborghini yoink

[@harrygray2118]

Just imagine The Winstons (Amen Brother) looking at this seeing how far the amen break has gone, enough to make a grown man cry.

[@vlc-cosplayer]

If they got one Zimbabwean dollar for every time their break was sampled, and you converted that to US dollars, they'd still be richer than the Rockefellers.

[@cirkulx]

two t-

[@noeldro]

i think one of them said that it wasnt cool or something

[@D7DE]

It probably pissed them off

[@jasonpugliano]

the drummer died homeless without any money from the sample

[@spaicersoda7165]

It turns out you CAN make a song only using drums.

[@limepact]

Everybody gangsta until someone asks you to play it live

[@ninjalogan22]

@@limepactthey'll figure it out

[@wobase]

@@limepact LMAO

[@DonnieTheGuy]

- So what synthesizer do you use in your songs?
- amen break

[@aringrey]

this was amazing. Recognized Energy drink instantly lol Great job

[@ripzermusic]

thanks so much!!!

[@pulvenberg1709]

A fellow AT user has been spotted.

[@llovebeats3749]

@@pulvenberg1709 whats the "energy drink bit"?

[@pulvenberg1709]

​​@@llovebeats3749That's the melody starting at around 00:35. It's a Virtual Riot track.

[@thebluecactusstudiosmemory1483]

we need the full version of the teris part. Its so good 😭😭😭

[@taserdonut]

full amen tetris when?

[@ripzermusic]

if virtual riot comments >:)

[@BrkysGameWorld]

@@ripzermusic ooo

[@toadtoddler]

​@@ripzermusic will you do it now?

[@ripzermusic]

@@toadtoddler guess i have to...

[@blooTalkoes]

Where ya been ​@@ripzermusic

[@zyphurGD]

0:35 energy drink jumpscare

[@onyxyt8543]

Massively underrated, wish I got recommended earlier lol.

[@BrkysGameWorld]

same :(

[@GrianOfficial]

same

[@apzlgg2]

0:54 Bro whips out the amen break tetris...

[@twincreex]

Song That Might Play When You Break Tetris

[@Guhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

Your Worst Killscreen

[@Beatsbasteln]

LOL those handdrawn sidechain compression pumps

[@faybaysound]

this might be the best one yet lol

[@systemdoesmusic]

most definitely

[@Untitled_piston]

There’s no reason for this to be *THIS* GODDAMN GOOD.

[@construct2009]

my taste buds when i eat something sour and spicy at the same time:

[@secondsolstice8695]

Yo that Energy Drink bit was insaaaane lol. How do you manage to tune each particular note?
Edit: Nevermind I saw your other reply. It's the exact ridiculous job I assumed haha wow nice effort

[@beasttoad]

pretty sick mate

[@ripzermusic]

cheers :)

[@DriftyXII]

I think i just ascended

[@preztheartist]

the melodies…my gosh…breakcore is advancing…

[@greysonlenning579]

The bit crushed bass is so nasty

[@NationalCapitalRegionOfManila]

This is what geometry dash layouts sound like

[@corezone4250]

Well damn, that's dedication.

[@Mori-s1m]

Did i just hear a Tetris reference near the end?!

[@WILLBEATSONYT]

YOO THATS CLEAN

[@verlatenn]

that theme is so clean wow

[@XorryDoesStuff]

i saw virtual riot do a similar thing, we need more of these because they sound rlly cool!

[@Tanaticos]

MASTERPIECE!!!

[@NaviPuck]

i love how this is all in one midi lol, amazing job

[@JuxGD]

TETRIS REFERENCED 🔥

[@dimitribobkov-rolandez5729]

This is certified epic

[@TabTabilson]

very cool amen sidechain lol

[@zenface]

that tetris theme caught me so off guard it was incredible

[@subbrn]

wow this is underrated

[@Silvera-Avian]

Gonna need a full version of the Tetris portion

[@ozzkid]

holy shit the tetris part slaps

[@kryoshka]

At a second i thought that this is Bad Apple cover

[@씨발마마]

THIS IS INSANE

[@dexus1688]

That was insane haha! Loved it

[@saldanasolis7583]

godlike

[@bartchie]

dude how

[@cyrusrichard8935]

that was actually really cool to watch !

