This is so similar to my actual approach! Most of my ambient jungle tunes have very few stems going on. I get my main stuff working, like the break/s, bassline, and pad/atmosphere to gel together first for a solid loop, then I tend to branch out to my intro by taking everything away and slowly adding things back in, testing different ways. Then, after I get an intro/build into my main section. The rest is just about adding more fun moments, and like you showed just adding and taking away energy with what you have rather than slapping the kitchen sink on it! 🎉
Without trying at all to put you down. I'm into different flavors of techno and house, but every time I have played around with jungle, I have found it the by far the easiest genre to write/finish. Probably because, even more than purist electro, it is one of the the most formulaic genres (in saying that I love electro BTW). The parts 'write themselves'. The arrangement requires minimal, if any transition tricks/ear candy. Simple cuts and straight drops work perfectly for jungle phrase transitions. A million monkeys poking at million DAWs, would write all the works of LTJ Bukem long before they hit on Frankie Knuckles 'Move Your Body'.
Maaaan, this bassline is fascinating! Idk about others, but I'm tired of basslines that say "look, I'm a synth that goes to this note, then to that one and then to those few". I'm in love with basslines that say "I'm an alien form of being, I'm stretching back and forth, bouncing and rolling hard so you can't say exactly what I am, and that's what exactly I like" If you could give at list a direction where to go to explore this kind of bassline alienation, I'd be at least incredibly thankthful :) P.S. Big thanks and warm hugs from Ukraine!😊
@@dimwoo hey not sure if you’re working in Ableton live but I use the echo device. I normally am filtering within the echo somewhat some of the low and high-end, especially the high-end as I feel like that’s what quickly gets out of control with feedback. Then the way I do it is I just try to use automation and I ride the feedback knob so I turn the knob up and I turn it down quickly before it gets too out of control. So for example, let’s say a sound. The feedback is normally set to 70%. I will start ramping it up to 110 or 120% and then quickly turn the knob back down to 70% before it gets too out of control. I hope this makes sense! Also, you do not need to use the echo device. You could use any delay that has a feedback knob. I find it best if the feedback knob can go above 100%.
@@_Xza_ Thanks for your reply! I'm stuck on Ableton 9 but could emulate your method fairly well, except that the feedback on the delays only goes to 95. I'm sure I can find a cheap/free delay plugin that goes to or beyond 100 though.
Thank you for the useful content. I could see some time stretching of some samples that already exist in the track. Stretched into some atmosphere and gentle riser type vibes. Cheers!
Great video. Overtime I feel like i've been discovering the ear candy aspect myself - but as you said getting it into the process quicker and sooner might be better to get out of that loop faster. The main way as of late I "get out of the loop" ˙has just been giving up in overwhelm 😂but I guess some creative chaos (e.g., ear candy, random shots, random patches) can help. Just try something and see what happens how does it open up a new field in the musical lens.
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This is so similar to my actual approach! Most of my ambient jungle tunes have very few stems going on. I get my main stuff working, like the break/s, bassline, and pad/atmosphere to gel together first for a solid loop, then I tend to branch out to my intro by taking everything away and slowly adding things back in, testing different ways. Then, after I get an intro/build into my main section. The rest is just about adding more fun moments, and like you showed just adding and taking away energy with what you have rather than slapping the kitchen sink on it! 🎉
So good to hear that! Thanks for sharing your approach :)
Without trying at all to put you down. I'm into different flavors of techno and house, but every time I have played around with jungle, I have found it the by far the easiest genre to write/finish.
Probably because, even more than purist electro, it is one of the the most formulaic genres (in saying that I love electro BTW). The parts 'write themselves'. The arrangement requires minimal, if any transition tricks/ear candy. Simple cuts and straight drops work perfectly for jungle phrase transitions.
A million monkeys poking at million DAWs, would write all the works of LTJ Bukem long before they hit on Frankie Knuckles 'Move Your Body'.
Maaaan, this bassline is fascinating!
Idk about others, but I'm tired of basslines that say "look, I'm a synth that goes to this note, then to that one and then to those few". I'm in love with basslines that say "I'm an alien form of being, I'm stretching back and forth, bouncing and rolling hard so you can't say exactly what I am, and that's what exactly I like"
If you could give at list a direction where to go to explore this kind of bassline alienation, I'd be at least incredibly thankthful :)
P.S. Big thanks and warm hugs from Ukraine!😊
I look forward to your posts on youtube, your simple narration, your way of explaining, cool man. Best wishes from Istanbul
That means a lot, thank you! 💯🚀
Great ideas here...I'm doing some of this stuff anyway but I like the way you have put this all together in a concise way. 😎👍
Thank you for this video. Always nice to get a new perspective on arrangements tips ❤
I personally love using feedback loops for ear candy
Thanks so much! Yeah, feedback loops are awesome, I love them as well :)
How do you do that? I know you can e.g. feed a delay channel back into itself, but it can be really chaotic.
@@dimwoo hey not sure if you’re working in Ableton live but I use the echo device. I normally am filtering within the echo somewhat some of the low and high-end, especially the high-end as I feel like that’s what quickly gets out of control with feedback. Then the way I do it is I just try to use automation and I ride the feedback knob so I turn the knob up and I turn it down quickly before it gets too out of control.
So for example, let’s say a sound. The feedback is normally set to 70%. I will start ramping it up to 110 or 120% and then quickly turn the knob back down to 70% before it gets too out of control.
I hope this makes sense! Also, you do not need to use the echo device. You could use any delay that has a feedback knob. I find it best if the feedback knob can go above 100%.
@@_Xza_ Thanks for your reply! I'm stuck on Ableton 9 but could emulate your method fairly well, except that the feedback on the delays only goes to 95. I'm sure I can find a cheap/free delay plugin that goes to or beyond 100 though.
Great video as always! thanks man!
I like the concept of emphasis for the ear candy elements in the track that are telling the story.
Awesome, glad to hear that!
Thank you for the useful content. I could see some time stretching of some samples that already exist in the track. Stretched into some atmosphere and gentle riser type vibes. Cheers!
Great suggestion! Love it :)
Great video. Overtime I feel like i've been discovering the ear candy aspect myself - but as you said getting it into the process quicker and sooner might be better to get out of that loop faster. The main way as of late I "get out of the loop" ˙has just been giving up in overwhelm 😂but I guess some creative chaos (e.g., ear candy, random shots, random patches) can help. Just try something and see what happens how does it open up a new field in the musical lens.
Well said and thanks for the great feedback, I really appreciate it! 🙌🏻
make the grain delay video please 💫
Isn't monotonousism, for lack of a better word, what this genre is all about. 😄