About This Course
This course uses Ableton Live and some Logic, but it will be easy to follow along on whatever program you are most comfortable with. We will start the class off with an explanation of working with samplers, and working on the MIDI grid. Then we will learn to adapt that pattern to work for a number of different styles, including Drum and Bass, Trap, and Dubstep.
This is a class designed for music producers who are ready to get serious about drum programming. The art of programming drums on a MIDI grid, in drum machines, or with audio files can be tricky to master but when you finish this class, your tracks will have the extra energy that comes from professional drum tracks.
Also in the class we will be doing a number of analysis projects. That just means we will load up some tracks, and reconstruct the beat in the track. Doing this will help us to see how those beats are built, and guide us in making our own beats.
Who this course is for:
- Students who are making tracks, but want a better handle on how to program drums.
- Students are interested in electronic music and want to learn the fundamentals of drum programming.
Our Promise to You
By the end of this course, you will have learned samplers and sequencing in drum programming.
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Course Curriculum
| Section 1 - Introduction | |||
| Welcome And Introduction | 00:00:00 | ||
| About Me | 00:00:00 | ||
| Tools | 00:00:00 | ||
| Review: How To Read Rhythms On The Grid | 00:00:00 | ||
| Review: The Basic Beat | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 2 - Working With Samplers | |||
| Why Work With Samplers? | 00:00:00 | ||
| Hardware Drum Machines | 00:00:00 | ||
| The Basic Outline Of A Sampler In Ableton Live | 00:00:00 | ||
| The Basic Outline Of A Sampler In Logic Pro X | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 3 - Working On The MIDI Grid | |||
| Advantages Of MIDI | 00:00:00 | ||
| Note On And Off | 00:00:00 | ||
| Velocity | 00:00:00 | ||
| Setting Up A MIDI Track | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 4 - Genre Study: Drum And Bass | |||
| Back To The Basic Beat | 00:00:00 | ||
| A Drum And Bass Basic Pattern | 00:00:00 | ||
| Analysis: John B – Up All Night | 00:00:00 | ||
| Analysis: Sub Focus – X-Ray | 00:00:00 | ||
| Analysis: Konflict – The Beckoning | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 5 - Performance And Humanization | |||
| Playing It In | 00:00:00 | ||
| Quantization And Settings | 00:00:00 | ||
| Controllers | 00:00:00 | ||
| Recording Controllers | 00:00:00 | ||
| Ableton’s Groove Settings | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 6 - Genre Study: Dubstep | |||
| The Basics Of Dubstep | 00:00:00 | ||
| Analysis: Skrillex – Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites | 00:00:00 | ||
| Analysis: Flu Pavillion – I Can’t Stop | 00:00:00 | ||
| Analysis: The Drop Section In Flux Pavillion, I Can’t Stop | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 7 - Using Effects | |||
| Adding Some Life With Effects | 00:00:00 | ||
| Filtering | 00:00:00 | ||
| Delay Effects | 00:00:00 | ||
| Reversed Sounds | 00:00:00 | ||
| Pitch Shifting | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 8 - Genre Study: Trap | |||
| The Basics Of Trap | 00:00:00 | ||
| Analysis: Turn Up – Gent And Jawns | 00:00:00 | ||
| Analysis: The Drop – Bro Safari | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 9 - Dynamic Effects | |||
| What Are Dynamic Effects? | 00:00:00 | ||
| Ghost Notes | 00:00:00 | ||
| Noise Risers | 00:00:00 | ||
| Volume For Variation | 00:00:00 | ||
| Section 10 - Wrap Up | |||
| What Comes Next? | 00:00:00 | ||
| Thanks And Bye | 00:00:00 | ||
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