[@randomrexplayer]

Lol I’ve actually done something like this before in GarageBand by taking a sample of really anything, shortening it down, and looping it

[@prodby_JJ]

THE WAIT IS OVER MY CRAVINGS HAVE BEEN QUENCHED

[@ZoranV-myl0fi]

I can't process what I just saw! Amazing💯

[@diicensmusic]

THIS IS SO SICK WHATTTTT 🔥🔥🔥

[@vladusza]

bro, tetris theme in end is absolutely w

[@KoriVRC]

Talented

[@jonahhodges6225]

Insane

[@snow_bruh20]

Awesome! can't stop repeating the Energy Drink part LOL! Great job on this anyway! (+1 sub & a like earned!)

[@wheeledidiot]

9 year old me fighting my first boss in a game:

[@zhentunes]

sick!

[@quagmiresonfire]

**eats video while vibing cutely**

[@Eden_M0rgan]

0:54 TETRIS!

[@nickeyf0ur]

blast processing ahh beat

[@mr.provalone]

I need to do this sometime

[@oweri1419]

Amen without a break

[@ethanrocha8803]

Aw hell nah bro made a base line with midi spam

[@niveous5392]

Finish this

[@LayreBoi]

Bro I love the Tetris part!

[@zloboslav_]

OMG wow that was so good! Very impressive! :)

[@iforgotthenamemate]

this shit doesn't need bass it's perfect !

[@Tha_Synchron_Guy]

Power puff girls is all I thought about listening to this

[@namelesswalaby]

this is great!

[@tharii314]

Let's GO!

[@t.shark0502]

I'm going to make an extended version :3

[@linetnunez444]

Greatest thing I have ever heard

[@saota5138]

woah, i love it

[@Sharpzilla]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🚨🚨🚒🔥🔥🔥

[@user-vl6sp7bx4m]

Really cool job, nice!

[@joeypaulzine3769]

nice

[@VegitoZ17]

GOD DAMN GOOD!

[@TerraSketch]

I am sueing because you used my farts on this beat
(is an actual banger btw)

[@MarkTheRecords]

Really Cool, I subscribed

[@uncrownedgang]

Amazing 🔥🔥🔥😵

[@oscarzt1652]

that was certifiably phat as frig

[@thiccie-chan447]

what the fuck this is great

[@RiverTheNerd]

The Energy Drink was cute lol

[@TheFellerHasAChannelGodDamnIt]

POV: You don't have any VST's but the preinstalled sampler

[@michaelcera4004]

ABLETON REPRESENT

[@vincekronos]

I think i will just use amen breaks as basses

[@thorn3903]

Ты крутой, мать твою, чувак!!!!

[@daisyreeabalde7888]

MDJ rapeers-Bad Guy Rap edition

[@fish4541]

goes fucking hard what the hell

[@KingDemitri]

omg the tetris bit haha

[@MarioFan171]

0:54 - Tetris Reference‽

[@fairplay8132]

bro , fucking sick

[@povchinesecandy2668]

That's damn cool. Also it would fit into a GD level perfectly.

[@eg_Fishlord]

bwomp

[@robertmu]

ok you are now under arrest

[@Solodys]

someone put this on a keygen

[@lpsc_zzz]

🔥

[@vinvin5592]

Amen dubstep🔥🔥🔥🥶🥶🥶

[@akio1666]

Why does this sound cleaner and clearer than VR's amen break?

[@CoolBird420]

How the hell do you get such smooth velocity curves? Surely you don't do them by hand because that would be horrible.

[@ripzermusic]

they were indeed done by hand but surprisingly wasn’t as annoying as i thought it would be haha

[@stevenroberge3253]

Cleanest example of breakcore on youtube. Why does this genre pride themselves on being audibly incoherent? The outsiders wont get with the program if they cant

[@MatthewTheRealOldMan]

Korobeyniki
Russians song

[@coloredfoxx]

siiiiiiick

[@certifiedgoober359]

100k views and only 630 subs?

[@XtraBlueBoy_1]

How did you make the melody with that kind of fine pitching??