6 Bass Sequencing Tricks From Daft Punk | SonicTransfer.com. Daft Punk Bass Tutorial on MIDI Sequencing. One of the best ways to learn about producing music is to see the actual notes used to make other people’s songs. This process allows you to discover the thousands of tiny adjustments needed to produce a strong bassline, intricate drum track, or a moving piano solo. This tutorial will show you the notation for one of the funkiest basslines in modern house music: Daft Punk’s Around The World. For this lesson you will need: A music composition program capable of MIDI sequencing.
(e.g. Ableton Live, Propellerhead Reason, Cubase, etc.) Daft Punk’s Around The World Around The World was released in 1997 on Daft Punk’s debut album, Homework. Click here to listen to a MP3 sample of Around The World. Like most house music, Around The World uses repetition – lots of repetition. Setting Up Your Music Software The purpose of this tutorial is to analyze common notation techniques used in funky basslines. Bass Pattern 1: So Simple It Hurts Bass Pattern 3: Review. Beginner’s Guide To Songwriting – Part 3. This is the third tutorial in a series focused on showing complete beginners how to write a simple song.
This series will focus predominantly on the process of writing a song, rather than the specific software and hardware techniques, skills and applications you might need in the recording, mixing, and mastering of that song. Republished Tutorial Every few weeks, we revisit some of our reader's favorite posts from throughout the history of the site. This tutorial was first published in February of 2010. If you missed them, you can catch the previous tutorials here: Before getting to Part 3 of this series, let's review what we learned in Parts 1 and 2: Music is organized sound.In order to understand what makes a 'good pop song' in the context of this tutorial, we must understand the language of music.To begin to understand the language of music, we must learn to listen critically. Let's look at a few pop tunes now to see how we might begin to deconstruct them.
Axis of Awesome - 4 Chords. Seven Steps To Writing Memorable Melodies – Part 3. Welcome back to Part 3 of our mini-series in 'Seven Steps To Writing Memorable Melodies'. If you missed the previous parts, then I do urge you to pop over and read those first, as there is a natural progression of the steps as we build on information learned from each previous stage. You can read Part 1 here, and Part 2 here. If you've already read and digested the previous two parts, then lets get stuck in to the final steps of this tutorial. Step 6: Compose, Stop, Repeat, Record As I've already mentioned in the introduction to this tutorial, writing a good melody is not something that can be achieved simply by 'doing it like this... a. b. c.'. The steps in this tutorial are techniques, guides, tips - but they all require the composer to use their own creativity to takes these tips and implement them in to a unique composition.
Step 7: Rhythm & Varying Note Lengths One thing that can make a good melody great, is the clever use of rhythm and note-length. Conclusion. How to Add Interest to Your Chord Progression. Twice a month we revisit some of our reader favorite posts from throughout the history of Audiotuts+. This tutorial was first published in August 2008. Sometimes we spend hours, days, even months, struggling to find the perfect chord progression to suit the lyrics we’ve written.
And then we find it, only to get bored sick of the same chords being repeated over, and over, and over again. If you listen to some of the great songwriters, you’ll notice that the chorus progressions, if not all progressions in the song, are constantly being varied in both subtle and obvious ways. This tutorial will take you through a bunch of ways to vary up your chord progressions to retain not only your own interest, but your listeners’ interest as well.
Note: this tutorial contains embedded audio that will not display in a feed reader. Step 1 The first thing to do is get an initial chorus chord progression going. This is a standard C – F – C – G progression. Main Progression Step 2 1st Inversion Step 3 Add a 7th. How to Create a Compelling Ostinato. Twice a month we revisit some of our reader favorite posts from throughout the history of Audiotuts+. This tutorial was first published in September 2008. The ostinato pattern is a staple of modern music; across every genre you’ll find countless examples of pieces that at their core revolve around a single repeating ostinato pattern. In this tutorial we’ll look at how to create an ostinato pattern from a simple outline, give it a unique and intriguing sound, and use this pattern as a basic building block for creating your own original compositions.
Step 1 - Choose a Foundation Instrument Although everyone has their own method of working, when I write a piece from an ostinato ground up my first priority is often to choose my foundation instrument. The right color choice can often act as your guide and spark your creativity when faced with the ever intimidating blank screen when you first get to work. For this example I’ve chosen an acoustic guitar harmonics patch. Step 5 - Color Up the Sound. How to Create and Dominate Hip-Hop Drums. One of the most important aspects in hip-hop and popular music is the drumbeat. What makes it sound so big?
The drum patterns appear so simple, so why are they so hard to create? Well, in this tutorial, we’re going to break down the fundamental elements of a hip-hop beat. Republished Tutorial Every few weeks, we revisit some of our reader's favorite posts from throughout the history of the site. This tutorial was first published in November 2008. Note: this tutorial contains embedded audio that will not display in a feed reader. 1. The drum pattern is the backbone for you song, it gives it structure. Simple PatternsComplex Patterns Simple patterns, or “lunchroom beats” as they’re often known, are patterns that you probably are most familiar with. Complex patterns are, well, complex patterns.
Now we know what kind of patterns are available for us, so let’s move on to the actual drums. 2. Beyond that, move away from your workstation’s stock drum sounds: they’re boring. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. How to Create Organic Ambient Instruments in Ableton Live. In this tutorial we are going to use Ableton Live's "Sampler" and some of its built-in audio effects to produce wide, organic, ambient textures and pads, originating from a single one-note instrument sample. It's a great way to create MIDI-playable ambient pads with a warm and evolving character, and most of all to be able to use our own original and custom ambient sounds, without having to scroll through hundreds of synth presets to find the right one, which usually leads to losing patience and inspiration.
This is what we're going for in this tutorial. Step 1: Choosing the Sample The most suitable samples for this simple technique are probably mallet-type or plucked string-type instruments, such as piano, vibes, music box, glockenspiel, classical/acoustic guitar, etc. The original sample we chose, a sustained C3 note of a Guzheng instrument. Step 2: Tweaking the Sample Drag and drop the sample in the Sampler "Sample" section. The sample is being dropped inside Sampler. Step 3: Adding FX. Constructing Simple Vehicle Sounds. In film, television, and games, vehicle sound has evolved into a deeply creative and compelling class of design. Master sound designers such as Walter Murch, Randy Thom, and Ben Burtt have elevated the art of vehicle sound design in numerous films such as Apocalypse Now and Star Wars in a way that allows sound to, in Thom’s words, “be set free to be an active player in the process,” of filmmaking.
The sound itself becomes part of the art of storytelling. Games such as Forza Motorsport and Project Gotham Racing allocate large amounts of their development budget to the recording, crafting, and highly-detailed integration of vehicle sounds in order to create a compelling and engrossing experience for the player. In this tutorial, we’ll take a brief look at synthesizing vehicle sounds using samples, subtractive synthesis and post-processing.
Deconstructing Vehicle Sounds When designing sound for vehicles, we first must look at the most fundamental question: How does this vehicle move? How to Make a Noise: the free downloadable version.