The first is actually just a tresillo rythm. The video explaining it best and deepest to my knowledge is "5 Rhythms That Changed My Life (Important Patterns for Ableton, FL Studio - Splice)". It really blew my mind. I just heard it everywhere after that :D Its really interesting, that Alex knows the pattern but not the name. To be honest Im not sure if thats a good or bad thing :D What do you think?
Your content is amazing; you have opened up many hidden doors and pathways heretofore not visible to me. I have been operating within a very limited 2D compositional construct for so long, that I become accustomed to only seeing a linear landscape; the hills and valleys were hiding everywhere in plain sight; thank you for bringing into focus the extra dimensions; your work and time is very much appreciated! 😊
Incredible! I've always envied that last pattern of the bass including it's sound but I couldn't find it. Today you covered it effortlessly! You're the real goat
This is such an eye opening. It made me realize how important it is in the Production Process that will define the vibe of a song. How much the combination of choosing sound and rhythm can affects the song. Thank you Alex.
Most of the time i would only sketch the song into the daw but never really perfect the midis play around with rhythm,positions, did change velocity and swing though. Guess Mixing can only refine the good choices made during production.
yo daledo, congrats on the label release!!! I'm heavily considering giving the boot camp a shot, thanks for your input! I'll check out your music soon! :)
@@daledo4032 anytime! just listened to your drown remix, super groovy! amazing work, I loved the elements you used! you earned a save from me! 😁 also I LOVE the pictures on your spotify "about" section, especially the second one with the blue sky on the lake!
@@daledo4032 anytime!! I'm currently workshopping a lot of new stuff, I never established a presence but I'm working on that now. I don't really resonate with much of my old work (perfectionism and overthinking kind of hindered my workflow, resulting in a harddrive full of "unfinished" work). anything I really have is mostly unreleased. but now I'm getting into logic, starting from scratch, and actually incorporating my guitar skill into my music and song writing. my genres of interest range between alt/indie rock/pop, future bass, midwestern, bedroom-style production, and some Spanish classical and even metal influence. i also love noodling around with lofi. I'd love to connect somehow, I have an unreleased 3-track hip hop project I made with a friend i resonate with that I'd love to share. or even just to talk about production! do you have a preference on where we could connect? email? social platform?
Ok, this was mindblowing for me. The explanations of what a 1/8th and others mean really help demystifies and decompose what the heck is going behind all of this. Is there a retro synth style type of patterns deconstruction somewhere by any chance? This has become the favorite music style for working, exercising, parties, etc for me.
Just some more tips for the beginner producers to help remember these:- 1) A dotted eighth note is the sum of lengths of three 16th notes. You can also add grooves to the dotted eights rhythms to get more organic and shuffled vibes. 2) 4:22 This type of bass pattern is also called rolling bass.
Tagging on to this: fifths and octaves almost always work if you want to add some melodic movement to the bass line. For anyone that doesn't know, the fifth is 7 steps up or 5 steps down from the root, and the octave is 12 in either direction.
EXACTLY what I needed today!! Thank you 🙌 I am good at stuff but for some reason really suck at bass patterns. Used to be a dancer so I know it's importance but haven't really had time to focus decoding what's actually fine till now. Thanks for making such an easy simple starting point!!🙌🤯❤️❤️
Sooo useful !haven’t watched one video on your channel that just wasn’t really efficient and yet simple! It’s what everyone should know yet eveyone overlooks
It's weird. Alex clearly has passion about music-making, and his reactions seem genuine when he accidentally makes a groove or a chord progression that gives him the feels, but a lot of his videos make me feel like I'm watching a child doing painting by numbers. I guess I'm too old for this channel, but the kids seem to love it.
@@macdeluxe733 Certain styles consist of certain elements, rhythms, patterns. A reggaeton beat for example is a reggaeton beat because of its reggaeton rhythm. Nothing wrong with using certain patterns.
FANTASTIC video. I'm so glad I clicked on this video. You've given me heaps to think about, especially making my sub bass more interesting. Also it's encouraging for me seeing the things I'm doing right!
How do you make those different tonalities? like at 3:02 at the start it sound slike a nomal bass but at the end it sounds different from that pattern.
