Introduction
  • Welcome & Introduction
  • About Me
  • Tools (I'm going to be using Ableton Live, but any audio program will work!)
  • Asking Questions
Working with Beats on the Grid
  • Making Beats in Your Audio Sequencer
  • [Download] Some Samples to Get You Started
  • Making Beats with the MIDI Grid
Reading the Timeline
  • The Bar
  • The Beat (Or Pulse)
  • The 8th and 16th
  • Meter
  • "Counting" Bars
  • Reading Drum Patterns
Elements of the Drum Pattern
  • The 3 Essentials
  • Percussion
  • More Cymbals
  • Other Sounds
  • Where to find good drum samples (for free!)
  • [Download] Sample Drum Kits
What We Look for in a Drum Pattern
  • Building a Groove
  • Variation
  • Modulation
  • Simplicity & Genre
  • Feel (Swing)
The Basic Pattern
  • What the Basic Pattern is
  • The Basic Pattern
  • Adding Off-Beats
  • The Importance of Tempo
  • [Download] Files and Session
Building on the Basic Pattern
  • Dynamics
  • Adding Variation with Percussion
  • Syncopation
  • Swing
  • "Humanism"
Genre 1: Programming a House Beat
  • About Genres
  • Finding Our Sounds
  • The Basics of a House Beat
  • Adding More Elements
  • Dynamics!
  • Analysis: Sam Paganini, Satellite
  • [Download] Files and Session
Analysis: Daft Punk
  • Finding the Right Sounds
  • Building the Pattern
  • Swing Elements
  • [Download] Files and Session
Wrap Up (Part 1)
  • What Next?
  • Thanks for Watching! Stick around for Part 2!
Introduction: Part 2!
  • Welcome to Part 2!
  • About Me
  • Tools (I'm going to be using Ableton Live, but any audio program will work!)
  • Review: How to read rhythms on the grid
  • Review: The Basic Beat
Working with Samplers
  • Why work with samplers?
  • Hardware drum machines
  • The basic outline of a Sampler (in Ableton Live)
  • The Basic outline of a Sampler (in Logic Pro)
Working on the MIDI Grid
  • Advantages of MIDI
  • Note On/Off
  • Velocity
  • Setting up a MIDI Track
Genre Study: Drum and Bass
  • Back to the basic beat
  • A Drum and Bass "basic" Pattern
  • Analysis: John B - Up All Night
  • Analysis: Sub Focus - X-Ray
  • Analysis: Konflict - The Beckoning
Performance and Humanization
  • "Playing It In"
  • Quantization and Settings
  • Controllers
  • Recording Controllers
  • Ableton's Groove Settings
Genre Study: Dubstep
  • The basics of Dubstep
  • Analysis: Skrillex - Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
  • Analysis: Flux Pavillion - I Can't Stop
  • Analysis: The Drop Section of Flux Pavillion
Using Effects
  • Adding Some Life with Effects
  • Filtering
  • Delay Effects
  • Reversed Sounds
  • Pitch Shifting
Genre Study: Trap
  • The basics of Trap
  • Analysis: Turn Up - Gent and Jawns
  • Analysis: The Drop - Bro Safari