Alex, I'm sitting in my truck. Blown away. Ppl honking, I don't care. Why is it this was just assumed knowledge ppl think we're supposed to already know? You have a new sub. Thank you very much for this video. Congrats on crossing 100k
@@AlexRome hey alex, um about to buy your preset packs. And i want to know whether there is a version issue of the serum to use those preset packs? for some presets, my version of serum says " these presets were made with a newer version of serum, update serum" like this...
Gonna have to try a few of these out myself on some psychill tracks! I have a very hard time finding good in-depth tutorials and technical information on the genre but it's my passion so I don't care how long it takes me to get really good at producing it. You're videos have actually helped me out quite a bit though with some of the mixing aspects. Thanks for what you do, Alex.
alex, I used to experiment with producing for years not quite knowing what I was doing. started in fl studio in high school. a couple months ago music prompted my journey out of my mental health crisis and started an overwhelmingly positive transformation in all areas of my life. i learned that guitar was my instrument, and learning and improving on guitar enhanced and propelled my theory knowledge as well. watching your videos has made everything come full circle. i own ableton and a ton of plugins and sample packs I don't need. i factory reset my macbook, I'm starting from scratch, and I'm doing it in logic to finally write and make music I like. it's WAY more attuned to the way my brain works. your knowledge, workflow, teaching style, delivery, everything is efficient and amazing. you've earned my subscription. if I could make a video request, could you show us how you manage and organize project files? like your folder trees for differentiating ideas, WIP projects, experimentation projects. and then in the individual projects, separating external audio files and recorded files, to exports and bounces, rendered demos, etc. I've seen something about "aliases" but I'm not sure if that's something I need to know. my production skill would improve at least 20% more than the 500% you've already given me. keep it up, I'm likely going to buy your serum preset pack too, never done that before :)
In these examples, the result is too often "legato" and does not restart the attack with each note. It is very hard to actually hear the rhythms you intend, and also doesn't really drive the music like you say it does. You need to shorten the durations just enough to disconnect the notes from a legato phrase.
It's side chained and has nothing to do with a legato phase, hence why the bass starting on 4th are barely audible the ones starting on 8th are pretty audible
@@TheSCPStudio more like telling an artist that their personal preference for articulation is just not the best approach for an instructional video since it obscures what they're trying to show. how well it might work in their own music was not the question.
Fundamentally....yeah, but you never HAVE tobdo anything depending on what sample ypur using. The best thing about music (especially EDM) is that creative freedom is boundless!
Hey everyone. These pattern videos do really well for my channel. What is it that you like so much about them? (reply here)
It’s really helpful information! As a beatboxer, I just listen to baseline patterns and throw them into my practice
Oh and the fact that you explain what you’re doing and working with such as measurements and whatnot is really awesome
inspiring !
I think it's the simplicity of the explanation. Seeing how you programme each bass note in is an amazing visual reference
this is everything we hear in modern electronic and pop music...but had no idea how to do...
This video solved the mystery
Gotta stop watching these before bed, makes me want to stay up and try them out.
Facts 🤣😂🤣😂
fuck it!
Lol facts!
That's what I think too
Literally me right now.
- "So what changed your life?"
- Other people: when I met my wife, when I had my first child.
- Alex: These 5 bass patterns.
haha
Music is life ❤️👍
Well if you make money producing music... it could be life-changing🤷🏻
ajajajjajaaaja
lol @ people who use their phone speakers to watch.... anything. ever.
alex - "and the bass sounds like this"
my phone speakers - 😐
Ahahah
I can like barely hear it but I do hear it softly
i got my laptops speakers lol. i cant hear anything 😐
I can clearly hear it with my samsung galaxy tab s6
Bwahahaha!!!
Timestamps
0:50 Dotted 8th Note Rhythm
1:58 ??? (Second Pattern)
3:25 ??? (Third Pattern)
4:38 The Chilled Little Monster (i guess)
6:17 Bubbly Dancer
Resistence Bass and 1/8th Bass
@@jasonleejames_official ay nice thank you
The first is actually just a tresillo rythm. The video explaining it best and deepest to my knowledge is "5 Rhythms That Changed My Life (Important Patterns for Ableton, FL Studio - Splice)". It really blew my mind. I just heard it everywhere after that :D
Its really interesting, that Alex knows the pattern but not the name. To be honest Im not sure if thats a good or bad thing :D What do you think?
Ever since using the Rolling Bass pattern, I've lost 15KG and my broken elbow was healed, THANKS ALEX!
😂
That 1/8th note pattern is called a clave (cla-vay) pattern. It’s very popular in Latin music and acts as a really great driving force in music
This guy: These patterns changed my life
Also this guy: And number three is just eighth notes, that's it
sometimes it's the little things :D
@@KrumpusPlunk sometimes is a lot of little things in a row
Coming soon in Part 2: 16ths. Twice as life changing.
Alex his bootcamp helped me alot with my music! Love the community and congrats to daledo!
Thanks a lot for the kind words my man (:
Going through it right now
Hey thank you ❤️
Your content is amazing; you have opened up many hidden doors and pathways heretofore not visible to me. I have been operating within a very limited 2D compositional construct for so long, that I become accustomed to only seeing a linear landscape; the hills and valleys were hiding everywhere in plain sight; thank you for bringing into focus the extra dimensions; your work and time is very much appreciated! 😊
Incredible! I've always envied that last pattern of the bass including it's sound but I couldn't find it. Today you covered it effortlessly! You're the real goat
That last sound is a FM-modulated bass. Look it up.
This is such an eye opening. It made me realize how important it is in the Production Process that will define the vibe of a song. How much the combination of choosing sound and rhythm can affects the song. Thank you Alex.
Most of the time i would only sketch the song into the daw but never really perfect the midis play around with rhythm,positions, did change velocity and swing though. Guess Mixing can only refine the good choices made during production.
"Get really creative with these"-pitches one note up. ahahahhaa. Creativity at its best
When UA-cam asks me how I liked this Video, I click "Lifechanging"
dope af
Bruh...Your channel is better than any streaming service blesses❤️
I so needed this - about ten years ago - I wish I had found someone like Mr Rome - Love this guy THANKS
You guys think 20% is a lot? Your productions get 2000000% better after the boot camp!
yo daledo, congrats on the label release!!! I'm heavily considering giving the boot camp a shot, thanks for your input! I'll check out your music soon! :)
@@eddieo6886 thank you so much!
@@daledo4032 anytime! just listened to your drown remix, super groovy! amazing work, I loved the elements you used! you earned a save from me! 😁
also I LOVE the pictures on your spotify "about" section, especially the second one with the blue sky on the lake!
@@eddieo6886 wow, I really appreciate this! Thank you so much! Do you have anything I could check out?
@@daledo4032 anytime!!
I'm currently workshopping a lot of new stuff, I never established a presence but I'm working on that now. I don't really resonate with much of my old work (perfectionism and overthinking kind of hindered my workflow, resulting in a harddrive full of "unfinished" work). anything I really have is mostly unreleased.
but now I'm getting into logic, starting from scratch, and actually incorporating my guitar skill into my music and song writing. my genres of interest range between alt/indie rock/pop, future bass, midwestern, bedroom-style production, and some Spanish classical and even metal influence. i also love noodling around with lofi.
I'd love to connect somehow, I have an unreleased 3-track hip hop project I made with a friend i resonate with that I'd love to share. or even just to talk about production!
do you have a preference on where we could connect? email? social platform?
Ok, this was mindblowing for me. The explanations of what a 1/8th and others mean really help demystifies and decompose what the heck is going behind all of this.
Is there a retro synth style type of patterns deconstruction somewhere by any chance? This has become the favorite music style for working, exercising, parties, etc for me.
Just some more tips for the beginner producers to help remember these:-
1) A dotted eighth note is the sum of lengths of three 16th notes. You can also add grooves to the dotted eights rhythms to get more organic and shuffled vibes.
2) 4:22 This type of bass pattern is also called rolling bass.
Tagging on to this: fifths and octaves almost always work if you want to add some melodic movement to the bass line. For anyone that doesn't know, the fifth is 7 steps up or 5 steps down from the root, and the octave is 12 in either direction.
This channel will change your production straight off the bat.
Literally closed the gap on a lot of things i was missing in my life :) Thanks for this.
Thank you for not click baiting your video and actually showing me what you said you’d show in your video! Welcome to my favourite content list sir!
What really impresses me is the kick.
EXACTLY what I needed today!! Thank you 🙌 I am good at stuff but for some reason really suck at bass patterns. Used to be a dancer so I know it's importance but haven't really had time to focus decoding what's actually fine till now. Thanks for making such an easy simple starting point!!🙌🤯❤️❤️
bruh , when he made those 4 notes into dotted notes 1:33 my mind blew
These bass patterns have also just changed my life and my music. Thanks a lot, man!
8:02 the best bass i love
bro.... your sooooo close to 100K! IM SO EXCITED FOR YOU!
WHY HAVE I NEVER THOUGHT OF ADDING SWING, YOU ARE AMAZING
And you video changing lives! Great work dude!
This is awesome, I've been here for a while and i think your way to share is unique, going straight to how to do it. Keep up with this great job!!
Very happy I got this in my recommended
This was literally the most incredibly helpful piece of advice I've gotten.. ever.. thank you sm.
Doing the lord's work once again. Thank you Alex!
Sooo useful !haven’t watched one video on your channel that just wasn’t really efficient and yet simple! It’s what everyone should know yet eveyone overlooks
the cool thing about it that you can mix those patterns in one same pattern for some unique sound and rythme but in an appropriate way
always really good lessons, My remixes getting better and better thanks to you . big thank you Alex
OMG thank you ! I really needed some inspiration so This was perfect timing 😊 !!!!! Amazing 😊😇
I've honestly never seen such a soulless approach to writing music. Well done.
soulless?
It's weird. Alex clearly has passion about music-making, and his reactions seem genuine when he accidentally makes a groove or a chord progression that gives him the feels, but a lot of his videos make me feel like I'm watching a child doing painting by numbers. I guess I'm too old for this channel, but the kids seem to love it.
Show us your music
@@bentorres8307 You first 🙄
@@macdeluxe733 Certain styles consist of certain elements, rhythms, patterns. A reggaeton beat for example is a reggaeton beat because of its reggaeton rhythm. Nothing wrong with using certain patterns.
FANTASTIC video. I'm so glad I clicked on this video. You've given me heaps to think about, especially making my sub bass more interesting. Also it's encouraging for me seeing the things I'm doing right!
One day im a music producer. gotta grind these videos. i literally got better watching these. made my first somehow melody today xD
No way bro I’ve literally been wanting to work with a clean guitar loop and u just give away some free ones like that🙏
Some solid fundamental lines in there, nice! 🙌
How do you make those different tonalities? like at 3:02 at the start it sound slike a nomal bass but at the end it sounds different from that pattern.
Now you are changing our lives with these🙏
Thanks
ayyyyy
I Just want to say thank You Alex Rome, and Congrats to Your 100k subscribers on UA-cam! :) You totally deserve this! :)
thanks (:
These videos inspire me to go make music whenever I watch them 🔥 great work man, keep it up!
Dude the bubbles!!!!!!Love it
7:11 Goes one octave higher on one of the notes.
Damn this guy is really creative!
Really good. Simple and effective. Thanks.
Yeah, maan! It's a cool amazing stuff for making rhythms!
Really digging these pattern videos man 🙏
These bassline patterns really helped my music!
Thank you for your videos you have a very positive encouraging attitude. I appreciate your help.
im so happy you use logic
Alex, I'm sitting in my truck. Blown away. Ppl honking, I don't care. Why is it this was just assumed knowledge ppl think we're supposed to already know?
You have a new sub. Thank you very much for this video. Congrats on crossing 100k
Loved this.. You learn so much from patterns that pros use
This is the Best teacher for Edm tracks!!!! You got the sub for me!
What is the short cut for this copy and past U use in the video?
Thx
We need something big for your 100k subs... Absolutely loving these video series and learnt alot... ❤️
working some stuff for yall (:
@@AlexRome hey alex, um about to buy your preset packs. And i want to know whether there is a version issue of the serum to use those preset packs? for some presets, my version of serum says " these presets were made with a newer version of serum, update serum" like this...
Yo congrats on 100k subscribers :) Your content is excellent!
Damn these gonna help! Thanks man! Almost at 100k let’s goooo! 🔥🔥
You made that look so damn easy, man.
Gonna have to try a few of these out myself on some psychill tracks! I have a very hard time finding good in-depth tutorials and technical information on the genre but it's my passion so I don't care how long it takes me to get really good at producing it. You're videos have actually helped me out quite a bit though with some of the mixing aspects. Thanks for what you do, Alex.
alex, I used to experiment with producing for years not quite knowing what I was doing. started in fl studio in high school.
a couple months ago music prompted my journey out of my mental health crisis and started an overwhelmingly positive transformation in all areas of my life.
i learned that guitar was my instrument, and learning and improving on guitar enhanced and propelled my theory knowledge as well.
watching your videos has made everything come full circle. i own ableton and a ton of plugins and sample packs I don't need. i factory reset my macbook, I'm starting from scratch, and I'm doing it in logic to finally write and make music I like. it's WAY more attuned to the way my brain works.
your knowledge, workflow, teaching style, delivery, everything is efficient and amazing. you've earned my subscription.
if I could make a video request, could you show us how you manage and organize project files? like your folder trees for differentiating ideas, WIP projects, experimentation projects. and then in the individual projects, separating external audio files and recorded files, to exports and bounces, rendered demos, etc. I've seen something about "aliases" but I'm not sure if that's something I need to know.
my production skill would improve at least 20% more than the 500% you've already given me. keep it up, I'm likely going to buy your serum preset pack too, never done that before :)
this was very informative - great to know these tricks. thanks!
Hey Alex !)
Thank you so much for this video 🫶
It helps me already second time to create my song 🎶. ❤
That last pattern is exactly my type, thanks man!
You want a beautiful melody? I got you.
THE MIDI PACK
Have always wondered about those plucky house bass notes were made ! Chill vibes accomplished 👌
Can you please make a video on time signatures used in this video in detail in FL studio ...plz
Very simple but really effective. I'll be trying these out. Thanks
Dude you are inside my head you read my mind.
Wish i could Master those techniques.
You sir are awesome. I'm having a bit of a jungle phase at the minute but when I go back to EDM this will come in handy.
In these examples, the result is too often "legato" and does not restart the attack with each note. It is very hard to actually hear the rhythms you intend, and also doesn't really drive the music like you say it does. You need to shorten the durations just enough to disconnect the notes from a legato phrase.
yeah, definitely some automation on the envelope....
It's side chained and has nothing to do with a legato phase, hence why the bass starting on 4th are barely audible the ones starting on 8th are pretty audible
Oh, look at you, telling an artist that their personal preference of their own music is incorrect. So cute.
@@TheSCPStudio more like telling an artist that their personal preference for articulation is just not the best approach for an instructional video since it obscures what they're trying to show. how well it might work in their own music was not the question.
@@TheSCPStudioyou missed the point
chill little monster should be released as a single already
Thanks mate, pretty quick and educational tutorial
Thanks Alex!
HUGE congrats on the 100K SUBS. Big accomplishment!
i just started my music making journey and ur videos helping me a lot to understand how its going
My happiness just jumped up by 20% from watching this video.
I wish my stocks did the same :(
idk why im watching this as a metal musician, but i like it
Brilliant tutorial. Gonna try 'em out
Wow! Awesome man!
Thank you!Very nice!
Yay..100 k soon to the great teacher🤩❣️
Loving the chill vibe!!!!
Fundamentally....yeah, but you never HAVE tobdo anything depending on what sample ypur using. The best thing about music (especially EDM) is that creative freedom is boundless!
Very nice and helpful video! Simple but effective basslines, can't wait to try them
the first one is also the high hat pattern for UK Drill beats
Good stuff Alex, keep slaying them.
That's help me a lot. Thanks.
100k congrats 👏 you deserve this👏💖
Great tutorial despite being so simple. Thanks Alex, you've got a new sub.
Thank you for this video 🔥🔥🔥
this is exactly what I needed to beat my writers block. could always get my chords and drums but basslines always lacked a catchy rhythm.
for real bro bass be making or breaking everything for me
So cool thank you!!!
I never used the dotted notes, I understand today why my programmed bass notes were most of the time so boring…
Wait until you discover triplets!
Thanks for the timecode
Alex the main Maan 🔥🚫🧢